Is the industry that expensive even with everyone using a $30k satellite? Or does a $300B market rely on satellites costing closer to $1B each?

Good thought but a bunch of outlets are reporting that TSLA volume did indeed shoot up by almost a factor of 20 yesterday (and I checked for myself as well). So no, this story doesn't mean we're fooled, it means we're fucked.

Indeed. That high frequency trading has resulted in a single point of failure is the real story here. If bloomberg announced this to a bunch of humans, some would buy without thinking, a smaller amount would buy cause they're stupid but most would just laugh at bloomberg's mistake. Computers don't get jokes. Every time a previously unknown trigger occurs there is a chance a feedback loop will blow something up.

That's a safety issue. It guarantees more than enough time for all of the belts to be properly fastened to avoid "Le Mans start" situations (where drivers would speed off as they were buckling up leading to several deaths) and it's consistent across the field so it doesn't affect the outcome. I believe present day LeMans racing doesn't need minimum pit times since refueling+tires takes longer than a driver change.

That's why I only buy products that serve markets that god created on the 6th day right after he hid all those dinosaur bones!

Yeah F1 isn't nearly as advanced as all those other racing series that don't have any regulations on the cars. For those interested I've compiled a list of regulation free racing series:

(end of list)

Wrong. The "rules" are set by the customer in this scenario. If they aren't followed the customer (government) is perfectly able to choose another bid (provided pork seeking senators allow it). Thus, this is not an Uber situation where the customers don't know/care about the rules that competitors are legally forced to play by.

The difference between new and old "space guys" is how they choose to follow rules set by the customer. In one case, decades of lobbying has resulted in unwieldy bureaucracy that only works when money is no object. The other case started from a blank slate with the goal of serving more than just one customer. Boeing can change it's process whenever it wants to.

You sure about that? Remember, we live on planet earth.

1973 called, they want their solar power cost benefit analysis back.

Obviously there are still situations where solar is not ideal but there is a reason its one of the fastest growing energy sources. Things everyone should know:
-Solar panels collect back the power used to manufacture them in 1-4 years.
-Their useful lifespan is over 30 (approaching 50).
-If your roof gets sun more than half the days of the year, a solar array will pay itself back in under 15 years WITHOUT SUBSIDIES (I'm looking at about 12 for my array not including subsidies).
-Storage is indeed an issue, but that is the very issue that this plan is addressing!

Uhh....you're not going to last long here on the internet....

Yeah this guy is always promising us the moon. How the hell is he gonna get there? With his own personal rocket factory?! Why doesn't he start with something more down to earth...like a car or something. If his companies can somehow gain a lot of experience with these solar panels and batteries he plans to use then maybe we don't need to brush off this natural innovation as complete hype. Then maybe, just maybe I can stop typing exclusively in sarcasm. Only time will tell.

Someone who's estate was worth $2.5B when he died is probably not the best example to prove your point.

For the foreseeable future, I'd think not....more like 3rd to merge assets of 4 failed startups might profit.

So all of them?

Well good on them for at least talking about it!

Also, they smartly chose "voluntary, non-regulatory" as the very first words to describe the program instead of, you know, what its purpose is. What would be very interesting is to see an objective report on how effective Florida's approach is to reducing pollution compared to say San Fransisco's plastic bag ban or composting requirements. I wonder if you could somehow control for the Hippie vs Retiree mindset?