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Elon Musk says he's shocked at the level of Tesla hate and vandalism happening: 'I've never done anything harmful'

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Elon Musk says he's shocked at the level of Tesla hate and vandalism happening: 'I've never done anything harmful'

Summary

Elon Musk condemned rising vandalism against Tesla, blaming the political left and suggesting a conspiracy against him.

He cited incidents of arson, gunfire, and property destruction at Tesla dealerships, linking them to protests against his work with DOGE.

Trump and the DOJ have labeled the attacks "domestic terrorism," vowing arrests.

Some Tesla owners are selling their vehicles or adding bumper stickers distancing themselves from Musk, who defended Tesla as a "peaceful company," saying "I've never done anything harmful."

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  • "I've never done anything harmful"

    Haha, good one, Musk. Trolls gonna troll. Now fuck off back under your bridge, you nepo-baby scumbag.

  • If you dont consider hacking a government to pieces harmful.... Idk what to tell you. Even hacking a regime to pieces will hurt people. You can't move fast and break things with governments and people's lives.

  • His existence is harmful. I feel that I need to defend myself against him at all times, since him just existing is akin to assault and battery.

  • One would think the world's richest man could afford a mirror....

  • People like him do harmful things and act like they're the most important people on Earth, but when the boomerang comes right back at them, they crawl around and cry that they did nothing wrong. PATHETIC.

  • So I've tried it a couple times now, with varying degrees of success, but I want to write a paper which takes a lifecycle approach to excess deaths by industry. My goal was to come up with a deaths/ billion estimate, to figure out a quantity of wealth after which we could decide, the person holding that wealth has effectively committed murder; then we buffer it by 10x to account for the fuzziness of the math, and we set that as the global maximum wealth cap.

    Its practically impossible to believe that any industry results in 0 deaths per billion. However, when I did the first couple intial forrays into the research, its very dificult to pin down exaclty which is the source industry for a given death (for example, fossil fuels contribute massively to peoples deaths. But so does tobacco. Electric vehicles dont have tail pipe emissions, but might use fossil fuels in their construction, etc.. etc..)

    Here is some summary output from that.

     
        
    To compare the estimated premature deaths per billion dollars of profit between tech companies and a fossil fuel extraction company, we'll examine ExxonMobil as a representative example.
    
    ExxonMobil's Annual Profit:
    
    In 2024, ExxonMobil reported a net income of $33.7 billion.
    investor.exxonmobil.com
    
    Estimating Premature Deaths Due to Fossil Fuel Emissions:
    
    A study by Vohra et al. (2021) estimated that fossil fuel combustion-related fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) pollution was responsible for approximately 10.2 million premature deaths globally in 2012.
    investor.exxonmobil.com
    
    Calculating Premature Deaths per Billion Dollars of Profit:
    
    To estimate the number of premature deaths attributable to ExxonMobil's operations per billion dollars of profit, we can use the following approach:
    
        Global Fossil Fuel CO₂ Emissions: Approximately 35 billion metric tons annually.
    
        ExxonMobil's Contribution: ExxonMobil's operations contribute to a portion of these emissions. While exact figures vary, estimates suggest that ExxonMobil's products account for about 1.3 billion metric tons of CO₂ emissions annually, representing approximately 3.7% of global fossil fuel CO₂ emissions.
    
        Attributable Premature Deaths: Applying this percentage to the global premature deaths:
        10,200,000 deaths×0.037≈377,400 deaths
        10,200,000deaths×0.037≈377,400deaths
    
        Deaths per Billion Dollars of Profit:
        377,400 deaths33.7 billion USD≈11,200 deaths per billion USD
        33.7billion USD377,400deaths​≈11,200deaths per billion USD
    
    Comparison with Tech Companies:
    
    Previously, we estimated the number of premature deaths per billion dollars of profit for tech companies, assuming their energy consumption was entirely sourced from fossil fuels:
    
        Samsung: Approximately 1,004 deaths per billion USD
    
        Google (Alphabet): Approximately 153 deaths per billion USD
    
        Microsoft: Approximately 209 deaths per billion USD
    
    Conclusion:
    
    If we attribute a proportional share of global premature deaths from fossil fuel emissions to ExxonMobil based on its contribution to global CO₂ emissions, the company is associated with approximately 11,200 premature deaths per billion dollars of profit. This figure is significantly higher than the estimates for tech companies, reflecting the direct role of fossil fuel extraction and production in contributing to air pollution and associated health impacts.
    
      
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