Posted on 01/30/2018 1:22:25 PM PST by nickcarraway
Elon Musk, the mastermind behind PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX, has another innovative product up his sleeve: a $500 flamethrower.
Musk announced the flamethrower on Saturday, after weeks of teasing a possible flamethrowing product for his newest venture, The Boring Company. The Boring Co.’s mission is to excavate a low-cost, but fast-digging tunnel through Los Angeles to help alleviate its notorious car traffic.
Musk’s announcements on Instagram and Twitter about the flamethrower have all been in tongue-in-cheek tone, but his legions of followers have lapped up the chance to buy a flamethrower from The Boring Co. More than 2,000 people have pre-ordered the device so far, according to Musk on Twitter.
Pre-orders are expected to ship in the spring, according to The Boring Co.’s website.
“When the zombie apocalypse happens, you’ll be glad you bought a flamethrower,” tweeted Musk. “Works against hordes of the undead or your money back!”
The California Health and Safety Codes 12750 to 12761 outline that owning or selling flamethrowers is illegal without a permit granted from the state fire marshal, joining Maryland as the only two states in the country to have flamethrower regulations.
California has defined flamethrowers as “any nonstationary and transportable device designed or intended to emit or propel a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid a distance of at least 10 feet.”
But since The Boring Co.’s flamethrower emits fire less than the defined 10 feet, it did not have to get a permit to sell, according to the company’s spokesman.
“Flamethrowers that shoot a flame over 10 feet long require a permit in (California),” the spokesman said in an email. “This flamethrower projects a flame that is shorter than 10 feet and as such does not require a permit.”
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Californicate and Flamethrowers? What could possible go wrong. Are they free to the homeless?
Musk is nuts.
Ken Lay is jealous.
MS 13....massive Forrest fires....???
what could possibly go wrong?
A flamethrower from the “Boring” Co., and in California of all places.
Flamethrowers are great for wiping out nests of locusts before they take to the air. Farmers used to use them all the time before insect poisons.
I think Elon Musk is auditioning for real life Bond Villian or something, heh
And people in freer (and less flammable) States will have no trouble hacking the thing to project flame farther than 10 feet.
Sounds like a Mainway Inc. product from SNL
That’s a pathetic flame-thrower
Its really just a large cigarette-lighter
Sounds homophobic to me.
Will they only regulate assault flamethrowers?
SO now that the federal government is indicating it will enforce immigration law and has said it is investigating arresting politicians refusing to comply, Elon has found a way to arm antifa. Certainly change the odds when ANtifa goes up against normal protesters (conservatives).
Aren’t charcoal grills banned in parts of California? But flamethrowers are okay?
Nice flame job there. I’m gonna give ya a little touch-up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVvEsy396dA
M2-A1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLxXkBol_Xo
I approve, although less than 10 feet doesn’t sound like a barrel full of fun.
You can buy a better torch than this.
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