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I recommend this video from YouTuber Technology Connections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM I apprecia

by id34 4mo ago

I recommend this video from YouTuber Technology Connections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM I appreciate his ability to talk renewables for almost an hour and barely mention climate change. This video has a bit of a twist ending, but he gives you a solid out before he becomes political if you're showing it to someone who won't be receptive to that messaging.

Schiendelman 4mo ago
Is this the version he reuploaded? I saw it the day he posted it, and I have never seen that man more passionate and awesome. He mentioned later that he toned it down, which is almost a bummer!
- terribleperson 4mo ago
  If this is the video I'm thinking of, both versions are up. I think the toned down version is meant to be more palatable to certain people.
  - id34 4mo ago
    Correct - the version I linked is his more aggressive version, but he does give a soft out with 30 minutes remaining. He mentions that he has also uploaded the alternative version for those who want to share it with someone who wouldn't enjoy the ending of this version.
  - gabrielsroka 4mo ago
    The one above is the public long version. it has a link to this unlisted short version https://youtu.be/Zgxb8I1nk2I https://youtu.be/Zgxb8I1nk2I
cryptopian 4mo ago
For those who don't have the time to watch, the biggest point he hammers home: fossil fuels are a single use energy source; renewables keep producing energy. So long as you've built the infrastructure and kept it maintained, the energy continues to come. With fossil fuels, you have to build turbines, then you have to remove it from the earth, then you have to ship it to said turbines, then you burn it and it's gone.
- antonvs 4mo ago
  > then you burn it and it's gone. It's not just gone. It becomes a debt that everyone has to pay.
  - HerbManic 4mo ago
    Accountants call them 'externalities'. Things they can take off the books if they treat the atmosphere like an open air sewer system.

by id34 4mo ago

Schiendelman 4mo ago

Is this the version he reuploaded? I saw it the day he posted it, and I have never seen that man more passionate and awesome. He mentioned later that he toned it down, which is almost a bummer!

terribleperson 4mo ago
If this is the video I'm thinking of, both versions are up. I think the toned down version is meant to be more palatable to certain people.
- id34 4mo ago
  Correct - the version I linked is his more aggressive version, but he does give a soft out with 30 minutes remaining. He mentions that he has also uploaded the alternative version for those who want to share it with someone who wouldn't enjoy the ending of this version.
- gabrielsroka 4mo ago
  The one above is the public long version. it has a link to this unlisted short version https://youtu.be/Zgxb8I1nk2I https://youtu.be/Zgxb8I1nk2I

cryptopian 4mo ago

For those who don't have the time to watch, the biggest point he hammers home: fossil fuels are a single use energy source; renewables keep producing energy. So long as you've built the infrastructure and kept it maintained, the energy continues to come. With fossil fuels, you have to build turbines, then you have to remove it from the earth, then you have to ship it to said turbines, then you burn it and it's gone.

antonvs 4mo ago
> then you burn it and it's gone. It's not just gone. It becomes a debt that everyone has to pay.
- HerbManic 4mo ago
  Accountants call them 'externalities'. Things they can take off the books if they treat the atmosphere like an open air sewer system.