So not only is EV competition not coming from US, Germany, Italy...those rabbits are running the the wrong direction. At this pace they will not ever catch the sloth, only get further and further behind. Elon Musk on Twitter
I agree with your sentiment. As many have noted, one of the beneficial results of this pandemic is the reduction of air pollution. In fact, as anecdotal evidence, one sports talk show host noted the benefit and how humans can negatively or positively affect the world and nature and mentioned that he wanted to buy an EV after seeing the effect. Will he, who knows? But I think this could spur Tesla sales as people realize our collective impact on society and that we can influence it with our behavior and choices for the better.Except the article doesn't say what you are claiming. And there is no evidence that headway in reducing pollution levels would result in lower demand for EV's by "greens". It seems you just made that up.
And if cleaner air results in fewer deaths, which in turn means more overpopulation and more pollution, I guess it's helpless. Pollution is actually reducing pollution by killing more of us as we pollute more which, in turn, means less pollution! It seems we are in perfect balance! We should all just throw our hands up in the air in resignation because there is no point in cleaning up the air.
This kind of lame thinking deserves to die a quick death!
Technically I'm staying in Kuala Lumpur at the moment, but Singapore is where I want to settle down and live for the rest of my life. I've spent 12 months in Singapore before, and I'm trying to move there ASAP. I think I should be able to in the next 1-2 years.
I've applied for an MBA program, as well as a Bachelor's degree program as a back-up (dropped out of uni the 1st time ~9 years ago). I should hear the outcome in 2-3 months. Finding a job in Singapore to get a work visa could be another way to move there, but work visas aren't that easy in Singapore, so I'm trying the business school/uni route first.
I indeed don't have a driver's license. I grew up in The Netherlands where bicycles are the main form of transport. I did take some driving lessons at some point, but my instructor was the biggest idiot I've met in all my years on this planet. He kept yelling at me and telling me how to live my life, which is something I absolutely can't stand. I didn't really need a license anyway, so I just quit.
Since then, I've lived in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. The first three have amazing public transportation, and I love public transportation, so I've never needed a car. Kuala Lumpur's public transportation is rather bad, but taxis here are cheap, I live in the city center so I walk 99% of the time, and I'd rather buy more TSLA than a car anyway.
I have driven in Teslas a few times though. A month or so after I first invested in TSLA, I visited the Tesla Tokyo Aoyama store. I told them that I had no driver's license, but that I was a TSLA investor and a huge fan of Elon, and asked if I could get a test drive anyway. They made an appointment for me and said they would drive me around, but I ended up bringing a friend who drove. The friend said he would've bought a Model X on the spot if he hadn't just bought another SUV/CUV alreadyI went a 2nd time with another friend, and also took my dad when I visited The Netherlands a few years ago. Every time I take a trip (most recently Taipei), I drool over and count all the Teslas I see
But yeah, at this point I don't expect I'll ever get a driver's license. I'm fine with public transportation and the occasional taxi, and soon self-driving will make a license even more useless to me.
And thanks for the kind comments about my blog posts and knowledge! <3
It has nothing to do with killing anyone and everything to do with limiting future growth. Even "sustainable" technologies have impacts and limits, as does food production and waste disposal. Fewer people can live better with less impact on the planet. No species can survive unlimited growth.
This explains part of what makes your posts so outstanding: you have made the entire world your home. You are not just thinking outside the box, you are living outside the box.Technically I'm staying in Kuala Lumpur at the moment, but Singapore is where I want to settle down and live for the rest of my life. I've spent 12 months in Singapore before, and I'm trying to move there ASAP. I think I should be able to in the next 1-2 years.
I've applied for an MBA program, as well as a Bachelor's degree program as a back-up (dropped out of uni the 1st time ~9 years ago). I should hear the outcome in 2-3 months. Finding a job in Singapore to get a work visa could be another way to move there, but work visas aren't that easy in Singapore, so I'm trying the business school/uni route first.
I indeed don't have a driver's license. I grew up in The Netherlands where bicycles are the main form of transport. I did take some driving lessons at some point, but my instructor was the biggest idiot I've met in all my years on this planet. He kept yelling at me and telling me how to live my life, which is something I absolutely can't stand. I didn't really need a license anyway, so I just quit.
Since then, I've lived in London, Tokyo, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur. The first three have amazing public transportation, and I love public transportation, so I've never needed a car. Kuala Lumpur's public transportation is rather bad, but taxis here are cheap, I live in the city center so I walk 99% of the time, and I'd rather buy more TSLA than a car anyway.
I have driven in Teslas a few times though. A month or so after I first invested in TSLA, I visited the Tesla Tokyo Aoyama store. I told them that I had no driver's license, but that I was a TSLA investor and a huge fan of Elon, and asked if I could get a test drive anyway. They made an appointment for me and said they would drive me around, but I ended up bringing a friend who drove. The friend said he would've bought a Model X on the spot if he hadn't just bought another SUV/CUV already
But yeah, at this point I don't expect I'll ever get a driver's license. I'm fine with public transportation and the occasional taxi, and soon self-driving will make a license even more useless to me.
And thanks for the kind comments about my blog posts and knowledge! <3
And if the company goes broke, they get their golden parachutes, so they really don't care whether the company survives or not--as long as they get theirs. Only the founder (and perhaps a very few executives--because there are always exceptions) cares because it's his or her baby.
Go forth and multiply is basically shortened for "we need more cannon fodder".
It was in reaction to the comment about air pollution not killing as many people, and that potentially being a bad thing, that I made the comment about population control advocates valuing their own lives.
Talk to your insurance company and tell them (in addition to the rebate) you'd also like a reduced rate based on driving fewer miles.
Yep. All dry powder deployed.
