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Musk leaves out - or maybe he didn't but the reporter did - a couple of things. 1) Most of the subsidy for fossil fuels is actually a subsidy for transportation
by squozzer 10y ago
Musk leaves out - or maybe he didn't but the reporter did - a couple of things.
1) Most of the subsidy for fossil fuels is actually a subsidy for transportation, which relies mostly on fossil fuels.
2) The production and re-fueling of EVs is primarily a fossil-fuel enabled activity ("EVs just have a longer tailpipe".)
Someone really interested in reducing fossil fuel consumption might want instead to subsidize ways of reducing transportation use.
- JustUhThought 10y agoThe longer tail pipe thing is, whater. Annoying. An E.V. can be charged from any source. Electrons don't discriminate as to what excites them. With the purchase of SolarCity by Tesla, the pipe is now super short. From your room to your garage. Blaiming E.V. power source emisions is like blaming people with second hand smoke cause cancer for their ailment. It's gonna take awhile to regulate the smokers out of our shared space.