Not defending Musk's tweets so I'll give you that as a comment. Not even going to defend his business practices.
But when it comes to "fulsome dollop of conspiratorial hyperbole" I think you're just being naive (never thought I'd accuse you of that).
Are you honestly saying that with the money at stake big oil primarily (with support of some in big auto) wouldn't stoop to strategically block progress on battery tech through the use of patents and other measures? No? That they all wouldn't be happier if Tesla wouldn't sod right off.
It's not like other big business doesn't use their clout in inventive ways to preserve legacy business models against the public interest. If I was running the lobby/strategy group for big oil and drawing up a game plan I know Tesla would be somewhere high on the list as both a genuine threat and a catalyst for others.
My word, next thing you'll be telling me the reason we have crap nbn has nothing to do with old media's cable interests.
