You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

FACTS!

Thanks!

my main reason for not buying an electric vehicle is the fact i live in flat or apartment depending where you are from and can't easterly upgrade to an electric charging station because the stata would have spend money on that and plus i live near public transport so i don't have to always take the car though

Truly one of the best videos I have seen on YouTube. I have always been in favor of renewables but had never understood the rationale as clearly as I do now. Thanks for doing the math and analysis, and for sharing your thoughts so clearly and passionately!

oh you're so right

I am an avid watcher of this channel, both for what you teach and for the sense of humor, and I have always been keen on the politics of what you say. I am glad to see you coming at this topic explicitly at a time like this, and I think you did a great job with the explicitly political part of the video, breaking down narratives, bringing attention to the issues and violations.

As someone not from the US, I must add that I was sad to see a lack in the connection between what is happening there now and what the US has done to the world over more than a century. Yes, the ideals written on the constitution, declaration of independence and bill of rights are respectable, but they are very far from what the country has ever been or ever aspired to be (at an institutional level) from the begging (just read about how Madison said democracy risked being a chaos where the masses had actual power). The "founding fathers" explicitly design the system to secure their property rights and privileges from the lower classes, for a start, but that is another topic.

Just as what happened in Germany was what Germany (and the other powers) had done in their colonies before (look at Namibia for example), what is happening in the US is what the US has done to the world, but turned inwards. That is not to say that it's deserved or some perverse conclusion like that, I fully oppose the US government and support the people fighting it. I understand this video is not a video essay on fa****, but criticizing this moment without the historical connections, and showing that the "principles tha make this country great" never stopped it from exerting brutal imperialism around the world risks repeating the mith of "american exceptionalism", and ultimately stops people from changing the fundamental systems that led to this point.

Again, I recognize this was a small segment of a larger video, but I think this is fundamental if the country is to actually change in the future and not repeat this 50 years from now.

I deeply respect your content in general and your decision to add this critical segment, just wanted to add the perspective from the outside. Thank you for this video and the great content you always provide.

Note:
For those who will comment that people from outside should not talk about american politics, 1- what happens in the US unfortunately affects every single country in the world; 2- the US has never stopped itself from meddling in other countries, including mine, so...

Why are we wasting efforts for wars instead of something useful, like solar batteries?

Thanks!

CORE FEES unfortunately have not risen at the same rate as battery prices. These manufacturers are getting to resell my $200 battery will need to pay me more than $15!
Its going in the river.

My used, ground-mounted panels give me a $65.00 electric bill on average. They are connected to portable LFP batteries. Three batteries total. That is a wise long-term investment. How much do you pay on average?

33:12 paying off big farmers is the most bipartisan issue around

32:43 to feed the pockets of the big farming. Hilarious how people will moan about the “military industrial complex” when we spend WAY more money to prop of the profits of non-food farmers, which is also environmentally negative

I learned a lot watching you throughout the years but I think your next deep dive should be into what fascism means and I trust you would give an honest reporting

1:10:00 Maybe you dont see birds because they arent migrating at the time you're standing there... Or maybe because of where that specific field is located compared to where migratory patterns are... There are like 20 different reasons why your observation could be invalidated... Its one of those things where you can feel like you are making an obvious statement with evidence... but if you delve deeper your evidence isn't actually evidence.

I didn't come here to be propagandized.
It's incredible how no one can just stay in their effing lane.
If you want to do politics, make a politics channel. Hijacking something completely unrelated to force your own politics down people's throats is some serious moral high-horsing.
As if any politics can be the right or wrong ones.
Different times, different people, different places, different values. If every worldwide culture is equal, and of equal value, then the same is true within a single culture.
But boy, I just love when Coca-Cola, Ben and Jerry's, a burger restaurant, or the guy who takes apart stuff tell me what I should think, and how I should think. That their way of thinking is the only right way of thinking.
Boy, do I love being proselytized to.

This video is genius and I really want to thank you for it, Alec.

I am so pleased to see an American voice echoing what the rest of the world is seeing what is going on in tin the US - both on the topic of renewable energy and the terrifying political landscape.

Most important technology connections video ever.

Despite the fact I am not even 18, I want to vote now. I HAVE Been avoiding politics. But yes. It comes for us all. I wish I could vote and make a difference in what has become of our country. I thought America would only get better, that things would continue to look up. But no, no I was wrong. America's being corrupted, and we're letting it happen. We need this to stop.

cringe city!

Solar panels are full of toxic and harmfuk material. My cousin has passed away after eating a single solar panel. Very dangerous!

My ass over here is waiting for an electric roadster that doesn't have a giant T on it to release to the US market so I can make the switch. Like I've been looking at an electric motorcycle just so I can do my daily commute but 7k is a fair amount to save up to get one. I'm barely at 2.5k in a year.

Thanks!

Almost everything behind you, the clothes you wear and the the frame of my 59" TV come from oil.

I like your stats on batteries. Grid size batteries need to be able to store AT LEAST 3X of the USEABLE energy for at least a month to recover from a natural event.

Solar farms ruin the land they are on. AFFORDABLE panels are very inefficient and therefore more panels are needed for a given requirement.

Wind mills kill a LOT of birds.

Nuclear power is the way to go for grid power.

I personally have 30 panels and 3 batteries and support equipment on my house. I rarely have a day that I don't feed the grid. With all of that investment I can only power my home for less than 12 hours (today) based on today's usage.

Each year I get paid less for the power I feed the grid. Very aggravating.

So, while thankful for power i have when the grid goes down, I am not completely convinced to turn off the petroleum tap.

Great video. I appreciate the data and the thought put into it.
I live in the country in the Northeast. Have been contemplating setting up some solar panels and or wind turbines not so much for cost cutting reasons but for back up in case of power grid failure. But I have not yet put in the time to research what set up would work best for me.

Thanks for telling it like it presently is in America today, with DT at the helm, and it truly is scary!

Thank you for the information technological J.B Pritzker 🙏

1:19:58 This was a “I hate Trump” video disguised as something about solar energy.

You should have stayed on topic. You tangential political tirade politics really discredits your main focus of speaking about technology.

You lost a subscriber.

45:28 Solarpanels contain cadmium, lead, copper and tin. Rain on solarfarms will slowly over time flush out these materials and pollute the soil. A german university published on that in 2018.

Thank You Most Good and Honorable Sir, I EVolved 13 years ago as I earned my Master’s in Sustainable Solutions at Arizona State, born and raised in Georgia I really appreciate your video!! I grew up on Sweet Tea but now I drink Yankee Tea with no sugar! I’m glad the Union won too!!

It must be a lonely and incredibly frustrating experience being a logical, rational thinker in the USA. 😂😂😂

Good for you, pal. I only found your channel ten days ago but you've already gone from a remarkable teacher to an inspirational political speaker.

As a Brit, I've always felt deep sorrow for the millions of Americans who were NOT responsible for returning that oaf to the White House. It must be a dreadful thing to live among so many who seem determined to be, and defend being, so stupid.

As someone who's very socially and economically right-wing (I like free markets, strong borders and the nuclear family while disliking DEI, socialism and many other "left-wing" policies – and I hate the word "conservative" because the conservative of today is just the progressive of yesterday) I'm always extremely annoyed with the way other right-wingers think about renewable energy. I've never subscribed to the doomsday mindset of "we're all gonna die due to climate change", but my perception has always been that climate change is a serious, very real problem that will ultimately be solved by technology. Technology (specifically 19th century technology) got us into this mess, of course technology and free markets are going to get us out of it as well. To me, being against renewable energy has always been the equivalent of the old "Hitler liked bread"-joke – just because your opponents like something doesn't mean it's fundamentally bad. If renewables are useful enough to be economically viable (which they are, very obviously so, as this video eloquently demonstrates), they will previlail in the marketplace of ideas, and they actually do that. You can be against forcing people into things and STILL acknowledge that solar panels and battery storage are the way things are going, that doesn't mean your opponents win, lol. I hate how partisan politics make us automatically assume the opposite of our opponents, even if it doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

So yeah, I agree with you, Alec. On this one :D

You do realize that standing below the wind turbine blades has exposed you to cancer!

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Thanks for saying something TC! Your videos are fantastic and I'm so glad to hear you have a brain for politics as well as technology!

Love your neighbors, people

I am not sure why it took the algorithm 4 months to suggest this video to me. And I watched it to the end. I can't find the thing that it looks like other people have used to send gifts, so I joined the Patreon instead. Least I could do.