>From Alan, > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/07/bill-gates-to-build-next-gen-nuclear-reactors-with-china/ > > BEIJING – Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in > discussions with China to jointly develop a new and safer kind of nuclear > reactor. > > "The idea is to be very low cost, very safe and generate very little waste," > said the billionaire during a talk at China's Ministry of Science and > Technology. > > Gates has largely funded a Washington state-based company, TerraPower, that > is developing a Generation IV nuclear reactor that can run on depleted > uranium.
I believe others have made the observation that BG's success has always revolved around exploiting technologies that have already been reasonably tested and vetted. It has been a conservative business strategy that has worked very well for BG. Nevertheless, I lament the fact that BG appears to have rarely shown much backbone towards exploring and subsequently exploiting unproven/cutting edge technologies such as those purported from Rossi, Piantelli, Defkalion, and Ampenegro, etc. One would think that Microsoft certainly has the financial resources to explore pie-in-the-sky matters. I sometimes find myself wondering: Starting ten years ago, if BG HAD the balls to look into such matters, where would we be today? If BG had caught wind of Piantelli or Rossi, and looked into the matter... could we possibly have today PCs factory installed with their own power modules guaranteed to supply all the power requirements for 5 years? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
