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Environment & Energy

jonthebru

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4. He is actually correct.

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2012, 09:55 PM

Apr 2012

Once they got to the point of creating weapons grade plutonium from the reactors the research basically settled on that. There was research done on other nuclear power generation that could be much safer but because those methods didn't help build the bombs they were not fully developed.

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Bill Gates disses efficiency, �cute� solar, deployment � still doesn�t know how he got rich [View all] kristopher Apr 2012 OP

Gates is kind of an idiot savant. diane in sf Apr 2012 #1

He's gotten some bad advice from Nathan Myhrvold bananas Apr 2012 #2

If so, I doubt it actually related to the effectiveness of renewables. kristopher Apr 2012 #3

He is actually correct. jonthebru Apr 2012 #4

No he isn't. kristopher Apr 2012 #5