For a very cheap, high-scale electricity source, there are about 20 years to invent it and another 20 years to deploy it, a deadline that Gates said environmental models have shown must be met.
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Bill Gates, “For a very cheap, high-scale electricity source, there are about 20 years to invent it and another 20 years to deploy it, a deadline that Gates said environmental models have shown must be met.” (said 2010). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_cf375372a3d4, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cf375372a3d4
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