Elon Musk was once an environmental hero: is he still a rare green billionaire? The billionaire seems to be at one now with super-emitters and far-right global climate deniers (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] qwertyWarlord@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

It's absolutely mind boggling how his early image still defines him to most people. His supporters are at Trump levels of copium

[-] neanderthal@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I used to be a fan in Tesla's and Space X's early days. Then he built the stupid Vegas tunnel subway. And launched a car in orbit. And got in the way during that cave fiasco. And the self driving fiascos. Anyone that still thinks the dude has all his marbles is willfully ignorant or hasn't been paying attention.

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