Green tech blogger criticizes Elon Musk as "a major fool", reconsiders buying a new Tesla

Green tech blogger criticizes Elon Musk as "a major fool", reconsiders buying a new Tesla

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"Destroying society with bile-filled explosions is the opposite pole of what the world needs to face the challenges of the future. Grow up, Elon. It's time to act like an adult, not like a big baby. "
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It is CleanTechnica blogger Steve Hanley who is reconsidering his purchase plans for a new Tesla.
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On Wednesday, model Y during a fiery disassembly of Elon Musk.

Hanley said that for many years he had "a sneaky suspicion" that Tesla's boss was "an arrogant ass". Specifically, he struggled with the misleading label of "autopilot" for his cars, as well as Musk's "downright stupid" decision to tweet about the company's stock price, to name a few. than a pair.

The latest confrontation with Alameda County over public health guidelines, in which Musk threatened to move his business out of California, is just the latest example.

Hanley said it was billed as "the actions of an arrogant asshole who thinks he can defecate in the middle of a crowded room and pretend that nothing extraordinary happened".

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The problem for Hanley goes far beyond the assembly lines of the Tesla factory.

"Such antics have a detrimental effect on other members of society," he said. "It is becoming fashionable now, as the coronavirus crisis approaches its ninth week, for some people to state loud and clear that all health guidelines, whether in city, county, 39; state or federal government are unconstitutional violations of your personal freedom. "

And we saw a lot of that, from armed protesters at Michigan State House to the noisy group in southern California marching for the right of access to the beach.

"Elon would never recognize this, but his actions encourage such outrageous behavior," wrote Hanley. "If Musk was a private citizen on an island in the Pacific, he wouldn't mind if he wandered naked throwing hand grenades at local wildlife, but someone who throws himself in public view should Expect to behave with some convenience. "

From there, Hanley directed his tirade to the White House.

"The United States is currently run by people who behave like two-year-olds with full coats," he writes. "Freedom does not mean being able to do anything."

Tesla officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

While Musk continues to be a controversial figure during the coronavirus pandemic, Tesla's stock performance, which has almost doubled since the start of the year, is not under attack, while the S&P 500
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it has dropped by about 12% over the same period.

CleanTechnica claims to be the world's leading clean technology website, reaching some 7 million readers worldwide each month. Apparently, he can count Musk as a reader, considering that he retweeted website history earlier this week

on Tesla employees who return to work.