This country was built by blokes in stovepipe hats and flat caps n' ruined by blokes in pin striped suits. - Fred Dibnah. He weren't one fer health and safety and I worshipped him as a child. Cos he'd climb a 200 foot chimney, after drinking five pints of mild - Lancashire Hotpots (Dibnah) Did yer like that?
Water, land, and energy are the three pillars of civilization, all resources/needs are derived from one or more of these. Find who controls access to the waterways/headwaters/coastlines, who owns the most land/sky/orbital space, and who possesses the most energy (wind, water, solar, fossil fuels, tidal, geothermal, nuclear), and you have found who truly controls civilization.
I've been thinking of energy security of my particular area, the northern corner of the USA. We closed down a slew of power plants over the past two decades, including nuclear, so there's only two left in all of New England. Boston is really short of electricity and has lots of money. Quebec has its hydro power, which in spite of making good use of it they could sell the huge amount left over to Boston and both sides would be happy. But how to transport it? No trunk lines existed - Vermont and New Hampshire were offered the franchise, but ended up rejecting it. Then, Maine agreed, but powerful interested set up a referendum which succeeded in repealing the agreement after the project had been started, but the referendum was overturned by the state supreme court, so work continues and it looks like Quebec and Boston will do business through Maine with very little of lasting value given to Maine. Yes, we get access to cheaper "cleaner" QH energy. But we have given up energy sovereignty to Canada, because the city of Calgary owns the electric utility, and now Quebec owns the generation. What happens when there is a crisis in Calgary or Quebec and these state corporations have to ration electricity? They will of course give their own citizens priority, and New England will go dark. We have no energy security, and there's no easy way out of it right now. In an ideal world where I could direct resources, I'd have several extremely large nuclear power plants built, which would not only give us energy security, but make Maine an exporter of electricity, and what we kept in the state at low rates could attract industries such as the chemical industries that you've mentioned. At this time, we are losing so much industry because mining is practically prohibited, electric costs are high, gas lines do not extend beyond the area around Portland, and yet massive fleets wind turbines and solar farms are constructed at great cost. I feel a certain economic doom settling in around the state, and unless the is a quick and drastic turn in political power we're going to get cold and poor.
The people voted for it by voting green left, and its prime minister agreed to it by letting the US blow up Nordstream and said nothing but thank you, Sir, may I have another?
It has been noble of the Germans to divest themselves from Russian gas. It was absurdly foolish of them to base their industrial base on that gas in the first place, and it was ultimately disastrously foolish to move away from nuclear power generation.
Germany has been chosing DELETION for a long time. Ever since Merkel invited half of Syria and North Africa to come there. They let the US blow up their main energy supply, Nordstream, divested themselves from nuclear (and they still do that), and now they're DELETING their industry and agriculture. The environmentalists are a dangerous cult, just like the wokie wokes. But hey, for now it's still cheaper to shop groceries and fill up my car with petrol in Germany then it is in the Netherlands. Because our government is stupid too, just in different ways.
11:20 Well if they need something else , then CHINA would be a much more real treat to humanity to be worry about than the "Oh No temperature might go up 1.5 degrees by 2100" !
Both Thomas Savery and Newcomen were English. Trevithick was a Cornishman and invented the technology of High-pressure steam engines. Watt developed the separate condenser and the rotative engine so I'll give you those.
Brokenomics..... My favorite part of Lotus Eaters...
My grandad and uncle drove steam trains so I have a fondness for anything steam powered. In the 70s my parents often took us to steam fairs.
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People who know me are probably tired of hearing me say this, but the price of energy affects the price of everything! Including the price of energy!
*_Dan in the thumb nail, doubling up as Isambard Kingdom Brunel..._*
This country was built by blokes in stovepipe hats and flat caps n' ruined by blokes in pin striped suits. - Fred Dibnah.
He weren't one fer health and safety and I worshipped him as a child. Cos he'd climb a 200 foot chimney, after drinking five pints of mild - Lancashire Hotpots (Dibnah)
Did yer like that?
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*_Fred - A true, genuine national treasure - My parents absolutely loved Fred's completely unassuming genius ..._*
Wholesome as fuck.
Yes I understand the contradiction of the phrase.
White supreme industrial bigot 😂
It’s nice to hear these idea collected so succinctly
Water, land, and energy are the three pillars of civilization, all resources/needs are derived from one or more of these. Find who controls access to the waterways/headwaters/coastlines, who owns the most land/sky/orbital space, and who possesses the most energy (wind, water, solar, fossil fuels, tidal, geothermal, nuclear), and you have found who truly controls civilization.
I've been thinking of energy security of my particular area, the northern corner of the USA. We closed down a slew of power plants over the past two decades, including nuclear, so there's only two left in all of New England. Boston is really short of electricity and has lots of money. Quebec has its hydro power, which in spite of making good use of it they could sell the huge amount left over to Boston and both sides would be happy. But how to transport it? No trunk lines existed - Vermont and New Hampshire were offered the franchise, but ended up rejecting it. Then, Maine agreed, but powerful interested set up a referendum which succeeded in repealing the agreement after the project had been started, but the referendum was overturned by the state supreme court, so work continues and it looks like Quebec and Boston will do business through Maine with very little of lasting value given to Maine. Yes, we get access to cheaper "cleaner" QH energy. But we have given up energy sovereignty to Canada, because the city of Calgary owns the electric utility, and now Quebec owns the generation. What happens when there is a crisis in Calgary or Quebec and these state corporations have to ration electricity? They will of course give their own citizens priority, and New England will go dark. We have no energy security, and there's no easy way out of it right now. In an ideal world where I could direct resources, I'd have several extremely large nuclear power plants built, which would not only give us energy security, but make Maine an exporter of electricity, and what we kept in the state at low rates could attract industries such as the chemical industries that you've mentioned. At this time, we are losing so much industry because mining is practically prohibited, electric costs are high, gas lines do not extend beyond the area around Portland, and yet massive fleets wind turbines and solar farms are constructed at great cost. I feel a certain economic doom settling in around the state, and unless the is a quick and drastic turn in political power we're going to get cold and poor.
Germany's situation is dire.
The people voted for it by voting green left, and its prime minister agreed to it by letting the US blow up Nordstream and said nothing but thank you, Sir, may I have another?
Known as birdies fella
Accurate
Toot, toot! Annie and Claribel are not amused. They are ladylike trucks.
We'll have no trouble here!
AY UP LOTUS EATERS
Energy is everything. Without the chemical energy of coal, Britian would never have had the industrial revolution.
Energy is everything. Forget factories and logistics; energy is the food we eat.
Mallard .. still the fastest steam loco in the world
*_Those old steam engine's are 'here to stay' works of art ..._*
I’ve seen it in York, more times than I care to remember. Magnificent!!!
Sounds like Tim Key
We should start using organic free range coal instead of the old kind, its reliable
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Have doomberg on
8:58 Not really Sad , it's great to see them rip the results of their actions 🤔🤔
you mean traction engine
It has been noble of the Germans to divest themselves from Russian gas. It was absurdly foolish of them to base their industrial base on that gas in the first place, and it was ultimately disastrously foolish to move away from nuclear power generation.
Germany has been chosing DELETION for a long time. Ever since Merkel invited half of Syria and North Africa to come there. They let the US blow up their main energy supply, Nordstream, divested themselves from nuclear (and they still do that), and now they're DELETING their industry and agriculture. The environmentalists are a dangerous cult, just like the wokie wokes. But hey, for now it's still cheaper to shop groceries and fill up my car with petrol in Germany then it is in the Netherlands. Because our government is stupid too, just in different ways.
Dont worry guys. It will all work out great, they just have to a find a way to make solar plants work at night too 😂😂😂
Time to buy silver. Try get it VAT free. Good luck.
11:20 Well if they need something else , then CHINA would be a much more real treat to humanity to be worry about than the "Oh No temperature might go up 1.5 degrees by 2100" !
The Scot’s invented the steam engines, so to say it was the Anglos is a bit of a stretch :p
Newcomen engine?
@@bh_486
*_This is a, 'Gotcha' moment ..._*
Both Thomas Savery and Newcomen were English. Trevithick was a Cornishman and invented the technology of High-pressure steam engines.
Watt developed the separate condenser and the rotative engine so I'll give you those.
Where is his tinfoil hat... I have honestly lost respect for him a bit after the moon landing conspiracy theories.