Bill Gates Says Climate Change 'will Not Lead to Humanity's Demise'

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Bill Gates downplays the catastrophic consequences of climate change, sparking debate among commenters about the severity of its effects and the role of technology in mitigating them.

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JPLeRouzic

2 months ago

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I think Trump's administration is after his foundation [0], so he tries to show he belongs to the team.

[0] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bill-gates-makes-sec...

HardwareLust

2 months ago

Even Bill has to bend the knee. He'll be back on song once this regime finally collapses.

stinkbeetle

2 months ago

Billionaire climate vandal hypocrite makes rambling incoherent claim, without evidence, that climate change is not the biggest problem facing humanity. Yawn.

eesmith

2 months ago

He's a billionaire CO2 junkie telling us his to not worry about the problems caused by his addiction and immense wealth because a few of us will survive.

He's a dilettante who makes the news simply because he's super rich.

bookofjoeAuthor

2 months ago

https://archive.ph/5H6vY

jaggs

2 months ago

Yeah we absolutely need to listen to this expert climate scientist who's been involved in the work over the past 60 years. He remains a crucial and irreplaceable part of the global research programs.

sva_

2 months ago

Previously discussed

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45729265

ZeroGravitas

2 months ago

About as helpful as his previous "solar PV isn't good enough, please invest in my wunderwaffe gadgetbahn ideas" approach.

Now it's "climate change won't kill us all, please invest in my wunderwaffe gadgetbahn ideas".

Both seem a net-negative to actually solving climate change and/or helping those affected by it. Impressively bad performance for an alleged genius.

Has he even made money from these investments? Even if we subtract the government money he's diverted from better ideas?

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