“I am the seat of authority,” he says.
Because the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them.
But I can’t speak."
Life and death decisions.
And of course, electrocution and sharks:
I went to a boat company in South Carolina.
The boat I said how is it?.
He said, its a problem, sir.
They want us to make all electric boats..
These are boats that are from 16 to 35 or so feet.
Fishing boats, leisure boats.
Beautiful company in South Carolina.
Been doing it for 50 years.
He sells hundreds of boats every couple of months.
I mean, really fantastic guy.
And they use the Mercury engines and different engines in the back.
They want to take that out.
They want to make it all electric.
He said The problem is the boat is so heavy it cant float..
I said, that sounds like a problem.
Thats essentially almost like two miles an hour.
I say, How long does it take you to get out there?
My relationship to MIT.
I say, What would happen if the boat sank from its weight?
A lot of shark.
I watch some guys justifying it today.
Well, they werent really that angry.
These people are crazy.
He said Theres no problem with sharks.
I said, So theres a shark ten yards away from the boat, ten yards or here.
Do I get electrocuted?
If the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking.
Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted?
Or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?.
Because I will tell you, he didnt know the answer.
He said, You know, nobodys ever asked me that question..
I said, I think its a good question.
I think theres a lot of electric current coming through that water.
But you know what Id do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted?
Ill take electrocution every single time.
Im not getting near the shark!
And that is, whether you’d rather die by electrocution or shark attack.
We as a people have been divided by this debate for far too long.
Meanwhile, candidates at all levels have refused to pick a side.
They’ve either tried to “both sides” the issue or worse, ignored it altogether.
Here finally is someone willing to go on the record, and admit he’s Pro-Electrocution.
In doing so, I’m sure he’s going to draw the wrath of the Pro-Eaten-by-the-Shark lobby.
Nothing but a bunch of special interests.
This conversation is long overdue.
If I feel bad for anyone in this, it’s AI.
And probably give more weight to the words of the people in positions of leadership.
Well good luck making sense of a stream-of-consciousness word soup like this.
The digressions that go nowhere.
Tossed in references to MIT and how smart the speaker is.
All in an effort to make a point about electric boats being impractical.
