Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated.
For anyone who is understandably concerned about nuclear energy, I would suggest that they watch this first before making up their minds (it’s from Nova on PBS which I consider to be a generally reliable source).
Thank you for pointing this out (I have watched that video AND have been following the science). I understand where @[email protected] is coming from. However, I disagree. What TerraPower is demonstrating is, at least, a stop-gap until renewables can solve its energy storage issues. And even then, TerraPower could go much further down the road.
Yes, we clearly need better storage, and it feels (red flag, everyone!) like we’re nearly there. Sodium is looking very promising without the issues LFP represents. I’ve very much enjoyed the learning I’ve done here, especially the Nova link. I’m always open to changing my mind given new data, and I love that y’all have provided that.
For anyone who is understandably concerned about nuclear energy, I would suggest that they watch this first before making up their minds (it’s from Nova on PBS which I consider to be a generally reliable source).
Thank you for pointing this out (I have watched that video AND have been following the science). I understand where @[email protected] is coming from. However, I disagree. What TerraPower is demonstrating is, at least, a stop-gap until renewables can solve its energy storage issues. And even then, TerraPower could go much further down the road.
Yes, we clearly need better storage, and it feels (red flag, everyone!) like we’re nearly there. Sodium is looking very promising without the issues LFP represents. I’ve very much enjoyed the learning I’ve done here, especially the Nova link. I’m always open to changing my mind given new data, and I love that y’all have provided that.
Thank you for this link. I’m still not sure this is the solution, but it certainly is a solution. And we need everything we can get.