Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Bill Gates "made a lot of jokes" about The Most Serious Issue of All Time; says it will likely never be a big focus for his foundation

Bill Gates says key to beating climate change is energy innovation. Is it? | Humanosphere
Climate change and supporting energy R&D is not, and likely will never be, a big focus for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he said, because these are likely best solved by the “capitalistic format” and government incentives supporting industrial innovation.

“The foundation looks at things that are ignored, no market for,” Gates said.
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Gates made a lot of jokes (and got laughs) when talking about the failure of governments and politicians to address climate change

1 comment:

Harry Dale Huffman said...

He is clearly disconnected from the concerns of the common man, and you can't expect insight from him on how to tackle an incompetent and dogmatic climate science, which is the real problem.