Large amounts of electricity are required for the electric car revolution. Tesla boss Elon Musk would also like to use nuclear power and criticizes the German exit.
As of this week, Elon Musk is again the richest person in the world. Tesla boss overtook Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in both the Forbes list and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. On paper, Musk now has more than $ 200 billion in net worth, subject to daily fluctuations in Tesla’s stock market price.
But Tesla didn’t found Musk to get rich alone. He sees himself on a mission and as the leader of the electric car revolution as a whole. In this revolution, Musk would like to use nuclear power as well. He is an advocate of the technology and surprised “by the public opinion against nuclear power,” said Musk on Tuesday at the Code Conference in Los Angeles, as the Business Insider reports. “I’m not saying we should build a whole bunch of nuclear power plants, but I’m not saying that we should shut them down either,” added Musk.
Nuclear phase-out “not the right decision”
In this context, Musk also believes Germany’s decision to completely phase out nuclear energy is a mistake. “I don’t think that was the right decision,” said Musk. The German nuclear phase-out led to a strengthening of the much more harmful coal, argues Musk. Because coal-fired power plants would have replaced shutdown nuclear power plants.
The Tesla boss was asked at the event about the increasing demand for electricity that arises when more electric cars are on the road. This should be covered “mainly by wind and solar energy”, explained Musk, who is pushing himself into the market for green electricity with Tesla. But he also sees nuclear power as a climate-friendly solution.
Musk, who is currently building his first European Tesla factory in Brandenburg, had already come out as a nuclear fanatic in the past. For example, he only said at an event in July that he was “pro nuclear”. Unlike many other people, he believes that modern nuclear power plants are safe.
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