I think you&#x27;re right; market forces, left alone, are unlikely to realign incentives within a desirable time-frame. This seems to explain Gates&#x27; stance.<p>However, the creative capitalist would argue that rather than penalizing fossil fuel companies (via Carbon tax), governments would do better to reward innovators via more &#x27;green tax credits&#x27; and like financial incentives. You get the same* overall impact, just with less political push-back and more R&amp;D, driven BY capitalism.<p>And by the way, Gates invented &quot;Creative Capitalism&quot; (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fpsct.org&#x2F;uploaded&#x2F;faculty&#x2F;johnsonc&#x2F;U_S_History&#x2F;Unit_5&#x2F;Gospel_and_Gates.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fpsct.org&#x2F;uploaded&#x2F;faculty&#x2F;johnsonc&#x2F;U_S_History&#x2F;...</a>).