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I'm pretty sure Bill Gates has a way way bigger net positive impact on the environment than you, or almost any of us here. Just because he is rich doesn't mean

I'm pretty sure Bill Gates has a way way bigger net positive impact on the environment than you, or almost any of us here. Just because he is rich doesn't mean he has a net negative impact. Rich people like him have the money and power to make a significant change and do more good than a 1000 of us combined possibly could.

cies 6y ago
We hold different beliefs then :) You dont know me, but we know he has a private jet. The amount of cabon a single trip with a private jet is insane. No matter how much car you drive your whole life, you wont offset that.
solosoyokaze 6y ago
Billionaires have a far worse impact on the environment than normal people. * https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-bad-are-billionaires-for-the-environment/ar-BB1dQ4dI https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-bad-are-billionair... * https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change
whywhywhywhy 6y ago
>I'm pretty sure Bill Gates has a way way bigger net positive impact on the environment than you Does his impact offset the pollution caused by the GPUs running full throttle in every one of the millions of Xboxes? Or is GPU use only a bad thing when it makes people easy money and it suddenly becomes fine when the same processor is used to render RDR2 so someone can pretend to be a cowboy.
young_unixer 6y ago
> I'm pretty sure Bill Gates has a way way bigger net positive impact on the environment than you, or almost any of us here. I've always found that argument presumptuous. How do you know that someone in this comment section isn't researching a revolutionary way to generate clean electricity? How do you know that the next Elon Musk isn't lurking around here? Maybe that person will have a bigger impact than Bill Gates? Maybe that person is financing their studies thanks to Bitcoin gains? How can you possibly know all of that and just say: Only person X has a pass to be wasteful because no one else here has a net positive impact on the environment.

cies 6y ago

We hold different beliefs then :) You dont know me, but we know he has a private jet. The amount of cabon a single trip with a private jet is insane. No matter how much car you drive your whole life, you wont offset that.

solosoyokaze 6y ago

Billionaires have a far worse impact on the environment than normal people. * https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-bad-are-billionaires-for-the-environment/ar-BB1dQ4dI https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-bad-are-billionair... * https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change

whywhywhywhy 6y ago

>I'm pretty sure Bill Gates has a way way bigger net positive impact on the environment than you Does his impact offset the pollution caused by the GPUs running full throttle in every one of the millions of Xboxes? Or is GPU use only a bad thing when it makes people easy money and it suddenly becomes fine when the same processor is used to render RDR2 so someone can pretend to be a cowboy.

young_unixer 6y ago

> I'm pretty sure Bill Gates has a way way bigger net positive impact on the environment than you, or almost any of us here. I've always found that argument presumptuous. How do you know that someone in this comment section isn't researching a revolutionary way to generate clean electricity? How do you know that the next Elon Musk isn't lurking around here? Maybe that person will have a bigger impact than Bill Gates? Maybe that person is financing their studies thanks to Bitcoin gains? How can you possibly know all of that and just say: Only person X has a pass to be wasteful because no one else here has a net positive impact on the environment.