Top Electric Car Innovator Calls for 'Immediate' Increase in Oil & Gas Output to Fight Russia: 'Extraordinary Times'
Posted on AllSides March 13th, 2022
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One of the world's leading electric car innovators is calling for more oil drilling "immediately" at this crucial moment in history.
Elon Musk, the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, wrote in a tweet some say was aimed at the Biden administration: "Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures."
In a second tweet, the world's richest man said: "Obviously, this would negatively affect Tesla, but sustainable energy solutions simply cannot react instantaneously to make up for Russian oil &...