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1. fakwandi_priv · 1790601680 · focus · HN ↗

   I’m a bit saddened this thread has so little activity, 55 comments as of posting, here even though there are half a million people watching the spacex stream. Just watching the launch, the amount of technology and people involved is incredible.

   Prompting claude 5.5 has more appeal it seems.

   1. varjag · 1790601961 · focus · HN ↗

      For all very real SpaceX achievements there's certain Musk fatigue if you haven't noticed. He's done enormous job to sour people on the idea of becoming multiplanetary species.

      1. qzw · 1790603309 · focus · HN ↗

         I was all for going multi-planet until I realized the second part of the plan was “and fuck the planet we’re on now.” I’m afraid the second part is coming along much faster than the first.

         1. indoordin0saur · 1790603807 · focus · HN ↗

            How is that the second part of the plan?

            1. pavlov · 1790604226 · focus · HN ↗

               Their plan calls for inaction towards issues that are making this planet increasingly worse for humans.

               1. Dig1t · 1790605596 · focus · HN ↗

                  Assuming you are talking about climate change: isn’t Tesla doing more than anyone to electrify everything and help fix the problem?

                  The plan definitely does not call for inaction towards other issues.

                  1. qzw · 1790611198 · focus · HN ↗

                     I believed this at one point as well, but that’s not happening anymore. Tesla became what it is while leaning on generous electric car rebates that drastically reduced prices of their cars (especially when leasing), not to mention the millions in carbon credits that other car makers paid to it that was basically another subsidy. Then once Tesla achieved economies of scale and paid off the early fixed costs, he no longer supported subsidies for electric vehicles. That’s pretty classic pull-up-the-ladder-behind-you behavior. The net effect is a drop in overall electric car growth and the scaling back of electric car development by many of Tesla’s competitors.

                     1. Dig1t · 1790642515 · focus · HN ↗

                        His competitors already have economies of scale, they are incumbent carmakers that build tens of millions of cars every year.

                        Volkswagen has a market cap of 40B, why do they need to government subsidies to build a new car?

                        If you truly care about wide-scale EV adoption above all else, why not advocate for opening up western markets to Chinese EVs? The availability of a 10k EV would do far more for adoption than giving taxpayer money to billion dollar megacorps.

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