It is hard to believe that Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and Space X, the same who said that his mission is to save the humanity, is behind the commercialization of flamethrowers.
Musk always goes against the current. USA is possibly one of the countries with more firearms per square meter, but its new 'toy' appears just when younger generations are asking for a new legislation and greater control. This social movement was represented in the massive protests led by teenagers asking for more security inside the schools because of the shootings.
"Of course, it is the safest flamethrower in the world", said the responsible of the construction of the flamethrowers. This weapon, capable of throwing a jet of fire 4 meters away, is the latest extravagance of Musk. It was put on sale four months ago for about 500 euros.
His tunnel construction firm, The Boring Company, sold out the first 20,000 flamethrowers within just a few days, and on Saturday (9 of June), the first thousand units were made available for buyers. The sale of the flamethrowers netted the Boring Company $10 million.
However it is legal to sell flamethrowers, Musk named the device the “Not-a-Flamethrower”, in order to avoid any possible shipping problem.
So, what do you think about this everyday use flamethrowers been sell to common people? Do you think these flamethrowers should need a special permission, especially in the United States?
I cannot believe Americans not only created, but marketed a new weapon. People are trying to get rid of guns but how will they achieve it if they are constantly developong more and more? But truly important question is, why would you want to have a flamethrower? I mean isn't a lighter enough to light a candle or a cigarrette? If you want to lose your eyebrows, go for it. Nevertheless, having a flamethrower would be awesome.
ReplyDeleteI honestly always think about why people invent guns or machines that could hurt other people. We are supoosed to live all together and if someone creates something that could harm another person it could also harm the person who did it so i cant even begin to ungerstand why someone as intelligent as him would want to risk peoples lives and even his own.
ReplyDeleteThe creation of weapos is a vicious cycle because if a country has the best weapons, another country will, of course, want better weapons to protect its people and will create them. If they all started to look for solutions instead of destruction they would help the world be a little more at peace
I think Elon Musk is a pioneer and a genious because of all the companies he has created. Tesla for example is reducing carbon dioxide emissions by producing electric cars and Hyperloop is reducing traffic in cities by using vacume tunnels so i think Elon Musk is truly helping society and the world in general to have a better future.
ReplyDeleteRefering to flame throwers.... as Cristobal said it is a very bad time to lunch such a product as a flame thrower because of all the school shootings that had been happening and also because people are speaking out their minds about gun violence and how to reduce it.
Hi Cristobal, before reading your post I only new a few about those flame throwers but now I know that technology has no limits and all we need is creativity. Elon Musk is probably one of the most creative humans in the world, he must take a few hours each day just to think and let his mind create. He is an inspirations to those who want to start with business from the beginning. I´ve decided I´m going to read his book, he is such a genious!
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