Elon Musk, founder of Tesla Motors, is calling for a global "revolt" against the unrelenting propaganda that allows the fossil fuel industry to demonize firms championing renewable energy such as his own Tesla.

These attacks on renewable energy companies are being sustained by U.S. government subsidies worth some $6 trillion a year sponsored by politicians friendly to Big Oil and Big Gas, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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"We need to appeal to the people and educate them to sort of revolt against this and to fight the propaganda of the fossil fuel industry which is unrelenting and enormous," Musk told the audience at the World Energy Innovation Forum at Tesla's factory in Fremont, California.

Musk said the fundamental issue with fossil fuels is "every use of fossil fuels comes with a subsidy" that results in cheap oil and gasoline prices. This prevents drivers from switching their gas-guzzling fossil fuel cars to electric cars. It also hinders the worldwide fight against climate change.

Musk also said the fossil fuel industry isn't paying for their role in environmental destruction. Musk said the solution to this state of affairs is to impose a carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions or the carbon content of fuels.

These U.S. government subsidies include $1.6 billion for a proposed Shell petrochemical refinery in Pennsylvania and $119 million from the state of Louisiana for upgrades to ExxonMobil's upgrades to its Baton Rouge refinery, said a story in The Guardian.

In April 2015, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, called for the fuel subsidies to be scrapped immediately since poorer nations were feeling "the boot of climate change on their neck."

Musk, however, admitted imposing a carbon tax would be "hugely politically difficult" in the polarized political environment prevailing in the federal government.