Maybe not that interesting for everyone here, but I found no better community for this.

    • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Hint: the investment of $11 billion refers to investment of Gates Foundation in fossil fuels.

      Well, considering the exact words were used:

      That foundation owns over $11 billion in investments in the fossil fuel industry, including coal-burning utility companies.

      What can I say but duh. If I misunderstood anything, it was the comment I replied to, which was unclear about the “0.05% down from 6%” detail, and seemed to be associating that with the $11 billion figure by context.

      But hey, nice deflection, and super cool of you to be that rude about it, too.

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      5 months ago

      per Kurzgesagt,

      For Kurzgesagt sponsorships are an important part of our yearly budget, representing about 20% of our income last year.

      the 0.05% figure is wrong, according to the people making the money themselves.

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          5 months ago

          yes, there is also some other sponsorships, including some from other bill gates owned groups/corporations. I don’t think support from billionaires is necessarily good as long as it’s diverse.