Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "Bloomberg Originals" channel.

  1. The CCP cuts down anyone who becomes too powerful and says something slightly off the party line. Actresses, YouTubers, etc.
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  2.  @77Avadon77  Elon has next to nothing to do with it, your aggressive ignorance will cost you.
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  3. So the food is better and they get a baby box they paid for in advance whether they want it or not? I wouldn't trade them lifestyles.
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  4.  @sprogg2001  I get it. Massive respect for Finland. It was about the vid and message not about a nation so much. I always think about how they took on the Russians effectively while grossly out numbered...as well as current culture.
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  5. They go where they are coddled.
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  6. No the Volt and Leaf are not comparable to the Model S but they are affordable for average people, the prices are also not comparable, it's a silly comparison in a way. The S is the car you want, the others may suffice to get you around.  (tho the leaf is so hideous I couldn't own it, lol)
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  7. Also it wasn't billionaireS having "some success" it was ONE individual having spectacular success while the rest dream and slowly proceed.
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  8.  @maximusasauluk7359  I didn't say we don't have major room for improvement, I wouldn't trade them that's all.
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  9.  T teg Egg  Controlling the narrative and (unfortunately effectively) controlling the conclusions common ppl believe...like COVID started in the USA! Apparently the ppl believe that racket.
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  10.  @superfreiheit1  Giving more money to wasteful government is often like giving a drink to a drunk.
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  11.  @superfreiheit1  Private sector wastes some but it's not remotely comparable to governments which have total monopolies and zero monetary discipline. Beyond that I'm not required to fund private companies with very few exceptions. Get the difference?
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  12. Ignoring the fact that the price of such commodities will crash due to surplus, actual value maybe 1/1000 of 1% of that.
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  13. Appropriate 'hard questions' equates to hatred??? In what universe?! That's a reporters JOB.
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  14.  @PresidentialWinner  Either way I already paid for it plus the bureaucracy to administer it. What a deal!
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  15.  @uglitor  Oh so they get the money out of thin air? Who knew that was possible.
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  16. For a fraction of the price you can purchase a high performance street bike and die about as likely.
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  17.  @aportfolio8324  Sure, but I was referring to Chinese ppl IN China....should have clarified. I'm pleased that Uncle Joe is not going to be soft on the CCP and most other Western Nations seem to be coming around to a harder line too.
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  18. Methane only lasts about 15 yrs in the atmosphere so it's a transient "problem" (if a problem at all) NOT a cumulative issue.
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  19.  @superfreiheit1  Increase YOUR taxes too.
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  20.  @princess4509  BULLSHIT. I started working at a hard rock mine mill as a laborer, any idea how it is to find anyone worth a damn for REAL WORK??
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  21.  @princess4509  Minimum wage is for kids and entry level, first jobs. Anyone who doesn't bother to invest in themselves to acquire valuable skills is lazy and worth very little. Any clue how difficult it is to employ ppl especially given that the more you pay them the more the state PUNISHES you for it?? No excuses for not advancing one's life in America today. I'm not talking about Africa. 6 figures is available in a matter of yrs of diligent, mostly on the job training in the TRADES. Oh but they are above getting dirty just to earn real money, right?
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  22.  @__WJK__  Isn't it primarily grain fed animals creating C4H4? Not sure grass fed do that much. Anyway with it's short life when mixed with O2 it's just not something I worry about. Rarely is that fact mentioned as it doesn't fit the alarmist narrative. NatGas is one of primary factors (replacing coal) the USA has reduced CO2 emissions in recent yrs and for a host of other reasons it's vastly superior to coal consumption. Not many nations have achieved that but China's increases dwarf all that anyway.
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  23. gera quiroz If you can take Elon at his word, and he seems to live up to it....any competing electric car that does it's job well is a win for him because he is more concerned about accelerating the transition to electrics then the long term success of Tesla Autos.
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  24. I think it's good he takes Elon to task, that's healthy, and as you say EM does a fine job of explaining and defending his position.
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  25. ***** In keeping with electric tradition I guess, I wouldn't put up with a Leaf in MY driveway.  That's what's fantastic about Musk and Tesla, they show us how to make an electric be one of the most desirable cars of ALL time.  I really hope they can pull it off with a middle class affordable car as promised.  I'm not so concerned that it will be a very fine car but that it will also be a reasonably economic rig....say an alternative to a Honda Accord class.
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  26. Gary C OK. If you were just funn'n than I shouldn't take it literally. However I think it's a safe bet that turboprops could also greatly benefit from a big differential in turbine versus prop RPM, for what it's worth....without considering the down side of higher cost, weight, maintenance, etc. (Sorry, I can't help but be fascinated by the engineering particulars that's why I clicked on the vid :-) )
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  27. Gary C Variable pitch and bypassing the combustion chamber with most of the thrust producing air are related but separate aspects. Again, turbofans have been 'emulating' turboprops in this way for half a century. (I believe it was the 747 that accelerated the adoption of high bypass efficiency) Apparently the difficulty comes about when attempting to gear the rotational speed differential along the same axis, hence requiring some sort of planetary arrangement where as turboprops have an offset prop shaft geared to the turbine shaft greatly simplifying the gearbox. Right?
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  28. Gary C Pardon me pressing the point then, but I have learned a couple things here since I was not near as aware of the particulars of turboprops as airliner engines. Thanks for the discussion.
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  29. Gotta be more efficient for a UPS truck to run up and down our road then all of us making extra shopping trips across town.
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  30.  @freedom-g3d  Why not pay everyone to stay home ALL the time? Wouldn't you like that?
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  31. Three wheels equals RUBBISH.
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  32.  @charlesfavell3350  I was talking about Chinese citizens IN CHINA.
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  33.  @americanidiotinchief259  Nor will the ppl even own their own lives there. Imagine getting disappeared just for normal discourse that happens to be slightly critical of the evil CCP....but that's the nature of totalitarian regimes. We have the ability to reign in corporate influence and money politics, we simply haven't made it a priority.
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  34. THANKS! I won't waste any more time on it then.
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  35.  @princess4509  I don't give a damn how you label some line of thinking, that's the province of those who don't have a case, it's a diversion. "Liberalism" is the biggest reason housing costs are high, some 40% the cost of building is due to regulatory mandates much of which are government overreach and bureaucratic empire building. As a society we have stigmatized the trades or anything that get's your hands dirty for decades. This results in an enormous opportunity for those not controlled by arbitrary job status signaling. Anyone of near average intelligence and health can fairly quickly earn 6 figure incomes today, no it's not *easy*, never was but it's far more doable and easier than ever. Most of the trades have been under high demand this entire century and will continue to be. NO EXCUSES for not being able to get wealthy on 6 figures with monetary discipline and modest financial literacy. Need I school you on personal economics? I'm an everyday millionaire (not a big deal anymore, we are common) starting at 18 by investing in myself, skills and *integrity*, working my ass off, living way below my means and investing very carefully. If that somehow doesn't workout where you are--MOVE...I did.
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  36.  @princess4509  I'm done with you Child.
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  37.  @chadsimmons6347  Might be difficult to acquire regulatory approval to crash a rock into Earth big enough to make all life bigger than a tardigrade extinct.
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  38. 11:50 So she's nicely saying black Americans are worse than average drivers. (don't trounce me I'm not the one who said it!)
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  39.  @testaccount4191  Permanently open it you mean.
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  40.  @kvps27  I think he had to forget about SpaceX IPO, nothing left for that. :D
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  41. Combative??? Asking hard questions is his job, he did OK at it. Since when is holding some one accountable combative? Sheesh, he runs public companies after all and is responsible to multitudes of investors. It's not a cult adoration, worship fest. I admire EM as much as anyone but that doesn't make him a God.
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  42. NOPE. He will be dead as soon as it gets off the ground.
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  43. Zachariah Wilburn DAMN you are simple child!
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  44. THAT was temporary but--if you managed to ride out those painful yrs prior to mid 2019, you were rewarded handsomely. (fascinating to look back now)
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  45. SR Never ceases to amaze me how dumb children resort to "shill" anytime someone disagrees with their simplistic world view. Just don't own individual stocks, you'll lose your ass letting your emotionally invested notions dominate your opinion.
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  46. The competition is coming on strong from all over the globe including GM. Elon has already achieved his primary goal of showing the world that an electric can be a highly desirable car and "'accelerating the transition to E-cars by a decade'". I would LOVE to see Tesla become a viable company and continue it's disruption of the Detroit biz model (not to mention power generation, storage, etc) but that has yet to be proven, so far Tesla is only a boutique car manufacturer that has never met it's ambitious delivery schedules. We'll see about the Model 3. There is a lot of hype around Tesla and cult worshiping that makes me nervous. This latest 'profit' is considered by many to be more "engineered" then significant. As much as I admire Musk (one of my favorite people of all time) and ALL he has achieved I wouldn't touch TSLA stock except as a trade, but I wouldn't bet against him either. The absorption of Solar City looks like a way to save that failing company from insolvency more than anything else. But it sounds like YOU should be purchasing the stock with both hands. ;-)
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  47. Fropsy Still a big waste of time. 100's of folks are "building flying cars". Unfortunately it's always going to be a very expensive and RUBBISH car and a rubbish airplane. Sort of like a boat/car or an offroad/onroad sports car, one inevitably compromises the other.
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  48. Does the PT-6 (or any other turboprop, turbo anything) have multi speed shaft? High bypass engines are half a century old but all had/have single speed shafts. It sounds like you are confusing turbofans (old tech) with geared turbofans. I don't know what's "genius" about it, just an obvious, long wanted but difficult to solve engineering problem.
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  49. Gary C Very generous of you. ;-)
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  50. Did the PUC guarantee them decades of the same circumstances? It sounds like "jumping at the chance" was a bit rash and ill considered.
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  51. Yes, price effects demand exponentially not linearly. A 10% increase in cost could be a 30% loss of demand. Also noteworthy how little he's changed in general terms--goals, production projections, etc. (yeah even the gross over-optimism on cutting edge tech, lol)
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  52.  @tomservo5007  Yeah reusable rockets and converting the entire global auto industry trajectory away from ICE is the biggest con job in history. All CGI, EVs don't even exist and neither does SpaceX.
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  53.  @tomservo5007  Reusable is not a new idea, it's just a new thing that NO ONE else has come close to achieving. It's barely possible with chemical rockets in Earth's gravity well. Tune into Tony Seba, not fun to listen to but he's been right for decades and you'll gain by the insights.
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  54.  @tomservo5007  Thunderf00t has made a business out of trashing Elon and served you very badly. I've made a modest fortune betting against him and will continue to do so. Today I can semi-retire early, minimal millionaire, and in a few yrs expect to triple my net worth. I stand by everything I've said, do some actual research instead of patronizing convicting but false narratives. Funny how these things take on a life of their own LONG after they are clearly false--my dad was smart but he subscribed to the "Peak Oil" fantasy long after fracking/horizontal drilling technology had 10Xed global oil reserves. I pointed it out to him after USA production had just superseded previous peak in 1973, that was a decade ago, pretty sure he dropped that subscription, lol.
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  55.  @tomservo5007  Sure. And you should do some actual RESEARCH that you clearly have not done. I may owe Thunderf00t a debt of gratitude, realizing his audience is dominated by penniless pointless children--he probably influenced a few naïve adults with money and involved in markets. The smart short sellers , those betting against Elon, transferred something like $100B to us retail dummies. Greatest short squeeze in history, it was SO predictable and profitable. Hahaha
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  56.  @tomservo5007  Care to point out a handful of lies Mr. Thunder convinced you of? At some point you have to admit you were duped, as difficult as that may be it's character building. We are all wrong to a degree, the goal is to be less wrong.
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  57. These commutators are weak but Chanos is worth listening to sometimes.
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  58.  @josuardgonzales7843  I bet the ranch long mid 2019. Always check your premises, it was the shorties "arguments" that gave me the final dose of conviction to bet against them May '19. Never sold a share only added since.
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  59.  @josuardgonzales7843  Gained a modest fortune by now naturally. How about you?
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  60. HA! *Nothing*....so tiny it's laughable. Do you worry about what the space station does to Earth's CG?
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  61. Yes it's only you.
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  62. LOL! So much for entertaining childishness. :D
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  63.  @colemin2  Mine did occasionally.
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  64. All that stuff is crap anyway, just use coconut oil it actually works.
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  65.  @sacrilegioussasquatch  I wouldn't know. :D
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  66. STILL Passionate about these things after all these years. It's such focus and passion that allows spectacular success.
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  67. Same thing going on in Silver Peak Nevada for decades now on a smaller scale.
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  68. How did you twist that into a negative? It was recognizing SpaceX success!
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  69.  @vueport99  Freedom in CHINA??
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  70.  @vueport99  Yes but we have a unique constitution that offers us substantial (not bullet proof) protection against alarming trends like "anti-blasphemy" laws in Euro, the beginning of the end of all freedoms IMO. Capitulation to evil Abrahamic religions.
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  71.  @americanidiotinchief259  Where do you get your info on Chinese citizens beliefs?
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  72.  @raukoring  Based on WHAT? That YOU missed out on a fortune riding along with TSLA?? Or more likely--your ignorance and/or perpetual poverty prevented you from 10 or 100Xing your money.
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  73.  @raukoring  Pay attention child, I don't have time to be your mommy.
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  74.  @raukoring  If you had something to say I assume you would have done so Sport. LOT of comments here, I have no idea which one's you might have been fixated on.
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  75.  @louisking1393  More effective than WHO? Certainly not the CCP and your an idiot if you don't assume it's likely from Wuhan lab given CCP reactions and denials, they obviously have plenty to hide.
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  76. Gerald Ford Not as described in the Iceland example.
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  77. There was no jobless trend prior, quite the contrary. But it has accelerated much of the other stuff you mentioned, I've been increasing my decade plus food landscaping projects.
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  78. Price targets are generally a yr forward so I think she was accurate enough.
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  79.  @Arya_amsha  Stop blaming everyone else for your own failings and go out and get after it.
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  80.  @superfreiheit1  Yes YOU should pay more to make America Great Again. :D
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  81. We don't call them the New York Crimes for nothing. Elon was very magnanimous towards a blatantly fraudulent reporter/publication. (in this instance)
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  82.  @tomservo5007  Only material strength gets in the way of it fundamentally working. Whether or not it could last with orbital debris is another thing.
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  83. Now fire a frozen TURKEY at mach 0.7 into engine whilst at full power! :D
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  84.  @therarebreeds77therarebree7  It's unfortunately not practicle to harness and use as fuel but it's not a BFD otherwise. C4H4 is very short lived in our atmosphere and won't likely save us from the pending devastating glacial maximum.
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  85. Yeah we should return to the stone age instead.
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  86.  @WaiKoH  There has never been equilibrium on Earth. How many thousands of tons of natural debris lands on Earth every week? Random natural disasters happen all the time, etc. Living in the stone age wasn't safe, in fact it guarantees eventual mass extinction events, some avoidable today and likely most avoidable eventually.
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