Bill Gates

And so the U.S., in many respects, drug addiction, obesity, we're, you could say, as the world's richest country, all the problems of being rich are worse in the U.S. than they are anywhere else. We're also the most innovative, though. And, you know, that's why I'm... I'm not a pessimist at all. I do think— Wait, so it's just apathy? Is that what it is? No, your TV shows are too entertaining.

And so the U.S., in many respects, drug addiction, obesity, we're, you could say, as the world's richest country, all the problems of being rich are worse in the U.S. than they are anywhere else. We're also the most innovative, though. And, you know, that's why I'm... I'm not a pessimist at all. I do think— Wait, so it's just apathy? Is that what it is? No, your TV shows are too entertaining.

Exactly. It's all your fault.

Exactly. It's all your fault.

Exactly. It's all your fault.

Yeah, so I'm very involved in that because You know, we have to both do climate mitigation and climate adaptation. And adaptation, a part of that's dealing with water shortages and more difficult weather. It takes a certain amount of energy to desalinate water.

Yeah, so I'm very involved in that because You know, we have to both do climate mitigation and climate adaptation. And adaptation, a part of that's dealing with water shortages and more difficult weather. It takes a certain amount of energy to desalinate water.

Yeah, so I'm very involved in that because You know, we have to both do climate mitigation and climate adaptation. And adaptation, a part of that's dealing with water shortages and more difficult weather. It takes a certain amount of energy to desalinate water.

And so only by bringing the cost of energy down with things like solar or perhaps nuclear fission or fusion, then you get more water availability. 80% of water is used for agriculture. So you can afford to desalinate water for human consumption. You can't really afford to do it for agriculture, so you have to end up moving your farms to the places where there's enough water.

And so only by bringing the cost of energy down with things like solar or perhaps nuclear fission or fusion, then you get more water availability. 80% of water is used for agriculture. So you can afford to desalinate water for human consumption. You can't really afford to do it for agriculture, so you have to end up moving your farms to the places where there's enough water.

And so only by bringing the cost of energy down with things like solar or perhaps nuclear fission or fusion, then you get more water availability. 80% of water is used for agriculture. So you can afford to desalinate water for human consumption. You can't really afford to do it for agriculture, so you have to end up moving your farms to the places where there's enough water.

You don't want to pay to desalinate just to grow water.

You don't want to pay to desalinate just to grow water.

You don't want to pay to desalinate just to grow water.

Well, I'm very hopeful that between expanding wind and solar and getting both types of nuclear, nuclear fission and fusion, to get safer and cheaper, that even with all this demand for energy, like electric cars or electric heat pumps, AI data centers, that we'll be able to get ahead of that and still have cheap electricity, even though we'll get rid of all of the terrible CO2 emissions.

Well, I'm very hopeful that between expanding wind and solar and getting both types of nuclear, nuclear fission and fusion, to get safer and cheaper, that even with all this demand for energy, like electric cars or electric heat pumps, AI data centers, that we'll be able to get ahead of that and still have cheap electricity, even though we'll get rid of all of the terrible CO2 emissions.

Well, I'm very hopeful that between expanding wind and solar and getting both types of nuclear, nuclear fission and fusion, to get safer and cheaper, that even with all this demand for energy, like electric cars or electric heat pumps, AI data centers, that we'll be able to get ahead of that and still have cheap electricity, even though we'll get rid of all of the terrible CO2 emissions.

So we are going to have to transition away from coal and natural gas in the decades ahead.

So we are going to have to transition away from coal and natural gas in the decades ahead.

So we are going to have to transition away from coal and natural gas in the decades ahead.