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This is from an interview with Popular Mechanics from 2012. Elon was asked a question about how he gets others to believe in his ideas, and he went from there into this tangent about space solar power.

To put it mildly, Elon is NOT a believer in SSP, and makes a very strong case in this short clip.

My apologies for the poor video quality, I thought I was downloading in 720p, but apparently something went awry. Anyway, you can find the original video here; this clip starts at about 43 min...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_af0ow1__E

Enjoy...