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Old 06-23-2009, 07:38 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ocelotspot View Post
So spending money on the development of smarter more economical transportation is a sham?
...not at all - i wager nearly everyone here enthusiastically supports the development of new and innovative transportation technologies...

...the problem is that tesla does no such thing; they're a silicon valley VC enterprise managed with all the shameless charlatanry of any given late-nineties dot-com ponzi scheme...that they've actually brought five hundred cars to market is a remarkable testament to the few people in their organisation and customer base who so desperately strive to see the idea succeed, and i absolutely hope they can reign tesla's momentum in a productive direction, but that's an awful lot of dead weight steer with precious little suspension carrying its load...

...wow, a roadster analogy, and totally unplanned at that!..
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