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" I usually describe myself as an engineer; that's basically what I've been doing since I was a kid. "

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" I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?' "

" It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car. "

" Over time I think we will probably see a closer merger of biological intelligence and digital intelligence. "

" The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn't even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we'd never have had the light bulb. "

" Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it. "

" A utility can handle up to 20% of production from solar and that helps the grid because it produces electricity when needed. Solar power peaks in the middle of the day and that's also when air conditioning is running and businesses are operating, so power production matches usage. "

" I've been to Disneyland, like, 10 times. I'm getting really tired of Disneyland. "

" I'm anti-tax, but I'm pro-carbon tax. "

" When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. "

" Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world. "

" The reality is gas prices should be much more expensive then they are because we're not incorporating the true damage to the environment and the hidden costs of mining oil and transporting it to the U.S. Whenever you have an unpriced externality, you have a bit of a market failure, to the degree that eternality remains unpriced. "

" If we're going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation. "

" There have only been about a half dozen genuinely important events in the four-billion-year saga of life on Earth: single-celled life, multicelled life, differentiation into plants and animals, movement of animals from water to land, and the advent of mammals and consciousness. "

" The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design. "

" It would take six months to get to Mars if you go there slowly, with optimal energy cost. Then it would take eighteen months for the planets to realign. Then it would take six months to get back, though I can see getting the travel time down to three months pretty quickly if America has the will. "

" I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side. "

" The factory is the machine that builds the machine. "

" I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market. That's cool. "

" I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done. "

" If you don't have sustainable energy, you have unsustainable energy. The fundamental value of a company like Tesla is the degree to which it accelerates the advent of sustainable energy faster than it would otherwise occur. "

" Even if producing CO2 was good for the environment, given that we're going to run out of hydrocarbons, we need to find some sustainable means of operating. "

" 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. "

" There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing. "

" I don't think it's a good idea to plan to sell a company. "

" What most people know but don't realize they know is that the world is almost entirely solar-powered already. If the sun wasn't there, we'd be a frozen ice ball at three degrees Kelvin, and the sun powers the entire system of precipitation. The whole ecosystem is solar-powered. "

" I always invest my own money in the companies that I create. I don't believe in the whole thing of just using other people's money. I don't think that's right. I'm not going to ask other people to invest in something if I'm not prepared to do so myself. "

" I do love email. Wherever possible I try to communicate asynchronously. I'm really good at email. "

" People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else. "

" Winning 'Motor Trend' Car of the year is probably the closest thing to winning the Oscar or Emmy of the car industry. "

" Automotive franchise laws were put in place decades ago to prevent a manufacturer from unfairly opening stores in direct competition with an existing franchise dealer that had already invested time, money and effort to open and promote their business. "