Elon Musk buying Twitter?

Discussion in 'The Media' started by ~Zen~, Apr 29, 2022.

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  1. ~Zen~

    ~Zen~ Ancient Mariner Administrator

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    Good points.

    Ultimately the best solution for the planet is for people to stop traveling so much.

    It is completely unnecessary and wasteful.

    Cities and towns should have been designed with mass transportation options, instead of being an afterthought - for the poor.

    I would have an electric car if there was an easy way to recharge it with solar power, that way it would not be so harmful to the planet. Burning fossil fuel to create electricity to replace burning fuel in your car is not a solution, it is a delusion.
     
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    curiousbear Senior Member

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    I was once an environmentalist at heart. Now... far from it :(

    My house runs ~90% on solar power. I don't have battery though. Just a two-way metering into the grid.

    I agree with you, avoid travel is the first best option. I go to work only a day or two in a week. I can WFH rest of the time. IF I get an electric vehicle, I will sure put solar on top of my car port. PS: I had heard that burning fossil fuel at power plant is much more efficient than burning fossil fuel in a vehicle.
     
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  5. ~Zen~

    ~Zen~ Ancient Mariner Administrator

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    Thanks for your input!

    I keep driving around to an absolute minimum. I am tempted to see the sites but it costs on so many levels - environmentally as well as from your wallet.
     
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    Charging cars from fossil fuel only benefits with the economy of scale.....commercial fossil power plants can run at over 90% thermal efficiency, where a passenger gasoline engine will run about 35%.
     
    Twogigahz, Jun 3, 2022
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    I had imagined making gravity + manual labor (workout) driven fans to use in summer. Never got to that project though. perhaps this subject deserves a separate thread...
     
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    Mzzls
     
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    Echtwelniet, Jul 15, 2022
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  15. Twogigahz

    Twogigahz Senior Member

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    How much money did Musk make selling tons of stock at it's near high point, all on the ruse of buying twitter - and not creating a stock panic with him dumping it???
     
    Twogigahz, Jul 15, 2022
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    Just as I thought
     
    wyldwynd, Jul 16, 2022
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  19. ~Zen~

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    I was reading about his father, who recently had a second child with his step-daughter... proclaiming that it is his duty to procreate.

    I vote for the Musks as being the most amazingly self centered egotistical family since the Trumps.

    There has been a long line of these scoundrels if you scour the pages of history for the fun of it.
     
    ~Zen~, Jul 16, 2022
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  21. Piney

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    Twitter is not a profitable company. Its stock price was overinflated by hype and cheap money policies.

    Twas bound to loose some air; Musk or no Musk.
     
    Piney, Jul 18, 2022
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  23. Echtwelniet

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    See if he keeps his word..........on twitter........:D

    Still think it is funny(to much money to spent/attention*sigh*) trying making a point............but he/we are better off................concentrating at tech/science
    lol.

    [​IMG]

    Mzzls
     
    Echtwelniet, Dec 24, 2022
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    The logistics of twiitter dee and twitter dum are not in any of my graphs of LIFE

    -just a rabbit hole of madness
     
    wyldwynd, Dec 24, 2022
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  27. ~Zen~

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    The whole thing is a cosmic tragi-comedy of epic proportions not even Kurt Vonnegut could forsee...
     
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    Dude111 An Awesome Dude HipForums Supporter

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    I see he has stepped down....

    HE SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE TRASHING IT!!
     
    Dude111, Dec 26, 2022
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  31. wyldwynd

    wyldwynd ~*~ Super Moderator

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    The hippies started twitter back in the 70’s with their drive by paddle boards while taking Timothy Leary at the school of Harvard with 3A93DCE2-1AC3-497C-BA60-540D5C2991ED.jpeg ram dass to be here now !
     
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  33. wyldwynd

    wyldwynd ~*~ Super Moderator

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    Here some more of the beginnings of being ‘social’ 93758092-AA57-481F-86D3-8E9606BB6BEB.jpeg 87ACB3A1-18D5-4DC5-A159-D35C883C3E0D.jpeg D39919CF-AA22-4CE7-BF62-BF95A63B15F7.jpeg A0563050-8019-4543-A1EC-6FC29110B751.jpeg while driving down the road and feeling like throwing up an emotion of sorts ——
     
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    Yes evolution shows up in many forms along the time line of life <3
     
    wyldwynd, Dec 27, 2022
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    People like him have a lot of money. Therefore, they can do whatever they want. Imagine now what influence he has!
     
    OG4real, Jan 15, 2023
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