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This is DANGEROUSLY misguided and unhelpful take from @BillGates ( https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/Leaders-Summit-on-Climate?WT.mc_id=20210423100000_Leaders-Summit-on-Climate_BG-TW_&WT.tsrc=BGTW). It promotes classic #NewClimateWar ( https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/michael-e-mann/the-new-climate-war/9781549157004/) climate inactivism tropes. Among these are: 
1. The climate problem is âtoo complexâ to solve w/ existing technology. Thatâs false. Research Gates inexplicably neglects shows we can get there w/ existing renewable energy. See my @Newsweek commentary, âThe Right Path Forward on Climate Changeâ https://www.newsweek.com/right-path-forward-climate-change-opinion-1571169
2. The insistence that âtodayâs zero-carbon technologies are more expensive than their fossil-fuel counterpartsâ.
Thatâs false. See this report from Lazard (and associated graphic): https://www.lazard.com/media/451086/lazards-levelized-cost-of-energy-version-130-vf.pdf
Thatâs false. See this report from Lazard (and associated graphic): https://www.lazard.com/media/451086/lazards-levelized-cost-of-energy-version-130-vf.pdf
3. That we need new âaffordableâ technology to decarbonize our economy. See above! Gates says he doesnât know the solution to climate âpoliticsâ. And it shows. Because the solution IS politics: subsidies for renewables, carbon pricing, etc. Just need the political will to do it.
4. Gates indefensibly dour take on renewable energy leads him to propose dangerous âgeoengineeringâ solutions instead. Read my @Guardian commentary w/ @ClimateBook "Some say we can âsolar-engineerâ ourselves out of the climate crisis. Donât buy it": https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/22/climate-crisis-emergency-earth-day
