Humanity is currently running ‘the dumbest experiment in history’ - Elon Musk “Why run this crazy experiment to see how bad it’ll be?” People are running “the dumbest experiment in history” by continuing to burn fossil fuels.
As Musk explained:
“The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical make-up of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be. “Given that at some point they’ll run out anyway, why run this crazy experiment to see how bad it’ll be? We know it’s at least bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it’ll be really bad.”
Musk, a renewables entrepreneur who serves as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and chairman of SolarCity, has clear reasons for saying this, yet it’s hard to deny his logic. Use of fossil fuels like....