I certainly give Musk wide latitude even when he makes it difficult.
I was thinking more along the lines of how one in his position could drift in their perspective and values as they get distorted by the blinders of hyper mission focus.
Another thought to add here - he also gets paid very well in a very concrete way to LOOK like he is doing those things, and if he never gets in a spaceship but still enjoys the billions? Hard life.
I was not thinking about gas wells at all. I have no opinion there except I thought we were doing the Sabatier reaction process to prep for Mars and be carbon negative.
“The ends” are the most laudable things I can imagine: electrifying the world and colonizing other celestial bodies.
While I love the goals, I am afraid of what a mission-driven person might rationalize and do to achieve them.