Bill Gates climate initiative was criticized for hypocrisy, and Musk took the opportunity to ridicule: giving up shorting Tesla would be the right step.

CTOnews.com, March 29 (Xinhua) Bill Gates, who has been promoting awareness of climate change initiatives for years, recently said that people on Earth must change almost all the ways they do things to save the planet.

But an American group focused on promoting infrastructure recently questioned Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' double standards on climate change after the billionaire called for "almost everything" to deal with climate change. why doesn't he stop taking a private jet? "use # BeyondHypocrisy (more than hypocrisy) to summon the worst violators," the group said in the video. "

Gates has said that taking a private jet will not make him part of the problem because he has invested billions of dollars in the fight against climate change.

Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk responded that if the former Microsoft leader really wanted to help the climate, giving up his large-scale short position against Tesla would be "a step in the right direction".

Mr Musk, noting that Mr Musk had long questioned Gates' shorting Tesla, tweeted in May: "Bill Gates shorted Tesla with billions of dollars while claiming to help solve global warming. I have some trust issues with Bill Gates." Gates responded in an interview last June that he invested more in climate change than Musk or anyone else, and that shorting didn't hurt Musk.

In the past few years, there have been some disputes between Gates and Musk. Gates questioned the effectiveness of some Tesla products, while Musk has always criticized Gates for taking a short position against Tesla. Recently, Gates also said that Musk's goal of bringing life to Mars is actually meaningless. "going to Mars is actually very expensive," he said. "you can buy measles vaccine for $1000 and save lives, so it makes you realize: don't go to Mars."