Gates memo and claims of misunderstanding are very typical of what I've seen from him for over 40 years. Sometimes people don't change much.

Same here. Almost a lost cause, vinca growing “wild” across too much nearby land.

Trees, wetlands, and peatlands are not eternal, e.g. drought and fires. And pumping CO2 into leaky, hole-filled oil fields won't work. Better "eternal" methods available or under development:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_...
Might need lessons from trying to store nuclear waste underground.

Plus I see so many articles that claim California electricity prices are about 1/3 of what I and my neighbors pay to PG&E, the largest supplier in the state. Huh?

Bad implementation is not a good reason to dump #carbonpricing or #carbontax. We need to do better, faster!

"wind facilities are associated with wildlife fatality and behavioural change as well as alteration, loss and fragmentation of terrestrial and aerial habitat."

So is climate change, for wildlife worldwide, not just around wind farms.

Probably gray hydrogen made from natural gas, releasing lots of methane and CO2 along the way. Couldn't find hydrogen source on web sites. Sourcing green hydrogen in large quantities still almost impossible. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_production