Bill Gates' TED Speech 2010: Climate Change Is Bigger Issue Than Vaccine Development
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/bill-gates-ted-speech-201_n_461034.html
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"According to CNN, Gates spent a large portion of his speech endorsing technology that could turn spent uranium fuel rods into clean energy. Gates told the audience that the technology could power the world indefinitely, and that the U.S. could be powered for 100 years using the spent fuel rods already in its possession."
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WTF????? For everyone to live like Bill Gates, we might need to do what he says. Unplugging Bill Gates' house from the grid would be a good start, but more nukes? NO!
Reprocessing is the worst development in nuclear technology since the atomic bomb. You've heard the term nuclear nightmare? Well this is it.
100 years? Really Bill? really? Does that seem like a long time to you? When you consider the nuclear reprocessing boondoggle and nuclear waste in general, its infinitesimal. I'm beginning to think Dr. Helen Caldicott was right, some of these pro-nuclear people may be clinically insane.
I've been a fan of Gates and I've used windows beginning with version 2.0, but my next computer may very well be a solar powered MAC.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/bill-gates-ted-speech-201_n_461034.html
http://www.redesign-day.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/aerial-view-of-bill-...
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Alterlife
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Dude, either you haven't watched the presentation... or you're purposely trying to misrepresent Gate's position on this topic. Perhaps your fear of nuclear technology is to blame.
The truth is that Gates does talk about other energy sources including Wind, Solar in his presentation... and why 100% solar / wind dependence is impossible with existing energy storage technology.
Here are the other slides: http://blog.duarte.com/2010/02/news-alert-bill-gates-is-officially-redeemed-from...
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Alterlife
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Alterlife:
Incidentally, he doesn't downplay the existing problems with nuclear technology either. It's a field that needs an 'energy miracle' in terms of safety and waste disposal.
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Alterlife
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covelogibbs
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Alterlife:
Am I the "dude" you're talking to? In any case, I haven't watched the presentation, have you? I'd like to, but TED hasn't put it up on its website yet, so if you have a link to it, please share.
The position I was trying to represent was mine, not Bill's. I'll let Bill speak for himself.
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covelogibbs
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Alterlife
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covelogibbs:
@clovelogibbs,
I was referring to the author of the article :-) . What you said about solar energy, I completely agree with.
Here are the other slides from Bill Gate's presentation: http://current.com/http://blog.duarte.com/2010/02/news-alert-bill-gates-is-offic...
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Alterlife
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JanforGore
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He's a mouthpiece for the corporate elite.
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JanforGore
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artemis6
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I disagree . Bio fuels , solar and wind . We do not need to consume and pollute every corner of the planet with our greed and singleminded thoughtlessness . I have bad ideas sometimes too .
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artemis6
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JanforGore
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Hmm, supports nukes and GMOs.
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JanforGore
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covelogibbs
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Hey Bill, I know another NUCLEAR POWER source that can power us indefinitely, the SUN.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/solartsunami/dancingprom.gif
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covelogibbs
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covelogibbs
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covelogibbs:
The earth receives more energy from the sun in just one hour than the world uses in a whole year. That is a disturbing fact as the world has become dependent on oil, coal and nuclear power.
http://www.ngawhetu.com/EBooks/ebooks1%20sample/Images/animated_sun_small2.gif
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covelogibbs
