Oil or wind? - Energy transition in the U.S. | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 10 апр 2022
- North Dakota is a top oil-producing state in the U.S. In light of Russia's attack on Ukraine, many in the northern state hope demand will rise. Others want to shift to renewables. It's a conflict that goes to the core of North Dakota’s identity.
The state of North Dakota in the U.S. seems like the ideal spot for renewable energies, with its sprawling, wind-swept plains. An initative led by Native peoples is currently testing the possibilities with large solar farms. But not everyone shares their green vision. Ines Pohl visited a state struggling to find its place in a shifting energy landscape.
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Im from Denmark. Yesterday we had record "Wind/Solar" production, and generated more than what Denmark needs. So it was sold to Europe. . . The future is this, and i do not understand how America are so slow on this.
Organized money. In this case, the oil and gas industry.
But anytime you wonder, "what's up with this fucked up thing in America," the answer is invariably organized money.
They have oil, that's why. As for Denmark, they don't...
@@talibjalloh928 we don't generate electricity with oil in the US (less than .5%,). Natural gas is about 40%). And Texas alone produces enough electricity to be ranked the 5th ranked country in the world in wind generated electricity. The US is second in the world behind China in both solar and wind power production by volume already.
America is not "so slow on [wind and solar]."
Okay i read up on this. US is actually doing pretty well. But I shouldn't expect less of such a country. If US is not on top of these technologies, they will loose there status as world leader. . . The reason why we do have so much wind power in Denmark, is due to Vestas which is Danish and a pioneer on windpower.
Why does it have to be either, or…. Clearly we need both at least for now transitioning slowly to green not putting ourselves in jeopardy.
The perfect answer.
CANNABIS SEEDS REPLACE OIL
Climate change does not have the same patience as you.
Noone talking about jeopardy. . . But things are going to slow. WAY to slow.
I just want to know who uses oil for electric power in the US.
I see a lot of people in the comments saying we need oil for everything and using that to refute green energy...
Completely missing the point- STOP using dwindling oil to make energy. Use renewable green energy for that. This is one of the points of switching to renewables.
Oil is a non-renewable, important product and should be used in making essentials. NOT energy we can create using something else.
Renewables suck
No one is refuting green Energy here. If you want to go in for solar or wind do it. If the US government want to go green , they can do it. They just don't want to because of the costs. Green advocates like you are everything that is wrong with the system. Just do what you want to do and stop wasting time attacking others who won't agree with you. They can't stop you, unless you feel inadequate and cannot go green in reality.
@@rond5936 Funny how you think anyone who wants to go green is 'attacking others' when we're just saying our thoughts- like you and everyone else.
Maybe you should stop wasting time attacking others who advocate for it because you don't like it?
See what I did there?
Now read my comment again without getting mad that it's not parroting your world-views and you'll see it's not attacking anyone.
Ron D deleted his comment so I'm posting it here for posterity
*_Ron D_* - "No one is refuting green Energy here. If you want to go in for solar or wind do it. If the US government want to go green , they can do it. They just don't want to because of the costs. Green advocates like you are everything that is wrong with the system. Just do what you want to do and stop wasting time attacking others who won't agree with you. They can't stop you, unless you feel inadequate and cannot go green in reality."
These guys are literally thinking they're getting 'attacked' by people who advocate going green just because.... it isn't the same as their opinion.
We need both. We should cut our oil consumption drastically but still use it to support our clean energy infrastructure.
HELL NO
@@JIJN I agree we should stick to oil
@@doomguy510 oil... and gas from Russia
@@doomguy510 yeah and shit on the poor countries for using oil to get rich
@@JIJN fuck oil
They are both important for the US at the moment. Eventually wind will take on a bigger share.
Yes, the key is Elon battery storage technology. (6:14) That guy is clueless, he forgot you need the other component which is battery storage to add with wind and solar.
@@Kemet3.0 Wrong
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The reasons people in North Dakota are often against windmills is because (1) they provide little power, (2) the generated power is often sold to neighboring states like Minnesota, (3) typically the land on windmills are owned by one or two people, (4) kills thousands of birds on an annual bases, (5) must cut off windmills when the winds blow too hard and (6) the horrible destruction to windmills due to high winds. What wind power doesn't do is supply the materials needed to make thousands of everyday products such as tires, skis, yarn, paint, soap, eye glasses, deodorants, etc.
People are saying to stop using oil to create energy. Yes- oil creates the products you describe. But this non-renewable resource is being used to create energy or transportation energy that we can create using other means.
You're missing the point in renewable energy. It doesn't mean no oil- it means no oil in making energy or transport. You use that oil to _actually_ make lasting products.
Also- cars kill thousands of mammals and reptiles every year through hit & runs. A lot of the shit we do kills animals. It's a moot point in not wanting renewable non-oil energy.
If we want to use oil as a material to make everyday products then we should not be using it as transportation fuel.
@@Parker307 How do we produce enough energy in order to NOT make oil transportation fuel? This is exactly the reason anti-frackers have absolutely no common sense. I can tell you people on Standing Rock will NOT be able to able to afford electric cars. I used to live there and there are communities where the per cap is less than $6K per year.
@@nofacebigfootgaming6008 It is possible to live without a car if an area is developed for that. If people walked and bike more often it would not only solve energy problems but would also help greatly with the obesity issue in the US the the medical costs associated with it. Just because a place has a cold climate does not mean that it needs to be dependent on cars. Most of the energy used in cars is not for moving the people but for moving the mass of the vehicle itself. Check out the video on the Not Just Bikes channel about the town in Finland where people bike all the time in winter.
The bird thing is a total myth
3:00 man driving 300 horsepower jeep wrangler denounces own mode of transport
Geothermal has huge potential. New plasma drill bit making it possible for anywhere on earth to have unlimited energy
Yes, lets repurpose the technology and jobs of Oil drilling towards geothermal.
Don't get me wrong I love solar (have it installed with a battery bank) and I like wind, but both have major drawbacks and its not just the lack of wind or sun. Both solar and wind with current production standards last 20 years before they need replacing... and both are hard to recycle ♻️
Do your homework my friend, everything can be recycled.
@@rogermartinez78 Anti Hero said recycling was hard. You somehow read impossible. Good news everyone! You both agree.
Solar panels last more than 20 years. They are just less optimal. You might need a new inverter and thats it and/or battery.
In other words, they suck
Ever tried to recycle a 20 year old Petrochemical plant????
Transformation is an enormous task, keep the pedal to the metal
Always, Thank u guys.
'Taking Taking Taking', when will we learn to give back!
That strikes my mind 👏
Bro, what about nuclear energy? What the British scientists did with a new way to generate more electricity is outstanding
Nuclear energy is the answer. Unfortunately the same people who think we use oil to feed our power grid (we don’t) think nuclear power is akin to nuclear war heads.
@@aajohnsoutube Nuclear disasters are bad but I don't know what else we can do to produce enough energy for the entire country
It doesn't have to be a dichotomy at all. Use whatever works best (including cleanly as part of that...) in the specific area and provide some regional independence for energy. TX is the largest oil producing state in the US and also the largest electricity generating at the same time - by nearly 2x over FL. 2021, the ERCOT grid (which is 90% of the state, and most of the populated areas in it) was 28% wind and solar, and solar is just taking off there. 2022 YTD, those 2 are at 34% ... Mar, they were 42%. And still producing all that oil (and NG)... Site the renewables where they make good sense by the math and conditions (eg sky insolation and wind patterns), or don't - because they'll fail. Some areas the best for energy will be to super-insulate, upgrade HVAC and industrial pumps/motors etc for higher efficiency... The Native American groups are really missing out if they're not covering a bunch of land with solar panels and selling the power back to the various grids, because on tribal lands they are in a strong position to avoid a lot of regulations and taxation issues.... so good to see this guy on top of giving it a go !
Exactly! Not that I like Donald Trump, but I think blaming the Republicans while Germany is definitely relying too much on Russian gas is so hypocritical.
I’m not too impressed by solar except in really sunny areas I’m in ny I favor the wind turbines I think they can really make use of land for crops livestock and energy and residential homes as long as home is far enough away. Like a rural dream . I can see sunflowers growing beneath wind turbines or fields of wheat dairy cows pastures of sheep with wind turbines high above together in harmony. It’s strong it’s local it’s clean how smart is that?! Not one acre is wasted.
Heating in Canada in winter is abhorrently $$$$$. Natural gas is best for now
Untill there is one drop of oil, no one and no one will ignore it just because we have other means of power, doesn’t mean we can make things out of them as we do with oil.
"renewable (Solar + Hydro + Wind) -> Million Volt DC Transmission -> Storage (battery, pumped storage, hydrogen) -> distribution" can work if cost competitive. It needs decades of dedicated work to make it cost competitive. On a grander scale, deserts in CA and NV can be good candidates.
However, it is always the case that people on one side only loves talk the talk and the silent other side simply just walk the walk with good grand plan for decades or even longer. It is very clear which side will eventually win if such status quo remines to be status quo.
You'll never get there using solar or wind. Wind turbines destroy the environment and solars create both beta and gamma radiation and or best 22% energy efficient. Think the Earth is getting warm now? Go put your hand underneath of the solar panel and understand if the world's using 100% solar instead of just 2% how hot it will get
You can never power everything with just solar wind and battery. We need more ficus on real energy like nuclear.
The Title to this video makes me ask why does energy have to be an either, or? Transition needs to occur gradually.
My perspective. As an older individual, the cost for me to install alternative energy infrastructure to my house such as battery banks, solar panels or wind turbines., or buy an electric car, is capital expenditure not worth to me to invest. Cost prohibitive.
We have fossil fuels from an extinction event. As for saving the planet, the planet ultimately regenerate itself. And when it does there may be no sun for awhile. But the wind will sure blow.
That will kill your off springs.
Fracking is dirty and a poor tradeoff because of ground water pollution.
That is not true ND started major oil production about 1999.
Embrace the transition to renewable energy and support the fossil fuel workers to adapt to clean energy Jobs.
Yes go nuclear.
Nuclear is clean . Wind and solar aren't
This works in small towns but big city's like New York, Chicago, LA... no space for wind towers. About 9 million people live in the Chicago area, 12 million in New York...wind will never provide for everyone in big cities. Why do a program about a state in the USA with no people/ very few people???? Tell us what will work for areas with a large population.
We need both it all period.
Need both
To solve global warming, subatomic particles have to overcome their differences and come together (fusion)
Global warming is a political scam to justify higher taxes and subventions.
FRAUD
The wind turbines use oil 😆 lots and lots of it. And the rags they use on them some companies burn 🔥 after. Not as green as you think.
How much did the solar project cost to build?
This is literally the most high quality and efficient news channel I’ve seen. Yay :)
I’ll keep my gas/diesel thank you very much!
All of above, energy sources will last longer.
Wind and Sun. Because US transport is going electric. This will also benefit poor countries because oil price will go down.
Unreliables can never replace reliable energy.
@@thegreataynrand7210 totally ? probably not. As a major contributor to offset various other fuels, sure can. Check the %s on the TX ERCOT and CA ISO grids and see it happening every day.
@@lylestavast7652 And they have to constantly increases fossil fuels to offset their unreliability
Palm oil? Carbon!
Amazon in fire? Carbon!
Coal burning? Carbon!
Fueling the tank for roadtrip coast to coast every summer? NO PROBLEM!
Face mask, PPD, ventilator, COVID vaccines? Carbon!!!
Stinger missles to Ukraine? Carbon!!!
Letting people die? Carbon free!!!
Are you so privileged you went on a road trip every summer?
What is that Elder Scrolls Oblivion Music?
Why not both?
Wind mills are bird killers… no more wind mills
Solar is nice but it's not as green as you think
6:20 solar don't just need pure sun they just need daylight
production drops dramatically in overcast conditions depending on the nature of the cloud cover. you might end up getting 20% of the rating during soft lighting conditions... I've sat with a meter and watched it come and go as cloud cover approached and the various densities transitioned overhead.
@@lylestavast7652 that's funny, my solar system loses minimal unless it's heavy overcast. Cloud cover can be better than extreme heat which does impact production.
@@blaydCA maybe yours ia a newer model
@@matthewjohnson1203 My system is older. USA made panels though. Has to be pretty heavy cloud cover to drop it down.
My wife works on oil
But It take wind to keep her oil flowing
I don't get it. If the Feds will assist in having renewable energy in a state and the export fossil fuels, Why wouldn't they want to export more while saving money?
I believe it is a matter of will and that going solar and wind is doable.
Its not, a base load is needed and nether can do that.
World: We will die if we use fossil fuels
Russia: You buy oil here?
World: Yeah sure but you gotta make less with us.
Russia: ok... you buy more?
World: Screw it why not its cheap... hey, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE?!
Russia: We all die if you fight me, but you need more oil? I will still sell you oil.
No one is dying ya lying hysteric.
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Dala's EV repair is jumping into solar as of late... RUclips him..
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Most American oil production is pretty high cost. When the current crisis passes a lot of these wells will go idle. Renewable energy projects are predictable in terms of costs to build and energy output.
I hate to tell you, but you're never getting rid of petroleum. Nothing packs the caloric punch per unit. That's why it became the predominant energy source. You might dilute it, but you're not going to replace it without massive decline in human population. I'm all for diversity of energy sources, but the simplistic views around this are dangerous.
* PS - The Sioux came over from Minnesota in the early 1800s, displacing the Crow (which they were originally pushed down from Canada by the Asiniboine in the 1700s) . They were not in the Dakotas for "centuries" before whites came. Accuracy matters.
hydrogen has substantially higher energy density than oil... oil can also be produced from hydrogen... would give even more jobs making it from renewables...
@@homo-sapiens-dubium I have a friend who has worked on hydrogen fuel cell technology since the 90s. They're trying, but constantly run up against handling problems. It's a single atom, difficult to contain.
When I refer to density I'm talking about cubic space and the ability to move it around to point of use. Petrol > coal > wood
Oil is not feeding our power grid though! Natural gas, yes, but not oil or refined products.
@@aajohnsoutube How did the natural gas get extracted? Motorized equipment. How transported? It started with motorized equipment. How maintained? Ford Super Duties. Heavy lift will not be battery operated anytime soon.
Diversification, reworking of transport / logistics systems, rearrangement of housing for sure. But that's gonna take a few decades and it needs an actual plan. We don't hear much beyond sloganeering.
DW should also focus on the fact that Germany (and other countries like the UK) imports tens of millions of tons of wood a year, largely from the southern USA to be burned as "renewable" green energy in power plants that once burned coal. Per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated, burning wood emits one and a half times the carbon dioxide of coal and three times that of natural gas.
The CO2 from burning biomass is *not* additional CO2 being added to the atmosphere - it was already there to begin with. Therefore it is renewable.
Still, it would be better if that biomass was not burned but instead sequestered.
The Co 2 was in the trees, and not the atmosphere. While the tree is living it is removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Assuming the forests will be replantd it will take many years to get back to that level of sequestration. Then add all the harvesting, processing and transport which all add a lot of CO2 to the atmosphere as they are energy intensive and it is not a simple equation at all.
All energy sources are important wind , solar, and gas.
Oil and nuclear
Renewable ”intermittent” energy.
Lmao
WATER IS LIFE
wind for me
Them windmills chop up tons of birds and they hafta flatten acres of mountains to put up them which never will repay themselves
Oil spills do way more damage. Wind energy is clearly the better option.
Canada and the US should massively overproduce and flood the market, hitting 20 million or even 30 million barrels per day. Build more pipelines. At the same time, divert a portion of money to carbon capture, coal plant scrubbers or filters, clean diesel, wind, solar and improving gas engine mpg rates, and educate people more about conservation. 30% to 50% of groceries in North America go to waste because of poor planning, long distances to stores, huge 2 week stockups, then forgetting what you bought, finding, oops, it went rotten or expired, throw it out, repeat, over and over, drive from store to store, all over a big city area then back to the suburbs or the rural areas. It's really wasteful but with better planning and habts, a lot could be improved. Why don't the Great Lakes have wind farms out say, several kilometers where the winds are high and it won't bother those on land? So much more could be done. Flood the market with oil and divert profits to cleanup. We simply cannot get off coal and oil yet.
Whatever happened to dams? dont they generate power? hoover dam?
Actually most of the suitable sites for hydro dams in the US are either already leveraged or can't be due to various ecological concerns. And hydro is HIGHLY affected by precipitation levels in their upstream sources which can dramatically reduce the mount of otherwise dispatchable power they can provide. And, some are being remove by return-to-nature advocacies as well... We produce nearly 50% more electricity from wind in the US than we do from all the hydro sources already.
oil, wind, sun, whatever it takes to power.
Reduce consumption
Maximise WIIFM
germany has been on the "transition" for 20 years...hows it working out for them??..
Use wind energy save environment
There's a third option: farts.
So...beans it is
Solar ?
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There is all sort of alternative clean energy to depend on than that sob.
Ever notice how supportive big oil is for solar and wind? It's because they'll never work you can't do it. The answer is of course thorium reactors. They were the first commercial nuclear reactor they're the cheapest to build the fastest to build the cleanest and impossible to have a meltdown. France has some India has some and plans to have 62 in 3 years. The United States has two and another one at Arizona State University used for experimenting. Imagine supplying the entire elect power needs for the United States in an area the size of about 80 school buses. And now you know why big oil makes you afraid of nuclear reactors. But sorry thorium doesn't use uranium it can use fluoride or liquefied salt.
many many will deny me at a time such as this i have come to you
Wind sure
Nuclear
The original and obvious solution from the very beginning of the 1970s 'energy crisis' was always for civilization to take it upon itself, in every way possible, to use less energy, not just to keep demanding more by what has turned out to be any means necessary.
The continual and unforgivable waste and excesses of the bloated lifestyles and amenities much of the world's middle class now demand is why we are here now, looking at just one more energy crisis. Only now, nobody even dares suggest that maybe learning to live with half or even less of the total of all forms of energy we use today would make a lot more sense as a goal than simply piling on one experimental technology after another to try and keep our standards of living afloat.
We should have all just lowered our expectations dramatically, way back then and ever since, of how many BTUs it really requires to live a decent human life, and counted our blessings to have abundances by learning the rudimentary notion of what is enough. Instead we have allowed decades of profligate and thoughtless acquisitiveness to set their own requirements, and force us all to invest in an unforgivably wasteful way of life even when many of us may not have been particularly benefited by it.
Look at us now: every bit of this was preventable, half a century ago, but that early enthusiasm I recall all too well from my youth, toward being more efficient and less wasteful in whatever ways we could find and invent some more in the process, from back then is never even a topic of discussion now.
It's embarrassing, and never in my life have I enjoyed less having been in the right all along. I have eschewed and disdained the whole middle-class model, of varying degrees of illusory freedom all secured by permanent debt and the impossibility of ever being truly solvent, for all this time, and have remained astonished at the blindness of the headlong self-destructiveness of such a means of living on this earth.
And I am not surprised now in the least, at the untenable bind all of western civilization has manufactured for itself. I guarantee you planting more of those over-rated, over-promoted, visually hideous and mostly cosmetic turbines across the planet will not be any way out, just one more way of digging into the trap even deeper.
That's why polls show that more people are in favour of them than aren't
I don't think they even look that bad
@@matthewjohnson1203 There are over a hundred of these greenie stage props in my rural neighborhood, provided by Denmark and now nearing a decade in 'service'.
Many of these are ill-maintained and showing steady oil leaks out of both main bearings that have been present for months and the State refuses to do anything but listen to the company's excuses and file meaningless reports.
They are a boondoggle, a cash cow for landowners, an insubstantial jobs program for rural high school grads, and yes, an eyesore, and I don't think they even really produce any appreciable power.
During high winds they have to shut them down with braking mechanisms and many of them still rotate very slowly anyway, meaning enormous friction is tearing up bearings and seals hundreds of feet off the ground that cannot be replaced.
It took two weeks to replace three blades on one machine, and many of the others have blades coated with oil. They are surveillance platforms and political props, and one of the stupidest ideas of the Century of Stupid.
Just use less damn energy, people, and stop grabbing for wishful thinking sold to you by greedy opportunists who are laughing at your naivete.
If we're serious about reducing dependence on hydrocarbons for energy we better get cracking building a buttload of nuclear power plants. Dilute intermittents like wind and solar are far too resource intensive and chaotic to ever be capable of making a meaningful dent in burning hydrocarbons.
Oil always wind someday
solar energy, when it is turned into electricity and not used to warm up houses can make you money.
Banks pledged to reduce oil investments but they are increasing their loans to oil and so forth. Consumers can and probably NEED to be the adults and switch banks to a "b corp" rated bank.
Soundz like Fanny does the narrating or this doku......
you can have all the wind energy you want, but if manufacturing engines, heaters, and water boilers of your economy don't run on electric, you still don't have what it takes. And it takes a lot of time and money to change all that infrastructure (public and private).
To get new oil today exploration needs to be done and heavy investments. The high prices won't stick around for years.
Renewables are already cheaper. Get yourself a EV and solar panels. You self sufficient. Think of it as prepping. If you afford it maybe a battery.
Thr sun will always shining why not use it.
As he drives a gas guzzler jeep.
4.11.22 no war
No oil or gas, much better with hydro solar, wind, thermal, battery backup and possibly even small nuclear reactors.
Nuclear is this still a question? And then don’t leave radioactive sources lying around after the clean up.
NUCLEAR TO THE SUN
Cody two Bears supports Green energy, and yet drives a Jeep Wrangler with beefed up tires. The vehicle has an EPA rating of 13mpg city (17mpg highway). It is anything but "green". In short Cody is a hypocrite.
The narrator was ridiculously bias!
Not surprised on a topic like this.
I agree, no unbiased person would cover this many pro oil perspectives when there is little to no state of facts for it
We’ve been “transitioning” away from petroleum for 120 years
We need to invest in new age nuclear plants, won't work without. Lack of knowledge? Maybe Hollywood needs to incorporate more renewable energy situations in their movies and TV shows?
Break wind.
Its not a difficult choice, wind isnt a real power source. And oil is too limited. Nuclear power is the future of energy.
Oil is still the easiest, most energy-dense, most cost-effective energy source to extract. And, there's no end to supply in sight. It will become increasingly more costly to extract on a long-term basis, and that's where alternative energy sources can make a genuine bid to surpass it on a cost basis.
@@flyingphoenix113 Too bad about the global warming thing
@@gregbors8364, there is simply less political will behind climate change than there is behind cost of living and energy prices. Until that changes, it will remain an afterthought in the conversation of energy sourcing.
@@flyingphoenix113 exactly
"wind isnt a real power source" ???
what is it then, tell me, imaginary power??
Wind is not a good way to supply a grid and solar is even worse, especially in high latitude. Apart from the huge problem of intermittency, and no batteries will not make up for that. There are technical difficulties with wind and solar that are never mentioned. Unable to load follow, very variable levels of output which requires other conventional plants to keep the grid supply and demand in balance. They reduce short circuit levels on the grid, essential for correct operation of protection systems, they are difficult for reactive power levels.
There cannot be a transition from fossil fuel\hydro
uclear generation to renewables. It's a pipe dream.
Renewables are not equal to conventional genertaors and should not be considered as an alternative.
You need to talk to TX ERCOT grid operators, 42% of electricity in that grid was wind and solar YTD through March. Totally doable, just requires strategies which address all the issues.
power factor can be corrected by running an unloaded synchronous condenser. yes, power factor correction is generally not known by the average person.
I missed part of your comment when I responded and clicked the More button. All your stated issues can be addressed for shorter periods of time if you have sufficient battery storage. These big Tesla megapacks etc can act as a buffer between renewable generation and grid demand - basically look like a power plant that can be signalled in in milliseconds and at various power levels.... and flipped on and off. They'll make the grid cleaner even if they're getting charged by power that otherwise would get curtailed - making the whole system more reliable and higher quality Hz etc... Something to factor into your reading is that the centric model of the grid - generator pushing out, is going to change fairly dramatically to more distributed segments and intelligent end uses that can be used as well to balance demand in very controllable signalling through IoT etc... the model is changing already in some areas and in 20 years we probably won't have a grid as it's setup today, it'll be far more refined and locally adaptable to various generation sources...
Lyle,
yes batteries can act as frequency support, but that is it. Something that pumped hydro does better long term.
Where batteries fall down is when wind power drops to net zero for hours or days at a time. They also are too small for grid balancing, despite the laughable term mega. Big for batteries, yes, but in grid terms tiny.
What is a grid? Simply an interconnection between supply and demand, no more. It is not complicated although keeping it stable is, especially with renewables.
Save the planet, for wealthy people to enjoy.
How about taking the oil riggers and going down further for boiling hot water like they're doing in the Deep Corp. In Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada. A lot of skill Doyle riggers can switch over to the boiling hot water geo warming.
So Dig giant deep holes every where, sounds safe.
@@oscarmerlin1143 actually if you look into it it's very safe and they can convert all or oil drilling over to steaming hot water from deep down in the Earth. They're doing it. Saskatchewan
@@tracyheaslip8754 there is a reason it's still being tested and why it's in the middle of nowhere Saskatchewan, the places with safe records for geothermal energy are places that have natural geo thermal activity coming to the surface it's self. Not places destabilizing the ground to go deep enough to get enough heat.
Both make less sense than nuclear
Nobody was “robbed” of land. They were defeated. Just like how the Sioux defeated other tribes in their area and gained more land.
Technology will save us from Manbearpig!
Human nature tendency to make things diff.. Things work out better for all concerned, by thinking about the other person and spirit of coop?
what is he doing to protect mother earth? its easy to talk when you are okay
I feel that the comments given by the people living in the oil producing area, oh definitely more intelligent than the comments given by our politicians left or right.
Their paychecks depend on not putting a priority on global warming.
lol
@@grmpEqweer warning is a scam
@@Gnashercide
Sorry. Data talks. B.S. walks.
@@grmpEqweer data don't talk . Global warming isn't a thing because planet weather is naturally UNSTABLE planet is alive and weather isn't supposed to stay the same . The only thing you doing is destroying energy sufficiency, high cost of living etc
Or nuclear?
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Oil can be used as energy with zero emissions with technology improvements in my opinion.
go do it make yourself some billions along the way...
Installing a nuclear plant at existing generation sites (coal, gas, etc) would remove the need for extra transmission lines, therefore, good for the environment. It would also save money, which could then be spent on maintaining existing infrastructure, and jobs could stay where they are. Good for the economy. Industry and the public could have plentiful, carbon-free, 24/7/365 dependable energy - good for everybody.
Lots of challenges, but worth it.
There will not be any new NPPs because utilities will not pay tens of billions in cost overruns and take a dozen or more years to bring a nuclear power plant online. It's just too expensive! And the SMRs are still too expensive.
10:45 she is so happy they are using more fossil fuels lol
I love how he says the truth: we don't have time to think of anything because we are just trying to survive. Democracy my ass.
My question is what would be the best option when the earth gives us her next long ice age?
Cool video. Thank you.
By the time the "next long ice age" comes around, you won't be here to worry about it and probably no more humans either.
wind aint going to do much if it just suddenly stops
Yes it blew my mind 🌬