What sets Elon Musk apart?

A short missive on the current difference in spirit between France and Poland. Read the french version if you can.

Today I saw a massive line of cars queuing in front of a TotalEnergies fuel station on my way to work. In my area, fuel  station operators are required to report remaining storage levels every day to the Gendarmerie nationale. Judging from this map, the fuel shortage psyop is in

Autumn in France (2022) I live in France, a country whose government is currently preparing the population for a winter with rolling blackouts, and said population is responding to the risk of blackouts by buying generators, inverters, batteries, and candles. What percentage of the population is buying generators, and how