Climate Quotes by Bill Gates
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Bill Gates points out that the world emits over 26 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year, with the poorest feeling the worst impact. He notes that the United States has driven cheap energy and innovative fuels, yet its spending on energy research is still far too low. He also warns that many nations act in isolation, which hurts global cooperation.
![“At the end of the day, natural-gas peakers sit back there and get financed so that the Midwest corridor can have a huge [period] of four to five days of no wind. The peakers are running big time to make that up, because that is the swing piece that can always be turned on.” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/bill-gates-137_big-time_at-the-end-of-the-day-natural-gas-peaker_628668.jpg)
![“The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing [for CO2 levels], it was very innovative. It's led to low-cost energy. Who figured out nuclear power? Largely the United States. Once you get past the steam engine, which is mostly British, then the…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/bill-gates-137_british_the-us-in-some-ways-has-been-the-best-wh_251716.jpg)
![“Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk]. Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing up, the ability to farm, it's destructive-type situations like you saw in…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/bill-gates-137_ability_depending-on-how-quickly-you-get-ocean-r_1273988.jpg)
![“What are the top 20 universities in the world that do good materials research that might create carbon fibers to do jet stream kites or new magnets that will allow [energy] generation to be done up there and you just bring the electricity down. You either have to bring down rotational energy…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ef/bill-gates-137_carbon_what-are-the-top-20-universities-in-the_121630.jpg)
![“Intermittency [in availability for wind and solar] changes the economics, particularly this requirement that the power company at all times be able to require power. That's large.” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/bill-gates-137_able_intermittency-in-availability-for-wind-a_1198385.jpg)
![“We paired this announcement of the R&D [commitment] with the so-called Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which is 27 [major investors] saying, "Hey, we'll put significant money into [energy innovations] when they're ready to spin out probably into startup companies."” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/bill-gates-137_announcements_we-paired-this-announcement-of-the-r-d-c_3018852.jpg)
![“Anyway, the US, as in most issues, is the best, has the best capability to lead, and really needs to lead. It doesn't [mean] that other countries won't pick different tacks and emphasize different things. In aggregate, they're almost half of the energy R&D. Europe, China, Japan - it's very…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/bill-gates-137_capability_anyway-the-us-as-in-most-issues-is-the-b_1243727.jpg)
![“So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to…” quote by Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf4/bill-gates-137_amount_so-on-the-demand-side-for-energy-there-h_2440121.jpg)
