Climate Quotes by Elon Musk

16 Climate quotes by Elon Musk

Musk’s 16 statements showcase his tech‑centric view of climate solutions, balancing optimism about innovation with the realities of planetary challenges.

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As you heat the planet up, it's just like boiling a pot.

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I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax.

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I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

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The reason we should do a carbon tax is because it's the right thing to do. It's economics 101, elementary stuff.

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The primary means of energy generation is going to solar. It will at least be a plurality, and probably be a slight…

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I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I…

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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…

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You could power the entire United States with about 150 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take…

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A utility can handle up to 20% of production from solar and that helps the grid because it produces electricity when needed.…

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We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle…

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Biofuels such as ethanol require enormous amounts of cropland and end up displacing either food crops or natural wilderness, neither of which…

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It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to…

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Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find…

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It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find…

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The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the…

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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…

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A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited…

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I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool.

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When we got Tesla going at the very beginning, if you asked me what I thought the odds of success were, I would have…

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If we drive down the cost of transportation in space, we can do great things.

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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.

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The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed…

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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…

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If something's important enough, you should try. Even if - the probable outcome is failure.

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