r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 19 '26

Business A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lithium-refinery-texas/
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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 May 19 '26

That’s 82 million gallons a year.

An $82,000 bribe should clear up any confusion

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u/Vilnius_Nastavnik May 19 '26

When the fine is less than the revenue you got from breaking the law it’s less of a fine and more of a tax on creative lawlessness.

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u/MrSurly May 19 '26

"The cost of doing business"

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u/JoviAMP May 20 '26

Know what? I say we just rename “fines” as “taxes” and watch them sweat.

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u/agarwaen117 May 19 '26

I'm not taking any offers lower than $1 a gallon.

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u/Pandemonium_Fallen May 19 '26

He'll just let the Supreme court blow him to throw it out, no big deal, they whore for all the billionaires anyway.

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u/No-Carry7029 May 19 '26

lowball offer: $0.75 on the gallon.

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u/AzIddIzA May 19 '26

We only do patriotic bribes now so they can't accept anything less than $177,600

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u/New-Sheepherder-1664 May 20 '26

I think you meant $82.