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by RC_ITR 1433 days ago
Not only that. Overhead electrical solves a lot of the mining/environmental impact of batteries.

It’s the low-key case that Elon will be remembered poorly (like Robert Moses’ rapidly degrading legacy) for

1) Having the wrong vision for EVs (but successfully executing non it anyway)

2) Making space travel cheap (thereby increasing the amount of carbon energy dedicated to it) without really improving an average human’s quality of life

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Plus messing up astronomy and maybe helping bring about Kessler syndrome. Good point about overhead electrical.