This was a firehose of information but happily, we are promised 'a paper' in the future (Elon time.) For now, all we have are YouTube videos of which these two are recommended. ABSTRACT Only 30 minutes long, this is the abridged version of the four hour Tesla video: Like many abstracts, it is shortened by truncating a lot of details. However, if may stimulate curiosity to do a deeper dive. BODY At four hours, it is a major time commitment. Speeding up the playback (i.e., skimming) might be a better use of your time. Then go back and play the interesting sections at regular speed: 2023 Investor Day - YouTube I've cut out about 30 minutes of video 'art' before the presentations. Bob Wilson
Elon Musk unveils a new Master Plan, a path to sustainable energy future, but no new cars (msn.com) "Master Plan 3 includes adding renewable power to the existing grid, producing more electric vehicles, installing heat pumps in homes and buildings, using high-temperature heat delivery and hydrogen for industrial applications, and building sustainably fueled planes and boats. Musk’s plan is to create “a sustainable energy civilization.” There is that doggone word again that keeps popping up.
Don't ignore the three words following it. We use a lot of hydrogen without it ever going into a truck, let alone a car. Needing green hydrogen doesn't mean needing fuel cells.
I watched the whole presentation from 20 minute delay to the final not answered question. Aspirational. Backward looking. Details of future plans lacking asside from the Mexico announcement that was perhaps what delayed to start. Re hydrogen I recall the examples of its potential use being steel making and perhaps cement making.
Those are potential new uses of hydrogen to reduce green house gas emissions. There are a lot of things hydrogen is already being used for where it is derived from from fossil fuels though. One of the big ones is for ammonia. https://cen.acs.org/environment/green-chemistry/Industrial-ammonia-production-emits-CO2/97/i24 Putting fuel cells in cars isn't going to help much if we are still making ammonia from natural gas.
