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Possible lame act of terrorism. Although I do commend the driver for ridding the world of a Cybertruck.
Even if it was symbolic it feels weird.
Kerosene and gas? Fireworks? Sounds more like a party in the desert. Also the gas can was an old metal gas can- there’s a reason you can’t really get those anymore. (Hint- they leak and blow up your truck.)
No obvious mechanism and the timing? Sure he could have lit a fuse with a lighter, but, eh. Just as easily have been a faulty electrical system setting off a spark.
Also Tesla/musk has good motive to want it to be intentional. (cybertrucks already have safety problems. And a lot of them have to do with bad wiring.)
Trump has good reason to want to push this guy as a terrorist- namely the drama.
I said this in another thread- a gas can could have also been for a diesel generator, which people do bring with them when they camp and might do so even if they are also bringing along a Cybertruck. Who knows? If it was a terrorist attack, it was a shitty one so it's not worth worrying about. If it wasn't a terrorist attack, just some lone crazy, they did a bad job, so it's not worth worrying about. Any other possibilities: still really not worth worrying about.
But I'm sure that won't stop the pundits from worrying about it.
Good point on the generator thing.
But yeah. At worst this was some kinda weird symbolic thing rather than a “try to kill as many people as I can” thing.
These are not exclusive. Killing people could have been the intention - it's possible that it just blew up on him earlier than intended.
He parked it in the valet drive.
Not something somebody who wants a body count would necessarily do; compared to driving it into a lobby.
Aside from a cybertruck being shit at off road; it’s very heavy and there’s no bollards or other barriers to stop him.
Is it a possibility? Sure.
But it’s also a possibility that he had the kero and gas for other reasons like a party in the desert, and it was all just an accident.
Apparently he was a self avowed “defender of fireworks” and seemed to be, how shall we say, an ardent trump supporter.
This won't stop the Faux News peanut gallery from painting him as an antifa left wing communist Venezuela Democrat who wants to murder babies and spend your money on drugs for the homeless!
They'll never pass an opportunity to shove as much bullshit as possible into any situation. :/
you're not wrong, but lets just be honest here, half the time they're just making shit up anyways.
Even a pinhole of rust in a Jerry can will leak gas into the cabin, faster if shaken on the drive to the hotel. At that point any exposed arc, even just a simple loose ground, could cause the explosion.
He kept the can in the cabin?? Like not the bed? Of the truck?
It's a cyber truck, the two share the same space, I believe
Oh I thought it still had a separate bed though like a traditional pickup. 🤷 what do I know.
From the pics I've seen, there is a bed liner, but nothing that would keep fumes at bay, like a compartment divider, was in place.
There's a barrier between them which includes a window. It was sealed until the bomb went off