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NNadir

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6. Thanks for that. Sometimes I feel alone in that opinion. People act as if...

Reply to PSPS (Reply #5)

Sat Aug 17, 2019, 08:52 PM

Aug 2019

...his car for millionaires and billionaires is some kind of environmental wonder.

It is anything but that. Even if it were good for the environment - it isn't - the fact is that it still depends on cobalt mined by slaves, some of them children.

His launching of his stupid car into space was one of the most obscene pieces of marketing of which I have ever seen, even worse than Jeeps driving over pristine rock formations.

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Here's the stupid reason Elon Musk wants to nuke Mars [View all] Eugene Aug 2019 OP

Did he post this at 4:20? (nt) klook Aug 2019 #1

Mars lacks a magnetic field to protect its atmosphere... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #2

+1 RGinNJ Aug 2019 #3

For a guy who wants in on the Space Race... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #4

My first thought as well. RockRaven Aug 2019 #7

Temporary in geological terms, but not human ones NickB79 Aug 2019 #9

It amazes me that Musk, a total fraud, has so many fanboyz. PSPS Aug 2019 #5

Thanks for that. Sometimes I feel alone in that opinion. People act as if... NNadir Aug 2019 #6

I think dropping some powdered rhino horn and a few defacto7 Aug 2019 #8

Automated greenhouse gas factories would be more effective NickB79 Aug 2019 #10

Or alternatively, we could just leave Mars alone. Isn't screwing the hell out of one planet enough? NNadir Aug 2019 #11

If it's dead, why does it matter? NickB79 Aug 2019 #12

I don't know, because it's beautiful? Because it's full of history? NNadir Aug 2019 #13