During the recent energy conference held in Stavanger, Norway, Tesla CEO musk said that in order to prevent the collapse of civilization, the world still needs oil and natural gas in the short term< Br > < div class = "contheight" > < / div > in an interview with the media before the meeting, he said, “in fact, I think we still need to use oil and natural gas in the short term, otherwise civilization will collapse. Especially these days, with Russia being sanctioned, we really need oil and natural gas to maintain the operation of civilization. Any rational person will come to this conclusion. At the same time, we must accelerate the development of sustainable energy.” When asked whether Norway should drill for more oil and gas, musk said that “at this time, it is necessary to carry out some additional exploration”. He also stressed Norway’s potential to use wind and Hydropower to generate electricity, which may be exported to southern Europe< Br > < div class = "contheight" > < / div > musk said that the transition to sustainable energy will take decades to complete. In his speech at the meeting, he stressed that he did not agree with demonizing oil and natural gas. “Now, we need more oil and natural gas, not the opposite. But at the same time, we need to move quickly towards a sustainable energy economy.” “When offshore wind power in the North Sea is combined with battery packs, it may become a very powerful sustainable energy source in winter.”< Br > < div class = "contheight" > < / div > Norway is an important oil industry country in northern Europe. Stavanger, the host of the conference, is Norway’s famous “North Sea oil capital”. Musk explained that he came to this oil and gas themed conference to thank the Norwegian public for their strong support for electric vehicles< Br > < div class = "contheight" > < / div > in recent years, musk has softened his stance on oil and gas< Br > < div class = "contoeight" > < / div > when he participated in the podcast program with astrophysicist Neil degrasse Tyson in 2015, musk used some similar language to that used during the Norwegian forum to describe the problem of fossil fuels. At that time, he blasted the burning of fossil fuels as “the stupidest experiment in history” and warned that if the world could not find a solution to end fuel transportation, when oil ran out, the economy would collapse and human society would come to an end< Br > < div class = "contheight" > < / div > in March at the beginning of the Russian Ukrainian conflict, he wrote on his social network: “although I don’t want to say that, we need to increase oil and gas production immediately. Extraordinary measures are needed in extraordinary times.” He also added that it is clear that this will have a negative impact on Tesla, “but sustainable energy solutions cannot react immediately to make up for Russian oil and gas exports.”< Br > < div class = "contheight" > < / div > last week, musk also called on all countries to increase nuclear power generation and criticized some environmentalists who opposed nuclear power as “anti human”< Br > < div class = "contheight" > < / div > in an interview in March this year, musk spoke frankly about his support for nuclear energy. He believes that in the long run, the power source of civilization will come from solar energy, which needs battery storage. Until that vision is fully realized, nuclear energy is crucial, “not only should nuclear power plants be closed, but also closed ones should be reopened. This is the fastest way to generate energy, and it is crazy to close nuclear power plants now.” He said: “if there is no large-scale natural disaster risk, such as Germany, then nuclear power plants are really not dangerous.”