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Do you know why Bill Gates would go out and tell it is ineffective?
by shinryuu 7y ago
Do you know why Bill Gates would go out and tell it is ineffective?
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoIt's basically a sales pitch for his own investments. He regularly says things that are questionable in this topic and ends with "and the company I'm investing in is the answer". E.g. his pitch for modular nuclear is basically to talk down renewables.
- jfnixon 7y agoUsername checks out. I'd definitely believe Bill Gates over J Random Ycombinator any day of the week. And he's right, nuclear is the road to go on if you want reduced emissions.
- throwaway_oil 7y agoHe simply may not know. If the oil industry shows a willingness to increase these scores, investors could continue to set them higher, causing a death spiral of capital availability. The ESG-centric investor pitch is a private, C-suite affair.