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

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Post by maxerickson »

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.

He's only offered to fix the lines for houses that test above the Federal limit.

There's 14,000 houses with lead service lines, there's very few that are testing above the Federal limit.

A quiet grant to accelerate the plans to replace all the lead service lines would accomplish more than offering to fix a small number of the worst ones. Those houses will likely be first in line for replacement by government programs.

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

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Post by ofrzeta »

colordrops wrote: post #36
ofrzeta wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's about focus vs. distraction. I guess he's free to do what he wants but he already operates Tesla, Boringco, SpaceX. It's just not realistic that you can do all of this and build a rescue submarine in a week and what not. Again, obviously he's free to do (and tweet) what he wants but people (and media) should really start taking his claims with more than a grain of salt. It's becoming more and more a sign of delu…

Do Teslas crash at a higher rate than other cars? And what claims has Boring co made that they aren't doing? Do you have sources to back this up?

It's not about other cars or Teslas with human drivers but about the autopilot (that Musk also keeps making grandiose claims about).

Boring co started with the bold claims claim of a 760mph Hyperloop. Now a team from Munich arrived at 223mph while Boring co has sized down from a Hyperloop with cars to a high-speed subway called the "Chicago Express Loop, [that] would use a concrete track within the tunnel, and passenger-carrying skates [that] will be able to travel at speed up to 150 miles per hour". https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/14/chicago-elon-m...

Actually I wonder how they won the bid in Chicago with a track record of nothing. Well: 'We're taking a bet on a guy who doesn't like to fail," said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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

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Post by colordrops »

ofrzeta wrote: post #43
colordrops wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do Teslas crash at a higher rate than other cars? And what claims has Boring co made that they aren't doing? Do you have sources to back this up?

It's not about other cars or Teslas with human drivers but about the autopilot (that Musk also keeps making grandiose claims about). Boring co started with the bold claims claim of a 760mph Hyperloop. Now a team from Munich arrived at 223mph while Boring co has sized down from a Hyperloop with cars to a high-speed subway called the "Chicago Express Loop, [that] would use a concrete track within the tunnel, and passen…

Boring Company never promised the hyper loop at its inception. When Elon initially proposed the hyper loop, he said the idea needed work and he wasn't going to attempt it himself.

But don't let that get in the way of your personal vendetta with Elon.

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

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Post by vadym909 »

danial wrote: post #16
vadym909 wrote: post #2

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.

I disagree that he shouldn’t do all of it (which is what I think you’re implying). I think more people should push the boundaries of what’s possible to show the rest of us what humanity is capable of. It’s inspiring to watch someone who is sometimes flawed, sometimes brilliant, human-like-us, build teams and inspire them to greatness. His ambition shows the rest of us what we are capable of. It doesn’t matter if he f…

I'm actually a fan of Musk and applaud his efforts with SpaceX and Boring. It's just that I'm holding on to my 10 yr old Prius waiting for the $35K Model 3 for 2 years and the delivery date just keeps sliding 6-9 months every time I check. And then to see him trying to help (personally flying out- not just tweet-wondering) in the Thai cave case and now the Flint case makes me wonder what other world problem he's going to go after (and there are many he can) before he delivers on what he promised with the Model 3.

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

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Post by greglindahl »

vadym909 wrote: post #45
danial wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree that he shouldn’t do all of it (which is what I think you’re implying). I think more people should push the boundaries of what’s possible to show the rest of us what humanity is capable of. It’s inspiring to watch someone who is sometimes flawed, sometimes brilliant, human-like-us, build teams and inspire them to greatness. His ambition shows the rest of us what we are capable of. It doesn’t matter if he f…

I'm actually a fan of Musk and applaud his efforts with SpaceX and Boring. It's just that I'm holding on to my 10 yr old Prius waiting for the $35K Model 3 for 2 years and the delivery date just keeps sliding 6-9 months every time I check. And then to see him trying to help (personally flying out- not just tweet-wondering) in the Thai cave case and now the Flint case makes me wonder what other world problem he's goin…

Everything but the small-battery Model 3 is now shipping, and everyone on the list is now able to configure and buy cars. If you want a car now, you can buy the Bolt, they have a ton of them on the lot.

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

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Post by vadym909 »

greglindahl wrote: post #46
vadym909 wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm actually a fan of Musk and applaud his efforts with SpaceX and Boring. It's just that I'm holding on to my 10 yr old Prius waiting for the $35K Model 3 for 2 years and the delivery date just keeps sliding 6-9 months every time I check. And then to see him trying to help (personally flying out- not just tweet-wondering) in the Thai cave case and now the Flint case makes me wonder what other world problem he's goin…

Everything but the small-battery Model 3 is now shipping, and everyone on the list is now able to configure and buy cars. If you want a car now, you can buy the Bolt, they have a ton of them on the lot.

I'm buying the Model 3- base $35K version- even if I have to handcrank start it.

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

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Post by gremlinsinc »

grecy wrote: post #35
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?

It works everywhere else in the Developed world, but for some reason the USA doesn't function like other functioning countries.

It used to...then Reaganomics hit and we dropped taxes on the rich by half,and raised them on the poor instead, thinking more middle class taxes can offset the 40 people at the top who now pay half as much as they used to.
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