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World waiting for energy breakthrough

MICROSOFT founder and the world's richest man Bill Gates, with a whopping $US75 billion ($A102 billion) fortune – that's billion with a B – says the world needs "an energy miracle," and is willing to bet that such a breakthrough will arrive within 15 years.

Haydn Black

In a recent letter posted on his website, Gates said no current clean-energy technology will enable the world to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions by 2100. Nothing is consistent or inexpensive enough,...

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