• Mellibird@lemm.ee
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    What a huge display of incompetence. And I can’t say how im even remotely shocked with how Musk managed to get a deal like that and push out any other smaller company from even being a participant. Such a mess.

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      Tesla’s troubles with solar in Buffalo were overshadowed by a federal corruption probe into the construction of the factory. Kaloyeros and others, including one of Cuomo’s closest aides, were convicted of rigging the bid process to award the construction contract to a politically connected local contractor. The convictions were subsequently vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court.

      But let’s focus on Elon musk and Tesla, it’s good to see the big oil propaganda has also left Reddit to do useful idiot work for the destruction of the planet.

      How many more hottest days of the year are we okay with and people dying before we admit that big steps like this one are necessary to save people.

      And then the government fucks it up with contractor bullshit like they always do, and suddenly it’s Musks and solars fault.

      C’mon bro, we’re better than this here.

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        Damn, Elon Musk keeps getting tricked over and over again, how unfortunate

        How well, nothing he could have done

        Also implying Elon Musk is somehow saving the planet, lol, lmao even

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          I don’t give a fuck about Elon musk, dude. But I DO care about progressive technologies that can help save the planet from climate crises and big oil poisoning the planet.

          Those things are far more important to me than whatever musk drama and gossip people like to spread.

          It obfuscates the point when people just get wrapped up in a feverish circle jerk about one man.

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        Oh dear. The Muskrat fanbois are showing up on Lemmy. We can do better than defend idiot billionaires who fleece the country. I don’t know that big steps like those mentioned in the article are any type of what we need. Of course, of course, our economic and political bullshit ties with fossil fuel is gross and needs to stop, but that type of whataboutism doesn’t make one right and the other wrong. They are both wrong.

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          Oh dear. This is a story about lack of government oversight using nepotism and progressive promises to fleece a state of their money and give it to a favored contractor.

          But you saw teslas name and musk is baaaaaaaad, so I guess that’s whataboutism to you because you lack critical thinking skills or some shit.

          I guarantee if the name of the company on the building was literally anything else. People would be mad at the state for embezzling money, and defrauding them with lies.

          ironic you call people muskrats when you’re the first to froth at the mouth at the sight of a dudes company or name, and drop all critical thinking skills.

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            LOL. Alrighty. It’s amazing that the second you saw that shithead’s name you had to white knight to his defense. A story about a company lying about promises to gain tax favors is suddenly only about gov’t malfeasance.

            I guarantee that if the name on the company was literally anything else. [sic] People would be mad about the lies and lack of promised follow-thru. See just about any report about how sports stadiums fleece gov’ts with the lack of economic pay off.

            Not ironic that you felt the need to jump to a billionaires defense when the name triggered your reactionary defense response. Great critical thinking skills on display.

            Edit: Blocked. I don’t have time or energy for shitheads on here.

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              Bro I was simply having a conversation about my feelings on green energy and the climate, and you jumped to name calling and insults while saying nothing about the topic. If you want to call me more names and then block me, Godspeed to you.