cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72601186
Creator credit: https://tiktok.com/@twonkcomics
SpaceX and Xai merger started with the complete fraud that datancenters in space are an economically viable proposition, when even in the US, solar and batteries on leased Nebraska farmland, is over 5x cheaper, even with most optimistic launch cost assumptions.
Adding jump thrusters to cars is an unrealistic/impractical fraud to justify a spacex tesla merger.
It's to pretend they're actually doing something when people dropped deposits on the 2020 roadster in 2017.
That ignores the part where data centers in space are just stupidly complicated to currently basically being impossible
You have to start with little things like network latencies, but when you get to heat dissipation things just get stupid.
Then again, stupid impossible is kinda Elmo's modus operandi. Just claim you'll do something stupid and or impossible, people will dance for you, then you just get billions to spend a fee years pretending that you're actually doing it and then you, you know, just dont do it. Elmo musk in a nutshell. IH, that and Hitler babies, that too is his thing
It's as empty as musk promises
Plastic caps being attached to bottles has nothing to do with carbon footprint, it's to reduce plastic waste in the environment.
Fun fact, the EVs normally have a set of fuses which blow when rolled over. These had to be removed for the demo.
EDIT: someone else posted a photo of the demo car itself not even having the high voltage battery installed; in other terms it does not drive.
This is misinformation in the sense that caps got attached in order to reduce the likelihood of the bottle cap entering the environment since it is easy to loose, in particular when dumped illegally.
At least AFAIK.
Also those are cold gas thrusters meaning they do take electric energy to power the compressors that refill them, not fossil fuels to burn them.
That being said super cars are a luxury for the medium rich.
I'm glad that you've already pointed out the difference between environment and climate
When tethered caps are done well, mostly seen on flat-caps for water bottles, they're actually very convenient. Just flip them over until they click in place and you don't have to worry about holding them or placing them somewhere. Flip them back to close the bottle.
Unfortunately that often is not the case and then they suck.
Tethered screw caps are very easy to use too. It takes a few sec to figure them out.
True, if they're made well. Some are shit unfortunately.
Well, maybe they don't sell them here, anyhow, one does not have to buy shitty products. There is choice, at least when it comes to caps.
where I live most of them are shit. It's very rare that they work so good as described above.
Maybe it is you then.
I wish we could organize to ignore those idiotic product show-offs from billionaire's playgrounds. No talking, no commenting, no sharing, living as if it ever happened. This would make those products be abandoned by investors and fade into the nothingness they deserve, along with their ego and all the invested money.
One can dream...
God I wish
This is the first time I hear about that event. Feels good.
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