Elon Musk: Europe must go full nuclear
Even Elon Musk, who has staked a large part of his assets in overcoming carbon-based energies, has changed his mind, at least in the emergency. At least he lives on earth, not in a golden palace like the European rulers.
In a series of tweets over the weekend, the richest man in the world called on Europe to "restart dormant nuclear power plants and increase the energy production of existing ones", calling them "* critical * to national and international security. ". He also offered to eat "locally grown food on TV" from the "worst place" to prove there is no radiation risk and called nuclear power "far better for global warming than burning hydrocarbons for produce energy "
Hopefully, it is now extremely obvious that Europe should restart dormant nuclear power stations and increase power output of existing ones.
This is * critical * to national and international security.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2022
On Friday Musk had already stated that, at this stage, it was necessary to increase the maximum production of oil and gas in Western countries: "I'm sorry to say, but we must immediately increase oil and gas production". “Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures”.
Musk's rethinking comes following the worsening of the geopolitical scenario in Ukraine.
" Obviously, this would negatively affect Tesla, but sustainable energy solutions simply cannot react instantly to offset Russian oil and gas exports ," he wrote in a follow-up tweet.
At present there is no prohibition on the purchase of Russian energy products, but this is made very complex by a series of constraints and by the rejection of the market that fears new sanctions. meanwhile, European countries seem dazed and stammered in the face of the energy crisis. Recall that on 31/12 Germany closed two nuclear power plants that could easily be reopened.
Meanwhile, the Von Der Leyen does nothing and whoever moves does it in no particular order.
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