Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Sunday that he believes efforts to achieve net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 are “completely unrealistic.”
Host Chris Wallace
Christopher (Chris) WallaceFox News Chris Wallace praises Biden Klobuchar’s discipline: The impeachment trial “didn’t want to hide the story” Graham: Trump “angry with some people” but “ready to move on” MORE asked Gates on “Fox News Sunday” how he responded to critics on his left who said the solutions he advocates are insufficient compared to reaching zero emissions over the next decade.
“It’s completely unrealistic to think we could eliminate emissions by 2030,” Gates replied, adding that “not seeing this problem is hard will be part of the difficulty of getting involved.”
Gates went on to warn that worsening climate problems would affect other geopolitical factors.
“The migration we saw outside of Syria for its civil war depended a bit on the climate,” he said. “We will have ten times more migration because the equatorial areas will become unlivable, you will not be able to make a farm or go out during the summer.”
“It’s all a matter of degree,” he added. “If we wait another 10 years, it’s not as bad as if we waited 20 or waited 30 because the temperature keeps rising.”
Wallace also asked Gates about his vision for the launch of coronavirus vaccines, to which Gates responded, “This is giving us light at the end of the tunnel,” but “we have to do the right logistics.”
“I hope we will reopen more schools; by autumn we should avoid waiting because the level of vaccination will be very high,” he added.
Gates’ statements come as the United States approaches the target of 500,000 coronavirus deaths, the highest of all countries. The nation has also seen a decline in virus cases and more than 10 percent of the country has received at least the first dose of vaccine.