Elon Musk Buys Twitter

[Mihalik]

Tesla has done more for the environment than any government energy program has done.

Your childish simplistic one liners are pathetic.

But first thing first.

Tesla's EV or battery manufacturing is not an "energy program" by any definition of the word. So if you consider any program that was meant to reduce pollution somehow, Tesla has done fuckall, compared to for example these two government programs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_...United_States) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol.

When it comes to energy programs...The French nuclear program has done more for the environment last Tuesday than Tesla has done throughout its entire existence. And that's exactly one example out of possible hundreds.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Tesla has done more for the environment than any government energy program has done.

Sure

https://www.coolerfuture.com/blog/tesla-sustainability

Right now, Tesla is planning to have new factories – an expansion in China and a completely new Gigafactory in India. China gets 56.8% of its energy from coal, India also relies heavily on coal and is even building new coal plants despite climate change.

So while Tesla claims it is all about “saving the world”, are these the most environmentally-friendly locations to build a factory?

In addition, large quantities of toxic chemicals are used in the extraction of lithium. In an article published by Wired, it is described that the soil, which contains lithium, is thus heavily contaminated – and this is despite the fact that only 0.2% of the affected soil contains the valuable metal. The other 99.8% destined to be contaminated with toxic chemicals is dumped back into the environment. In Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, known as “the lithium triangle”, this has led to huge environmental problems like soil contamination and water shortages.

In addition to lithium, Tesla also needs cobalt for their EVs, which they mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo alongside other tech giants like Apple, Dell and Microsoft. There, cobalt mining is linked with severe (and multiple) human rights violations. And yes, we’re talking children as young as 6 mining cobalt for Tesla’s EVs for $3 a day.

So this we can conclude: Just by mining rare metals, Tesla already violates not one but several of the Sustainable Development Goals.

But the list of Tesla’s problems doesn’t stop there. In addition to the rare metal issue, there is another important one: water.

According to German media reports, Tesla’s new Gigafactory that is currently being built in Brandenburg, Germany will consume an incredible amount of water.

To be precise: the Brandenburg factory will consume about 3.6 million cubic metres of water per year, which is roughly 30% of the total water in the region. According to experts, this could even lead to a water shortage.

Tesla has also failed to publish official figures on their water use or waste levels. In addition, their report only briefly mentions that “they are currently working” on improving the recycling system for their old batteries.

Tesla is far from being transparent, and where there’s no transparency, there’s no sustainability.

In a study by Arabesque, which was analysed by Forbes, Tesla ranked in the bottom 15% in terms of company disclosure and transparency.

How come a company "so green" hardly publishes any figures or targets relating to its emissions, climate change, and other Sustainable Development Goals?

"Good Guy" Elon Musk

[niztheundead87]

as long as the batteries are made by the same material and energy is produced by the same manner nothing really changes , even if you gave everyone a tesla which you cant , tesla is a car for the rich mostly.

as for twatter , fuck that who cares

[KrayZ33]

To be precise: the Brandenburg factory will consume about 3.6 million cubic metres of water per year, which is roughly 30% of the total water in the region. According to experts, this could even lead to a water shortage.

Oh I remember this being adressed in an interview when he was standing right in front of that factory alongside Armin Laschet.

His "funny" answer to the reporter was: "That's ridiculous, look how much it rains here... ha ha ha ha"
Fuck him.
And Laschet, who was running for chancellorship during that time just "smiled" as well.
Fuck him as well.

[Rennadrel]

Good. Shitter could use some more kremlin propaganda.

I'd like them to actually yeet every account by a government official from the site, personally. Especially all the CCP and Russian shill accounts but literally everyone else too. Social media shouldn't be a place to push politics.

[Lahis]

Hilarious that enforcing free speech causes such fervently negative reaction.

[jonnysensible]

Hilarious that enforcing free speech causes such fervently negative reaction.

its already got free speech tho...

[XDurionX]

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...e-robert-reich

Elon Musk wants to own Twitter to protect his ‘freedom’, not everyone else’s.

[Winter Blossom]

Hilarious that enforcing hate speech causes such fervently negative reaction.

There. Changed that for you.

[Dezerte]

I don't care much for Twitter, it's not a platform that interests me. But I always thought that Twitter was far too lenient when it came to spreading of hate (be it ISIS, neo-Nazis or fascist-lite speech). I would not say that Elon Musk is a "good guy" nor a "free speech champion". There are numerous links and sources to support this, I've seen some linked in this thread already.

If he has his way I expect we'll see more neo-nazism and fascism spreading on Twitter and into our societies, possibly more censorship of posts that are critical of Musk (since he does have a history of this).

Free speech absolutism necessarily invites hate and the most vile and dangerous posts you can think of - times eleven. I don't think this is good for society.

[s_bushido]

Free speech absolutism necessarily invites hate and the most vile and dangerous posts you can think of - times eleven.

Free speech absolutism doesn't even exist. Everyone who claims to be a champion of free speech has their limit. Especially these right-wingnuts who push the narrative that it's conservatism that's being censored on these platforms, rather than the bigotry and conspiracy-mongering that their brand of conservatism breeds.

[UnifiedDivide]

In the fever dreams of those who believe that the con-man is some sort of IRL Tony Stark.

Doesn't help that there is a documentary that literally calls him the "Real Life Iron Man."

[Orby]

As someone who doesn't use twitter and left back in 2016, seeing people mad at this news makes me laugh. The funny thing is the same people moaning and bitching about this news will still continue to use twitter like the addicts they are.

twitter is and has always been a toxic platform and it deserves Elon Musk.

I am just waiting for Elon to unban Trump, that will be hilarious, I wanna be a fly on the twitter wall when that happens, but alas once again I value my mental health xD

[KrayZ33]

As someone who doesn't use twitter and left back in 2016, seeing people mad at this news makes me laugh. The funny thing is the same people moaning and bitching about this news will still continue to use twitter like the addicts they are.

twitter is and has always been a toxic platform and it deserves Elon Musk.

Meanwhile I am over here living my best life.

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Are people "mad"?
As far as I can tell, some people just don't buy his dung about "free speech" or whatever that troll came up with and dislike the fact that he tries to look like a "good guy" when he isn't.

[Orby]

?

Are people "mad"?
As far as I can tell, some people just don't buy his dung about "free speech" or whatever that troll came up with and dislike the fact that he tries to look like a "good guy" when he isn't.

Are they not mad? I been told people were mad, if not then whatever :P

[Dezerte]

Free speech absolutism doesn't even exist.

No doubt it's used as a way to virtue signal in this instance.

[Winter Blossom]

Are they not mad? I been told people were mad, if not then whatever :P

People seem to be more worried and apprehensive.

[Ophenia]

Are they not mad? I been told people were mad, if not then whatever :P

Yeah some people are "mad". To the point they say they'll leave Twitter (as if anyone cares) and go to another social media platform - very likely for a whole 2 weeks then come back as if nothing happened (as basically nothing happened though)

[UnifiedDivide]

“I am not going on Twitter, I am going to stay on Truth,” Trump told Fox News. “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll make improvements to it and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on Truth. The bottom line is, no, I am not going back to Twitter.”

What a giant shame. Let's ignore that he's not really on Truth Social if he isn't actively even using it lol

[infinitemeridian]

What a giant shame. Let's ignore that he's not really on Truth Social if he isn't actively even using it lol

He'll be back, especially once the election cycle picks up.