Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "Why 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary likes Tesla, gold, and the Trump economy" video.

  1. Do you want to hear him talk about his dog or family??
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  2.  @RB-dl8gr  How can you reconcile "the love of money is the root of all evil" with the fact that the love of hyper-productivity, invention, self discipline, effort and intelligence is the Root of ALL MONEY?
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  3. Did you even bother to watch the vid?
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  4. Any intelligent unemotional investor will change their mind when the situation changes or they find reason to upend prior conclusions.
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  5.  Radford Tataryn  I was responding to original post.
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  6.  Radford Tataryn  You don't know much about Tesla. They are just about the most loved products ever owned by anyone, they had some early quality control issues, mostly minor/cosmetic stuff early in production on every new model and fixed those problems. The China EV market is equal in size to the rest of world combined. You won't see Chinese made Tesla's in America, they won't foreseeably be able to meet China demand for the cars. They may need a couple more factories in China, another is scheduled to begin construction in Germany soon. Big MFGs build where they sell for a host of reasons. No one is ever going to bail out Tesla and they provide some 400,000 American jobs already and growing. (that number might include Elon's other Co.s as well, mainly SpaceX, but the bulk are Tesla employees) BTW--if hadn't noticed, there are too many jobs in America, millions of unfilled positions due to lack of qualified applicants. We need more investment in automation to increase productivity plus training for unskilled folks. How could they possibly be turning much of a profit when investing so much in R&D for new products and building new factories and production lines?
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  7.  Radford Tataryn  You can't convert an ICE to electric in a competitive fashion and you wind up with sub-optimal results. You will drive an EV eventually for all the reasons you stated, inherently less expensive to operate. Not for everyone nor every location YET but it's coming. These things don't happen over night. Take a ride in a Tesla or better yet rent one for a week and you'll begin to change your tune. I'm a bit of a petrol head, I have no desire for a different car, I still love my 'old' 2011 BMW M3 with that gem of a high revving V8, but I'm guessing it's my last ICE. I'm not ready to give up on the engagement, third pedal and visceral experience. And for road trips EVs are not "there" yet, not enough charging options or charge rate but those too are advancing rapidly. Owners of Tesla's whom I'm guessing know better than you or I, they disagree with you on quality control, almost every single one of them love the car. So whatever trivial faults they have are vastly overwhelmed by the positives. Joe Rogan is a car guy (Porches, classics, muscle cars) and he says the Model 3 makes all other cars seem stupid. Damn good reason why they out sell every other car model (not trucks or SUVs) in the USA despite some trepidation for the continued viability of the Co., unfamiliar brand and a change of how one does things. Tesla isn't just selling cars they are offering a complete mobility solution from over air updates, super chargers all over the planet, most efficient batteries and motors bar NONE, best electronics and only good AP. There are a host of reasons why the old MFGs are going to have a hell of a time catching up. Some 100 major car Co.s globally, all of them are scrambling to offer EV's but none so far offer the value or performance of a T. Again--it's entirely normal for a tech Co. to lose money for many yr.s as long as they are growing rapidly. My money is on TSLA, it's risky but has massive potential. Go ahead and bet against me!
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  8.  @RB-dl8gr  What is the root of money?
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