The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years. — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
You could power the entire United States with about 150 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
So, there's quite a big keep-out zone, and when you factor the keep-out zone into account, the solar panels put on that… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
A utility can handle up to 20% of production from solar and that helps the grid because it produces electricity when needed.… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
What most people know but don't realize they know is that the world is almost entirely solar-powered already. If the sun wasn't… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to buy a $60,000 electric Civic. But people will pay $90,000 for an electric sports car. — Elon Musk Copy Share
I think we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. If I had to guess at what our biggest existential threat is, it's probably… — Elon Musk Copy Share
Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying. — Elon Musk Copy Share
Some companies out there quote a start of production that is substantially in advance of when customers get their cars. — Elon Musk Copy Share
A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited… — Elon Musk Copy Share
When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have… — Elon Musk Copy Share
In order for us to have a future that's exciting and inspiring, it has to be one where we're a space-bearing civilization. — Elon Musk Copy Share
The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed… — Elon Musk Copy Share
The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I'm not trying to be anyone's… — Elon Musk Copy Share
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure. — Elon Musk Copy Share
