[FRIAM] Elon Musk and Fossil Fuels

[Pieter Steenekamp]

Alright, let’s not beat around the bush — fossil fuels kinda suck. Like,
seriously.

When it comes to moving the world toward clean energy, there are two big
pieces of the puzzle: how we power everything (electricity), and how we
move around (vehicles). Both are super important. There are other parts
too, but for today, let’s just chat about cars.

Now, let’s be honest — this whole clean energy thing? It's messy. It’s
complicated. There’s no neat, sparkly-clean way to swap out millions of
gas-guzzling cars without some bumps and bruises along the way. And yeah,
some parts of the process can look... well, not great.

I actually want people to point out the flaws. Go for it. It’s good to talk
about the not-so-pretty stuff too. As much as I'd love to only focus on the
shiny positives (it’s my natural instinct!), I get that the whole picture
matters.

Still, if we sat down with a pros and cons list and gave it a fair shot, I
think we'd see that Elon Musk has done the planet a pretty big favor in
pushing us away from combustion engines and toward electric ones.

Now, I wouldn’t be surprised if some of you can come up with a solid list
of “negatives” — and honestly, I welcome it. I might even be completely
wrong about all this. And you know what? That’s okay. Lucky for me (and the
rest of the planet), if I am wrong, it’s just my opinion. No harm done.
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