calling elon musk. puerto rico needs you.

[mopinko]

some smart person like you should be flooding the islands w solar panels and batteries. that would be a whole lot more help than a tanker of gas.

[Not Ruth]

1. Hurricane solar makes a lot more sense than rebuilding obsolete energy infrastructure

[FSogol]

2. What is hurricane solar? n/t

[Not Ruth]

3. Hurricane proof solar

Left out an important word. Proof. Puerto Rico's Doppler radar station blew away. It was NOT hurricane proof.

[FSogol]

5. Whether they switch to solar or not, the entire energy infrastructure will need to be rebuilt.

[Not Ruth]

6. What is the perfect opportunity to do it right this time

[mopinko]

9. that's gonna take a long time. this works out of the box.

especially out in the rural area that are gonna be at the tail end.

[FSogol]

10. You think 3.5 million people can each have their own independent service without an electrical grid?

There aren't that many surplus panels or batteries for sale to accomplish that. Not a solution.

[mopinko]

11. ok, lets just sit around and wait then.

you are the king of making the perfect the enemy of the good.

[FSogol]

12. No I'm not, but speculating about a solar pipe dream isn't going to solve PR's problems. n/t

[malaise]

4. +1,000

Rec

[Not Ruth]

7. Elon could afford to bail out Puerto Rico by himself, but will he?

I think that Hyperloop from Puerto Rico to Florida would be an amazing way to evacuate people from hurricanes in the future as well as jump starting tourism.

https://www.quora.com/Is-Elon-Musk-as-humble-as-the-image-of-him-projected-to-the-public

[RobinA]

8. Elon Musk

moves money around to make more money and chases some unicorns. He's never actually done anything.