As I was 'wwilf'-ing online the other day, I stumbled upon this very interesting TED talk with Bill Gates about the need for energy innovation, and I wanted to share it with you guys. As I am currently working on energy storage solutions myself and have become a bit acquainted with the existing solutions, I do agree with him in so much as there is a real necessity to further develop these innovative technologies.
Bill Gates also talks about Terranova, a new type of energy generation method which uses depleted uranium and should be able to operate for several decades without fuel reloading. (Of course, what he doesn't say outright is that he is the primary investor in this company). I'm a bit skeptical about this technology myself - it raises a lot of questions in terms of scalability, cost and risk of proliferation, and definitely requires more development before it can be considered an "energy miracle".
But before brushing aside this invention or others like it, for a breath of fresh air, I recommend taking a look at this website - another company where Bill Gates is a shareholder and that similarly has some really innovative (crazy?) ideas to solve the problems of the 21st century.
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