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They offer now knowing they won't get government cooperation at least in the U.S. had Hillary won they would have been looking to the tax payer. I am all for th
by taivare 10y ago
They offer now knowing they won't get government cooperation at least in the U.S. had Hillary won they would have been looking to the tax payer. I am all for them doing this the timing seems suspicious.
- vinay427 10y agoYou say this as if their cause is disproportionately in their interests and not in the public interest. Taxpayers should be looking to themselves if they believe in the cause.
- emcq 10y agoDid you read the article? They've been working towards this for a while, and likely would have started regardless: "Gates had last year announced his intention to personally invest an additional $1 billion in clean energy technology. He was also among the 28 wealthy individuals and families signed on to the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a group broadly committed to investing in this area. The new fund, which includes many of them, is a next, concrete step toward actually deploying their capital."
- mikeyouse 10y agoTo further your point, here's a WSJ article from Nov of 2015 where he discussed setting up this exact project: http://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-gates-launches-energy-innovation-fund-at-paris-climate-conference-1448877338 http://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-gates-launches-energy-innov...
- tomquin 10y agoNot trying to troll here but its hard to feel confidant anytime billionaires seek to help the sheep, there's usually a fleecing in works