Why Elon Musk Won't Save Us

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In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at why Elon Musk won't save us from climate change. Specifically, I look at how Elon Musk's companies like Tesla and SpaceX adhere to a. philosophy of ecomodernism that employs ideologies of techno-optimism and decoupling to tackling the problems of the climate crisis. Elon Musk won't save us because companies like Tesla are exploiting workers in Tesla factories, as well as utilizing capitalist, colonialist methods of extraction that rely on child labor in cobalt and lithium mines. Elon Musk's future is one where the ruling class enjoys the luxuries of his companies like the Tesla Cybertruck or the Las Vegas Loop System, or even a martian space colony, all at the expense of laborers and the working class. Elon Musk shows that ecomodernism is an untenable solution to the climate crisis and climate change. Not only does decoupling not work, but futuristic technologies have very tangible consequences for people and for the planet.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Elon Musk Has Always Been Rich
2:51 - Elon Musk Didn't Create Tesla
4:34 - The Cost of Muskian "Progress"
6:58 - Muskian Eco-Imperialism
8:54 - A Muskian Future for the Few, Climate Chaos for the Many
11:29 - Sponsored Message
13:35 - Outro
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[@OurChangingClimate]

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[@eco-techandtravel5258]

Check channel name Adam Something.

[@alphawolf7391]

@Balbazurk Was Here bottemline: Elon Musk is just another explotive billionare who profits off his workers pain while painting himself as a person doing good for the world. You can try to see it another way but this is the underlying truth

[@alphawolf7391]

@Balbazurk Was Here Elon Musk is far from who we need in order to fight climate change.

[@thinkabout602]

This is a typical hit piece. Look, we are in abrupt exponential climate change. Elon will slow this down but NO ONE can save this planet now. The feedback loops have kicked in. ☮

[@pigstain7531]

I'm considering to unsubcribe as many of your logic fall short. Maybe as a youtuber you can force the auto industry to shift towards EV. I bet you can.

[@NaumRusomarov]

Rich people won’t save us. They live in a completely different world than us.

[@Starfleet2269]

Rich people live in a fantasy world where they own tons of money, 15 Lambos/fast cars that they'll never drive, have like 10 wives, and has a 4 story mansion IN CALIFORNIA!

[@meehall3960]

But everyone says if rich people don't fo anything how can I?

[@Quasarii]

@@meehall3960 indeed

[@bicybic]

What's funny about that statement is elon could actually choose to live in his own world (mars)

[@feister2869]

Maybe literally in a few years but I doubt they will survive long in mars

[@pythonjava6228]

It's incredibly disturbing that safety standards we're ignored because Elon didn't like yellow. He's literally putting people at risk because he doesn't like a colour!

[@freagle1075]

Yeah, its absurd...

[@_thechosen]

Sociopathy.

[@Anita-md9ze]

We call that a diva.

[@vasopel]

hahaha why didn't they put red lines instead of yellow, come on that sounds absurd and probably fake news.

[@bakh554321]

@@vasopel Yellow (and to a degree Orange), are the most visible colours for humans. This is because we have very Sensitive Green cones. That over lap with the ranges of our Red cones. Red + Green is Yellow, and it stimulates our cones the most.

[@krynetik]

Normal people who worship these billionaire ghouls remind me of that scene in Futurama. Fry: "That'll show those poors!" Leela: "Why are you cheering, Fry? You're not rich." Fry: "True, but someday I might be rich. And then people like me better watch their step."

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

I've seen all of Futurama twice. I don't remember this scene. Episode name? Thanks.

[@krynetik]

@@theultimatereductionist7592 Season 7 Episode 3 'Decision 3012' I think.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Well some many people who vilify rich people are hypocrites cause they would want to be rich, or claim they would "use their wealth to help people". Like a commenter here named birgio1363.

[@Obrik]

"And every day I'm more confused as the saints turn into sinners. All the heroes and legends I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay." This is so frustrating. Edit: When I wrote this, I only knew Elon as the Tesla guy and someone who might help fight climate change. Now I know he's a child with lots of money /-

[@ElectrifiedStud]

Stop idolising anyone, just take the good parts and make yourself a better one you wish to have. It is not easy as it sounds, and also not as dangerous as depicted here in this video. There's a cost for everything, early bird catches the best catch but has to endure the harshness of the uneasy weather. Nothing comes in easy and cheap. Be the best and so the best. Elon isn't a villain, but don't blindly trust him or anyone either. Cheer up.

[@manisha3971]

All my belive kept into sentence

[@goutamboppana961]

@@ElectrifiedStud for me it sounds easier than it should cuz i've tried that some times and it worked

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

I've never been starstucked, and I like it that way. I think some people want to feel that way for excitement so they make themselves feel that way or want to join the crowd.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@ElectrifiedStud I speak against idolizing or celebritizing people, but I think some people lack role models, excitement, or their own lives so they're desperate for it in the form of celebs. Sad. We should help people find fulfillment in other and wholesome things and hobbies, not just demand people stop idolizing celebs cause that doesn't seem to work. I've noticed some people vilify celebs but then just go idolize yt-rs too much and think that's safe or different. Sometimes it's hard to criticize some yt-rs cause they have toxic fans who jump on you about it, or some yt-rs let fame corrupt them too.

[@Blake.Spider]

People who call elon musk iron man forget that iron man is a war profiteer

[@SonLe-gh3dz]

I feel like he's more like Tony stark

[@NameWitheld159]

The fact that he supports the US space force and that SpaceX willing to provide support for the US military makes him more likely to be Iron man's enemy

[@thomasliu8777]

@@SonLe-gh3dz Tony Stark isn't real, just like him

[@AdrianAzian]

Funny thing is Elon Musk actually appeared in the Iron Man 2.

[@my1vice]

And do you think Musk would turn down a defense contract? I'm sure a Cyber truck has been proposed as a Humvee replacement.....

[@adityas.7193]

Elon is the man who calls trans pronouns aesthetic nightmares and then proceeds to name his son the letters he read on a re-captcha

[@dani.29]

@@communist754 be quiet

[@Abedchess]

@@dani.29 He's right though

[@Sahih_al-Bukhari_2658]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@dani.29 No offense but He’s right though

[@pretty948]

So many people idolise Elon and genuinely think he's gonna "save" us. Great work mate !

[@tonypena5324]

I was so hopeful for the future and that he only had our best interest in mind I feel cheated /:

[@rubenbartelet756]

@@tonypena5324 he still has. This is (mostly) the fault of the American system and capitalism which allows him to do this. The future will be better with Musk, only the way he gets their is a bit messy. But eventually he will get mining off from earth (asteroid-mining) and I think for sure that he eventually has to stop exploiting his workers. This video focuses purely on the bad things of Elon Musk, but with so many good things he had done and is currently doing there are bound to be bad things. I, and that is my opinion, believe that Elon is making the future a better place, even for people in poor countries, although he is currently not treating them very well.

[@unlimited8410]

@@rubenbartelet756 this is assuming he will suddenly become 'good' in the future. There is no reason to ban unions in your company, other than for the purpose of exploiting workers- he didn't ban unions in his companies so that he could 'save earth', did he?

[@johnpaul5241]

Many people idolize him because he's an innovationist. Why do people want every rich person to help them. Help yourself, they have no responsibility to the poor.

[@tonypena5324]

John Paul it’s not that I want him to help me specifically it’s that under capitalism The ultra rich are the real ones in power and the poor have to deal with the consequences they have on the environment and miss treatment of the working class I just thought he was different

[@nympheasen]

Elon Musk's distaste for the color yellow leading to "fewer safety lines and signs" made me lose brain cells. The idiocy is beyond this universe

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Elon had a blond wife.

[@bronsonramoutar2414]

This guy unironically proposed indentured servitude on Mars...

[@simplatory802]

If you think Elon Musk's deeds stop here, you're mistaken. Here's the real deal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mV6peKp6echgqZo&ab_channel=CommonSenseSkeptic

[@unstoppableExodia]

Sadly he has cult followers who would probably pay thin for the privilege of serving him on a Mars mission

[@NeoEureka]

@@simplatory802 I thought I was the only guy who watched him. Quite a small world huh.

[@simplatory802]

@@NeoEureka yup

[@ALV694]

Musk cultist: but but musk said he is a socialist, and is an iron man, how dare you insult the meme god, reeeeeeeeee

[@diegoevrard-broquet8050]

You could also have pinpointed that electric cars are not a solution when they are focusing on power/speed instead of focusing on decreasing energy consumption (like low-tech cars) ; You could say the same for the hyperloop ; Sorry if you did mention that in previous videos, in which case it is also nice to mention it with a link to the previous video so that it creates a sense of holistic reflection instead of isolated videos, Thank you for your great work :) Best

[@t.3465]

Tesla makes the most efficient cars in the world, whether gas OR electric, just look at the mpg and eMpg figures for the epa. You don’t need to choose between efficiency and tech because Tesla gives both

[@MIKOOL13]

Spoken like someone that clearly doesn’t know what they are talking about! Congrats! Tesla cars are more efficient than any other EV in the US market. They just happened to be faster too. but you’re not going to convince millions of people who switch to Electric cars unless they are better. No one is trading in Mercedes to get a Nissan Leaf

[@Treyast]

​​@@MIKOOL13 In the us market you dunce. The battery of a tesla alone weighs more than many european cars in total. Teslas are not anywhere close to efficient at their size and weight, and even if they are more efficient than other EV's, the solution is not to supersize them; you are then offsetting the increased efficiency. More weight= more force required to move that weight, meaning less efficient.

[@ianmccombie0]

Imagine trusting billionaires😂 we’re lint in their pockets, we’re ants to them…as they should be to us❤️

[@fatbasterd5195]

They are living on a house of cards and don't even realize it...

[@StopCopCity1312]

+

[@tomasmartinez8290]

This sounds more like a confession than an observation.

[@Islandswamp]

I wish we could render all of their money useless by refusing to work for them. One giant strike that shows everyone how valuable we are as a collective

[@springer-qb4dv]

@@Islandswamp One day that might happen. All these haughty billionaires find all the money useless as society collapses due to their endless attempt to manipulate the system. Then they try to hide out in their bunkers - until mob finds them. Or they might be murdered by their body gurads. LOL

[@viniciusgomes5147]

Fantasy: Going to space and terraforming mars Reality: Melting on this burning planet

[@kihbjcjdjd7022]

What do you mean by melting this planet ? Just a question

[@springer-qb4dv]

Musk should be first one on one way trip to Mars. Good riddance!

[@EveryoneHarmonyPeace]

Climate Changes

[@simplatory802]

If you think Elon Musk's deeds stop here, you're mistaken. Here's the real deal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mV6peKp6echgqZo&ab_channel=CommonSenseSkeptic

[@DMK207]

"Burning Planet" is quite misleading because this Planet has had an averge Temp over 20°C and still its Flora and Fauna thrived the only thing that will change is that it will get "uncounterable" for us But give it enough time and the animals and plants will once againe adapt It´s called evolution

[@rosa1848]

But muh smaller tunnels with rgb lighting!

[@GenericUrbanism]

Muh inefficient tunnels that are worse than subway systems with cars going at 30mph!

[@Kage-jk4pj]

Not to mention every one of his cars still needs a driver. His self driving cars can't even run without a person on a closed circuit. (How are they suppose to manage in the real world). Resulting in the fact you have to pay a driver to only move 4 people at a time. When a metro train could have moved 1k to 2k. But it gets worse because the tunnels are tight and have turns they can't even run at max speed, so a train is significantly faster aswell.

[@_ok1735]

"Oh what is that? A Metro? Never heard of it" -Musk, probably

[@GenericUrbanism]

@@Kage-jk4pj And public transit systems are more environmentally friendly while carrying more people.

[@izzyira]

@@Kage-jk4pj - Have you heard of government regulations? They're this pesky little thing that stops innovations like driverless cars.

[@jupitired777]

he has such a cult following it's so sad

[@choux8372]

Elon Musk to me, just seems like a hull of a human who's devoid of any real feelings, let alone empathy for others. I don't know why normal people look to him for answers when he's not looking to help US out.

[@purpleTangerine]

Just your typical billionaire.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Exactly, Choux!

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

What if Elon has a mental deficiency? And what if you're putting down those people?

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@purpleTangerine Dolly Parton ran a charity that donated a million books. How does vilifying a group help, or make them want to help people who demand of them? People still benefit off teslas. You probably wouldn't mind being rich. You blindly trust nonrich people are good? I'm not a fan of Elon btw.

[@arinaira1417]

Because elon is an aesthetic of science.... Not the real thing... He's a fake Futurist

[@sgtpastry]

He's a Thomas Edison pretending to be a Nikola Tesla.

[@arinaira1417]

@@sgtpastry that's a great one 👍

[@sgtpastry]

@@arinaira1417 Thank you! Though, I do feel like I'm being unfair to Thomas Edison when I compared him to Musk. To my understanding, Edison was an actual scientists, though he did claim a lot of others' inventions as his own.

[@arinaira1417]

@@sgtpastry unfortunately yes... Edison was also a very good businessman. I think Elon is a good entrepreneur, but as a scientist... I'm in doubt.

[@whosasking9655]

@@arinaira1417 what qualifies as a Scientist to you? I'm sure Elon Musk is wicked smart. In coding, in Physics and in business too. He may not have invented something ground breaking but he has managed to turn a profit on ideas anyone could have but not easily execute. That's credible on it's own.

[@smallstudiodesign]

Meanwhile… it gives me solace to know how these self-proclaimed “self-made billionaire entrepreneurs” are, more often, not. Otherwise I feel bad that I haven’t tried hard enough.

[@ziksy6460]

The biggest lie that capitalism perpetuates is the idea of meritocracy. When in fact, although hard work and smarts are indeed important, the circumstances that you're born into and the random things you encounter in life heavily affect the trajectory of your life.

[@mickeyg7219]

It's just a matter of perspective, many so-called "self-made billionaires" came from affluent families. The wealth disparity in the US is so high that a billionaire that came from a single-digit millionaire family can be considered "self-made." For example, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg might not come from a super rich family, but Gates' father was a lawyer and his mother served as a board of directors (his maternal grandparents were top bankers); Mark Zuckerberg's father was a dentist and his mother was a psychiatrist (which is a doctor). These jobs are not something an average parent holds. Not to mention that it's actually more expensive to get the same thing if you're poor than if you're rich.

[@ritamsarkar896]

No body can try enough or hard work enough to be a billionaire while people are dying in hunger or no one is able to achieve such wealth without any manipulation.

[@wolfbones666]

No dude. They're all like that. Almost no rich person earned it all themselves. It is typically given to them. If you'll notice, almost everyone who actually did manage to earn millions, tends to donate most of it.

[@StopCopCity1312]

That's the irony. The higher you climb, the more you get paid and the less you work.

[@sgtpastry]

I'd just like to point out that Musk didn't invent PayPal, but service similar to it. If my understanding is correct, his company bought out PayPal, then he installed himself as CEO for a while.

[@YoosufMuneer]

Not really. He founded X.com and paypal was founded by Peter Thiel among others. They were competitors so yes you're right on that but Elon didn't buy out paypal they merged and Elon was the CEO for a while. Elon and others had disagreements, some execs didn't like it so when Elon went on a vacation they replaced him.

[@springer-qb4dv]

@@YoosufMuneer Yes Paypal was created by Peter Thiel, Not Musk. Musk managed to get into Paypal by merging. Musk was unpopular with software engineers at paypal and most were happy to see Musk go.

[@NeonNion]

Common Sense Skeptic has covered Musks history very well.

[@jasonrichter497]

When you are down 100-0 with 2 minutes left in any sport, it is far too little too late when you go on a scoring streak. Billionaires only care about themselves.

[@rajgandhi1667]

Video correction: the building you pointed to is not the University of Pennsylvania, its The Pennsylvania State University

[@z1lla4]

Another reason why this video is fishy

[@Pancakegr8]

@@z1lla4 what are the other reasons?

[@my1vice]

Thank God you took the time to point that out....

[@hammocktimenapper]

Also he didn't buy the house either.

[@rajgandhi1667]

@@z1lla4 it was an innocent mistake, I don't know how that could be a reason as to why the video is fishy. If you could give us some more examples and explain them, then that would be appreciated

[@rickbeckett9102]

Ever hear the saying "Too smart for their own good "? Well were here! 99% of people believe wealth equals wisdom.

[@1783W]

Literally no one will solve every problem. It’s up to the general whole to make beneficial long term decisions.

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

lol. drank the koolaid. how is the 'general whole' going to make 'beneficial long term decisions' when every time we try to make things better america comes in with guns and only the view of the rich affect political decisions?

[@Mii.2.0]

@@BeautifulEarthJa People no longer say anything with the word "kool-aid".

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

Many times they fabricate a problem and propose a solution just to justify the countinuation of the status quoe.

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

@@Mii.2.0 cause white ppl say so? keep it pushing child.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

@@BeautifulEarthJa The OP was just saying everyone should be responsible. And that it doesn't help to depend on one person too much. What did Mii.2.0 say have to do with race? How do you know Mii.2.0's race? Your comment sounded racist. If caucasians are bad then why do you watch Our Changing Climate?

[@turf6863]

"I'm a conman or maybe I'm a god, zooming 'round the planet in my hyperloopin' pod!"

[@drewmurdock3877]

I love this channel so much, always makes me question my beliefs and what I think is true, not a lot of channels can make me really think about my morals. So congrats to you!

[@nguyen1682]

Bolivia's coup wasn't about batteries for Tesla, and concerns around the ethics of Lithium production is not only limited to Tesla.

[@MCernoble]

Musk was suspected of having involvement, which makes his tweet a lot more suspicious.

[@nguyen1682]

@@MCernoble But it's mostly America just doing American stuff like overthrowing comminist governments

[@MCernoble]

@@nguyen1682 that’s just not okay. Overthrowing anyone’s government is not okay, unless done by the people ruled under that government.

[@nguyen1682]

@@MCernoble That's what happened, America just helped it

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

@@nguyen1682 where is the informaiton you have showing that Bolivians wanted to overthrow a president that almost 50% of them voted for?????? when is the last time a president in the usa won by over 10%? why don't you go talk about your own attempted coup...

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

i do not understand why people are so enamored with this musky ghoul.

[@rageraptor7127]

We must fix the world, but not by creating more problems. This is like an episode of black mirror. Or at least the start to it.

[@aronseptianto8142]

while I do agree that Elon musk, among all other billionaires, is a part of the problem, I think it's important to separate the man with the company with the technology While Tesla does not treat their worker properly, it does not mean that it is an argument against electric cars while electric cars are fundamentally still a car, a luxury good that should be unnecessary, it is again, not an argument against electric vehicles like buses and trucks I think it's also important to give credit where credit is due, which OCC did, Elon Musk did kickstart the transition towards electric cars and the second space race. It is not fair to say that Elon Musk didn't bring some good to the world, if he's a net good is a different debate

[@lakesnake2005]

So a vehicle in your opinion is an unnecessary luxury good ? So how would you propose in your Utopia to move goods around or move People like me that live in rural areas to and from grocery shopping and trips to the Doctor and Home Depot and the Feed Store ? Are you under the impression that it would be sustainable or financially viable to run a Public Transit Line out to each and every Home out in the County? I have NO interest whatsoever to live in a tall building in the city with no trees and grass. All you kids are welcome to it. But I am not living in a hive for your Utopia and someone has to raise the food you consume. There is a very good reason that there is no Public Bus service out here and you are lucky if Uber will make the trip. So I will be keeping my vehicle that incidentally gets 38 mpg and well maintained until I am too old to do so. I will be growing as much of my own food as possible though aquaponics and organic farming practices so please do not lecture me on not participating in trying to lessen my impact on Mother Earth. As you increase your knowledge by living upon this Earth you will learn that not everyone is just like you, nor should they be. For that is the road to madness.

[@scar8365]

how is being credited for the transition towards a second space race any good

[@aronseptianto8142]

@@scar8365 the first space race brought us GPS, global imaging which has been used for fire monitoring, weather monitoring and much more and multitude other technology. Argue all you want about the method, but the result of the last space race has generated many things we took for granted today

[@jarethmatthewpedernal5875]

Elon made a tunnel for cars for traffic but he could have just made a subway

[@hithere5553]

Every problem hyperloop wants to solve high speed rail solved 30 years ago.

[@stegsjenga5088]

Good expose on Elon Musk, but I'm not happy with you ceding the title of "modernism" to these people. Modernity and modernism are about so much more than just blind faith in technology and indifference to its social interconnections. Indeed, the critique of Muskian capitalism in the name of both environmental and social science is arguably itself a modernist move.

[@BaawBee]

I like the way you word things

[@razhemo4191]

It's hypocritical because it focuses on the negative sides of musk and his companies while failing to look reality in the face. Sure, tesla workers should definitely be allowed to unionize, and we do need to find better sources of cobalt and lithium, but pinning 100% of the blame on musk is pure clickbait and ignores the fact that this is a societal problem. Where else would you mine them? Why do you ignore the fact that it's those poor countries themselves cooperating in enslaving their own kids for profit, and why not mention that tesla is trying to move away from lithium-cobalt batteries as fast as science allows it? What about other automakers that use those minerals? Musk is far from a saint. But if he wasn't around do you really think somebody else would've pushed so hard for starlink, autopilot and EVs? This is the reality of our world. Somebody needs to put in the work in order for real change to happen, both on the top decision making level (billionaires/politicians) and the worker level. And as a product of that system, some people get rich first. Name me one person who did a 100% pacifist run of real life without making at least some sacrifice, and who achieved real change. What i hate about these so called green youtube channels is that they try to slide right next to their balanced content an unhealthy dose of "rich people bad" "capitalism unfair" and "guilt-driven stagnation yay lets go". This video is so far from the "complete picture" it paints itself as, it's ridiculous.

[@ethanmaxwellbrock]

@@razhemo4191 re watch the chapter 5 section of the video because i feel it answers why he still sees an issue with musk regardless of the technological advancements he pioneers in one way or another. also the argument of “those countries are selling their own people so don’t solely be mad at the people who are buying” is actually a really good defense of “capitalism and billionaires are bad”. it admits that there is something wrong with our systems that allows human beings to be exploited.

[@854gabryel]

@@razhemo4191 i didn’t like the part where he stated that by pushing forward Telsa he’s creating unequality and dividing the population, mentioning that Tesla addresses only to elites. I don’t think he doesn’t know that every new technology gets cheaper with time. I’m don’t even like Musk but he’s changing the auto industry and pushing for electric cars. Accusing him of making products just for the elites is dumb. They’ll get cheapear eventually. You can’t check every box from the start. If we didn’t have Tesla we’d complain that nothing is done in the auto sector.

[@thomasliu8777]

@@razhemo4191 Welcome to the media, kid, you never seen donald trump on the news have you?

[@SkylarsTerribleMemes]

6:46 the car running over the plant is a perfect metaphor lol

[@adamski8985]

I use to love him before I found out how much of a conman he is

[@OYOKO]

I’m glad I found your channel! This was super informative.

[@infinitefather]

how long is that link going to be available for curiosity stream and nebula?

[@Don.M.]

We can’t expect ANY person who’s gotten wealthy and powerful in the system as it is, to suddenly want to disrupt that status-quo in support of the populace.

[@vavin6927]

Can you cover the impact of car dependent suburbs. And how the examples of Amsterdam and Montreal can be used in the US and the rest of Canada.

[@sarbe6625]

Elon Musk reminds me more of Ted Faro from Horizon: Zero Dawn than Iron Man. The rich guy with a massive ego that pushes a technology so hard that it nearly ended up destroying humanity irregardless of good intentions.

[@sarbe6625]

@@davidochoa7117 Congratulations! You managed to miss the point entirely by using the most superficial interpretation that requires the least amount of thought!

[@emg508]

🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤦🏻‍♀️ 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Againnuendo]

I hate to be that guy but you either meant “irrelevant” or “regardless”

[@disskuss4268]

I like Elon Musk. And because of that I appreciate critic about him to balance my view. I don't want to be a blind fan boy. But I also think that critisizing him is helpful for your philosophie on whats right and whats not. Everybody deserves to be critical watched

[@KarlSnarks]

It would be interesting if OCC did a video on Solarpunk, a literary genre exploring eco-centered future societies, often strongly inspired by eco-anarchist ideas and values.

[@miasolum5612]

Good Video, but... you criticize the need for lithium for electric cars, yet renewables (especially solar) also use rare metals and elements. Another thing, how exactly do Mars Colonies sharpen the Class Divide?

[@springer-qb4dv]

Despite what Musk claim, ticket to Mars will not be cheap - $250K? LOL You wish! Musk promises many thing but he also lies about many things. Mars trip are for super wealthy and super foolish only.

[@miasolum5612]

@@springer-qb4dv I don't think Rich People without any qualifications will be the ones to go on mars colonies. The ones who will go there, would be astronauts. Aka, working class.

[@silvernerian3093]

Another example that adds to the ever expanding list of reasons to be skeptical about anyone wanting you to make changes. Skeptical. Bot dissmissve tho.

[@miasolum5612]

@Aquarium Gravel Okay, again, how do Mars Colonies sharpen class divide? What you are talking about is, as usual, billionaires. I get it, they are bad, they sharpen class divide. Everyone knows this. What about Mars Colonies THEMSELVES?

[@olisano1]

@Aquarium Gravel Elon isn't Jeff

[@amandap9332]

Feeding the algorithm! Great episode!

[@bakh554321]

Algorithm boost

[@zorgonfire]

@@bakh554321 megaboost depth 2

[@Aermydach]

I've been following the developments in Tesla. They are developing battery chemistries that are moving away from the use of Cobalt and Nickel. If I recall correctly, the last battery day presentation goes over this. They're attempting to develop silicon based cells in order to replace the Nickel and Cobalt. Tesla is not the only company working on this. By making Cobalt redundant, that removes the demand of the product from the dreaded artisanal mines in the DRC.

[@bobfg3130]

There are no developments to follow. Tesla is lying. They create a PowerPoint presentations and maybe sone props for shows and presentations. They're not developing anything. You CAN'T "develop chemistries". You can try to find other chemistries that aren't in use but that's a whole other issue. Besides, Tesla isn't involved in the development of batteries. That's Panasonic. When Panasonic has a project in mind Tesla claims they're developing something new. Also, there are batteries that could work in theory like that carbon battery but don't in reality. Tesla will have lithium batteries for a long time.

[@sashaa6175]

@@bobfg3130 "Tesla isn't involved in the development of batteries" that's just false. Their presentation was literally about creating a massive battery plant... hence the name of the event "Battery Day"

[@lmp9256]

There's no point buddy. You are trying to explain facts to slavering ideological nutcases who would take and tell any lie that suits their virtue signalling over the truth. They have zero interest in truth.

[@d_dave7200]

@@bobfg3130 Most of what you said is factually incorrect.

[@bobfg3130]

@@d_dave7200 No. It's factual. What's "factual" to you isn't in the real world.

[@NVCTS-]

It would be a sin not to share this video.

[@pentagon9498]

I agree with you but its the "Democratic Republic of THE Congo" not "Democratic Republic of Congo"

[@okdoomer620]

I always knew he wasn't going to save us, but you just changed my mind about him. Good stuff, subbed and I used your curiositystream link

[@ianandrews6890]

Maybe someone should tell Congresswoman AOC . She bought a Tesla .

[@laramontino6755]

Thank you for this detailed and in depth video! the resources notion page wont't open though... Does anybody know how to fix that?

[@muhammadzulkarnaen5910]

Constantly and steadily sending big and bigger exploration through outer space when the one place you called home is dying really doesn't make sense to me...

[@muhammadzulkarnaen5910]

@@shlurpydurp1804 Well they better do... With that amount of investment in their projects and pollution they create if they don't deliver something than theatrical performance then it's truly messed up. Climate change is not something new, there was and will be problems where we need more immediate attention to that problems than climate change. The question then become 'when is the time we'll be prioritizing climate change problem first and foremost?' If you take the answer from our track of actions from the past it's clear that we won't and not will be able prioritizing climate change. If we can't make it priority then what is the small action we can do then to help to fix this problem, there are many things we can do but unfortunately blowing up more rocket isn't one of them.

[@cordeauxboi]

I am bummed after this, I used to watch your videos thinking you were pretty well rounded in your perspective. I just went to watch a different video and my guard is up now, which I mean, it’s good not to just accept stuff, but I also enjoyed just trusting your journalistic explorations :) This video is one interpretation of certain information and the presentation of some information which is up for debate. This presentation is so far on one side, on every single topic, it cannot in my understanding be called a representation of reality. I’d be happy to specifically point out the alternative information if you’d be interested :)

[@jeffnc]

Pleased someone with similar thoughts wrote this out so eloquently

[@cordeauxboi]

@@jeffnc thanks Jeff!

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@cordeauxboi Yeah, like I do not feel like I wasted my time watching this video, because it did open my eyes to the perspective of those on the anti-musk side in a respectful way that didn't divulge into attacks on the person, but there were quite a few things that weren't mentioned that I think should have been mentioned. Not to clear his name, but to show both sides of the argument when both sides were available.

[@saintaries7883]

I am a big Elon Musk fan boy,but I watched a video a while back and now I'm in a KZbin rabbit hole of videos criticizing Elon,and I don't think I hate it

[@CutcliffePaul]

For those of us who have already signed up for Nebula and Curiosity Stream (yeah, okay - let's say it was through your offer... 😉), could we have a link to the full version of this video on there? 🤔 Thanks!

[@alericjohansen6775]

I'm always afraid to click on a video (or article) about Elon because so many people praise Elon without even knowing how horrible he really is for the climate, planet, and even people. Even the title of this video scared me. I was like "oh gosh, someone else who thinks Elon is great, but this time doesn't think Elons tech can fix these issues". I was PLEASANTLY surprised that this video talked about how much of a fraud Elon is. Good job.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

How were you scared when the title said "Elon won't save us"? The title indicated the video is a critique of Elon. Don't people and the environment still benefit of teslas?

[@alericjohansen6775]

@@user-gu9yq5sj7c More often then not, Elon is praised as some genius. When in reality he isn't even that smart. He's just a guy who got lucky in college,got lucky with who his dad was, and as a result thinks he's so great. Elon not only "won't save us", but actively might be making human extinction closer. And they fact they we STILL have people who think he's smart or whatever is dangerous. Tesla technically is still a benefit to society, bit just like anything else capitalist, it's quickly turning itself around and starting to harm the very cause that it's trying to help. And still being tied to Elon is making that even worse

[@a.randomjack6661]

Thank you for exposing the facts. Keep fighting!

[@justsomeone64]

It's so important that information like this, reaches as far as it can. Keep up the good work!

[@DarKal777]

Great work, brilliant channel, really, keep it up How come this is the first time I see it?!

[@henryfleischer404]

This is the first time I've been mad at a billionaire in... a very long time. Normally I just feel like they should not exist, but hearing about him causing one of my nightmares to happen to people makes me angry.

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

About Starlink and Hyperloop - Hyperloop is already defunct, and Starlink's is providing lower performance at higher cost - even though it's yet to take any significant customer load. Except for the govt. subsidy Musk gets for launching each rocket, Starlink isn't making much money.

[@ChristianOhlendorffKnudsen]

Even if I agree with the majority of viewpoints expressed in this video, it always grates me when off-earth endeavours are portrayed as exclusively escapist, I find it borderline naive to believe that we could undertake as ambitious a project as colonizing another planet, completely without affecting life here on Earth. And, sure, you can acknowledge that effect and spin it as something negative, but take a look back in history and see all the good that came from the Apollo program (as an example) and ask yourself: what kind of technology will be required to live on another planet and how might that technology affect us living on Earth?

[@purpl9231]

It will take a large amount of resources and energy, the consequences of which the ones left behind will have to live with

[@ChristianOhlendorffKnudsen]

@@purpl9231 Just like we're now living with the consequences of the Apollo program, I don't feel left behind at all, I'm very thankful for what the people involved in the Apollo program achieved.

[@thatdude2369]

@@ChristianOhlendorffKnudsen That's a False Equivalency the consequences of attempting to colonize an entire planet would be FAR greater than the moon landing. Personally, I'm not really on either side of the fence just stating that your argument is a logical fallacy.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@thatdude2369 Except the Apollo program was much less efficient than the potential efficiency of modern semi-reusable or fully-reusable rockets and spacecraft. We will see if they meet that potential, but the potential is there

[@TrungNguyen-uf8cv]

@@thatdude2369 the fallacy of yours here is you can't clearly articulate the consequences, while there is little to none bad consequence coming out from the Apollo program in the first place. And I can give you an example of good thing from settling on Mars here - you send the most daring people there to start, with amount of machines, goods tonnage worth a drop of daily ocean shipping to grow a town there. And to thrive, they need to develop exceptional efficiency in capturing, converting CO2 into CH4 propellant, efficiency in energy use/generation, and efficiency in manufacturing as well. All comes back to help earth, we clinch the title multiplanetary species as well.

[@dylanmoss8027]

Great episode!

[@soubhikmukherjee6871]

Thanks for sharing this amazing video.

[@dan203]

FYI You uploaded the wrong version to Nebula

[@OurChangingClimate]

Should be fixed within the hour! Sorry about that!

[@wolfbones666]

How's this comment eleven hours old?

[@dan203]

@@wolfbones666 I'm a patreon supporter and get early access to videos

[@diplexnormal3353]

I wanted this to be our future but the truth is that Elon musk is using Devices like Tesla to hide from the fact that he is not for the environment, it’s nothing more than hiding or endorsing capitalism. The only that could change this fact is if he designed a battery that can easily be taken apart and recycled for the better of the environment. I think that Elon should also be funding things like simpler methods of transportation and should really, really fund better methods of green energy like solar, water and wind. Edit: oh, and geothermal.

[@xmlthegreat]

Tesla asked for 16k USD for a whole battery to replace a small part that broke because it was poorly designed. Not only were they charging the full price of the battery, they would have kept the old battery, fixed it up and sold it to some other poor schmuck for the full price. It's clear this is all a marketing persona.

[@diplexnormal3353]

@@xmlthegreat wow, so Tesla is applying planned obsolescence to their vehicles as well, and that’s not some conspiracy. Car companies know exactly what their doing when it comes to making automobiles and electric cars are no different. When a company makes parts like that, that fail easily, they ether do it to save cost in manufacturing or they do it on purpose to render a product to mechanical failure sooner, to have it thrown away and replaced or serviced. This sickens me because if Tesla was honest, they would have recalled their vehicles to have the small part replaced for free. But no, they are making people pay almost half of the price of a Tesla for a “mistake” that they made.

[@danielburnett910]

Personally, I think he should invest in nuclear fusion technology aswell

[@diplexnormal3353]

@@danielburnett910 I couldn’t agree more.

[@octave214]

That's why Tesla is building a battery recycling program and investing heavily into solar energy

[@tyrantfox7801]

Elon Musk's efficiency : cars through small RGB tunnels for 4 people including the driver

[@m.5534]

so happy i found a youtube channel like this in the english language

[@jacobbockover1628]

I never thought he was gonna save us. I really don't worship people. Now one else should worship a man/woman

[@johnbanach3875]

Even God does not demand or expect worship, but wants us to follow an egoless path of devotion and service for our own highest good and greatest happiness. That's the essence of religion.

[@johnbanach3875]

@isle9 Love is the highest law in any religion, not worshipping out of fear of punishment.

[@gcmastrl8349]

so to put it simply, he's one of the real-life villain who holds power that we need to tackle to save the world from further destruction.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

So are solar panels and windmills bad? Cause that requires getting materials and pollution to make. There'll always be people to need a car like for jobs, would you rather they drive gas cars?

[@jp5735]

Great content

[@twangerrrrrr]

Wow I did not know that

[@fl00fydragon]

Though I agree with the point I disagree with the overarching feel that the video creates of an anti-technology future. The probolem IS capitalism, technology of itself is a tool and how it's made and how it's used is up to us. The only viable way to get consistent support for a movement is to not only oppose the bad things the old system creates but to create a vision for a future to strive for. I for one believe th left needs to re-embrace it's techno-optimism, in fact we need to drag it's most pure expression, transhumanism, back into it's roots of the left where it was born instead of keeping the promise of morphological liberation, a cure to all diseases and life extension in the hands of the musk-type charlatans. We need a realistic, logistically and technologically possible, step by step policy proposal that creates a future where the vast majority would want to live in.

[@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043]

Yes but without exploitation or the abuse of people, which Elon is doing

[@pretty948]

This is so important

[@mau1353]

I actually subscribed to Curiosity Stream/Watch Nebula because of you, City Beautiful and a few others. The problem is I tend to watch your videos on KZbin on my smart tv and then realize I have to go to Nebula to watch the missing segment. I really wish I could get Nebula as an app on Roku or the smart tv.

[@kylea4225]

Ur channel is fantastic

[@octave214]

At the end you mention that we must move to a 'carbon free economy'. It's a nice statement, but in reality some entity has to induce that technological shift for it to happen. Tesla is helping induce that technological shift.

[@billaak417]

His stock buyer will dislike this video. This is what Social capitalist must be implemented.

[@gibson1005]

Social capitalism is like green washing. The core is still rotten

[@matthiasmeurice7148]

thanks for this video !

[@bangturden7070]

listening to the part about nebula and curiosity stream i was wondering if someone else spoke that part or why your voice seems so different. the voice was easier to understand. somehow less "metallic".

[@saumya6166]

The bulletproof fail was sooo funny to watch over and over again 💀

[@alic4631]

He was an inspiration to me, sad to see it was just a narrative

[@senantiasa]

The channel had to make an attention grabbing video to earn a living. - Elon had rich parents: His parents weren't the richest people on earth. - Elon didn't create Tesla: Tesla was incorporated in July 3rd 2003 and Elon already became its major investor in February 2004, so basically Elon adopted a 7-month-old baby and has been nurturing it from 2004 to 2021 and so it's safe to say that what Tesla is today comes from Elon. - Elon is oppressive at the office: The accusations in this doc was mostly hear-say and would be considered normal in any other company but is emphasized and scrutinized with Elon Musk. Anyway, Elon himself overworks himself up to an unhealthy level to achieve a certain dream, if his employees aren't in it then they don't have to work there. Think of it this way: If you claim to be a force of good and excel at what you do, don't you think your competitors will do something about it? (especially if you can't keep up in a healthy competition) - Tesla mines heavily for cobalt and lithium: Do these video makers want cars made out of sunlight and water?? Or are they saying that the world should ditch electric cars and revert back to gas cars?? It's like a series killer repents and stops killing people, but people complain that he still has anger issues. Or like a good samaritan who works on getting plastic out of the oceans but people complain that his boat isn't even eco-friendly certified and he should've bought the more expensive boat made out of environmentally-friendly materials. It's like wanting to achieve utopia but people complain every step of the way of how un-utopian your ways are.

[@Mii.2.0]

@@senantiasa Based.

[@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043]

@@senantiasa you're first point is absolutely ridiculous, just cause they aren't the richest people on earth that doesn't mean they aren't quite rich

[@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043]

@@senantiasa you do realize that the actual best way to reduce transport emissions is not by electric cars but by using public transport so there is a third option that's even better, so he is only helping by making a solution that isn't even the best one

[@senantiasa]

@@marmolejomartinezjoseemili9043 Public and private transportation are very different markets. If car owners cared about the environment, they would have taken the bus decades ago. I take the bus/train everywhere I go for a better environment (unless I'm late then I might take uber scooter). But I can't force others to be like me and I'm always the weird one who's busy connecting busses and trains to arrive to the destination and I seem poor because I don't arrive in my own vehicle, so I'm doubtful that car owners would transform their mindset. You won't really reduce much of the world's gas emission if you only focus on the on public transportation and don't do anything about the gas emission coming from the massive private transportation sector. If you produce the most efficient product, but almost no one wants to use it, then it's not the best solution.

[@nomaticors]

I will always prefer walking places or taking public transit over more freaking cars.

[@pavelZhd]

Haven't watched the video yet, but I have a question about the thumbnail: why are rockets behind Elon - Soyuz designs? SpaceX rockets have a different silhuette. Not the most distinct one, but those were definitely not them. Those triangular-looking site boosters are distinctly part of R7-Voshod-Soyuz Soviet rocket Korolev's design pattern.

[@magicgiskard3276]

Really glad to see a shout-out to Tom Nicholas. You and him both make very informative videos with high production values. In other words, you both deserve more viewers.

[@camerontaylor7177]

0:50 Sheesh, that was the most dramatic intro I have seen in a long time. Long time. Lonnnng.

[@danielyousif7049]

Thanks for exposing.

[@Vintagesonic1]

The first frame of this video, I thought I was about to watch a car ad.

[@XRaym]

Nice video!! Nice you mentioned Tom Nicholas video!

[@luke.jaguar]

He is for advancement... but at the cost of human wellbeing and suffering. Simply put. Truly said.

[@CoolBreezeAnthony]

Shared.

[@rozinaakter7147]

Great

[@vincenttld7764]

Why “Our Changing Climate” won’t save us…

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

Random thing, at 8:52 you said “this begs the question” but you should say “this raises the question”. Begging the question is a logical fallacy in which the conclusion is assumed in the premise, like circular reasoning. E.g “green is the best colour because it is the greenest of all colours.” Anyways awesome video! Thank you for sharing. 🙏

[@zumabbar]

as a non US/english native speaker, that trivial is actually fascinating to me. the more i learn. thanks to you too for sharing that!

[@mau1353]

One reason I never use that expression...I know the way I want to use it is incorrect and can never remember the correct one!

[@adieandaeneon]

hello! do you have any video on house plants? could you please make a video about the house plant industry's effects on the environment? thank you🌱

[@EpioN]

What do you think of companies like ZOOX?

[@stephenbulley2128]

Admittedly, I can't disagree with anything revealed here, but what better choice do we have? Besides reducing overall personal footprint by driving less, eating more sustainably, and pushing for systemic change, what can we do? Divest from the largest company accelerating sustainable energy? I'm all for pointing out flaws, but at a certain point, we need progress.

[@JyotiPandey-mi7xx]

Why can't we use cycles simply or a public transport, why can't we practice sustainable development measures like the people in developing nations do. I always wondered that why always poor people have to pay the cost so that rich can live lavishly. I think he's doing great and he's definitely a motivation for the hardwork he does but he's definitely not the iron man that he paints himself to be.

[@jeffnc]

@@JyotiPandey-mi7xx So take public transport as an example, Tesla is surely a good influence for developing tech to increase the pace of transition to EV public transport? I agree with Stephen. I don't feel like this video actually helps. I agree that a huge system change away from capitalism would be great, but for the realistic situation we see ourselves in I don't see how it is possible to paint the transition to electrifiction so poorly. We've seen previous OCC videos showing how strong these fossil fuel and automotive industries are, it is pretty astonishing that Tesla has managed to do what they have been able to. We know places like the US are overusing power the most so to me it seems useful if EV can help reduce this footprint. This comment is becoming too long, happy to discuss further though!

[@davidochoa7117]

despite being @ourchangingclimate the video It avoids the obvious need to transition to sustainable energy. the video isn't about sustainable energy technology. it's advocating socialism as a solution to our environmental issues without mentioning socialism.

[@davidochoa7117]

​@@jeffnc the solution isn't to reject capitlism, its having a capitlism that's works. Oil and coal companies getting billions in subsidies from the US gov show that capitlism is 'rigged', because the market isn't fair, instead one side has an advantage. This makes it more difficult for clean energy tech to gain dominance over coal + oil. The U.S gov is not a fair referee of the game of capitlism.

[@brentwub]

It would be interesting to see a video where you line out your solutions for climate change

[@jeffnc]

1000% agree. Please OCC. Otherwise with vidoes like this it seems completely unsurmountable and more likely that it'll switch off laypeople who have a passing interesting in trying to get behind the much needed green revolution.

[@mAx-grassfed]

I think he made a video about ut. Reducing consunption and decoupling growth from economy.

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

Its simply the beginning of a dramatic shifting of the earths magnetic poles. man dont cause it and man cant stop or mitigate it. The balance of nature theory is flawed simply not true. The only normal constant is change.

[@thecollectoronthecorner7061]

@@jeffnc We dont need any green reveloution. We (man) cant create anything thats not already here.

[@mAx-grassfed]

@@thecollectoronthecorner7061 na

[@bhancock]

Great video.

[@joseguevara5090]

Thank you for this, I want this to spread

[@lo-ky2079]

okay but what do you suggest us to do for rapid innovation on eco-friendly technology?

[@johnbanach3875]

There's only one way out. Stop growth (resource depletion and pollution) and live simply and sustainably and in a regional, decentralized way. The problem is almost no one, among those with power and influence, is thinking in those terms. Since the 1970's there have been a few with that vision, but they were ignored and drowned out by a consumer culture.

[@lo-ky2079]

@@johnbanach3875 I think that's backward thinking and I always thought of the low-class people who work in the coal industry/companies that did the pollution. As a South East Asian I'm exposed to the reality that some people depend on their and their family life with that kind of job, making it disappear won't solve anything. It's really controversial but my opinion is to rapidly push the innovation of clean energy, the twist is there's always something that we need to sacrifice. But again I might be wrong. I'm here simply to have an open-minded debate

[@johnbanach3875]

@@lo-ky2079 I don't get what is backward about recognizing and respecting the resource and biological limits of the planet. Even "clean energy" requires vast resources (again subject to depletion) to build the infrastructure, which will be good for how many years? And then will need to be discarded and replaced. But I'm not here to change your mind. Keep exploring these issues and, yes, have an open mind.

[@user-bt6gd9bt5q]

Woah, that was an intresting video! Your video always let me know about things that are assumed to be fine that definitely aren't. Thank you for making this!

[@micjailchavezmorejon3140]

What do you think of what is happening in Cuba and the position of the United States in this regard

[@jomape2700]

And you earned yourself a new subscriber :)