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Bill Gates Is Beginning To Dream the Thorium Dream

Posted by Unknown on from the bill-just-wants-a-vat-of-molten-salt dept.

Daniel_Stuckey writes "TerraPower, the Gates-chaired nuclear power company, has garnered the most attention for pursuing traveling wave reactor tech, which runs entirely on spent uranium and would rarely need to be refueled. But Terrapower just quietly announced that it's going to start seriously exploring thorium power, too."

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  1. Re:Finally! by greenfruitsalad · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gates Foundation has always been primarily a wealth investing and patent acquiring entity. I seriously doubt they are here for the benefit of humanity, more likely for the benefit of future little Gateses.

    I do not deny that the areas they invest in are areas that would benefit us all but the way they do it is not in any way open, accessible or selfless.

    Simple inductive reasoning: If it walks like Microsoft, swims like Microsoft and quacks like Microsoft, it doesn't matter that it's got 'Foundation' in the name.

    http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gates_Foundation_Critique