07-25-2021, 07:51 AM
(07-25-2021, 06:25 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Dont disagree on Peter Fitzsimons views on Jones and Kelly, they are unqualified to be giving those opinions and Sky shouldnt be airing them...the irrelevant section did make me laugh, where Fitzsimons bags out Jeff Bezos and other large scale entrepreneurs for indulging in some spacecraft recreation and references the rich and the poor argument.
Of course he didnt or forgot to mention he drives a very expensive Tesla and that the proceeds of that purchase went to anotherĀ Space Voyager entrepreneur in Elon Musk and that both Peter and his overpaid TV personality wife who likes her coin are probably one of the few who can afford such a new age Electric car. I guess if you are going to do your bit for the planet then Peter and Lisa want to do it in style but we wont tell those poor folk that Jeff and Elon are meant to have overlooked.
This probably isn't the place to be advocating for first class, global mass transportation systems in lieu of private cars, nor is it the place to go one better and advocate the New Urbanism model for urban design.
FitzSimons and his ilk don't bother me too much. He is undoubtedly a Champagne Socialist, but more often than not he makes sense and he at least tries.
If we must have private modes of transport, electric cars are a worthwhile effort IMO, a nascent technology with plenty of room for improvement. And hopefully the prices come down soon.

