@thehill
Seriously, youβre blaming the scientists? The warnings have been issued more frequently than hot dinners for at least three decades. π€¦ββοΈ
@SquashedBox
@jjmsteen
lol, who came up with kWh per 1000 h ?
The thousand cancels against the k, and the two hβs cancel. In other words, the number represents good old watts. Twilight zone stuff.
@AvatarDomy
If you drop a hammer on your toe it will hit your toe, even though the earth is moving fast. Same principle. Even works on a train.
If the train accelerates or brakes, you might miss.
@missmulrooney
@OurNewHomecoach
Police at door: Excuse me sir, do you keep dogs? Weβve received reports of two large Alsatians chasing children on bicycles.
Me: Well those canβt be my dogs officer. My dogs donβt even have bicycles.
@simonahac
@LiberalAus
I agree that folk like me know nothing. Thatβs why I voted for a voice that *would* know. They made a compelling case FOR the voice there.
btw, the EV is todayβs Corolla. Only rich folks can afford to waste money on fuel and servicing.
@_amaraziz_
@SquashedBox
@jjmsteen
Yeah, Iβm already cool with it, an aid to consumer understanding is a good thing.
Itβs the engineer in me itching to simplify the units. Something like that would have been marked as incorrect on my exams in the 80s.
@jhall
@enn_nafnlaus
@elonmusk
Not often you get a gathering that large of people who all understand the laws of physics. When Elon speaks he speaks their language.
Choked up a little watching that. Thoroughly deserved.
@skdh
Youβve fallen for the Legacy Auto marketing.
Hybrid loses the biggest advantages of EVs:
- silent, vibration free
- no tailpipe
- home charging, always wake up full
- 3x longevity
- low maint
- crumple zone
All moot. Robotaxi is coming. Autonomy is the ultimate tailpipe killer.
@everchos3n
@jpr007
Once you decide that your next new car will be an EV, you exit the new ICEV market *on that day*, not when you finally get around to buying your EV.
Thousands are making this decision every day. The new ICEV market is shrinking fast. Much faster than EV production is growing.
@RichieMerzian
@DanielBleakley
In just 12 months we replaced two petrol cars with one EV, a petrol ride on mower with a battery equivalent and we now cook electric rather than gas. Also put 14kW of PV on the roof.
Change happens much faster than Gallagher thinks.
@alex_avoigt
And the radical group would be wrong. Electrification only starts with cars. As cells get better and cheaper it extends to buses, trucks, semis, tractors, megapacks, earth movers etc. machines that *cannot* be replaced with bicycles.
Living lean might eliminate some emissions,
@LynAldenContact
Wow, thatβs the worst take possible, 180Β° off.
There was no model 3 before model 3. Ask anybody forced into a Leaf or Bolt through their desperation to quit fossil fuels.
Tesla to this day have not advertised. Their sales go up every superbowl when other brands advertise.
@SueHigginson_
He has two fears, imho.
The lesser is that today be seen as too little too late. Small bikkies. Oz already knows he doesnβt hold a hose.
The big fear is that peeps join the dots, from coal n gas to the Keeling Curve to extreme events. He gets destroyed by the lump of coal pic.
@WholeMarsBlog
@ValueAnalyst1
I owned and drove a Tesla for 8 months before my first road trip. During that time I was still in that clueless category!
It takes a road trip to fully understand. Plug n walk beats stand n pump n transact n shuffle.
This famous video filmed at the Sasquatch Music Festival 2009 is often shown in corporations, team working classes, etc. and it actually shows an interesting aspect in psychology: the role of leading with a example (even if weird) and imitation
@WholeMarsBlog
Hypothesis:
FSDBeta contains a settings file that Tesla can update at any time (or on start drive event).
On new version release, safety settings are set to max, then dialed to normal as hours pass without incident.
@MrMatthewTodd
βDonβt know the basicsβ.
The media have abysmally failed their duty to inform. We need to hear βKeeling Curveβ on the news as often we hear βCPIβ, βGDPβ or βASX 200β.
If young people lack the basics then the education system is failing.
@edgarrmcgregor
All the activists want is a No New Fossil Fuel Projects policy, some proof of action after 50 years of inaction.
Australia for example is still stamping new coal mines. US is still talking pipelines. UK is still talking North Sea Oil. Itβs like some death wish.
@sashayanshin
So he wants 12% of the company in return for 10xβing its value.
Should I care? Instead of my TSLA gaining 10x I get a bit less than 9x. Really I just want reassurance that heβll put his gains to good use, not leave it all to his kids. Pretty confident it will fund Mars (science).
@SawyerMerritt
Time to ditch Mexico, start Indonesia. Come back when theyβre serious about saving the world from fossil fuels. The delay itself is the environmental hazard, given the climate crisis.
@MissJilianne
I better get rid of that EV that Iβve been running off rooftop solar for two years now. If he says it doesnβt work then it doesnβt work.
@WholeMarsBlog
Rare to hear a bad word from an employee. Even when fired they seem grateful for the experience to work with a tireless visionary.
Prioritising FSD over superchargers may seem like losing sight of the mission. Thatβs only until it becomes obvious that FSD is a tailpipe killer π
@alex_avoigt
There are only three situations where EVs are better than ICE.
- going up hill (no slow down)
- going down hill (regen saves brakes)
- on the flat (low drag, quiet, great for music)
Other than thatβ¦
πππ
@SawyerMerritt
Well done Boris for helping to spread the word. Itβs a green thing to do. Why? Because with this knowledge depreciation aware new car buyers will only buy an FSD car, and there are no FSD cars with tailpipes. π
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@WholeMarsBlog
Musk should not have endorsed anti-EV Trump. He failed to anticipate Biden step down and possible backing of lame horse. Harris wins he has put Tesla on the back foot. I want to see a grown up CEO maintaining relations both sides.
Long TSLA.
@iamtomnash
Delta was threatening to me. I have a heart stent so did not relish an attack on my lungs. I say thanks to all who vaxxed and kept Delta at bay.
Omicron provides Delta immunity and doesnβt attack the lungs. I was never scared of Omicron and having had it I can breathe easy.
@DillonLoomis22
Call me perma bullish but I think itβs a great sign that Elon has moved into negotiating mode. While interest rates were up and both Optimus and FSD were pipe dreams he had no negotiating power.
With rates set to fall and both FSD and Optimus poised to shock, he makes his move.
@TesCalendar1
@bowefamily
One pedal driving.
Pictured is the road we take to get out. I counted 25 brakes applications for the ICE car ahead. In the model 3 itβs zero brake applications.
One pedal driving feels weird the first day. After that youβll love it.
Apparently not all EVs have it. Shop wisely.
@PRGuy17
Dutton is doing an excellent job in ensuring the coalition never come back. Albo doing the same for Labor.
Can you tell I want a Teal victory in 2025, for real climate action? Sick of being lied to on the issue that trumps all others.
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@Mike_Ronesia
@WholeMarsBlog
ICE cannot be saved, any more than Kodak could be saved from digital photography. Govt needs a deeper understanding of Wrightβs law here to avoid wasting billions.
The depreciation difference threw me at first. Itβs not the purchase price difference. Itβs because you need three ICE cars to outlast one EV - the EV doesnβt clap out. In a robotaxi clocking up km fast, itβs the distance, not the years that matter.
@RandyWKirk1
βhe thinksβ is doing a lot of work there.
On engineering, technology, business, Musk has amazing track record, so I pay attention. But I see no evidence that heβs a great judge of individuals. Aspergers is like that.
@nellybabe
I want history to record that John Howard was the guy who stymied the Kyoto accord for a decade. Ten years of lost climate action globally. Could well end up being the ten years that let the Keeling Curve (measures CO2 concentration) get away.
@WholeMarsBlog
That statement is the first to turn me off Harris. They are supposed to be the decarbonisation party. Attacking the CEO of the worldβs biggest decarboniser, on a personal level, is not going to help humankind avoid the climate crisis. Itβs politics before planet - selfish.
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@alex_avoigt
This is how disruption works. The old tech dies, the better cheaper more convenient tech flourishes.
I donβt recall any song or dance when smart phones forced millions of businesses to sink or swim. Fossil. Fuels. Itβs. Time. To. Go. π
πππ
EVs appearing for people who never buy new. An EV having done 100,000km has far more life ahead than an ICE with 100,000km. Magnetic fields interact without touching. Electric motors last and last. Never a better time to quit petrol.
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@TitterTakeover
Cool. I will unsubscribe via app and resubscribe.
People might wonder why sponsor Twitter? Iβve noticed that Murdoch had no power on May 21 (Aust Fed Election) and no power on Saturday (Vic Election). I ascribe that to Twitter. Weβre watching a power shift in a good direction.
Itβs 18 hrs now since the last tweet by Peter Kalmus.
Release Peter Kalmus.
Release all protesters who are trying to save us from the climate crisis.
Let it not go unnoticed that
@ClimateHuman
Peter Kalmus - a NASA climate scientist and one of the main spokesperson on Earth for saving life on Earth has been arrested for peaceful climate protest against JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Millions should be protesting,to save life on Earth
@herbertong
Muskβs gift to the world is cheap (and getting cheaper thanks to Wrightβs law) battery cells. He devised a way to bootstrap the battery industry, starting with S3XY cars, but now delivering Semi, Cyber, Megapacks.
Cheap cells obviate oil from transport and coal/gas from the grid
@ICannot_Enough
@Rainmaker1973
Followed you for a long time James. First time Iβm in disagreement.
It takes very little adjustment to learn that 0Β°C is freezing and 40Β°C is sweltering.
USAβs refusal to use metric is the miscommunication that will keep on mis communicating, until fixed.
@danielgladis
Hereβs the problem. GM make one EV thatβs better than ICE and people realise ICE is old hat and stop buying them, immediately. Overnight they Osborne ALL of their profit making products.
@elonmusk
Blatantly sexist. My (female) partner and I have both been monitoring the situation the past 4 hrs.
Best of luck to the Russian people. May you emerge with non-murderous head of state.
@NiranjanAjit
I had to read to the bottom to discover you were talking about motor yachts, not sailing (assuming the picture tells the story).
Sailing isnβt perfect either - the motor will be started by people not racing, but could be sustainable. See Zen50 model.
@Peter_Fitz
Ronni Salt blocked me for defending Musk. Sad because she was right about most things. If you follow the Musk story long enough it eventually becomes clear that most of the negativity is manufactured.
Bottom line, heβs worldβs biggest decarboniser in a climate crisis.
@GeorgeWHerbert
@SawyerMerritt
More time, bigger lead gap. Some soon leaps for Tesla are unboxed assembly (build the car in sub assemblies then put the sides on last), 48V replacing 12V system, steer by wire and using Optimus where suitable.
@SusanLa69642683
@LisaZembrodt
@ItsBouquet
Well the gas exporters are raking it in, on gas that costs them the same to extract. If only there was some mechanism for the common wealth to benefit, like taxation π€.
Use it to fund the big solar, wind, community battery build. The bonanza wonβt last long - OS have sun too.
@jeremyjudkins_
Thatβs not how (most) engineers think. They donβt buy stuff just because they can afford it. They do cost benefit analysis, factoring the opportunity cost. (e.g. the cells and materials not used in smaller model one day make an e-bike for my kid).
@alex_avoigt
Two researchers on the coming disruptions are Tony Seba and Adam Dorr, both recommended follows (
@tonyseba
@adam_dorr
), especially for those radicalised with half the story.
@BrentToderian
@WIRED
Reducing driving times in cities is remarkably simple. Hereβs the secret.
Faster commuter trains with more capacity.
Thatβs right. If the train is fast, cheap, comfortable, people leave the car at home, the roads have less traffic and move faster.
@DanielBleakley
@FedorovMykhailo
@SpaceX
To make it work requires a power outlet and a view of the sky. Thatβs it. Hereβs ours working perfectly on the back lawn. (Destined for the roof, but non stop rain since it arrived).
It could easily be deployed at night and recovered by dawn to remain covert.
@teslaeconomist
Not necessarily. I bought yesterday at 170, having not bought since 300. I chose yesterday because everything was telling me the mood had changed. Twitter noise settled. China sales good. Inflation fears down. FSD wide. Semi delivery. Elon happy. Shorts noisy and irrational.
@waitbutwhy
Timβs right of course, but hereβs a tip that has halved such moments in my life.
Always pack the room/unit you are departing onto the bed, nothing loose. Then agree with partner that everything is on the bed. Then depart.
@Gradadvisor
@skdh
Did we watch the same vid? I heard Sabine being scathing of the lack of a price on CO2 emissions - the failure of regulation to listen to three decades of advice by economists.
@ListerLawrence
@AAPresident
Yeah, thatβs bollocks. The range hit from being fully loaded barely registers. Putting roof racks on would have a bigger effect. Physics.