Elon says the world needs oil and gas

Plus: New modern bow makes archery much easier Aug 31, 2022 [Blueprint]( The man behind the electric car revolution says… [we need oil and gas](. But wait, don’t take your Tesla to the dump just yet, for it’s not quite that straightforward. Elon Musk said that he wasn't someone who would demonize fossil fuels, and at this point, the world needs more oil and gas, not less. He did also add that both he and Tesla are “accelerating sustainability,” but that the EV industry needed to expand massively to replace the energy provided by fossil fuels. So before you take aim at Musk (which I would argue you don’t need to, if you read his comments in context), [watch this guy take aim with his new bow,]( which he says makes archery significantly easier. Robin Hood would be proud. Good morning. I’m Alice, an Editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s get started. 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The comment appears to be directed at Germany, which has been shutting down its nuclear plants. As of now, the country plans to shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants by the end of the year, which will add to the existing energy shortage that has been caused by the throttling of oil and gas supplies by Russia and outages at nuclear power plants in France. Musk has long been a vocal admirer of nuclear fuel as a way to generate “emission-less” energy and added at the same event that well-designed nuclear power plants should not be shut down. → He also pointed toward the "massive untapped potential" of ocean winds and urged that the world have a clear path to a sustainable energy future and the transition to a sustainable economy be "as fast as possible." 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