This is an excerpt from a TED video that I stumbled across recently. In the video Bill Gates discusses the future of the world and how climate change and energy innovation will be intrinsically linked in the coming decades. This part of the video specifically talks about research that is being invested in involving nuclear reactors that can make use of old spent fuel from traditional nuclear power plants. If this technology is a success it seems that it might solve a large portion of our energy problems. The overall message from the lecture is a very sensible one, if we want to avoid an energy disaster in our near future, we must start devoting large amounts of capital and research power to investigating solutions for our energy needs.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Terrapower
This is an excerpt from a TED video that I stumbled across recently. In the video Bill Gates discusses the future of the world and how climate change and energy innovation will be intrinsically linked in the coming decades. This part of the video specifically talks about research that is being invested in involving nuclear reactors that can make use of old spent fuel from traditional nuclear power plants. If this technology is a success it seems that it might solve a large portion of our energy problems. The overall message from the lecture is a very sensible one, if we want to avoid an energy disaster in our near future, we must start devoting large amounts of capital and research power to investigating solutions for our energy needs.
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If this were to work, it sounds like the answer to many problems. The only issue with this is that it seems somewhat out of reach and far off into the future. It may be hard to get capital investments in this field considering other forms of energy show greater promise in a shorter time period. It also may be harder to get money in this field that is as controversial as nuclear energy. I also wonder if the concentration of uranium originally used in the reactors plays a role in this new application Gates is talking about.
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