6 Misconceptions of the Renewable Energy Transition

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At this moment in time you can hardly argue against it anymore. If we want to avoid a future of climate breakdown, extreme weather events and ecological collapse, we need a transition to renewable energy and a rapid one at that. Said like this, the goal seems simple, technology will give us the solution. But the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris climate agreement, and the longer the world deviates from the path to net zero, the harder it will be to get back on it.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:21 The scale of the transition required
3:37 The added time pressure
4:26 Renewables' own issues
5:37 How we use our energy
7:30 Who is responsible?
9:06 Technology can't be the only solution
#renewableenergy #climatechange #energytransition #windpower

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24 июл 2024

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@JackdeDuCoeur 5 месяцев назад

Nice work

@msxcytb 2 месяца назад

Nice video and script. For small correction. We don't have to transform to "renewable". We need to transform to low or no carbon world. Saying that we have to transform to renewables discards achievements of nuclear power(already successfully decarbonised some countries), geothermal, geological hydrogen etc. We also can actually get rid of the CO2 from atmosphere- enhanced weathering with silicate minerals could do it and give us more time for energy transition.

@iareid8255 5 месяцев назад

There is only one available generation type that neither emits CO2, is available to most countries and one that actually works and that is nuclear. Renewables are a dead end they have too many problems and technical deficiencies to be able to replace conventional generation. They only exist today to the extent they do with the support of conventional generation. Increase the renewable grid connected capacity degrades and destabilises the grid and makes 😊it less reliable.

@clintbird1294 6 месяцев назад

The only 'misconception' is believing that we humans can effect a reduction in atmospheric c02 in our lifetime. It has been building up to current levels over 200 years.

@msxcytb 2 месяца назад

There are real methods which can do it- meaningful reduction of CO2 from atmosphere using enhanced weathering. At the scale of GigaTons of CO2/year and if done smartly it could be very affordable, sadly not known much by the public.

@steveclancy7832 7 месяцев назад

Yes we need think about more nuclear power...... making solar windt owers and ev creates alot of the carbon it's trying to cure...

@theupshift2190 7 месяцев назад

Yes although the issue with nuclear in the short term is that it is not a fast enough solution. Given current lead times on nuclear reactors it is just too slow a process to be able to satisfy the speed of the transition we need to meet the Paris climate agreement.

@steveclancy7832 7 месяцев назад

The sooner we start building nuclear power the sooner we will have cheap reliable power the unreliable solar and wind installed today will need replacing due to a 15 to 20 year life span of most renewables their carbon footprint hardly covered by the so called savings in carbon the generate@@theupshift2190

@TobyKinkaid11 7 месяцев назад

There is a lot wrong with this video. Summed up in your #6... you assert that we can't rely on technology..... what?... you don't think a technological problem has a "technological" solution? This is where you completely fail. Of course there is a technology solution. Too bad you can't even imagine looking for it.

@theupshift2190 7 месяцев назад

Hi I think you've misunderstood the point I'm trying to make here. Absolutely we need technology and it's the only way we will be able to solve the issue of climate change. What I'm trying to say here is that it would be dangerous to rely entirely on technology to give us this solution whilst continuing to increase consumption and extraction above sustainable levels. If we try to transition to renewables whilst continuing to over-consume we will never be able to benefit from these technological advances. I appreciate you watching until the end of the video though.

@iareid8255 5 месяцев назад

Toby, There is not a practical or affordable technical solution for intermittency, there is not a technical solution to being asynchronous, i.e. uncontrollable, there is not a technical solution for the lack of inertia essential for grid supply. Even artificial reactive power is difficult and expensive. Essentially renewables are not equal to conventional generators nor can they replace them.