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Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by tr3ndyBEAR »

woodandsteel wrote: post #11
quaquaqua1 wrote: post #2

Wow, this article is reall interesting to me. I am actually an extreme critic of Tesla. However, I also am an ardent supporter of cost-efficient technologies (anyone who knows what an Acer C720 is knows what cost-efficiency is). So, it is really awesome to me that a country that has been ravaged by corruption and health crises is able to run vital services with repurposed hardware that isn't anything to do with glitz…

Why are you an extreme critic of Tesla? Is it because you think anthropogenic climate change is a hoax, and we should stay on fossil fuels? Or do you believe climate change is real and we need to get off of fossil fuels as fast as possible, but Tesla is doing a terrible job of helping this happen? Or perhaps for some other reason?

It could have something to do with the subsidy fraud or perhaps the fact that Tesla's might actually produce more CO2 than a traditional gasoline car [1]. Or perhaps it's because Tesla's art the 4th least reliable cars according to a Consumer Reports survey meaning they break down more often

[1]https://interestingengineering.com/a-tesla-model-3-produces-... [2] https://www.consumerreports.org/car-reliability-owner-satisf...

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by ChrisClark »

woodandsteel wrote: post #11
quaquaqua1 wrote: post #2

Wow, this article is reall interesting to me. I am actually an extreme critic of Tesla. However, I also am an ardent supporter of cost-efficient technologies (anyone who knows what an Acer C720 is knows what cost-efficiency is). So, it is really awesome to me that a country that has been ravaged by corruption and health crises is able to run vital services with repurposed hardware that isn't anything to do with glitz…

Why are you an extreme critic of Tesla? Is it because you think anthropogenic climate change is a hoax, and we should stay on fossil fuels? Or do you believe climate change is real and we need to get off of fossil fuels as fast as possible, but Tesla is doing a terrible job of helping this happen? Or perhaps for some other reason?

There is a community of Tesla critics out there, but they are so vocal because they've done something very strange.

They mostly exist on Twitter, but they all share the same block list. Anyone who argues with them or says anything positive about Tesla gets put on that blocklist by anyone else that shares it.

Their reality is very skewed. All they see on Twitter is hatred against Elon, 'proof' everything he does is a scam, misleading sales numbers and hype about competitors.

The only thing they can possibly see is basically a conspiracy theory.

And so they are very vocal because they can't believe anyone could support Tesla/Elon, because they have never seen a good reason to.

There is one guy that runs an investment company, 70% of his investment is shorting Tesla and he consistently complains about losing money doing so, but always saying the scam will finally be revealed 'soon'.

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by bufferoverflow »

Interesting fact about Zimbabwe's economy: they had one of the worst hyperinflation stories in human history. Then in 2009 they switched to a mix of foreign currencies (mostly USD). It stopped the crazy inflation, their markets calmed down and started working.

This year they switched to their own currency again. 40% inflation already.

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by nevi-me »

cryptozeus wrote: post #3

The photo of tesla battery pack behind the bars is striking.

In South Africa, we're having a problem of heightened theft of battery packs that love in cellphone base stations. When desperation is high and crime rampant, there are no holy cows

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by [deleted] »

bufferoverflow wrote: post #23

Interesting fact about Zimbabwe's economy: they had one of the worst hyperinflation stories in human history. Then in 2009 they switched to a mix of foreign currencies (mostly USD). It stopped the crazy inflation, their markets calmed down and started working. This year they switched to their own currency again. 40% inflation already.

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Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by echelon »

bufferoverflow wrote: post #23

Interesting fact about Zimbabwe's economy: they had one of the worst hyperinflation stories in human history. Then in 2009 they switched to a mix of foreign currencies (mostly USD). It stopped the crazy inflation, their markets calmed down and started working. This year they switched to their own currency again. 40% inflation already.

It would be a fascinating case study if they were to switch to a crypto currency. Is anyone aware of any countries with hyperinflation (or otherwise unstable economies) that have attempted to do so?

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by cuchoi »

echelon wrote: post #27
bufferoverflow wrote: post #23

Interesting fact about Zimbabwe's economy: they had one of the worst hyperinflation stories in human history. Then in 2009 they switched to a mix of foreign currencies (mostly USD). It stopped the crazy inflation, their markets calmed down and started working. This year they switched to their own currency again. 40% inflation already.

It would be a fascinating case study if they were to switch to a crypto currency. Is anyone aware of any countries with hyperinflation (or otherwise unstable economies) that have attempted to do so?

What would be the benefit?

Re: Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running

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Post by stale2002 »

cuchoi wrote: post #28
echelon wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be a fascinating case study if they were to switch to a crypto currency. Is anyone aware of any countries with hyperinflation (or otherwise unstable economies) that have attempted to do so?

What would be the benefit?

The same benefit of using a reserve currency, such as USD. That being that it can't be inflated by the government.
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