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This is an ideological statement, which I do not believe is based in reality. There have always been 'meta causes' of various kinds, and they didn't create bil
by jariel 7y ago
This is an ideological statement, which I do not believe is based in reality.
There have always been 'meta causes' of various kinds, and they didn't create billionaires.
If there were something very specific about the sector that created such conditions one might be inclined to agree, but I'm doubtful.
'Climate Change' is like 'AI' in that it will affect everyone, everywhere, in every industry, but there might very well be very few 'AI companies' that are huge, in much the same way there may be very few 'climate change' specific companies.
Consider that the 'climate change' movement is well afoot and has been for quite a long time ... and where are the billionaires?
Oil rights can be acquired at some scale, solar and wind, not really.
If someone advanced some nuclear tech, lobbied to get approval to build a lot of cookie-cutter plants built around America, had major subsidies, huge protective moats (i.e. $10B entry point to get in the game) tons of IP and know-how - like the 'Space X' of Nuclear - then maybe we could see a billionaire there.
But I don't see any companies or entities on the horizon, or on the theoretical horizon that would validate this claim.
I think people might think it's true because the 'want to believe it's true' but that doesn't make it true or even more likely.
That said ... it's probably a 'promising area' to work in.