Energy Investments Dialogue | Bill Gates | Global Energy Forum

[@titusabraham4184]

Bill Gates is not an ideologue. He approaches an issue from a science based analytical angle. His ultimate aim is to better the lives of all human beings not to subscribe to some irrational ideology or fantasy.

[@Locrian]

Agreed, but ironically you have a bunch of random conservatives in the comments who don't want to improve the climate at all jerking themselves off to this video when the reality is that Bill Gates is still a huge advocate of improving the climate, he's just realistic about it.

[@titusabraham4184]

Locrian I give you that. Supports my contention that he is not an ideologue.

[@daphoenixto]

I smell a Shill in Tightass

[@GastonNaboulet]

Speaking of diversifying the generation of electricity for family consumption Gates responds to a certain imaginary activist position that would pretend to totally eliminate the consumption of hydrocarbons. It is called straw man fallacy, so it's very easy to look like he is right.

[@iheartlreoy8134]

Gaston Naboulet 100% reliance on renewable energy isn’t a strawman, it’s explicitly called for in the green new deal as early as within the next 10-15 years. That’s not a fringe position, it’s mainstream, several democratic presidential candidate have endorsed the deal.

[@ianprado1488]

Seeing Bill Gates get mad at renewable advocates makes me happy

[@jimbob1427]

They just can't dismiss his opinion...

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

Thats is so sad. I weech you well

[@ianprado1488]

@@ciceroaraujo5183 yes, renewables are sad

[@trubdour]

Yes, but in the very near future, they will be the only "Game In Town", unless a process of "Cold Fusion" is discovered or maybe Hydrogen.

[@ianprado1488]

@@trubdour no, molten salt reactors are the answer

[@Loppy2345]

Glad someone agrees that nuclear is the best solution to climate change.

[@Meatchop]

To electricity*. And it's a part of the solution to the problem

[@zolikoff]

@@Meatchop Nuclear can be used for most others. It generates a lot of heat that is wasted otherwise. Use for industrial process heat. It can reliably generate massive amounts of energy. Use things like HTE for hydrogen generation, and Fischer-Tropsch to create synthetic hydrocarbons, methane, gasoline etc. Store them. Use the gas storage to run in load following gas turbines to allow reactors to be 100% on all the time as they like. Use the gasoline, diesel or jet fuel in cars, ships, planes etc. All it takes is enough nuclear reactors to cover all energy usage in a non-CO2 emitting way. This is possible with no new technology necessary.

[@Meatchop]

@@zolikoff you make a point about the numerous other use cases, but the idea that it's a solution to all of our problems is exactly what Gates is criticizing.

[@SaithMasu12]

We never needed nuclear energy. We never asked for it. They just started to use this technology and trough it we enjoy a lot of electricity. Who knows what would have happend if there would be no nuclear power plants. Maybe we wouldnt spire out of control like we do now and would life more simple with less electricity. Nevertheless, we wouldnt be less happy because of this. Now that everything needs a lot of energy, we cannot get away from it in a fast way. Its now difficult to stop it, because the energy demands are just too high. Anyway: Point being. We never should have started to build these nuclear power plants. Humans make errors and in case of nuclear, errors are problematic for future generations to come. Not to speak of all that waste that they need to carry deep down in some cavern. Nuclear Power never is and was justified. Its just all about that shitty money.

[@lolipedofin]

Fusion yes, fission... There is tradeoff. We have to acknowledge the Murphy's law, as long as there is a non-zero chance a catastrophy result can happent, IT will happen (given enough time). We have seen Chernobyl and Fukushima, it was bad... Add the fact that we have been utter shit in disposing nuclear waste, I would argue against Nuclear Fission Plants. Now, of course there will always be risk associated with everything. We know that there is non-zero chance for an airplane to drop from the sky no matter how sophisticated and safe flying is, yet we still use them because we understand that the tradeoff from being able to transport or travel is worth it. I simply think the environment catastrophy from a nuclear fallout is not worth it.

[@dr_igor_cossack_MD]

Send this video to AOC.

[@vitaly6312]

Meat is only about 2% total of GHG emissions, and the majority of that emissions is Methane, which lasts about 12 years in the atmosphere, compared to carbon which is 1000+ years. This is according to the IPCC. There are some farms that are actually carbon-saving when it comes to cows. Additionally, go look at crop lands - they’re basically deserts which are devoid of ANY life other than the crop (mostly soy, wheat, corn - the stuff that gets us sick and the stuff that nearly all processed food contains). Ruminants actually improve soil organic matter content, water retention, and carbon storage. Impossible burger and beyond meats is absolute garbage when it comes to health, and unfortunately, any type of climate change solution they’re proposing accounts for ELIMINATING cows from the landscape-which will destroy our already awful grasslands and our largest carbon sinks (more so than forests). He’s absolutely right on the nuclear and battery storage, but is BLINDED by the processed slop garbage.

[@jean-claudeb3235]

Thank you.

[@evanml0]

Ive watched a few interviews of bill gates over different time periods and I never saw him get quite animatingly bent out of shape as he did here. You can see this is very personal for him.

[@brentc4593]

It probably has to do with the fact that his wife had found out that he likes preteen girls and was hanging out with Epstein a little too much for her comfort ;)

[@AceofDlamonds]

@@brentc4593 STFU already lmao Epstein in his business life, like 99% of rich billionaires, literally had a thousand friends, most of them just casual business connections. This witch hunt nonsense spurred from overblown moral outrage is literally falling you guys on your face trying to connect any dot you see to create a picture you assume is true rather than have evidence for.

[@mariaumbalin7046]

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[@rainzoro]

Not personal, rather desperate. I’m in the energy industry and the future is looking extremely grim. Cool new techs are flowing in, problem is we just don’t have enough time. Like, who’s gonna pay for rural India’s nuclear? How will we stop human beings eat meat? How will we solve the high transportation cost of H2 (No, NH3 isn’t the answer). It’ll take at least couple centuries for these issues and yet we have half a century. Time. That’s the real issue on hand.

[@jean-claudeb3235]

Have you ever asked yourself why?

[@jimbob1427]

The more I hear bill gates speak the more I like him...

[@olivergill2903]

Woody Allen's brainy brother

[@tzenophile]

I remember in the 80's and 90's we used to despise him (for his poor quality OS, mostly). Things are different now.

[@cfvgd]

Still poor quality though

[@genavieveshaw5654]

@islanti nope..just has you fooled.

[@steinerfarm]

not the cows , leave them alone please

[@oo88oo]

10:28 "THERE IS no substitute for how the industrial economy runs today..."

[@richardvsassoon5144]

"they've tried putting little torches...on a cow's butt." > that didn't work either

[@camberwellcarrot420]

I don't always agree with Gates, but there's no denying he's brilliant. He sounds like a heretic on energy, but I know he's right.

[@seeo2647]

What if Carbon Dioxide is not the driver of climate change? What if CO2 is actually good for the ecosphere? What if all the proponents of CO2 as world burning heat trapping gas mechanism are wrong? They ARE wrong. CO2 atomospheric concentrations have historically been as high as 4000 parts per million. Our Earth did not incinerate thereby. CO2 is currently at a low point, historically. The next ice age is what we should seriously fear. Bill Gates is right: research nuclear fusion and sodium-cooled fission & thorium reactors etc. I do welcome research into alternative energy, for some day we will deplete our fossil fuel reserves, certainly. But some day may be far far in the future. CO2 is good for plants. Good for life as we know it right here. Bill Gates should be aware of the specific frequencies at which CO2 acts as a GHG: tiny & overshadowed by water vapor.

[@NixonRexzile-xz4sq]

that's only because you been taught too much in school, that when he says something similar you feel you are smart, otherwise everything Bill Gate says here is against freedom will,

[@camberwellcarrot420]

@@alejandropeters4578 The amount of any warming caused by human CO2 emissions is tiny as to be in margin of error territory.

[@alejandropeters4578]

CamberwellCarrot yes, but the natural co2 emission is in equilibrium with the absorption, a that tiny bit extra isn’t being absorbd there for this builds up and changes the climate, drastically over time. The natural co2 emission is good, and needed, but any extra breaks the balance and there for adds energy to the system. So comparing the small amount to the over all emission is a wrong way of looking at it. When you do the basic math this is an obvious result. But In my opinion it doesn’t matter if the earth heats up a bit. It will just mean big change, and regions that are now habitable will become uninhabitable, and vise versa. For me in Europe this won’t change much, but in Africa it will. So climate change will create drouth in Africa, there by meaning the death of a lot of Africans, but I don’t care about that, becous I don’t live there. But when you doe care about other people, than that extra co2 emission is a disaster.

[@Notrocketscience101]

He was never brilliant. He really set the world back 20 years by selling IBM someone else's inferior DOS product and then getting the benefit of IBM's foolish and expensive attempt to stop apple computer. Because IBM, PC's became the standard, we all suffered for all those years while Microsoft tried to make an Apple equivalent. Bill Gates, better to be lucky than good.

[@radeum1010]

One of the most classic lines of the 21st Century. 'What could be cooler than improving photo-synthetic efficiency?'

[@rehanatabassum7509]

3e

[@richardmcdonald7565]

Perhaps restoring the Natural world, and learning how to limit ourselves, (Our ego manifestations) and learn the Earth's "dance steps", so we step more lightly, AND get real with limiting the human population which can be allowed on Earth (since we have a potential for UNLIMITED overpopulation.... but we have ONLY a limited Earth... (who also is facing more and more pressure, due to our increasing human population. We had better wake the fook oop !!

[@AleadaA]

Give more grazing rights to ranchers on public lands because the cattle will eat the underbrush and prevent forest firers much better than controlled burns. Do not believe these University Educated forest rangers because the cattle will eat the underbrush as the large buffalo herds did in the past. We need to listen more to the ranchers who raised cattle on the land for generations!

[@gregpalmer3831]

Goats eat brush. Cows eat grass.

[@julianbluefeather8491]

Can someone please tell what parts of the video he discusses nuclear energy? Thanks

[@HomesteadEngineering]

When hurricane Irma hit Florida in 2017, the utility went out for three days. We never lost power because we have battery backed solar power for our house. Not advocating any government solution, it's a free country and if you want to be reliant on the utility then be my guest. Good luck with that...

[@pseudotasuki]

David Armstrong I’m guessing that you’re probably in the top 0.5% wealthiest people on the planet.

[@koyanischannel3001]

@@pseudotasuki If your annual income is around 55k, which is the median income of the US, you are already in the top 0.24% of the world.

[@philipphagspiel8676]

@@koyanischannel3001 quick math... let's say there are 200m people with an income relevant for this statistic. 55k being the median means that 100m make more than that. The world has some 7.5b people. 0.24% of that number is 18 million people. Let's round up to 20m. How can 100m people be the richest 20m? (Still ignoring that there are millions of people making 55k+ OUTSIDE the US). I'm all for raising awareness about how rich the average Westener actually is - it's super important to understand that. But if you do that with bonkers numbers, you won't achieve much here...

[@31101811]

@@philipphagspiel8676 I made a mistake, 55k is household median income. Personal median income in the US is 31k.

[@philipphagspiel8676]

@@31101811 still doesn't add up. Let's say 100m households. 50m make 55k+. 4b households worldwide. 0.24% is 10.5m households. 50m households can't be the richest 0.24% (even if the numbers I used are off - it's a 500% error in your statistic).

[@yariva2]

I’ve never seen Gates as angry as here....

[@wfpnknw32]

checkout, when he gets pissed when told, ai isn't an existential threat(when talking with elon musk and Baidu i think).

[@ЕвгениГеоргиев-т1я]

He sees Elon is going to overtake him and Buffett and gets angry.. Nuclear works, solar works. We need all.

[@petercowling7101]

Not recently, agreed, but back in the day, he was a million times angrier than this 24x7.

[@psyrmc]

Because global warming is serious, but so many people are still refusing to use nuclear power. I am angry, too.

[@davidallen8611]

i know right?!?! he seems fed up lol

[@lisachapman6492]

He keeps talking about artificial meat. I say HELL No!

[@Martin-po9sz]

Geothermal is baseload renewable power. Japan has huge geothermal potential. That is something to invest in!

[@timframe570]

Geothermal is not a universal power source. Not all areas have access to Geothermal. Japan is just an example of why intermittent sources will never solve the problem. Remember that polar vortex just a few weeks ago? Guess what. No amount of solar, wind and batteries could have saved cities like Chicago or Minneapolis. They all would have frozen. The world needs a universal base load that is cheaper than coal and NG. There is only 1 source that can fit this requirement right now. Gen 4 Fission.

[@AndySpicer]

Martin Lindh Reading your post reminded me that I know very little about geothermal. What factor is it that makes Japan such a strong place for geothermal? Is it a ground temp vs ambient temp differential?

[@Martin-po9sz]

Andy Spicer. Japan is on the ”ring of fire”. There are many volcanos, geothermal spings etc. They don’t have to drill deep ro find hot rock/water. Read this: www.frost.com/sublib/display-market-insight.do?id=298077804

[@porkchop2723]

geothermal also requires stable ground to run piping of conducting fluid. reliability will be an issue

[@timduncan8450]

Martin Lindh Geothermal is very challenging to engineer. Heat, water, minerals & time equal corrosive failure. It’s impossible to get anything approaching grid level heat transfer from the bottom of a 10” bore hole or even a hundred. Then there’s the geology. Drilling Bunchs of holes and pumping massive amounts of water is a recipe for earthquakes, ask Oklahoma. Geo adds to the difficulty by creating large thermal gradients. All this in Ring of Fire type geology that is already highly unstable, and unpredictable over time. Electric generation solutions are all about reliability, when we flip the switch it has to be there.

[@hillviewmews]

Can this question get to Bill's desk. "If there is so much at stake now in terms of human lives and suffering, it would make perfect sense if your foundation funds independent scientist to prove conclusively by the Scientific Method, by how much the 0.04% CO2 effects Global Warming (or cooling) and how much of that is Mann Made. That would be your most valuable contribution to humanity"

[@hillviewmews]

@Azir i Minion

[@lucasthompson1650]

Bill's nuclear tech investments + Don Sadoway's liquid metal battery tech (soon) = potential technical solution, but sadly it won't work until hundreds (thousands?) of pages of legislation and policy are changed to allow it to be cost effective. These laws and regulations are massive man-made hurdles that are rarely talked about and nobody has any interest in changing (because most parties involved would immediately be earning less if those rules change)

[@thetruereality2]

The interviewer focuses on suggesting a group of methods that might help and then asks Bill to give his input, I like that.

[@brentc4593]

Why? Its not like Bill is a genius or has any credentials in the field. You do realize that back in the 80s he and Steve Jobs got into a public fight and Steve Jobs accused him of stealing from Jobs and Bill admitted they both stole, but from Xerox, and Bill stole the software while Jobs stole the hardware while they were working in the innovation department at Xerox. Look it up, do the research, this is much easier than having to look through scientific literature so it shouldn't be hard for you to find out that Gates and Jobs are not geniuses, but rather, they are Thomas Edison's of our generation while the people who created the software and hardware ideas they stole from the real geniuses exactly like they did to Tesla. The real geniuses rarely make the history books because they aren't concerned with making a fortune but are overwhelmed with advancing mankind...

[@michae1simm]

Lets dissect this battery storage conundrum from 9:00 of Tokyo for three day cyclone. 22GW rate over 3 days is 22,000,000,000*24*3= 1.58 Terawatt Hours of storage needed. OK, this is 1.58 Billion Kilowatt Hours of storage. At $100/KW (the number Bill Gates cites) the total cost of this mega-project is 158 Billion dollars. To put this into context, the GDP of Tokyo is over 2 Trillion dollars. The GDP of Japan is 4.8 Trillion dollars. 158 Billion is a doable investment.(especially over the course of a decade) In reality solar production wouldn't be completely cut during the cyclone, and energy use would likely become far more efficient if the proper regulations were needed. The actual amount of batteries needed would be less. Has the richest person in the world failed to do basic cost calculations, or can he just not conceive of the massive (though not impossible as he would have you believe) investments required to save the planet. I have done similar cost calculations for the U.S. and the world. This is not impossible or even unreasonable. Preaching impossibility will only slow movement in the right direction. I'd also like to note that at this point Solar is actually far cheaper than Nuclear at grid and community scale.

[@MattCasters]

Agreed. With 10M people in Tokyo you need a distributed system to be cyclone proof so batteries in every home of city block. For this 3 day period you would need something like 158kWh per person. This would probably break down into a majority of storage in large scale neighborhood batteries and smaller ones in appartements and so on. But the cost is already at $100 so maybe in 10 years you can project the price of a small car for a family to be safe for the next 15 years. The cost per year would probably break down more favorably since you avoid very expensive peaker and nuclear plants. But even in your worst case scenario it's not something we couldn't do. My guess is that this is actually a system that will be better and cheaper and will cause an energy revolution that can't be stopping.

[@michae1simm]

@@MattCasters 100% agree, but how the heck do we get ppl with clout like Bill Gates to understand?

[@michae1simm]

@thomas anderson you saw the calculation, it's overall capacity needed for Tokyo. If you've been paying attention to grid scale battery storage, current battery degradation is negligible. It will take decades for batteries to degrade substantially, and batteries will likely be 10x cheaper in 2070. Unlike the current fossil fuel industry which requires constant mining/pumping and transport, building batteries and solar is a one time expense. The only continuing cost is maintenance and that's negligible too. The reality is that all that is needed is the political will to invest substantial amounts to ensure our energy future. Saying something is stupid w/o doing research just makes you look ignorant. (note that I'm not trying to insult you )

[@michae1simm]

@thomas anderson 300 years?? It's cost competitive over fossil fuels at 50, and is currently over that. Show me the calculations you say you've done. There's a reason so many islands are currently trying to transition to renewables (Hawaii, Puerto Rico). It's because it's far cheaper. Also you realise that predicting things in 300 years is about as easy as throwing a sock & hitting the moon

[@michae1simm]

@thomas anderson as long as storage is abundant over the ability if the system to consume energy at all times, the cost of electricity wouldn't get crazy. In my personal opinion, the utilities won't be able to have the same profitable business model, so they'll probably go out of business & the government will run the grid directly. Take the total cost of maintenance multiplied by the percent of the total energy you use, that's your cost.

[@jollybekson1736]

Bill needs no interruption

[@brentc4593]

Actually he does... When Jobs accused Gates of stealing the idea, he famously answered: "Well, Steve, .”

[@Dakers11]

My Father an EE designed and built the UPS unit used at Cheyenne Mt. Yes that Mt. the Military uses. Something happened & he had to repair it after 5 years. It took about 30 seconds to find the problem. But the Military soldiers were giving him a hard time with their Rifles . He knew they were trying to intimidate him to hurry up and finish. But,he also knew they could not do anything to him. So he took his time. DoD got the bill.They still use them to this day. He built one for our house & 40 yrs later it still works too.

[@chahahc]

The cows aren't the problem. It's the soil depleting industrial farming practices that are the problem. Proper land management with grazing livestock can actually regenerate the soil faster than without livestock. Look up talks by Allan Savory, Gabe Brown, Elaine Ingham, etc.

[@mikaelohman9839]

True, but the problem is that people want to eat so much meat that we can't maintain the market with the amount needed that way. This is why Bill named impossible foods and Memphis meat as best way forward.

[@AleadaA]

Give more grazing rights to ranchers on public lands, the cattle will eat the underbrush and prevent forest firers, better than controlled burns. Do not believe these University Educated forest rangers, the cattle will eat the underbrush as the large buffalo herds did in the past. We need to listen more to the ranchers who raised cattle on the land for generations!

[@aussiepyro]

Aleada Siragusa Perhaps, but using sheep would be a better choice overall.

[@vladimirakopyan4088]

cows produce methane, they are the problem, directly

[@chahahc]

@@vladimirakopyan4088 Yes they do produce methane. But with the proper grazing practices, the manure and urine they the leave on the soil actually increases soil biology. The resulting positive feedback loop and increasing rate of revegetation sequesters far more atmospheric carbon and more than offsets any effect of the methane produced. Currently Gabe Browns 5000 acre ranch has sequestered over 60000 TONS of carbon back into the soil (he mentioned it in one of his recent talks iirc). And he only uses a few hundred cattle. Granted it's not all due to the cattle as he has a significant cropping operation but the point still stands.

[@Alekosssvr]

Excellent! As much as I've blasphemed his name while doing ALT-CTR-DEL I have equally praised him for the Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation and other Funds (there are many). On top of that, he gives an honest and accurate description of the Energy field today. Bravo Bill!

[@brentc4593]

You do realize Bill admitted to not creating Microsoft software and stealing it from his former employer Xerox while in a public debate with Jobs who accused him of stealing his ideas which they both stole from their former coworkers at Xerox's innovation department. Look it up!

[@bobbyc.1111]

Gates makes so much sense in some areas but plants actually breath cow farts. So its not emissions. Some he is a good speaker and very intelligent he skips over truths to promote his goals. He's selling it but IMO he skips to sell the other projects he wants to invest in and develop

[@brentc4593]

You really should do research on how he founded Microsoft. He stole Windows from Xerox and Job stole the hardware from Xerox as well. They both worked for Xerox's innovation department in the 60s and realized that Xerox didn't see the value in what their co-workers had created, so they stole what their co-workers had developed because Xerox didn't care and they created their own companies. They even admitted it when Jobs said Gates stole his ideas in the 80s when they became arch enemies after being friends and working together to steal from Xerox. Its insane how few people know this about Bill Gates. He is not a genius but he pays everyone to treat him like he is a genius. But, now that he is ruined, people are more open to seeing the truth, especially since he said it himself that he stole from Xerox.... When Jobs accused Gates of stealing the idea, he famously answered: "Well, Steve, .”

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

I hope you are joking that he "makes sense." NOBODY should listen to little bill gates. And I DO mean little

[@PIcoAirBearings]

Doesn’t photosynthetic efficiency go up with CO2 in the atmosphere?

[@Aikon71]

CO2 in the atmosphere is ~300 PPM. Studies show that some plants grow best at ~1,000 PPM.. but only if ALL ELSE is elevated as well: Sunlight, fertilizer, etc.

[@backinthegame34]

Dutch greenhouse farmers use 1200ppm and as such are the most productive farmers in the world.

[@Funtimes670]

So when CO levels were at about 300 PPM during the 1930’s, we still had extreme weather. In fact it was more extreme than it has been recently.

[@mrmofopink]

Weather isn’t climate

[@siegfriedoffizensburches6228]

"Weather isn't climate" until a natural disaster happens and alarmist screech about it being climate change.

[@patricklubbers2885]

@@siegfriedoffizensburches6228 well then dont listen to that either? Its not so difficult

[@gototcm]

Who would you rather have manage the allocation of money to needy causes? Bill Gates and a group of successful businessmen or a bunch of bureaucrats in Washington? The answer is obvious.

[@benighted09]

Tom M Billionaires have self interests not necessarily aligned with the needs of the majority of the population. We need a more balanced/democratic approach. The billionaire club is an oligarchy.

[@AleadaA]

Bill Gates & a bunch of shady business men advocating for open borders - NEVER! Support President Trump for 2020!!

[@Daniel-dg3np]

Bill Gates is also a VERY strong advocate for higher taxes on the very wealthy. He specifically wants higher capital gains and estate taxes.

[@rloydander]

Remember who the biggest donor to Common Core , Bill Gates. Common Core was untested, unproven, and micromanaged by David Coleman, a man with limited credentials but reliably far to the left. Nobody in the business world launches a big new product without years of research and refinement. Bill and Melinda Gates run the world’s richest nonprofit, with assets at $40 billion and annual giving around $4 billion. mandated curriculum rules and tests for what children are to learn in each K-12 grade, with the results linked to school and teacher ratings and punitive measures for low performers. The Gates Foundation has spent more than $400 million itself and influenced $4 trillion in U.S. taxpayer funds towards this goal. Eight years later, however, Bill Gates is admitting failure on that project, and a “pivot” to another that is not likely to go any better. Be talks about R&D, as we see CC in education has been a colossal mess. Mind you his kids are not subject to CC, they have the best private education money can buy.

[@patricklubbers2885]

To any causes of need? The thing is you want these people to be guided by experts, if these businessmen happen to be experts in their fields of interests then great. But businessmens needs are never properly aligned with that of the general population. They will have to make money, and they need growth to sustain themselves, generally speaking. You can see how going full on businessmen might conflict with the needs of the people, the answer to how to solve this is not so obvious.

[@lyall3000]

Great interview. Gates is a first rate intellect. Looks like he had a few too many coffees though before the interview! Glad he did though - loved the candor & intensity.

[@2000labar]

"Gates is a first rate intellect." Yeah and common core proved it! sarc

[@genavieveshaw5654]

He has you fooled too.

[@brentc4593]

When Jobs accused Gates of stealing the idea, he famously answered: "Well, Steve, .”

[@dianacarr5515]

I see that kinda differently ... the shifty deceiver... Bill Gates has become the mad scientist. I think he is one of the greatest threats to America right now

[@Meatchop]

What reactor design is Mr.Gates referring to for his salt pool fission reactor?

[@Nonotkidding]

I believe he is suggesting the thorium and/or fusion/fission and low pressure liquid salt heat transfer units, (similar to problem free submarine and aircraft carrier models), based on super safe, non-weapons grade, reactors.

[@Daniel-dg3np]

Photosynthetic efficiency does have some funding and interesting outcomes. See the artificial leaf work by Daniel Nocera and Pamela silver. This has resulted in amazing utilisation of photosynthesis energy as a nano-machine that can do chemical work with real outcomes.

[@analoguedragon7438]

The question Bill Gates needs to be asked before dispensing his advice on energy, climate, etc., is: What is $ value of damage inflicted on the world by computer viruses enabled by Windows OS over several decades?

[@patrickwareham3700]

It seems that not enough is being invested in Nuclear Fusion (NF). There is an experimental plant in France, but this is still at the construction stage. Nuclear fusion is far too important to the World to be left to private investors. There needs to be an international effort with the best minds in the World applying themselves to solving the very considerable problems involved. Nuclear Fusion is clean in that the products of this kind of reaction have a very short half life. In short, as soon as it is switched off, the residual radiological effects are almost insignificant. If you ever read this Mr Gates, perhaps you should consider applying your very considerable influence to persuading governments to invest in NF. So called green energy is too expensive and there just isn’t enough capacity to satisfy the energy needs of the World into the 21st century and beyond.

[@patrickwareham3700]

Are you saying that ITER is a waste of time, effort and funds?

[@patrickwareham3700]

Kytsche. So what you seem to be saying is that fusion is not a “dead duck” far from it. If other ways of achieving fusion are being seriously considered, then my original point still stands; that we have to get on with it and get something working that may lead to a future with zero carbon or carbon neutral energy production.

[@axelv1753]

@Kytsche Fusion R&D is for really long term - when we run out of uranium in 300 years. Fission energy is what needs to beexpanded and developed for now. Even those 300 years can in fact be much longer when we make more and better Thorium reactors, there is much more Thorium. I agree that fission should be prioritized over fusion, but probably an ITER type project or two globally is a suitable funding level for fusion. ITER was based on some success of the previous project JET and if ITER is more successful it might be interesting to increase funding for a next stage after ITER (in 30 years?)

[@Nonotkidding]

I'm listening, liking solutions, especially nuclear (Thorium, fission, fusion,, salt heat transfer ). I recently heard a gentleman describing CO2 levels in a cornfield declining by half during a calm day, straining the plants, causing the plant stomata to release much more water vapor, a huge greenhouse gas, requiring more irrigation. Since increased CO2 improves plant growth and tree/food, production, lets place fossil fuel power plants near huge, multi level stacked cornfields, using LED lighting to grow, to sequester more CO2 than release. And, how are we going to account for previous global warming and cooling events when this episode turns cold, when sun output, earth's wobble and increased cloud cover begin the next ice age if we sequester too much CO2 ?

[@akshat_kasana]

Inspirational stuff. Kudos to Stanford for putting this out there for everyone.

[@Anonymint-vj7bt]

Bill Gates has never had vision. And this video continues his historical incompetence.

[@jasonankin744]

I think there needs to be more talk about nature and ecology instead of technology and economics. "You can't solve a problem with the same thinking that caused it." The key to improving the environment is to simply get out of the way and nature will do the rest. We're destroying nature by our resource based competition, which has no sign of slowing down. Maybe if we stop destroying nature that may actually help the environment.

[@wfpnknw32]

@9:00 electric cars.. (not like you're gonna be going out for a casual drive etc..) Japans avg per captia household power consumption in 2017 was (5513kwh/year == 15.1kwh/day) a tesla has between 60-100kwh storage, that's 3-6 days storage per household assuming it's only 75% charged.

[@HavokR505]

how much does a tesla battery pack cost?

[@timduncan8450]

Higgins_123 As Havokr505 mentions cost is a key in any solution. Tokyo don’t have cars, everyone uses transit and scooters. Of the few vehicles there, very few will be large enough to ever need a Tesla size battery. Also Did you count all the public sector demand for kwhs? It is much higher in a mega city. As Bill says white washing the difficulty & scale of this proposition is extremely dishonest & damaging too efficiency (economic, environmental, social).

[@wfpnknw32]

@@timduncan8450 tokyo has on average 0.46 cars per household (lowest in japan and low worldwide), that's why i used the per household measurement. So even if there are half as many cars per household as long as those cars have the larger battery packs then you're going to have 3 days of typical power usage. Additional factors like cars not being fully charged or their natural degradation in holding capacity could be accounted for with additional commercial storage or using the many new electric HGV's that will soon hit the roads. My point is bill gates points are based on the only change being renewable energy coming not the development of smart grids(which would naturally encourage adoption of local battery storage) or widespread adoption of shared autonomous vehicles(which because of costs would naturally be EV's

[@wfpnknw32]

@@HavokR505 It's built into the cost of the car, (I'm talking about electric cars as opposed to a standalone battery pack)

[@wfpnknw32]

@Glowing Alpine I think the point Bills' making is even if it's cheap it's an additional cost that renewable has (having to have emergency batteries). The point I'm making is as EV's take over then that's not a loss because the storage capacity is there already and wont be utilised(during a typhoon so why not use it.)

[@commentsboardreferee7434]

I came here from a misleading clip of this, having commented and just now deleted my rant about how Bill/we are completely overlooking nuclear fission. It's shameful we have allowed it to be smeared and fear-mongered into being so economically unviable in the US. There's a real lesson about green hysteria to be learned from it. I'm glad to see Bill addressed this, although I would have preferred a bit more outrage on his part. Sounds like we have ceded nuclear leadership to China as well...

[@Jimmy4video]

Good god. He explained it's an economic problem. Nothing to do with greens.

[@Agwings1960]

Ya know several famous Frontiersmen back in the 1800's made the observation that you could see buffalo from horizon to horizon in the western parts of the US, and yet it didn't seem to be a polution problem.

[@tbrew8222]

Because it was pre industry, and regulatory capture. Once deregulated, courts can not look at that chemical as a source, or accept evidence that mentions it. This is why it went from CFCs to carbon and co2. They are the only factors of the equasion that are not protected by deregulation. Spray cans often say "no CFCs" yet the ingredients list things like Hexachlora- tetrafluora etc.. The second it is released from the can, it WILL immediately bind to carbons or oxygens (including co2) and make dioxins, CFCs etc. They wreak havock on all systems, from ozone layer, to biological organisms. Mr Burns at his best

[@volta2aire]

13:54 "cows and people believe me they've tried to feed them different things or put a little torch on their bottle things it doesn't work " Maybe a torch on their butts would work, no, not that even.

[@loftyblond]

Can anyone tell which brand of shoes Bill is wearing? I love them.

[@brentc4593]

He got them from Epstein so you might want to ask him, ooops his dead now ;)

[@smallbluemachine]

10:28 "There is no substitute for how the industrial economy runs today", I believe the move towards other "global health concerns you might have heard about recently" strategies were likely born out of Bill's perception that the Climate Crisis campaign has been too slow, flailing and waning. And something more dramatic had to be done to achieve the same goals.

[@Anonymint-vj7bt]

Bill Gates has never had vision. And this video continues his historical incompetence.

[@richardmcdonald7565]

It seems that these technologies have turned out to be faddish... however, it wasn't due to the fault or defectiveness of the technology. It was due to the non-existent maintenance contracts, which would have tied each sale, to a local plumbing or solar company, to perform whatever service and maintenance was required. Electro-mechanical devices DO eventually wear out, but if even ONE important part malfunctions, it would have detrimental effects on the system, or could even prevent it from working. (In this comment, I am writing about individual home-sized hot water solar systems, which included custom-made hot water storage tanks, flat plate collectors, pumps, sensors,, and the pipes to plumb them into a system. I am pointing out a huge shortfall of forward-thinking ideas, about the need to maintain and check out these systems, on a regular basis... (so that the new technologies avoid becoming just another fad.) Bill seems not to realize that a nuclear power plant takes 20 years to build... which will bring it online TOO LATE, and who wants spewing nuclear Fukishima-like, or Chernobyl-like contamination? HELL NO ! No Nukes ! No Nukes ! No more Uranium mining ! No more "depleted Uranium" keep that stuff IN THE GROUND ! AWAY FROM PEOPLE ~!

[@joeblack4436]

I've been a big fan of BG for a long time. Still am. But I will say this. Renewables will play a huge role in helping Africa to rise up. I'm a denizen of the African continent and although it is true that in the global GHG emissions debate we only feature as a victim... The benefit renewable power will have for the continent will be profound. I believe this. For Africa the only way is up. Even intermittent renewable energy without adequate storage backup is a major win for most people here. He also missed something about Germany. The cost to get substantial renewable electricity in Germany was exacerbated by when they did it. Had they only started now with the prices as they stand then they would be laughing at the cost. The question remains whether prices would have come down as much if they didn't engage to the extent they have when they did. You cannot say in one breath that wealthy developed nations should foot the lion's share of the R&D bill and in the next make light of how much efforts to do just that has already cost those developed nations which have tried something. Even if they have not followed the course you personally think is the best. Especially in the period from 2000 to 2010 as far as solar and wind is concerned. And from what I understand the effort still enjoys widespread majority support in the general population although there is of course also plenty of discontent. I think any reasonable German should feel proud though. I think much of their current problem can be solved by tweaking the feed-in tariff to sensible levels. Find a compromise. I am thankful to Germany for what they have done. Belgium and Spain too. Scotland et al. China too because they were ready to develop so much of the manufacturing capability needed. Africa will benefit greatly from this combined effort. India too. Even Tokio to some extent although it remains to be seen how much. Each location has it's own specific requirements and challenges after all. I hope Africa can at some point take up and carry the torch a bit further. And of course we all hope safe, affordable, globally scalable nuclear options get developed too. It will all be part of the solution. We should not just dismiss every piece of the puzzle because it can't be used to solve the whole thing by itself. I agree that there's maybe currently a bit of naivety in many circles with regards to renewables being a one size fit all solution in the short term. I am however extremely happy that solar and wind have become a viable, profitable and globally beneficial industry. We should all be happy that the financial world is sharpening it's teeth to get a piece of the clean energy pie. The world will not regret the advent of affordable renewable power. And I tend to think that eventually we could power the world with renewable power and batteries. The ultimate potential of the resource is many, many times what we need. We're just running against the clock at present. Better is always good though.

[@awsal-mubarak9688]

Very well put good sir!

[@C_R_O_M________]

You are a victim of your own inadequacy, that’s the sad truth. No one stops you NOW from not littering, no one stops you NOW to become more ethical in your everyday ordeals. Africa’s societies are plagued by internal corruption which Easterners (Soviets) and Westerners have exploited, BUT it WAS THERE to be exploited! Renewables are not a feasible and sustainable solution for too many reasons to list here (some were mentioned by BG himself). Africa needs to be left alone and choose its most economical source to produce energy. Renewables are neither economically nor practically feasible. Germany’s fiasco is a lesson to be learned. Leave private companies to run the utilities sectors. They know and calculate costs much more efficiently and accurately than any government.

[@joeblack4436]

@@C_R_O_M________ That's a rather interesting statement. You don't even know me. What my skills are, nor my means. I think you might be assuming something about me simply because I'm from Africa. But anyway. A lot is lost in translation with text.

[@dlewis8405]

I think Bill Gates has a blind spot regarding renewables in Africa. He seems convinced that grids such as we have in the developed world will be needed but I am doubtful that this true. Clearly Africa will develop greatly in the years to come but these economies will not displace manufacturing in China, Bangladesh, etc, the way manufacturing in those countries displaced manufacturing in the developed world. It is more likely that Africa will become a food basket for everyone else in coming years. This path of development is well suited to decentralized power, solar with storage for example.

[@joeblack4436]

@@dlewis8405 There are grids for the cities and towns like anywhere else. It's just that millions live out in the countryside. Scraping a meagre existence out of a little patch of ground somewhere. A major portion of the population.

[@cfvgd]

In sweden they already build battery parks. Batteries that last about 7 years? And then what? New ones? Building these batteries isn't good for the environment at all

[@tbrew8222]

There is a whole new type of acid rain in china, just from lithium battery production. The harvesting of lithium is quite environmental though. Its simply poor people hand gathering it from mounds in salt flats and selling it to trucks that patrol the roads to them. Its the processing it for batteries and manufacture that creates a huge footprint and toxins.

[@cfvgd]

@@tbrew8222 shhshhshh! too much truth. Nobody wants to hear that

[@lance8080]

Stay away from liberal pseudo science. Always lands on the shoulders of the blue collar workers to Take the hit.

[@wildandbarefoot]

He's in on the Liquid metal Battery. Makes me wish I was an investor.

[@barrymiller99]

Gates not only doesn't need an interruption, he doesn't need an introduction, either. Forgiving that slip of the tongue, skip the ass-kissing at the start and this is an excellent opportunity to hear the thoughts of a forward thinking, ethical, brilliant investor. I wish that Majumdar had asked him specific questions about transportation fuel, a topic both gentlemen are well versed on (and probably well invested in).

[@tejchoksi]

I suspect transportation will have to be electricity driven. At least local transportation. And electricity will be from solar, wind, nuclear, photo-electrocatalysis, but nuclear will need to be right up there as Gates says, we need renewable electricity at the scale at which we consume oil. Solar and wind can never get us there in my opinion even with a gazillion tesla powerpacks. My two cents on the topic.

[@johnbennetts5598]

@@tejchoksi First and foremost, we need to consider all available technologies and avoid ruling out any, especially when the one that is most often ruled out just happens to be most reliable, safest, most scaleable and cheapest for many applications.

[@yehyaamari3434]

Max of share please. New Energy theory that gonna change everything kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioiQoYevqrR-nq8

[@mikepict9011]

Honestly I know most of this , but he knows more , and knew it long before me ... which is impressive, because I'm obsessed. He must really love his kids

[@pg3811]

I had exactly the same thought.

[@brentc4593]

Yep he really loves those kids! Have you been talking to Epstein lately about Bill Gates? LOL Melinda sure has and she is not so happy with him! Also, Bill Gates didn't even invent Windows like Jobs never invented the Apple computer. The stole the ideas when they both, at the same time, were working for Xerox's innovation department. Its why they collobarted together at the beginning and early on because they stole their ideas together. Jobs stole the hardware and made the computers while Gates stole the Windows and created Microsoft, and they both admitted it before they were super successful lol Do some research if you are so brilliant! The smartest man in the world isn't the one that retains the most information, but the man that can think objectively, question everything, even himself, and finds the truth by attempting to prove something wrong with all their might because the truth cannot be found through proving something, but by attempting to disprove it because only the truth cannot be disproven ;) When Jobs accused Gates of stealing the idea, he famously answered: "Well, Steve, .”

[@mikepict9011]

@@brentc4593 yeah when I wrote this I didn't know he was on pedophile island. I'm a pro nuclear environmentalist but firstly I'm a father of 2 kidnapped children

[@brentc4593]

@@mikepict9011 Sorry to hear about your children. I hope you get them back and that they are safe!

[@mikepict9011]

@@brentc4593 ty your a good person

[@brianbob7514]

Two areas with the least innovation are the ones with the most regulation. Education and energy. WHAT A SURPRISE!!!!!!!

[@incognitotorpedo42]

Wrong. There is a ton of innovation going on in energy. You just aren't paying attention.

[@brianbob7514]

IncognitoTorpedo , that wasn’t my opinion, that is what Bill Gates said.

[@riccifikou9339]

Great interview 🎉, and so informative for the Smart people

[@DheerajBhaskar]

Wow! What a high insight-density talk. Both the interviewee and the interviewer are amazing. The answers that Bill gives are thought through and thorough; I guess you got to owe to the good questions as well

[@BrainDamagedBob]

Love that he's pouring R&D money after MSR's, Wish that was a national level project.

[@hypergraphic]

Yes! I absolutely agree and MSR's, whether uranium or thorium, are the way to go. To me, our advancement as a species has gone hand and hand with better energy supplies. The Holy Grail, of course, would be fusion, but the present day doable solution is 4th gen nuclear. Plus, if we ever want to set up a base on Mars or explore Titan, we will need nuclear power, as out there solar is even less reliable.

[@pseudotasuki]

It *was* until Bill Clinton killed it.

[@gigglehertz]

You don't need a battery that supplies Tokyo with electricity for 3 days when there's a typhoon, because you also have offshore wind. There is a grid that is connected to multiple energy sources. Jesus that's like one step removed from the idiot anti-solar zinger of "what happens when it's dark?"

[@tofo2]

So what happens when it is dark?

[@aussiepyro]

You turn the lights on.

[@ryancope4485]

So how do you operate wind turbines that aren't rated for winds that high and get damaged? Nothing will help a typhoon anyway because the electrical grid is what's going to take the hit

[@gigglehertz]

@@ryancope4485 The blades on modern turbines are designed to feather into the wind to protect them from damage. They work up to a certain windspeed, then cut out, but start working when the winds die down.

[@ThaiNguyen-bg2gw]

Its not "a battery", multiple batteries to place around tokyo. When the main powerlines are destroyed they still can supply power for all areas. And protecting batteries during typhoon is much easier than wind turbines or powerlines even with modern technologies. Just think about when both tsunami and typhoon or even earthquake come to you, will the wind turbines still good choice?

[@maruti1mon1]

Could you invite someone that is actually a specialist? His knowledge on various issues energy-related are well below par.

[@chrisschneiders6734]

Hmm , so your implying your the expert..

[@cryptotronic7908]

This must be before he developed his current solution, which is population control.

[@Anonymint-vj7bt]

Bill Gates has never had vision. And this video continues his historical incompetence.

[@byram101]

32:00 The year wherein the world makes less CO2 will be the year of the COVID 19 or CCP virus pandemic.

[@angelabuck5491]

spot on, - HE KNEW THERE WOULD BE A WORLD RECESSION - in 2018. I`ve tracked and traced HIM AND OTHERS FOR THE LAST 9 months ..

[@swedesam]

Low to no pressure engineered nuclear power plants....I'm in.

[@edwardyang8254]

The market isn't going to help long term projects. Only the government can. The U.S. government has funded long term projects such as space programs and early nuclear energy development. It is still funding various long term projects on weapon research. If any, this is probably the most important reason why we need a government, so there's an entity where we can pool resource to work for common good.

[@cryptotronic7908]

This man is highly invested in Monsanto, the leading producer of genetically modified crop seed. They produce large numbers of seeds which contain the exact same patented genome. Theses seeds are the most commonly used by the majority of farmers. Not only do the plants that grow NOT produce any seeds (so the farmers need to purchase seeds each year) , but evolutionarily, the plants have been stripped of their adaptability the they had gained through thousands of years of evolutionary pressures. One fungus could cause every Monsanto soybean plant to die. Doesn't sound like he has much forethought at all. This man is a narcissistic sociopath who thinks he is so much better than the avg person and therefore, mistakenly, thinks his answers are the always the right one. Ironic considering the only field in which he has any related knowledge, which is computers, he had to misappropriate his partners ideas in order to succeed in the first place

[@Anonymint-vj7bt]

Bill Gates has never had vision. And this video continues his historical incompetence.

[@RIZNICASVEGA]

32:48 Mass Recession!!! He Know!! Corona is a KEY!!!!!!

[@trubdour]

Here's the short solution to any impending energy shortage - "LIVE LIKE THE AMISH". 😊

[@mikaelohman9839]

No it's not. It's build more nuclear and reuse the old waste.

[@suivzmoi]

die like the amish

[@john_smith_john]

If everyone lived like the amish, we'd starve.

[@trubdour]

I guess I should have stated that I was trying to be humorous and not literal.

[@kbcoop3249]

Fascinating how you can see when Gates gets passionate about a topic he really knows his shit.

[@-whackd]

Bill is completely wrong about agriculture. There are very simple things like introducing red algae as 1-2% of feed which reduces 90% of methane output (from cattle). It increases both feed efficiency for farmers, plus reduced the green house gas output.

[@C_R_O_M________]

Methane is so scarce in the atmosphere that Cows and their methane is literally analogous to you farting in a huge stadium.

[@kasuha]

He's not talking about methane at all.

[@Quaerite.Intellectum]

Not to mention that it's been found that cows rotationally grazing on pasture (just as nature intended) greatly improves the plant life and the soil, which actually increases carbon sequestration. Making cows a contributor to reduced carbon levels and pollution instead of a contributor to increased pollution.

[@M3galodon]

@@Quaerite.Intellectum Didn't know that but I think most cows aren't free to graze on pastures.

[@Quaerite.Intellectum]

@@M3galodon That's correct. Most cows are living on industrial farms. Often called CAFOs, which stands for "Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation". My point is that industrial farming practices are the problem, not the cows. Eliminating animal husbandry all together would be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The correct solution is to eliminate industrial farming practices.

[@maulikruparel7831]

Thanks for sharing... (from India!)

[@jameszhang8152]

Really admire his passion and his being so down-to-earth and practial!!

[@vinayakkrishnaprasad358]

He is one of the elites.

[@vinayakkrishnaprasad358]

Don't be fooled by his yap yap

[@fourfortyroadrunner6701]

Down to earth and practical?? little bill gates, and I DO mean little, has never been practical

[@lillianrobinson9928]

Yes, I confident that Mr Boss Bill Gates is absolutely right about this opportunity seriously truthfully faithful believe him Amen!💕

[@michael57603]

A walking encyclopedia on so many topics- what an inspiration!

[@nerophon]

Back of envelope calculation, if Japan bought Tesla Powerwall 2 arrays, they would need to spend 1/3 of their annual national budget to get enough batteries to cover the three-day 22GW load mentioned at 9:00. Conclusion: possible but impractical.

[@P1A2T34]

Assuming that the price of the units doesn’t go up exponentially as the resource (lithium etc) is exhausted.

[@djthevj]

man.. it really worries bill

[@sundareshvenugopal6575]

Well philosophers have always maintained that matter and spirit(energy) are one and the same; that this world is founded and built on scientific laws and working principles which at their core and in their element, are moral, not immoral in nature. People always talk of a life cycle, an energy cycle and even a software development life cycle. But what is the purpose and point of a cycle if nothing and no-one is either the better off or the worse off for taking it.If the intent of the individual(microcosm) in a society if not also a civilization(macrocosm) is to use his/her available resources(energy) out of greed for personal profit or personal gain and for personal benefit, just to make his/her life better, which ultimately always means at the expense of others the energy released will only really be destructive in its form and in its nature, resulting in net qualitative and quantitative energy loss or the slow decay and eventual death of the spirit by gradually enervating it, and killing it. This is basically sacrificing others for advancing oneself.The is the negative spiral or the negative cycle, and the individual goes from death to dying death, in this cycle. This is due to a decline in the morals of the individual(microcosm) , an unfortunate choice on his or her part, which certainly always affects the collective(macrocosm). On the other hand if the individual chooses to be motivated by the spirit of generosity and selflessness with the intention of helping others and of benefiting others, which is sacrificing oneself for advancing others, this will only result in the release of an energy which will be creative in its form, giving life to the spirit and rejuvenating and invigorating it or in a net qualitative and quantitative energy gain, which is a fast growth of life to a more abundant and a more richer life.Thus we see that the relationship of man or woman to god is essentially the same as the relationship of the part to the whole, the relationship of the individual to the collective, the relationship of the microcosm to the macrocosm. Please visit www.complimentaryware.info or www.wereco.org . Is WINDOWS (R) a virus ? For all his , if not also STANFORD university's spending billions of dollars into research, he is still an idiot. Does money buy true knowledge, true intelligence, true wisdom, true life and if it indeed does, exactly what is the quality of that knowledge and what is the quality of that intelligence and what is the quality of that wisdom and what it the quality of that life ?

[@temnekween9474]

Bill Gates, leave nature ALONE, YOURE MAD!!!

[@rociocendejas5678]

2 Chronicles 7:14 “if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.“

[@ciceroaraujo5183]

Yes. He deserves a nobel prize

[@AstridUTube]

I am against pollution of our earth, but history says earth has been changing for millions of years. The last ice age started about 110000 years ago, when large parts were covered up by three kilometers of inland ice over my contry Norway, and ended about 10000 years This is not an excuse to make a better word and to take care of our environment at our little blue marble. We all have to cooperate for less pollution all over the world

[@greghamilton3830]

I think bill is wrong. I feel I know more then him and what credential does he have to speak about business and energy. Sorry just wanted to fit in with the rest of the comments. Haha

[@RSMegaMillions]

Lmao

[@stephen7938]

Lul

[@brandingrindstaff3758]

IoT and embedded systems can enable more efficient agriculture, and many teams are developing this technology now with open source software and low cost computers, such as a Raspberry Pi.

[@backinthegame34]

"the climate is easy to solve group is our biggest problem" ... Spot on !

[@mr.wonder8168]

According to the head of the IEA the real problem is the thousands of coal fired electricity plants being built in Asia. We should focus on helping them use more efficient carbon capture for the plants.

[@basilekidi1580]

I love his arguments on CO2 and how our current industries work

[@ginyilee7886]

so true when he is comparing energy and education have the least RnD that`s why no innovation

I don't know who this bill gates dude is, but he's just another old dude in a sweater. They should have AOC on the show, she's got some great ideas about energy, climate and the economy. Plus, she's young so she's computer literate. I bet this old dude doesn't know crap about computers or social media.

[@pseudotasuki]

She thinks we can completely replace air travel with trains.

[@vaibhavgupta20]

@@pseudotasuki source?

[@AleadaA]

Unicorns & Reefer Madness - yep she is real smart!

[@HYPNOTICVIDEO]

Jack Hack You're a moron.

[@francescomartella144]

Well yes she can certainly be more computer literate than Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft .....

[@ksat8602]

33:26-34:57. Loved this totally.

[@Vermilion2049]

Nuclear fusion is the future

[@incognitotorpedo42]

At what time point do you think we will have a fusion reactor that can compete on cost with renewables + storage? The year 3000? Think about what a fusion reactor would cost. Do you have any idea of the engineering challenges involved? The high-cost maintenance? Fusion isn't the future, it's a black hole that eats money we could spend on things that would actually pay off. There are interesting technologies in the LENR space, for example.

[@OpenGL4ever]

Nuclear fusion is only a filler to fill the gap in days with a low energy production rate and it's a requirement to fill the gap that will be left, when we turn off all fossil fuel power plants.

[@Daniel-dg3np]

The distant distant future yes. How I wish it was close because I'd make a lot of money since I'm in the industry but alas it's still 50+ years away even in the most optimistic scenario. Personally I think it will either never be viable or 200+ years away.

[@OpenGL4ever]

@@Daniel-dg3np Optimistic estimates say 15 years for ITER and a practical prove that it works. If that's the case we need another 10-20 years for DEMO.

[@davidg4975]

Why not embrace revolutionary technologies that supersede wind and solar but don't have the associated issues. I viewed some videos by the energy company H2IL Looks like they have the ultimate solution. Has wow factor! A large corporations need to snatch it up and solve our ever growing energy concerns.

[@lucio788]

so he is against solar? I didn't quite understand him

[@PaulAndHarris]

Yes. He thinks we should put our money into nuclear innovation and other sources of 24/7 power, rather than intermittent sources (solar, wind). Of course, he is forgetting batteries ... + solar + wind... + hydro + offshore wind + pumped storage + gravity storage + compress air + etc etc etc...

[@Apjooz]

Gates is aware of the challenges in trasportation and industry. Some folks aren't when they focus just on electricity production as it is now. Why doesn't Gates then see that if we solve transportation and industry with batteries, synthetic fuels or biofuels then that also solves the intermittency problem at the same time.

[@oglordbrandon]

No, he is not against them, he said wind and solar are great, but questioned if 100% of R&D should go to these intermittent sources.

[@chapter4travels]

Because renewable will never replace fossil fuels, even with storage. They also can not provide industrial heat needed for steel, fertilizer or concrete production which is another third of GHG's. That same high industrial heat can produce synthetic transportation fuels. bravenewclimate.com/2014/08/22/catch-22-of-energy-storage/

[@C_R_O_M________]

Apjooz because nothing is as simple as you seem to think it is.

[@dustingoldsworthy7303]

Gates talking about Nuclear power, doesn't compare it to renewable. Talks about creating a perfect system but yet we still have IT departments to solve his basic core business issues. If a wind turbine fails does it cause a nuclear catastrophy?

[@oo88oo]

7:15 "I remember sitting with Obama" (*throws up a little at that name*) "... and, uh, ..." "... and we ended up getting nothing" (from that g.d. s.o.b.)

[@shravangattu5783]

Thank you.🙏

[@sailingsolar]

Billy here points to India and says they use one-twentieth electricity Americans use. I wonder how much electricity Bill's house uses compared to the average American in one month? How much does Bill use in electricity compared to someone in India?

[@arsenalfanrichi]

He isnt talking about the population being inefficient,, but the infrastructure being inefficient

[@joepoe2370]

@sailingsolar "Billy here points to India and says they use one-twentieth electricity Americans use. I wonder how much electricity Bill's house uses compared to the average American in one month? How much does Bill use in electricity compared to someone in India?" This is nothing but a tu quoque fallacy. Even if you were right that Bill is a hypocrite with electricity use, it wouldn't imply that his claim is factually inaccurate.

[@pseudotasuki]

Appeal to hypocrisy is one of my favorite logical fallacies.

[@Daniel-dg3np]

Perfect what-about-ism. They should use this example in business schools.

[@adamd3820]

How in the hell did Bill democratized computing ?

[@Soothsayer210]

I was surprised how much Bill Gates is for centralized grid system like Fission/ Fusion than for distributed renewables in combinations with storage. I am sorry i think Bill Gates got it wrong here. Especially considering the pace at with storage is evolving. A good example could be Kauai Island and micro grid systems that are popping up in Australia.

[@bitcoinyoda8321]

Bill got the Internet wrong too, but made a got shot with Mircosoft ;-) He does not like distributed systems it seems. Rich people dont have to be right on everything.

[@lbuday]

"Considering the pace at which the space is evolving" maybe that is why he wants to wait. Maybe there is one or two breaktroughs that need to be made before it is plausable. There was a lecture by some asian guy (I think it was at stanford as well) where he talks about batterie technology and he mentioned a company bill invested in(meaning he is definitley optimistic about the technology but thinks its not time yet). Nuclear is great only reason we dont use it is becouse people are afraid. And its pretty cheep and hasnt got a lot of side effects for the enviroment. Edit: the talk I mentioned kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYqVdJKJqM2sm7M

[@Soothsayer210]

i suggest you watch you tubes on 'Clean Energy Disruptions' by Tony Seba, another Stanford. There is lots of figures and projections that he is tracking which is coming to reality.

[@Martin-po9sz]

He is investing in storage solutions. www.b-t.energy/ventures/our-investment-portfolio/

[@psd993]

the entire point of the talk is that the supposed "pace" has yet to come to fruition. Scientific discoveries aren't something you can just extrapolate on past data. That's why moore's "law" has gone wonky, and fusion always remained 3 decades away.

[@Notrocketscience101]

Can just one of these ignorant hosts stop giving Bill a handy for what he did to computing? He slowed progress with his D rated products. Personal computing was doing fine with Steve Wozniac’s Apple computer and Jobs drive to make a company. Further advancements came from Xerox Parks lab were the GUI, mouse and networking were invented. Microsoft didn’t even invent the IBM OS that made Bill rich. DOS was purchased from Seattle Computer Products when Bill caught wind IBM needed a DOS for their poorly thought out but quick to market IBM-PC, a computer that was 5 years late to market as they figured out they needed to crush Applies unheard of growth rates. Because IBM never valued software they clumsily let Bill have the licensing rights while IBM burned through 10 billion dollars marketing the computer. Clone-makers quickly copied the IBM computer and used DOS to make them Comparable with the rapidly growing 3rd party software written for the IBM-PC.

[@jasoncraig1397]

You're my hero Bill, you truly are!!!

[@Juan-ud3if]

If the standard of foods is controlled it might decrease the over consumption of food for entertainment, because the quality of food products has suffered due to the increase in quantity due to the increase in demand, but the food consumed by people as a necassity should not be expensive.

[@pwilki8631]

BILL IS OBVIOUSLY CLUELESS. HE NEEDS TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH AOC.

[@diodejr9385]

Yes spend some time to educate her.

[@Daniel-dg3np]

They're both largely right actually. I think Bill would already understand that. There needs to be BOTH reductions in demand n high carbon countries and improvements in delivery of energy. Most of the change will have to happen on the reduction of demand side actually - efficiency in design won't cut it, there just needs to be a large change in the economy and society.

[@AlexandreLeone]

Yes Michael... Thanks to the universe, you exist!!

[@Juan-ud3if]

The World has to be managed better. To repair climate, so that the ecosystem can be brought back into balance, urgent steps and funding is important. Wasting people's money on wars and weapons has to end. The money should go to climate management.

[@travismoore7849]

Thorium Salt breeder that is driven by a particle accelerator.: Just a stainless steel vessel for thorium chloride, A particle accelerator hits a target to make neutrons to breed thorium with a neutron slowing salt moderator. It is down at low pressure for operation. I don't know if Protactinium-233 would make enough heat to keep the molten salt hot and run a small 1MW carbon dioxide cycle generator. But if so it could be a breeder that makes energy from breeding thorium rather than consuming U233 witch could be used in other MSR burners. But that may be a pipe dream. But why didn't Bill Gates invest in focus fusion when he had the chance.