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Gates Popularizes the 'Green Premium' as His Framework for Fighting Climate Change
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In his 2021 book 'How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,' Bill Gates popularized the concept of the 'Green Premium' — the extra cost of choosing a clean, zero-carbon option over the cheaper carbon-emitting one (for example, the price gap between ordinary jet fuel and zero-carbon aviation fuel). Gates argued that the central task of climate policy and innovation is to drive those premiums toward zero so green choices become the obvious ones worldwide. The framework became his signature way of explaining where clean technology is ready and where breakthroughs are still needed.
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