{"id":1625606,"date":"2022-08-29T12:20:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625606"},"modified":"2022-08-29T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:20:20","slug":"elon-musk-says-world-still-needs-oil-and-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-says-world-still-needs-oil-and-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says world still needs oil and gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-says-world-still-needs-oil-and-gas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625606&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>STAVANGER, Norway (Reuters) -The world must continue to extract oil and gas in order to sustain civilisation, while also developing sustainable sources of energy, Tesla founder Elon Musk told reporters at a conference in Norway on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRealistically I think we need to use oil and gas in the short term, because otherwise civilisation will crumble,\u201d Musk said on the sidelines of an energy conference in the southern city of Stavanger.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Norway should continue to drill for oil and gas, Musk said: \u201cI think some additional exploration is warranted at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest challenges the world has ever faced is the transition to sustainable energy and to a sustainable economy,\u201d he said. \u201cThat will take some decades to complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said offshore wind power generation in the North Sea, combined with stationary battery packs, could become a key source of energy. \u201cIt could provide a strong, sustainable energy source in winter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also voiced concerns over birth rates, echoing remarks he made in a Twitter post late last week on the risks of \u201cpopulation collapse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my less obvious things to be concerned about is the birth rate, and I think its important that people have enough babies to support civilisation so that we don\u2019t dwindle away,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Terje Solsvik; 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