--- title: "Best Climate Quotes by Bill Gates" description: "45 Climate quotes by Bill Gates. Plus more from Bill Gates and more Climate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/bill-gates-137_average_the-world-is-very-disparate-in-terms-of_2062510.jpg" --- > [The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-world-is-very-disparate-in-terms-of-the-us-using-the-most-energy/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/bill-gates-137_average_the-world-is-very-disparate-in-terms-of_2062510.jpg) > [The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate. In fact,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-us-spends-more-on-energy-r-d-than-all-other-countries-put-2/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/bill-gates-137_capacity_the-us-spends-more-on-energy-r-d-than-al_2863565.jpg) > [By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/by-the-time-we-see-that-climate-change-is-really-bad-your-ability-to/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4d/bill-gates-137_ability_by-the-time-we-see-that-climate-change-i_2814572.jpg) > [That's the part where the governments have a unique role, and then when it progresses well enough, then existing companies or new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/that-s-the-part-where-the-governments-have-a-unique-role-and-then/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3b/bill-gates-137_company_that-s-the-part-where-the-governments-ha_992399.jpg) > [The most interesting biofuel efforts avoid using land that's expensive and has high opportunity costs. They do this by getting onto other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-most-interesting-biofuel-efforts-avoid-using-land-that-s/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c49/bill-gates-137_advantage_the-most-interesting-biofuel-efforts-avo_2470530.jpg) ## Other authors on Climate - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-mckibben-17985.jpg) Bill McKibben 139 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bill-mckibben/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-gore-10150.jpg) Al Gore 133 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/al-gore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 116 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-jones-93135.jpg) Van Jones 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/van-jones/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-hansen-46376.jpg) James Hansen 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/james-hansen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-naomi-klein-70169.jpg) Naomi Klein 62 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/naomi-klein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeff-goodell-48353.jpg) Jeff Goodell 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/jeff-goodell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 50 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/rush-limbaugh/) - [Michael Shellenberger 47 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/michael-shellenberger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jill-stein-49626.jpg) Jill Stein 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/jill-stein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bjorn-lomborg-18288.jpg) Bjorn Lomborg 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bjorn-lomborg/) ## 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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [Software is more important than hardware.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/software-is-more-important-than-hardware/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) > [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/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bill-gates/#itemlist", "name": "Best Climate Quotes by Bill Gates", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries - Europe, Japan, New Zealand - using about half of what we do, and then the world average being about a fifth of what we use, with China just now surpassing the world average.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Gates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-world-is-very-disparate-in-terms-of-the-us-using-the-most-energy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/bill-gates-137_average_the-world-is-very-disparate-in-terms-of_2062510.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/bill-gates-137_average_the-world-is-very-disparate-in-terms-of_2062510.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/bill-gates-137_average_the-world-is-very-disparate-in-terms-of_2062510.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich…” — Bill Gates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The US spends more on energy R&D than all other countries put together, and I personally consider it quite inadequate. 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