Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress does nuclear power push

Re:Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress d... by simplecomplex on Saturday January 26, 2019 @05:29PM (#19008960)

We already have enough land to power the entire US with solar.

The future is renewables not pushing the can down the road with Nuclear, ignoring all of its negative externalities.

Bill Gates doesn’t need government to build solar either.

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Re:Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress d... by philsnow on Saturday January 26, 2019 @05:46PM (#19009046)

Can the united states procure enough gallium, cadmium, selenium, indium, and whatever else to build enough solar panels ?

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Re:Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress d... by philipkglass on Saturday January 26, 2019 @09:14PM (#19009995)

Yes. Panels based on crystalline silicon have 95% market share and require none of those elements.

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Re:Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress d... by arduanika on Saturday January 26, 2019 @10:09PM (#19010145)

A Tom Lehrer fan, I see

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Re:Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress d... by campercoder on Saturday January 26, 2019 @06:43PM (#19009333)

silicon?

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Re:Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress d... by 4rt on Saturday January 26, 2019 @07:51PM (#19009625)

land has never been even close to the shortage for any kind of electricity generation.

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Re:Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress d... by simplecomplex on Saturday January 26, 2019 @09:52PM (#19010105)

All the more reason we should be replacing the whole grid with it.

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