So glad to hear that there's an organization that's educating the public & advocating for clean energy in La Paz in particular & Mexico in general! I plan to do my part by installing solar on my property, advocating for clean energy whenever I can, & continue to utilize EPA standards for my vehicle until I can purchase a hybrid, which will help even more. Viva La Paz! ✨😎💛
Thank you, Brighton for addressing this topic. My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 non small cell lung cancer. She never smoked. It's not genetic. Unfortunately, it's the environment. She's been battling with chemo & immunotherapy for four years now. La Paz has the natural resources to produce clean energy. Preventative healthcare should be a priority. Hopefully Cerca can make an impact by raising awareneess and advocating for change.
Could be Big Pharma or stress.. bc Michi Kuchio the Macrobiotic guru after teaching everyone about how to eat well got cancer. He sheepishly blamed it on stress... Again, US is the biggest purveyor of propaganda on the planet. and people need to stop believing all that crap they are told.
Great video and excellent interview. Food, Shelter, and Trash are always items that are needed/generated. I would truly appreciate a video on locally sourced foods and shipped foods. Another possible area to explore is how the city of La Paz deals with its waste (domestic, commercial, and manufacturing). Let’s get to the underbelly: How is infrastructure being maintained/updated? Your videos are informative and this one in particular is a must watch.
Great suggestions! I really want to do a trash one - including the fact that the trash workers are striking right now! Other topics are harder to find experts to interview.
If you looked closely at how the US is handling its waste, you would be appalled considering how much it costs us:) there are a LOT of smoke and mirrors behind recycling. In fact, it is well known now that most of US recycling is going into the ground fill bc China used to buy most of our plastics and they stopped doing that years ago. so MOST Americans are not really informed either. they just believe they are:) US is the biggest purveyor of propaganda on the planet.
Would be awesome to see Cerca advocate for salt water electricity especially since we have desalination plants here. The byproduct of desal, being brine, is an excellent source of fuel to produce electricity. Countries in Europe are already put this technology into practice and as their research grows so does the efficiency. Anyone can light up a light bulb with some salt water and 2 electrodes. Columbia even has a company, that with the involvement of local indigenous people, have invented a water light that lasts for 45 days on half a litre of salt water. Love this stuff. I am a geek too for anything that involves "macgyver-ing". Great video buddy!!!
We added solar onto our house in Punta Mita for about $6,000 US. We didn't opt for the batteries. Instead we mainly sell power back to CFE and our electric bill stays at the minimum.
4th year wintering in L.P., right below the bunker fuel boys. I have about 40 yrs experience in renewable energy and I will do what I can to see some of the huge potential of this region developed. It will happen, but sooner is better. This area really lends itself to layered microgrids of wind and solar. A market is the missing link...imo. Desal may be the answer. See you at the meeting Friday. And Thank You so much...this is hard...but must be done..
Great video, Brighton! So informative. I have very mild asthma, and there were a few days last year that the heavy air pollution set off an asthma attack. Fortunately, it hasn't seemed to be a problem this year. It's great to see an org like Cerca advocating for the health and well-being of the residents of La Paz.
Brighton one of the best and informative videos. Good for you. Martin, gracias por lo que hace CERCA, excelente informacion sobre el problema y las posibles soluciones.
I would think maintaining the power plants and devising a new plant would generate jobs. I previously had cancer and have asthma la paz may not be the place for me. Great interview.
Yeah, you would think more jobs would be good. But... As to clean air in La Paz, we didn't really talk about the wind patterns. Northeast of downtown is the area that gets the most pollution. But out in El Centenario on the opposite side of the bay, the power plant emissions don't come this way. That said, the transportation pollution is everywhere...
Fantastic video. Very informative. I live in Mazatlan and my biggest complaint is the exhaust fumes from the cars but I’m sure the dirty power plant is just as bad an influence 😢. Thank you for Cerca and all they are doing.
Thank you so much for this video! It's a difficult topic and so many opinions. I really do hope the future produces change for the health of the people in this area and hopefully cabo will also get on board with helping because so much of the energy is used for them. La paz truly is an amazing place and all the people deserve to thrive here!
I'm pleased to hear that Mexico has something like Cerca advocating for alternative energy sources! Solar and wind are excellent sources to create electricity but I am wondering about the current in the Sea of Cortez for example. Here in Detroit they have been talking about underwater "wind" turbines that turn with the current, I believe other countries use it, I wonder if it is a viable option for Mexico as well? What has been on my mind for a while is how a good portion of Mexico is going dry (ie mandatory water conservation). Thanks for the interesting video!
I love your other content, but these issues are truly a priority in choosing where I plan to live (part time like you do) in Mexico. Thanks for this episode!
Thanks so much Brighton! This is a topic I’ve been concerned about. I wonder which areas of the city have the worst/ best air quality? How awful that folks are getting cancer from the air pollution here 😢
So foreigners have left their home country to live in Mexico and now that they want to change Mexico to resemble the country they left. That makes perfect sense. It's not like you didn't know the current conditions of Mexico when you moved down there and if it was such a huge problem, you could have moved anywhere else in the world that mirrors what you were looking for to begin with. I hate when foreigners move to a country and demands that the country changes to suit them personally. Also on the cars in Mexico, they may be older but they are also safe from government control because they aren't loaded with electronics that are easily controlled. Be careful what you wish for, you may just be walking everywhere.
Wild West I agree with you as well , so they get these global goons 🤪 to start making trouble . We don't need you telling us about change and bringing your nonsense green agenda bullcrap that doesn't work in the real world so he can go shove it !! I don't even live there but want them out before they even start there. Leave it alone !!!
There's nothing political or gentrifying about wanting to improve air quality. Locals want it too. It's not about foreigners imposing their values on a host country - it's about making the world, & La Paz, a healthier place. Everyone will benefit.
It's not about changing just to fill someone's pocket. It is however about survival. We almost always take the cheap way. It only looks good on paper though, and most often costs in the long run much more than it saves. I do agree to a point about the cars though. We could easily control the tailpipe emissions by changing what we burn (lets call it New Gas) . It seems now we know it's a problem but if we ignore it long enough we can pass the problem onto other generations and let them pay for our mistakes.
Plastic waste too is a HUGE problem everywhere. It is extremely concerning. I would be curious what you find in La Paz. I was really disappointed when I visited the Havasapi Indian reservation in the Grand Canyon. There was plastic litter everywhere in a place of paradise. I did not expect that on an Indian reservation.
You haven’t been to many Indian reservations than . My experience is they live like pigs, trash everywhere ruin everything they own .. maybe some don’t but the three I’ve been in did ..
Litter is a big problem in La Paz. It’s so different from place to place in Mexico. I want to learn more about municipal waste… gotta find someone to interview.
Thank you for this great video and all the information on how La Paz is handling and trying to transition to renewable energy! I'm curious how difficult and costly it would be to build/install a wind turbine for a single property.
That guy reminds me of the Professor on Gilligan's Island, just a little older with glasses. Good to hear they are making progress for a cleaner environment overall. They are at a crossroads and really hope they make it happen.
You can install batteries on your home solar power systems to store the electricity to use during the night. Commercial systems could do the same but because most businesses have most of their electrical needs during the day it's not worth the cost over benefit.
@@davidsebastianelli1326 by commercial I mean the solar fields in Baja that sell to the grid but can’t be used at night when needed.. but of course can be used for AC during the day
Very informative, thanks! Maybe you could do a video on the water quality of the sea water at the beaches around La Paz/ I know that Mexico does do testing of water safety on beaches around Mexico. I would be interested to know how the ones in La Paz are doing according to water quality standards.
I've been hoping to interview someone from one of the services that helps with remote jobs, but I haven't had much luck. Try indeed.com weworkremotely.com virtualvocations.com
Good video. complicated subject with lots of varied "interests" which is part of the problem. I still think China is the place to learn from about Renewables and lots more:) US has mostly failed in its attempts in the arena of Renewables for whatever reasons. I have some opinions:)
@@AlmostRetiredinMexico UMMMMMMmmmm. No. Well if you tipped those on the garbage truck, they may have a way in. But don't be surprised if any onlookers are not welcome. You can always get as close as possible and fly the drone in. Then interview (off camera) the "Garbage guys". The stuff they used to put into dumps decades ago were wild. From old fuel to heavy chemicals and if they are putting profit ahead, then anything is possible. Walk softly. P n D
Thanks! This subject has been on my mind. I just saw an article on solar power to your home that is possibly tied in to CFE. ? I will send it to you. 😊
It seems like Mexico is far more aggressive with green energy than much of the US.... maybe because it's not a political item here. Back in the day, the government supported solar for off grid living. Somewhere along the line a politician convinced people that everyone needed wired energy. I'd like to see subsidies for household solar
Also re scrubbers... They work but as your guest said they must be turned on and or maintained. In Toronto , years ago they used to burn some of their City waste. Then they decided to go clean. Once the bids and estimates were in it was decided to close the place and send the garbage to Michigan. Since something must be done with garbage many places burn it to produce energy. As long as the incinerators are maintained and LNG is used that seems like a good alternative. IF Profit was not put ahead of everyone's health. Yes it's short sighted but as long as there are humans answering to other humans greed will always be a more important than health, to some. Usually the Fat Cats with all the money.
Great info and insights. LPG, however, is hardly the answer and I was dissappointed that you and your guest seemed completely unaware of the significant health risks associated with LPG. And did I catch an aside about your guest registering/plating the “beater” car he leaves in La Paz in South Dakota to get around the clean air regulations in his US “home” state? Hope not… sure hope you were chuckling about someone else…SMDH…
I believe we were talking about LNG, not LPG. But I agree that every form of burning fossil fuels is dangerous and unhealthy. I guess we should have made that more clear. The problem in La Paz (and much of Mexico) is that the energy sector is so bad. So almost anything is an improvement over the status quo. I'm not a fan of LNG in the US - as a wealthy country, we should be able to afford to avoid it. At the end of the video, we talk about conservation being the most important thing we can do. Maybe we should have lead with that. As to the SD plates comment. Those of us with SD plates aren't trying to avoid air regulations. We are trying to avoid the annual testing in our US home states, which would means we'd need to drive that vehicle back to the US just to get tested. BTW - I tried to get Baja California Sur plates and they turned me down because of a technicality with paperwork. Frustrating. I tried pretty hard to get local plates. But you can only try do hard...
You basically brought someone to interview who is biased against the current government, so it's not surprising that they would make false accusations that distort reality.
Do you have information that supports your assessment? The things he said seem pretty much in line with what I've read in the news and experienced. I think AMLO would say a lot of the same things (Pemex byproducts is used by CFE to make cheap electricity and renewable power is not a priority.) But I'd love to hear your viewpoint.
