““You’re no longer destroying the environment because it’s cheaper. It’s not. You’re destroying the environment so that some politician in DC can rip you off.” Damn straight, Beau!! Thank you!! ❤️
@kchortu
2 жыл бұрын
@Baby are you going to rip us off?
@silkytp789
2 жыл бұрын
On the money. This is the real issue and is why R's will fight to the death to prevent the For the People Act from passing. It redresses campaign finance reform.
@gmw3083
2 жыл бұрын
Which politician in DC isn't trying to rip you off? DC is a rip off, period.
@aylbdrmadison1051
2 жыл бұрын
GMW is a right wing troll (transplanted from Glern Kirschners channel where people abide trolling less) that will say anything to get a reply (paid trolls are paid per reply), even make comments that appear to come from someone who cares, but engage this troll and you will see what I mean. Since we have no way of knowing witch trolls are paid or not (and why wouldn't they want to get paid for it), I never reply directly and instead reply to another commenter or to OP as I'm doing here.
@aylbdrmadison1051
2 жыл бұрын
@@kchortu : Better to just report bots and not engage them. They're only here to get people to look at their home page where you will find links to supposed sex sites, that are in reality going to install malware, key loggers, trojans, or other such invasive things onto your rig.
@danielr.y5261
2 жыл бұрын
Here in Finland we're in a point in which less than half of our energy production comes from fossil fuels, and keeps going down every year. Finland isn't exactly known for its sunny days...
@XHALE303
2 жыл бұрын
So is your energy bill going down every year from all that ''free'' energy?
@danielr.y5261
2 жыл бұрын
@@XHALE303 In fact, yes.
@rokikas
2 жыл бұрын
Hei naapuri, terveisiä Virosta!
@XHALE303
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielr.y5261 Good for u, altho weird cause it's going up for us. Even when we have hardly any winter the past decades.
@ingridschmid1709
2 жыл бұрын
@@XHALE303 If you're in the US not very surprising poor construction quality bad insulation hot summers tons of AC and price gouging energy companies operating on disastrous grids .
@margeryk000
2 жыл бұрын
Just another reason why senators should not be allowed to invest in individual stocks.
@lorrie2878
2 жыл бұрын
I fully agree
@spankflaps1365
2 жыл бұрын
I designed a large animal hospital a few years ago, and the client was a climate denier. It took a lot of persuasion, but I got him to have a Hot Water Solar Collector on the roof. It cost $3000, and the total build cost of the project was $4.5 million (so peanuts relatively). All the way through the project he kept saying it wouldn’t work. End result, he got free hot water all the year round, and obviously in a big Vets with small animal rehoming, they use TONS of hot water. So yes we did convert a denier into a tree-hugger, and he was very grateful!
@nicholasgallanis7539
2 жыл бұрын
God bless your success! Every little step helps!
@carissahowell
2 жыл бұрын
Atta boy!!
@comfortablynumb9342
2 жыл бұрын
Well done. Next time try getting them to go solar.
@donblack1571
2 жыл бұрын
Well put 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@DarkfiendsAngel
2 жыл бұрын
That is awsome, I would love to do that here in AZ we are blessed with the capability to turn solar and wind easily
@yellolab09
2 жыл бұрын
My friend Barb set up solar twenty five years ago. She lives in a 2k sq' home on the side of Mt Hamilton, in N CA. Seasons have really changed w climate change but she still needs both heat and AC. Her solar bills are around 40 cents a month.
@RedHeart64
2 жыл бұрын
In Florida, there is only need for a little bit of heating, and the big need is AC. Funny thing is that when it's peak solar 'time', it's also when AC is needed the most. Getting a really effective system, though, results in being punished - because of policies and laws passed to protect the profits of the rich.
@dallastaylor5479
2 жыл бұрын
We got solar two years ago. We're in Michigan. Usually the power company owes us. Winter time we recoup that credit. Yeah, about 50 cents a day is about right, maybe a little high.
@karenjohannessen8987
2 жыл бұрын
@@dallastaylor5479 Howdy neighbor! I live in Flint, and I'm interested in getting my landlord to install solar. What company did you go through?
@k7in846
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, sometimes my folks get energy credits on their bill because their house panels generated more electricity than they used.
@dallastaylor5479
2 жыл бұрын
@@karenjohannessen8987 we went through Powerhome. We put the panels on the pole barn. We're north of GR, rural.
@balaclavabob001
2 жыл бұрын
It's a real shame that the people that most need to see this will be the people least likely to see this .
@jujuhawkins1932
2 жыл бұрын
FACTS✅
@kchortu
2 жыл бұрын
@Baby I am so glad you agree with getting the word out
@michaelmartinez3674
2 жыл бұрын
Namely greg abbott. He blamed green energy for the power outages we had earlier this year, in Texas. Even though green energy accounts for 10% of the entire power supply.
@lindaroundtree5396
2 жыл бұрын
Need to trick faux news to show it on tucker; so the repubs will have another reason to protest. We would all get free solar then😊
@jeff_725
2 жыл бұрын
"All lies and jest Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest..." --"The Boxer," by Simon and Garfunkel
@komizutama
2 жыл бұрын
The thing that drives me nuts about so many of our issues is not that they are self-centered, but that they are stupidly self-centered. With a bit of short-term “altruism” you can have longer term benefit…
@donaldwert7137
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if we could harness stupidity as a source of power. We'd never burn another piece of coal or drop of gas (natural or petroleum) again.
@brentmcwilliams4332
2 жыл бұрын
And doesn't a stitch in time still save 9?
@aylbdrmadison1051
2 жыл бұрын
The thing is, there is no such thing as being selfish and only caring about oneself. Please allow me to explain. We all share this world, that is an indisputable fact. Another indisputable fact is that what we do affects the world around us. For instance; go around starting fights and the people around are angry, and they will likely spread that hate in some form or other (some deal with this far better ofc). So if we are self-centered, hateful, violent, bigoted, or even otherwise intolerant, if we are destructive towards our own environment that sustains life on the planet; that is the world we create around ourselves. It's simple cause and effect. And this radiates outward through humanity. In particular, being a hateful bigot and or violent, starting fights, fosters more violence, crime and wars, Making the world a more hateful and far less safe place for everyone. So anyone who does these things does not care about the world they also live in. They make the world a less healthy, less friendly, and far more dangerous place for everyone, and that includes themselves. These people simply do not care about the world they live in, their own home, and thus they do not care about their own health and well-being. One either cares about the world at large, and that includes the environment and all species, or they care about nothing. If one actually cares about themselves, then they must care about their own home world, the species that inhabit that world. They absolutely must care about the environment of that world, otherwise they don't give AF about anything, including themselves. If one cares about themselves, then they will want a safe, healthy, happier world to live in; for all species and all cultures.
@attilamarics4808
2 жыл бұрын
You cant store solar energy. It isnt really a good alternative if you cant use it half the time. Same with wind it isnt reliable. Maybe you want a lot of brown outs and black outs but most of us dont.
@breaden4381
2 жыл бұрын
@@attilamarics4808 People who live off the grid with solar panels have been storing energy for over a decade.
@brentmcwilliams4332
2 жыл бұрын
"We will always do the right thing as soon as we can figure out a way to profit off it." - truer words never spoken.
@DrSanity7777777
2 жыл бұрын
Debbie Dooley's politically correct way to talk to conservatives about climate change. 1) Don't mention climate change 2) Don't say fossil fuels are bad 3) It's important to be good stewards of the environment God gave us. 4) It's more fiscally responsible to prevent damage than it is to clean it up. 5) Striving for energy choice and individual liberty/self-sufficiency are important.
@ericapelz260
2 жыл бұрын
I would add that energy independence is a national security issue.
@yelloweyeball
2 жыл бұрын
My Grandma is an old school Appalachian conservative (that was a Democrat/progressive during the depression and the postwar period, though she'd probably hate bringing this up) I can imagine her agreeing with this if I carefully framed it this way.
@SavageGreywolf
2 жыл бұрын
I wish I could agree, but Beau is right. Tell them it's cheaper NOW. Because 1) it is, 2) they don't care about saving future generations money, just their own bottom lines, and 3) conservatives don't give a flying shit about this world, god-given or not. If they have any religious concerns at all, they believe that God's going to whisk them away from this planet to a heavenly paradise. Unless you can show them that the Bible explicitly says people who pollute are going to hell, they don't give a shit- and honestly if you could they probably still wouldn't care. Revelation 11:18 says God will destroy those destroying the earth, but they equivocate and say no, it means something _else,_ nice try snowflake...
@kathryncasey4114
2 жыл бұрын
If I use a sharp stick to open their eyes it won't improve their vision. In 92 I put together my first solor powered boat. I have a solor powered bicycle. Having fun is good way to convert people. All I have to do is answer their questions.
On a personal scale it's cheaper, too. Nine years ago the local power co-op told us it would cost $12,000 to bring power to our land. We opted to spend that $12,000 on solar power. Nine years of no power bills for 2 houses has saved us the $12,000 we spent on our set-up.
@Ironraven001
2 жыл бұрын
My brother has 25KWH of solar. He hasn't had a power bill for 7 years.
@jamesowensii2562
2 жыл бұрын
I'm able to get 12KWH with alternators and power inverters. Not that I'm allowed to turn it on. Laws in Ohio, SMH! Got to cross state lines to test and that's where my issues all stand.
@kathryncasey4114
2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesowensii2562 It's often against the law to do the right thing. It's often against the law to refuse to do the wrong thing.
@kathryncasey4114
2 жыл бұрын
I went with photovoltaics in 1992. Panels cost eight dollars per watt then. I learned to use electricity sensibly. My oldest panel still works great. I am really excited about small vertical axis wind turbines.
@LazyIRanch
2 жыл бұрын
@@kathryncasey4114 Sadly, this is true. I've been living with off-grid solar for 15 years, but only because we were lucky to find a county inspector who fudged our approval a little to allow us to have an off-grid system. I live so far away from power poles that it would have cost over $250,000 to bring powerlines to us, and then we'd still have to pay a high rate for electricity (which is often turned off by Edison for "repairs"). My 9kw system cost me $27,000 in 2005, but would be cheaper now, and I have paid nothing for electricity, and my cables are all underground where they don't spark wildfires. Some of the worst wildfires in California have been caused by power companies here. To insure my home, I just don't mention that we have off-grid power because I'd never be able to get insurance, although my system is far less likely to cause a fire. Everything is designed to keep big business in control over us.
@kathryncasey4114
2 жыл бұрын
@JW I like what you say. For many people your setup is ideal. Having a lot of batteries isn't always a good idea. Having a panel dedicated to attic ventilation with no battery is good. It only comes on when the sun is cooking your roof. I have a small panel dedicated to a fountain, no battery.
@eileennovak1656
2 жыл бұрын
Again, shows the need for a "Congressional Dress Code" mimicking NASCAR drivers so they can proudly proclaim all their generous benefactors. *Of course, everyone who knows Beau, knows how to check what their politicians have for lunch, and who's paying for it.
@sabotagesavant5277
2 жыл бұрын
Ha Ha, Eileen. That would be a good one. Would show who they are really working for as if their votes on bills didn't make it clear already.
@manu-tonyo9654
2 жыл бұрын
@@sabotagesavant5277 Open and obvious declaration of all major contributors/sponsors really would help in the war against hypocritical mis representation and mis information that these politicians want to perpetuate, the 'dress code' would be a lovely comedic touch :) Maybe go for a colour coded 'Miss World' type banner/sash at all public appearances, like a colour barcode of shame.
@GenXisT
2 жыл бұрын
have solar on our house here in AZ. Bills are pretty cheap in the winter, $30 - $60. Summer, it's about $150/mo due to it being very hot and having to run a lot of AC. It's funny that they keep acting as if coal is a thing that's staying around. Coal is dying on the vine in the same way actual shopping malls are dying.
@johnunderwood43
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but Joe Manchin's family owns a coal company and he gets more than 500k a year from it and his wife gets more than 600k a year. That's why he doesn't think solar is a good investment for the country.
@zinaj9437
2 жыл бұрын
Also in AZ with solar. $32 a month. Most of that is connection fees because it's a grid-tied system.
@Lynwood_Jackson
2 жыл бұрын
Well... The federal government claimed eminent domain at a site in PA containing ~10 million tons of coal. They've failed to contract a mining operation for about a decade. Also, greetings from Tempe.
@kchortu
2 жыл бұрын
@Baby woot woot, but are you green?
@DylanMadd
2 жыл бұрын
OMG. In CA, my energy bill for a/c in a 3br/1.5 ba aparment is $400-600/mo during summer. I really want this energy revolution. Or maybe I should be thinking of moving. Just 2 bills is about enough to pay a moving company.
@StopWhining491
2 жыл бұрын
"...so some politician in Washington can rip you off." Ain't that just what it's all about?
@AeriaGl0ris
2 жыл бұрын
I've dream of living in a house running on solar power since I learned about it as a kid. I've seen several houses in my neighborhood that have panels on the roofs. Makes me smile. If I ever do have my own house or cottage, I want solar panels.
@beverly719
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Beau! I tell people this all the time......but they just don't get it.🙄🤦 I also think utility companies would serve their customers better as co-ops. I love mine.
@kchortu
2 жыл бұрын
@Baby I am curious what you have to say on the issue of utilities vs co ops
@sunshine3914
2 жыл бұрын
@@kchortu Right. Whole bunch of these bots have popped up in the last 48 hours. You’d think KZitem would be able to filter them by now.
@JMM33RanMA
2 жыл бұрын
Here in Massachusetts, some towns, like mine, own and operate the electric power company. I pay about 1/3 of what I was paying a couple of years ago in a town that didn't and had to choose one of 3 rip off private companies. Since this apartment is all electric, the only other utility is telephone and internet. So much for the foolish right-wing slogan that private companies are better than the government!
@j.angelis6934
2 жыл бұрын
The fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute, according to analysis by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF found the production and burning of coal, oil and gas was subsidised by $5.9tn in 2020, with not a single country pricing all its fuels sufficiently to reflect their full supply and environmental costs
@oldauntzibby4395
2 жыл бұрын
I love my electric co-op as well, and think many businesses would be great as co-ops (I'm also a member of a grocery store co-op). However, my co-op is still behind on solar because the elected board members are old guys that seem to vote against stuff just because that's always how it was done and they don't like change (you can tell I live in a red state). And no doubt the coal industry lobbyists convince them that coal is reliable and solar isn't. The co-op is going to lose customers who will switch to renewables on their own (I would in a flash if I had the money). Instead the co-op should be funding renewables by making solar available on installment payments and keeping folks as co-op members.
@sinndymorr6358
2 жыл бұрын
In the middle 70's it was considered a responsibility, to the average citizen, to start paying attention to the environment. With the dependency on Social Media, I noticed some acquaintances shift tones. The environment was no longer a topic of human responsibility. It became partisan to them.
@khausere7
2 жыл бұрын
Remember the "Don't Be Fuelish" campaigns designed to urge people to conserve resources and protect the environment? I wonder if the Office of Energy Conservation is still around.
@Mike80528
2 жыл бұрын
"American's are an amazing people. They never fail to do the right thing...after trying everything else" - Butchered quote
@zinaj9437
2 жыл бұрын
If you can't win people to your side through moral arguments, hit them with a good financial one. That's how I got a co-worker to grudgingly accept the premise that everybody should have access to health care. If they're too sick to work now, stabilizing them medically makes them fit to work and pay taxes. More pockets to pick instead of paying people to stay home and be sick.
@dynamicworlds1
2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how frequently "it's cheaper to be a good person" (to borrow a phrase from Beau). From climate, to homelessness, to immigration, to war, to prohibition, etc etc etc. As long as you're not at the very top, acting in a pro-social way instead of an anti-social way is likely to your benefit (especially if you can do it collectively by some kind of mechanism of voting and enforcing agreed on choices...like any remotely functional and ethical government should be able to manage)
@pamarnold9378
2 жыл бұрын
I have been saying for years that everyone should get free treatment for contagious diseases before they give them to ME. Of course, at the time I was thinking about drug-resistant TB.
@Br0nto5aurus
2 жыл бұрын
We're in the process of getting solar for the house. Super excited to not have to pay for electricity soon.
@celieboo
2 жыл бұрын
Solar is amazing. Our bill has been the grid (Duke energy) connection fee only ($10.50 plus tax) since March. The upfront cost was high ($22k), but the long term benefits are immeasurable.
@cf87
2 жыл бұрын
Same. Am also on Duke. The just hit that mark 6 months ago where I got a $12.60 bill and thought it was a mistake at first. Granted, I'm still working on paying off the panels, but it is nice knowing my set cost per month for budget purposes.
@ashd8432
2 жыл бұрын
Every. Single. Republican. Needs to hear this message. Well done Beau, as always!
@garryferrington811
2 жыл бұрын
Republicans get "campaign" funds from coal and oil.
@Ash__Adler
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of how all those free-market types are also quick to jump on the "too big to fail" bailout train when it comes to airlines or car companies, too 🙄
@charleshanks6186
2 жыл бұрын
dont forget the banks brokerage firm insurance co as well
@juliekaalaas9071
2 жыл бұрын
There was also a pipeline that leaked in Texas City this week. 2 oil spills/leaks this week alone.
@zinaj9437
2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget all the small leaks off Florida post-Ida.
@sharibigay4712
2 жыл бұрын
And how much media coverage did this get, along with the information on how much damage was done, and the cost of clean up? Crickets.
@juliekaalaas9071
2 жыл бұрын
@@sharibigay4712 Exactly!
@strumbum946
2 жыл бұрын
The reason the overwhelming majority of Americans “currently” support Fossil Fuel is because Walmart doesn’t sell a (solar panel) yet that powers our Cars & Trucks like their Gas pumps do…
@DylanMadd
2 жыл бұрын
They’ve been trying like heck to make a solar car for a while. Not enough surface area for the tech just yet. But perhaps to charge the plug in? This could potentially be available right now. When will America get on board with innovating this on a large scale?!? Jobs, a while new industry the entire *world* needs.
@NinjaThatLongboards
2 жыл бұрын
77% of Americans say developing alternative energies should be the priority for the the US energy supply. The only reason we're not there yet it because our senators make money off the fossil fuel industry
@NinjaThatLongboards
2 жыл бұрын
@@DylanMadd even if solar panels achieved maximum theoretical efficiency there wouldn't be enough surface area on a car to make it viable. Perhaps enough to extend range a bit but you'll always need to plug them into a wall.
@DylanMadd
2 жыл бұрын
@@NinjaThatLongboards That is true. It also means we need infrastructure to produce plug ins. They’re not super effective if you can only go 200 miles then there’s nowhere to charge. I have this dream that manufacturing these sorts of parts would RE-open all the empty warehouses. It’s hard to figure why we wouldn’t want to do anything … until you think for just a sec about what you mentioned about $$. Why should Manchin & Kristen (Kirsten? Kristen?) Cinema participate when special interests pay them hundreds of thousands of $$? One side has stopped pretending they stand for anything while the other gets exposed for being corporate puppets. Some of this is new, while some is as old as civilization.
@Jcewazhere
2 жыл бұрын
@@NinjaThatLongboards Aptera. Sono Sion.
@vickil2118
2 жыл бұрын
OMG thank you Beau. This is great news and everyone needs to hear it. I already have solar panels on my roof and they make me happy. Keep up the good work.
@TheObersalzburg
2 жыл бұрын
As you were speaking i kept thinking of Manchin opposing the infrastructure bill. It couldn't have anything to do with his family's close ties to the coal industry, could it? Has anyone ever used the term DINO, similar to RINO? I think I know someone who fits the description. I guess greed is bipartisan.
@MiMi-og4wx
2 жыл бұрын
Beau, this was spot on my friend. You have a good day too....
@j.angelis6934
2 жыл бұрын
The fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute, according to analysis by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF found the production and burning of coal, oil and gas was subsidised by $5.9tn in 2020, with not a single country pricing all its fuels sufficiently to reflect their full supply and environmental costs
@margaretnicol3423
2 жыл бұрын
Remember all the fuss when people changed from candles to gas to light their homes? Remember all the fuss when people changed from gas to electricity to light their homes? Let's make another memory by changing to cheaper costs to light our homes - thanks to the sun and wind and rain.
@joebeetz1832
2 жыл бұрын
Before that,whaling fleets supplied the oil to light lanterns etc.First underground oil was located from drilling in Pennsylvania in 1800's.
@michaelplant3036
2 жыл бұрын
But what about the energy moguls and their families....won't someone think of those children?
@keinoh493
2 жыл бұрын
And their children's children. And their children's children's children... And so on😤
@Trox2018
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, thought about them. Time to move on.
@comfortablynumb9342
2 жыл бұрын
They could get into solar production
@tenofivelips
2 жыл бұрын
Getty didn't care too much for his brood.
@comfortablynumb9342
2 жыл бұрын
@@boatnikdog how do you suggest we prepare for that? Buy solar panels, batteries and inverters for our homes?
@undivided_unified
2 жыл бұрын
I think Beau is reaching a point where "Just a thought" is more like "Just some truth" ...
@gener.1253
2 жыл бұрын
He's been there for a long time.
@oldmanofthemountains3388
2 жыл бұрын
...this frustration you feel? That's exactly what it's like living in WV.
@drawingdraws618
2 жыл бұрын
✋🤞✌️maybe we shouldn’t have politicians that can operate in the financial sector when in office and protected from insider trading…
@briansmutti
2 жыл бұрын
😊🥈
@stuckinflorida9685
2 жыл бұрын
Drawing Draws Good morning from Floriduh 👋🏼
@d123mahesh2
2 жыл бұрын
Second!!!! 💐👍🏾 and hellooooo!!! 🙂👋🏾🌞
@janicehotchkiss3786
2 жыл бұрын
🎯 wake up & pay attention 🇺🇸
@d123mahesh2
2 жыл бұрын
@@stuckinflorida9685 Jeez! What’s up with the spam these days!!!
@CK-jd7wo-test
2 жыл бұрын
Louis rossmann put out a video a little while back on this subject tying it to teslas and right to repair. While it is nice to save the environment, most people only become really concerned when cost is an issue.
@abstractdragon5453
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Beau for posting this! One small point I would like to add, solar and wind power are much more easily maintained. A solar cell has no moving parts, a windmill has 1 moving part. A diesel generator- about 5,000 moving parts, any centralized power source- like a powerplant, has hundreds of thousands of moving parts. In this case, less really is more!
@ChrispyNut
2 жыл бұрын
If we build new cities that're multi-levelled and fully covered, we could extract most of the waste heat (which is primary inefficiency). We need to re-think everything to have a hope of reaching sustainability.
@cpmathews2566
2 жыл бұрын
People can have there city's, I'll stay in the woods. But yes you're correct.
@ChrispyNut
2 жыл бұрын
@@cpmathews2566 I foresee multi-levelled forests too. If we use the available verticality, we can gain so much more surface area. Unlikely we'll be doing farmland within your lifetime, let alone forests though, so no need for that sweat forming on your brow ;-)
@dynamicworlds1
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe in some areas, but, really, many if not most cities in the near future will be trying to expel waste heat as quick as possible to try and limit heat-related deaths (and energy usage for air conditioning) and trying to extract energy from it would slow that process. Further future at more extreme latitudes, that may be a viable option depending on how efficient it is compared to future nuclear tech and the extreme abundant energy from the sun we can collect from solar and wind. The energy itself isn't the real problem. How efficiently we can reach and distribute it is the challenge.
@ChrispyNut
2 жыл бұрын
@@dynamicworlds1 You completely misunderstand and therefore have it backwards.. That dumping of heat is wasted energy, which requires energy extraction from some source. By having entire cities being climate controlled, not only do we gain the efficiency of scale, but the waste heat can be captured and made use of (through refrigerants to boil water, create steam, turn turbines, create electricity). We can get rid of the heat quicker that way than just dumping out to the street and relying on convection. By having entire cities being covered, the majority of that cover can be used as a solar-energy collector (I envision Concentrating Solar Power, with the central shaft being used predominantly for vertical farming with only the tip being the thermal-fluid-mass).
@jerrellbevers6071
2 жыл бұрын
Winston Churchill once said, “You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else.”
@lilianfowler7988
2 жыл бұрын
I am laughing but I am crying.
@psyolytesaille
2 жыл бұрын
This is why I want to dip out to another country that gives af. I'm tired of them waiting to see it happen first when we've been plenty warned, every fucking time. Yet we have people still in awe when the other shoe drops. I'm not nice about it like Beau, I will tear into people if asked. But they won't ask because they don't care or are in a death cult.
@zardoz2627
2 жыл бұрын
Remember when ronnie raygun ripped the solar panels off the roof of the White House?
@TheObersalzburg
2 жыл бұрын
Just one more reason I couldn't stomach him.
@sabotagesavant5277
2 жыл бұрын
zar doz, yes I do ! He ripped a lot more things off of America while the uneducated cheered his sloganeering. Then r politicians doubled down on getting richer screwing over the public !!
@tenofivelips
2 жыл бұрын
Around the same time that B list ex costar of a monkey reclassified ketchup as a vegetable to save money on school lunches while still following FDA guidelines. I'm so glad the Right hates Hollywood so much, they'd never hire someone to lead a country whose only experience is taking money from the highest bidder to read a script.
@felinecontrolled
2 жыл бұрын
My family has mineral rights in ND. We profit nicely from gas and oil production. I would gladly give that up to move to renewables.
@svgs650r
2 жыл бұрын
So WTF are you waiting for?
@felinecontrolled
2 жыл бұрын
@@svgs650r You don't know much about oil production and mineral rights, do you?
@svgs650r
2 жыл бұрын
@@felinecontrolled Enough, but now I know even more about your integrity/priorities! Oh wait.... you take those profits and donate it all to charity,?
@felinecontrolled
2 жыл бұрын
@@svgs650r How do you confuse "my family" with me personally?
@thebakk34
2 жыл бұрын
There are lots of federal and state grants and tax breaks for home solar installation. So it can be very cost effective and maybe even be able to sell back energy to the grid on top of being self sufficient.
@nfzeta128
2 жыл бұрын
Yea, honestly just getting to the point where almost everyone generates their own electricity and then the state or county just has a backup station for outages and such is best. Utilities shouldn't be such a lucrative business. It's already a stable one.
@5353Jumper
2 жыл бұрын
Except lots of jurisdictions have rules limiting your home and commercial rooftop solar projects. Cannot build over your average consumption. Cannot connect to the grid. Cannot sell back to the grid. Cannot install battery storage system. Maby regions have legislation specifically to make endpoint generation difficult or expansive. Even some of the ones that have virtue signalling grants/subsidies for solar.
@ianking9425
2 жыл бұрын
Tried to switch at my house, they say..." Do you own your home? *yes "Woild you like to switch and take advantage of this prigram?" *Yes "Do you make over $48,000/ year?" *No "Sorry you don't qualify, call us back when you do." Needless to say I was very disappointed, I don't earn enough to go green under the program.
@gmw3083
2 жыл бұрын
Build off grid, away from the population. Don't worry about subsidies or selling anything back. Detach from Babylon completely before it collapses.
@scoobydoo3928
2 жыл бұрын
I just installed solar panels in May. So far, it has saved me about $250. per month. The system lets me monitor on my cell phone. It says that since May 27, I have saved over 10,174 lbs of CO2 emissions and equivalent to planted 77 trees.
@DylanMadd
2 жыл бұрын
It maybe worth just being like, “forget the environment. Forget all that. It’s all about cheaper, more efficient energy. Plus the added benefit of millions of new jobs and an energy revolution America is seriously lagging on, whereas we should be leading.” I guess that’s been happening already, but we keep getting stuck in the semantics about why we need this.
@amaris27
2 жыл бұрын
Thats the point. The politicians know that we are behind. They dont care. Their stock is in those behind companies. Thats all that matters. That is why minimum wage will never go up. All these representatives are business owners who dont want to pay their workers better. They all have stocks and investments in coal and gas industries as well as pharma. They all have a vested interest in NOT changing a damn thing about anything right now. They NEVER WILL either. EVER. Voting wont change things because they provide us the list of our choices. I honestly dont know of any solution to this now short of a civilization shattering event. That is why my money is on climate change and eventual starvation and desperation. Maybe when 99% of the world is pushed to the brink...they will collectively push back against the 1% who have everything.
@DylanMadd
2 жыл бұрын
@@amaris27 I feel you. 100%. Bottom line is the Earth is gonna be just fine. We’re only interested in this as far as it relates to our ability to keep living exactly the way we do. Part of me feels the way you do; like there’s hardly a point because those with resources are the only ones with the literal time to do anything productive. Whereas I *have* to drive my car around to make money to eek by. Making me as much a part of the problem as anyone. And it’s so frustrating and so clear Cinema will never vote to allow Medicare to negotiate rates… cuz she’s paid by pharma. Manchin is the exact same coming from a coal state. It’s almost counterintuitive. Wouldn’t his state benefit from a new industry with thousands of workers ready and available to work? It’s not an all or nothing deal. The tech isn’t all there so we need to transition. We still need coal. But guys like that are blocking even potential benefits. And I agree with you: the higher temps and rising waters…? That’s already done. It’s going to happen and that’s that. Ice caps? Gone. I’m sure we will all move north and keep digging and spewing carbon into the air long after swaths of land are uninhabitable. And that still won’t be enough. Same time, F these people that pretend it’s not real. Just for the sake of making them sweat, it’s worth fighting.
@plo8monster113
2 жыл бұрын
Cognizance is commensurate with courage. Change only happens when the pain of hanging on exceeds the fear of change.
@zinaj9437
2 жыл бұрын
As I often say, "Change is hard...until not changing is harder.' I type it often enough that it autofills.
@c.c.vineyard
2 жыл бұрын
More "Pearls of Wisdom" to take to work with me! Thx.
@marthashandley2637
2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said 👏👏👏👏
@FakeSchrodingersCat
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly the only thing still lacking is battery technology on the scale needed.
@cpmathews2566
2 жыл бұрын
Battery's are so toxic to the environment. For a short term plan, fine; but we need to come up with a cleaner and better way to store energy.
@joebeetz1832
2 жыл бұрын
Battery or storage technology is improving constantly.Solar panels do have a carbon foot print( true cost of rescources used in terms that include pollution,replacement and sustainability and degradation) of life scources.Solar panels need to be built to resist hurricanes,tornadoes,hail,and snow fall.Most are on rooftops,and are susceptible to all elements.
@dinkoz1
2 жыл бұрын
Nope, there are mechanical flywheel batteries (electric motor / generator), very simple and reliable but they will not increase production to be able to keep a high price per unit at all times. If serial mass production is started, they would be cheaper than lithium batteries. They are ideal for stationary installation, mobile not really because of the large gyroscopic moment (and this can be solved by pairing counter-rotating units)
@Jcewazhere
2 жыл бұрын
@@cpmathews2566 Iron air batteries (rust) are not toxic. Liquid metal batteries either. Lithium is given as medicine. Liquid air batteries are perfectly clean. Dropshaft power storage too. And solar-thermal. And general thermal batteries. And kinetic power storage. Really the only 'toxic' batteries in use could be lead acid batteries, which are already in every car boat and plane on the planet, and are among the most recycled things on the planet. Please stop spreading FUD, or at least get more specific in your criticisms.
@FakeSchrodingersCat
2 жыл бұрын
@@dinkoz1 Mechanical batteries are nowhere near efficient nor keep their charge long enough to be viable for this unless you get into superconductors which currently require active cooling that uses more energy then the battery is capable of storing.
@charleschampion4682
2 жыл бұрын
Electric provider wanted $80,000.00 to run power to my house. Less than a mile. $18,000.00 To solar up my house with 2 separate systems. One for backup and no power interruptions. No bills from greedy power providers...
@c.c.vineyard
2 жыл бұрын
That is AWESOME!
@HadassahLynnFoster
2 жыл бұрын
Not just cheaper, the new technologies create well-paying jobs.
@vadacris4095
2 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhh!!! That stinks! I do not want any of that! )c= Suggestions for next steps? Keep calling my representatives in DC is about all I can think of at moment.
@letsgoteamseas5468
2 жыл бұрын
Rivian is making a sweet electric truck, and also a ton of electric trucks for Amazon. Electric is going to be the way, it is a highly capable form of energy
@ianking9425
2 жыл бұрын
Their facility is in Bloomington, Illinois; used to be a Mitsubishi plant, drive past it a few weeks ago, the huge lot around it was full of them waiting to ship. A beautiful sight.
@letsgoteamseas5468
2 жыл бұрын
@@ianking9425 I can’t wait to start seeing them on the road…
@lsh3rd
2 жыл бұрын
@@NoName-OG1 Once we get some traction with vehicle to grid, this will be a solvable problem. EVs will become part of the solution and less of a problem. Imagine being paid to leave your EV plugged in during peak hours. Imagine your EV being a power back-up system for your house when issues on the grid do occur.
@lsh3rd
2 жыл бұрын
Right. Think of it this way. You can create electricity via a whole host of ways. There are vastly fewer ways to create fuel to power your gasoline of diesel vehicle. Though undesirable, you can even use that gasoline or diesel to make electricity.
@suedawnnym7134
2 жыл бұрын
@@NoName-OG1 I would hope solutions for that are in the infrastructure bill awaiting ratification. Such as upgrading lines and stations to handle the inevitability growing demand for electricity, especially the commercial/industrial sector, where these trucks will be recharging from.
@branch_ranch
2 жыл бұрын
You're killing it Beau. Keep doing what you're doing!
@The_Opinion_of_Matt
2 жыл бұрын
I read a recent article on how corporations have been gaslighting people on how individual responsibility can save the environment. The article said that if everyone took every step they could to reduce climate change then we could collectively at best account for a 4 percent improvement. That's not a typo, four percent. I'll try and find the story and post a link to it in a reply.
@The_Opinion_of_Matt
2 жыл бұрын
If KZitem lets me post the link here it is. Sorry for the delay. I couldn't find the article using Google and I had it a unbookmarked open Chrome tab, then my computer Hard Drive failed. Once my computer was back up and running I was able to find it in my browser history. Anyway, here is the link (in a reply to this).
@clayschuetz7557
2 жыл бұрын
Freaking brilliant! Beau, the way you see things and explain them so clearly!
@ErikDJ123
2 жыл бұрын
Installing 9165 watt solar array in 2011 was the most conservative thing I've ever done. I went from average $150/month for electricity to flat $8/month (tax) except the occasional $50 bill in February. So I've paid a total of about $1000 on electricity in 10 years instead of about $18,000 and continue to conserve about $1700 per year. The system paid for its investment expenses by 2018.
@cpmathews2566
2 жыл бұрын
It's 2021 and were still using teck. from the early 1900's. Over 100 years of innovation and were still driving model T's. On a side note: Focus needs to go into clean energy storage. Battery storage is the the worst, when it comes to protecting the environment.
@brentlanyon4654
2 жыл бұрын
not true. The efficiency and emissions of a modern ICE compared to a model T is night and day. There are also lots of electric options now, as well. FWIW, I'd go back to the 1900's tech of taking trains if there were still tracks in the ground with trains running on them.
@akinpaws
2 жыл бұрын
Pumped hydropower.
@kathryncasey4114
2 жыл бұрын
The International Monetary Fund is claiming that the petroleum industry is being subsidised at the rate of ten million dollars per MINUTE. Can this be true?
@XHALE303
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's true.
@shawnr771
2 жыл бұрын
The oil industry gets about 200 million dollars in subsidies each year. Note very little of that is cash. Most is in the form of low cost government leases for drilling.
@kathryncasey4114
2 жыл бұрын
@@shawnr771 Are you saying the IMF is lying? I'm confused. Lots of coverage on this story. Maybe the subsidies are about all fossil fuels not just petroleum. Accounting methods often obscure more than they reveal.
@dynamicworlds1
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't read into those numbers but at a global scale when factoring in all sorts of things they get which could be counted as subsidies from tax breaks, to cheap-to-free resource extraction rights, to military expenditures to protect "national interests", to ignored externalities (including, but not limited to, environmental damages), etc that seems to be in about the right ballpark if I were to give it a smell test. Don't trust the IMF for a second, but that seems entirely plausible. If fossile fuel companies had to start paying for the real costs of doing business, they would go bankrupt almost immediately (and then we could hypothetically nationalize them via eminent domain at relatively little cost...which is an interesting thought, even if it won't happen).
@kathryncasey4114
2 жыл бұрын
@@dynamicworlds1 I think I agree with every word you wrote. I'm a little slow but I didn't spot a single word that I would change in your reply. Thank You for raising my interest in liquid metal batteries. It's been a while since I looked into them.
@williammcclellan3497
2 жыл бұрын
Well done
@47riley47
2 жыл бұрын
Much love Beau 🕉️♥️
@moniquefrancescadc6984
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for what you do, Beau. I'm positive that I'm not alone when I say I come here for my daily lessons. ✌🏻💕
@clouded-glory
2 жыл бұрын
Its been awhile since i watched your videos but as i finished watching this i realized subscribing to you was a good idea, the way you articulate yourself in a manner that speaks yet also listens is captivating and something i wish more people had. I wish you longevity in life and keep the videos coming.
@sarahgupton2552
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Beau, for telling us the truth.
@popinjayackroyd4526
2 жыл бұрын
One of these days you are going to end a video with. "It's just a tho---hell with that. It's a cold hard fact. Deal with it."
@joanfregapane8683
2 жыл бұрын
Beau has stated that he uses ‘soft’ language- guess that sign off is another example.
@miked7212
2 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@d123mahesh2
2 жыл бұрын
👋🏾Add: Game, Set and Match to Beau. Again. 🥳
@stuckinflorida9685
2 жыл бұрын
D123 Mahesh Good morning 🌞👋🏼💐
@briansmutti
2 жыл бұрын
good morning ☀️😃 👋🏼♥️
@d123mahesh2
2 жыл бұрын
@@stuckinflorida9685 Good morning!!! 🌞 How are you today, Sir? 🙂
@d123mahesh2
2 жыл бұрын
@@briansmutti Hello!!! 🙂👋🏾 Had coffee? Can you believe I just woke up? No school for kids today and I was being lazy. 😄
@briansmutti
2 жыл бұрын
@@d123mahesh2 no school? my sleep is all wacky again i woke at 4 and couldn’t get back to sleep until now i’m sleepy again
@nickpacitti3247
2 жыл бұрын
You never cease to amaze me... thanks brother 👍🤙✌️
@stryfespoint304
2 жыл бұрын
Can this video be sent to Mr. Entitlement, the beneficiary of both government and business perks with a price gouging, faux degree carrying daughter?
@floatinglotuswomenswellness
2 жыл бұрын
Some days I really really wish YT let me have more than just one "like."
@pennyzee1176
2 жыл бұрын
1000% yes to this and to talking about climate change and effective ways to counter it. Thank you, Beau. We need this kind of conversation once a week from every outlet out there.
@ChangelingDJ
2 жыл бұрын
I live in Texas. You have any idea how right you are.
@stuckinflorida9685
2 жыл бұрын
Well howdy Beau!
@briansmutti
2 жыл бұрын
howdy 🤠
@d123mahesh2
2 жыл бұрын
Fourth!!!!! 💐👍🏾 and good morning!!! ☀️🙂👋🏾
@shawnr771
2 жыл бұрын
Hi SIF.
@stuckinflorida9685
2 жыл бұрын
@@shawnr771 Good morning from Floriduh 👋🏼
@brianbishoff194
2 жыл бұрын
Relentless harsh truth telling in a calm reasoned voice ... damn it really hits the spot!!
@hamie63_m
2 жыл бұрын
Yeap it's straight up robbery to make the rich richer.. One of the main reasons I want to buy a house soon 🙏 is to go solar.
@matthewross2192
2 жыл бұрын
Been watching my guy here for almost 4 years! Off topic... But just want to thank you sir for opening so many eyes on so many diverse subjects and staying the course!
@juliekaalaas9071
2 жыл бұрын
I think it might be helpful if we try to move forward with a mixed approach instead of a full on switch to renewables, at first anyhow. It may get more people on board and allow helpful measures to move forward. People are so fearful of and against things which they are unfamiliar with and don't understand.
@beavisbutt-headson3223
2 жыл бұрын
It would be a mixed approach anyway. As you build more renewable energy sources, you gradually phase out old coal/oil/gas plants. The point is that building new coal plants for example is not actually worth it anymore.
@juliekaalaas9071
2 жыл бұрын
@@beavisbutt-headson3223 I agree, but especially when we tend to speak in terms of "switching," people assume that it's going to happen all at once and that anything solar powered is going to malfunction on the first cloudy day.
@Jcewazhere
2 жыл бұрын
Having panels and batteries on every home also decentralizes the grid which makes it more secure. It's much harder to hack a thousand solar panels sold by different companies than it is to hack one pipeline.
@sciencenonfiction4109
2 жыл бұрын
I have a solar panel with a mobile battery that I use to charge my phone. I also charge my car via solar on my college campus, about $4 for a full charge. The only downside is it takes a few hours. We live in Florida, and North America more generally, we have so much sun!
@ExkupidsMom
2 жыл бұрын
Beau is one of the most quotable youtubers in the political sphere. The way he sprinkles sound bites throughout his vids is pure genius. I hope at some point, the press take notice and start using these pithy little gems.
@denisecorzette1676
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Beau ✌
@d123mahesh2
2 жыл бұрын
Fifth!!! At the Fifth Column!! 🥳💐👍🏾 and Hi!!!!! 🙂👋🏾
@erincaitlin1655
2 жыл бұрын
Congrats!! You go, girl !!
@susangordon1157
2 жыл бұрын
As always, Beau cuts through all the BS so truth can shine!
@christobotha7848
2 жыл бұрын
As a mechanic on a coal mine, I have to say. I love my job(mechanic) but I hate what I do(coal mining). I would love to get more jobs in sun plants.
@terriem3922
2 жыл бұрын
I'm convinced that millions of careers would arise if we went all in to solar/wind/hydroelectric/ wave power/ Geothermal. Nothing is keeping fossil fuel industries from switching their focus.
@krisfrederick5001
2 жыл бұрын
I will never be able to get the image of the Deepwater Horizon gushing oil into the ocean day after day out of my head. Heartbreaking and sickening. Just a depressing thought, have a good day...
@briansmutti
2 жыл бұрын
i agree!
@mumfordmunsley2002
2 жыл бұрын
Just to put a finer point on it, the cost of cleanup for the Exxon Valdez has to this day not been paid in full...
@bulshock1221
2 жыл бұрын
It gets even better. There have been studies saying that the 'problem' with solar is that it will make energy bills negative during high energy production times. That's how cheap it is.
@zanzibarspice
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. But while solar prices are coming down, it still requires each home to pay out of pocket, either monthly installments or lump sum. I’m not convinced the majority of Americans can afford it. Sure there’s a tax credit but it comes a year later, though doesn’t cover the majority of the expense. In my case, we received 2 bids. One for $12K and one for $25K (8 panels I believe). Monthly payments for equipment would be $120/ month x 10 years with a $5/month bill. Our current utility bill is $100-120/ month. But we don’t plan to live here long enough to pay it off and the cost of equipment won’t be fully recouped from sale of home. So weren’t not installing it. Other friends of mine with large property in rural area received a bid for $90K for equipment and installation. Seriously? If politicians really wanted to turn this around they’d offer a significantly bigger tax write off, especially for lower income groups. My friend in Australia had hers installed for free. Government paid for all of it.
@brentmcwilliams4332
2 жыл бұрын
And what about renters. I never see solar panels on rental units. Landowners are becoming a smaller percentage of the total market every year. We might need to start extracting solar energy from the skin cells of the homeless it this rate. The two issues do mix.
@twocrows2
2 жыл бұрын
There are other methods which don't require short-term up-front money and it is already beginning. Duke Energy here in the south east is starting to build solar arrays. Then they'll sell the sun which they harvest for free at the going fossil rate. More profits for them than they ever got from fossil. Sure, they'll continue ripping off their customers but they'll be stewarding the planet in a more responsible manner. Never mind the fact that their profits will soar and, once the arrays are paid for, their overhead will be virtually nil. IOW, SOP. But the planet will still be better off. Eventually, their customers will wise up and demand that prices come down to reflect the fact that the raw product is basically free -- but that's going to take time. And by then, the plants Duke built to harvest and send the energy out to the customers will be fully paid for and then some. Another approach is happening out west. People are leasing their rooftops to energy companies. The company pays to install the array on the customer's roof, thus negating the need for huge arrays. The roofs, themselves, provide the under-structure for the plant --- at no cost to the power company. Then the customer pays for the free electricity their home produces plus the cost of the installation of the panels parceled out over years. The customers don't own the panels, boosters, inverter, etc. so maintenance falls to the company ---- which justifies the continued payment for equipment --- even though the actual energy is free except for the maintenance of that equipment and the wires it travels over, both ways.
@aylbdrmadison1051
2 жыл бұрын
The democrats keep trying to do exactly that. Then the next republican administration comes along and undoes it all. This has been going on with solar since it was factually a booming industry in the 70's (at least here in California) and working out great. A middle class family could easily afford it. But to be fair, the middle class up until 1981 could afford far more than now in general. Then in the 80's the reagan administration destroyed it all (and also slashed taxes for the wealthy elite in half, thus paving the road to fascism in America). The problem is not with solar, the problem is conservative-capitalism.
@danieljohnson4418
2 жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right, Ann.
@brentmcwilliams4332
2 жыл бұрын
Is your name any reference to "That Girl"?
@michellemoilanen3261
2 жыл бұрын
FACT, At least we have you educating and opening more peoples eyes SO Actions and solutions can occur.
@DavidaChazan
2 жыл бұрын
Where I live (Israel), we've been using solar energy for decades and decades. I've had a solar water heater in my apartment since... 1985, I think. If I put my heater on the electric for 15-20 minutes a day, that's a cold rainy day!
@gilesluver
2 жыл бұрын
They propped up whaling as well.
@larrybeckham6652
2 жыл бұрын
Beginning my second year on solar power. Renting an apartment on the third floor with no solar panels within miles. Austin Energy (in Texas) has a program where you sign up for a higher rate, 4.27¢/kWh instead of the current rate of 3.078¢/kWh. But this rate is locked in for 15 years! All profits are pledged to investing more solar, wind, and storage tech. This is program is limited - when they build a new solar farm they can open up more people to join. This is how to transition. When oil (or the natural gas equivent) hits $1000/bbl, my electric bill will not go up! I am still incentivized to not waste electricity but I feel so better for my use. I wish this was a world wide program.
@marylhere
2 жыл бұрын
Can we also talk to them about the cost of gun violence….not for the dead (that’s cheap) but for long term care, disability payments, etc. Put in terms fiscal conservatives understand. There is a reason they banned data about gun injuries….they are hiding the overwhelming cost.
@lagemz01
2 жыл бұрын
Been checking out solar panels in S. Florida, makes so much sense. Need no power bills. Sell power to state. Need cost charge???
@robincosta8973
2 жыл бұрын
Love ya, Beau....especially when you're sarcastic.
@zpg743
2 жыл бұрын
Mandatory youtube engagement comment.
@Oatmeal-Savage
2 жыл бұрын
The more Beau videos I watch, the more convinced I am that America is a shining beacon to hold up to the rest of the world on how exactly NOT to do things.
@robinblackmoor8732
2 жыл бұрын
Beau is ridiculous. He believes Oxford, whatever that is over former energy secretary Rick Perry. That has to be a joke.
@why-even-try-brotendo
2 жыл бұрын
Right, I mean Rick Perry wears glasses for gosh sake! Who wears glasses and doesn't know what they're talking about?
@robinblackmoor8732
2 жыл бұрын
@@why-even-try-brotendo Exactly. Rick Perry is such a genius that he can memorize lists of up to two items. Nobody can do three items.
@why-even-try-brotendo
2 жыл бұрын
@@robinblackmoor8732 Emperor of the Universe Trump was able to do 5. FIVE!!!!!! No wonder he is worshipped by millions.
@Hello-1814
2 жыл бұрын
Great vide! Great structured argument.
@timothyball3144
2 жыл бұрын
Recently I have become very aware of my own confirmation biases and that has led to me watching for the same in others. Are there studies other than the Oxford one, showing these same or similar numbers? Also, one problem that we need to deal with in regards to solar power is what to with the panels at the end of their life. Like so many other things we have developed a thing without looking at what to with it when it's no longer useful. It's the same thing with wind turbines. There is a huge amount of fiberglass used that ends up in landfills. I'm not saying that we shouldn't be using these technologies, just that part of the investment in them needs to include disposal at end of life. "When you throw something away, where is 'away'"?
@judithjanes5738
2 жыл бұрын
Recently saw a photo of recycled wind turbine fan blades being used for covered bicycle parking areas. Fan blade was carved out to form a really modern-looking aerodynamic wing shape.
@timothyball3144
2 жыл бұрын
@@judithjanes5738 Yes, many things can be upcycled but when there is a massive amount of materials, upcycled just isn't enough. Look at HDPE the plastic found in so many things. Lots of people are making small, cottage industries out of making niche products but the amount of HDPE removed from the landfill is miniscule.
@Jcewazhere
2 жыл бұрын
Solar panels are mostly just silicon, copper, and aluminum. 100% recyclable. Wind turbine blades can be made from other materials, like wood, and even the fiberglass ones can be recycled/upcycled. Use them as bus bench shelters. Cut them into strips and use them for house siding or roof tiles. Grind them up and recast them as something else made from fiberglass. Use them for car body panels. And so on. Then there are the more direct attempts to recycle them, so far they have the same problem as recycling styrofoam: cost. It's not that it's impossible, it's that it's not economically viable. Yet again capitalism and the profit motive screw us. NREL has a list of studies on the lifetime monetary and material costs of solar and wind power. They come to roughly the same conclusions as the Oxford study. There's the SEIA, solar energy industries association. I understand they'd be biased, but they still say the same. MIT "Explaining the plummeting cost of solar power" and "Study: Even short-lived solar panels can be economically viable". That took like 3 minutes on Google Scholar.
@timothyball3144
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jcewazhere First, what's Google scholar? Yes, the base materials for solar panels are all recyclable but the problem that needs to be solved is separating them in a capitalist way. It's like rubber tracks for mini excavators and skid steer tractors. They are just metal and rubber but separating the two components in a cost effective and "clean" manner becomes a problem. I know of an outfit with about 20 sets of these tracks sitting in a pile. We found a place that recycles them at $125 each, plus shipping. Add in the labor to palletize them and arrange everything and it would end up being $3000 to dispose of them. They could recoup that cost by charging more for their work which would drive up the cost of housing and on down the line. Or they could accept it and make $1000 less per year. Guess which one gets chosen over and over. The same people throw away alot of smaller pieces of metal because it's "too much of a pain" to have a barrel just for those small nuts and bolts and other miscellaneous parts. I have one in my shop and, other than filters, I would guess that over 95% of my scrap metal gets to the recycler. One difference there is that I look at not just the short term monetary costs, but the long term costs of opening a new landfill as well as mining new ore and all the environmental costs and problems. They DGAF. I'm not saying that it's right just that it is, sadly.
@stevemurray6543
2 жыл бұрын
Love it. Thank you.
@jonc67uk
2 жыл бұрын
Combine electrovoltaics with thermal solar & desalination with hydrogen production & the South West might manage it's water problems if they're lucky. The whole lawns in a desert thing isn't sustainable though..
@shawnr771
2 жыл бұрын
If they pump enough water out of the ocean to turn the desert green maybe they can stave off that whole Sea Level rise problem.
@jonc67uk
2 жыл бұрын
@@shawnr771 if you do that then you've got nowhere to dump the excess salts from the sea water. If it all goes back into the sea locally you'll get toxic local hotspots from over salination & all the sea life dies...
@RadoGamers
2 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather worked for Humble-EXXON for 50 years. He told me once. There's two things you should never trust, Politicians and Corporations. I think Eisenhower said that too in so many words he called it the Military Industrial Complex.
@kradwonders
2 жыл бұрын
Tesla’s long term goal is to have solar panels on houses and buildings tied to power walls. If enough people do this and give back energy they don’t need to the power grid then the need for more power plants will be limited if not completely reduced.
@shawnr771
2 жыл бұрын
If they are going to "Give back" energy, they are going to need an upgraded grid to do just that. If everyone switched to electric cars tomorrow the electric grid in the US would fail. Everyone charging their vehicles at night would mean that secindary power plants would need to run to provide for the additional load. Many parts of the US is not set up for decentralized power generation at scale. That is part of the Green New Deal plan on infrastructure to upgrade the grid.
@zinaj9437
2 жыл бұрын
A better way may be PowerPacks in subdivisions. Less stress on the grid. Excess would still go to the grid. (Even PowerPacks have a maximum load.) Still able to draw from the grid if necessary. Meanwhile, a gasification system that turned trash into synthetic diesel used to power generators could provide baseline power and keep some MegaPacks charged.
@kradwonders
2 жыл бұрын
@@zinaj9437 The future may look much different than today’s power grid. PowerPacks may be part of that future or something like it. We are just starting to talk about power needs in the future and how to meet it. Will be interesting.
@kradwonders
2 жыл бұрын
@@shawnr771 Tesla is working on PowerPacks to store energy for night time use. These are neighborhood or regional storage facilities that would supply electricity for times of little sunshine, nights or as backups for other needs. The future may be interesting.
@shawnr771
2 жыл бұрын
@@kradwonders Check out a series of videos called Just Have a Think. He did one on Iron Air batteries. They wont replace lithium in cars or phones because of weight but fixed installs they are going to be cheaper A company in Washington State Oregon are going to use a different Iron battery filled with salt and water for grid sized backup. The first pack is due to go online by the end of the month. Yes there are many new technologies that are jockeying for position. There are several technological or logistical hurdles to overcome. I say we try not to put our eggs all in one basket and use several of them. Fossil fuels are here for at least the next 10 years and the switch will be a time of great change.
@beeamendola
2 жыл бұрын
I WONDERED WHEN YOU WOULD TACKLE THIS ONE IN CALI!!! GO BEAU!!!
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