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This makes sense. Bill Gates wants cheap, clean, reliable energy. Nuclear fits the bill. China is the place where nuclear energy happens these days. What's he
by pjscott 15y ago
This makes sense. Bill Gates wants cheap, clean, reliable energy. Nuclear fits the bill. China is the place where nuclear energy happens these days.
What's he supposed to do, wrestle with the regulators in the US? The red tape here is horrendous.
- socially-distnt 15y agoYep, makes perfect sense: develop a cheap, cost-effective nuclear reactor design with someone who is a big competitor to the US, and who our children will most likely have to fight a war against. Yeah, perfect sense.
- drhowarddrfine 15y agoYes. China is not our friend and the US owes them billions. Yet Gates is pumping millions into their economic future. China can stand on their own two feet. Let them make their own effort.
- marknutter 15y agoA rising tide lifts all ships. He's also pumping millions into eradicating disease in third world countries. Should "let them make their own effort?" The US is shooting itself in the foot with its attitudes toward nuclear power.
- drhowarddrfine 15y agoThat's my point about "eradicating disease". How many decades and billions of dollars have been poured into Africa with no success? How many free notebook computers have been handed out by smiley billionaires? It's a fable people love to tell.