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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday March 21 2020, @04:59PM   Printer-friendly

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Since Monday, Tesla has been under pressure from officials in Alameda County to shut down operations of its car factory in Fremont, California, to fight the spread of the coronavirus. On Thursday, Tesla finally announced it would halt vehicle manufacturing in Fremont.

"We have decided to temporarily suspend production at our factory in Fremont, from end of day March 23, which will allow an orderly shutdown," Tesla said in a post on its website.

March 23 is next Monday—a full week after officials in seven Bay Area counties ordered non-essential businesses to close down. To make sure there was no confusion about Tesla's status, Alameda County tweeted on Tuesday that Tesla was not an essential business.

But Tesla persisted. In recent weeks, Elon Musk has been a vocal skeptic of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus. "Danger of panic still far exceeds danger of corona," Musk tweeted on Monday.

Previously:
Alameda County Sheriff Pressures Tesla to Shut Down Fremont Factory


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:17PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:17PM (#973886)

    Good luck starting back up when their suppliers are out of business.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:30PM (#973889)

    Vigorous. Energetic. Passionate. Those were three words that would instantly come to anyone's mind upon listening to the teacher give his lesson.

    But that wasn't all. It was safe to say that no other teacher was as passionate as this one. Was it because that was simply who he was? No, it was the nature of the topic that drew out this individual's passion to levels never before seen. Just what subject could inspire such passion, such legendary dedication? It was silence.

    Yes, silence. The elementary school students were being instructed on the concept of silence. At first, they did not understand; it was simply too difficult a topic for them to comprehend. But, thanks to their great teacher's passion and dedication, they eventually came to understand just what silence truly was. No, the truth was that they were simply forced to understand, thanks to a related concept: Violence.

    Silence was always preceded by violence, as the children came to understand. After all, if a fist repeatedly rocketed towards your face until your very existence was snuffed out, what would the end result be? After all, if your head was twisted backwards, what would the end result be? After all, if your head was repeatedly slammed onto a hard, cold tile floor with great force, what would the end result be? That's right: Silence. Silence, silence, silence!

    At first, the children screamed. They screamed, shouted, cried, screeched, bellowed, and begged for mercy, all actions which were in total opposition to silence. But, after their great, passionate teacher stripped them bare, violated them, and demonstrated to them the very first step on The Road to Silence, an epiphany dawned on them, and then they understood.

    In record time, every child in the classroom understood. They understood all too well. In fact, so passionate were they about silence that they would forevermore remain in its grasp!

    Satisfied with his lesson, the wandering teacher, Dongham, put on his clothes, packed his bag, and left for the next classroom, leaving his old students under the ever-watchful eyes of flies and maggots. As he was walking, he thought about how exciting it would be to instruct a classroom of preschoolers...

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by sjames on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:31PM (2 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:31PM (#973890) Journal

    Good luck starting back up if half the planet is mad at them for causing excess deaths and hospitalizations by hampering efforts to curb a pandemic.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:38PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 21 2020, @06:38PM (#973893)

      Good luck starting back up if half the planet is mad at them for causing excess deaths and hospitalizations by hampering efforts to curb a pandemic.

      Yeah, but the other half loves them for saving the environment. And that half hates people anyway.

      • (Score: 2) by dry on Sunday March 22 2020, @02:15AM

        by dry (223) on Sunday March 22 2020, @02:15AM (#973998) Journal

        Don't be tricked by the name conservative, they're actually not interested in conserving the planet. You do seem to be right about them hating people though, just have to look at their leader along with the alternate they offer.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 23 2020, @06:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 23 2020, @06:23PM (#974513)

    good. fuck california. move that plant to texas.