The burning of fossil fuels accounts for two thirds of all electricity generated worldwide. His essential conclusion is that in order to avert climate disaster we need to get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, deploy existing lower-emission forms of energy (like solar and wind power) ‘faster and smarter’, and ‘create and roll out breakthrough technologies that can take us the rest of the way’.Įmissions can be sorted into two baskets: electricity (which accounts for about a quarter of emissions) and everything else. His book is a highly readable summary of mainstream thinking on ways to prevent the worst.

We should encourage more alternative modes, like walking, biking, and. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need Bill Gates Penguin Books, Limited, Science - 272 pages 9 Reviews Reviews arent. One is to do less of it less driving, flying, and shipping. In his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, he explains that he came to climate science indirectly, via issues of energy poverty that arose as part of his health and development work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Yet Gates has a long history of philanthropic work and engagement in discussions about the environment, and he has the resources both to gather relevant data and to pick the brains of experts. There are four ways to cut down on emissions from transportation. Some readers may question the value of a book on climate change by Bill Gates, who made his fortune in the computer software business.

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