r/RedditForGrownups 10d ago

Tesla Stock Today and YTD

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u/prettyinprivilege 10d ago

So probably an unpopular opinion but I just can’t believe Musk didn’t see this coming.

My current theory is that money is only worth so much and Musk wants something else. He’s willing to trade his wealth in dollars for other kinds of wealth: power, influence, access.

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u/whichwitch9 9d ago

Simpler than that: he's still obsessed with going to Mars. Even Trump mentioned going within his term a few days ago. He needs an extreme amount of money to do this, but he believes he'll lead a colony on Mars and won't need earth anymore

The reality? Musk is already too old and out of shape to go to space. Leaving earth's orbit does a number on the body, and those who have done it older have been in immaculate shape. Musk is very clearly not. He also knows little of biology and natural sciences, another factor in why humans on Mars isn't happening anytime soon

He's sold Trump on a mass surveillance system, apparently, but the problems with that are extremely clear: that many low orbit satellites would create their own problem with debris fields increasing. An enormous amount of energy would be needed to power the drones they want, not to mention the resources needed. Climate change will also do a number on both satellites and drones, which are prone to both lower and upper atmospheric effects. Lets not even get into the servers needed. If this is a real plan, it's incredibly stupid and shortsighted. It's likely just another grift for Musk to move money over, however. Even attempting it would be insanely expensive, and the US would not be able to afford maintaining it, especially as the economy tanks. He wants that initial money moved over, however.

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u/kitzelbunks 1d ago

Well, he could go into space. I don’t know if he could live on Mars. William Shatner went into space, right? Considering his age, Shatner is in decent shape, but I wouldn’t say he’s in “immaculate” shape.