Tesla’s Elon Musk: Time to ‘revolt’ against fossil fuel industry
Speaking at the World Energy Innovation Forum, Musk also called for the public to “revolt” against what he called the fossil fuel industry’s “propaganda war” on renewable energy and electric vehicles.
[...] yet, in a conversation with forum organizer and venture capitalist Ira Ehrenpreis, Musk noted that self-driving cars and other forms of artificial intelligence will cause major dislocations in the economy and society.
Musk railed against criticism of government subsidies for electric vehicles, noting that the fossil fuel industry enjoys its own, much larger subsidies worldwide.
[...] absent a tax on greenhouse gases, oil and gas companies — as well as makers of standard cars — don’t have to pay for the global warming their products cause.
[...] while he said last year’s international climate agreement in Paris gave him hope, Musk said the transition to clean energy and sustainable transportation is happening too slowly, in part because newer oil-extraction technology has slashed the price of fossil fuels.