Musk: Tesla can rebuild Puerto Rico power grid

I so hope this happens. Tesla kicks ass.

Musk: Tesla can rebuild Puerto Rico power grid

Billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk says that he believes he can rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with batteries and solar power.

“The Tesla team has [built solar grids] for many smaller islands around the world, but there is no scalability limit, so it can be done for Puerto Rico too,” Musk tweeted on Thursday. “Such a decision would be in the hands of the PR govt, PUC, any commercial stakeholders and, most importantly, the people of PR.”
In the past two months, three Tesla Motors Model S electric cars have caught fire after their lithium-ion battery packs were damaged. Last week the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would investigate whether Tesla’s Model S needs to be modified to prevent further fires.

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Elon Musk has borrowed billions of dollars(during Obama presidency) and still haven't paid any of it back, produced cars that caught on fire and had rockets explode on the launch pad, and you want the Puerto Rican electrical grid fixed by Tesla? Why would you want more punishment for those who have already been inflicted with grief to have more? Are you a racist who hates brown people?


You know, you really are a filthy piece of lying shit. Musk has achieved major milestones in making rockets that are far less costly to operate than previously.

SpaceX lands another one of its Falcon 9 rockets on solid ground

SpaceX has landed yet another one of its Falcon 9 rockets after launching the vehicle into space this afternoon. The rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:31PM ET, bound for the International Space Station. Around eight minutes after takeoff, the majority of the vehicle landed back on solid ground off the Florida coast. It marks the 14th successful rocket landing for SpaceX, and the sixth time a Falcon 9 has successfully touched on solid ground post-launch.

In fact, SpaceX has yet to lose a rocket during a ground landing. The company has lost a few vehicles during ocean landings, when the rockets attempted to touch down on autonomous drone ships at sea. But all six Falcon 9s that have landed on solid ground have touched down just fine at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 — a ground-based landing site at Cape Canaveral.

SPACEX HAS YET TO LOSE A ROCKET DURING A GROUND LANDING
Today’s launch was the first for SpaceX in over a month. The brief hiatus was partly due to a temporary closure of the Eastern Range — the areas on the East Coast that support rocket launches. The sites at Cape Canaveral underwent some maintenance last month, and there have not been any launches out of the United States since SpaceX’s previous mission to the ISS in early July.
 
Why would you want more punishment for those who have already been inflicted with grief to have more? Are you a racist who hates brown people?

How often do fossil fuel devices malfunction? The work Tesla has done/is doing is groundbreaking and their equipment is only getting better. To say anything less is ignorant.

His cars are great, but they are still the rich man toys. The roadster costed well over $100k. The Model X was supposed to be the “middle class” model but it ended up
at a base price of $80k and usu ends up costing over $100k. The Model 3 is supposed to cost $40k. Probably will be bass around $60k and cost btw $80-100k.

Point is, while the product is good, the cost is still very high. He might build a nice grid, but Puerto Rican’s will pay through the roof. Not good when you are the poorest part
of the US.


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increasing markets for consumers is what capitalism is about.

Taking over the energy grid of a country and switching to reliance on just green energy is not capitalism you dope.

A prime reason for the Sherman Act was because of how easy it could be for one copy to monopolize the country energy sector


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“The Tesla team has done this for many smaller islands around the world, but there is no scalability limit, so it can be done for Puerto Rico too,” Musk said.
 
The logical basis of capitalism is doing well while doing good. If Musk can give Puerto Rico energy independence, and create a more robust grid, then does he not deserve to make a profit? And what is this 'Conservative' hate of made in America new technology? Really, what is it with you 'Conservative' assholes? Musk have given us the leading edge automobile, far ahead of any made in any other nation, one that is made in America, far more than any other, and is a mid-size luxury sedan capable of beating million dollar sports cars to the legal limit. You assholes just cannot stand American success.

Musk is this centuries Edison, and I wish him success in all his endeavors. And that does include financial success.
 
The militia of the territory of Puerto Rico, can use increased capacitance to their energy grid; substations could be built for energy storage and house a battalion sized population in case of emergency.
 

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