If we're lucky, most of our problems today will diminish by 2030 with all the boomers dying within the next decade.

electrizity

Hidropower (hidroeletrics) isn´t so good as it seems, they destroy alot of the rain forests around them, they usualy still create methane gas (https://www2.ufjf.br/noticias/2016/01/28/hidreletricas-na-amazonia-podem-emitir-mais-gases-de-efeito-estufa-que-usinas-a-carvao-oleo-e-gas/)

Geothermal baby. The good life.

I am hoping to live to see nuclear fusion become net positive. When that happens it should quickly become the dominant means of energy production.

welp gotta learn to swim

Nuclear reactors should be the backbone of every clean energy grid, with solar, hydro dams, wind, and tidal being supplementary.

Fantastic video 👏👍

Well this junk science cost me as a subscriber.

Makes me sad that my great state of Texas will probably never turn to renewable energy. Money speaks for sure.

65% power from wind WOULD NOT WORK IN THE REAL WORLD (same goes for solar)! Wind is INTERMITTENT. Batteries to store energy for times when the wind isn't blowing are EXPENSIVE and environmentally destructive to make! Hydro, and geothermal are worth pursuing where available, but don't forget the HORRIBLE environmental impact of the Aswan High Dam and, especially, the Three Gorges Dam. NUCLEAR is the only practical clean energy form going forward. Also, replacing coal plants with nuclear natural gas would be a big step in the right direction (coal plants produce FAR more radioactivity than nuclear plants). But most of the people pushing for "clean energy" also freak out at the very mention of nuclear power, so we're probably fucked.

Make a video on how animal agriculture contributes the MOST to global warming

All this climate change fear-mongering is nothing more than government funded propaganda. Every single prediction and model these idiots have ever used to justify their claims have been proven wrong every single time. just look at that big lie about the hole in the ozone layer. They didn't get their data wrong every scientist who pushed that shit knew damn well it was a lie. As if ozone is not generated in real time by the UV solar radiation. That hole they claimed is nothing more than a natural phenomenon that occurs at the poles during the prolonged polar night when solar radiation at that point is at its minimum.

I'm from Alberta, which relies mostly on coal, natural gas and now a bit of wind to generate power. Recently, the government changed from a conservative party to a more liberal one, and many policy changes were made to encourage the development of renewable energy. I think that you need the political will to make any changes like this possible, and with current way governments are going, I don't see that much change coming in the near future. Also, our government is expected to swing back to the right in this year's election, possible undoing some of the progress made.

Trump doesn't believe in global warming... :) And Brazil... Well talking about removing the lungs of the earth... Bye bye amazon.. And as you say in this video... It's about money... that why keep throwing out these numbers of CO2.... The earth is basically CO2 neutral... The problem is that we are emitting CO2 in such a rapid pace! We release CO2 in a year that took millions of years to bind to the earth.... The Level of CO2 on earth is the same... But we are releasing it insanely fast...

My good friends son is the manager at one of the big geothermal plants in Iceland if you want to know anything, the homes are all heated with geothermal steam at about $6 a week to heat a massive farmhouse, sheds and outbuildings..

Where I live which is Ontario Canada we have quite a bit of windmills out where I am we have a lot of open land cuz this is where most of the Farms lay in Canada but the biggest problem I see is half of them do not run they are out of commission and I don't know if the government is refuses to repair them or doesn't have the money to repair them I'm not quite sure which it is but it's a shame

Oh look, less government led to more renewables. Imagine that.

They need to ban oil consumption and give them a deadline to get all their drills out of the ground while simultaneously building these renewable energy plants. 6 years to get your shit outta here and destroyed or face prison time

Solar energy is huge. We need to put panels on the roofs of our homes to produce electricity. As for the problem of peak energy production and peak energy consumption times not being the same, there are ways to store energy. For example, you can use Hydroelectric plants for it. Usually water flows downhill through turbines to make power, but when there is excess power available, you can use the electricity to pump water back up into the reservoir to be used later (this does require a second reservoir at the bottom of the plant though to supply the water for pumping up). This is already done with excess power from nuclear plants at night and could be done with excess solar energy as well. Furthermore, you could have batteries or potent capacitors inside houses to store energy and re-release it when the demand arises.

this JUST showed up in my notifications. WTF is up youtube????

Loving these deep dive videos, Phil. I love how you focus on one topic and get lots of informative facts. Global warming is real!

Not gonna happen. We are f'ed

There's too much money and corruption out there and until that's sorted we're going to continue battling environmental issues because the money is more important to the powers that be. Even if it was the last our of the last day of the world, someone would be out there trying to make a profit. We're banging our heads against walls having these discussions, we need to solve this from more than one angle. One thing that always annoys me when people talk about this stuff is countries like China with massive populations and manufacturing regions are left out. Most of the stuff in the world comes out of China and do you think they have the same environmental policies we have? We increase costs and apply new policies to business out here to be cleaner, all that does is force them to relocate to China where they don't have that so they can keep making their money. We need to step back and look at the whole picture here to solve this problem, no one talks about it.

*This just gives me more of a reason to want to live in iceland*

Everyones blaming the republicans for not doing anything on climate change. But the democrats literally just put forth the most idiotic legislation, green new deal, which will never go through and change anything. Its not even about climate change. Its straight socialism in six pages.

I love your faces! That was awesome! Kkk

More videos like this.

You should make an episode on animal agriculture and how it is negatively affecting the earth.

Thought you were going to mention Costa Rica as an example

I've been wachting your show for years, but it is the first time I see my country named (Iceland). Your show is great and I really love theese Morning Deep Dive shows.

australia is the same. huge spots of land for solar and wind. even hydro. But nope stupid PM wants to just lie and be a coal shill. ungh the world is doomed.

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We will only change to prevent or reduce climate change when we all have no choice despite hesitant governments, endorsed by powerful corporations that only see things as profit despite their lack of amoral accountability. That means ALL of us on board and that will never happen fast enough. Our children and their children will suffer for it.

As a note about Brazil's energy grid and expenses, do bear in mind, as Phil has covered before, that a large part of the expenses and environmental disasters caused by the hydropower grid in Brazil were and still are driven by corruption and poor engineering. Itaipu did not just take 18 years to build because it was tough, it was also kept mostly shut down for a majority of that time period and construction was extended as long as possible as it was a major source of corruption money (over-priced and unnecessarily slow civil construction jobs are the primary method of corruption in Brazil). Taking all of that into consideration, it is not unreasonable to imagine that IF the same availability of natural resources was to be located in places with a more stable and transparent government (such as the USA), the financial and environmental costs would be vastly diminished.

Dumbass republican politicians are going to be the death of us.

by far the biggest issue not being spoken about is the means to tap into the sources for renewable, iceland being on a semi geologicaly active place to be their source for geothermal, brazil is its closeness an avialibity to large amounts of moving water for the hydro electric, an here in texas is how much open space being used for the wind turbins. in short if a country, county or state doesnt have the resources for that they are heavily limited to solar an nuclar.

Definitely not with Trump

Pulling that much oil out of the ground in Texas could cause even more dangerous sinkholes to form. Most of the problems come from trying to have large centralized production of energy. There is energy lost during distribution. Having a smaller, distributed energy production system could be more efficient. If more people went off grid, this could be easier to implement. I hope we don't use climate change to manipulate people into allowing the destruction of parts of the rainforest for profit.

As long as Trump is denying global warming, nothing will change.

Climate change? When was it not changing? In the 1920’s they were saying all the same things, yet almost no fossil fuel were being used.... Even in the 1920’s they said the coastal areas would be under water in a decade... Doesn’t make sense.

The renewable electricity won’t work for us because we are so huge and not all want stuff in their yard

85% of our electricity is from fossil fuels about

Wind and solar energy are unreliable as seen in Germany where sometimes places go without power and sometimes to much power and it’s been a problem there ever since they started there programs not to mention that they can only run off of huge government subsidies making it much more expensive

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda

I applaud the work needed to make this video. I'll be sharing it with friends and family, and I've learned quite a bit as well.

Nothing makes me more angry that right now in Australia we have massive floods in far north Australia, a massive drought through the middle & Tasmania is on fire, yet there is not ONE policy or discussion about climate change in the government. we love our coal, and I wish we’d use wind or hydro more because we’ve got so much potential. Worst part is I don’t know where to go next, I don’t know how to get this fixed in Australia, rallies & petitions don’t cut it, and voting for the right people doesn’t work either. It’s so hard, older people have such a mentally that the economy and business is priority but we won’t have a place to live in 50 years.

weather =/= climate

Dream on. Just shut up and pull up to the gas pump like always.

America has the ability to become pure inexhaustible and renewable resource only at any time. The oil countries just buy out every new invention

Agtsmirnoff I mean this topic isn’t something I come across everyday so I don’t remember the name. It does make sense though, you can see new ideas come and go because the oil industries have that much money they can buy the copyright and push them out of competition

+Dominic Miller How do you he/she is credible if you don't know who they are.....

Agtsmirnoff no clue who it was but it was a credible scientist

source on your claim?

I'm probably too late to join in. It takes me time to process what I hear. If given a choice I would want the best of everything. In my opinion, I feel that the powers that be have chosen climate change as a postulate to fear monger us into letting them in the energy monopoly bank. Greenhouse gases are just that, gases. Gases go up, up and away. Has anyone taken a tour of the inside of a dam? There are a lot of moving parts that need lubricants that pollute the water and need upkeep too. However, my main concern is that we keep ignoring how we're smothering our planet with concrete, asphalt and plastic. We need to stop building supermalls and Costco stores. In the elderly there cells get hard and less elastic. They have a hard time regenerating and I feel like that's what we're doing to the planet. It needs to regenerate itself.

Can we please save this planet for the potential children I may have?

Well nothing's happened, so they'll be fine

This one hits home. I was born and raised in the Permian Basin. Oil is a livelihood. I grew up through 2 crashes and 2 booms of the oilfield market. So, it's not just big oil tycoons keeping their pockets lined. They are also insuring that a population of people that is in an area that is comparable to entire states have food on their table and that the entire state's economy doesn't crash. I do see the side of things of trying to make the Earth heal and make it a better place. But shutting down the oil industry in West Texas completely can end up making over half the state a ghost town.

We are the world we are the children we smoke that weed it grow from a seed

im in big support of nuclear reactors. we've come a really long way since Chernobyl and Fukushima, they're much safer and more reliable. the fuel can be recycled many times, one small pellet of uranium can power a whole city for hundreds and possibly thousands of years. all that smoke that comes out of nuclear reactors isnt dangerous - its just water - and it doesnt smell, unlike some people seem to believe.

There are vertical aire poweredd millls currentlyy requiring less to generate

Prior to 1935 the U.S. government was resistant, if not outright refusing, to do anything about the Dust Bowl in the mid west, which was caused by over-farming and bad farming techniques. They changed their minds suddenly in March of 1935 when a large dust storm from the mid-west moved over D.C. Followed by a April 14th storm known in history as "Black Sunday". It seems politicians don't pay attention until it's so obvious that debate is irrelevant. Unfortunately, climate change comes with a point of no return feature in it. Let's hope at some point the debate becomes pointless *before* the point of no return.

+Agtsmirnoff If you understand how the scientific method works, you'd know why Al Gore was wrong. Basically, you do with what you have with the best facts on hand. Over time, new facts allow you to adjust your hypothesis. The problem with hypothesis is that in order to prove them, there must be tests that create positive proof (or negative proof to disprove it). You may have noticed, we don't have another earth to test these hypothesis on. More to the point, test results must be reproducible and there must be consensus. Right now, while a positive test to confirm what is going on is not likely, scientists around the world are in consensus that climate trends are changing because the facts they have on hand. I would far more put my trust in people following the scientific method who are in consensus then the minority that disagree with them. They can't all be wrong.

+Eric J Al Gore said the world would be over by now, it's not. We got the same '"do it now or its too late" warning back in 2012, we're still here. Stop fear mongering and have an honest conversation. You ever heard of the boy who cried wold.

+Agtsmirnoff I am honest, stop being ignorant. Do some reading. If that isn't enough, go back to basics, Occam's Razor, either climate change is a thing, or the vast majority of climate scientists around the world are involved in a highly coordinated conspiracy to take government money for research... you know, the people who brought you medicines, electronics, modern communications, trips to moon, probes on mars and a whole lot of practical stuff that relies on scientists being RIGHT.

Why don't you people stop the fear mongering and be honest for once.

Why im i getting a wiki ad for globe warming?

Yeah we aren’t gonna do anything about it. Our country is bought and owned the owners are the ones who decide and they still profit heavily from status quo

Great video and was very fair and accurate. I say that as a someone who work in the power industry and operates dams, and natural gas fired power plants. Wind and Solar cannot be properly utilized until we have major infrastructure upgrades throughout the US.

One century of techno Bliss and it's going to fall apart just as fast. Smh

hello and wake up. The truth is America would love to go 100% renewable, but will we do it while countries like India and China are still burning coal out the ass?... no. Why would we destroy our economy and let the other countries get ahead? Coal is cheap and Energy is Power.

I use solar bish

2:43 I'm sure that the volcano in that one clip alone emitted more pollutants into the air than all of humanity in one year.

Hey Phil, I am a Forest Economist in Biomass Utilization. Having governments take charge in creating the infrastructure is only scratching the surface. The NEPA process alone can last years and cost millions of dollars to the company even before construction begins. The returns have to be substantial to even begin to incentivise stakeholders, managers, and the public to support constructions of wind farms, solar energy plants, or biomass facilities. An alternative option that is more likely possible is initiating co-firing of both fossil fuels with renewable energy sources; and integration of methods before a complete reversal of energy production.

It’s not easy for everyone to make the changes necessary to help the fight against global warming and climate change. Not everyone has the time or resources to carpool, walk places, upgrade to a more fuel efficient vehicle, buy products with less plastic, etc. And some people just don’t want to give up the convenience. However, one thing we can all do is inform ourselves about who is running for election and vote for those who care about global warming and climate change and want to make laws, regulations, incentives, etc for cleaner renewable energy. It won’t fix the issue overnight or fix everything, but it will be a step in the right direction. I don’t know if everyone’s electricity provider offers the option to pay a certain amount a month for access to renewable energy, or to contribute to building and investing in it, but if it is possible and/or available that is a great option as well because as the electric companies come to see a higher demand, it will drive them to change since they will obviously care about making profits. I live in Texas and my electricity provider has a green plan, as well as an add on that costs $10 a month to purchase renewable energy to power my home. Back when the electricity contract was up for renewal they didn’t have the green plan yet, just a green charge so that is what I opted for, so change ARE being made. I definitely plan on looking into and getting the green plan when the current contract is up though.

Why would I fight for something fake

There is a ton of great info in these videos but the narrator is an absolute booooooorr

What about how France uses all nuclear power?

#29 on trending

This planet is heading for doom. Not only do we need a revolution in energy, but another one in agriculture. There is too much to do, and too little time.

you exhale CO2 , so killing yourself would = less CO2 in the air

Thank you for adding subtitles to your video again! =D

Glad this story is trending, but what's with the random wikipedia article in between the video and description? I've never seen that before.

I think the one thing missing in this video is a clear call to action. In the US, groups like the Citizen's Climate Lobby are advocating for a carbon tax and progressing by talking to Republican congress-people and senators, they have local chapters and letter writing campaigns. Another way is to attend local government energy meetings and express support for alternative energy. If you're in college or a university, divestment is another big issue, and its often easier to convince a college to change if the students support an initiative.

This world is going down the toilet in a few years. All this won't matter. I've seen those wind mills where I used to live years ago. Their are some windy areas in Texas. You'd be surprised. But, it's to late ! The world has been completely changed forever. And, God has his own plan. Which most of us are not a part of. You see his intention for the Earth was not for us to destroy it by ravaging it's natural resources like we have been doing. Because of our greed. He intended for all of us to live in peace and harmony in a paradise with others. But, most people are not worthy. Because, their violent. And have natural bad intentions all the time. Either, greed, lust, violence, indifference, pride, haughtiness which is similar to pride and in some extreme cases bloodlust if your a serial killer or Dictator. They have an air of haughtiness. That's why they kill people. Other peoples lives are not important to them. They believe themseves to be better than other people. And others spread rumors destroy your reputation. Attack you physically. Or demean you. That's where bullys come into play. They kill you inside or out. That's why the End has to come these people have to be destroyed. Others rape people and mutilate them. All these people have to be eliminated. They cannot live with peaceful people. They would destroy them. Neither here nor in in Heaven.

These morning deep dives are fantastic. Props to the great writing staff at RR.

So basically this is how the humans will kill themselves? I don't see this changing.

Good job Brazil and Iceland.

As long as there is lobbyists, oil and coal will always remain the prominent source of energy.

The real answer to a sustainable. future is goverments and a society that is cohesive with the earth many ecosystem. Something that we are far off from.

Leave don quijote alone lol

I don't give a fck I'm not living more than 80-90 yrs

If Texas can start getting it together so can the rest of America!

See, I don't think it should be the governments who build these structures. I think that private companies and human innovation would be much less of a burden on the taxpayer, and competition would make prices lower while still increasing the quality of electricity and lowering carbon emissions

Good video, very informative

It took this guy 30+ years to realise how electricity works

Why does everyone forget about all the concrete and asphalt and using up plant space.

The way I see it is unless the common people step up and demand change by taking power back from the super wealthy who benefit off of non-renewable energy sources, we are boned. The planet can't wait. And niether can we. We need to act now before it is far too late. Unfortunately, complacency will be the death of us all.

The flat earth people cant wait until Antarctica is no long frozen so they force us all there to rule under one flag ... also we need more green not cutting out what we put in. It is a prob however so little green will on the end be what changes the face of the earth

Many say the worst country is China and that China refuse to go green. No one seems to have the balls to force China into going green. Thats so pathetic.

+Jeremy Ripton Sanctions from all countries. If that doesnt work, invade China. China cant defend against the planet.

enlighten us.....how do you force a country to change??

I haven't been on this channel for years now. I'm just curious if this channel has lost or gained subscribers in last couple of years. Cause 6.3M sounds a bit low

Loved the subject, hated the voice of the narrator. Couldnt finish the video

This is wrong. 1 hectare of desert produces about as much as 50,000 cars carbon emissions. If we regreened the deserts all over the world. We could bring the carbon emissions levels back to pre-industrial levels. All of this could be done in 5 years. China is already doing this.

congrats for being on the trending page

I love how everyone who talks about global warming or climate change ommits the key fact that the climate would be changing with or without our influence. By the most generous estimates, our industrialization over the last century has accelerated the process by at most about 0.03%. Whether we can stop climate change is NOT a question. We can't. The real question is how can we adapt and thrive through climate change, and also minimize the damage?

I’ve been tracking and studding climate change for around 20 years and the one thing that has always astonished me is the notion that Co2 is a pollutant. Stop pushing this nonsense on people. Plants require it to thrive, to live.

Bad video imo. You want to fight climate change? Give a better solution that’s cheaper. It happened with CFCs and the ozone, it needs to happen to energy, otherwise we will hit the 1.5 and 2 degree marks (answer is nuclear power imo).

Why aren't you talking about the devastating effects agriculture is having on our planet? People are never going to stop eating meat that's for sure but the meat industry is devastating the planet. It's a hidden killer and it's hidden because the meat industry want it to be. Shed some light on the topic.

I forgot I was watching Philip DeFranco

fuq u old fart

I really liked the blue room.

29th in trending!