{"id":354306,"date":"2024-12-13T18:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354306"},"modified":"2024-12-13T18:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:13:39","slug":"is-elon-musk-now-a-climate-realist-the-climate-realism-show-138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=354306","title":{"rendered":"Is Elon Musk Now a Climate Realist? &#8211; The Climate Realism Show\u00a0#138"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"354307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=354307\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?fit=1414%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1414,782\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot 2024-12-13 180835\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?fit=723%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?resize=723%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?resize=1200%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/0Screenshot-2024-12-13-180835.png?w=1414&amp;ssl=1 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AIdro_nbFC65TF2vSmRND-z-tSnTQczJF6jiadJT6myXzyUVVEE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon Musk\u2019s latest fortune was built on his Tesla electric vehicles, helped in no small measure by federal tax credits so more people could afford to buy the luxury items. For years, he\u2019s marketed them as a way to help wean the world of oil and stop the imminent \u201cclimate change meltdown.\u201d But The Washington Post reports that Musk\u2019s abandonment of left-wing, trendy, virtue-signaling political views not only eventually led him to Donald Trump, but maybe out of the Climate Cult, altogether. And if Musk makes it OK to leave, will more prominent business leaders and cultural trend setters soon follow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Episode #138 of The Climate Realism Show, The Heartland Institute\u2019s H. Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely will cover that story, as well as some of the \u201cCrazy Climate News of the Week.\u201d Did you know the Chinese Communist Party is sending lots of money to \u201cgreen energy\u201d groups and support energy groups and universities in the United States? The UK\u2019s obsession with reaching \u201cNet Zero\u201d is putting its military in danger on the battlefield. 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