Krugerrand
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You need to spend some more time playing with that leaf pile and your lighter. 99xs out of 100, your couple of leaves burn out without igniting the rest of the pile.Things being imperfect right now is different than being past the tipping point. If I have a big pile of dry leaves and I use a lighter to burn a couple leaves, then a tipping point has been reached where even if I walk away, the whole pile will burn on its own from a self-sustaining chain reaction. This is true even when 99% of the pile is not currently on fire.
Those lies and fossil fuel corruption long predate Elon's involvement in the automotive and energy industries and he's been mostly unsuccessful in stopping it, yet Tesla and the rest of the industry have managed to make exponential growth happen at astonishing rates, and now Tesla and the industry have hit positive cashflow and market competitiveness. That's what the tipping point is: when the technology has matured enough that capitalism and politicians' desire for power will make the most efficient solution dominate very quickly. Whoever moves fastest and innovates quickest can make the most money and the solar and utility storage markets are already brutally competitive. Model 3, Y and Cybertruck are market-slaying products and demand for them would be 10x higher if more people actually understood the value proposition. Finally, from the sounds of things, Tesla's Solar Roof tech just needs some relatively straightforward installation problems solved and it'll be a killer product that people will want whether Elon's in charge or not. The Governor of freaking Texas just rolled out the red carpet for an electric vehicle and battery factory that will directly help kill oil & gas demand. That is also a sign that we've passed the tipping point.
The best thing a good leader can do is leave behind a culture that persists and I think Elon has done that.
We are not even close to agreeing where mankind is in history, what’s definitely going to happen vs what might happen vs what won’t happen and the role Elon plays in that now and going forward.
Never mind the fact you literally just made my original point for me why Drew is nowhere near good enough a replacement for Elon. Who do you think got Texas to roll out that red carpet? It sure as buttermilk biscuits wasn’t Drew. And don’t even try to make the leap that Drew could have done it. There’s a reason Drew is doing what he’s been doing for 16 years and Elon is doing what he’s been doing.
Less typing, more time massaging the thought process.