Sure. It is now as he makes the shift to mass production. The problem is that it was always going to be a money pit for the first person to try it out. Economy of scale will kick in now that there’s financial incentive to look for it. He had the money to look for it.
And I can’t wait for the solar roofing tiles to reach the same point.
Any idiot can make one, its astonishingly easy. A visit to a local hardware store or harbor freight tools or possibly your own garage and you can create one, probably much better quality than the $500 one, for about 50 bucks. It makes me wonder why people haven’t used them more for nefarious purposes outside of war. Thankfully they haven’t.
I wondered the same thing many years ago, then I read accounts and actually met some people who had used them in Vietnam, and nearly everyone had the same “they’re dangerous as hell just to wear, let alone use” attitude.
Again, that thing is not a flamethrower. It is a lighter for a really big bong. Or that thing you use to finish the creme brûlée. Not even particularly useful for fighting off the undead.
It’s astounding and not in a good way. I’ve heard about them exploding because of a leak and soldier’s/marines smoking around them. Anecdotal of course. It seems reasonable that it could happen, did the accounts you read have something to do with bullets hitting them and exploding? I may have read something similar. If so, you’d think they’d armor the tank or something… sheesh.
eschereal I know. It just made me think of the dangers. I mean it obviously has to be a really terrible (or hilarious) idea to have a bunch of stoned people playing with a mini-flamethrower. Imagine it in an afterschool special video.
I suppose its better than layering freeways, aesthetically, maybe maintenance costs too. From what I hear, traffic in L.A. is delightful so it may not be a bad idea.
