Mike's Minute: Bill Gates said what many of us have been thinking

I think the biggest test for those who fell over backwards when Bill Gates said what he did, is not that he said it.

It's whether the people he talks about can possibly begin to accept that they might be wrong, that they might be on the wrong side of the whole equation and that as a result of the Gates' revelation, they may need to readjust some of the obsessive behaviour they have shown these past years as climate change has become the maniacal calling card for too many.

Not that climate change, as Bill points out, isn't an issue, because it is, and some good work has been done.

But where Gates is so right and deserves so much respect is that he has worked out that there has been an astonishing amount of waste in the area. Lord-knows-what amount of time, energy and money has been spent on too many things going nowhere.

Climate change, he concludes, will not wipe us out.

There are more pressing areas. His new passion is hunger. USAID has been smashed to pieces and people are dying as a result.

In other words he is prioritising. He is pragmatic. He is to be thanked.

Of course for many of us this isn't news. Gates is but one of a growing group, whether driven by the right reasons or not, who have come to the conclusion that the climate obsession has gone too far and is now damaging, rather than fixing.

The difference here and the importance of this is that Gates is one of them. He's one of the disciples, one of the believers, until of course he isn't.

He is the best sort of sceptic - a well-reasoned, highly studied, impartial observer brought to the conclusion by the work.

He is not a bandwagoner and he is not an obsessive. He is an observer.

He's used his wealth from his success to investigate the planet's big issues and he has decided climate change can go down the pecking order. God bless him for that.

The important bit though is can those immersed get what he is saying? Can they dare to believe it may all need a bit of reining in? Or in their eyes is Gates merely a deluded traitor?

And if they can't, but we do, how much further is the obsessive's reputation damaged as more and more of the world side with Gates and not the nutters?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now. I think the biggest test for those who fell
over backwards when Bill Gates said what he did yesterday
is not that he said it. It's whether the people
he talks about can possibly begin to accept that they
might be wrong, They might be on the wrong side
of the whole equation, and that is a result of
the Gates revelation they may need We can only hope
to readjust some of the obsessive behavior they've shown these
past few years, as climate change has become the maniacal

(00:21):
calling card for too many. Not that climate change, as
Bill points out, isn't an issue, because it is, and
some good work has been done. But where Gates is
so right and deserve so much respect, is that he
has worked out that there has been an astonishing amount
of waste in the area. Lord knows what amount of time, energy,
and money has been spent on too many things going nowhere.
Climate change, he concludes, will not Why pass out now?

(00:45):
There are more pressing areas. He's concluded his new passion
is hunger. Usaid has been smashed to pieces by the
Trump administration people as a result of literally dying. In
other words, he's prioritizing he's pragmatic. He's to be thanked
for that. Of course, for many of us this isn't news.
I mean, Gates is but one of a rowing group,
whether driven by the right reasons or not, who have
come to the conclusion that the climate obsession has gone

(01:05):
too far and is now damaging rather than fixing. The
difference here the importance of this is that Gates is
one of them, one of the disciples, one of the believers, until,
of course, he's decided he isn't. He is the best
sort of skeptic, a well reasoned, highly studied, and partial observer,
brought to the conclusion by the work. He's not a bandwagoner,

(01:25):
He's not an obsessive. He's an observer. He used his
wealth from a success to investigate the planet's big issues,
and he's decided climate change can go down the pecking order.
God bless him for that. The trick, though, the important bit.
Can those immersed get what he's saying? Can they dare
to believe? It? May all need a bit of raining
in or in their eyes as Gates merely a deluded traitor.

(01:47):
And if they can't, but we do, how much further
is the obsessive reputation damaged as more and more of
the world sides with Gates and not the nutters. For
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