12:21 NOₓ is "oxides of nitrogen" the "x" indicates that there are several options
@dropshot1967
Күн бұрын
you beat me to the same comment 👍
@Babarudra
Күн бұрын
it's interesting the things from our earlier lives that really stick with us and shape where we go. (Matt's reaction to the Carnival garbage path). When I was in the one Environmental Science class that was available at my community college back in the early 90s, we went on a field trip to the local sewage treatment plant. Being close to "The Shore" in New Jersey, treated sewage goes out outflow pipes into the ocean. Toward the end of the tour, the director of the plant, or whomever he was giving the tour, said "the solution to pollution is dilution." To which I laughed at the absurdity of what he said. I said, "you're kidding right?" Dir: "No, the ocean is a big place. Once this all gets diluted, it'll be virtually gone." Me: "You're f***ing kidding, right?!" To which my professor chimed in, "easy, Marc." (or Babarudra for the rest of you.) Dir: "What else are we supposed to do with it?" Me: "I don't have an answer to that, but I don't think claiming something is a solution just because you don't have a better idea. I don't care how catchy your slogan is." Dir: "when you have an answer, get back to me." Me: "Go f*** yourself." And I walked back to my car and left. I didn't get credit for the field trip. But it opened my eyes up to the closed mindedness of what we as a society have been facing "forever".
@freeheeler09
19 сағат бұрын
Guys, great show! I like the forever house idea. We are in the mountains of California, so who knows how much longer our house and town will still be here as the fires get worse and worse. But investing in a low carbon, passive home makes more sense for a forever home. Next, RE stairs, your parents are likely far more fit and healthy right now because they got that little bit of exercise every time they climbed up and down. My in laws are in a three story home on a hill - you climb 12’ just to the front door from the garage, and they are still healthy enough to enjoy walks on the beach, through the farmers market, light traveling, etc. in their late 80s. Might not be the case for everyone, but stairs seem to have kept them strong!
@GeorgeBP81
23 сағат бұрын
I worked on a cruise ship in 04. What they were dumping overboard was food scraps and crushed glass. Paper and wood was icinerated, metal was recycled sewage was treated in ports. I think we had to dump sewage a few times, but it was literally in the middle of the ocean, but I can't attest to the sewage dumping part, it's only here say
@MattThomas-p2x
Күн бұрын
The rocket sections of the SRB were manufactured in Brigham City, Utah.
@mark_loveless
Күн бұрын
I am sooo looking forward to Matt nerding out on the second nerd video er I mean the second 1 Year Later video.
@andrewknots
Күн бұрын
Incredibly old homes, the places I’ve lived were built in 1820, 1910, 1490, and 1760. 1760 house has been stripped and insulated to modern standards. That’s Britain-for you Cruise Liners: 6” per gallon.
@w0ttheh3ll
Күн бұрын
Apparently Sardinia has a significant fossil fuel industry, although they do not mine coal anymore. It's a surprisingly big island with 1.6 million people. According to wikipedia their electricity grid is also linked to the italian mainland and they are exporting electricity. So unlike other, much smaller islands they aren't getting ripped off importing oil-based fuels for electricity generation. This is more like a small european nation than a typical island. Apparently they also have some degree of political autonomy (being an "autonomous region of italy").
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Күн бұрын
Meanwhile in China 🇨🇳 during the period Jan-Aug 2024. Increase installed wind energy capacity Grow by 33,6GW.(4,2 Every month on average) . So on average in China, 1GW of wind energy capacity is built and connected to the electricity grid every week. Every week!!💨💨💨 If the average wind turbine has a capacity of 5 megawatts (MW). The government must install in Average 28,5 New wind turbines every day.Every day💨💨💨 Or 1 wind turbine every 50 minutes.
@johnfithian-franks8276
Күн бұрын
i Have one problem with wind farms, i drive past one in the UK and i do not see any blades turning and the excuse is that they have enough energy comming from other areas that they don not need any more. the trouble is that the other resources is coal and we bue that in from france
@w0ttheh3ll
Күн бұрын
the last coal fired power plant in the UK was actually retired last week, it made global headlines
@MuhammadakbarAK47
Күн бұрын
@@w0ttheh3ll you still have many gas power plants
@stevepailet8258
22 сағат бұрын
looking at the smart home that Matt built figure he made it so complicated that it likely cost 25% more than a passive standard house with out the goodies in the new place. Like the water source heat pump. or the span panel or the PV system
@davidwilkie9551
Күн бұрын
If the principal problem is Planetary Destruction, the most plausible resolution is the reverse-inverted application of the controllable aspects, such as using the throughly proven technology of Nuclear Power Generation used to oppose MAD Nuclear Weapons, and the balance of terror probably won't change much but the orientation to government obligations could, drastically.
@IndustrisasiIndonesia
Күн бұрын
28:48 Planned obsolescence. This is the reason why state-owned companies can sometimes be better than private companies. Not because they are great at innovating but because they do not Greedy
@stevepailet8258
22 сағат бұрын
I am looking at my forever house NO Stairs one floor.. Large rooms so I dont have to worry about trip hazards Bathrooms with grab bars. possibly a vanity sink with no cabinets below so If I need a wheel chair not a problem A real very large pantry larder with ventilated shelves so I wont have to try to get stuff out of upper kitchen cabinets. It is a waste of space not being able to reach much less see what is hiding two shelves up ... a three inch step up into the house is fine but as you mentioned it is not fun climbing stairs.
@coreycannon4511
Күн бұрын
The VCR bit made me think about the physical side of tech and the things we buy, how we decide what is worth the money and what isn’t. We happily buy $100 VCRs, 5 times over that technology’s roughly 20 year lifetime and that’s considered “better” than paying $250 for an expensive, “pro-sumer” model that last’s the same 20 years with $250 in repairs and maintenance. One VCR to landfill vs 5. What is wrong with us? We do this even when it makes no sense economically. Though sometimes this is systemically forced on us: I knew someone whose 5 year old car needed some serious maintenance. Among other things, a new transmission. Thousands of dollars. She bought a new car, because the new car payments, with the older car traded in, were hundreds of dollars per month, granted for half a decade. The problem was she didn’t have the Thousands required for the repairs, but had (and could sustain) the Hundreds per month for a new car. Conversely, I blew the engine in my 2008 Toyota Highlander when it was around 10 years old and spent $10K to put an engine in it. Still running strong and saved me the over $65K that a new Highlander cost at that time. The difference is, I was able to pay for that repair, otherwise the only alternative for me would have been to buy a new vehicle. Because if I didn’t have the repair money, I certainly would not have been able to afford a used Highlander and would have been stuck buying new, as new car loans are usually easier/cheaper to get than for used. That is what our crap financial system forces us into.
@a16416
Күн бұрын
I’ve been on like a dozen carnival cruises. I’ve never seen them dump anything overboard
@cafe88racer53
8 сағат бұрын
thats how they feed the crew lol
@stevepailet8258
21 сағат бұрын
just had a thought about the garbage being dumped .. would you rather eat those as left overs all mixed together like dog food is??
@davemccracken3457
Күн бұрын
It seems more than a bit hypocritical to complain about the ugliness of wind turbines when things like cell towers are much more ubiquitous across the landscape and no one even takss notice of them.
@BitZorg
22 сағат бұрын
Definitely not defending them, but my understanding is that cruise ships have started getting better about dumping waste and have pretty advanced onboard waste management these days. As for the fuel I doubt that is changing until we see nuclear powered cruise ships. Also i just realized, why do I know so much about this and have never been on one 😂
@a16416
Күн бұрын
In retrospect, it’s better to buy the hundred dollar VCR because technology changes so quickly that that was the better investment
@16jocko
12 сағат бұрын
Maybe the wide spread use of electric vehicles will take away some of that black soot on your counter.
@jackcoats4146
Күн бұрын
NOX typically means Nitrous Oxides, but yes, basically 'bad air'. On the solid rocket side boosters. If I remember right they were built by Rockwell in Utah. So yes, transport is very rough. On pollution we never think about, how about TIRES, not as much the used tires even though those are hard to properly recycle, but the wear on the tires. I saw one rant on KZitem about that. And how a study was done showing the chemicals used in tires to make them last longer is poisoning the food chain for the salmon and they are especially sensitive to it in their fresh water fingerling state AND when moving back to fresh water going to lay eggs. But it also greatly effects their food chain downstream (think killer whale depletion due to lack of salmon to eat). ... Not a small issue.
@frommatorav1
Күн бұрын
But tires last longer, so they aren't going into landfills as quickly. It might not be an equal trade-off but it isn't for nothing. It's not like the process that hurts the salmon is for a racing stripe on the sidewalls. I also feel like there should be a way to enhance the rubber without making it into their food chain.
@jackcoats4146
Күн бұрын
@@frommatorav1 It would be good to get any part of our system to be better. This is another one on a long list, and this other than seeing a need, is way out of my wheel house, so someone ese will need to fix this one!
@servant74
Күн бұрын
@@frommatorav1no argument, trying to make the point we need more R&D to solve additional problems.
@williampisano7573
Күн бұрын
Start talking about underwater sea cable to transmit electric ⚡️ power from Australia 🇦🇺 to America 🇺🇸 to Spain 🇪🇸 Britain 🇬🇧. We need a small number of batteries 🔋 to stabilize grid and export power where there is no sun ⛅️. We do NOT need large number of batteries
@gregbailey45
Күн бұрын
The losses in a trans-pacific cable would make local battery storage look fabulous!
@jimthain8777
Күн бұрын
Me I'm making the foundation higher, (for various reasons) and adding a ramp, so that as I age I don't have to deal with stairs if I don't want to do so. That black stuff on your counter should reduce drastically as transportation electrifies over the decade. That's why diesels aren't big in North America, vs Europe, you can SEE the pollution of diesel. If the majority of wind turbines in North America become "garbage" ones, the utilities will eventually have to build their wind farms with turbines from outside North America. So it's our manufacturers and workers who will eventually lose from a race to the bottom. The garbage off the back, and the fuel these big ships burn have something in common. They're both about money. If you bring garbage to shore, you have to PAY to get rid of it. Chucking it in the ocean is "free". The fuel these big ships use is often the cheapest dirtiest fuel. The reason for that is that, these big vessels use ridiculous amounts of fuel, so you want the cheapest crap you can get.
@patrickmckowen2999
2 күн бұрын
👍
@chlistens7742
Күн бұрын
when I was in the navy one of our comments about engineers is any thing they build they have to install so many of and repair so many so they actually understand how hard to assemble
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