Elon Musk Says Earth Is 'Basically Empty' And City Folks Are Just Living In Illusion

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk expanded on his previous commentary on the human population on Wednesday.
What Happened: Musk said on Twitter that “[Humans] are absurdly concentrated on a tiny percentage of Earth’s surface.”

The entrepreneur said that people in cities think that the Earth is “full” of people but in fact, it is “basically empty.”

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Musk’s comments came in a Twitter thread where he earlier pointed out that South Korea and Hong Kong face “population collapse.” He said if Korea’s birth rates remain unchanged the country’s population will be only almost 6% of its current population in three generations with the majority of the people over age 60.

Link to tweet

Why It Matters: As of 2021, worldwide urbanization was at 56%, according to data from Statista, with North America being the most urbanized continent at 82%.

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The illusion is Musk, not unlike Trump, is another trustafarian masquerading as an entrepreneur.

[WarGamer]

1. That's true but irrelevant.

The requirements for 7.8 Billion people have exceeded the planets capacity.

We create too much pollution, eat too much and produce too much waste.

Just because there are still plenty of ACRES for more humans, that is irrelevant.

[Wednesdays]

3. And a lot of those acres are uninhabitable tundra and desert. nt

[Lovie777]

4. Learn . . ..

humans shall make it.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. With such brilliant thoughts he could be a Republican presidential candidate soon /nt

[WarGamer]

5. the naturalized citizen part saves us from that...

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Laws and the Constitution don't matter to Republicans

He will get a Tesla Exemption

[texasfiddler]

6. Elon "Howard Hughes" Musk. NT

[FrankChurchDem]

11. Bingo

[Silent3]

7. The physical density of human bodies doesn't matter, Musk

Yes, you could pile ever human body in the world into a heap that fits neatly inside Manhattan with room to spare...



...but it's the environmental impact of those people that matters, and they're ravaging the planet's ecosystem and depleting its resources badly enough already.

So smart, and such an idiot at the same time.

[Ocelot II]

8. He could help out by moving to one of those empty places..

The middle of the Sahara Desert, or somewhere in Siberia?

[durablend]

10. I think Outer Space would be better

No chance we'd have to hear from him again.

[nilram]

12. I think he's projecting.

Elon Musk is basically empty and is living in illusion.

[Red Mountain]

14. lol

[Generic Brad]

13. So? It's still more habitable than Mars

That's my answer to Mr. I Want to Send a Man to Mars (And Abandon His Ass There).

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Why a Mars Colony is a Stupid and Dangerous Idea

[ck4829]

15. "Mars needs Moms"... "Musk need cheap labor"

[misanthrope]

16. It kills me to see people proclaim him a genius

If he doesn't understand the relationship between arable land and population, he must have been dropped on his head as a baby.

[NickB79]

18. A few days ago he thought we could double the global population

And not ruin the environment 🤔

16 billion humans. Sweet Jesus.

[In It to Win It]

19. ...as if humans are the only species on Earth.

For a reasonably smart person, he says a lot of stupid things.

[roamer65]

20. Climate change is going to reduce the human population.

Only question now is by how much and how soon.

The wars it sparks will reduce it even further.

[Hekate]

21. Sure, Elon. Here's an experiment for your scientific self: build a city in Antarctica. That's empty.

How about in Alaska or Siberia, on the melting permafrost. Likewise the Sahara Desert. Oh, I know, the Australian Outback! Lots and lots of empty land in those places.

Moron. There’s very good reasons why the majority of the human race is congregated in a limited number of locations.

Ooh, another bright idea occurs to me: the Earth is mostly ocean. Run with it, Elon!

[Retrograde]

22. He's right - no one lives 50 miles west of me

probably because it's the Pacific Ocean. Same can be said for large swaths of desert 200 miles to the east.

Where does Elon think all these extra people are going to get their food and water from? Or the resources to produce the energy and water they need (those Teslas don't literally run on sunshine - it takes a large infrastructure to provide those charging stations)? Or places to dispose of their waste? And what is Elon going to give up to make sure all his new fellow humans have an equitable share in the remaining resources?