Amazon didn't show consistent, sizable profits until 2004. I'm sure some folks were saying some of the same things about Amazon when comparing them to traditional retailers. The value came from investing speculating that Amazon was going to be HUGE. They were right. It's slaying and putting so many traditional retailers into the grave.

Tesla could potentially be in the same position that Amazon was from the 90's leading up to the mid 00's. They've got the groundwork laid. They understand the business model. Currently the traditional market is dominant, but Tesla is position for what the FUTURE market will need.

Perhaps 20 years from now we'll look back and realize why Tesla became the #1 auto manufacturer in the world. We'll laugh at all the intersections that just a couple decades back had gas stations on two or three corners all look different now.

Or who knows, maybe Tesla goes belly up and the big three take us into the electric future!?