Terry Blanton wrote: Surely not: https://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/07/would-russia-be-invading-ukraine-right-now-if-elon-musk-hadnt-shifted-the-course-of-automotive-history/ As almost everyone suspects - Elon is not the kind of genius that you want as your enemy.
For one thing the hostilities so far have cost him billions with no end in sight. For another, Ukraine has a lot of lithium. Therefore, it would not surprise us if he is already in round the clock development of a completely new and bizarre type of weapon that will end the conflict "naturally" and to the satisfaction of most of the world. With his own satellite fleet in place, for starters - the possibilities for taking action at the highest level, so to to speak, yet with "plausible deniability" seems doable if not more like fiction. Say... what kind of game changing weapon from SciFi can you imagine that Elon Musk could have already have prototyped? Gamma laser is one. Bottom line - Do not be surprised if Vlad is struck down silently during one of his propaganda tirades - perhaps by cardiac arrest ... and in the end it looks entirely like a health issue.
