Bill Gates continues his journey on the road to Damascus .
Heading into COP30 ,Bill Gates ;one of the leading voices in the climate change religion , has broken ranks with the extremists . In a breakout essay Gates argues that resources fighting climate change are being wasted and should be redirected to more productive purposes.
He now says that climate change is not going to wipe out humanity. He argues that past efforts to achieve zero carbon emissions have made progress. But past investments fighting climate change have been misplaced, and too much good money has been put into expensive and questionable efforts.
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There’s a doomsday view of climate change that goes like this:In a few decades, cataclysmic climate change will decimate civilization. The evidence is all around us—just look at all the heat waves and storms caused by rising global temperatures. Nothing matters more than limiting the rise in temperature.
Fortunately for all of us, this view is wrong.
A new approach for the world’s climate strategy | Bill Gates
“This is a chance to refocus on the metric that should count even more than emissions and temperature change: improving lives. Our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries.”
He's not quite there yet . He does not admit that climate change orthodoxy has been one of the biggest causes of human suffering . It stifles solutions that fall outside of it's fixed ideology . It wastes economic resources that could go to better uses .
The most shocking statement that should be a gut punch to the Goracles of the world is that using energy is a good thing because it means economic growth .That in itself solves many of the poverty issues in the world . “The biggest problems are poverty and disease, just as they always have been.” The push for zero use of carbon fuels contributes to human suffering in 3rd world nations.“.....it has made it harder for low-income countries to get low-interest loans for power plants that would bring reliable electricity to their homes, schools, and health clinics.”
The skeptic in me thinks maybe he is disappointed in the return of investment in the Goracle's carbon credit trading scheme. But if he is a true convert ;welcome to the club. Between this and Greta's shift from climate change to supporting Hamas terrorists the COP30 people are in for along November .
I'll say one thing for them . This year their conference will be in hot and humid Belém, Brazil. At least they don't have the threat of snow disrupting their message.
