Do you think humans can solve climate change?

If you tell me that innovation has stalled and we have the current technology, will we do climate change experiments? We will. We will not abandon India‘s coal-fired power plants. We‘re going to do terrible experiments, and let the atmosphere warm up and see what happens. 

 

I‘m optimistic about this, the only reason is innovation. Innovation is fraught with uncertainty. I know that even if we don‘t invest in r&d now, it‘s possible that someone will invent something a decade later to solve the problem. Although I don‘t think it‘s very likely, no one can predict innovation. 

 

This is strange because the whole modern economy and human way of life have been built up in innovation. So, I hope to drive innovation at an exceptionally fast pace, or at least faster than the current normal rate, to improve that possibility. I think that‘s the only way. I hope one day I can say to India, "this energy is cheaper than your coal-fired power plants, and it‘s better for global pollution and local pollution." 

 

I think that if we didn‘t get that kind of energy in the next 15 years, that even if the people are very concerned about the problem of climate change, we also can try the temperature rise at least 2 degrees Celsius. Next, we will face the question of trying to test the temperature rise of three degrees Celsius and four degrees Celsius.