Elon Musk reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a carbon tax

CNBC ^ | 12 feb 21 | Cat Clifford

[PeterPrinciple]

Everytime you encounter this insanity.

Ask ask why is co2 a pollutant and then rememind them it is plant food.

[xzins]

And it’s garden time. You’d think they’d understand that by now.

[xzins]

If he likes green, does he also like the world’s leading manufacturer of solar panels and rare earth elements?

[butlerweave]

On a Carbon Based planet , LOL

[lewislynn]

His brilliance is his use of government subsidies.

He's a modern day Ponzi or Madoff using endless taxpayer money instead of a private funding pyramid scheme.

How would you benefit from carbon taxes/carbon credits.

Sadly to me he's just another fraud.

[xzins]

Life needs carbon and water, right?

[DSH]

I tell folks, do not put this guy up on a pedestal.

But they will. Count on it. Musk is a conman, and self-identifying "conservatives" are silly suckers for conmen who spout some jargon which they find appealing. If "conservatives" fell for a dimwitted narcissist like Trump, it's inevitable they'll fall for a high-functioning narcissist like Musk.

[Wuli]

I am glad Elon is an advocate of Free Speech, so we can tell him his ideas are nuts when they are nuts.

[xzins]

If he means it...

[EQAndyBuzz]

And who plans to tax China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia and other countries who are much worse than the US? And once they are taxes, where does the money go?

[proust]

And what’s the carbon footprint on ONE of his little rockets?

[xzins]

Good point. Is he advocating one world government?

[butlerweave]

Life needs carbon and water, right?

Our body is like 18% carbon so how do they plan to remove that ,LOL

[xzins]

Bigger than a breadbox?

[EEGator]

I bet most conservatives are already on a list.
I bet FReepers have been on the list for years.
What is ECHELON?...

[Fresh Wind]

Last year, a Tesla PR flack bragged that by the end of 2021, 100% of Supercharger power would be from renewable sources.

Didn’t happen, but it made libs feel good about themselves.

[Irish Eyes]

Take advantage when you can and be cautious and skeptical.

Always a good idea.

[xzins]

Were they all supposed to have their own wind/solar generators?

This notion that a power company is 97% fossil fuel and 3% solar/etc, but they can sell green to those who check a box saying “green please” is such a charade.

[grame]

John Kerry couldn’t afford his!

[Carriage Hill]

We’re all (animals, plants) carbon-based life forms, on a carbon-based planet. Sure, that makes sense.