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I was born in Africa. I came to California because it's really where new technologies can be brought to fruition, and I don't see a viable competitor.

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Elon Musk
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 28
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I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.
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You could power the entire United States with about 150 to 200 square kilometers of solar panels, the entire United States. Take a corner of Utah... there's not much going on there, I've been there. There's not even radio stations.
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The lessons of history would suggest that civilisations move in cycles. You can track that back quite far - the Babylonians, the Sumerians, followed by the Egyptians, the Romans, China. We're obviously in a very upward cycle right now and hopefully that remains the case. But it may not.
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I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don't believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever.
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I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
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