Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of X/Twitter, recently reiterated his belief in the need for a carbon tax, citing the World Economic Forum’s recent supported the call for a new carbon tax system.
in recent tweetsTesla owner Elon Musk has called for a carbon tax, repeating recent calls by the WEF for a “globally coordinated carbon tax system.”
Breitbart News reporter Kurt Zindulka recently reported on the WEF’s strange behavior:
inside panel discussion Addressing the World Economic Outlook on Friday at the WEF’s annual general meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, Al-Jadaan argued that a global carbon tax is needed to solve the envisioned climate crisis. .
A Saudi politician said: “There is no real solution to climate change other than a globally coordinated carbon tax system.”
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“What we need is a system of carbon taxes combined with subsidies for developing households, and a flow of funds to developing countries, with investments and mitigation to help them continue to grow. It allows us to work on adaptation. And that’s a real opportunity,” Al-Jadaan continued.
“This is a fair solution, the only real solution, and we cannot continue to ignore it,” he concluded.
“The only action we need to solve climate change is a carbon tax,” Musk said in a recent tweet.
The only action needed to solve climate change is a carbon tax https://t.co/mEGhIkSVsn
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2024
Conservatives, including those who hail Musk as a free speech hero, quickly voiced opposition to his position on a carbon tax that would likely benefit Tesla.
Taxes are theft, especially carbon taxes.
— Hodget Twins (@hodgetwins) February 3, 2024
It’s surprisingly easy to fool everyone. pic.twitter.com/dcd6ZPJF2F
— Dave the MemeSmith (@ForgingLiberty) February 3, 2024
A carbon tax will only fund world governments and militaries and will not change the climate. A carbon tax would not have been able to prevent sea levels from rising 400 feet around the world since the Ice Age. Don’t be fooled, the green movement is actually a disguised red communism.
— Robert Sepehr (@robertsepehr) February 3, 2024
A carbon tax won’t accomplish anything because China won’t participate.
In other words, a carbon tax would only make the US and European countries economically uncompetitive.
— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) February 3, 2024
Elon, you are free to give more of your money to the government, but please don’t do it to me!
— Sal the Agorist (@SallyMayweather) February 4, 2024
Breitbart News reported in 2021 that this is not the first time Musk has called for such a tax.
The time has come for a carbon tax to be introduced.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 13, 2021
Musk has previously discussed this idea, saying during an appearance on his show: joe rogan experience He said on his podcast that he had talked with the Biden administration about introducing a carbon tax. “I talked to the incoming Biden administration, and they were like, ‘Well, this seems too politically difficult,'” he said.
“It’s not that it’s better not to have carbon products. There should be a price on these things,” he added, noting that SpaceX would pay a carbon tax as well. “The economy is working well. Prices and amounts are just information. If the prices are wrong, the economy will not behave correctly.”
Many were quick to note that Musk and his electric car maker Tesla benefited greatly from carbon and green energy taxes.
Translation: “Please Renewable Energy Credit Board, we need money.”
What’s next, cosplaying Greta Thunberg?
When Tesla’s balance sheet looks like this for five years in a row, you have to do what you need to do. pic.twitter.com/naRZNz6x9k
— Krillin (@LSDinmycoffee) May 13, 2021
Mr. Musk has already benefited greatly from taxpayer money and government benefits. Breitbart News outlines this in his article dating back to 2016. For more information, see the article titled “Elon Musk uses the subsidy game to win.”
Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering free speech and online censorship issues.
