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The grifters that make up the troll-industrial complex are not okay.
"One can see the sheen of desperation in the world of self-identified conservatives who make a living by "triggering" the liberals. The usual dose of outrage bait isn't working as well any longer, so the right-wingers are escalating the provocations. Tucker Carlson, for example, gave a glow-up interview with manosphere "influencer" Andrew Tate, who is being held in Romania on charges of sex trafficking and rape. Daily Wire anti-trans provocateur Matt Walsh is selling plushies of himself clad only in a diaper, which he encourages people to give to children. Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro, on the other hand, made a nearly hour-long video tantrum about "Barbie," complete with setting the dolls on fire. The clawing need to get attention from progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.
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"The escalation of shock value tactics, on both the right and the pretending-not-to-be-right political classes, are likely rooted in the same cause: The slow motion collapse of Twitter, now rebranded "X," under the leadership of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. While these folks have various outlets, both in the media and social media, ultimately their business model of trolling depends heavily on Twitter.
"Grifters need people to harass and a mainstream discourse to counter. As traffic takes a nosedive and Twitter becomes less a part of the conversation, it's going to be harder for these folks to make money," Melissa Ryan, a strategist who helps counter online disinformation, told Salon.
"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate
The clawing need to get attention from progressives seems to be driving these engagement farmers a little nuts, as they up the weird-and-evil ante, hoping to get those precious clicks and plays.
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"What Musk has proven through his actions and his statements is that he's committed to serving the trolls and the fraudsters first and the ordinary good faith users second," explained Brian Hughes of American University, who is the co-founder of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). But, he noted, Musk is "blinded by his own ideology" and can't see how this is backfiring. "As normal people, for lack of a better term, continue to leave Twitter, that's actually going to cause probably a reduction in the use of the platform by these trolls and these fraudsters. They don't have their audience of targets that they need," he continued.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA die mad about it, trolls. Full offense.
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This is a Tesla model Y battery. It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car. To manufacture it you need:
--12 tons of rock for Lithium (can also be extracted from sea water)
-- 5 tons of cobalt minerals (Most cobalt is made as a byproduct of processing copper and nickel ores. It is the most difficult and expensive material to obtain for a battery.)
-- 3 tons nickel ore
-- 12 tons of copper ore
You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain:
-- 26.5 pounds of Lithium
-- 30 pounds of nickel
-- 48.5 pounds of manganese
-- 15 pounds of cobalt
To manufacture the battery also requires:
-- 441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic
-- 112 pounds of graphite
The Caterpillar 994A is used to move the earth to obtain the minerals needed for this battery. The Caterpillar consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours.
The bulk of necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor in Africa is done by children. When you buy an electric car, China profits most.
The 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost). The cost of Tesla batteries are:
Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990)
Model Y -- $5,000–$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740)
Model S -- $13,000–$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990)
Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990)
It takes 7 years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the battery is 10 years (average). Only in the last 3 years do you start to reduce your carbon footprint, but then the batteries must be replaced and you lose all gains made.
And finally, my new friend, Michael, made some excellent points: I forgot to mention the amount of energy required to process the raw materials and the amount of energy used to haul these batteries to the U.S. sometimes back and forth a couple of times.
But by all means, get an electric car. Just don't sell me on how awesome you are for the environment. Or for human rights.
Credit: @Hanna Roth
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jean’s still a rookie on his probation period, but he’s quickly become the star of the Paradis branch.
trained under levi, his charisma, confidence and stellar smile has cars getting swiped up by anyone and everyone. he enjoys it, it’s invigorating, being able to persuade people into making such a commitment. customers trust him and he never steers them wrong. the branch manager erwin has personally voiced his confidence in the apprentice, even hinting at a permanent position in the next quarter. newly weds, first time car owners, new parents–– not to be cocky or anything, but he’s never encountered someone he can’t make a sale to.
that is until you walk in.
tight denim skirt the size of a goddamn belt that draws attention to your plush thighs, fuzzy pastel crop top with matching lilac nails and chunky white platforms that elongate your legs. jean thinks the only thing you might be missing is a halo.
his pen hovers over the documents he’s signing as he stares at you making your way towards his desk. there’s an audible sound to his gulp that he internally cringes at and he blinks up at you as you shuffle on your feet. you smell sweet, like vanilla and candyfloss, and he finds himself unable to pay attention to anything except the plush of your glossed lips. would they taste just as sweet as you smell? would they be soft against his own, or dragging over his skin? he licks his lips and tries to swallow down the lust that he threatens to choke on— how the fuck is he supposed to focus long enough to sell you a car?
your mouth’s moving–– shit you’re talking to him––and he forces himself to meet your eyes and clears his throat.
“sorry–– what, uh, what was it you’re looking for?”
you smile, and he loves the way your cheeks round as your lips pull up. car models that he thinks would suit you run through his brain: the new mini resolute edition was cute, maybe the mercedes GLA-Class or a tesla if your budget allowed for it. he was prepared to offer you a few other suggestions if you were just browsing.
“a C8 chevy corvette.” you say without hesitation.
his brows shoot up in surprise, “a stingray?” a woman after his own heart.
“that’s the one.” you beam, flashing him your pearly teeth. he can almost feel them grazing his pulse and nibbling his earlobe and sinking into the sensitive meat of his thigh. with the heavy way you’re looking at him you’d think his wildly unprofessional thoughts were seeping out of his brain and diffusing into yours.
jean clears his throat again and gathers the papers on his desk, trying to shove them into a drawer while not tearing his eyes from you, “i can show you the models we carry if you’ll follow me?” he rises from his desk and swears your eyes flick over his tall figure.
“that’d be great, thank you.” you say, tucking a cute little curl behind your ear.
he gestures for you to follow him around the back of his office and leads you to the warehouse for the luxury cars. the gentle echo of your platforms on the polished floors bounces off of the high ceilings and exaggerates the awkward silence between you. it’s at least a few more minutes of walking before the chevrolet section, though at this rate it feels like it’s shaping up to be a two day hike’s worth of stiff tension.
jean finds himself wanting to ask you questions that’re entirely too intimate for a stranger he’ll probably have the pleasure of interacting with for an hour or so, and so fights the urge to ask your favourite flower or preferred restaurants, instead choosing to cling to his professionalism, “any thoughts on the style you’d like yet? or do you have a colour in mind––”
before he can even finish his sentence jean sees your eyes light up as you nod feverently.
“god, i’m so excited!” you gush, “y’know when a cars just sexy? I saw the racing version on the speedway and thought i’d check out the sports models— double wishbone suspension, torque at over five thousand resolutions per minute and zero to sixty in 2.9 seconds? i mean come the fuck on.” you’re grinning as you babble about the cars schematics in a level of detail that takes the salesman completely aback. you’re listing the pros and cons of the zo6 performance version when your smile falters and you glance at jean’s surprised expression.
“sorry,” you laugh wearily and crack your knuckles, “i probably sound like a know-it-all don’t i? you literally sell cars––”
“no, no.” jean cuts you off and reassures you, “it’s.. refreshing actually. usually people have no idea what they’re looking for. you really know your stuff.” he smiles as you approach the arch that marks the beginning of the chevrolet section. “you’re doing half my job for me.”
his compliments seem to put you more than at ease as you give him a honeyed smile, “well we can’t have that. gonna have to find a way to put you to work, pretty boy.” the wink that you flash him makes his teeth crack under the pressure that he grits them with. his dress shoes squeak against the marble floor as he falters in his step, but when you catch a glimpse of the first car–– an orange coloured convertible–– you don’t seem to notice as your excitement steals your attention away from him.
jean suddenly feels uncomfortably hot despite the heavily air-conditioned warehouse. you’ve strode ahead and are standing in front of the rows of brightly coloured sports cars, eyes flickering here and there, taking in every detail. and when you bend down to observe the royal blue coupe that has its hood popped for display, jean feels his dick twitch in his slacks at the flash of your lacy, violet panties. saliva pools in his mouth at the outline of your pussy straining against the fabric.
“what’cha think?”
“I–– what?” he asks, readjusting his tie and forcing his eyes to meet yours as you look over your shoulder. you have to know what you’re doing to him.
“gorgeous colour hm?” you ask, and he’s not entirely sure you’re talking about the car. he nods quickly, choosing to stay silent in fear of choking on his spit.
you chuckle and seem to take mercy on him, standing up and continuing down the line of cars. “it’s a little obnoxious though.”
“aren’t all sports cars inherently obnoxious?”
you laugh at the bluntness of his quip. “hey, you’re supposed to be trying to sell me one of these!” he’d probably sell you his soul to hear you laugh again. “still, maybe something a little more subtle. i think i’ll know it when i see it.”
the next 10 minutes are spent with you musing over the perfect colour for your dream car, and jean trying to ignore now good your ass looks in that skirt. you’ve gotten about two thirds of the way through the cars on offer when you do a double take and your eyes land on a carbon grey hardtop convertible nestled in the corner.
“oh, yeah.”
your eyes are almost glittering as you take in the vehicle, your fingers hovering over the hood as if you’re afraid you’ll break this 500 horsepower monster of a car. there’s something endearing about how unfiltered you are, how unbridled you show your clear passion for cars.
“i think we have a winner.” he says, and you nod, grinning silently. he opens the driver’s side door and gestures for you to get in, telling you he’ll be–– “right back with the keys and we can take it for a test drive.” before jogging back towards his office to log into the system which car is being taken out and fetching the keys from levi.
his superior’s brows raise as he retrieves the keys for jean, “this for the girl that came in?”
“yes sir.”
levi hums lowly, “play your cards right, kirstein, this is a big one. treat her nice.”
“uh, yes sir.” is all that jean is able to offer in response. he supposes he never thought about the fact that you’re set on purchasing a hundred thousand dollar car with no persuasion on his behalf.
the shorter man just rolls his eyes and shoves the keys into his apprentice’s hand, seating himself back at his desk. levi was clearly encouraging jean to finalise the sale, it would definitely be enough to secure himself as a permanent member of the sales team, but jean can’t help but hear his superior’s words echo in his mind as he wanders back to you.
treat her nice.
god, he’d treat you more than nice if you’d let him.
as he ducks into the corner where the car is, he’s met with the sight of you fumbling around your seat, bottom lip jutted out in frustration and a frown ghosting across your pretty features.
“everything okay?” he asks.
apparently you’d only just registered his reappearance, “oh! yeah just.. tryna figure out how to adjust the seat so i can actually drive this thing.” you huff.
jean chuckles, and before he can really think about it he’s ducking his head into the car and hovering over you, reaching his hand to the button down the side and shifting your seat back a few inches. your intoxicating scent invades his senses again and he’s so close that he can feel the warmth from your breath fan over his lips when he turns his head to face you.
“better?” he asks, his mouth a whisper away from your own. your eyes don’t leave his lips when you nod and reply, “better.” not that he would notice given that his own line of vision is also fixated on yours. it takes everything in him not to indulge in a kiss, pulling away to shut your door and walk around to the passenger side.
he tries to sharpen his words enough to cut through the thick tension, his brain on autopilot as he describes the interior of the car and it’s technology in his best salesman voice. he rounds off his speech by going over the hotspot and bluetooth features.
“so, yeah, feel free to play something while you drive. i want you to be as comfortable as possible.” that last part probably wasn’t needed, but he couldn’t help himself.
there’s a slight smirk on your lips as your fingers tap across your phone screen to open spotify. you select a playlist and jean finds himself laughing at your choice for the first song. shut up and drive bursts through the speakers and you’re grinning as you hold out your hands for the keys. jean rolls his eyes at you playfully and lets his hand linger in yours for a second too long, revelling at how small they look in his own.
you twist the keys in the ignition and the car roars to life. you glance over at him, unable to contain the grin on your face, and he directs you out of the warehouse and to the main gates. the chorus of the song begins to pick up as you cross the threshold out of the branch, revving the engine and laughing giddily.
“what happened to not being obnoxious?” jean asks, raising an eyebrow.
“sue me.” you say, manoeuvring the car past the gates. “let’s have some fun.”
the branch is in a pretty remote location, just off of a large motorway that’s often pretty sparse. it doesn’t take long before you’re merging onto the main road and letting your foot fall heavier onto the accelerator. there’s a crescendo to the hum of the engine as the needle of the dial shoots to the right, the digital indicator of your speed on the screen blinking with numbers as you rapidly approach the speed limit. it’s mid afternoon and the roads are pretty clear, so jean sits back and watches you enjoy the perks of what he’s sure is soon to be your car.
after the adrenaline rush of zipping down the road at an impressive speed begins to wear off, you exit the motorway and begin weaving through the backroads, getting a real feel of what the cars like to drive at more normal speeds.
you tap the screen on the console to open the sunroof and the breeze immediately has your hair wafting around you. jean is lost in trying to pinpoint exactly what scents your hair products have to contain (coconut? and…maybe bergamot?) when he realises that you’re about to pass the parking lot of the nearby shipping company.
“hey why don’t you pull in here?” he gestures to the sign, “it’s closed on sundays but you could still try parking up, just to get a feel for it?”
you nod in agreement and turn the wheel, entering the vastly empty carpark. a new song begins to play just as your backing into a space, often by the weeknd in bold lettering across the console screen. he quickly decides to make conversation as you turn off the car.
“so, thoughts?” he asks, patting the dashboard.
“it’s perfect.” you say, and jean tries to focus on your words instead of the explicit nature of the song playing around you.
“i really appreciate your help, jean.” you say, bringing your hand over to rest on his fucking thigh and squeezing. his eyes flick to yours and he stutters out how he–– “barely did anything to help.” licking his lips.
a breathy, amused little hum escapes you and you catch your bottom lip between your teeth. your hand is still resting on his thigh as you lean onto him, whispering,
“still, i’d love to show you how grateful i am.” as your hand creeps higher up his thigh. he groans as you palm at his clothed cock, and his breath hitches when your lithe fingers stroke over his concealed tip. his blunt nails are digging into the leather of the seat and he’s going to ruin your goddamn car if he doesn’t get his hands on you.
he grabs your wrist and for a split second your heart drops and you think you’ve gravely misread the signals. you’re about to start apologising profusely when he brings your hand to his lips and kisses your knuckles.
“please,” his lips trail over your palm, “god, please let me touch you.” he asks, pressing a kiss to the inside of your wrist.
and that’s all it takes for the tension to snap.
your lips crash into his and your hands find their way into the hair at the nape of his neck. you’re not close enough for jean’s liking, and even with his brain foggy with desire he seems to communicate his needs semi-effectively, his long arms circling around your waist until his palms rest on the back of your thighs, coaxing you to clumsily climb over the centre console and onto his lap. he groans into your mouth when you catch his bottom lip between your teeth and roll your hips to grind down onto the growing tent in his pants. he doesn’t care about hiding his eagerness as he chases your mouth when you pull away, making a laugh bubble in your chest. he settles for latching onto your neck, determined to suck a mark deep enough to match the purple of your panties.
“you don’t wanna–– mmph–– move to the back?” you manage as he sinks his canines into a particularly sensitive spot along the column of your throat.
“in a minute..” he mumbles against your skin, preoccupied with getting his first taste of you. he wants to savour it, but you’re offering yourself up to him on a silver fucking platter and he’ll be damned if he isn’t going to indulge to his hearts content. he lets himself be greedy, sliding a hand under your shirt to graze your nipple through your bra with the pad of his thumb until it perks under his touch. his other hand wanders beneath your skirt, pushing the denim up to your hips. intense brown eyes meet yours as jean discovers that you’ve practically soaked through the fabric of your panties. his touch is gentle, exploratory over your covered folds as he applies just enough pressure to your clit to provide some relief.
“you clearly enjoyed all that teasing you were doing hm?” he mutters, watching your eyes fall shut as you grind against his fingers. he supposes he wasn’t really expecting an answer, choosing to focus on pulling more infatuating little noises from you. the fruits of his labour are music to his ears when he pushes your panties aside and dips a long finger into your dripping cunt and you sing for him. he runs the pad of his finger along your satin walls and brushes against that sensitive spot inside you, making your head fall onto his shoulder as you shiver in pleasure. he presses his lips to your temple as he slides in a second appendage, the tightness of your cunt making him release a broken moan.
“d’you know how perfect you are?” he asks, rhythmically thrusting his digits in and out of your sweltering core. his large palm cups your entire pussy and you mindlessly grind against the heel of it, feeling the telltale coil in your stomach tightening.
“you’re like a fucking angel.” he breaths, curling his fingers to bring you closer to your high. whimpers float into his ears and his brain feels like it’s been steeped in liquid oxy. you manage to lift your head from the crook of his neck to seek out the heat of his mouth. jean runs his tongue along your bottom lip and your mouth parts for him, to which he responds with immediately sucking on your tongue. he drinks down your moans that taste like heaven, delights in your mewls that are doused in ecstasy. 
he could cum like this. your thighs caging in his hips, knuckle deep in your cunt and dizzy with arousal. the strain in his pants is becoming harder to ignore, but jean would rather be struck down from the divine powers above than miss the opportunity to make you cum right now. it doesn’t take much longer either, a few more calculated pumps of his fingers and sinful whispers in your ear and you blossom for him, pussy clenching round his digits as he works you through your orgasm. your chest’s still heaving when he retracts his hand and brings it to his lips, gossamer strands of your slick melting like honey on his tongue. it’s such an erotic sight— his hair a little mussed and eyes scrunched closed in bliss as he moans around his fingers at the taste of you.
you already feel fucked out, but you’re eager to feel more of him. jean seems to be on the same page as he delves back in for a bruising kiss. you can taste your essence mixing with the sweet taste of his mouth. he pants against your lips, resting his forehead on yours.
“please let me fuck you. let me–– fuck–– i wanna be inside you. wanna feel your sweet little pussy.” his voice is hoarse and laced with desperation and it has you clenching around nothing in anticipation.
you’re nodding eagerly, slurring out “backseat.” against his lips. he fumbles for the door handle as you slide off of his lap and climb across the console and through the middle of the front seats.
in an instant your back meets the plush leather and jean’s tall frame is crawling on top of you. the back door slams shut as your lips reconnect, but it’s a brief reunion as he positions himself between your thighs. you whine in protest, trying to cup his jaw and bring him back to you, but he peppers a sloppy trail of kisses along your inner thigh, whispering, “just a taste, angel.” as he watches in awe as a string of your arousal tethers you to the fabric as he slides your panties past your ankles. his eyes roll back when his tongue slides past your entrance, the heady scent of your arousal and perfect friction from your landing strip making pre leak from his tip uncontrollably.
oh yeah he could definitely cum like this. in fact, his balls are starting to tighten as he licks you clean. you’re writhing underneath him and he has to keep his palms firmly on your hips to keep you from bucking them.
“jean, please.” you whimper, and it’s so full of adoration that he can’t possible deny you any longer. his tie is already hanging loosely, only needing a slight tug from your nimble fingers to fall to the floor. you’re undoing the buttons of his shirt to expose his toned abdomen while he fiddles to undo the buckle of his belt and shove his slacks down to his knees. he shoves his boxers down while you pull your top over your head and your mouth goes dry at the sight of him, mushroom coloured tip with a slit that glistens with pre and full, heavy balls that are just waiting to be sucked on. not to mention he’s fucking hung.
still, you don’t waste any time, wrapping your legs round his waist and gliding your slick folds along his length.
“shit–– are you ready?” he asks and you don’t hesitate to answer, “god, yes.” running your hands up his chest and grazing over his nipples, making him shudder.
he’s slow to sheathe himself inside you, every inch of him puncturing your rings of muscle with a delicious stretch that has you mewling. your thighs are trembling once his hips are flush with yours and you lock you ankles around his waist, your heels digging into his lower back. he gives a few experimental rolls of his hips and circles your clit with the pad of his thumb to try and put you at ease. you melt underneath him and your moans synchronise behind the tinted glass as he begins to move.
he sets a pace that has you clenching and groaning, digging your manicured nails into the thin fabric of his shirt. “there you go, there you go that’s it.” he says, pleased that he was able to relax you. your hips lift off of the seat to try and meet his thrusts, the wet sound of skin slapping against skin harmonising with your playlist that continues to play in the background.
you’re so lost in pleasure that the leather beneath you starts to feel like clouds. jean seems to sense it, lowering his head to kiss along your cheeks. “you gonna let me do the work pretty girl? let me make you cum.” he breaths. you’re convinced that if your head lolled to the side you’d start drooling, so you have no qualms in letting him take the reigns.
gently, he untangle your ankles from behind him and throws them over his shoulders. his palms are warm as they splay across the backs of you thighs, and you almost scream his name when he continues to move, the new angle allowing his fevered tip to brush against your cervix with each thrust. the delicate curve of his shaft makes it feel like he’s in your fucking throat and tears threaten to spill over your lashline.
you watch with glassy eyes as jean cranes his neck and somehow manages to spit directly on your clit, pulling back the hood and smearing it until the puffy little bundle of nerves glistens with his saliva. with the work of his expert fingers and sinfully deep thrusts of his sharp hips, you’re coming undone. your cunt clamps down on him and he very nearly crashes over the edge with you.
“shit, shit––” he swears, beginning to pull out of your dripping sex. it startles him to feel your ankles in an iron lock around his waist once more.
“pill. pill.” you’re mumbling. “‘m on the pill, it’s fine. please jus’–– inside, inside jean, please.” he doesn’t even get a second to appreciate your adorable babbling before his eyes are rolling back and his dick twitches in red hot pleasure, releasing hot ropes of his seed into the depths of your cunt. he surprises himself with how much he cums, painting your walls in a thick white and letting a strained groan slip out of his mouth at the sight of it dribbling from your hole onto the dark leather. the scent of sex, the black ice air freshener dangling from the mirror and your lingering sweetness fills the car and jean doesn’t think he’s ever experienced something so mouthwatering.
he’s not quite ready to leave the comforting heat of your core just yet, cautiously resting his weight on top of you. you seem to like it, wrapping your arms around him and placing a chaste kiss to the corner of his mouth. it’s so tender, so intimate, that jean finds his face heating up, as if he’s not got his softening dick inside of you. you’re nuzzling into his neck and mumbling something that he can’t make out.
“what’s that, angel?” he asks, determined to make the highly appropriate nickname stick.
“said i’m not gonna be able to drive this car without thinking about you now.”
maybe it’s the post orgasmic bliss that has his mouth moving before he can think. “i can fuck you somewhere else if that’d help?”
you laugh, a wholesome, hearty laugh that pulls at his heartstrings and makes him smile.
“i’m serious!” he grins, kissing along your jawline. “we’ve gotta go back and get your paperwork sorted anyway..” he’s only half serious, expecting you to giggle and brush him off, so his heart stutters when you answer.
“okay.” you say, brushing the hair sticking to his forehead back.
“wait really?”
“definitely.” you smile, leaning in to peck at his lips. “one condition though.” you mumble against him.
“anything.” he whispers and god does he mean it.
“you let me take a few more laps first.”
he chuckles and rolls his eyes exaggeratedly, returning to the sweetness of your mouth. “sold.”
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This photo below is a Tesla model Y battery. It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car. To manufacture it you need:
--12 tons of rock for Lithium (can also be extracted from sea water)
-- 5 tons of cobalt minerals (Most cobalt is made as a byproduct of processing copper and nickel ores. It is the most difficult and expensive material to obtain for a battery.)
-- 3 tons nickel ore
-- 12 tons of copper ore
You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain:
-- 26.5 pounds of Lithium
-- 30 pounds of nickel
-- 48.5 pounds of manganese
-- 15 pounds of cobalt
To manufacture the battery also requires:
-- 441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic
-- 112 pounds of graphite
The Caterpillar 994A is used to move the earth to obtain the minerals needed for this battery. The Caterpillar consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours.
The bulk of necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor in Africa is done by children. When you buy an electric car, China profits most.
The 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost). The cost of Tesla batteries are:
Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990)
Model Y -- $5,000–$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740)
Model S -- $13,000–$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990)
Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990)
It takes 7 years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the battery is 10 years (average). Only in the last 3 years do you start to reduce your carbon footprint, but then the batteries must be replaced and you lose all gains made.
But by all means, get an electric car. Just don't sell me on how awesome you are for the environment. Or for human rights.
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The Tesla Incident
I know we live in an interesting day and age, but I'm genuinely surprised at the lack of attention on how scummy Tesla is after this new announcement.
If you want additional details you can read this Reuter's article for a full explanation (https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-introduces-new-model-s-x-cars-us-2023-08-15/) But I'll try to condense the story for people who don't wanna read through that.
Tesla announced this week that they're going to be releasing so called "standard range" versions of two of their cars at a $10k discount as compared to their extended range counterparts. Sounds pretty standard, right? Well here's the kicker: There aren't going to be any physical differences between the extended range and standard range variations, even right down to the physical size of the batteries themselves. They intend on limiting the range and performance via software alone.
So let's extrapolate that. Tesla is going to be selling the exact same cars they were before for $10k cheaper, but only if you take the artificially deflated range with it... Does this not like, sound completely insane to anyone else?
And before anyone says it, I totally understand that, logistically speaking, this is probably cheaper for Tesla to do than to actually make a new skew of the cars but with smaller batteries. In spite of that though, I still hate this move. If you think about it for even two seconds, this is blatantly anti-consumer. If they can afford to cut $10k off the price of the same hardware (AKA where all the real expense of a car comes from) but ONLY if they get to spite you over the range, there's literally no reason to believe they can't just take $10k off the price of the extended range cars.
There is nothing physically stopping them from cutting the price of the extended range cars. But instead of doing the obvious pro-consumer choice of just introducing a price cut, they just decided to make a "peasant class" version of it instead??? There is genuinely no other reason to commit to this kind of pricing structure other than to artificially continue to line their own pockets from people who will inevitably choose to buy the extended range versions out of range anxiety.
I feel like, were this any other company or industry, people would be up in arms. Instead, you just have people here happy to see a cheaper version of these already luxury vehicles. If anyone asks why I think Tesla's a scummy company, this is Exhibit A now. Why pass off savings to the consumer when you can screw them over instead? And the worst part is, I'm sure other companies are going to start taking note of this too (if they haven't already. There's probably another company whose done the same things and I just haven't heard about it) and when they do, I just hope we tell them what for. If we don't, I'm afraid this kind of move is going to become all the more prevalent.
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For now, Alex Lagetko is holding on to his Tesla stocks. The founder of hedge fund VSO Capital Management in New York, Lagetko says his stake in the company was worth $46 million in November 2021, when shares in the electric carmaker peaked at $415.
Since then, they have plunged 72 percent, as investors worry about waning demand, falling production and price cuts in China, labor shortages in Europe, and, of course, the long-term impact of CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. After announcing his plans to buy the platform in April, Musk financed his acquisition with $13 billion in loans and $33 billion in cash, roughly $23 billion of which was raised by selling shares in Tesla.
“Many investors, particularly retail, who invested disproportionately large sums of their wealth largely on the basis of trust in Musk over many years were very quickly burned in the months following the acquisition,” Lagetko says, “particularly in December as he sold more stock, presumably to fund losses at Twitter.”
Lagetko is worried that the leveraged buyout of Twitter has left Tesla exposed, as interest payments on the debt Musk took on to fund the takeover come due at the same time as the social media company’s revenues have slumped.
But Tesla stock was already falling in April 2022, when Musk launched his bid for Twitter, and analysts say that the carmaker’s challenges run deeper than its exposure to the struggling social media platform. Tesla and its CEO have alienated its core customers while its limited designs and high prices make it vulnerable to competition from legacy automakers, who have rushed into the EV market with options that Musk’s company will struggle to match.
Prior to 2020, Tesla was essentially “playing against a B team in a soccer match,” says Matthias Schmidt, an independent analyst in Berlin who tracks electric car sales in Europe. But that changed in 2020, as “the opposition started rolling out some of their A squad players.”
In 2023, Tesla is due to release its long-awaited Cybertruck, a blocky, angular SUV first announced in 2019. It is the first new launch of a consumer vehicle by the company since 2020. A promised two-seater sports car is still years away, and the Models S, X, Y, and 3, once seen as space-age dynamos, are now “long in the tooth,” says Mark Barrott, an automotive analyst at consultancy Plante Moran. Most auto companies refresh their looks every three to five years—Tesla’s Model S is now more than 10 years old.
By contrast, this year Ford plans to boost production of both its F-150 Lighting EV pick-up, already sold out for 2023, and its Mustang Mach-E SUV. Offerings from Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Kia EV6 could threaten Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 in the $45,000 to $65,000 range. General Motors plans to speed up production and cut costs for a range of EV models, including the Chevy Blazer EV, the Chevy Equinox, the Cadillac Lyric, and the GMC Sierra EV.
While Tesla’s designs may be eye-catching, their high prices mean that they’re now often competing with luxury brands.
“There is this kind of nice Bauhaus simplicity to Tesla’s design, but it’s not luxurious,” says David Welch, author of Charging Ahead: GM, Mary Barra, and the Reinvention of an American Icon. “And for people to pay $70,000 to $100,000 for a car, if you’re competing suddenly with an electric Mercedes or BMW, or a Cadillac that finally actually feels like something that should bear the Cadillac name, you’re going to give people something to think about.”
While few manufacturers can compete with Tesla on performance and software (the Tesla Model S goes to 60 mph in 1.99 seconds, reaches a 200-mph top speed, and boasts automatic lane changing and a 17-inch touchscreen for console-grade gaming), many have reached or are approaching a range of 300 miles (480 km), which is the most important consideration for many EV buyers, says Craig Lawrence, a partner and cofounder at the investment group Energy Transition Ventures.
One of Tesla’s main competitive advantages has been its supercharging network. With more than 40,000 proprietary DC fast chargers located on major thoroughfares near shopping centers, coffee shops, and gas stations, their global infrastructure is the largest in the world. Chargers are integrated with the cars’ Autobidder optimization & dispatch software, and, most importantly, they work quickly and reliably, giving a car up to 322 miles of range in 15 minutes. The network contributes to about 12 percent of Tesla sales globally.
“The single biggest hurdle for most people asking ‘Do I go EV or not,’ is how do I refuel it and where,” says Loren McDonald, CEO and lead analyst for the consultancy EVAdoption. “Tesla figured that out early on and made it half of the value proposition.”
But new requirements for funding under public charging infrastructure programs in the US may erode Tesla’s proprietary charging advantage. The US National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program will allocate $7.5 billion to fund the development of some 500,000 electric vehicle chargers, but to access funds to build new stations, Tesla will have to open up its network to competitors by including four CCC chargers.
“Unless Tesla opens up their network to different charging standards, they will not get any of that volume,” Barrott says. “And Tesla doesn’t like that.”
In a few years, the US public charging infrastructure may start to look more like Europe’s, where in many countries the Tesla Model 3 uses standard plugs, and Tesla has opened their Supercharging stations to non-Tesla vehicles.
Tesla does maintain a software edge over competitors, which have looked to third-party technology like Apple’s CarPlay to fill the gap, says Alex Pischalnikov, an auto analyst and principal at the consulting firm Arthur D. Little. With over-the-air updates, Tesla can send new lines of code over cellular networks to resolve mechanical problems and safety features, update console entertainment options, and surprise drivers with new features, such as heated rear seats and the recently released full self-driving beta, available for $15,000. These software updates are also a cash machine for Tesla. But full self-driving features aren’t quite as promised, since drivers still have to remain in effective control of the vehicle, limiting the value of the system.
A Plante Moran analysis shared with WIRED shows Tesla’s share of the North American EV market declining from 70 percent in 2022 to just 31 percent by 2025, as total EV production grows from 777,000 to 2.87 million units.
In Europe, Tesla’s decline is already underway. Schmidt says data from the first 11 months of 2022 shows sales by volume of Volkswagen’s modular electric drive matrix (MEB) vehicles outpaced Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 by more than 20 percent. His projections show Tesla’s product lines finishing the year with 15 percent of the western European electric vehicle market, down from 33 percent in 2019.
The European Union has proposed legislation to reduce carbon emissions from new cars and vans by 100 percent by 2035, which is likely to bring more competition from European carmakers into the market.
There is also a growing sense that Musk’s behavior since taking over Twitter has made a challenging situation for Tesla even worse.
Over the past year, Musk has used Twitter to call for the prosecution of former director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci (“My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci”), take swings at US senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders over government spending and inflation, and placed himself at the center of the free speech debate. He’s lashed out at critics, challenging, among other things, the size of their testicles.
A November analysis of the top 100 global brands by the New York–based consultancy Interbrand estimated Tesla’s brand value in 2022 at $48 billion, up 32 percent from 2021 but well short of its 183 percent growth between 2020 and 2021. The report, based on qualitative data from 1,000 industry consultants and sentiment analysis of published sources, showed brand strength declining, particularly in “trust, distinctiveness and an understanding of the needs of their customers.”
“I think [Musk’s] core is rapidly moving away from him, and people are just starting to say, ‘I don’t like the smell of Tesla; I don’t want to be associated with that,’” says Daniel Binns, global chief growth officer at Interbrand.
Among them are once-loyal customers. Alan Saldich, a semi-retired tech CMO who lives in Idaho, put a deposit down on a Model S in 2011, before the cars were even on the road, after seeing a bodiless chassis in a Menlo Park showroom. His car, delivered in 2012, was number 2799, one of the first 3,000 made.
He benefited from the company’s good, if idiosyncratic, customer service. When, on Christmas morning 2012, the car wouldn’t start, he emailed Musk directly seeking a remedy. Musk responded just 24 minutes later: “...Will see if we can diagnose and fix remotely. Sorry about this. Hope you otherwise have a good Christmas.”
On New Year’s Day, Joost de Vries, then vice president of worldwide service at Tesla, and an assistant showed up at Saldich’s house with a trailer, loaded the car onto a flatbed, and hauled it to Tesla’s plant in Fremont, California, to be repaired. Saldich and his family later even got a tour of the factory. But since then, he’s cooled on the company. In 2019, he sold his Model S, and now drives a Mini Electric. He’s irritated in particular, he says, by Musk’s verbal attacks on government programs and regulation, particularly as Tesla has benefited from states and federal EV tax credits.
“Personally, I probably wouldn’t buy another Tesla,” he says. “A, because there’s so many alternatives and B, I just don’t like [Musk] anymore.”
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What...is it about Elon that people Believe in so much?
There's quite a bit of proof that the guy...Almost has no idea what he's doing and yet alot of his fans believe in him.
"He's gonna make [Insert Coin Here] fly to the MOOOON"
"He's gonna revolutionize [insert tech field here]"
"HE'S GONNA SEND US TO MARS!!! WOOOOOO!!!!!"
I feel like alot of people have fallen back into a mind set of "Wealth Means Know-How" as in "Hey he's financially successful no dummy could do that!" except most of that money wasn't made by him, he's from a rich family that own emerald mines. He didn't MAKE most of that money, he just has it and honestly that should probably piss more people off then find him endearing.
That not to say he doesn't make a bit of money. I mean the guy co founded Pay-Pal! Well, co founded a thing called X[dot]com which was this online bank, of which he was ousted from because the investors regarded him as inexperienced and put Intuit CEO Bill Harris at the helm. Which later X[dot]com would merge with a different online bank, Confinity, to avoid competition, mainly because the PayPal service was far more popular and then Elon would return as CEO, cause a rift in the company due to his preference to Microsoft over UNIX. which would then make Confinity's founder, Peter Thiel, to resign. And the company suffered technological issues and the lack of a cohesive business model. So the board ousted Elon and replaced him with Thiel again. who then renamed the company PayPal and then said company was bought by e-bay later.
Elon would still be a shareholder and in 2017 would receive $175.8 million in stocks and then would buy the X[dot]com domain from paypal so that he can make "X the everything app".
But he's the co-founder of Tesla!
...nnnnnnnooooooo...
Testla was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003 as Tesla Motors, Inc. where was Elon during this? In February 2004, the company raised $7.5 million in series A funding, with Elon paying $6.5 million. Which was probably from the $100 Million he got from selling his interest from PayPal two year ealier. So he became a Chairman of the board of Directors and largest shareholder of the company.
in 2009 in a lawsuit agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla would sign on himself, Tarpenning, Wright, Straubel and Elon as Co-Founder of Tesla.
Elon would then lead the board to ask Eberhard to step down in august of 2007. he took the title "President of Technology". Tarpenning would later leave in january of 2008 amd then Ze'ev Drori became CEO and President which he'd be succeeded by Elon in October 2008.
So I wouldn't call him a founder, more of a head investor.
what I'm saying is the guys knows how to spend money.
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He founded Space X
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pretty sure you know what happened recently I don't HAVE to go too much into detail about that...
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Speaking of Space he wants to go to Mars. he wants to go there, colonize it and terraform it.
lemme...lemme break down WHY this is super unnecessary.
First off: Mars is far, FAR Away with very few windows to actually get there and if something goes wrong it'll take Months into a YEAR for assistance. meaning the people going there or even are there would be FUCKED!
There's also the fact that Mars is an Irradiated dust ball. because the planet no longer has a magnetic barrier to protect it from being blasted by gamma radiation! so anybody there would run the risk of radiation inducted cancer!
It's also fucking cold!
also blasting it with nukes wouldn't warm it up. rather it would introduce more radiation and bloat out the sun more! more than the duststorms even! so less sun would mean Nuclear Winter! And isn't the goal to make Mars habitable? blasting it with Nukes certainaly won't do that!
And even without nuking Mars. and not taking the present radiation issue into account do you how isolated it would be? Like people would be depressed, drunk and would probably more akin to zombies.
add to the fact that the windows to send supplies to mars are few and far between. those people would probably be dead long LOOOONG before help would arrive meaning Elon probably wouldn't see his Mars City in his life time!
Ontop of all of that is one major thing wrong with this.
There is no real reason to go to mars and terraform it, no really there is NOTHING of real interest to anyone on Mars! No Mars Ore, No Mars Oil. it's just a radiation blasted dust ball orbiting our sun!
But he still WANTS to go there and people want him to take them there too!
crypto?
Yeah the guy most likely understands Pump and Dump and uses his fame to Pump up a coin, dump it and then shift the blame while he nets a cozy sum for himself.
soooo I'd have to say that Elon talks the talk but when it walkin' the walk he stumbles and stumbles baaaad!
just look at his most recent acquisition, twitter, and how THAT thing is falling apart. And rather then having it be a functioning site he'd rather have it be a cesspit! And roleplay on a burner account where he's a baby.
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No I'm serious twitter is burning down and and he's there roleplaying as a baby version of himself!
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if you want to take solace in something know that he has lost ALOT of money recently and is no longer the richest man. Instead that title belongs to Bernard Arnault of LVMH.
But he still has his fans and he's still pretty rich. buuuut, he might lose it all if he keeps faking it where he can't make it.
So! look forward to that!
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Manufacturing is a simple formula. You take a small amount of material, mold or shape it into something unique and sell it for many hundreds of times more money than the material cost you. A Rolex has maybe $40 worth of raw materials. Carefully designed and constructed, it is worth thousands when complete, many times that when fashionable. So too with cars.
The problem with the car industry is that they are convinced that the formula works so well that they want to make more money but there are only so many customers. Everyone either has or uses a car. Out of the 350,000,000 Americans of all ages – babies and non-drivers -- there already are 278,063,737 personal and commercial vehicles. So the problem facing car manufacturers trying to make more and more profit is that either they have to try and sell two cars to every driver or they have to make the cars much more expensive, thereby making more profit.
The manufacturers chose the latter solution.
How do you make the car more expensive and thereby profitable? Remember the formula: take 10¢ of steel, shape it and sell it for $1.00. Now, there are exceptions to this rule. First you can create a mystique about Bentley, Mercedes, BMW and the like and get an extra 10% for “beat-the-Jones” show-off value. But 10% is not enough to satisfy Wall Street investors. Or you can make very limited numbers of a model to create extra demand like Ferrari and Porsche. Or you can stick to the manufacturing profit model and simply add more and more steel and other components.
It all started to get out of hand with Ralph Nader who declared the ’69 Corsair “unsafe at any speed.” The Corsair was the only US manufactured rear engine car. Kill the Corsair and you effectively killed the other “unsafe” car, the VW Beetle. The Corsair weighed 2,414 lbs. The VW Beetle weighed only 1,742 lbs. and out-performed and was more reliable. But that Nader label of “unsafe” effectively killed the US market for the rear-engined Beetle. VW’s answer was to put the motor back in front, add almost another ton of steel, and relaunch the Beetle. More steel equaled a higher price and more profit.
Meanwhile, Chevy and Ford sedans in the mid-‘60s weighed 2,600 lbs. By 2022 they had ballooned up to 3,500 lbs. More material, more profit. VW Jetta’s are 50% heavier than when launched. Camry weighed 2,161 lbs. when launched in 1982, now weigh in at 3,310 lbs. In the SUV market, 2023 weights are getting up close to 6,000 lbs. or 3 tons for Tahoes and Expeditions.
And then along came electric cars.
Instead of going back to lighter, less bulky chassis, they simply stuck the new motor(s) and all those batteries in conventional platforms, adding another 300 lbs. even though they had removed the engine and gearbox – hardly lightweight components – and had reduced the overall size of the car by 20%. And Tesla? The lightest is 4,048 lbs. with the Model X at 5,390 lbs. And the prices for these increases in weight? Pretty much in lock step. More metal and plastic costs you more.
Now here’s the question we all need to ask ourselves: given today’s technology providing reliability mechanically (which is also lighter than old cast-iron engines), wouldn’t it be nice to have a reasonably heavy car instead of a gas guzzling heavyweight or an electric car that can only go 200 miles? Put today’s engine into a 1968 Volvo weighing 2,500 lbs. and you’d get 50 mpg and all the safety needed. Put an electric drivetrain in an original VW Beetle and you’d get 400-mile range with half the batteries of a Tesla. Or do as Ford is doing, stripping out all the unessentials, and launching the Maverick small truck with a base price of $22,000. Now that’s a business model to suit today’s consumer.
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Musk proposed testing Tesla's advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) in China by deploying it in robotaxis. While Chinese officials welcomed this testing, they are hesitant about the widespread rollout of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) functions. The company needs approval from Chinese authorities to collect and transfer data for training its driver-assistance features before fully implementing FSD.
In a strategic move, Musk appointed Tom Zhu as VP of Tesla's China operations. Zhu had been overseeing Tesla's successful operations in China, including the Shanghai Gigafactory, before taking on a larger role within the company. With Musk focusing on other ventures like X (formerly Twitter), Zhu will lead Tesla's operations in China once again.
Analysts are cautious about Tesla's stock, with a Hold consensus rating based on eight Buys, 15 Holds, and nine Sells. Year-to-date, Tesla's stock has declined by over 25%, and the average price target of $173.29 suggests a potential downside of 2.5% from current levels. If you are considering investing in Tesla, it's essential to weigh these factors carefully before making a decision.
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DID YOU SAY YOU WERE GOING GREEN?
This is . It takes up all of the space under the passenger compartment of the car. To manufacture a Tesla Model Y battery you need:
12 tons of rock for Lithium (can also be extracted from sea water)
5 tons of cobalt minerals (most cobalt is made as a byproduct of processing copper and nickel ores. It is the most difficult and expensive material to obtain for a battery).
3 tons nickel ore
12 tons of copper ore
You must move 250 tons of soil to obtain:
26.5 pounds of Lithium
30 pounds of nickel
48.5 pounds of manganese
15 pounds of cobalt
To manufacture the battery also requires:
441 pounds of aluminum, steel and/or plastic
112 pounds of graphite
The Caterpillar 994A is used to move the earth to obtain the minerals needed for this battery. The Caterpillar consumes 264 gallons of diesel in 12 hours.
The bulk of necessary minerals for manufacturing the batteries come from China or Africa. Much of the labor in Africa is done by children. When you buy an electric car, China profits most.
The 2021 Tesla Model Y OEM battery (the cheapest Tesla battery) is currently for sale on the Internet for $4,999 not including shipping or installation. The battery weighs 1,000 pounds (you can imagine the shipping cost).
The cost of Tesla batteries are:
Model 3 -- $14,000+ (Car MSRP $38,990)
Model Y -- $5,000–$5,500 (Car MSRP $47,740)
Model S -- $13,000–$20,000 (Car MSRP $74,990)
Model X -- $13,000+ (Car MSRP $79,990)
It takes 7 years for an electric car to reach net-zero CO2. The life expectancy of the battery is 10 years (average). Only in the last 3 years do you start to reduce your carbon footprint, but then the batteries must be replaced and you lose all gains made.
And finally, I forgot to mention the amount of energy required to process the raw materials and the amount of energy used to haul these batteries to the U.S. - sometimes back and forth a couple of times.
But by all means, get an electric car. Just don't sell me on how awesome you are for the environment. Or for human rights.
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When you love someone with all your heart in matrimony you teach them to love whom and what you love; not to hate the beloveds that laid down your life for you. Kings don't sell moms if they want to succeed in Eternal Cosmic realms. They tread lightly around every mothers heart as if she has a bouquet of flowers growing from it emitting greatest fragrance regardless of reality. Humanity stinks- we all shit daily- but glimmer of God is ever present in natural born humans. I'm concerned about retardation of biology at @neuralink-api-official @teslamotorsblog @teslamodel3 Sweatshops. How could Chinese concentration camps be any better than Gaza or American Apartheid. Censorship w/ x ray like shadowbans and data rape on @x is worse than ever before. It's the piggy political ap for hooking to Mars. Gross. Who wants to be in a Spaceship with bugged up cancerous capitalistic monsters? Not I. They need to cleanse- not Robot AI up on stolenbcholdren, moms, body parts and political war drafts. My family supported Democrats my whole life and they suck. Then my dad, brother and X meme freak Dr. Sunil switched to #Trumpleberry hookers. I really think they're all sold out due to military contracts. Moms can't marry Janes Bond because they just screw over moms and rob her. It's an outdated model. I was hoping Elon could come through with me and be a divine co-parent. That's what his kids, mom and I hold for him. Prayers and support so he's confident and brave enough to serve our mothers with honor. It'll be so hot won't it if he walks his talk today? Sad to see everyone turn on @elonmuskparody & @taylorswifts13 canceling them in real time for their high IQ. I'm sorry. I really thought #eloning could have potential to bring paradise but 7 million Jews want to beat their "Whale" to death in sex slavery and tell us not to cry about their Apartheid isolation warlocks that won't allow our Physicists true love. They all miss me. Even my x wanted me back. I prefer Elon. I hope he's not a Stephan Hawkings shadow of himself after Airforce experimentation from Canadian hookers. Why don't we have higher standards? He could've been a king. My son still has potential. Please release him & Anjali now. Twitter court failed- not moms. Get the attys to the border recycling junk on tin art fence. Could you post us daily updates? My brother Haydn Huntley prints 3d digital printers for your astronauts to build rockets. You could melt some of the junk but I like old automobile parts and it will be a lovelybcountrywide tribute to your contribution at Tesla as we dissolve our equity and end with #Cybertruck finale for #Moms - shoot a successful rocket after that. We're going for quality of life in Mars with best #Eloning #Vastu Architecture and need model villages here for every launch. Give $100m to each queen- then shoot a rocket- and curb all outflow to hookers. If they want a mommy cybertruck they need to telk me their whole story at [email protected] - we don't go behind moms back when she has a contractual project- presents- promises- in contract on X. That was defamation for attys to kink up X with smears hiring Eastern European hookers to build AI. It's an international trafficking scam in WW3. Does anyone want to pleasure another Jewish atty or judge? No. We're all the @himym-life-lessons kids raped? That's how pedophilia must've crept into our family. My cousin James Mahoney's dad Jim was an atty and James was born in '63 like my brother but he was pimped to Army and sold his step son to them as a small child to groom him to be a rockstar gigolo whore. They break womans hearts to sell them to incarceration. I heard @taylorswift was caged after football team "f'd" over her man with hookers. Is Elon caged too? ): #4BillionMothersStrong #Eloning #KidsHome #Cybertrucks #Cybermoms #Peace #O
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Global Banks Predict Smooth Sailing, But U.S. Companies Sound the Alarm! The Shocking Twist You Didn't See Coming!
As we approach the year 2024, analysts are indicating a shift in the predicted U.S. economic landscape. Despite initial forecasts of a recession over the past two years, it seems the anticipated downturn is no longer on the horizon. However, businesses and investors remain cautious, expecting a deceleration driven by subdued consumer demand.
This contrast between perennially optimistic investment bank analysts and more reserved money managers is not a new phenomenon. What distinguishes the current situation is the notable prudence demonstrated by some leading companies as they outline their strategies for the upcoming year.
Those in the realm of real money management express a clear preference for the cautious approach. Sell-side analysts, who have been overly optimistic about growth prospects, Federal Reserve rate cuts, and a consumer recovery, are viewed with skepticism after months of inaccurate predictions.
Patrick McDonough, a portfolio manager for PGIM Quantitative Solutions, advises taking some of these sell-side forecasts with a grain of salt and leaning more toward the perspectives offered by companies.
Major banks, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Barclays, project global growth constraints in 2024 due to higher interest rates, expensive oil, and a weakened China. Notably, the likelihood of a recession is deemed low, a stark departure from the recession predictions made by many banks a year ago.
Company sentiments align with a more somber outlook compared to the previous year. According to Deutsche Bank, based on insights from 150 earnings calls in the third-quarter reporting season, companies generally describe demand as somewhat weak, prompting continued inventory reductions to adapt to sluggish goods demand.
Words used by companies to characterize demand include soft, sluggish, slow, lackluster, choppy, muted, constrained, challenging, weak, pressured, and uneven.
Walmart, for instance, acknowledges a changing consumer behavior, with its CFO, John David Rainey, expressing caution at a recent conference. Similarly, Dollar General reports a decline in gross profit and anticipates continued customer spending constraints in discretionary categories in 2024.
While consumer giant Procter & Gamble remains optimistic about its performance, acknowledging growth in market share, the overall disparity in outlooks does not concern fund managers.
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Their primary focus is on whether the Federal Reserve can prevent a recession, manage inflation, and safeguard consumers without over-tightening policies.
The recent update from the Federal Reserve indicates an awareness of the need for balance, with officials aiming to prevent an unnecessary economic slowdown caused by excessive policy tightening.
Several companies are already experiencing the effects of the anticipated slowdown, particularly those heavily reliant on consumer spending.
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PGIM's McDonough notes a discernible slowdown in consumer-based companies, emphasizing the importance of monitoring how the Federal Reserve navigates the delicate balance between averting recession and controlling inflation.
Recent surveys, such as those from the Institute for Supply Management and the Conference Board, indicate a cooling trend in consumer spending, with a significant percentage expecting a recession within the next year.
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