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Dear Conservatives, Elon Musk is Not Your Friend: He is a climate change radical who partners with the government at every turn to enrich himself
American Thinker ^ | 12/28/2021 | Bode Lang

Posted on 12/28/2021 8:33:17 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Conservatives have enjoyed Elon Musk's behavior in recent weeks, blasting Elizabeth Warren, opposing lockdowns, and insulting CNN, but the giddiness spewing from conservatives about Musk is foolish.

To those embracing Elon Musk's political conversion, remember that Musk has been one of the most prominent advocates of the continuous scam known as climate change.  Like Bill Gates and Al Gore, Musk is an extremely wealthy man who fattens his own pockets through propagating climate change.  And like those other rich guys, Musk doesn't refrain from using private jets to fly around the world to save it.

In 2018, Elon Musk reportedly donated $6 Million to the Sierra Club while writing, "Thank you for fighting climate change. This affects every living creature on earth."  Once merely an environmental advocacy group, the Sierra Club has since evolved to promote other left-wing issues from pushing for mass immigration and abortion

Musk also has no reservations about whispering sweet-nothings to communists by praising China as "more responsible" than the U.S. and said that Chinese government officials could "possibly" be "more responsible" for their citizen's happiness than America is.

In May, Musk tweeted a call for a Carbon Tax and spoke with the Biden administration about implementing it.  Musk demanding the government to take money from taxpayers should come as no surprise because Musk's companies received at least $4.9 billion in government subsidies – as of 2015!  Therein lies perhaps Musk's most incredible skill: enriching himself with the government's help. 

While government subsidies are not exclusive to one industry, what sets Elon Musk apart is not only his ability to exploit taxpayers but to use government guns to extort his competitors through "regulatory credits."


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americanstinker; bidenfansonfr; bodelang; climatechange; conservatives; elonmusk; liar; solarcity; spacex; tesla; waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
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To: Paal Gulli

He is a Humanist, therefore a pagan. That is what he has in common with Socialists, Communists, Fascists, and other totalitarians. A world view.


21 posted on 12/28/2021 9:05:09 AM PST by ecomcon
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To: SeekAndFind
This has got to be one of the worst articles ever from “Americanthinker”.
Its garbage in every way.
The author would be quite at home working for fake news CNN.
22 posted on 12/28/2021 9:08:00 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: MinorityRepublican
In a couple of years, we will no longer be able to purchase gasoline.

Yes we will.
And for a very long time after that.

23 posted on 12/28/2021 9:11:03 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Tell It Right

Might wanna research what it Wil. Cost to replace the massive battery bank if problems arise, or how much it Will cost to have specialized mechanics work on them

A fella that owned a tesla burned his car whe. He learned 5hsg it was gonna cost him over 22,000 to fix the battery problem he was having with the car. He did it out of protest I guess, but it goes to ch. Show how expensive owning an electric might be. My brother was given one, and it worked well for awhile, but it began having problems, and it stemmed from th3 battery bank somewhere, and he was given a quote to try to fix it. He declined because it was too expensive and because the car wasn’t worth fixing due to the rust, znd ended up buying a used car to replace it instead

Maybe it won’t be so bad, but I think folks. Ight be in for sticker shock,when they get a bill for,repairing things down the line maybe.


24 posted on 12/28/2021 9:13:05 AM PST by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

Hope freezers figures this out when grocery stores are empty in the winter time because Um hello....electric harvesters and semis aren’t known for their ability to do what an internal combustiin engine can.

These stupid EVs are setting humanity BACK in the long run.


25 posted on 12/28/2021 9:14:22 AM PST by Billie Bud
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To: Hojczyk
The thing is, he's saved NASA and the federal government billions of dollars by doing things for NASA at vastly cheaper prices than they would have cost without Musk/SpaceX.
Without SpaceX, we'd still be begging for rides to the Spacestation on the Russian Soyuz, like we did for 10 years after the Space Shuttle was stopped, and paying a hefty $90 million per passenger per trip.
26 posted on 12/28/2021 9:18:24 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Artemis Webb

I listened to several of his interviews......he’s interesting to listen to. And yes climate change does run through what he speaks about. ....but a listening ear can pick that out and still glean some of what he speaks of.


27 posted on 12/28/2021 9:26:03 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

Writer should spend his words on Bezos.


28 posted on 12/28/2021 9:26:41 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Billie Bud
These stupid EVs are setting humanity BACK in the long run.

So tell me, just how long do you think the earth's reserves of fossil fuels will last?
You think they will last forever do you?

29 posted on 12/28/2021 9:27:19 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SeekAndFind

Musk is a miner - his business plan mines the public treasuries via the massive tax credits to his customers; tax credits without which he have not enough sales to stay in business.


30 posted on 12/28/2021 9:28:57 AM PST by Wuli
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To: Wuli

So much for letting the market decide. Musk fanboys will continue to do the heavy lifting required to justify this.


31 posted on 12/28/2021 9:40:35 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Once again. It doesn’t have to be all or nothing. He’s great at sending stuff to space and generally has a good sense of humor. Doesn’t mean I want him running the world.


32 posted on 12/28/2021 9:42:50 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: qwerty1234

Shouldn’t you be out getting a booster shot or something?


33 posted on 12/28/2021 9:45:46 AM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: Vermont Lt

Musk is one of the most self-absorbed and self-serving people on the planet.

He is also one of the smartest who has brought change to multiple industries.

The problem is you probably don’t don’t get one without the other.


34 posted on 12/28/2021 9:47:03 AM PST by Renfrew
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To: SmokingJoe

Oh that’s right...I forgot...we only have like nine years left or something....

How much electricity can we supply nationwide once internal combustion engines are outlawed for everyone except the powerful few???


35 posted on 12/28/2021 9:47:39 AM PST by Billie Bud
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To: SeekAndFind
Dear Liberal Idiots,

Please STOP passing your liberal policies, corporate bail outs, tax loop holes and subsidies and expecting good republicans to NOT take advantage of them.

OR

Stop whining about people who are smarter than you!

36 posted on 12/28/2021 9:49:07 AM PST by gtwizard (Income Inequality is called INCENTIVE!)
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To: SeekAndFind

What Ive been saying all along. EVs are a scam.


37 posted on 12/28/2021 9:49:57 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: SeekAndFind

Or maybe, like a lot of innovators, he doesn’t fit easily into any prefabricated ideological box. If so, that in itself is something positive.


38 posted on 12/28/2021 9:50:36 AM PST by x
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To: from occupied ga

That could be. I wonder, though, if there could be valuable spinoffs, as there were with the space program.


39 posted on 12/28/2021 9:53:14 AM PST by x
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

I wish he would invent a revolutionary internal combustion engine that runs on gasoline.


40 posted on 12/28/2021 9:54:05 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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