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Bill Gates Says US Should Build New Nuclear Power Plants to Deal With Climate Change
Sputnik ^ | June 12, 2021 | Max Gorbachev

Posted on 06/12/2021 4:01:44 PM PDT by Eddie01

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To: Eddie01

This is why he needed mind control chips.


41 posted on 06/12/2021 4:30:34 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: EEGator
The China Syndrome was one of the most effective propaganda pieces ever produced in the history of the world.

And look who was behind it - Jane Fondle, uberCommie female dog.

42 posted on 06/12/2021 4:31:00 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Eddie01

Well duh...


43 posted on 06/12/2021 4:31:41 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: Eddie01

Bill, there isn’t going to be a human caused climate disaster.

But in this instance, you are correct.

Can’t believe I said that.

5.56mm


44 posted on 06/12/2021 4:35:08 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: kiryandil

The Commie gook loving whore will be dead soon enough.
No grass will grow on her grave due to all the urine...


45 posted on 06/12/2021 4:35:18 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Eddie01

I bet he has one of them thar ‘lectric aeroplanes. Gonna need the juice.


46 posted on 06/12/2021 4:35:53 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: maro
"If you really believe that climate change is a huge problem, logically you must support nuclear power. Bill Gates is an outlier in that his position is consistent. "

It is logical, esp. since nuke power is safer than ever. I see that even the WP page on nuclear power has undergone some positive revisions, from the likes of here to this, while still showing its typical liberal bias. Now in its intro it

Radiation The average dose from natural background radiation is 2.4 millisievert per year (mSv/a) globally. It varies between 1 mSv/a and 13 mSv/a, depending mostly on the geology of the location. According to the United Nations (UNSCEAR), regular nuclear power plant operations, including the nuclear fuel cycle, increases this amount by 0.0002 mSv/a of public exposure as a global average. The average dose from operating nuclear power plants to the local populations around them is less than 0.0001 mSv/a.[207] For comparison, the average dose to those living within 50 miles of a coal power plant is over three times this dose, at 0.0003 mSv/a.[208] states,

Civilian nuclear power supplied 2,586 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity in 2019, equivalent to about 10% of global electricity generation, and was the second-largest low-carbon power source after hydroelectricity. As of January 2021, there are 442 civilian fission reactors in the world, with a combined electrical capacity of 392 gigawatt (GW). There are also 53 nuclear power reactors under construction and 98 reactors planned, with a combined capacity of 60 GW and 103 GW, respectively. The United States has the largest fleet of nuclear reactors, generating over 800 TWh zero-emissions electricity per year with an average capacity factor of 92%. Most reactors under construction are generation III reactors in Asia.

Nuclear power has one of the lowest levels of fatalities per unit of energy generated compared to other energy sources. Coal, petroleum, natural gas and hydroelectricity each have caused more fatalities per unit of energy due to air pollution and accidents. Since its commercialization in the 1970s, nuclear power has prevented about 1.84 million air pollution-related deaths and the emission of about 64 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent that would have otherwise resulted from the burning of fossil fuels.

Radiation The average dose from natural background radiation is 2.4 millisievert per year (mSv/a) globally. It varies between 1 mSv/a and 13 mSv/a, depending mostly on the geology of the location. According to the United Nations (UNSCEAR), regular nuclear power plant operations, including the nuclear fuel cycle, increases this amount by 0.0002 mSv/a of public exposure as a global average. The average dose from operating nuclear power plants to the local populations around them is less than 0.0001 mSv/a.[207] For comparison, the average dose to those living within 50 miles of a coal power plant is over three times this dose, at 0.0003 mSv/a.[208]

47 posted on 06/12/2021 4:37:21 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Eddie01

This is not a new position for gates. He has said this before.

The problem is the political and regulatory uncertainty compounded by the build time. Great idea that won’t happen at least with fission based.


48 posted on 06/12/2021 4:38:24 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Eddie01

The mini-Nuc industry is growing. I recently did some energy service for this new one.

https://www.nuscalepower.com/


49 posted on 06/12/2021 4:42:30 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Eddie01
True, but what's his angle? There must be one.
The Bond villain always has a dastardly plan, even when he looks like a major benefactor at first.

50 posted on 06/12/2021 4:46:13 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Sacajaweau

There’s only so many suitable rivers.


51 posted on 06/12/2021 4:51:00 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Eddie01

Gates just bought a company that builds nuclear power plants?


52 posted on 06/12/2021 4:51:00 PM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by pimps masquerading as journalists.)
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To: Eddie01

It would be nice if California used the $1B given by Bidet for the “train to nowhere”
to build a nuclear power plant. But Newscum would never do that.


53 posted on 06/12/2021 4:52:52 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: Eddie01

That was exactly my first response!


54 posted on 06/12/2021 4:58:33 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Whoever controls the language, food, water, and power controls the world.


55 posted on 06/12/2021 5:01:15 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: EEGator

” All the chinks do is steal technology or reverse engineer it.”

But their brightest students probably end up with a STEM job whereas ours tend to become lawyers because that is where the money is at.


56 posted on 06/12/2021 5:06:44 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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To: Eddie01

Of course Rat Party Headquarters won’t let that happen.


57 posted on 06/12/2021 5:06:47 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: All

Gates finally said something that makes sense.


58 posted on 06/12/2021 5:07:40 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange )
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To: Eddie01

BG is as demented as JB


59 posted on 06/12/2021 5:10:02 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: cpdiii

This is natrium


60 posted on 06/12/2021 5:11:02 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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