Breakingviews - Elon Musk’s Twitter deal sullies his climate cred

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Elon Musk’s commitment to climate change is getting lost in a Twitter haze. He has spent some 16 years building Tesla into a major manufacturer of electric vehicles, guided by sustainable energy principles outlined in two self-described master plans in 2006 and 2016. He has called global warming “the biggest threat that humanity faces this century” and often dismisses critics as being effectively captured by the fossil-fuel industry. His deal to buy the social media company for $44 billion seriously undermines the message.

- Twitter said on April 25 that it had agreed to sell itself to an entity wholly owned by billionaire Elon Musk for $54.20 a share in a transaction valued at $44 billion. The price represents a 38% premium to where Twitter shares closed on April 1, the last trading day before Musk disclosed that he had acquired more than 9% of the social media company.

- Musk, the chief executive of electric-car maker Tesla, has committed to provide equity of approximately $21 billion, with another $12.5 billion coming from a loan secured against some of his Tesla shares. Banks led by Morgan Stanley also have agreed to provide $13 billion in loans to the company Musk has set up to consummate the transaction.Editing by Jeffrey Goldfarb and Katrina HamlinOpinions expressed are those of the author.

 

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