Elon Musk Promises To Fix South Australia's Power Network In 100 Days Or It's Free (Ok Pal)
The Guardian- Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of electric car giant Tesla, has thrown down a challenge to the South Australian and federal governments, saying he can solve the state’s energy woes within 100 days – or he’ll deliver the 100MW battery storage system for free. On Thursday, Lyndon Rive, Tesla’s vice-president for energy products, told the AFR the company could install the 100-300 megawatt hours of battery storage that would be required to prevent the power shortages that have been causing price spikes and blackouts in the state. Thanks to stepped-up production out of Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Nevada, he said it could be achieved within 100 days. Mike Cannon-Brookes, the Australian co-founder of Silicon Valley startup Atlassian, on Friday tweeted Elon Musk, asking if Tesla was serious about being able to install the capacity. Musk replied that the company could do it in 100 days of the contract being signed, or else provide it free, adding: “That serious enough for you?”
OK PAL. Here we go. Classic Elon. Dude just making grand promises all over the place. It’s his favorite thing to do in the world. Nobody loves making promises he can’t keep like Elon Musk. “Oh, South Australia your power grid doesn’t work? Cool we can fix that in 100 days. No problem. We can absolutely make that happen. Let’s go to work.” I hope he promises to fix the heating in my apartment or he has to pay my rent for a year or some shit. I need to get in on this fraud action. This South Australia thing will be a true test even though I am 150% sure that it won’t happen. He made the mistake of saying South Australia will get something in return for his unfulfilled promise. Usually he gives himself an out so he can say on Day 99, “Oh well we gotta push back the finish date because I love nothing more than making bold promises and not following through on them.” Bottom line is that South Australia is getting free power in 100 days so good for them.