"If you really could take the CO2, when you burn hydrocarbons - coal, for example - if you could really capture the carbon and sequester it - they call it CCS - if the extra capital cost, energy cost, and storage costs over time didn't make it super expensive, then that's another path that you could go down."

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Source: THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world. Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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Bill Gates is a technology entrepreneur and philanthropist known for co-founding Microsoft and his significant contributions to global health and education.

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