Elon Musk Says He Can Power Puerto With Batteries

Tesla founder Elon Musk claims to be able to fix what ails Puerto Rico, with his battery technology. He says his battery solution can scale up.

The Tesla team has done this for many smaller islands around the world, but there is no scalability limit, so it can be done for Puerto Rico too. Such a decision would be in the hands of the PR govt, PUC, any commercial stakeholders and, most importantly, the people of PR.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 5, 2017

Heck, if scalability is no issue, let’s power the world.

Not so fast: What’s the cost?

Will Musk’s $250,000 donation foot the bill for 3.5 million homes without power?

More specifically, how many homes will $250,000 power? In what timeframe?

Mike “Mish” Shedlock