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$50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

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Re: $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

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Wait until they hear about the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of all sorts of stuff sitting idle that has been purchased by the DoD and USG paid for by tax money.

We've bought "surplus" Dell and HP servers from different government entities that were two generations old, basically brand new in the box. I wonder what % of purchases go unused for whatever reasons.

Re: $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

#12
> State government documents put the final price tag at $958,600,000 for the property, building construction and equipment. The cost for the equipment alone is close to $300 million.

What a staggering number. How does our government get away with wasting so much money without any accountability?

Re: $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

#14

Wait until they hear about the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of all sorts of stuff sitting idle that has been purchased by the DoD and USG paid for by tax money.

doing an audit of the DoD still cost over $400M

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2018/11/15/heres-what-t...

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#16

Wait until they hear about the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of all sorts of stuff sitting idle that has been purchased by the DoD and USG paid for by tax money.

We've bought "surplus" Dell and HP servers from different government entities that were two generations old, basically brand new in the box. I wonder what % of purchases go unused for whatever reasons.

Via auction site?

Re: $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

#17

Wait until they hear about the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of all sorts of stuff sitting idle that has been purchased by the DoD and USG paid for by tax money.

We've bought "surplus" Dell and HP servers from different government entities that were two generations old, basically brand new in the box. I wonder what % of purchases go unused for whatever reasons.

I've heard you need to use it or lose when it comes to gov budgets. Anecdotes of jets dumping fuel into the ocean just to come back and refill to keep a budget.

Re: $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

#18

> State government documents put the final price tag at $958,600,000 for the property, building construction and equipment. The cost for the equipment alone is close to $300 million. What a staggering number. How does our government get away with wasting so much money without any accountability?

Accountability is boring. Voters want entertainment. So they listen to the far more interesting stories on talk radio and elect celebrities.

Re: $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

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post #13

I'm slightly confused; is the story that the state of New York bought equipment for Tesla worth $300 million dollars, and a sixth of it is currently unused (meaning five sixths of it is being used currently)?

Considering that Tesla will longer make solar cells in that factory (Panasonic is ending the relationship and withdrawing by September) I’d guess that it will all be unused shortly; this is just what has obviously been relocated so far.

Re: $50M worth of Tesla equipment sits unused in a Wheatfield warehouse

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post #14

Wait until they hear about the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of all sorts of stuff sitting idle that has been purchased by the DoD and USG paid for by tax money.

doing an audit of the DoD still cost over $400M https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2018/11/15/heres-what-t...

The DoD budget is ~$700B, so that's <0.1%
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