Bill Gates is ready to invest 2 billion dollars in ecology

In an interview with the Financial Times, Gates said that he was going to make these investments over the next five years and hoped to contribute to the fight against climate change. Gates noted that he has already invested $ 1 billion in dozens of companies that are in the early stages of implementation. Among them were companies that develop batteries and new generation technologies that absorb carbon from the air. By investing in these companies, Gates expressed the hope that they will achieve breakthrough results in their developments, the Financial Times notes.

According to Gates, he invested directly in about 15 companies and invested in 30 with venture funds Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins.

Microsoft's co-founder called it “fantastic” that the UN, national governments, and environmental activists raised the issue of climate change and are taking measures to combat it. “The only way to achieve a more positive scenario in this is to increase investment. They can really make a breakthrough, ”Gates stressed.

He also called on governments to mobilize more resources to subsidize basic renewable energy research.

In addition, Gates compared the study of renewable energy technologies with the early days of the information technology industry, suggesting that some investors would make a lot of money by supporting companies that would one day be successful.

In May of this year, Gates, in an interview with Vox, warned of the danger of the spread of an epidemic of infectious diseases in the modern world. The probability of an infectious catastrophe, he said, is the greatest danger to humanity. To simulate this development, Gates gathered a group of researchers who concluded that if a flu spreads like the Spanish flu around the world, 33 million people may die.