Posted on 02/03/2023 1:44:41 PM PST by algore
Bill Gates has reignited an old feud with Elon Musk by attacking his ambitions to get to Mars and suggested he should his money to save lives by investing in measles vaccines.
Gates, 67, said he did not consider him to be a real 'philanthropist' like Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos and himself.
When asked by BBC journalist Amol Rajan if going to Mars was a good use of money, Gates said: 'Not in my view.'
'It's actually quite expensive to go to Mars. You can buy measles vaccines and save lives for $1,000 per life saved,' he said, explaining traveling to space is not a cost-effective way to save lives. 'And so [that] just kind of grounds you, as in - don't go to Mars.'
Gates has long been an advocate of investment in vaccines and suggested on a number of occasions that pandemics and deadly diseases present a major threat to the future of humanity.
He famously warned in 2015 during a TED Talk that a virus like COVID-19 could be around the corner.
In contrast, fellow billionaire Musk has argued it's important for the future of civilization that humans become 'inter-planetary.' He founded SpaceX in 2002 with a mission to build spacecraft and send crewed flights to Mars.
Gates did however commend Musk's intelligence and ambition by suggesting that some day he might enter the league of philanthropy giants, but that his time was not now.
'Some day I think he will join the rank of philanthropists, using his ingenuity,' Gates said of Musk. 'Obviously things like Tesla are having a positive impact even without being a form of philanthropy. Other than going to Mars a few times, which might cost a little bit, I don't think he'll want to spend it on himself.'
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Now promoting media fights for the .00001% Billionare club
Oh? Like Gates does?
Pure jealousy. Gates was a successful crooked businessman selling shoddy products.
Musk knows science and knows how to implement it.
Shove it, Gates. Go back to your sewer and have a swim.
While there, have a few dozen COVID boosters...after all, they are GOOOOOOOOD for you.
BILL GATES, depopulation proponent, wanting to ‘save lives’ with MORE vaccines???
Bill Gate$ needs to develop an effective virus vaccine for WinDo$e.
Gates is a sick man wiuh his obsession for pumping us full of God knows what. But he’s right that Elon is wasting money. Leave Mars alone and put your money into u.s. border security.
Hey, Bill Gates! Buy me a nice milling machine.
FOAD Gates!!
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The US could stop funding this Climate change garbage and feed the world.
Where do I start? Depopulationist WEF gang member now wants to save lives?
Are there still 3 dozen airheads who believe him?
Isn’t Gates’ buddy Bazos busy sending his girlfriend up in a rocket ride? What good is that doing anyone, including the girlfriend?
FBG
Gates here virtue signaling to distance himself from his public support of medically assisted suicide.
We need Elon to go to Mars and Bill Gates needs to be sent to Uranus.
Men are from Mars,Women from Venus and Bill Gates is from
Uranus.
yeah, he could reduce the population like the Gates Foundation has pledged to do.
Somebody has to clean up the mess from Bill Gates and that may even include relocation. Full steam ahead Mr.Musk.
Every woe of humanity needs a vaccine courtesy of Bill Gates. To eliminate humanity of course.
Shut up Bill. Go back to raping underage girls (probably boys too).
What he says is that when survival rate of kids is not good, parents have a lot more kids. With vaccines, the survival rate goes up and parents naturally have fewer kids.
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