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Default OT: Gas shortage

On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 9:54:44 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 5/13/2021 7:59 PM, Markem618 wrote:
On Thu, 13 May 2021 20:48:15 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 13 May 2021 10:46:59 -0400, knuttle
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As you sit in the gas line or are looking for a station with gas, DON"T
you wish your car was powered by on of the small nuclear reactor like
those they have use to power satellites for decades?

I'm not sure I want to be driving around on several pounds of
plutonium.


Yes but they do want you driving around with a load of Lithium. Safer
by a pretty good margin but.

For some maybe. LOL. Take the doctor and his attorney buddy in Houston
a few weeks ago. Left the doctors house in his Tesla with his buddy.
Leaving home and 800 feet later a firey crash into some trees, going 30
mph. The fire department had a difficult time putting those batteries
out once the caught fire.

And an odd side note, no on was in the drivers seat. They found 2
unidentifiable, not even enough for dental records, bodies in the back seat.


From: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...marshal-report

"Teslas vice president of vehicle engineering, Lars Moravy, said Monday on an
earnings call that the company found the steering wheel of the vehicle to be
deformed, leading to the likelihood that someone was in the drivers seat at
the time of the crash.

The company didnt have an immediate comment on the report. Its cooperating
with investigators.

Police with the Harris County Precinct 4 Constables Office initially said that
€œno one€ was in the drivers seat, which led to speculation that the vehicles
Autopilot technology may have been a factor. Chief Executive Officer Elon
Musk took to Twitter to refute that notion.

William Varner, 59, and Everette Talbot, 69, were both found dead when first
responders arrived on scene. Talbot was seated in the right front passenger
seat with his upper torso €œin a forward-leaning position, with both arms rolled
forward." Varner was seated in the left rear passenger seat with his upper torso
€œin a rear-leaning position, with both arms rolled back and in a pugilistic pose.€ €

Somebody mentioned Darwin a little earlier in the thread. This was written in
another article:

"...on Monday, Tesla founder Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that "data logs recovered
so far show Autopilot was not enabled & this car did not purchase FSD" -- a
reference to "full self-driving" capability.

"Moreover,'' he continued, "standard Autopilot would require lane lines to turn on,
which this street did not have." "

Perhaps the good doctor had more money than brains.