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title: "45 Climate Quotes By Bill Gates"
description: "Climate quotes by Bill Gates highlight emissions, energy innovation, and the need for more research funding."
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> [Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/nuclear-energy-in-terms-of-an-overall-safety-record-is-better-than/)

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> [Energy innovation is not a nationalistic game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/energy-innovation-is-not-a-nationalistic-game/)

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> [It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/it-s-really-kind-of-cool-to-have-solar-panels-on-your-roof/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [You're never going to get the amount of CO2 emitted to go down unless you deal with the one magic metric, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/you-re-never-going-to-get-the-amount-of-co2-emitted-to-go-down-unless/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-us-spends-more-on-energy-r-d-than-all-other-countries-put/)

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> [In 80% of the world, energy will be bought where it is economic. You have to help the rest of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/in-80-of-the-world-energy-will-be-bought-where-it-is-economic-you/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [It's the poorer people in tropical zones who will get really hit by climate change - as well as some ecosystems, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/it-s-the-poorer-people-in-tropical-zones-who-will-get-really-hit-by/)

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> [Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/bangladesh-is-largely-a-river-delta-and-the-rising-sea-level-means/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [People are going to buy cheap fertilizer so they can grow enough crops to feed themselves, which will be increasingly difficult with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/people-are-going-to-buy-cheap-fertilizer-so-they-can-grow-enough/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [ Intermittency \[in availability for wind and solar\] changes the economics, particularly this requirement that the power company at all times be able… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/intermittency-in-availability-for-wind-and-solar-changes-the/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Getting ready for a global pandemic is every bit as important as nuclear deterrence and avoiding a climate catastrophe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/getting-ready-for-a-global-pandemic-is-every-bit-as-important-as/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Anyway, the US, as in most issues, is the best, has the best capability to lead, and really needs to lead. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/anyway-the-us-as-in-most-issues-is-the-best-has-the-best-capability/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [ So on the demand side \[for energy\], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/so-on-the-demand-side-for-energy-there-have-been-a-variety-of/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-nuclear-approach-i-m-involved-in-is-called-a-traveling-wave/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [There's 20 companies that I have investments in - some batteries, some solar-thermal, one big nuclear thing. We need hundreds and hundreds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/there-s-20-companies-that-i-have-investments-in-some-batteries-some/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/we-paired-this-announcement-of-the-r-d-commitment-with-the-so-called/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2. And so, what we're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/almost-every-way-we-make-electricity-today-except-for-the-emerging/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [At the end of the day, natural-gas peakers sit back there and get financed so that the Midwest corridor can have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/at-the-end-of-the-day-natural-gas-peakers-sit-back-there-and-get/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [I think given all the different imperatives - getting energy to Africa, security of energy, climate change, that we should be spending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-think-given-all-the-different-imperatives-getting-energy-to-africa/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [What are the top 20 universities in the world that do good materials research that might create carbon fibers to do jet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/what-are-the-top-20-universities-in-the-world-that-do-good-materials/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [ Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas \[at risk\]. Bangladesh is largely a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/depending-on-how-quickly-you-get-ocean-rise-you-have-people-who-live-2/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing \[for CO2…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-us-in-some-ways-has-been-the-best-who-figured-out-shale-gas/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [My innovation message, specifically including energy, happened to be the same week that on Monday and Tuesday I announced the Breakthrough Energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/my-innovation-message-specifically-including-energy-happened-to-be/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [The most straightforward path would be if we could bring the cost of solar electric and wind down by another factor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-most-straightforward-path-would-be-if-we-could-bring-the-cost-of/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [If you want to improve the situation of the poorest two billion on the planet, having the price of energy go down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/if-you-want-to-improve-the-situation-of-the-poorest-two-billion-on/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Today, we're very dependent on cheap energy. We just take it for granted - all the things you have in the house,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/today-we-re-very-dependent-on-cheap-energy-we-just-take-it-for/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [“The cruel injustice is that even though the world’s poor are doing essentially nothing to cause climate change, they’re going to suffer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-cruel-injustice-is-that-even-though-the-world-s-poor-are-doing/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/climate-change-is-a-terrible-problem-and-it-absolutely-needs-to-be/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [I have this very positive view of the world getting better and better. The list of things that could be huge setbacks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-have-this-very-positive-view-of-the-world-getting-better-and-better/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/we-need-to-get-a-broader-awareness-people-say-climate-change-is/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [American dependence on oil has only gone up as we've gone through various crises and not invested in R&D.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/american-dependence-on-oil-has-only-gone-up-as-we-ve-gone-through/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [The main thing that's missing in energy is an incentive to create things that are zero-CO2-emitting and that have the right scale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-main-thing-that-s-missing-in-energy-is-an-incentive-to-create/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [I am surprised that in various countries, whether it's the U.K. or the U.S., you see isolationist tendencies that would tend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-am-surprised-that-in-various-countries-whether-it-s-the-u-k-or-the/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Today, we take the risk of nuclear war quite seriously, climate change not so much and epidemics least of all. But no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/today-we-take-the-risk-of-nuclear-war-quite-seriously-climate-change/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [If you really could take the CO2, when you burn hydrocarbons - coal, for example - if you could really capture the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/if-you-really-could-take-the-co2-when-you-burn-hydrocarbons-coal-for/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [You might say, well, aren't people saying that about wind and solar today? Not really. Only in the super-narrow sense that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/you-might-say-well-aren-t-people-saying-that-about-wind-and-solar/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Energy is very primal stuff and there are a lot of leads that are promising, still at a fairly risky stage, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/energy-is-very-primal-stuff-and-there-are-a-lot-of-leads-that-are/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

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> [Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/now-we-put-out-a-lot-of-carbon-dioxide-every-year-over-26-billion/)

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> [In energy, you have to plan and do research way in advance, sometimes decades in advance to get a new system that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/in-energy-you-have-to-plan-and-do-research-way-in-advance-sometimes/)

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> [Over 80% of the poor are people who have small plots of land and grow their own food and they don't grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/over-80-of-the-poor-are-people-who-have-small-plots-of-land-and-grow/)

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## More by Bill Gates

> [If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/if-you-re-a-person-struggling-to-eat-and-stay-healthy-you-might-have/)

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> [I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-really-had-a-lot-of-dreams-when-i-was-a-kid-and-i-think-a-great/)

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> [Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/understanding-science-and-pushing-the-boundaries-of-science-is-what/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

> [We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/we-re-focused-on-providing-innovations-in-software-driving-the/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

> [Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/paper-is-no-longer-a-big-part-of-my-day-i-get-90-of-my-news-online/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

> [Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/software-will-get-to-be-somewhat-more-mature-ah-but-it-will-never-be/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

> [Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/students-deserve-great-teachers-and-teachers-deserve-the-support-they/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

> [The machines need to get faster. They need to get cheaper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-machines-need-to-get-faster-they-need-to-get-cheaper/)

[Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/)

> [Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/like-many-others-i-have-deep-misgivings-about-the-state-of-education/)

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> [Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/over-time-yes-countries-will-need-to-look-at-specific-gmo-products/)

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> [Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/competition-is-always-a-fantastic-thing-and-the-computer-industry-is/)

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> [I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-unique-about-human-intellience-all-the/)

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> [At every juncture, advanced tools have been the key to a new wave of applications, and each wave of applications has been key to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/at-every-juncture-advanced-tools-have-been-the-key-to-a-new-wave-of/)

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> [Software is more important than hardware.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/software-is-more-important-than-hardware/)

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> [Talking to mothers, always brings it home because they're so anxious to do everything they can for their kids and so tragic for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/talking-to-mothers-always-brings-it-home-because-they-re-so-anxious/)

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