How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates

I finished this book in January 2022. I recommend this book 7/10.

If you are trying to wrap your head around all the hype about climate issues, this is a great book—sadly, I felt the end of the book where Bill was talking about what regular people can do, fell a little short. I wish there could have been a more united front that maybe Bill could lead; instead, he suggests that you should call your congress member.

With that said, the book is very well written. Rarely, a book containing many numbers and statistics doesn't get difficult to read. Get your copy here

My notes and thoughts:

• 3 things we need to do soon:

  • To avoid climate disaster, we need to get to zero

  • We need to deploy the tools we already have, like solar and wind, faster and smarter

  • And we need to create and roll out breakthrough technologies that can take us the rest of the way

• It will be hard: We need to go from 51 billion greenhouse gases to zero.

• 5 questions to ask in any climate conversation

  • How much of the 51 billion tons are we talking about?

  • What's your plan for cement?

  • How much power are we talking about?

  • How much space do you need?

  • How much is it going to cost?

• Where does the 51 billion come from?

  • How we plug in 27%

  • How we make things 31%

  • How we grow things 19%

  • How we get around 16%

  • How we keep cool and stay warm 7%