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What Elon Musk thinks about energy

@elon-musk · 76 positions · 2 changes of mind · On ppll ↗

Founded SpaceX in 2002, joined Tesla's board in 2004 and became its chief executive in 2008, and later founded Neuralink, The Boring Company and xAI. Bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X. Posts as @elonmusk, which is where almost everything he says publicly now appears.

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6 dated positions, 2023 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Elon Musk has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingSolar power's exponential growth will continue until all other energy sources are far below 0.1%.

    solar

    Their wordsThe solar power exponential will continue until all other energy sources are <<0.1%

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  2. 1 day earlier

  3. Our readingAI data centers are resulting in lower electricity prices for consumers.

    data centers

    Their wordsAI data centers resulting in lower electricity prices for consumers

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  4. 2 weeks earlier

  5. Our readingSustainable energy alone will not save humanity from extinction events; temperature-controlling satellites and large-scale geo-engineering will be needed.

    Their wordsExtremely severe extinction events happen every 100M years or so and just switching to sustainable energy will not be enough to stop them. Space satellites to control temperature and massive geo-engineering will be needed or it will be game over.

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  6. 1 day earlier

  7. Our readingThe binding constraint on AI is not chips but the physical plant around them — power, transformers, cooling and networking.

    Their wordsConsensus estimate is that ~15GW of AI compute produced in 2027 cannot be turned on in 2027. This is harder than just finding power, as you also need to build out all the transformers, wiring, liquid-cooling, (massive) chillers & complex networking.

    ↗@elonmusk on Xx.com

  8. 3 years earlier

  9. Our readingElectrifying transport and heating means electricity output has to triple, because each of the three is about a third of energy use today.

    Their wordsSo energy usage right now is roughly one third, very rough terms, one third electricity, one third transport, one third heating. And so in order for everything to go sustainable, to go electric, you need to triple electricity output.

    ↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 16th of 23 in this recording

  11. Our readingThe thinking part of the human brain runs on under ten watts and still writes a better novel than a ten-megawatt GPU cluster.

    Their wordsThink of what is our brain able to do. There’s only about 10 watts of higher brain function, not counting stuff that’s just used to control our body. The thinking part of our brain is less than 10 watts. And those 10 watts can still produce a much better novel than a 10 megawatt GPU cluster.

    ↗Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400youtube.com 22nd of 23 in this recording