I think that there will be surprising people that emerge. Fitting down arms and engaging with people that we have thought to be our enemies is going to be a really big part of this. I don't know the answer but I do know that if you look at history you find that metaphorically or literally in some cases in history. Trevor started a company after he left the Gates orbit. It was building buyer fineries to take garbage and turn it into low carbon fuels for shipping for shipping although they could be used for other things.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Trevor Neilson, founder of startup Wastefuel and the Climate Emergency Fund, to talk about how he helped launch and finance Extinction Rebellion (XR) (4:50), how the Malibu wildfires inspired him to act (8:20), meeting Roger Hallam, founder of XR and Just Stop Oil (16:00), bankrolling protestors (18:00), why he thinks the movement has gone off the rails (22:50), whether he is worried about what his former colleagues will think (32:00), how XR has experimented with changing tactics (40:30), where and how he grew up (43:30), getting a job at the White House (46:30), working with Bono on AIDS (50:00), starting his own company (55:00), why he does not think we will meet the 1.5 degree goal (58:10), telling the truth (1:09:00), and the children suing Montana (1:11:50)
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