The folks over at E-Cat world are on top of this, moving faster and more thoroughly than us vorts. Kudos to them.
*http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/11/17/update-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea/#comment-1698388366 <http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/11/17/update-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea/#comment-1698388366>* Bob Greenyer <http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&disqus_version=c6ed14e4&f=ecw&t_i=11372%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F%3Fp%3D11372&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2Fupdate-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea%2F&t_e=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_d=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_t=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&s_o=desc&l=#> • 2 hours ago <http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/11/17/update-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea/#comment-1698335441> This is how Bill Gates felt about Nuclear in April 21, 2010 in the year before Rossi's first public demonstration in 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?... <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbq_KdPzjE> At 4:44 he talks about the group HE (not B&M Foundation) is backing, they use U238, he says "...because we have fast Neutrons, we have this Neutron budget that's very different, now our main problem is the material science problem - is these damn Neutrons - uh - degrade the cladding and everything - we don't have a predictable way of saying over a 40 year lifetime - uh - how various materials deal with that." Then the Kicker... he dismissively says... "If you look at the [Hot] Fusion guys, their Neutrons are like a thousand times worse than our Neutrons, but even ours are, are... those guys [hot fusion] have 14 MEV Neutrons - good luck to them!" He starts smiling and goes on... "People should work on that - that is NOT an easy thing in terms of the economics." In the same video he states boldly "I love nuclear" Given that: 1. his own investment since this video was made 3.5 years ago hasn't yielded cheap ubiquitous, safe and easy to deploy energy 2. the very obvious dismissal of the practicality of hot fusion given his own real experience of his nuclear investment 3. this was pre Rossi 4. this was pre-Fukashima 5. the fact that he was looking at small reactors in a lab with Vittorio Violante There is no doubt in my mind that Bill Gates is looking at LENR. The only questions is, when will he announce "I love the New Fire" 8 <http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&disqus_version=c6ed14e4&f=ecw&t_i=11372%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F%3Fp%3D11372&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2Fupdate-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea%2F&t_e=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_d=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_t=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&s_o=desc&l=#> - - - - <http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&disqus_version=c6ed14e4&f=ecw&t_i=11372%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F%3Fp%3D11372&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2Fupdate-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea%2F&t_e=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_d=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_t=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&s_o=desc&l=#> - [image: Avatar] <http://disqus.com/bobgreenyer/> Bob Greenyer <http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&disqus_version=c6ed14e4&f=ecw&t_i=11372%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F%3Fp%3D11372&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2Fupdate-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea%2F&t_e=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_d=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_t=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&s_o=desc&l=#> • 3 hours ago <http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/11/17/update-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea/#comment-1698205387> At DAVOS Bill first quotes the importance of new energy and recognises the slow pace and problems with storage of alternative energy and the fact that it is not a priority for government research investment because of the payback horizon [is not within a politically useful time-frame] http://youtu.be/aen6ubFLSmo?t=... <http://youtu.be/aen6ubFLSmo?t=21m32s> In his second segment he is specifically asked if he is going to broaden the remit of the foundation, and he says that the focus of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation will remain the same, helping farmers, solving health issues "The focus of our foundation for my lifetime will be these health and agricultural issues, uh, you've gotta specialise, uh we think that we can go from a world where 6 million children a year are dieing, get that down to under 2 million and so we're gonna stay focussed on those things uh, until we achieve health equity where if you are born in a poor country, you're no more likely to die than any other child on the planet." http://youtu.be/aen6ubFLSmo?t=... <http://youtu.be/aen6ubFLSmo?t=52m25s> That says 1. Nothing about his own personal capacity, he is keen to mention the specialisation as being that of the foundation 2. Helping create an affordable means to desalinate water would help farmers. For me, it is interesting WHY Mishal Husain would specifically ask Bill if he was broadening the foundations remit. When you are preparing questions for something like that Q&A, which I have done before, you often have a discussion with each member of the panel informally, where interesting things are revealed off the record. As an experienced interviewer, Mishal would then seek to weave a narrative during the allotted time slot drawing from her understanding of those more informal moments. She may have asked Bill thinking there would be a big reveal, but leaving it to Bill the freedom to not have to claim or deny. Having clearly mentioned the importance of energy earlier, Bill takes the foundation line. - <http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&disqus_version=c6ed14e4&f=ecw&t_i=11372%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F%3Fp%3D11372&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2Fupdate-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea%2F&t_e=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_d=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_t=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&s_o=desc&l=#> - • - Reply <http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&disqus_version=c6ed14e4&f=ecw&t_i=11372%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F%3Fp%3D11372&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2Fupdate-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea%2F&t_e=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_d=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_t=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&s_o=desc&l=#> - • - Share › - - - - jousterusa <http://disqus.com/embed/comments/?base=default&disqus_version=c6ed14e4&f=ecw&t_i=11372%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F%3Fp%3D11372&t_u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F11%2F17%2Fupdate-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea%2F&t_e=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_d=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&t_t=Update%20from%20the%20Gates%20Foundation%20%28Joe%20Shea%29&s_o=desc&l=#> • 3 hours ago <http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/11/17/update-from-the-gates-foundation-joe-shea/#comment-1698180388> I just got a response from Mr. Gates' personal office from his Director of Communications, Jonah Godlman. He said: "I am in Bill Gates’s personal office. Regarding your inquiry to the foundation on Bill’s trip to Rome: Bill was at the ENEA last week on a personal trip to learn more about the innovative work the agency is doing. The visit was a wide-ranging session covering lots of topics. He was not there as a representative of the foundation, nor are there any plans for funding or other partnerships between the ENEA and the foundation."
