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If you want to benefit climate change from the perspective of new technology, cancel the battery technology patents horded by fossil fuel companies.
For sure another Big Question ^TM^ is whether intellectual property protections have gone beyond any reasonable justification, and obstruct innovation rather than the stated goal of stimulating it. Patents aren’t as bad as Copyright, but yeah.
That's been an easy Yes since at least Amazon one click patent was a thing