Will an energy revolution bring the end of US hegemony? | Helen Thompson 

You think Saudi’s care about people suffering? Prince bonesaw doesn’t care about anything but his own power and wealth.

We also don’t want a hostile cartel to be able to manipulate our elections.

If the Saudis cared what ordinary people thought, they'd hold an election

@@syedhaider2084 No. For Europe probably, but not for the US. The latest energy bill passed by the US Congress allows the President to shut off US oil exports with just a signature. So oil prices in the US will remain pretty stable. European oil prices, since they really don't have domestic oil production except for the North Sea (UK/Norway) will probably get very expensive. Since the US President (Biden is a populist) can keep oil prices artificially low by decoupling the US from world energy market, oil prices in US/Canada will stay relatively low.

@@syedhaider2084 We're talking about two different time periods. Short term and long term. Short term, it is probably unlikely that oil prices will spike, because the US President is a left leaning populist, and already has the authority to cut crude oil exports with a pen. The US is a net energy exporter - it exports light, sweet crude. Our refineries are set up for heavy, sour oil, like what comes from Canada or Venezuela. By decoupling the US/Canada energy market from the world's price swings, and switching the refineries to light, sweet oil then the US oil producers will make bank. Long term, the prospects are far more murky, as the metals required for renewables are difficult to source, at the moment. I do think that it will be harder to ramp up than what the author was implying. (I'm not a mining expert, so take what I say with a grain of salt. This was a bit of a click bait title for the video because the US doesn't rely on energy exporting for its revenue. We have a bunch of other things going on. If we can supply ourselves for a reasonable price, then that's great. If we can sell some refined petroleum products on the world market then that is a bonus. But net crude oil exports makes up a recent tiny, tiny, tiny percentage of our economy. We're not like russia, Venezuela or Saudi Arabia where oil exports make up a huge percentage of their economy. So-called "rare earth" mining and processing is apparently starting to ramp up in the US. I suspect (and I'm just a random guy on the internet) that the oil/gas people will start switching over to another field. Oil and gas is cyclical, so it wouldn't be unheard of.

You have to turn on CC And subtitles yourself. Click the button at the upper right hand of the screen. I had no problems with subtitles.

@@bbbdco yeah, I know. Often after a period of time they will function. I just caught broadcast too soon. Then I forget to check back and interview gets lost...thanks though..

A Sober & rational analysis of the coming Energy crunch & subsequent disorder. Brexit and boosterism didn't get us very far did it. Nothing like a cold, hard dose of reality, to blow away those Separatist fantasies...

Ever since citizens united the rich now controlled both parties in the United States so the outcome of the election is insignificant.

Labour base voters generally vote Labour, Tory base voters generally vote Tory, LibDem voters more often than not generally vote LibDem. Those numbers don't really shift very much in *any* election, when a relatively sizeable but not especially big minority of Labour voters shift Tory, as they did in 2019, or when a relatively small number of Tories voted Labour in 1997, seismic changes happen in elections. Elections are usually decided by about 5% (at most 10%) of the electorate, that's usually it.

geothermal is most expensive (If plan is to make electricity) . but good for used in hose. if plan is to have small number of power plants that work in the night. There is options. - CSP (store enagy as heat in cheaper molten salt) - Nuclear power plants Sola cell is cheap for work place. and work in day time without big - expensive battery.

Perhaps if you are after light entertainment you are watching the wrong content?

She's a Cambridge professor, intellectuals aren't generally known for being wisecracks. She's also one the best speakers on this topic you're gonna hear, when you're done here, pop up a video of Peter Kay.

When people really start to hurt they will turn to nuclear energy which is the cheapest and cleanest current form. Molten salt reactors have the potential to be many times cheaper and smaller than current systems.