{"id":3488,"date":"2016-02-25T12:14:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T12:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/350ppm.co.uk\/?p=3488"},"modified":"2016-02-25T12:14:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T12:14:24","slug":"bill-gates-just-wrote-a-rallying-cry-for-clean-energy-will-it-be-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/350ppm.co.uk\/blog\/bill-gates-just-wrote-a-rallying-cry-for-clean-energy-will-it-be-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates Just Wrote a Rallying Cry for Clean Energy. Will it be Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill and Melinda Gates released their annual letter this week. In it, the two discussed the two super powers they wished they had:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>More energy<\/li>\n<li>More time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>The following excerpt from Bill&#8217;s letter explains their justification:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>More energy!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When we sat down to write this year\u2019s letter, those answers stuck with us. Sure, everyone wants more time and energy. But they mean one thing in rich countries and something else entirely when looked at through the eyes of the world\u2019s poorest families.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Poverty is not just about a lack of money. It\u2019s about the absence of the resources the poor need to realize their potential. Two critical ones are time and energy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More than one billion people today live without access to energy. No electricity to light and heat their homes, power hospitals and factories, and improve their lives in thousands of ways.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Likewise, a lack of time creates obstacles too. It\u2019s not simply the feeling of not having enough hours in the day. It\u2019s the crippling effect of having to perform the backbreaking work that needs to get done when there\u2019s no electricity.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"gbli0\" class=\"suspendedNOTER\">\n<div id=\"bgsbnoter0\" class=\"suspendedNOTERB\"><em>We are dedicating this year\u2019s letter to talking about the opportunities we see to overcome these often overlooked challenges. We\u2019re writing to high school students because you\u2019re the ones who will ultimately be solving these problems. (Our interests in time and energy are separate from our foundation\u2019s work on health and poverty. But it\u2019s all related. Solving these problems will make it easier to save lives and make the world a more equitable place.)<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>More time. More energy. As superpowers go, they may not be as exciting as <strong>Superman\u2019s<\/strong> ability to defy gravity. But if the world can put more of both into the hands of the poorest, we believe it will allow millions of dreams to take flight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To read the full letters issued by Bill and Melinda, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/2016-Annual-Letter?WT.mc_id=02_23_2016_04_AL2016_BG-LI_&amp;WT.tsrc=BGLI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit\u00a0the Gates Notes site.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill and Melinda Gates released their annual letter this week. In it, the two discussed the two super powers they wished they had: More energy More time The following excerpt from Bill&#8217;s letter explains their justification: More energy! When we sat down to write this year\u2019s letter, those answers stuck with us. 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