Ekaterina Netchitailova

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Tesla, of course!

What is your all time favorite automobile?

This is a very weird question from WordPress prompt today (they ask questions everyday, trying to boost some creativity, which works).

I don’t drive at this moment. I have a license but I forgot how to drive.

I got my UK license six years ago, at the seventh attempt of the practical test, which probably was a sign that I shouldn’t be on the road, driving.

After my test, I got a pink Peugeot convertible, and both me and my son loved it so much. He was sitting next to me for this picture, being so proud!

I had the car for only six months until someone drove into me from a side road, and unfortunately, it was an awful experience, because of the person who caused the accident. She tried to blame me, and her family would stalk me at home and also at work.

It ended up badly for me: I got a psychosis, and my car was irreparable. I won the insurance case, but the psychological damage was too big.

I stopped driving.

But if I was ever brave enough to drive again, and had the budget, it would be Tesla, of course! Sophisticated, refined, practical car, made by a great company and a great man!

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I am a Doctor of philosophy, a university lecturer, writer, and a lover of cats, fine wine, books, theatre, and human eccentricity. Despite my last name ‘Netchitailova’ which means ‘unreadable’ in Russian, my greatest passions in life are reading and writing.

8 responses to “Tesla, of course!”

  1. Zeal4living Avatar
    Zeal4living

    I hope you will one day drive that Tesla.

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    1. Ekaterina Avatar
      Ekaterina

      thanks:)

      Reply
  2. lecox Avatar
    lecox

    I learned to drive, but never got a license. My heart wasn’t in it.

    Once while driving as a learner with my parents, I drove our car into a ditch beside a rural road and it got wet inside!

    I have managed without a car for all of my life, but I know that cars have an emotional appeal. I am sure that in past lives I drove fast vehicles!

    I think electric is appropriate for a personal car. Tesla is the coolest, but I think all modern cars are kind of cool. For high style I would pick Lamborghini. For elegance, the Jaguar. The Germans make good cars, too.

    But I am waiting for the true levitating car, which we should have had years ago, but apparently is considered too modern for Earth.

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    1. Ekaterina Avatar
      Ekaterina

      You have a good taste, Larry!
      I also don’t really feel the need to have a car. I live where I can walk everywhere.
      We miss on things in summer a bit though, such driving to the beach here.

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      1. lecox Avatar
        lecox

        If we wanted to, I think we could get to many of the local beaches on public transit.

  3. Dirtsmith Avatar
    Dirtsmith

    Musk

    I agree that Elon Musk is a “great man.”I also (sort of) admire his (sort of) commitment to the principals of free speech. However, his commitment is strongest when it aligns with his own personal interests, weak when it doesn’t. (Consider the end to his relationship with Matt Taibbi re: the Twitter Files –

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/taibbi-meet-censored-me

    – As well as his suppression of free speech concerning the Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestine –

    https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/from-the-river-to-the-sea-is-genocide-but-actual-genocide-is-not-genocide-89fb6d48f703

    He talks a fine talk about the importance of free speech though.

    I was also quite irritated by an interview he did with Bill Maher early last year that I happened to catch. Maher asked him about depletion of resources. Musk basically denies that this is an issue.

    He says “resources will be fine” “we are not in any danger of resource collapse”

    Then says –

    “We do want to move to a sustainable energy economy as quickly as possible”

    Maher responds

    “Lots of people don’t have enough food or water. We’re running out of water. We’re running out of SAND!”

    Elon responds “the Earth’s surface is 70% water.” Maher rightly responds “but you can’t drink it!”

    Elon posits that “desalination is ridiculously cheap.”

    Regarding resource depletion (and desalination for that matter) he is deliberately misleading. Yes, in an ABSOLUTE sense we are in no danger of resource collapse (at least mineral resources). The earth is loaded with all the elements, minerals, and water, even fossil fuels, that we could ever need. That’s not the real issue.

    The issue is the ECoEs (the Energy Cost of Energy). The real depletion is all the cheap and easy to extract and transport deposits of these resources ARE ALREADY CONSUMED. What good is water at the coast if it must be desalinated (ridiculously cheap only where and when energy is ridiculously cheap – an evaporating condition) AND transported to where it is needed? What good are minerals buried under miles of rock?

    Basically, he is pushing the “sustainable energy economy” myth. Who benefits most from this myth? Well, Elon Musk does, since he sells all the accoutrements thereof.

    14:40 in – https://youtu.be/oO8w6XcXJUs?si=JhvUIOzYBdkrQAHW

    So yes, Elon Musk is clearly a “great man,” (as is Donald Trump, another powerful figure also born immense privilege, but with less charm, intelligence, and tact).

    But is he a GOOD man? I’m quite convinced that he is not.

    Great is the Enemy of Good

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    1. Ekaterina Avatar
      Ekaterina

      Oh, I will read all the links! Such a critical reply! Will look more into it, thanks!

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      1. Dirtsmith Avatar
        Dirtsmith

        🙂

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I am a doctor of philosophy, a university lecturer, and a lover of cats, fine wine, dancing, theatre, and human eccentricity. I was born in the Soviet Union (Moscow). I am fluent in four languages, and have spent all my adult life studying (except from 18 to 19) working and living throughout Western Europe. Despite a surname-Netchitailova- that translates from Russian into English as “unreadable”, my greatest passions in life are reading and writing. My personal struggles have made me appreciate the manifestations of weirdness that exist everywhere.

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