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Breakthrough Energy Venture’s odd investments, a mixture of sensible, venture-capital aligned start ups focused on climate action with a higher percentage that make no sense, have come under my scrutiny for years. Similarly, trying to figure out why the climate-aware billionaire oligarchs who founded it, including Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and others had managed to get the wrong end of the stick has been a focus. I’ve published on it regularly. As a result, Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid over at Redefining Energy asked me to join them to discuss it. In a theme I’ve been pursuing, here’s a lightly edited transcript, along with podcast itself.
Intro: You’re listening to Redefining Energy. Your co-hosts from Berlin, Gerard Reed and from London, Laurent Segalen.
Laurent Segalen (LS):Today on Redefining energy, we’re gonna have a bit of fun. This is summertime, so we’re …