You are correct about what they have accomplished. But you need to acknowledge the good with the bad - it’s not a binary good/bad choice. Musk needs to get credit for what he has accomplishment, but also get called out where he deserves it.
Skirting environmental, health, safety regs are among those that are fair game for criticism. That being said, those that give no credit and only criticize him are just as bad as those that find no flaws. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On May 11, 2020, at 7:27 AM, Willie via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 5/11/20 5:49 AM, paul dove via EV wrote: >> 54 violations in 5 years does not constitute not caring about employees. I >> have yet to figure out why you hate Tesla. They are made in the US. They are >> the best and safest car on the market. They are electric. Yet you bad mouth >> them every chance you get. > > Yes, surprising. I know the people on this list have worked diligently for > decades to hasten the adoption of EVs. Through both personal example and > public advocacy. Yet, we have not had the success that we desired. Then, > Tesla came along and did the deed. Tesla has been astonishingly successful > in convincing the public to buy and drive EVs. Tesla is solely responsible > for putting EVs over the top. IMHO, there will be no turning back now. Yet, > some folks persist in fault finding and nit picking. I can only encourage > them to try to look at the big picture. Would we be better off had Tesla not > succeeded? Tesla may very well have failed and gone bankrupt had the Model 3 > not been the success that it is. And we would have been stuck with ICE for > another decade or two. > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
