ClaimsElon Musk

“And also we were told that various countries would ban shipping of it, but they would ban flamethrowers.”

Elon Musk, interviewee 7 September 2018 Joe Rogan Experience #1169 with Elon Musk (Transcript) (Singju Post) archived copy

Factual Economics and markets

The Boring Company was told various countries would ban shipping of a flamethrower.

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Reasoning

What the company was told by shippers or officials is internal knowledge, though possibly partially reported.

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Elon Musk, “The Boring Company was told various countries would ban shipping of a flamethrower.” (said 7 September 2018). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_226aa5d9fa01, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_226aa5d9fa01

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