Tesla CEO Elon Musk vows to 'fix' tainted water in Flint, Michigan

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Post by lxm » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:23 AM UTC

Tesla CEO Elon Musk vows to 'fix' tainted water in Flint, Michigan
usatoday.com

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Post by vadym909 » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:52 AM UTC

While I appreciate the IronMan'esque eagerness to solve every problem the world is facing, I think he should be focusing on getting us the $35K Model 3 promised a while ago.

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Post by echlebek » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:52 AM UTC

If it takes a private corporation to fix the contaminated water problem in Flint, it's an utter disgrace and a pathetic failing of federal, state and municipal government. It's hard to understand how such abject failure can be allowed to continue.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:53 AM UTC

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Post by ModernMech » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:54 AM UTC

Why can't we just tax people and let the government fix stuff like this? Isn't that how its supposed to work? What was wrong with that idea?

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Post by exotree » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:55 AM UTC

echlebek wrote: post #3

If it takes a private corporation to fix the contaminated water problem in Flint, it's an utter disgrace and a pathetic failing of federal, state and municipal government. It's hard to understand how such abject failure can be allowed to continue.

A lot of people would consider this a positive and obvious outcome. (For the record, I do not.)

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Post by smt88 » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:56 AM UTC

ModernMech wrote: post #5

Why can't we just tax people and let the government fix stuff like this? Isn't that how its supposed to work? What was wrong with that idea?

That works really well in most of the US. It failed in Flint for many reasons, including corruption and the fact that poor people are not given as much consideration in a money-soaked political system.

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Post by colordrops » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:56 AM UTC

echlebek wrote: post #3

If it takes a private corporation to fix the contaminated water problem in Flint, it's an utter disgrace and a pathetic failing of federal, state and municipal government. It's hard to understand how such abject failure can be allowed to continue.

Seems like a private individual rather than a corporation. But your point still stands.

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Post by Animats » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:58 AM UTC

Focus!

Where's the crewed Dragon?[1] How come Model 3 production is down again?[2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17509988 [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/

Re: Tesla CEO Elon Musk vows to 'fix' tainted water in Flint, Michigan

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Post by smt88 » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 4:59 AM UTC

echlebek wrote: post #3

If it takes a private corporation to fix the contaminated water problem in Flint, it's an utter disgrace and a pathetic failing of federal, state and municipal government. It's hard to understand how such abject failure can be allowed to continue.

In the article, Musk says most houses in Flint have safe water. He doesn't propose a corporation fixing the water as an alternative to government, but rather using his own money to buy whole-home filters for the (according to him) small minority of families whose water still isn't considered safe.