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Energy Investments Dialogue | Bill Gates | Global Energy Forum

Stanford ENERGY · 288.3K views · 2018-12-02 · 36:12

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Bill Gates at Stanford's Global Energy Forum argues that cheaper solar, wind and storage are not nearly enough to stop climate change. He discusses natural gas, a carbon tax, nuclear, battery costs and the responsibilities of developing versus developed economies.

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Cited in energy threads for Gates's argument on why batteries and renewables alone fall short and nuclear is needed.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2019–2020

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Climate policy, solutions & debateRenewables, batteries & storageNuclear power & fusion
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acidburnNSA · 2019-03 · Strong recommendation

This contains a link to the actual discussion [1] which I highly recommend watching. Bill demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of energy systems, guided by one of his favorite authors (Vaclav Smil) who recently wrote the incredible and humbling book, Energy and Civilization [2]. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

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aksss · 2020-06 · Recommendation

The Gates Foundation is one of the leading US investors in new nuclear tech right now. That documentary gets into the details of what they're working on and the hurdles they have in bringing new tech online. For a quick digestible bit of Gates on nuclear, watch the following. The documentary explores a lot more about the reactors: [VIDEO]

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Reedx · 2019-10 · Recommendation

I didn't set up that strawman. They're too expensive for a lot more than that. Seriously, watch Bill's response to this and I'd be interested if you or anyone has a better answer: [VIDEO]

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