On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 1:22:22 AM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 4:35:48 PM UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
On Sunday, October 1, 2017 at 12:52:44 PM UTC-7, RichA wrote:
On Saturday, 30 September 2017 05:45:18 UTC-4, StarDust wrote:
Elon Musk says his new rocket will fly you anywhere in the world in under an hour for the cost of economy airline ticket

http://business.financialpost.com/te...musks-new-plan

A rocket plane like that , commercial flights, flying passengers must be bulletproof, absolutely safe!
Did he think of that?

That scumbag is an idol to the progressive idiots out there. He got $5 billion in government subsidies for Tesla and Space-X. They still don't make a profit, despite MORE tax-payer paid incentives of up to $14,000 PER CAR (nice for rich people to help them buy a $100,000 Tesla).

His cheapest Tesla car cost $35,000. It can do 235 miles on a charge, not bad.
Still not cheap, cost of 3 Ford Fiestas.
I figured , this is some gov. conspiracy to convert old economy into gadget economy!
Gov. found a useful idiot to throw his ideas and G's money around.
Some thing like the dot.com economy of the 90's. LOL!

The mileage of those cars was already shown by European tests to be considerably less than claimed. Real-world conditions and all.

All cars are like that! On gasoline cars the EPA estimate all ways higher, because it was tested under ideal conditions. After the car is driven 5-10K miles, gas/millage settles at some what lower.
I think, for electric cars as time goes by performance of the batteries goes down too.
With electric cars, if it breaks down, I don't think there's a mechanic at every corner, who can fix it.