Then you stopped being rational.
The speed and acceleration are simply a side benefit of creating a long range EV, which is the only kind which will actually sell. Lithium mining is mostly letting salt piles dry in desert environments, and a lithium ion battery pack is only about 2% lithium. Tesla's NCA cell chemistry uses less cobalt than other OEM's and most cobalt is produced as a byproduct of existing copper and nickle mines. If you have a problem with those mining operations you better not use any electronic devices, and I'll expect you to immediately disappear from this forum and the internet and go live as a stone age gatherer, unless of course you're just a hypocrite. By the way, the flamethrowers were propane weed burners reconfigured as flame throwers. I assume you also hate companies selling weed burners and the people who buy them.
Tesla has singlehandedly sped up the move to electric propulsion and grid energy storage which will make transportation and power generation much cleaner. They are forcing other OEM's to speed up their efforts as well. The fact that you can't see that says volumes about your thought process.
You reveal much about yourself with that unhinged irrational rant. You don't understand Tesla or Elon at all and obviously have not done any actual research to challenge your assumptions.
So we are clear, you didnt once disagree that they are dishonest. Which is my main issue with them. Musk thinks the rules dont apply to him. That mentality, combined with the fake nature caring while flying his G650ER all around the world take the shine off everything.
Normally I love big thinkers with big ideas, and I admit Musk is that, but that admiration stops once fraud is involved.
As for why I am here, I joined the INvestor forum to read some rational bull thesis. Which I got and actually enjoyed. Some make decent points, but my position is unchanged.