Climate

Email to Bill Gates That I Sent

Bill — you said in your TED talk on TerraPower that there's been no scientific support for the climate skeptics, which may be true, but I have to ask: what is the real science supporting the CO2-forcing issue?

My reading of the IPCC reports and papers is that they lean heavily on statistical linkage built on paleo-climate data that is itself uncertain. And consider the scale: relative to terrestrial, solar, and galactic forces, we are the pimple on a flea on the back of an elephant. One Icelandic volcano, one great earthquake, releases more than we do.

All that said, I strongly support your comments on R&D and the use of nuclear energy. Energy is the driver of all things; its availability and price dictate the progress of man.

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