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Re:Fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ climate impact, says Bi... by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:56AM (#21003449)
It's basically a sales pitch for his own investments.

He regularly says things that are questionable in this topic and ends with "and the company I'm investing in is the answer".

E.g. his pitch for modular nuclear is basically to talk down renewables.

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Re:Fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ climate impact, says Bi... by jfnixon on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:54AM (#21017397)
Username checks out. I'd definitely believe Bill Gates over J Random Ycombinator any day of the week. And he's right, nuclear is the road to go on if you want reduced emissions.
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