Then let it be settled in court, and California prove their case for the order. That is the point of this, and why Musk will be on the line and announcing it publicly on Twitter.
His tirade is over a 1-week difference (the county already had an agreement that he could start May 18). The court case won't resolve in 1 week, so it is unclear what he expects to achieve by opening 1 week early, by filing a lawsuit, and threatening to leave.
So what’s the big deal? If the county doesn’t like it, arrest him and let a court rule on their authority.
As a Tesla investor, I support the relocation of Fremont production capacity out of California. If this speeds that up (even if it’s simply a public circus exercise), I have no complaints.
I don't see any reason for public brinkmanship to achieve this. Just seems... imprudent? Further, if his decision really does expose workers to higher risk (that was preventable), it moves the burden from the health authorities to him.
Not quite. I expect no value from my Tesla stock, literally zero. I only care about the rapid electrification of transportation and utility scale energy storage deployment. It’s incredibly clear how rapidly we as a species are headed towards the climate change wall, and besides Tesla (and some electric utilities), no one has the swiftness the gravity of the situation dictates. This should be the equivalent of a war time effort, but it's not, and that is insanity.
Interestingly, the coronavirus response is close to war-time level focus. The same focus should be directed towards climate gas emissions and climate change.
> the coronavirus response is close to war-time level focus.
Which is strange, because coronavirus primarily impacts the elderly and those with higher risk factors, and the death rate increase is only slightly above the death rate floor, while climate change impacts all 7 billion+ world citizens, which will be closer to 10 billion by 2100.
Do you have any idea how much money that 1 week shutdown would cost?
Alameda County may win the battle but will lose the war —as an added insult, maybe the Raiders can break thru a big ribbon that says “Tesla Nevada” on it as they enter their new arena for the first time this Fall!
No, I don't have access to Tesla's cost information. Im sure this is costing them 10s to 100s of millions in lost revenue and plenty paying for stuff that is down but still costs money to maintain.
It's not clear to me how to balance those costs against the decisions made by public health officials who are experts. I'm certainly not a "even one death is unacceptable" believer, nor do I think we should unnecessarily expose large numbers of people to risk (especially in the case of highly infectious diseases).
Assuming Tesla made wise decisions, I'm sure only a small number of people more would provably get sick due to exposure at the factory. But it's not Elon's sole decision.
I'm a Elon Musk fan in general but what about "duty of care" to his staff? Also what other laws can he (or anyone else) choose to violate? What if a cigarette factory owner decides to violate smoking health guidelines by selling to kids on the basis they reject parts of the science about the state's decision?
I don't see how this qualifies as harmless. He is putting every single employee under economic duress to potentially expose themselves to covid and defy a gov order.
Going to work doesn't mean you are going to be infected.
Being infected doesn't mean you are going to have the symptom.
Having the symptom doesn't mean its going to be severe symptom.
Having severe symptom doesn't mean you going to be hospitalized.
Simply driving a car during normal situation can potentially expose you death as well.
Is it not a moral obligation to perform civil disobedience when challenging a law you believe unjust? He asks for only himself to be arrested!
Regarding duty of care, 43 states are reopening already. Are they wrong? Can you prove they’re wrong to do so? Shouldn’t there be a burden of proof if you as the government require a business to remain shuttered when the vast majority of states are reopening?
Civil disobedience? This isn't marching against Jim Crow, this is about Covid-19. If he wants to express that opinion fine, but what about the health of the staff he is making go to work?
“We were working on a lot of policies and procedures to help operate that plant and quite frankly, I think Tesla did a pretty good job, and that’s why I had it to the point where on May 18, Tesla would have opened,” Mr. Haggerty said. “I know Elon knew that. But he wanted it this week.”
so 1 more week beyond today is what the officials were planning on.
Checks and balances.