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Why Silicon Valley Won't Be the Green Car Detroit

Posted by timothy on from the 300-miles-ought-to-be-enough-for-anybody dept.

thecarchik writes "NPR boldly pronounced, 'The new automobile of the 21st century is likely to benefit from the culture of Silicon Valley, where people are used to taking a chip, a cell or an idea and working on it until it becomes something big.' We've thought about it for a year, and discussed it with many people. And we don't believe it. Silicon Valley is the wrong place to build an auto industry, for three main reasons."

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  1. Canada! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come build your car manufacturing plants in Canada, eh? Our workers don't ask for $100 per hour salaries and we got all four seasons* to test your technologies too!

    * warning: the summer-to-winter ratio imay not be uniform.

    1. Re:Canada! by CCarrot · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... and we got all four seasons* to test your technologies too!

      Yep. All four of 'em.

      1. Almost Winter
      2. Winter
      3. Still Winter
      4. Construction

      (how's your Almost Winter goin', eh?)

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  2. Re:Only one real reason by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too many liberals. And I am not even trolling...

    Totally. If there is one thing about liberals, they are anti-progress.

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  3. Re:Only one real reason by mosb1000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, all the celebrities live on the beach. So it's both or neither. Also, they don't exactly live there. It's their vacation home.