| "It's crazy how little we're funding energy," Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates bemoaned at a conference on the U.S. government's support for clean-tech research and development. Hobbled by incessant Republican attacks on clean energy, the United States is falling farther and farther behind in the race to build the infrastructure of the 21st century and help civilization survive climate change. Gates was speaking at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in a discussion moderated by CAP chair John Podesta. |
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