Energy Investments Dialogue | Bill Gates | Global Energy Forum
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Published 2018-12-02
Gates talked about overly optimistic thinking, natural gas, a carbon tax and the responsibilities of developing economies vs. developed economies. He was hopeful, however, that the power of research and innovation could meet rising energy demand globally while addressing climate change and other environmental challenges.
News article from the Precourt Institute here: energy.stanford.edu/news/cheap-renewables-won-t-stβ¦
All Comments (21)
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Glad someone agrees that nuclear is the best solution to climate change.
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He keeps talking about artificial meat. I say HELL No!
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Ya know several famous Frontiersmen back in the 1800's made the observation that you could see buffalo from horizon to horizon in the western parts of the US, and yet it didn't seem to be a polution problem.
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Inspirational stuff. Kudos to Stanford for putting this out there for everyone.
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The question Bill Gates needs to be asked before dispensing his advice on energy, climate, etc., is: What is $ value of damage inflicted on the world by computer viruses enabled by Windows OS over several decades?
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Gates makes so much sense in some areas but plants actually breath cow farts. So its not emissions. Some he is a good speaker and very intelligent he skips over truths to promote his goals. He's selling it but IMO he skips to sell the other projects he wants to invest in and develop
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How in the hell did Bill democratized computing ?
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Watching the thumbnail here, looks like Jimmy Saville sitting on his chair the same how Jimmy Saville sits on his chair on Jim'll Fix It πππππππππππ
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Could you invite someone that is actually a specialist? His knowledge on various issues energy-related are well below par.
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Bill Gates, leave nature ALONE, YOURE MAD!!!
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"the climate is easy to solve group is our biggest problem" ... Spot on !
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According to the head of the IEA the real problem is the thousands of coal fired electricity plants being built in Asia. We should focus on helping them use more efficient carbon capture for the plants.
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To inspire people today was also the key to give hope for the stress people like todays pandemic.
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32:50 interesting to watch this in 2020
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Gates talking about Nuclear power, doesn't compare it to renewable. Talks about creating a perfect system but yet we still have IT departments to solve his basic core business issues. If a wind turbine fails does it cause a nuclear catastrophy?
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see advancing ecco agreculture for improveing photosythetic efficiency
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This must be before he developed his current solution, which is population control.
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This man is highly invested in Monsanto, the leading producer of genetically modified crop seed. They produce large numbers of seeds which contain the exact same patented genome. Theses seeds are the most commonly used by the majority of farmers. Not only do the plants that grow NOT produce any seeds (so the farmers need to purchase seeds each year) , but evolutionarily, the plants have been stripped of their adaptability the they had gained through thousands of years of evolutionary pressures. One fungus could cause every Monsanto soybean plant to die. Doesn't sound like he has much forethought at all. This man is a narcissistic sociopath who thinks he is so much better than the avg person and therefore, mistakenly, thinks his answers are the always the right one. Ironic considering the only field in which he has any related knowledge, which is computers, he had to misappropriate his partners ideas in order to succeed in the first place
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Thorium Salt breeder that is driven by a particle accelerator.: Just a stainless steel vessel for thorium chloride, A particle accelerator hits a target to make neutrons to breed thorium with a neutron slowing salt moderator. It is down at low pressure for operation. I don't know if Protactinium-233 would make enough heat to keep the molten salt hot and run a small 1MW carbon dioxide cycle generator. But if so it could be a breeder that makes energy from breeding thorium rather than consuming U233 witch could be used in other MSR burners. But that may be a pipe dream. But why didn't Bill Gates invest in focus fusion when he had the chance.