the premise of this article — -that humankind is screwed, is not in question

the rest is utter nonsense

we have at best a single generation in which to sort ourselves out — -which makes it unlikely — -yet our sole means of lifting ourselves off earth is by chemical combustion — -exactly the same as the Chinese used in fireworks 1000 years ago — -let alone developing the technology to put ourselves on a planet where there’s no air

And Musk himself is driving up a dead end. Electric cars cannot function outside a fossil fuel supported environment