@zombiecide @rodhilton Hyperloop was a massive success at its actual goals.

https://mobile.twitter.com/parismarx/status/1571628269555826688

@rodhilton @Crookhorne@mstdn.social Another piece of fossil fuel industry PR. The battery pack in my first Prius lasted 15 years, and old batteries have resale value for the valuable metals inside so they get recycled. Replacing it could have been done for $2000 or so plus labor, but that was more than the car was worth at that point so the whole thing went for recycling.

@rodhilton @Crookhorne@mstdn.social That said, clearly Elon doesn’t care about the climate crisis, just look at his private jet usage. Private jet from San Francisco to San Jose? Yeah, he’ll do that rather than use one of his own cars.

@Crookhorne@mstdn.social @rodhilton Sounds like you’ve fallen for PR from the fossil fuel industry. Even if you power electric cars entirely from fossil fuels, they’re still more efficient than gasoline cars on a “percentage of energy used” basis, and the electricity grid is way more efficient than trucking fuel around.

https://www.straightdope.com/21343872/do-green-vehicles-really-save-energy-is-a-prius-worse-for-the-environment-than-a-hummer

@mcnees That's a really good photo of the LEM. The first time I saw a real one, I was shocked by the fact that it looked like it was built out of crumpled aluminium foil and duck tape. The photos I'd seen as a child had never shown enough detail to reveal that.