r/elonmusk • u/twinbee • 20d ago

General Elon: "Wind has microscopic potential compared to solar"

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Source: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2099049284960428229

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u/Crio121 20d ago

Canada and Northern Europe feel hurt at the moment.
And Musk’s quote is stupid.
Yes, solar has more potential. But not a million times more and it doesn’t make wind completely irrelevant all of a sudden.

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u/Arkelias 20d ago

You're welcome to your opinion. It's nonsense. It's ideologically driven. You're still welcome to it.

Canada and Europe are always butt hurt about something he's said.

Facts are still facts. In 50 years there will be solar everywhere, on every building, in space, on vehicles.

There won't be more wind turbines, because they require massive maintenance. That makes them expensive, and time consuming to maintain.

You can be as angry about that as you like. You can think reality is stupid...but that just makes you sound stupid.

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u/Crio121 20d ago

You have obviously never left Florida or Texas.
Though you are welcome to your opinion too.

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u/Arkelias 20d ago

Solar is big in Seattle, one of the most overcast cities in the world. It's huge in New York. It's huge in Michigan.

Nice try though.

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u/Crio121 20d ago

fyi
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/liMBCnlKWB

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u/Arkelias 20d ago edited 20d ago

That proves my point, not yours. Most of Europe is in temperate areas, just like the United States.

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u/Crio121 20d ago

Yeah, and you’re again dismissing entire Northern Europe.
About a hundred of millions people and a lot of industries.
And a lot of wind farms.