Why does he need to be there in person?

Why not? He is CEO, he owns the jets. If he wants to take a 1 hour meeting in person in another state that is his call.

If people have a problem with the carbon footprint they should be promoting all around higher energy use taxes. Not using a strawman against someone they hate.

Certainly it's his perogative and he's free to do what he wants. If I had as many businesses as he does, I would think a teleconference would be a more efficient use of my time, rather than the time spent physically traveling somewhere.

I hope Musk sees your free advice on how to run a business, he would miss a gem.

All business owners love seeing the workers busy on their plantations.

Because he leads by example, and because that's his company, not that of "mysterydip4" from the Internetz ?