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Musk Believes in Global Warming. Trump Doesn’t. Will That Change? (www.nytimes.com)
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IMHO, probably not; musk seems interested in his own finances, and on pitting people against minorities so that they don't see him stealing from them.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The thing is, global warming isn’t going to make the whole globe uninhabitable, just large parts of it. And Elon is rich enough that it won’t really affect him. He can move to wherever he wants, and can insulate himself from the displaced refugees. So to himself, it doesn’t really matter whether he believes in it, it probably won’t change his actions.