Great post! Although I agree with the comment below, in that I am always skeptical of Bill Gates's motives, nuclear energy is showing a lot of promise. Molten salt reactors is one such technology. It's been around since the 1950's but has yet to be fully developed. In October of last year, researchers at BYU announced a design for a molten salt reactor that is powerful enough to supply 1,000 American homes with electricity and small enough to fit in the bed of a 40-foot truck. Check out the article below which concludes that: "If today’s researchers can build a molten salt reactor that withstands corrosion and overcomes the technical challenges . . . the device could increase the amount of electricity generated by nuclear fission — and bring us closer to a clean energy future."
Rich folks will not save the world. They are the ones killing it. The still never answer the question what do you do with the waste that will be hot for thousands of years. Where do you dispose of them when they are worn out? I am glad they are not longer hot water systems with the potential to blow up, but I doubt I will ever trust an industry tied to the war machine and nuclear weapons.
Thanks David for yet another important article and for researching, analyzing, organizing, and clearly summarizing
Great post! Although I agree with the comment below, in that I am always skeptical of Bill Gates's motives, nuclear energy is showing a lot of promise. Molten salt reactors is one such technology. It's been around since the 1950's but has yet to be fully developed. In October of last year, researchers at BYU announced a design for a molten salt reactor that is powerful enough to supply 1,000 American homes with electricity and small enough to fit in the bed of a 40-foot truck. Check out the article below which concludes that: "If today’s researchers can build a molten salt reactor that withstands corrosion and overcomes the technical challenges . . . the device could increase the amount of electricity generated by nuclear fission — and bring us closer to a clean energy future."
https://www.freethink.com/energy/molten-salt-reactor-52913
Rich folks will not save the world. They are the ones killing it. The still never answer the question what do you do with the waste that will be hot for thousands of years. Where do you dispose of them when they are worn out? I am glad they are not longer hot water systems with the potential to blow up, but I doubt I will ever trust an industry tied to the war machine and nuclear weapons.
I like the nuclear option too but wish we weren’t paying Russia for 14% of our uranium.