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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.
Yeah, it's a conspiracy fuck-face. It's not like people are openly saying you suck, you're a leech, we're going to boycott the companies you're involved with and you're not wanted here. It's all a secret conspiracy. Pay no attention to the signs at very public protests.
Oh yes, so innocent. 🙄
Just another Conservative Victim™️.
Damn near everything he does is harmful.
I don't know which is scarier: Musk lying about this, or actually being so self-unaware he really doesn't know what an enormous shitbag he is.
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.
I'm honestly curious what kind of bubble this guy lives in. Who the fuck does he talk to on a regular basis?
It might be a lot of yes men, and people who feed his ego. His personality could be just to cut out anyone who has any level of differing opinions. Maybe he actually believes this shit he says. Who the fuck knows.
Here is a good glimpse of what he is surrounded by. Yes men who just laugh and agree with everything he says.
I'm shocked at the number of open Nazis in American "leadership". And the number of unelected "officials" tearing up our government from the inside.
you routinely go on social media and cheerlead for butchers committing genocide in ukraine and gaza, amongst other things.
terminal affluenza. doesnt understand that actions have consequences.
Ayo Elon suck my man musk and use your tears as lube
I’ve never done anything wrong either, but it would be an absolute honour to choke the life out of the African fascist Nazi.
Fuck Musk! May he get the most painful incurable type of cancer there is on this planet.
I wish him nothing but sorrow, suffering and pain for him.
I am sick and tired of headlines sanewashing this fascist fuck by cutting off the end of that quote.
Fuck his feelings. I’ll take a front row seat when they shove him into the guillotine.
Fuck this POS!
He intends to slash social security.
How can we respect their lifes if they don't respect ours?
This guy just operates on pure doublespeak.
Eventually, people do notice.