The world’s self-proclaimed ‘climate innovator’ is seemingly walking back hard line positions on global warming, and dismissing superfluous solutions to what he still believes is one of humanity’s biggest technical challenges of all time.Speaking at a recent climate summit in New York alongside Prince William and Michael Bloomberg, Gates dismissed so-called superficial ’solutions’ to global warming — such as planting billions of trees — as “complete nonsense.”.“Are we science people or are we idiots?”Microsoft founder Bill Gates.A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in August suggested that planting 1 trillion trees would eliminate 6% of global CO2 emissions. Canada has committed to planting 2 billion trees under the federal government’s 2BT program and has dutifully been doling out dollars to communities across the country even as it moves to emanate fossil fuels.But the Microsoft mogul was more sanguine.“Are we science people or are we idiots?” Gates, who isn’t even a software engineer, rhetorically asked the so-called ‘Earthshot’ Summit — so named for John F. Kennedy’s famous ‘moonshot’ challenge in the 1960s.And despite recording the hottest summer and forest fire season on record, Gates struck an uncharacteristically pragmatic and optimistic tone over the future of the planet in an unstoppably warmer world..“There’s a lot of climate exaggeration,” the famed Microsoft founder told attendees. “The climate is not the end of the planet. So the planet is going to be fine.”While he agreed the world will not be able to meet its agreed-upon Paris Accord goal to limit future warming to 1.5C by 2050, Gates confidently predicted it won’t hit the 3C mark either, due to what he described as a “gigantic” leap in technical innovation.But he stuck to his prior assertions about eating less meat and promoting plant-based diets. At the same conference he advocated developing palm oil substitutes to pre-empt deforestation in what he termed “poor” countries.“There are effects on humanity, the planet less so,” Gates said. “It’s a fairly resilient thing. But the reason I'm engaged is because it affects human welfare.”.“It’s pretty clear we’re not going to go to extreme scenarios. Emissions will peak and then start to go down. They won’t go down as fast as we want them to and so the temperature will continue to rise… once the temperature has risen it doesn’t go down very quickly unless you do massive carbon removal.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
The world’s self-proclaimed ‘climate innovator’ is seemingly walking back hard line positions on global warming, and dismissing superfluous solutions to what he still believes is one of humanity’s biggest technical challenges of all time.Speaking at a recent climate summit in New York alongside Prince William and Michael Bloomberg, Gates dismissed so-called superficial ’solutions’ to global warming — such as planting billions of trees — as “complete nonsense.”.“Are we science people or are we idiots?”Microsoft founder Bill Gates.A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in August suggested that planting 1 trillion trees would eliminate 6% of global CO2 emissions. Canada has committed to planting 2 billion trees under the federal government’s 2BT program and has dutifully been doling out dollars to communities across the country even as it moves to emanate fossil fuels.But the Microsoft mogul was more sanguine.“Are we science people or are we idiots?” Gates, who isn’t even a software engineer, rhetorically asked the so-called ‘Earthshot’ Summit — so named for John F. Kennedy’s famous ‘moonshot’ challenge in the 1960s.And despite recording the hottest summer and forest fire season on record, Gates struck an uncharacteristically pragmatic and optimistic tone over the future of the planet in an unstoppably warmer world..“There’s a lot of climate exaggeration,” the famed Microsoft founder told attendees. “The climate is not the end of the planet. So the planet is going to be fine.”While he agreed the world will not be able to meet its agreed-upon Paris Accord goal to limit future warming to 1.5C by 2050, Gates confidently predicted it won’t hit the 3C mark either, due to what he described as a “gigantic” leap in technical innovation.But he stuck to his prior assertions about eating less meat and promoting plant-based diets. At the same conference he advocated developing palm oil substitutes to pre-empt deforestation in what he termed “poor” countries.“There are effects on humanity, the planet less so,” Gates said. “It’s a fairly resilient thing. But the reason I'm engaged is because it affects human welfare.”.“It’s pretty clear we’re not going to go to extreme scenarios. Emissions will peak and then start to go down. They won’t go down as fast as we want them to and so the temperature will continue to rise… once the temperature has risen it doesn’t go down very quickly unless you do massive carbon removal.”.This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
