I read the wire story about Gates in the Oregonian. I take him and his thinking seriously. What I took away from his thesis is that the market is beginning to work, or is working, on the advancement and implementation of climate technology. I tend to agree. Renewable energy sources economics are already better than fossil technology, and certainly utilities are making those rational decisions, and to some extent consumers are, too. It seems to me he's saying the market is working, so let's put our emphasis on adaption-- too late not to. It's not either/or with him. I think he's got the emphasis right. It's time for marketers to do their magic on EV adaptation, and other competitive technologies. But Gates? Let's take his rigorous and honest counsel to heart. You know he'd receive criticism thoughtfully. That's the mindset we really need.
Hey Deane, thank you for this thoughtful comment! I think you've got a lot right here about economics moving renewables and EVs in the right directions (as does Gates). Don't want to get ahead of myself too much, but my main question is whether he's underselling just how bad the climate impacts already are, and will be, if we don't cut emissions quickly (and not just in the developing world). One climate scientist talking about this... https://x.com/Weather_West/status/1983943045377593479
I'm not surprised. If one Fox News network, is good, why not two? In line with my expectations for every day. Kinda / sorta like Elon scooping up Twitter. Time will tell.
I read the wire story about Gates in the Oregonian. I take him and his thinking seriously. What I took away from his thesis is that the market is beginning to work, or is working, on the advancement and implementation of climate technology. I tend to agree. Renewable energy sources economics are already better than fossil technology, and certainly utilities are making those rational decisions, and to some extent consumers are, too. It seems to me he's saying the market is working, so let's put our emphasis on adaption-- too late not to. It's not either/or with him. I think he's got the emphasis right. It's time for marketers to do their magic on EV adaptation, and other competitive technologies. But Gates? Let's take his rigorous and honest counsel to heart. You know he'd receive criticism thoughtfully. That's the mindset we really need.
Hey Deane, thank you for this thoughtful comment! I think you've got a lot right here about economics moving renewables and EVs in the right directions (as does Gates). Don't want to get ahead of myself too much, but my main question is whether he's underselling just how bad the climate impacts already are, and will be, if we don't cut emissions quickly (and not just in the developing world). One climate scientist talking about this... https://x.com/Weather_West/status/1983943045377593479
Bill Gates wrote in his notes: “Is the money designated for climate being spent on the right things? I believe the answer is no.” https://www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-topic/reader/three-tough-truths-about-climate
Sammy, did you actually echo back on the cut of climate journalism?
I'm not surprised. If one Fox News network, is good, why not two? In line with my expectations for every day. Kinda / sorta like Elon scooping up Twitter. Time will tell.
Hoping it doesn't get nearly so bad. But like you said, we'll see.