Green Premium
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Green Premium is Bill Gates’s term for the extra cost of choosing clean technologies over higher-emission alternatives, used to highlight and quantify the economic challenge of decarbonization.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Green Premium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5383672 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Green Premium Context triple: [How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, conceptIntroduced, Green Premium]
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A.
Green
Green is a common English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, typically derived from a descriptive nickname related to the color green or someone who lived near a village green.
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B.
Big Green
Big Green is the collective nickname for Dartmouth College’s athletic teams and, more broadly, its campus community identity.
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Big Green
Big Green is the nickname and mascot representing the athletic teams and school spirit of Deerfield Academy.
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D.
Georgia Emerald Mountain Blend
Georgia Emerald Mountain Blend is a popular ready-to-drink canned coffee variety in Japan known for its smooth taste and association with high-quality mountain-grown beans.
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E.
Organix
Organix is the first studio album by hip hop band The Roots, showcasing their early jazz-influenced, live-instrument approach to rap music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Green Premium Target entity description: Green Premium is Bill Gates’s term for the extra cost of choosing clean technologies over higher-emission alternatives, used to highlight and quantify the economic challenge of decarbonization.
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A.
Green
Green is a common English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, typically derived from a descriptive nickname related to the color green or someone who lived near a village green.
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B.
Big Green
Big Green is the collective nickname for Dartmouth College’s athletic teams and, more broadly, its campus community identity.
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C.
Big Green
Big Green is the nickname and mascot representing the athletic teams and school spirit of Deerfield Academy.
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D.
Georgia Emerald Mountain Blend
Georgia Emerald Mountain Blend is a popular ready-to-drink canned coffee variety in Japan known for its smooth taste and association with high-quality mountain-grown beans.
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E.
Organix
Organix is the first studio album by hip hop band The Roots, showcasing their early jazz-influenced, live-instrument approach to rap music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
climate policy concept
ⓘ
economic concept ⓘ term coined by Bill Gates ⓘ |
| aimsToInform |
business leaders
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governments ⓘ investors ⓘ the general public ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
agriculture and food systems
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building heating and cooling ⓘ electricity generation technologies ⓘ industrial processes ⓘ transportation fuels ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Breakthrough Energy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| calculatedAs | (cost of clean option) minus (cost of high-emission option) ⓘ |
| canBeExpressedAs |
absolute cost difference
ⓘ
percentage cost difference ⓘ |
| coinedBy | Bill Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | "Green Discount" when clean options become cheaper than high-emission options NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
carbon pricing or lack thereof
ⓘ
fuel prices ⓘ regulation and policy ⓘ scale of deployment of clean technologies ⓘ technology costs ⓘ |
| describedIn | the book "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goalRelated | reducing the Green Premium to zero or below for key sectors ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
cost of clean technology option
ⓘ
cost of higher-emission alternative ⓘ |
| hasDefinition | the extra cost of choosing clean technologies over higher-emission alternatives ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
to highlight the economic challenge of decarbonization
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to quantify the cost gap between clean and high-emission technologies ⓘ |
| implies | clean technologies are currently more expensive than high-emission alternatives in many sectors ⓘ |
| indicates | how much more consumers or businesses must pay to use low-carbon options ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
carbon pricing
ⓘ
clean technology ⓘ climate economics ⓘ decarbonization ⓘ energy policy ⓘ fossil fuel technology ⓘ greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ |
| timeDependent | yes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
climate change mitigation discussions
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energy transition analysis ⓘ investment decisions in clean technology ⓘ public policy debates on decarbonization ⓘ |
| usedToEvaluate |
feasibility of climate policies
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priority areas for clean tech innovation ⓘ where subsidies or incentives may be needed ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Green Premium Description of subject: Green Premium is Bill Gates’s term for the extra cost of choosing clean technologies over higher-emission alternatives, used to highlight and quantify the economic challenge of decarbonization.
Referenced by (1)
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