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    Elon Musk

    I've enjoyed all the intellectual talk here lately so I thought I'd change to a subject that I would like to form an opinion on. Musk is the darling of the media, an ultra smart and rich entrepreneur. But is he just a very suave con man? Read up here about the Solar City deal going on in my home town ($750 million in tax payers money spent here) with no real output yet. Low paying jobs. It doesn't sound very good to me.

    https://www.fastcompany.com/40422079...-back-on-track

    Look at Tesla, their losses grow every year but somehow this guy is universally praised. Am I crazy to question this guy?
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    https://www.statista.com/statistics/...loss-of-tesla/

    Educate me people. Am I right to question this or is it just stuff that's over my level of understanding
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    I've tried multiple times to watch him speak and it hurts my head, I can't follow a single thought of his. I'm very good at deciphering broken English of many forms, but Musk's version of stammering and stuttering makes me feel like I'm staring at a strobe light or something.

    I really wanted to learn about his new truck but it just left my head hurting. Is that harsh? Maybe I'm just too judgmental.

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    Modern day PT Barnum. He's making money losing money. Subsidized, subsidized, subsidized. He's not stupid, but he's more of a "don king" genius then a "Nikola Tesla" genius. He's currently building the largest building in the world in Sparks, NV. If Tesla went under tomorrow, do you think Elon would be in the welfare line?
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    I thought this was going to be an aftershave thread...

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    In my honest opinion? The left will praise anything or anyone that embraces or tries to push forward with the leftist ideology, in this case it's "green" technology. If you do some digging you'll find that "going green" costs a lot of money.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tripledog View Post
    I thought this was going to be an aftershave thread...
    If you musk insist.......

    https://realbusiness.co.uk/sales-and...ing-fragrance/

    I'm kinda skeered of what the "applicator tip" will look like.....

    ooorrrr........

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    Quote Originally Posted by 86T3 View Post
    I've enjoyed all the intellectual talk here lately so I thought I'd change to a subject that I would like to form an opinion on. Musk is the darling of the media, an ultra smart and rich entrepreneur. But is he just a very suave con man? Read up here about the Solar City deal going on in my home town ($750 million in tax payers money spent here) with no real output yet. Low paying jobs. It doesn't sound very good to me.

    https://www.fastcompany.com/40422079...-back-on-track

    Look at Tesla, their losses grow every year but somehow this guy is universally praised. Am I crazy to question this guy?
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    https://www.statista.com/statistics/...loss-of-tesla/

    Educate me people. Am I right to question this or is it just stuff that's over my level of understanding
    I'm more concerned with the amount of notifications on your phone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redsox View Post
    Modern day PT Barnum. He's making money losing money. Subsidized, subsidized, subsidized. He's not stupid, but he's more of a "don king" genius then a "Nikola Tesla" genius. He's currently building the largest building in the world in Sparks, NV. If Tesla went under tomorrow, do you think Elon would be in the welfare line?
    Exactly.

    This is why Mr. Musk is such a media "darling" and leftist hero:

    https://www1.salary.com/Elon-Musk-Sa...TESLA-INC.html

    I guaranf'ntee you he is pocketing money in some underhanded way. There is no way any of these Left-wing or right-wing "businessmen" go into business and "lose money". Not an F'n chance in hell.
    Quote Originally Posted by fabiodriven View Post
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    Ha!! Wow. That salary is unbelievable. He's best at spending other peoples money. Pay your taxes and he'll know better than you how to spend your money than you will, because he's a gatdam genius, Gump! I don't agree politically with Zuckerberg or Bezos or Gates, but i've got no beef with them because they made their respective fortunes on the backs of their ideas. Not so in this case. This guy Musk is a charlatan. Without Obama there is no Musk. Without tax dollars there is no Musk. His thirst to get his hands on Puerto Rico disaster funding was very telling. He's not looking to electrify any countries that don't get a zillion dollars in relief from good ole' blue collar schmucks and the US of A pocketbook. He's an opportunist. He reminds me of the tonic salesman in Josey Wales. i wonder, Elon, how's it work on stains?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fabiodriven View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scootertrash View Post
    If you do some digging you'll find that "going green" costs a lot of money.
    Not always. If you leave a pizza on the coffee table for a few days after the Super Bowl game you can go green for free!


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    Quote Originally Posted by bkm View Post
    I'm more concerned with the amount of notifications on your phone.

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    I don't even know what that all means? Why is there a basketball up there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scootertrash View Post
    Exactly.

    This is why Mr. Musk is such a media "darling" and leftist hero:

    https://www1.salary.com/Elon-Musk-Sa...TESLA-INC.html

    I guaranf'ntee you he is pocketing money in some underhanded way. There is no way any of these Left-wing or right-wing "businessmen" go into business and "lose money". Not an F'n chance in hell.
    What really bugs me is how is he getting layed to loose over 2 billion dollars in under 10 years? Is this real life? If my company losses money this year I loose 3 wheelers, what the hell is he loosing?
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    Can someone do me a solid and go onto YouTube and post up the Simpson’s video of the “Monorail” song? Can’t do it from my phoneme, but it fits this thread well.

    In related news a friend told me there is soon to be a lithium shortage due to all the electrical storage demand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 86T3 View Post
    What really bugs me is how is he getting layed to loose over 2 billion dollars in under 10 years?

    Holy crap barn....you got layed just last week and were only able to loose 20 bucks...but that was in just 10 minutes!

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