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Bill Gates talks here about Terrapower : Taking current nuclear waste (depleted uranium) as fuel for a new kind of power plant. I'm no expert, but if this works as Bill wishes it to, it'll be one massive breakthrough not just for carbon emission, but by driving down the cost of electrical energy we could really fast forward on technology innovation.