In a two-hour-long interview on X with former President Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk hinted that we're being mean to fossil fuels and that there's still plenty of time for our civilization to transition to a sustainable energy economy, despite the fact that Tesla makes electric cars, solar panels and home and industrial clean energy storage solutions.

"My views on climate change and oil gas […] are pretty moderate," Musk said. "I don't think we should vilify the oil and gas industry and the people that have worked very hard in those industries to provide the necessary energy to support the economy," he added.

Then, Musk touched on the issue of climate change, where he seemed to contradict himself. First, he said that we should indeed strive to transition to a sustainable future, but then he immediately said that the risk of global warming isn't as high as a lot of people say.