Comments by "Nicolae Crefelean" (@kneekoo) on "Elon Musks Dumbest Fans: BUSTED" video.

5:40 Do you really expect anyone to whip out "alien tech" in short term? The Falcon 9 is the only active (and mostly) reusable rocket. And while some private companies are now working on (also mostly) reusable rockets, SpaceX is working on a fully reusable one. For decades, there was arguably no significant progress in rocketry until SpaceX started landing boosters. It takes time and maybe this year we'll see Starship in orbit. Picking on Elon just because you want stuff sooner than reasonably possible doesn't make him a con man. It's not like the rest of the industry already does what SpaceX has in store. The whole industry lags behind SpaceX. For half a century we've been stuck on pretty much the same old technology and no one pushed hard to make something as ambitious as Starship, so I have no problem waiting for another year, or another one, even another one. Brighten up, dude.
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@MrDmadness Long planned? So where are their reusable boosters after all these years? How much taxpayer money needs to be wasted for you to believe that the agencies either don't have plans or they want to milk as much taxes as possible with the old technologies? SpaceX have landed more boosters than the rest of US launches of any kind in the past 5 years, and that's mainly because SpaceX have taken over the lead in US space launches as a result of lower prices and reliable vehicles. So when it comes to price, it's everyone else in the US space industry conning the taxpayers. Or maybe they're not conning anyone and they're literally incapable of anything better, and the taxpayers should just keep accept it and keep paying for less capable rockets. He's done nothing new? Best rockets? SpaceX. Best EVs (and soon best cars, period)? Tesla. Best A.I.? Tesla. Best super computer? Well, who knows how far they will push Dojo, but they're already in top 5-10 and working on the next generation. Great batteries? Yeah, they make the 4680, which is a great way to make batteries faster and cheaper. If you think "new" is what matters, you're chasing hype. What matters is solving real problems and bringing the cost down so more people can benefit from that.
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@MrDmadness You have the wrong mindset if you expect Elon to only be worth anything is he's top whatever. The VW CEO told his managers that Tesla makes a car in 10 hours, while VW is over 3 times slower. That's great manufacturing from Tesla. Ford's CEO also acknowledged that Tesla is in the lead and that they have the best battery, the best entertainment, better customer experience, great engineering, simplified and cheaper production, etc. Are they fanboys too? GM is praised by corrupt/UAW puppet Biden as having electrified the car industry, while Tesla have actually raised the bar so high with their vehicles that they created such a huge demand for EVs that their waiting line is months long while also having the biggest EV market share. While Starship is in the works as a 100% reusable rocket, only Rocket Lab is actively working on recovering their first stages. A few Chinese companies are also trying to copy Falcon 9 and Starship but they haven't managed to come out with anything working yet. Everyone else either don't care or they're years behind Falcon 9, let alone Starship. You're happy to call me a fanboy because you're probably unwilling to acknowledge the progress Tesla and SpaceX alone have done in their industries. Tesla have also entered the power industry in Texas and they will do the same in more states and countries in the future. Now they're also working their way in the insurance industry, not only with lower rates but also A.I.-based advice for drivers to improve their skills that not only improves them on the road but also make everyone else safer. Elon is weird in his own way, but so far he's done more for a few industries that very few managers have managed to do in their lifetimes. Lowering the emissions is important - globally. Lowering the price to access space is also essential to do more research that we benefit from down here on Earth. Teslas are also rated as the safest vehicles by NHTSA, so that's also great when we take human lives into account. Starlink has also brought cheaper and insanely better internet access to people who barely had intermittent and poor access through the other satellite internet providers. And with their growing constellation of satellites more people will have internet access for education, health and entertainment - people who never had internet before. These are all facts you can check for yourself. But do you care?
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@MrDmadness You're in denial, and simple fact checking would fix that for you.
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@MrDmadness You project a glorified image of Elon, then challenge people to prove he's that. Just cut the dumb hype. See things as they are - he moves things forward, significantly. And yes, he does make bold claims and he falls short on some. But he's more ambitious and faster with his advancements than we see others doing, and that matters a lot. And no, as long as you say that, you prove you haven't checked how both Herbert Diess (VW CEO) and Jim Farley (Ford CEO) acknowledged Tesla in the lead. If you're sure you're smart, you need to take a better look at stuff.
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@MrDmadness Refitting costs less than making a new booster, which is why they do it. And today they landed a booster for the 89th time, which - in my opinion - proves that refitting does a good job. And there you go again with "he's done nothing new" like his success strictly depends on conjuring something never before seen by anyone. Most of the time things simply evolve, improve, etc. But he also did a few new things. SpaceX is the first company to: - launch their own spacecraft into orbit and recover it - reliably reusable rocket boosters, and in the near future entire rockets (Starship) - reliably take astronauts to and from the ISS (also currently alone, as the mighty Boeing just can't cut it) Tesla is the first auto manufacturer to: - make practical, compelling, profitable EVs - own its own recharging/refueling infrastructure - not waste resources with dealerships and ads - offer insurance The list is obviously longer. My point is some things might be "meh", but others are impressive. Just because you label Elon as a snake oil salesman it doesn't mean he's one. He wants to colonize Mars and he's working his ass off to make it happen, while others are busy nitpicking his goals or secretly hope he will fail for whatever reason. That's petty. I'm not saying you wished him to fail. But you paint him the wrong way and you don't give him credit where it's due. That's simply denial. By they way, working his ass off to colonize Mars is also something new.
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@MrDmadness Not bad, you didn't call everything "first" as false. I'd say that's good progress. About Tesla, as far as #1 goes, who was first to offer practical, compelling and profitable EVs if not Tesla? And to make it clear, by practical I mean exactly that - something that people can drive for hundreds of miles (200+) on a single charge, in various climates, giving the occupants both comfort and safety. I'm sure you know there's range anxiety with plenty of people. By compelling I mean something exactly what the definition says: giving people strong reasons to buy Teslas for what those cars have to offer compared to many others, and on top of that not stinking and polluting the air with CO2 and other nasty gases. About #3, you probably know the dealership thing is a dumb US thing that Tesla would love to get rid of because they want direct sales. As for ads, they started doing some in China, but if you go back in time you'll see how they didn't pay media outlets to get eyes on their vehicles. And for good reason - they sold what they made and couldn't scale fast enough if ads worked in the favor. So if you're into nitpicking, you're right #3 is false. But being the first at something doesn't mean you'll always to the same thing forever. They still don't care about ads, other than China, even those being rare. About SpaceX, they have 2 boosters that have successfully flown and landed 10 times, and 2 others have flown and landed 9 times. These four are almost 2 years worth of launches for SpaceX, which is significant. Other boosters have between 2-4 flights and landings, while another flew 6 times and failed to land a 6th time, this February. About colonizing Mars, unless you're a Moon landing denier, you know that several crews of astronauts lived on the Moon inside the lander for a few days, with virtually zero atmosphere around their landers. I don't know what kind of pressure vessels you build, but clearly all that taxpayer money managed to pay for better pressure vessels. And the ISS has been continuously populated for over 20 years now - another pressure vessel. We nailed that down a long time ago. The Mars soil is bad for us, but it's not as bad as people think. Chlorine is soluble, so the required soil for human settlements can be made safe for people. That's something that can be automated. And what's so hard about excavators? Starship is huge and can carry large equipment, including boring machines, which Elon has - uncoincidentally. This will be hard, but it's just a hard engineering problem that requires work. It can be done.
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@MrDmadness Your "facts" are not showing. Talk about snake oil...
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@MrDmadness You're desperately looking for nonsense to pin him down. People have been doing complex stuff even without universities degrees. So much of the knowledge that we learn in schools gets outdated or becomes practically useless, that anyone over 40 bragging about a university degree is an idiot. I for one learned a lot after university because especially in IT you can't just stay with your formal training. Either you keep learning or you get outdated fast. And there are plenty of incompetents with university degrees. No degree guarantees your place in a top company. Prove what you claim to know and that you can work with the team, or you need a lot of luck to get the job. The two founders made Elon co-founder because they went to him for an investment and Elon liked the idea and invested in it. It makes no difference who started Tesla, but who worked so hard to make it successful. The Tesla 4680 batteries are actually a significant improvement in many ways - not only its design, but also the manufacturing process around it. You probably know this, but you're too emotional about Elon not living up to your standards, so you choose to ignore what he accomplished with his companies. Because for you it looks like it's the standards that count. What matters is who works their asses off to do stuff. And in Elon's case it's stuff that's much better than what we had before.
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@MrDmadness I looks like you don't/can't understand that results matter more than papers/degrees. The CEOs of VW and Ford are not afraid to praise Tesla and use is as a benchmark, while you can't imagine life/performance without a degree. You badly need a reality check. That is if you're not simply trolling, in which case you'd better bring arguments that make sense, because these ones are dumb beyond belief. You didn't even care to say who beats Tesla at making practical, compelling, profitable EVs. I'm genuinely curious who you think did/does it better.
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@MrDmadness Companies don't run themselves to success - it's their CEOs who get them there. You keep talking crap about Elon and ignore how much his companies achieved. And that dancing robot person was fun, unless you're utterly dull. For someone pretending to stay on point, you're deflecting hard.
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@MrDmadness No, the 4680 battery format was designed by Tesla. Panasonic, LG Energy Solutions, CATL, and Samsung SDI have gotten the specifications and they all have plans to build these cells for Tesla. Also, you should differentiate between battery cells and batteries/battery packs. All EV makers buy cells from the traditional suppliers, but the batteries they build with them are different. For reference, here's what Ford's CEO Jim Farley said: "Tesla maximizes use of electrons in the vehicle. No one does it better than they do. Their customers pay less for a better battery." Talk about knowing nothing... your knowledge is the opposite of comical.
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@MrDmadness Are you too lazy to get up to update? First, Panasonic is not the only cell supplier for Tesla. Second, Tesla announced, during Battery Day in September 2020, that they were well into the development process of a new battery cell form factor: the 4680. That was not only about the battery cell itself, but also the manufacturing process, including the factory. Panasonic was just an early adopter of the 4680 cell format that they will use to make cells for Tesla. And it should be obvious that Tesla needs as many battery cell manufacturers to make them because they need batteries for both vehicles and stationary storage.
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@MrDmadness Feel free to prove it. :)
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@MrDmadness I see... no source, no quote - the best way to spread misinformation.
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@MrDmadness And misinformation is best presented without context, or reliable quotes and sources.
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@MrDmadness It's the other way around, but as long as you're happy with yours, it's fine.
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@MrDmadness Your "reality and facts" revolve around you being hung up over the fact that a guy leads two highly successful companies while not having a university degree. As if anyone doesn't have to learn on their own and for a university acknowledge that with a paper. As if you can learn in any university how to make reusable rockets. As if any university cam teach you how to successfully run an EV company in the age of ICE vehicles. Your "facts" are lame, like it or not.
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@MrDmadness I gave you plenty of verifiable facts, even quotes. You ignored them. Emotions much?
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@MrDmadness When WV and Ford CEOs confirm what you reject, you need to do the reading.
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@MrDmadness Oh, so you expect CEOs to personally invent, innovate, design and manufacture at least at some level to deserve any credit? Yikes, dude!
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@MrDmadness You cannot break physics (as far as we know) but you can learn to overcome the big challenges. NASA has already studied radiation shielding, and they work with SpaceX for the Moon HLS. And despite your nickname, you can't be mad to think Elon would send people to die of radiation.
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@MrDmadness NASA wants a permanent Moon base. That's higher radtiation compared to Mars. How do you even think work has not been done to safely keep people on the Moon and Mars? Does NASA also want to kill people on taxpayer money?
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@MrDmadness And yet, NASA doesn't make the bold claims that Mars missions are suicidal. The Mars Society is also working hard to make it as safe as possible. But you know better than them all.
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