Jeff Bezos believes that space exploration holds the key to solving Earth's growing environmental problems. He argues that accessing resources from other planets could provide 'infinite energy, infinite raw materials.' Bezos' company, Blue Origin, has already conducted nine successful human spaceflights and aims to make space travel a viable business.
When people talk about the good old days, that's such an illusion,' Bezos said.'Almost everything is better today than it was ... with one exception, which is the natural world.' The world's oceans, rivers and forests have been polluted and depleted to fuel humankind's growth over the last five centuries, he added. Amazon is part of that story: It emitted 70.74 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to a.
Amazon's annual emissions are gradually dropping, and it aims to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, according to its 2023 sustainability report. Broadly, Bezos' quality-of-life observation echoes a similar comment from the late billionaire investor Charlie Munger, who said in 2022 that 'People are less happy about the state of affairs than they were when things were way tougher,' said Munger, who was 98 at the time. 'It's weird for somebody my age, because I was in the middle of the Great Depression when the hardship was unbelievable,' he added.Bezos is betting a lot of money on a potential solution to Earth's natural resource deficiencies that's reminiscent of science fiction: He's spentBlue Origin and its competitors could help address Earth's natural resource deficiencies, with other planets and outer space possibly able to provide 'infinite energy, infinite raw materials,' Bezos said. Some natural resources, like oxygen, water and methane, Bezos' company has successfully completed nine human spaceflights, most recently in November 2024. It'll eventually 'be the best business I've ever been involved in, but it's going to take a while,' said Bezos. Notably, Bezos' stated goals for space exploration differ from those of another prominent billionaire with an aerospace company: Elon Musk's SpaceX has 'There is no plan B. We have to save Earth,' he said. 'we've sent robotic probes to all of the planets in the solar system. This is the good one.
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