Tesla Inc TSLA chairman Elon Musk has once again spoken out in favor of nuclear energy. In Friday’s latest tweet, Musk urged countries to increase nuclear power generation and said it’s crazy to shut it down.
Countries should increase nuclear power generation! From a national security perspective, it’s insane and bad for the environment to shut them down.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2022
In response to his tweet, one of his followers blamed environmentalists, saying they are not pro-clean energy.
Nuclear energy is clean, efficient and could completely replace fossil fuels if adopted. It’s not, because so-called environmentalists aren’t pro-clean energy, they’re anti-human.
— Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) August 26, 2022
Musk replied, “Some[environmentalists]are indeed sadly inhuman.”
Some are indeed anti-human, unfortunately
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2022
Musk in July said He is pro-nuclear and was “surprised by some anti-nuclear public opinion”.
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In early March, Musk tweeted that European companies should generate more nuclear power to fill shortages.
Hopefully it is now very obvious that Europe should restart decommissioned nuclear power plants and increase the output of existing power plants.
This is *critical* to national and international security.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2022
He even offered to eat food from near reactors live on TV.
For those who think (wrongly) that this is a radiation hazard, choose whichever spot you think is the worst. I will travel there and eat locally grown food on TV.
I did this in Japan many years ago, just after Fukushima. The risk of radiation is much, much less than most people realize.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2022
“It’s crazy to shut down nuclear power plants now, especially when you’re in a place with no natural disasters. If you’re somewhere prone to major earthquakes or…
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