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Totally. Of course, there are many factors that go into the balance: gasoline vs. electricity delivery, refining and transportation of the required fossil fuels, etc. I wish our scientific literacy were higher, or at least the effort being made, if only to produce a scientific humility that we lack. Musk effectively arbitrages the difference between people's scientific literacy and science. It's part of his genius. I think a self-driving Tesla has been just 2-3 years out for 4-5 years now. In fact, he might be more futurist than industrialist. 2019 vehicle sales: GM: 7.7M Ford: 5.3M Tesla: 0.37M Marketcap: GM: $43B Ford: $27B Tesla: $400B Musk is not selling cars, as much as he is selling the selling of cars.