And home power, etc., etc.

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by Another Scott

9/10/17 12:08:47 PM

And home power, etc., etc.

PowerWall.

I think Elon's just throwing money and memes everywhere, to see what sticks. The Hyperloop is an interesting engineering exercise, but it'll be a boondoggle if anyone tries to to actually build one. (This isn't to minimize what he has accomplished, but he's yet to actually show he has a sustainable business model.)

It's easy to see that electric transportation and distributed power is the future, but "first movers" are rarely the ones that win (look at Apple). "The exception proves the rule" though...

Cheers,
Scott.

Command line history is evil - (crazy) - (58) - Sept. 28, 2007, 04:43:15 PM EDT

Laziness needs balance. - (static) - Sept. 28, 2007, 09:16:51 PM EDT

Re: Command line history is evil - (rcsteiner) - (56) - Nov. 21, 2012, 02:41:06 PM EST

2007? - (crazy) - (55) - Nov. 21, 2012, 09:32:11 PM EST

2012! - (rcsteiner) - (54) - Sept. 5, 2017, 06:12:52 PM EDT

And the award for "Longest Setup for the Least Payoff" goes to ... -NT - (drook) - (53) - Sept. 5, 2017, 06:36:02 PM EDT

(chuckle!) -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 5, 2017, 06:39:03 PM EDT

Agreed -NT - (crazy) - (51) - Sept. 6, 2017, 12:35:32 AM EDT

But since we're here ... - (drook) - (50) - Sept. 6, 2017, 10:11:12 AM EDT

Nope. - (malraux) - (49) - Sept. 6, 2017, 12:07:09 PM EDT

That's the thing about nostalgia - (drook) - (48) - Sept. 6, 2017, 12:11:09 PM EDT

Yup. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. -NT - (malraux) - (2) - Sept. 6, 2017, 01:00:26 PM EDT

It never is. -NT - (static) - (1) - Sept. 7, 2017, 06:38:08 AM EDT

It used to be -NT - (drook) - Sept. 7, 2017, 08:26:54 AM EDT

Some of us, of course are quite beyond lures of such wistfulness.. - (Ashton) - (44) - Sept. 6, 2017, 07:43:49 PM EDT

I don't miss kick-starting -NT - (drook) - (43) - Sept. 6, 2017, 08:04:03 PM EDT

Obligatory... - (Another Scott) - (42) - Sept. 6, 2017, 08:47:43 PM EDT

*cough* ..you rang? Indeed was I correct in that assessment: - (Ashton) - (38) - Sept. 7, 2017, 04:45:52 PM EDT

Compression release is for pussies - (drook) - (7) - Sept. 7, 2017, 07:05:49 PM EDT

I'll bet a bunch of 1-armed barnstormers thought that too. ;-) - (Another Scott) - Sept. 7, 2017, 07:57:16 PM EDT

Umm.. Me/pussy then - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 8, 2017, 03:30:27 AM EDT

carry some deer whistles in yer pocket for when you encounter priusses - (boxley) - (4) - Sept. 8, 2017, 10:01:49 PM EDT

Always glad to hear about clever Lads of any stripe :-) will grab a few, too. - (Ashton) - Sept. 8, 2017, 11:43:27 PM EDT

Do deer whistles work? - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 9, 2017, 01:57:16 AM EDT

"behavior alteration in response to the whistle (little to none in the majority of cases)" - (boxley) - (1) - Sept. 9, 2017, 10:22:14 AM EDT

still.. prolly pretty low-audio-level if car at low speeds :-/ er, more deafening-silence. - (Ashton) - Sept. 10, 2017, 03:43:32 PM EDT

Thanks for the clip. - (Another Scott) - (29) - Sept. 7, 2017, 07:55:49 PM EDT

Second the music-diss.. - (Ashton) - (28) - Sept. 8, 2017, 03:20:54 AM EDT

The sound doesn't tweak my nostalgia bits -NT - (drook) - (27) - Sept. 8, 2017, 07:48:17 AM EDT

Me neither, but it's interesting. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 8, 2017, 08:23:18 AM EDT

Et tu, Brute? - (Ashton) - Sept. 8, 2017, 04:06:32 PM EDT

Kinda agree re all Vee twins.. - (Ashton) - (24) - Sept. 8, 2017, 03:36:42 PM EDT

My friend in Dayton had a bunch of Honda V-twins. - (Another Scott) - (23) - Sept. 8, 2017, 04:01:15 PM EDT

Paid little attention to such as these, alas - (Ashton) - (22) - Sept. 8, 2017, 04:27:33 PM EDT

My RD 350 didn't even meet your weight limit - (drook) - (2) - Sept. 8, 2017, 05:09:20 PM EDT

Heh-squared :-) - (Ashton) - (1) - Sept. 8, 2017, 05:47:09 PM EDT

The 350 was more than enough for a noob - (drook) - Sept. 8, 2017, 06:51:54 PM EDT

Going electric. - (static) - (16) - Sept. 8, 2017, 06:21:12 PM EDT

All good points. - (Ashton) - (13) - Sept. 8, 2017, 08:03:49 PM EDT

I assume until there are breakthroughs... - (Another Scott) - (12) - Sept. 9, 2017, 02:02:38 AM EDT

Fair weather is the rub. - (malraux) - Sept. 9, 2017, 10:36:45 AM EDT

Has a conceptual C.G. problem, alas. - (Ashton) - (10) - Sept. 9, 2017, 09:20:38 PM EDT

Good points. - (Another Scott) - (9) - Sept. 10, 2017, 10:34:42 AM EDT

PS.. re that top pic - (Ashton) - (8) - Sept. 11, 2017, 06:39:03 PM EDT

ignore, forgot the link -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 11, 2017, 07:08:04 PM EDT

put a battery in one of these I would be interested - (boxley) - (5) - Sept. 11, 2017, 07:07:38 PM EDT

I don't understand those - (drook) - (3) - Sept. 11, 2017, 07:55:17 PM EDT

They're 3-wheel go-carts. For adults. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 11, 2017, 10:07:03 PM EDT

It is an opening - (scoenye) - Sept. 11, 2017, 11:06:05 PM EDT

People still buy 'em. - (static) - Sept. 13, 2017, 02:55:54 AM EDT

Highway police bait! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 12, 2017, 05:03:08 PM EDT

Good points, but... - (Another Scott) - Sept. 11, 2017, 10:26:53 PM EDT

Tesla isn't just focused on cars - (drook) - (1) - Sept. 10, 2017, 11:03:20 AM EDT

And home power, etc., etc. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 10, 2017, 12:08:47 PM EDT

Some are trying, though :-) - (scoenye) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2017, 07:45:59 PM EDT

That's nuts! Wow. Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 11, 2017, 10:12:26 PM EDT

How to do it right. - (CRConrad) - (2) - May 17, 2021, 10:23:02 AM EDT

Of course he has a dial telephone. - (Another Scott) - (1) - May 17, 2021, 11:18:18 AM EDT

Calls to ask for heat insulation for the exhaust pipe on the Viper bike on said phone... - (CRConrad) - May 18, 2021, 08:18:45 AM EDT

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