Video – Buster Collings

Tesla Motors is not bad, Better Place is real good

Buster — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:40:05 +0000

tesla motors has some slick vehicles and post IPO investors have made some bank. however, as much as i’d like to have one of their rides, the prices aren’t yet practical. that is very likely to change for all electric car manufacturers if Better Place succeeds.

foreign oil independence for the USA might be closer than imagined before, but don’t be surprised if the Chinese beat us to it. in the meantime Shai Agassi is working to make our lives a better place. not by simply making the world ‘greener’ but by making automobiles BETTER, FASTER, CHEAPER and AS CONVENIENT AS PETRO BASED CARS TODAY.

his approach is to use batteries the same way we use fuel (petro). this might not unique, but actually tesla and most other electric car makers take the approach of using batteries the way we currently use “fuel tanks” which is not better, faster, cheaper or as convenient as petro based cars today.

here’s a good Charlie Rose interview with Shai Agassi of Better Place

The Great American Bubble Machine

Buster — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:48:41 +0000

Matt Taibbi recently wrote a terrific article in Rolling Stone magazine that sheds some light on the economic bubbles we’ve been experiencing in the last decade or so. Goldman Sachs is a particular target of Matt’s article, and for good reason. These vid clips have some quick snippets behind the story, “Inside the Great American Bubble Machine”

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

California IOU’s are Dumb and Dumber

Buster — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:36:06 +0000

California’s state government is the poster child for how NOT to run a state. They’re printing up their own currency nowadays in the form of IOU’s. The smart banks are refusing to accept them.

Billy Mays Checklist for Inventors Who Want to Be Seen on TV

Buster — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:54:49 +0000

‘As Seen On TV’, Billy Mays summed up what he and his partners are looking for in an invention or product on the interesting tv series Pitchmen.

1. Does it have the wow factor?
2. Does it have mass appeal?
3. It is demonstrable?
4. Does it solve a problem?
5. Does it give instant gratification?

So now you know the minimum requirements for developing a product that might make you rich and be seen on tv via Telebrands, the “As Seen On TV” company.

UPDATE: Billy Mays died while sleeping on 6/28/2009.