“This is not because of renewable dependency. This is natural gas plants, largely, that weren’t weatherized. They could’ve been. It costs money, and the trade off was made, and it didn’t work out, and it’s tragic that its lead to people dying.” Gates told CNBC.
Bill gates added that climate change is the biggest reason behind the freezing conditions in Texas, and that green energy should replace the current system. He argued that shifting to green energy can prevent any disasters in the future across the whole world.
“It is ironic to blame renewables and not realize that were going to have to be dealing with this unless we get the whole world to reduce omissions,” Gates added.
Wednesday’s power outage had hit over 3 million homes, and although the 2.5 million homes restored electricity, Texans still have no clean drinking water.
