Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How much carbon is Elon Musk burning with his globe trotting?
Tesla and Hyperloop creator Elon Musk is building carbon-free cars. But he’s burning tons of carbon on his private jet for business and personal reasons, sometimes flying from one part of LA to another.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readTesla and Hyperloop creator Elon Musk is building carbon-free cars. But he’s burning tons of carbon on his private jet for business and personal reasons, sometimes flying from one part of LA to another. Last year, he flew more than 150,000 miles in his private corporate jet -- enough to circle earth six times.
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The full episode
2 of 6What you need to know about the polar vortex and global warming- 0:00The weather is freezing, but Earth is still warming
- 2:50How much carbon is Elon Musk burning with his globe trotting?You’re reading this
- 9:38It may take hundreds of years for Joshua Tree to recover from the government shutdown
- 16:24Zero-waste movement and living a trash-free life
- 24:41The future of medical technology
- 33:19Who is LA’s billboard diva Angelyne?