{{citation needed}}

More specifically: this story seems to be based entirely on one advocate's say-so, whose political schtick was based on making things sound as bad as possible, but now appears to be on team Elon.

Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, I don't expect any actual data to back this up.

Because if there's anything the Musk brand is known for, it's taking things seriously.

Fart noise generators are extremely serious