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Posted on 11/03/2015 11:34:14 AM PST by Enlightened1
Gates wants giant carbon tax, says government 'somewhat inept'
The world’s richest man thinks only socialism – and skyrocketing gas prices – can save the world from climate change.
Bill Gates, whose net worth is roughly $80 billion, told the Atlantic for its November issue that only massive intervention by world governments can head off environmental disaster.
“There’s no fortune to be made. Even if you have a new energy source that costs the same as today’s and emits no CO2, it will be uncertain compared with what’s tried-and-true and already operating at unbelievable scale and has gotten through all the regulatory problems,†Gates said. “Without a substantial carbon tax, there’s no incentive for innovators or plant buyers to switch. Since World War II, U.S.-government R&D has defined the state of the art in almost every area. The private sector is in general inept. The climate problem has to be solved in the rich countries. China and the U.S. and Europe have to solve CO2 emissions, and when they do, hopefully they’ll make it cheap enough for everyone else.â€
The billionaire’s rhetoric nearly matches then-Senator Obama’s from 2008, when he told the San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial board of his energy policy, “If somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted. Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. [...] Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it – whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to, uh, retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.â€
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I’ve met Gates.
If you want to get rid of him throw a bar of soap at him and watch him run.
He is demented.
Bill Gates needs to go away. He is the man that will never walk in any of your shoes.
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The government is only *somewhat* inept?
It’s totally inept.
And incompetent.
From top to bottom.
Well, mr. gates, if you think socialism is the way to go, I’ll be at your door looking for my fair share of your wealth.
“Next up on Tiny House Nation....”
Forbes Magazine’s 2015 list has Gates at number one, Slim Helu of Mexico at 2, Buffet at 3 and Spain’s Ortega at 4 with Larry Ellison at 5.
http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/
“Tiny House Nation” is one weird but compelling show.
Although I would lose my mind in one of those things.
Leave me alone, Bill.
Gates should show his socialist ardor by giving all his money away or STFU!
“Beelzebama, the son of lies”..
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