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For about 10 seconds I believed this. Given their power needs it would be a reasonable move to get into power generation technology, and nuclear would be the n
by pg 17y ago
For about 10 seconds I believed this. Given their power needs it would be a reasonable move to get into power generation technology, and nuclear would be the nerd's choice.
- andreyf 17y agoAside from the speculation of Google making nuclear weapons to use against China, I think there isn't anything unreasonable about it -- that is, funding research into safe nuclear energy, and deploying it first in places with friendly regulations (then using that success as an example to argue for better regulations in the US). The top of the article is dated "March 31st", so I imagine it might be true.
- cperciva 17y agoIIRC google has funded research into some "alternative" approaches to nuclear fusion -- so to that extent they are taking the nerd's choice. In contrast, fission is only a choice for people who like political quagmires; the technical challenges are tiny compared with the political challenges.
- jcl 17y agoFWIW, they're already doing solar: http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5749586-7.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5749586-7.html http://www.jasonmorrison.net/content/2009/touring-googles-solar-panel-installation/ http://www.jasonmorrison.net/content/2009/touring-googles-so...