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Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’ (www.nytimes.com)

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My interpretation is that he's trying to fit in with the rest of the billionaire class, which is almost entirely on board with Republicanism.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Bill gates still owns 13 million shares of Microsoft.

https://www.gurufocus.com/guru/bill%2Bgates/current-portfolio/portfolio?view=table

Microsoft just poured more money into AI, which relies on mostly non-green energy sources to operate.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-openai-sign-new-ai-deal-paving-way-for-more-investments