<story><title>FBI alleges that DC Solar Scammed Berkshire Hathaway for Millions</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-04/the-couple-who-feds-say-scammed-buffett-s-berkshire-hathaway</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>brookside</author><text>Nascar, to me, is a celebration of pointless CO2 emissions.&lt;p&gt;It is literally people driving around in a circle in last-century technology, mainly as an advertising platform for selling inefficient non-race vehicles.&lt;p&gt;We can do better in 2019, and I&amp;#x27;d personally be ok if the whole sport shuttered, not just one team.</text></item><item><author>themodelplumber</author><text>Sad. Can the HN community sponsor a car. Crazy idea maybe but we are not known for messing around.</text></item><item><author>joncrane</author><text>&amp;quot;Funny&amp;quot; story: DC Solar was a big sponsor of NASCAR in multiple series.&lt;p&gt;Ross Chastain, an amazing driver who was a watermelon farmer, was finally getting his big break and going to a very good car with full season sponsorship from DC Solar.  (Most drivers in order to succeed need some kind of sponsorship connection and this was one of those amazing talents with few connections guys so fans were super excited).&lt;p&gt;Literally within a few weeks of the announcement of sponsorship came the news that DC Solar had been raided by the FBI and the sponsorship was off.&lt;p&gt;Ross Chastain is back running subpar equipment sponsored by his family&amp;#x27;s watermelon farm business.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>clouddrover</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;driving around in a circle in last-century technology&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a criticism I think this lacks perspective. Presumably you want them to be driving electric cars in a circle. Electric cars are 19th century technology:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;now&amp;#x2F;shows&amp;#x2F;223&amp;#x2F;electric-car-timeline.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;now&amp;#x2F;shows&amp;#x2F;223&amp;#x2F;electric-car-timeline.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;History_of_the_electric_vehicle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;History_of_the_electric_vehicl...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.abc.net.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2019-05-02&amp;#x2F;the-history-birth-death-resurrection-of-the-electric-car&amp;#x2F;11053928&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.abc.net.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2019-05-02&amp;#x2F;the-history-birth-dea...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Formula E is good. It&amp;#x27;s improving year by year and the Gen2 car is a clear improvement over the Gen1 car. You can watch past races on their YouTube channel:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;FIAFormulaE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;user&amp;#x2F;FIAFormulaE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;But let&amp;#x27;s not kid ourselves. Formula E is not yet at the level of Formula 1.</text></comment>
<story><title>FBI alleges that DC Solar Scammed Berkshire Hathaway for Millions</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-04/the-couple-who-feds-say-scammed-buffett-s-berkshire-hathaway</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>brookside</author><text>Nascar, to me, is a celebration of pointless CO2 emissions.&lt;p&gt;It is literally people driving around in a circle in last-century technology, mainly as an advertising platform for selling inefficient non-race vehicles.&lt;p&gt;We can do better in 2019, and I&amp;#x27;d personally be ok if the whole sport shuttered, not just one team.</text></item><item><author>themodelplumber</author><text>Sad. Can the HN community sponsor a car. Crazy idea maybe but we are not known for messing around.</text></item><item><author>joncrane</author><text>&amp;quot;Funny&amp;quot; story: DC Solar was a big sponsor of NASCAR in multiple series.&lt;p&gt;Ross Chastain, an amazing driver who was a watermelon farmer, was finally getting his big break and going to a very good car with full season sponsorship from DC Solar.  (Most drivers in order to succeed need some kind of sponsorship connection and this was one of those amazing talents with few connections guys so fans were super excited).&lt;p&gt;Literally within a few weeks of the announcement of sponsorship came the news that DC Solar had been raided by the FBI and the sponsorship was off.&lt;p&gt;Ross Chastain is back running subpar equipment sponsored by his family&amp;#x27;s watermelon farm business.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lucasmullens</author><text>The entertainment provided per amount of CO2 is probably better than lots of other forms of entertainment, since there&amp;#x27;s thousands watching only dozens of cars. Like I&amp;#x27;m sure skydiving or going on a cruise is worse for the environment per person.</text></comment>