Bill Gates released another book-manifesto "how to avoid climate disaster" (How to Avoid a Climate Disaster) in the Random House publishing house, in which it tells in detail about the threats facing humanity today, and offers its own ways to solve the crisis of the planetary scale, provoked by global warming and other ecoproblies that appeared through the human fault. The main theses are in our article.
Interestingly, one of the threats of life on the planet - greenhouse gas generated by air transportation. At the same time, air "private owners" (in terms of one passenger) harm the planet more than regular air carriers. It seems to be a logical thought that deserves attention, only Gates acquired the world's largest private air carrier Signature Aviation. Words disagree with case? Gates do not agree and confident: buying the airline will not prevent his personal global warming. Perhaps he meant the struggle in words?
According to scientists from the University of Lund, Last year, Gates made 59 private flights, resulting in about 1600 tons of CO2. At the same time, the average global figure per person is less than five tons!
What other questions raises Gates in your book and how does it offer to solve them?
In his opinion, residents of rich countries should replace natural meat in their diet on artificial, whose taste is quite used to get used to the taste. Such a smart move will help significantly reduce emissions from the work of agricultural and livestock enterprises. The relevant administrative levers will help faster to bring a green idea. For example, authorities can increase CO2 emissions and ecostart of electricity and fuel, to actively invest in clean technologies.
As for synthetic meat, Gates is exactly an expert, because he is an investor Beyond Meat and Memphis Meats - companies "growing" meat in laboratories.
The salvation of mankind in the light of the impending ecocata store of Gates sees not only in reducing emissions due to high-tech innovations, gradually implemented in our everyday life. He places great hopes for the political component - the dominant role of the authorities in the rescue issue, while, judging by his behavior, he himself prefers to distance themselves from the "political side" of climate change and focuses precisely on the development of innovation useful for humanity.
As for political will, which will help save the planet, a businessman and philanthropist places high hopes for Republicans, who, in his opinion, love innovation. Perhaps they will allocate large sums on the necessary research for the innovative Gates program.
"It seems to me that with the growth of financing we will be able to implement exactly what is needed. And not only for yourself, but also for the benefit of the whole world. "
In his book, the author notes that the production of electric batteries is not effective enough, therefore it is preferable to obtain energy by division or synthesis. The energy of the Sun is, of course, great, but, alas, not the most reliable source of electricity.
Interestingly, in our time, the practice of landscaping the territories - a large-scale landing of trees, reforestation, taken on the waters of large companies, Gates rates rather as a competent PR-move than real help planet. It is not very effective, but at the same time it is expensive, because the trees live an average of up to 40 years. Output? First of all, it is necessary to improve technology, minimize carbon footprint! What is the author of the book? For personal flights, clean aviation fuel uses, in residential projects for low-income gas heating, replaced with electric and sent an impressive amount to the Swiss company Climeworks, specializing in carbon dioxide capture technology.
In his book, Bill Gates leads quite a few numbers, but the main, which should accurately be remembered - two: 51 billion tons - the number of greenhouse gases, for the year after the year of humanity falling into the atmosphere, and zero - the amount of emissions by 2050, which must be achieved So that life on the planet does not die. At the same time, Gates emphasizes that he is not the best root in the matter of climate change, and reminds: the very idea that one person allegedly can know what to do to all, causes rejection.