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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: from occupied ga
Last I heard we don't import power from Norway

Nobody said we did apart from you mentioning it.
Last I looked, most of the population of this planet live outside America. And they use energy too.

It takes 20-25 years to go from deciding to build a nuclear to actually getting the power out

According to the IAEA data, the average construction time for plants with nominal power below 800 MWe is about 71 months, while for higher power reactors, the construction time increases about 8 months for each increase of 100 MWe in power.

This electric vehicle mania would die on the vine if anyone actually looked at the details and the government didn't distort the market.

Actually, Tesla has gotten ZERO government EV subsidies in the last 2 years, yet Tesla sold twice as many EV’s as the rest of the car manufacturers combined. And Tesla is making very good profits right now.

81 posted on 12/28/2021 11:15:58 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: kjam22

One could always just give up and die I suppose.
Or try and preempt all that and do what Musk is doing.


82 posted on 12/28/2021 11:19:24 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: fireman15

There must be more to the story than “he eventually had to quit” that explains why it is so bad to work for Musk.


83 posted on 12/28/2021 11:22:06 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: fireman15

Elon knows how much it sucks to run a car company in the bay area. There are a lot of people like him that thought Robots can do everything and you won’t need people.

He wouldn’t be moving to TX if he still believed what he believed 10 years ago and now realizes fanboy love only goes so far.

We are watching Elon change before our eyes. It may be an attempt to get new fanboys, but the ones he is now going after are the “trust but verify” type.


84 posted on 12/28/2021 11:22:33 AM PST by UNGN
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To: SeekAndFind

And while we’re at it, Pompeo’s not our friend either.


85 posted on 12/28/2021 11:23:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: SmokingJoe

Maybe just build housing here to survive nuclear war. Building it on Mars is dumb. The environment on mars is as lethal for humans as a nuked earth is.


86 posted on 12/28/2021 11:24:00 AM PST by kjam22
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To: kjam22
Building it on Mars is dumb. The environment on mars is as lethal for humans as a nuked earth is.

It ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.

87 posted on 12/28/2021 11:25:47 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder how many ‘experts’ on Musk bothered to view the interview he did with a crew from the Babylon Bee?

FULL INTERVIEW: Elon Musk Sits Down With The Babylon Bee
The Babylon Bee Published December 22, 2021
https://rumble.com/vr8s2e-full-interview-elon-musk-sits-down-with-the-babylon-bee.html


88 posted on 12/28/2021 11:26:42 AM PST by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: dfwgator

Yep


89 posted on 12/28/2021 11:27:00 AM PST by kjam22
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To: SeekAndFind

Who is the conservatives friend?


90 posted on 12/28/2021 11:27:37 AM PST by Leep (Freedom: "What's the big deal" -joe biden)
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To: kjam22

Plenty of billionaires have built such houses. Some in New Zealand. But um, will the houses even work in case of nuclear war?
And what lives will they lead in a nuclear waste earth if they decide to crawl out of their bunkers?


91 posted on 12/28/2021 11:30:08 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: from occupied ga

lake mead will dry up in 15 years


92 posted on 12/28/2021 11:30:48 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: JD_UTDallas
re: "In the long term engines will be hydrogen fueled "

Yeah, using this Hydrino reactor process:

In an application like this:


93 posted on 12/28/2021 11:30:54 AM PST by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: Mr. K
There must be more to the story than “he eventually had to quit” that explains why it is so bad to work for Musk.

There certainly is, but I don't feel like being berated again over something that doesn't matter very much to me.

Beatings will continue until morale improves' - The EU and its response to  the Covid crisis | Listen Notes

94 posted on 12/28/2021 11:31:31 AM PST by fireman15
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To: SmokingJoe

You know they cant crawl out of a mars bunker either….


95 posted on 12/28/2021 11:32:03 AM PST by kjam22
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To: kjam22

They will take care of all that before anyone goes to Mars, just like we did for the Moon.
They are hard at work on it right now and have been working on it for a very long time.


96 posted on 12/28/2021 11:36:16 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: fireman15

Then your comment about Elon Musk being terrible to work for lacks any context.

If you can’t say any reason he “eventually had to quit” then your contention that Musk is terrible is a gratuitous assertion.

That which can be argued without evidence can equally be dismissed without evidence.

[full disclosure - I have a family member that works for SpaceX and says it is a dream job.]


97 posted on 12/28/2021 11:36:58 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: _Jim

I watched that interview. It was great.


98 posted on 12/28/2021 11:37:54 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Mr. K

I know two people that went to work Tesla in Fremont in the last year. One is a 10 year True Believer that probably has $7M in Tesla stock and has spent vacation time lobbying congress about Climate Change with Sheldon Whitehouse. The other is an Indian American that has no problem living 3 families to a house.

Both are “ideal” Tesla employees.

If you are 10+ years out of College automotive engineer, you would probaby be happier in Tennessee.


99 posted on 12/28/2021 11:38:02 AM PST by UNGN
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To: SmokingJoe

Lol….okay


100 posted on 12/28/2021 11:39:06 AM PST by kjam22
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