Barefoot sporting a mullet...and launching astronauts to the International space station tomorrow. Super cool.

Elon had to shave his hair short on 1 side for his Neuralink implant, and so it didn't look obvious, he shaved the other side to try and make it look like the haircut was just for style. I'm on to you Elon.

Wow how lucky are we to have Elon in this timeline

I love when he gives time to express himself. Hopefully there is more coming

When Musk says "It's very hard", it's probably very hard.

I love listening to Elon speak. So much goes on in his pauses. I like how he continues to elaborate when the subject is nearly changed and he feels the need to continue still. I like how his voice fluctuates as he's choosing words, it shows he's thinking, not acting off a script. I sense no maliciousness in his voice.

To be alive during his time on earth is fantastically exciting

So great! Thank you all for your drive to inspire, and support great minds, hard work, and innovation. Blessings.🙏💜

I still want the Tree-Team to put in their proposals

Other billionaire CEOs take themselves so seriously and always do interviews in a suit. I love how Elon is not afraid to just be himself and do interviews in a tshirt and jeans.

Is there an uncut version of the interview?

Beautiful challenge for everyone to try and accomplish, this is the type of incentive that gets people to innovate and come up with results. May this bring about true growth for our species.

where is the link for the full interview, there are too many cuts

How is this not blasting on every news channel?!

3:34 proof elon is a robot. it contracted it's left foot in 'cause it was not being used.

we are blessed to have Elon in our generation

Elon musk may be the coolest human on the planet. Period.

where we can suggest the idea?

Plant mushrooms and trees!

What is the sign up procedure to do this?

We need to know what Elon said at 1:48 what did they need to cut?

I'm ready, I'm building now! When the rules are ready they'll modify the project to conform but I've been working on this for a while! This is One x price I really look forward to competing in!

Elon is a good motivator. He also looks at what we already have and finds ways to make it better . So one would think that with that in mind study photosynthesis and find ways to improve on that working model .

Is it possible to do carbon exchange by chemically induced in the asphalt and concrete of the highways to create the exchange of carbon?

I would imagine finding a way to get algae, mycelium, and/or mold to survive in an artificial environment made up to be similar to Mars' atmosphere would be the first goal. I don't have a lab capable for myself being poor and merely an electrician, so I wouldn't be aware where to start, or how much funding would be a decent start.

by far the best thing I've heard all day

Plant hemp plants everywhere they are able to grow

..weird I didn't get to see this posted by news outlets

Where was this interview filmed?

We are so fortunate to have a guy like Elon in our lifetime. He is so humble.

I was told directly from the old growth forest to stand up for the trees. The best technology is to allow the trees to grow and remain alive for their life expectancy. They also told me to plant trees and make sure they are not over crowded 🌎

I'm definitely happier and more optimistic about the future these days

I like that the prize is open to anyone. Gets amateur nerds with new ideas involved. Should have prizes for lowering cost to convert solar boats, boat-scale wave or tide energy extraction at anchor. A dozen little things add up. I have been impressed with the need for electrical power and refrigeration on live-aboard boats and on small islands. Most use inefficient small generators which could be replaced with renewables. Most of these places have a "cut" where tidal currents run fast and could generate power. Concrete is an expensive commodity there and concrete production uses a lot of carbon. The high cost makes opportunities for alternatives. These same islands have tons of plastic on their beaches and cleanup usually ends with burning it, so maybe use solar to sinter plastic and sand to build with instead of concrete. Its hard for little guys to move 100 tons or build at that scale, so it will only be corporations and universities who can compete for the carbon prize. You'd get more uniquely new ideas with a dozen smaller prizes.

The funny thing with planting trees is they naturally die or can burn in massive forest fires. For trees to remove carbon from the cycle they need to be harvested and turned into things like mass timber structures that are designed to last a hundred years or more to actually remove the captured carbon from the cycle. Also replanting to replace the cut trees and not clear cutting.

Mich respect to this guy and all the good their all doing.

Elon just casually talking about saving the world.. With his shoes off. Love him

What could be more important than having clean Air to breathe, clean water to drink, proper food , clothes and shelter for all the. Including the animals. The love of friends and family. What gives us this? the forest. I stand up for the trees. Plant one each year for every member of your family 🌎❤️

Big fan of elon he knows how to get things done. You need to offer an incentive and great things will be accomplised. Thankyou elon

Looks like those coffee tables have already won the prize.

What about UK history with nuclear and now Japan water plus pastic. If I had good education about chemistry or atom combination and understanding element separation 🙂

The crazy thing is that one trillion tons of CO2 means that you would need 1000 of these kiloton-scrubbing plants to run for 1000 years to remove. Meaning for a relevant timeline for climate change reversal it would need tens or hundreds of thousands of these plants

Eco friendly fuels for shipping, cargo ships, tankers. Etc that would help to reduce some emmissions

Love the T-shirt, now where to get one ?

My plebby 10 cents: Maybe freeze CO² to extract O² and leave the carbon behind as an actual solid compound? Also there's a "Caltech reactor" in the works that seeks out to do exactly what Elon is asking for in a much smaller scale, it's goal is space travel, to upgrade the recycling methods that are currently in place. Might be worth looking into that one first, to know what to do and what to not do. Also what's with Argon gas, i doubt that using huge quantities of Argon would help with anything, even if they ended up removing a huge amount of carbon?

It is surely an interesting initiative, and that might serve such a salutary objective, especially for mankind. I can not wait to see the amazing disruptive technology that would finally show us that it is indeed achievable (carbon removal, I mean)...

I like this guy, he doesn't just talk a great deal of sense, he walks the walk and gets stuff done...

Human need to discover how to make the natural health of the Earth work for us. We have sucked really bad at it so far, so inventing and innovating here is biblically valuable.

I've been thinking of these issues for almost 1/2 a century now. I grew up in Costa Rica, lived in Canada, USA and Taiwan. This is not an easy task, however with 1/2 a century of thought, I do have an answer that is not only sustainable, it will reduce the C02 in our atmosphere and replenish it with oxygen. It does not involve trees, but can support agriculture and much much more! So, where do I submit my model?

That haircut 💇‍♂️ trendy boi musk

Has he figured out a way to stop the ice from freezing over the windmills or how to stop snow from building up on the solar panels rendering both useless in the Northern States? I was thinking about solar panels but the snow will make it useless in the winter months.

the audio sounds better than the original stream

My first idea, I wonder if doable: 1. Separate CO₂from air 2. Turn it into plasma by hi temperature 3. Use magnetic field to separate carbon ions 4. Compress ions by pressure or magnetic field to form diamonds. Diamonds may be used to produce powerful lenses or semiconductors.

He’s trying so hard to change the world without doing something that will get him killed. I respect this man. Thank you Elon.

Threes take on much carbon dioxide. Use it for the increase the yield of crops . Produce crops in poor soil and placed with harsh weather conditions. Greetings from holland

He makes the Spectrum blaze.

Is the background texas?

Love this man and his visions

What a brain 🧠..... What heart ♥ this man has...... Super cool 😎 👍

Any idea if anyone got the prize?

He looks like a Chinese/Japanese gangster LOL

The way we renew the oil is to convert all the garbage and sewage into oil. We have the technology and have been doing it experimentally for many years. It requires heat and pressure. The energy for this process can be derived from the sun and geothermal. We will be inundated with sewage and garbage and those things are not going away. That process is sustainable. The oil produced could be used primarily for making things other than internal combustion.

From the hairstyle look, I can say taht he moved to Texas.

I hope he can make an underwater rail system, it could safe massive piles of CO2 when those massive ships work on Solar energy, in the Suez canal in Egypt for example.

I been following this man for like 10 yrs.. The man can so anything... That he puts his mind to.

Yooo this is like the last X Prize. If y’all want to read a book about the last one about Pete Dimandis, check out How to Build a Spaceship. Good stuff. Introduced me to the absolute madlad Burt Rutan and the stories of the people and teams that made it happen. And the main characters too of course.

huge scale sabatier reaction could be useful

Amazing hope i could contribute something to carbon capture in the near future ( you know before its hard to breathe)

Where do I submit my proposal for xprize carbon removal?

I wish I could afford invisible shoes

Imagine if this man was in charge! You’d be inspired to get out of bed for this society 🤷‍♀️

You know whats even better, capturing photons and turning them into matter at an efficiency rate technocrats ccouldnt even dream of.

Camber Energy could be the future for carbon capture system globally.

Even tho I am an engineering student. I'm pretty sure a bunch of tree would do the job :) And yes it's a challenge here and there but just stop cutting more trees than planting would change a lot.

First off, the Delta IV rocket is/was burning O2 and H2 as propellant that makes water. That technology is already here for earth rockets (I'm not knocking SpaceX awesome reusable boosters that are awesome). I live in the Mojave desert and we have been in and out of drought for several years. I am a science teacher and for years had to navigate increasing flooded streets when it rained to get to work. I asked myself why this was happening. More development; Houses, streets, stores, etc. I lived at the end of a dirt road and noticed as more houses were being built, the developer would scrap off the native vegetation (yes, the desert does have some native things growing). Then they would grade the property so rain falling on the roof, driveways. and property would run off to the streets where it impacted things below...flooded streets and property. Then homeowners would plant vegetation suitable for non-desert environments that required lots of daily/weekly watering. To save money and water and help lessen the people living below, I channeled the water that had become running down my street into shallow basins on my property...I have 2.5 acres so I was always able to contain the rainwater now coming down my steel that watered many trees on my property substantially cutting down my landscaping needs. In 20 years some of the trees I planted as little more than twigs were 18" in diameter and that was in a dry desert experiencing droughts. I moved to another home in the desert that had the same 'dump the water off the property as my previous home. First two years I was there I planted 44 trees of various types and after three years of watering decided it was time for them to live on their own. On some of them, I made crescent-shaped bowls in the ground around them to catch downslope runoff and made some shallow basins to catch rain coming from the roof and property. I noticed that the erosional rills going out to the street were disappearing from being cutoff from the rain that would previously run off the property that added to the street flooding below. I now have trees shading some of the house in the summer that lessens my AC costs, removes carbon from the atmosphere (thanks people for providing them with that) and makes a place for the wildlife in an otherwise sterile area where dirt and concrete are taking over lately. Something I noticed about a neighbors house, they didn't want 'unsightly solar panels' installed on their south facing street side roof so they had them installed on the side west roof. They cut down their beautiful shade trees that were shading the house from the hot sun and now I see trees growing there and again shading the west walls and solar panels reducing their sun exposure to just a few hours. When I read about massive flooding when it rains around the country and blaming it on Climate Change I can only wonder how much of it is the result of increasing residential development dumping water down the streets and into streams and rivers. I told a county flood control official what I had done on my property and he said if more/all people did what I was doing it would save a lot of headaches for them when it rains. Some of you might hate what I'm about to say now. Remember when they reduced the speed limit to 55 during the gas shortage? Isn't Climate Change and CO2 a reason to go back to 55 if this is as serious a problem as they say it is? On a trip that I do each month, I reduced my usual 65-70 mph down to 55-60 and noticed a 12% reduction in gas consumption. That is something that can be done immediately. Back in the 60s, my high school science teacher told us we were burning up our future. We asked what he was talking about and he said the petroleum that we use to make products (synthetics, pharma, fertilizers, etc) was being burned up in transportation at increasing rates. That was back in the 60s and he is still alive and working on a process to rejuvenate energy production of old solar panels. I hope he succeeds.

Hi man

Those trees do soak in carbon as part of the process to convert CO2 to O2, but, the carbon will be released when the tree decomposes or is burned, right?

His brain is working so hard his mouth is having trouble keeping up :) We need more Elons around the world :) :)

It's nice seeing a billionaire invest in humanity in many ways. Seems like a dream.

Elon Musk is rocking the mullet!!!

The only thing with planting trees is that there needs to be people Managing the forests. To prevent forest fires as we have seen recently

his trim hit different tho

thank you much

Tony Stark in his house in woods , the same house in endgame

This is a very good idea there are so many smart people in this country I bet someone's going to build one in his garage

Most countries need to implement projects such as solar energy projects & wind energy projects there are few lucky nations that are able to implement thermal energy.

How about the non lazy regenerative agriculture response that makes the land carbon negative?

Make mini co2 scrubbers for each individual house hold. You will sell millions of them

Aswell as green fuel or use tidal wave energy to move ships across the oceans

Well I just applied. The top prize, I have designs that will change the world. And I need to show them to someone who will listen!!

we will realise, when we look back, that Elon was the einstein or aristotle of our time.

Solar panels between small islands & wind turbines to provide electricity for small islands possible solutions.

Software Engineer here, I'm down! Let's get busy!

How tf can you hate elon musk? This man is literally building the future

We should reuse hydroelectric plants to power stations like these, while moving the grid towards Nuclear energy. Also, to those in the comments section berating carbon capture technology, I would point out that no amount of trees is going to capture all the carbon we burned from deposits in which it was stored safely for millennia. One plant over a short period of time won’t fix the problem, but it’s a start.

To put the amount in perspective, he owns 200billion in capital and pays 0 tax on that. This is equal to a 0.5% tax rate where the average American pays 30%

Tidal wave energy is another huge potential if the engineers could bring viable solutions such as boats, especially large cargo ships that require no fuel & can move around the oceans that would be very beneficial & at the same time reduce pollution

i love it how he is bare foot!! legend!! the real wealthy are more human then shoe wearers!! the real hippie loves the planet and wants to preserve it and make life on other planets!! the legend himself.. number 1 hippie is god like, the creator of life on earth and other planets

I would imagine generating electricity on mats will be a very large challenge.

It's already being done co'2 to graphite not flake which is what's valueuble

It is really easy to clean the air all u need to do is using Huge vacuums to filter the air with extraction and separations