If he'd like to throw in a few million to a beleaguered telescope while he's at it...
Renewable energy entrepreneur Elon Musk says he could rebuild Puerto Rico's shattered electrical infrastructure with his solar energy technology. The vast majority of the island territory remains without power, weeks after it was hit by Hurricane Maria.
On Twitter, Mr Musk said his technology, which powers several smaller islands, could be scaled up to work for Puerto Rico. The island's governor responded to Mr Musk with the message: "Let's talk".
"Do you want to show the world the power and scalability of your Tesla technologies? Puerto Rico could be that flagship project," the Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41524220
Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean in which I babble about non-astronomy stuff, because everyone needs a hobby
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Do Androids Dream Of Anything Very Much ?
Last time I set out my despondency at being ever able to solve the mystery of what the mind actually is, in contrast to Robert Kuhn's op...
-
Where Americans think Ukraine is These are the guesses of 2066 Americans as to where Ukraine is. Only 1 in 6 were correct. Presumably the...
-
Of course you can prove a negative. In one sense this can be the easiest thing in the world : your theory predicts something which doesn...
-
Hmmm. [The comments below include a prime example of someone claiming they're interested in truth but just want higher standard, where...
.. ask him. Be bold. I'm serious.
ReplyDelete