Gates is also working on projects that most Americans would worry about, nuclear power.

I think it is appropriate to worry about nuclear power, next-generation or not. But, nuclear energy is considered clean energy because it does not produce GHG. But, it has been a dangerous form of energy. Gates thinks this investment into "Terra" is an answer for a heavily used grid. He is the primary driver behind Microsoft.

Microsoft Corporation cannot survive without energy. It only makes sense for Gates to take up the challenge to produce clean energy to protect his company. I think this technology sounds interesting, but, is it really the safe alternative to the nuclear power plants we have today, and should it be considered a viable replacement for conventional energy produced through burning fossil fuels.

What really impressed me about this is that Gates accepts the climate crisis as it is. He accepts the fact the status quo is dangerous for human life. He didn't go to Mitch McConnell and hand him millions in donations to secure the coal of the future. Bill Gates looked at the facts and decided the USA and the world must end the use of combustibles like coal and go forward with energy that works for his company and its product as well as ending the climate crisis.

I can back that way of thinking. He knows there must be alternatives to fossil fuels and emissions of GHG, but, he doesn't drop the ball and demands fossil fuels be protected. Instead, he is using his wealth as an investment to the same goals most climate scientists stress. I think there is room for him in activism to end this mess with fossil fuels.

April 8, 2021
By Catherine Clifford

...But Gates was also interested in the potential of nuclear power as a clean energy. (click here)

After reading a paper about a new generation of nuclear reactors built with technical advancements to guard against such accidents, Gates founded TerraPower in 2008 to realize the benefits of these innovations.

Selected by the U.S. federal government to demonstrate the viability of nuclear power through its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP), TerraPower aims to build "fully functional advanced nuclear reactor within 7 years of the award," according to the Office of Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.

"We envision a 2050 grid that is powered by very significant wind and solar power, but is complemented by" Terra Power nuclear reactors, TerraPower president and CEO, Chris Levesque, tells CNBC Make It....