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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (770453)	2/20/2014 10:06:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577593

As for the electric car concept itself, it's still not economically viable, which is why a Tesla is more of a luxury item than anything else. But for a rich liberal area like Northern California, it's absolutely perfect because there are a ton of people willing to pay that much just for the environmental statement. And they also get a fun car that can serve as an "eco status symbol." You probably know this..........Tesla is coming out with a 'cheaper' model next year...........$40K......cheap only by Tesla standards. If it has the same quality construction as the more expensive model, I suspect it will really grow the company.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (770453)	2/21/2014 2:31:03 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577593

"I think more than half of the smog these days comes from about 10% of the vehicles." Which is why "cash for clunkers" was a GREAT idea.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (770453)	2/21/2014 2:32:54 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577593

Silicon Valley billionaires Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and others pushing low wages for people who work for them. Speaking of Silicon Valley billionaires…did you think billionaires were in favor of “free markets” and such? Well, it turns out not so much. In one (more) example of billionaires rigging the free market for their own gain, a lawsuit alleges that the top executives of Apple, Google, Intel, LucasFilm, Pixar, Adobe and others conspired to set up a scheme to drive down the pay of executives, engineers and others. The class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 100,000 employees and claims that around $9 billion was stolen from these employees in the 2000s. eBay and Intuit are involved in a similar suit. See Pando’s The Techtopus: How Silicon Valley’s most celebrated CEOs conspired to drive down 100,000 tech engineers’ wages.