It is said that Africa leaders are corrupt and that they loot public funds and warehouse those funds in developed countries around the world. But looking at it from another perspective what about those developed countries whose government are their cronies who take this so called stolen funds and use it for their economy and vehemently refuse to return such funds.
That being said @chuckypita I respect your views but I still thinks he is a very smart and visionary person.
If the government don't allow the tax payers money indirectly there is no way he could explore that option. And it is the government prerogative to protect tax payers money. If the government do the needful then things would be done right.
Furthermore I see you have good information as regards the carbon credits, I do not have any facts to either support or disprove your claims. In conclusion criticism are good because it helps us to define the ideals that should define our society at large.
He's a crony capitalist.... part of me is like, "Hey, good for you Elon for gaming the system...." but the other part of me is like - "this system needs to get fixed."