The green tech Bill Gates thinks Australia can lead the world in
The Microsoft billionaire says Australia should sit out the debate on nuclear energy but has world-leading opportunities in solar, wind – and reducing the methane gas released by burping cows.
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, formerly the world’s richest person, philanthropist, artificial intelligence enthusiast and climate change warrior, was in Australia this week talking about cows.
“You can either fix the cows … or you can make meat without the cow,” the multi-billionaire told a gathering at the Lowy Institute about the options for cutting bovine methane emissions that are making global warming worse.
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