climate change

13 statements across 12 episodes · 6 bullish · 4 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Sep 19, 2020 by Chamath Palihapitiya · across every show →

Everything said about climate change, oldest first

Sep 19, 2020 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Solvers of climate change will achieve unbelievable economic success
“Whoever solves climate change or the set of solutions that solve climate change, first of all, they'll be unbelievably economically successful. They will employ Enormous numbers of people. And they'll have a really profound legacy in the world.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 19, 2020 ▶ 1:00:41 E8: TikTok + Oracle, how privacy loss will impact society, economy & COVID outlooks for 2021
Jun 13, 2021
Insight
Chamath: Volatile European weather explains high regional concern over climate change
“No wonder everybody here takes climate change so seriously, you actually feel it every day.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 13, 2021 ▶ 2:33 E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's drug approval, the billionaire space race, Bitcoin & more
Jul 9, 2021 positive
What-if
Calacanis: Current climate problems stem from failing to invest in nuclear energy
“And let's be honest, a lot of the climate change problems we have today, we would not have if we had invested in nuclear.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 9, 2021 ▶ 26:06 E39: West coast super drought & climate crisis, Nuclear virtue signaling, chaos in SF & more
Jul 30, 2021 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Climate change will be solved by clean energy, not reducing consumption
“And I think that's ultimately how we're going to solve this problem of climate change. We're not going to do it through reducing human consumption. Like we're gonna have to go back to the stone age. If you don't want to emit carbon, It's about moving to clean …”
David Sacks Jul 30, 2021 ▶ 53:16 E42: China's tech crackdown, CRISPR breakthrough, practical climate change solutions & more
Dec 11, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chamath Palihapitiya invests $700 million per year into climate change initiatives.
“Does she pay attention when I put in seven hundred million dollars a year into climate change?”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 11, 2021 ▶ 3:26 E58: November's CPI, preparing for a downturn, macro outlook, Better.com's botched layoffs & more
Jul 29, 2022 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Market evolution will resolve all major drivers of climate change
“It is a matter of time and a matter of natural evolution that we will resolve all of the factors that are driving climate change from animal agriculture to transportation systems to energy systems.”
David Friedberg Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 49:01 E89: GDP growth negative in Q2, $SHOP layoffs, Alzheimer's fraud, Ginkgo acquires Zymergen & more
Aug 26, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Chamath invests hundreds of millions in climate tech strictly for national security
“Ask me how much money have I invested in climate change with all that data? Zero. Ask me how much money I've invested in technologies that will benefit climate change as a byproduct of national security, hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:43:11 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Jul 23, 2025 negative
Opinion
Chris Wright: Climate change is not among the top five global problems
“We've increased atmospheric CO₂ by 50%, hundred percent, it absorbs infrared radiation, it's been a force for warming, that's all true. But if you look at the trade-offs on it, it's not in the top five problems the planet focuses.”
Chris Wright Jul 23, 2025 ▶ 24:24 Winning the AI Race Part 4: Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, Chris Wright, and Doug Burgum
Sep 8, 2025 negative
Opinion
Chris Wright: Climate change is not a top 10 global problem
“But if you look at the math and the economics of it, it's just not even close to top 10 problem in the world today.”
Chris Wright Sep 8, 2025 ▶ 16:27 The Hidden Truth About the US Energy Grid: Subsidies, Demand & Rising Prices - Chris Wright
Sep 8, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Wright: Energy policy prioritizes humans first over climate change
“So the administration is humans first. The previous administration, climate change was first, energy was a subset of climate change, human lives were a subset of energy. For this administration, it's the opposite.”
Chris Wright Sep 8, 2025 ▶ 17:33 The Hidden Truth About the US Energy Grid: Subsidies, Demand & Rising Prices - Chris Wright
Oct 30, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Buttigieg: Trump administration deleted climate change references from government websites
“They've gone through, like, every government website, right, and deleted anything that could accidentally be a reference to climate change.”
Pete Buttigieg Oct 30, 2025 ▶ 5:56 Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028
Oct 31, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Musk: Climate change will not be a serious issue for at least 50 years
“The reality is that, in my opinion, is that we've got at least 50 years before it's a serious issue.”
Elon Musk Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 1:13:55 Elon Musk: OpenAI Betrayal, His Future at Tesla, and the Next Big Thing — Grokipedia
Jan 31, 2026 negative
Opinion
Sacks calls Al Gore's climate change push a 1990s hoax
“This whole climate change thing was Al Gore's big hoax going back to the nineties.”
David Sacks Jan 31, 2026 ▶ 4:46 ICE Chaos in Minneapolis, Clawdbot Takeover, Why the Dollar is Dropping
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