{"id":1023030,"date":"2021-11-17T10:44:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023030"},"modified":"2021-11-17T10:44:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T15:44:23","slug":"bezos-hits-back-at-critics-who-say-he-should-solve-earths-problems-before-colonizing-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bezos-hits-back-at-critics-who-say-he-should-solve-earths-problems-before-colonizing-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos Hits Back At Critics Who Say He Should Solve Earth\u2019s Problems Before Colonizing Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbezos-hits-back-at-critics-who-say-he-should-solve-earths-problems-before-colonizing-space%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1023030&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is clapping back at critics who have bashed him for blasting into space with his Blue Origin exploration company while ignoring the myriad problems right here on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos, who has done a few jaunts as the world\u2019s richest man, has been ripped for spending billions of dollars playing in space, but he says billionaires \u201cneed to do both, and that the two things are deeply connected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to conserve what we still have, we need to restore what we\u2019ve lost, we need to completely transform our food systems and grow what we need to live in a new way that doesn\u2019t degrade the Earth,\u201d he said at a conference in New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a tremendous amount to be done in the here and now and we cannot forget about that. But at the same time, in a deeply connected way, we need to look to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bezos also claimed he is spending \u201ceven more money\u201d to help combat climate change through his Bezos Earth Fund. But he said the two dovetail and need to be addressed together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis planet is so small that if we want to keep growing as a civilization using more energy as a civilization most of that in the future needs to be done off-planet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But Bezos also drew criticism when he attended a celebrity charity and then ponied up a nickel (or what amounts to a nickel to him).<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire attended a fundraising dinner at the Pacific Design Center in Hollywood on Saturday night hosted by the Los Angeles-based Baby2Baby charity, which provides diapers and basic necessities to children living in poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBezos\u2019 $500,000 donation, in addition to his pre-event giving, made him the single largest donor of the event,\u201d the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10212265\/Worlds-second-richest-man-Jeff-Bezos-draws-groans-audience-donating-500-000.html\">reported<\/a>. But the U.K. paper noted that Bezos makes more than&nbsp;$140,000 per minute.<\/p>\n<p>Before he joined the Billionaire\u2019s Boys Club in space \u2014 Tesla founder Elon Musk and Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson beat him there \u2014 Bezos acknowledged that their space flights \u201care just joyrides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2021\/07\/19\/jeff-bezos-space-flight-crane-intv-newday-vpx.cnn\">interview<\/a> in July on CNN, Bezos was asked about his upcoming flight. \u201cThere have been a chorus of critics saying that these flights to space are just joyrides for the wealthy and that you should be spending your time and your money and energy trying to solve problems here on Earth. So what do you say to those critics?\u201d asked host Rachel Crane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I say<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is clapping back at critics who have bashed him for blasting into space with his Blue Origin exploration company while ignoring the myriad problems right here on Earth.Bezos, who has done a few jaunts as the world\u2019s richest man, has been ripped for spending billions of dollars playing in space, but he says billionaires \u201cneed to do both, and that the two things are deeply connected.\u201d\u201cWe need to conserve what we still have, we need to restore what we\u2019ve lost, we need to completely transform our food systems and grow what we need to live in a new way that doesn\u2019t degrade the Earth,\u201d he said at a conference in New York.\u201cThere\u2019s a tremendous amount to be done in the here and now and we cannot forget about that. But at the same time, in a deeply connected way, we need to look to the future.\u201dBezos also claimed he is spending \u201ceven more money\u201d to help combat climate change through his Bezos Earth Fund. But he said the two dovetail and need to be addressed together.\u201cThis planet is so small that if we want to keep growing as a civilization using more energy as a civilization most of that in the future needs to be done off-planet,\u201d he said.But Bezos also drew criticism when he attended a celebrity charity and then ponied up a nickel (or what amounts to a nickel to him).The billionaire attended a fundraising dinner at the Pacific Design Center in Hollywood on Saturday night hosted by the Los Angeles-based Baby2Baby charity, which provides diapers and basic necessities to children living in poverty.\u201cBezos\u2019 $500,000 donation, in addition to his pre-event giving, made him the single largest donor of the event,\u201d the Daily Mail reported. But the U.K. paper noted that Bezos makes more than\u00a0$140,000 per minute.Before he joined the Billionaire\u2019s Boys Club in space \u2014 Tesla founder Elon Musk and Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson beat him there \u2014 Bezos acknowledged that their space flights \u201care just joyrides.\u201dIn an\u00a0interview in July on CNN, Bezos was asked about his upcoming flight. \u201cThere have been a chorus of critics saying that these flights to space are just joyrides for the wealthy and that you should be spending your time and your money and energy trying to solve problems here on Earth. So what do you say to those critics?\u201d asked host Rachel Crane.\u201cWell, I say they\u2019re largely right. We have to do both,\u201d Bezos said. \u201cWe have lots of problems here and now on Earth and we need to work on those, and we always need to look to the future. We\u2019ve always done that as a species, as a civilization. We have to do both.\u201dBezos defended the space flights, saying Blue Origin\u2019s mission is about opening space travel for everyone.\u00a0\u201cIf we can do that, then we\u2019ll be building a road to space for the next generations to do amazing things there, and those amazing things will solve problems here on Earth\u2026 So, the real answer is, yes, we have to do both,\u201d he said.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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