The Last Barrel of Oil 

It's true, those first couple weeks of COVID seemed to give us a glimpse of cheap, reliable power. But here's the thing - the trilemma is all about juggling affordability, reliability, and sustainability over the long haul. It's like trying to keep three plates spinning at once! You might enjoy diving deeper into this with our video all about the trilemma: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9jkmA9vglVs.html What do you think - is there a way to keep all three "plates" spinning smoothly? We'd love to hear your take after you've had a chance to watch!

@@PowerStrugglePod The "long haul" is already addressed. Contrary to predictions from 60, 50, 40,30...years ago, known energy supplies today exceed what we had half a century ago. Technology transitions happens organically through displacement rather than compulsory regulatory replacement. Voters are already starting to revolt at the prospect and don't appreciate the lack of transparency regarding the actual cost they're going to have to pay, especially when the results of those costs are even less transparent.

1) Rising energy costs have hurt German industry broadly. Volkswagen is merely a famous name that can be pointed at (and you admit it is seriously affected by the energy crisis so what are you even objecting to?). 2) He doesn't say the Greens got rid of nuclear power in Germany, but rather that Merkel did it in part to satisfy the Greens and their voter base/movement. The point is not to blame a particular party but the ideology of green deindustrialization writ large. As an aside he notes that it happened "about 10 years ago" without mentioning that it happened in the wake of Fukushima. He is clearly dodging a discussion of Fukushima but idk why because Fukushima is an example of nuclear safety! Even in a earthquake/tsunami zone nuclear is still incredibly safe. 3) The Greens have had the top nuclear cabinet position in Germany since 2021 and have overseen the shutdown of the last nuclear reactors in Germany despite the Russo-Ukraine energy crisis and the reversion to coal reliance. The worst excesses of denuclearization can absolutely be laid at the Green party's door. 4) It is a bit rich to complain about inattention to facts and logic when you can't find any real flaws without watching 18 minutes into the video to find even these fake flaws to latch onto. You'd have better grounding if you complained about hot air and waffling since you can't actually find anything wrong that was said!

"The energy costs aren't the main problem of Volkswagen " It was. "The Greens weren's in the parliamant when nuclear energy was abandoned." Except they were.

@@wisenber No, Volkswagen states that the main problem is that the car market has broken down and less cars are being bought than before the pandemic. The energy crisis is an additional problem but not the main one. Nuclear power was abandoned by Merkel in 2011 after Fukushima. Since then all nuclear power plants have been shut down one by one. Please don't reply if you don't know the subject matter.

@@darkmiles22 1) Yes it is a serious problem but not the main one. That's what I'm objecting to. But you seem to have been unable to grasp this due to an your inattention to what I said. Why reply then? 2) That's simply not true: "The greens were one of the key support groups the CDU / Merkel needed to have in order to remain in power". That implies that they were in a coalition (which they weren't). The CDU wasn't dependent on the support of the Green voter base. It's astonishing that you seemingly have to miconstrue my argument and misunderstand the argument made in the video to make a point. That's astonishingly self-important and dumb at the same time. 3) What does this have to do with it? 4) As shown above these aren't "fake flaws" but legitimate points that make this professor's entire argument pretty pointless and please don't reply if you don't understand the subject. It's quite rich but probably due to the fact that you are inattentive to facts (as proven above). This self-importance despite a total lack of knowledge of the subject is genuinely baffling.

@@1stAmaVolkswagen stated cost issues AND people weren't buying vehicles due to EV mandates. The Greens absolutely were in the Bundesrat in 2011. And the last German nuclear plant closed in 2023. Your last sentence was projection filled.