Musk: Tesla can rebuild Puerto Rico power grid

[Confounding]

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.”

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

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.

Are Electric Vehicles a Fire Hazard? - MIT Technology Review
www.technologyreview.com/s/521976/are-electric-vehicles-a-fire-hazard/

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?

 

[Confounding]

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.

 

[Sunni Man]

Let the con man con Puerto Rico for awhile. ....

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If it wasn't for government subsidies Tesla wouldn't exist.

That and evidently Musk's business plan is a little out there, 13 million a day to increase production 12 a day? LOL

Tesla 3rd Quarter Fail: $13 Million a Day to Increase Deliveries by 12 Cars - Breitbart

 

[martybegan]

If he puts his $$ where his mouth is let him have at it.

Pay him only if it works based on a performance contract, and make him liable for repairs for 20 years if another storm hits.

 

[Confounding]

If it wasn't for government subsidies Tesla wouldn't exist.

Investments in technology are worth it in the long run. Do you really think getting energy directly from the sun will never be more efficient than getting it from 60 million year old dinosaur goop that got its energy from the food it ate, which got its energy from the sun?

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If it wasn't for government subsidies Tesla wouldn't exist.

Investments in technology development are worth it in the long run. Do you really think getting energy directly from the sun will never be more efficient than getting it from 60 million year old dinosaur goop that got its energy from the food it ate, which got its energy from the sun?

Tesla is a scam, pure and simple

 

[Confounding]

Tesla is a scam, pure and simple

Solar gets cheaper and more efficient every year with no signs of slowing down. The same goes for electric and self-driving cars. Development of technology that will pave the way for the future is not a scam. Your view seems short-sighted to me.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Tesla is a scam, pure and simple

Solar gets cheaper and more efficient every year with no signs of slowing down. The same goes for electric and self-driving cars. Development of technology that will pave the way for the future is not a scam. It's my opinion that you are short-sighted.

Musk should then be able to find private investors and stop fleecing the taxpayer. The dope is like PT Barnum with his nonsense

 

[Sunni Man]

Elon Musk is anti-Trunp.

So of course the looney left will idolize the guy and buy into every wacko idea he can dream up. .....

 

[Confounding]

Musk should then be able to find private investors and stop fleecing the taxpayer. The dope is like PT Barnum with his nonsense

You're right that Tesla needed help to stay afloat. You're right that at first it wasn't profitable. The government does things like fund up-and-coming technology because the long term value is obvious, but in the short term people are not ready to throw their money into it. This is a "for the good of humanity" kind of thing. Do you really not see the value?

 

[Confounding]

Elon Musk is anti-Trunp.

So of course the looney left will idolize the guy and buy into every wacko idea he can dream up. .....

People of the future will look back and see people like you as the ignorant opposition that did everything it could to slow down the scientific progress of humanity. Kinda like churches in the dark ages.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Musk should then be able to find private investors and stop fleecing the taxpayer. The dope is like PT Barnum with his nonsense

You're right that Tesla needed help to stay afloat. You're right that at first it wasn't profitable. The government does things like fund up-and-coming technology because the long term value is obvious, but in the short term people are not ready to throw their money into it. This is a "for the good of humanity" kind of thing. Do you really not see the value?

Tesla spent 13 million dollars a day to increase production by 12? In the real business world that is a recipe for bankruptcy.

Musk is milking you ...and the other taxpayers. The man's business sense must be non existent

 

[OldLady]

If it wasn't for government subsidies Tesla wouldn't exist.

Investments in technology development are worth it in the long run. Do you really think getting energy directly from the sun will never be more efficient than getting it from 60 million year old dinosaur goop that got its energy from the food it ate, which got its energy from the sun?

In a place like PR, you can't put solar panels on roofs, though, since hurricanes routinely blow the roofs off. Whatever energy systems PR puts in (and it would be great if they could think outside the box here) they should be able to withstand a lot of wind. More underground storage for gas and diesel is also called for, since that has been a huge problem.

 

[Pogo]

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.

Are Electric Vehicles a Fire Hazard? - MIT Technology Review
www.technologyreview.com/s/521976/are-electric-vehicles-a-fire-hazard/

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're just desperate for attention today aintchya?

SMH

 

[Sunni Man]

People of the future will look back and see people like you as the ignorant opposition that did everything it could to slow down the scientific progress of humanity. Kinda like churches in the dark ages.

Get a grip Poindexter ....

 

[Pogo]

If it wasn't for government subsidies Tesla wouldn't exist.

Nor would nuclear power, which is still sucking the taxpayer teat to this day, even though it was supposed to have paid for itself --- and was sold as such ---- decades ago.

Telegraph and telephones wouldn't exist either. Nor would interstate highways. Or this internet highway.

There are some scales that take bigly influence to make them realities. It's how the world works.

That and evidently Musk's business plan is a little out there, 13 million a day to increase production 12 a day? LOL

Tesla 3rd Quarter Fail: $13 Million a Day to Increase Deliveries by 12 Cars - Breitbart

Citing Dimbart as a source and expecting to be taken seriously

Classic.

 

[Confounding]

Tesla spent 13 million dollars a day to increase production by 12? In the real business world that is a recipe for bankruptcy.

Musk is milking you ...and the other taxpayers. The man's business sense must be non existent

In general do you see the value of government investments in technological development or no? For the sake of argument I'm willing to give you that Musk isn't an outstanding businessman. That aside, is the technology he is working on without value? Should we just give it up? Do you see how a technology can need help out of the gate but be incredibly useful to humanity once it has matured?

 

[Confounding]

Nor would nuclear power, which is still sucking the taxpayer teat to this day, even though it was supposed to have paid for itself --- and was sold as such ---- decades ago.

I believe we should continue developing more efficient nuclear power as well. There is a ton of potential there if we can just work a few things out. As far as I can tell humanity is capable of just about anything it puts its mind to. I believe nuclear and solar will both play a role in breaking our dependence on fossil fuels.