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  1. hill

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    Unlike corporate Toyota that ditched California for Texas?
    Maybe he was just grossed out by all the homeless' feces & Needles strewn about Calif streets - as well as legalized robbing under $1,000. It's what motivated lots of us that left Cali recently.
     
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    Any fire, no matter the fuel, is very bad in a tunnel. BEVs have shown to be capable of burning.
     
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    has space x rec'd any gov help? solar roofs? power banks?
     
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    Now he wants to build the ladder all the way to mars. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
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    I was involved in bridge and tunnel construction when I was an advocate for local transit rail lines. $15 million a mile is a ridiculous lie by Elon Musk. Don't believe anything that comes out of the mouth of that guy. Even a single-lane bridge over a freeway would cost a billion dollars a mile. Tunnels are at least twice as expensive. Besides, that was more than five years ago, and inflation in construction costs keeps rising every year.
     
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    Yeah! Next thing you know he will be spouting garbage about landing rocket boosters! :rolleyes:;)
     
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    Regarding building freeways in tunnels, there was a hot debate in LA for many years for closing a 4.5-mile gap in the 710 freeway with a tunnel. The latest cost was put around 12 billion dollars, but if they actually built it, I am sure it would cost at least 20 billion dollars. The project was recently abandoned for good. Reality vs. Elon Musk sh*t-posting.

    710 Freeway stub update: Pasadena sees light at the end of the tunnel
     
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    Musk has owned gasoline cars when he was younger. Hard to believe but people change their minds.
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    He also has a career in acting.

     
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