{"id":963141,"date":"2021-11-03T15:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=963141"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:58:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:58:49","slug":"microsoft-president-brad-smith-compares-climate-tech-development-to-jfks-race-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-president-brad-smith-compares-climate-tech-development-to-jfks-race-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft President Brad Smith Compares Climate Tech Development to JFK&#039;s Race to the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fmicrosoft-president-brad-smith-compares-climate-tech-development-to-jfks-race-to-the-moon%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=963141&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 class=\"subheading\">&nbsp;Microsoft President Brad Smith recently told CNBC that efforts to build new climate tech remind him of the massive undertaking spearheaded by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 when he announced plans to land a man on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/03\/microsoft-president-brad-smith-climate-tech-race-like-jfk-moon-plan.html\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that Microsoft President Brad Smith recently spoke to CNBC\u2019s Karen Tso at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon where he compared the race to develop new climate crisis technology to the race to put a man on the moon in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_5584949\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-74932531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5584949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-74932531.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senator John F. Kennedy (1917 \u2013 1963, left) at his home in Georgetown, Massachusetts, with his brother Robert (1925 \u2013 1968), 1955. A painting by John Kennedy hangs on the wall behind him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10314213\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Apollo-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10314213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Apollo-16.jpg\" alt=\"In this April 1972 photo made available by NASA, John Young salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site on the moon during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity. NASA says the astronaut, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, died on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. He was 87.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this April 1972 photo made available by NASA, John Young salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site on the moon during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity. NASA says the astronaut, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, died on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. He was 87.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17700226\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Microsoft-CEO-Satya-Nadella-shows-his-fist.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17700226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Microsoft-CEO-Satya-Nadella-shows-his-fist.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shows his fist ( Stephen Brashear \/Getty)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will need to invent new technologies,\u201d Smith said at the conference,&nbsp;\u201cThis is a little bit like John F. Kennedy saying in 1961 that America would go to the moon by 1970. No one had yet designed a lunar lander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith went on to add: \u201cWe have the capability, I believe, to invent the technology that will be needed. That\u2019s where the markets and a lot of this new investment, in part, will need to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith added that he believes the climate tech industry will result in the formation of many new companies in years to come, saying:&nbsp;\u201cWhen I look at carbon removal, carbon capture and storage, sustainable aviation fuel, long-duration battery storage \u2014 the companies that unlock the secrets to those innovations, they will become unicorns if they don\u2019t exist today. They will be the household names in the year 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith took issue with those saying that these ideas were \u201cmake-believe,\u201d pointing out the efforts to develop and roll out coronavirus vaccines in such a short time during the pandemic was an example of how fast technology can be developed.<\/p>\n<p>A number of world leaders at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, recently made pledges to reduce carbon emissions. Smith said it is important to \u201cconvert pledges to progress.\u201d Smith added: \u201cWe have a lot of work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/11\/03\/microsoft-president-brad-smith-climate-tech-race-like-jfk-moon-plan.html\">CNBC here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Microsoft President Brad Smith recently told CNBC that efforts to build new climate tech remind him of the massive undertaking spearheaded by President John F. 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