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Elon Musk's Unbelievably Simple 12-minute Killer Break Down on Climate Change

yonseienglish · 2.9M views · 2016-05-31 · 11:34

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Elon Musk gives students at the Sorbonne a short, simple explanation of climate change and carbon emissions shortly before the 2015 COP21 conference in Paris. He covers why CO2 accumulation matters and argues for a carbon tax.

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Cited as evidence that Musk has long taken climate change seriously and as a concise statement of his views on carbon pricing.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2018–2023

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Climate policy, solutions & debateClimate science & climate change
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schiffern · 2018-04 · Recommendation

Musk isn't limited to Twitter. ;) There are many good long-form videos (interviews, lectures, Q&As) on youtube. An oldie but a goodie: [LINK] If you think Musk doesn't care about Earth problems, check this out: [VIDEO] Wait But Why is certainly popular, but it's not good at delimiting where Elon Musk's words end and Tim Urban's speculation begins. I also found oversimplifications and even downright inaccuracies. I'd recommend treating it as an introduction to Elon Musk's thinking, not as some final revelation.

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sholladay · 2023-10 · Reference

He has been trying to convince people that global warming is not a hoax for decades. Where does your mindset come from when it is about as close to the opposite of reality as you can get? Is it just because you don't like the guy? [VIDEO] I get that he is controversial. There are plenty of things to criticize Musk for. We can talk about factory conditions, replacing humans with robots, various political takes... But lumping him in with climate change deniers? That is so bonkers to me.

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andy_ppp · 2018-02 · Reference

What are the things people can actually do - realistically the only way to fix this is a carbon tax that includes the environmental costs of burning carbon. Becoming vegetarian on an individual level will basically be a drop in the ocean, there are not enough people going to change. See: [VIDEO]

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