Bill Gates On Energy 474
Sam the Nemesis
submitted an interview in Wired with Bill Gates on the future
of energy. Gates sees nuclear as the only
feasible option for base load generation. His views on the current
direction of energy funding are particularly distressing: "But the
economics are so, so far from making sense. And yet that's where
subsidies are going now. We're putting 90 percent of the subsidies in
deployment — this is true in Europe and the United States
— not in R&D. And so unfortunately you get technologies
that, no matter how much of them you buy, there's no path to being
economical. You need fundamental breakthroughs, which come more out of
basic
research."
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Bill Gates on climate change: (Score:5, Funny)
"640 kwh should be enough for anyone"
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It looks like you're having a nuclear meltdown. Would you like help?
o Get help with shutting down the reactor
o Just shut down the reactor without help
o Don't show me this tip again
Re:Say waht you will about MS (Score:5, Funny)
molten salt vats are kinda cool
You're doing it wrong.
Re:Say waht you will about MS (Score:5, Funny)
No worries nuclear companies only use the best! Siemens gear!