Intense Heat Wave Raises Questions About Future of U.S. Energy System
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Intense Heat Wave Raises Questions About Future of U.S. Energy System
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Stop watering golf courses during the summer in the West, this water shortage will cause famine if we don't learn to use water for necessities only.
Water consumption primarily comes from agriculture...I know every bit helps but it is not practical
Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏. We all had to sacrifice and lots of people had to go on lockdown and lose their jobs to save lives during Covid… I think the golfers can sacrifice to save fellow citizens. Our entire economy depends on water. However, my guess is that with golf being an expensive past time, the one per centers will prevent this from happening… It should be mandatory gray/reclaimed water at least
@@42svb58 what’s not practical about shutting down golf courses and car washes? Both aren’t necessary at all. It’s ridiculous to send so much water towards something like golf, I can’t imagine more than 1% percent of people even play golf.
@@Antmandidit It is wasteful but the discussion is about policy development based on root causes. Privatization of water sources typically shift attention downstream (i.e. end-users). Instead, the reality is that industries are the pre-dominant utilizers of blue water so things like banning watering lawns in Phoenix in the middle of a summer day would not be significantly impactful.
www.waterfootprintassessmenttool.org/countries/~USA/accounting/pie-chart/blue
@@42svb58 you know some how ...some way hedge funds are involved
As usual, it's "what can the average citizen do" when the the question should be "what are corporations going to do " besides greenwashing, because that is not enough.
So very true ❗️
It’s not either or. We need individual change as well as putting preassure on corporations and polititians.
@@svanteforsman8244 bro. Lol. No. The top 1% is outputting the same amount of carbon at the poorest 3 billion people COMBINED. No individual can do nearly as much to change as corps _have_ to do
@@Frankthegb Many individuals together making changes can be a powerful thing. Supply and demand. Vote with your dollar.
Everyone needs to reduce their carbon footprint. Corporations the most, but we all have to work together to make the needed difference.
The cost of energy, water, agriculture etc. will make the cost of attacking climate change over the past 40 years look like a drop in a bucket.
We’ve been attacking climate change over the past 40 years? I’m confused I don’t see a bunch of green technology being implemented at the detriment of corporate profits. Like at all. We still drive fossil fuel consuming cars for christ’s sake.
@@hazelsparkles4352 oil giants such as exxon have known about fossil fuels effect on climate change for at least 50 years now and and have spent well over 40 billion since the 90's promoting misinformation in direct contrast to the findings of the very scientists they employ.
Google be thy friend.
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Yep.👍🏾
@@hazelsparkles4352 the cost has been used as an excuse for inaction. I thought that was evident in my comment.
So, the only question you ask is: "What can individual citizens do?" Thanks for playing by the corporate playbook and completely ignoring that almost all greenhouse gas emissions almost all energy use is by big businesses who are subsidized in that overuse by our tax dollars.
Most greenhouse gas comes from third world countries. They have oil lamps and no electricity. China burns coal. Advanced nations pollute less.
This is a feedback loop that is only going to get worse.
There is one epic “I told you so” coming soon.
Couldnt agree more and of course Republicans are ignorant Just wait until the Antarctica massive thwaites ice shelf raises all ocean levels by 6 feet, maybe they will liaten than, but I doubt it
@@chosen1one930 The majority will only listen until after it makes a huge negative effect on their daily life, aka, much too late to fix
Emigration out of the west should have already started...
@@robo-roger7815 I know, which is sad. Global warming, CME from sun or a natural disaster like weve never seen before WILL happen soon, just when? Our poles are flipping as well which will cause a lot of dangerous events.
So true 😢
Well it was a good ride humanity. Most of you cared more about what type of Bikini Kim Kardashian is wearing than taking care of the planet so I won't be sad to see humanity just die off.
By nature humans are insane with instinct to destroy.
😂😂
@@freeyourmind8849 And yet there is Beethoven, Rembrandt, the great Gothic architects, Goethe, Shakespeare. Don't give up hope.
Thanos was right.
Unfortunately it's going to be an extremely long agonizing death, with perhaps a billion per decade dying until there's a couple of billion left picking through the scraps of civilization. But they'll be able to say they won!
Wow. A mere $2.00 hourly increase to those that risk their lives to save our towns, cities, families, communities, etc. Why not take some of the billions of dollars wasted on the defense budget and have the starting wage of a firefighter be above $20.00 an hour?
That's false information. I'm a wildland firefighter and we make $6,000 for 20 days on the line! Maybe their talking about inmates
Are you including the hazard pay and overtime in your number? They are talking about starting wages. I'm also a wildland firefighter and yes we can make good money but we both know we should make more. My first year I made $12hr with $4.41hr on top for hazard but that hazard went away after 40 hours. Not to mention the off season where we have to find normal jobs again.
@@Irish498 yes it includes everything. We go out on line at 7a.m and return to camp between 10pm and 11 pm than back up at 5a.m
We work with crews from all over including inmates
meanwhile in Australia, almost all bushfire brigade members are volunteers & the Royal Commission after the 2020 fires looked to address this & pay them for their extended work & risks they take & they universally rejected the idea & said they did NOT want to be paid as they believed it would change the culture of the organisation & they liked it just the way it was
@@lilaclizard4504 that's awesome they are willing to do that. I can't speak to how they do things in Australia however people should be paid a living wage for dangerous work. If you want to volunteer sweet but there are not enough volunteers in America to address the problems of catastrophic wildfires. We can't even hire people effectively to deal with our problems today. If this was the 1920s and the fire season only lasted a few months instead of a full year like it dose today. sure volunteer but that's not the world we live in anymore and people should be paid accordingly.
The wise thing to do would be for the government to provide solar panels to everyone that will feed back into the grid.
Resources used to produce reliable solar panels actually does more harm than any other power source. Just mining the metal to make solar panels is worse than mining for coal. Watch the documentary Planet of the Humans. You'd be surprised at how green energy strips away forest and does more harm than good.
@@semperfi6801 In the last few years, solar panels have become much less harmful to the planet. Within a few years, new panels should be a net positive.
@@semperfi6801 will you stop spamming that comment everyone who is educated knows that green power is not truly green. The material is makes to create solar panels is very toxic and bad the environment. Just because a solution doesn't solve everything, doesn't mean it's not better. Green sources of energy have their issues, but those can be improved. I'm not confident the burning of fossils fules issues can be solved or if they can have a better solution then green resources. You are just stating one issue of a solution to make it seem like it's awful. This is inaccurate comment and should be ignored.
Solar is not the panacea for our self-inflicted wounds. A huge change in lifestyle will be required to even begin resolving this problem. The energy party is over. Stop promoting ideas that are nonsense. Use candles. Drive minimally. Use public transport. Grow your own food where possible. Buy local agriculture. Stop eating beef. The list is endless. But are we capable of seeing the reality of where we are? Most people want to stay in their fuzzy box.
That’s what California is doing right now, I’m proud to say.
the earth is almost completely naked. no trees, only bare land and building structures everywhere. that is the problem we have now.
And yet in certain states like mine you get penalized for private solar panels.
Florida is one! Not allowed to go off grid....go figure!
WOW...BIG BRO
@@raybin6873
I've always had a question about that.
In a location where they force you to be on grid , what do they do when your bill is late ?
The common practice for the power company , is to take you off-grid as soon as you do not pay?
So If I stop paying them will they put me off grid ?
Being on grind is not the same as not being able to have solar panels.
If your in a city limits. Your going to have to be on the grind. Move to the country. You can basically do anything.
The regulations you are complaining about come from the city level.
gh 0s, let me guess, FL.????
Hurricane Katrina should have been the wake up call. It was for me. Humanity and all life on earth are facing an existential threat. Meanwhile we argue about politics instead of joining together to fight the common threat. Is there intelligent life on earth??
It sure dose not seem like it at times sadly. It sucks that the earth that my generation and future generations will inherit is affectively doomed.
@@imacwall I'm an old guy but I have three grandsons. I am so angry at the god damned oil companies!! Yes, we are all to blame for consuming petro chemicals but the warnings were known long ago and just like the tobacco companies, the oil execs. deceived the public.
Yes, and her name is Greta Thornburg
@@davidcox8961 it realy is sad that we have had warnings about the danger of burning oil and for a long time at that. It sucks that the big oil propaganda has got so many fokes who should know better fooled mutch like the tobacco industry as well. I hope that the youth of our dieing world can come up with effective and safe ways to save our planet for not just our selfs but the fantastic and wild creatures that in habit it.
I use to live in a place that had snow in the winter wen I was a boy. As I grew up I notesed that we had less snow consistently every year. It went from 3 feet to only a few inches if any at all. It was notesabl to a child but not thos who could have and still can do the things necessary to fix it.
Sorry to give you a word salad especially this late in the evening. Do stay safe and hydrated friend.
@@progressivedragon6664 good to see a fellow dragon in this comment section as well. Greta is a gem and we need more fokes like her who cair about the world that we are living in.
Firefighters deserve to be making like $25 or more an hour while fighting fires what do you mean they're only getting a boost to 15? What do you mean they were only making 13 before? This country sucks so bad!!
It's not that... Monopolized utility companies are poorly ran throughout the entire country
Imagine risking your life, working in those conditions trying to save multimillion dollar homes in the hills, rescuing their families, pets and livestock for $13-15 an hour while my teenager is making $15 an hour in WA State today at a national food chain. Everyone, especially those said homeowners should be outraged enough to make some noise. They have incentive and should be willing to pay enough in taxes to offer lucrative salaries that would recruit the best of the best. But … of course (I’m guessing) they can and choose to hire private fire truck companies to protect their things and local counties can’t compete.
Be good, follow law and order, live the AmericanDream they said… sham
@@kelley79 I could never fight fires for $13 and risk my life saving rich people's material possessions. I'd let that shyt burn
These record breaking heatwaves are becoming more frequent and more widespread.
No they aren't, it was far worse a century ago, this is all about manufactured media hype. LOOK at the darn data.
Actually they aren't, there has been no warming for the past 18 years, since 2003, no warming
Yes, and the solar was the only thing I could think of, so I'm off the grid for good....it's better when it's hot, the things put out more juice
@@davidpotter9462 cool 😎
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe false
9 degrees in Houston and 116 in Portland. Makes sense.
@E E yes, 9 degrees Fahrenheit in Houston in February. Do you follow the news???
@@mjt2231 don’t forget the wind chill. We had a -22 degree wind chill in DFW
@@UmmYeahOk That's so insane.
@@mjt2231 nobody was complaining about global warming that day
@@SuperSummit123They should have been. The cold snap in Texas was caused by warming in the arctic that caused the polar vortex to move down into the lower latitudes.
Keeping work from home jobs as they are would greatly reduce how much power we use. Can you imagine if we didn't have office buildings full of humans that need lighting and climate control? That's so much power being eaten up when they could be sitting in their homes doing the same amount of work, using less resources.
Excellent thought
They already are 🤦♂️
@@5.0king32 Not really, not anywhere near the level it could be.
Not enough. At this point, we have to stop flying and using electricity altogether. Because we cannot do that, working from home and metal straws are completely Useless....
But we can try to enjoy the last few decades😀
Maybe if you guys in California would control burn your forest you wouldn’t be putting a bunch of smoke in the atmosphere every year lmao 😂😂. I live in Oklahoma and last year we got all of their smoke. Ridiculous
The time of stupid consumation in a blind, reckless manner pays back in the end. It was like a credit on nature.
Like pumping out all the ground water for excessive farming.
good point, id like to add the fracking they do to....
And, as river & reservoir levels drop, cities & farmers are increasing their groundwater pumping in my state 🙄
That was to feed the over population. If farming wasn't "excessive", many people would have starved over the past few decades.
Yeah keep building massive cities in a desert.
Denials of Climate Change will not really change the facts.... Just you will get in trouble by acting too late and have to face consequences when you are not able to deal with the situation
It's only been like 6 months since Texas was shut down by a blizzard nobody was complaining about global warming then.
You are in an echo chamber, go listen to the dissenting voices. Did you know that the famous climate change advocate Phil Jones had to admit that there has been no warming since 1995? Go look up some other points of view so you're not just reinforcing your bias
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe Don't pull some random authority figure whom you happens to agree with. If average temperature rise over a long period globally you will get climate change. Are humans the reason ? Likely ...but even if they should not be putting a lot of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere will reduce the reflection of infrared radiation into space and that means temperature will rise. Is ice retreating on mountains and in glaciers....yes you have amble documentation. Are permafrost regions in the arctic retreating ? Yes you have proofs of that. So you may have your beliefs ...maybe no scientific understanding but it doesn't really matter. If you are not too old you may find out.
@@SuperSummit123 Weather is not Climate. And that freezing like the very hot weather in the North West have the same reason. a wobling jetstream which comes from higher temperatures. You will have extreme weather of all kinds ..but you have to look at the heat balance off the globe not local weather.
Such bs.
A redundancy grid would also be smart. America is in for some ruff extreme weather causing all kinds of problems
I agree ...I commented, lol
every year the temps are becoming higher. if this isnt a wake up call. humans will be their own downfall. yup. i get chills because who knows what the future holds
This has nothing to do with "climate change." The temperature raise that climate change people are talking about is an AVERAGE OF ONE OR TWO DEGREES
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe ITS NOT EFFING AVERAGE. THAT'S WHY RECORDS KEEP GETTING BROKEN.
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe ya, in the face of a series of broken records, still denying climate change, you don't live in reality.
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe You, sir, need to go back to your cave.
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe you know when unnatural and natural collide that is not normal hence creating a cycle of bigger problems
We were way ridiculously too slow recognizing this problem when it started decades ago.
Now due to insane mismanagement and governance, the suffering has been immense and illogically brought on by the top down who've been in charge.
☝🏾Thank the Politicians, mainly REPUBLICANS, for PooPooing Global
Climate Change.💯💯
@@jshroud thank the boomers.
Thank the American People for voting for those Politicians who PooPood Global Climate Change and FOR NOT VOTING for the Proper Politician and NOT VOTING OUT the Politicians who MARGINALIZE Climate Change.👀
Key word…….” WE” as in “WE THE PEOPLE”🎓🎓
Remember what those kids at NODAPL said? “Water is life. Mní Wičóni
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yes and twitter shut down my account when I spread that message. haha. Mother Nature will take care of this problem.
On the upside, soon people will be able to cook a grand breakfast including eggs and bacon without electricity, one just needs a sidewalk!
When I do it I'm going to do it with extra bacon because.... pork.
that's sad you don't have the ability to do that now :( so deprived. I remember the first time I saw it done, was at the Australian Open tennis when I was a kid & they cooked an egg on the edge of the court to show people it really was hot. That was in Melbourne though, so cold by Aussie standards. It's when your thongs melt walking across the road that we call it hot
I usually laugh at the alarmists who predict the
end of the world but this is the worst I’ve ever seem in my 80 yrs.
could we destroy our planet? Looks like it.
Scientists have worked on these climate stuff for years. It is not alarmists, it is real. Whether we laugh, like it or not, the earth is going down from our actions.
@@diogennesthesinope61 When the oceans turns acidic and when the amazone is gone its game over... those ecology cant be restored.. its perm damage what we are doing to this world.
@Anurag Chakraborty Not just humanity. Lots and lots of species will be extinct. Actually humans will not go extinct, but a bunch of people will die and a huge number will suffer.
Too many people...not enough resources and just time to change the collective mind so hopefully someone will live on in the future
@@diogennesthesinope61 Scientists have "worked on these climate stuff" ??? You sound like like a real expert.
Infrastructure upgrades. Today, 40% of the energy that enters the grid from generation is wasted in the power didtribution grid. From old corroded power lines, increased loss from old transformers, resistance, radiation of AC power into space, etc.
40% is a bit too high...I've read it's more like 10 - 15%.
What is the source of your information? The US Energy Information Administration says the loss is 5% (2015-2019).
Droughts, floods, storms, famine, it’s gonna hit us like a ton of bricks soon and we’re doing nothing about it
So true
What I found most scary was the massive booger at 0:33
OMG that was so freaking gross. LOL
That attitude will fix everything. Jeez
I live in South Mississippi on the coast and I have never seen a rainier June before. Our ditches, bayous, lakes, rivers are full. I would be happy to share!
Enjoy it while it lasts
Wish I was there to play in the rain!
I still don't understand why people try to brush off global warming by pointing out areas that experience fleeting increase in moisture. The theory of climate change is not just dry and heat, it is of extreme weather changes. More heat is more energy and more energy drives weather harder. Just look at the other planets in our solar system.
Please enjoy the moisture! We're not getting any in Socal we could use some! :(
Don't use coal and oil during heat wave use algea oil, wave energy, and geothermal energy.
Do they have those at the local Walmart? ;)
@@normaforsyth7950 they keep it right next to the gender fluid you can't miss it at any Walmart in California.
@@SuperSummit123 lol
The most aviable technology that can produce energy with minimal emission in America is not solar panels but nuclear power. Current developments just make them even safer and cleaner than in the past. Also, uranium is mined in America, cutting the cost of shipping, which is already the smallest part of the cost. And mining rare elements in China to make solar panels only means that you have shipped the emission to China, it doesn't make them disappeared. Algae fuel doesn't even come close to be on the list of viable option.
The only kind of home that would need very little power to keep cool is a underground home. But most people can't afford a old house above ground let alone the money to bulldoze enough earth to build a home underground.
Depends what you want. Its cheaper and easier to dig out a room than it is to build the same space above ground. The issue is how deep are you going and what sits above you?
Imagine people living in old, leaky houses built in the 1800s. With no insulation and in a cold climate. No way they could have enough $$ to fix that unless they are super rich but more than likely they are not.
To those of us who are building our lives from zero, with no backups, no inheritance, no connections, Just us and our plans. May the Almighty God bless you financially and Give you the strength to fight through all obstacles that comes your way
This shows you times are only going to get worse
"Let's conserve energy"
Leaves monitor on for branding purposes
How anyone can look a firefighter in the face knowing that they earn less then 20 dollars an hour is beyond me.
Hempcrete homes with solar powered rooftops each home should be made to use it's own gray water simple clean
Stop growing almonds and limit animal farming.
Due to hoarding of water supplies by corporations?
Check out the documentary on the Resnick's in California. Huge water barons sucking California dry and getting richer by the second.
$13 an hour for firefighters? That is disgusting. My son makes more than that selling cheese at whole foods.
I love that cheese tell your son he deserves a raise
Prisoners in the state of California are also fire fighters.
$15 per hour? IS THAT ALL?
We really don't want music in the background on this science documentary.
Final Countdown
People with an AC are unlikely to care about climate change, heatwaves or even the eminent energy issues.
Now, I can only imagine what would their reaction be when power issues start to occur frequently and they have off with the dreadful reality.
those that feel the need for air con should fear climate change the most! Personally I LOVE it when it gets over 40c :) I have air con, I tested it once to make sure the cool worked before the warrantee ran out, but I only ever use it on heat or fan
When the big corporations start turning off the lights in Vegas and Times Square, then I will take this seriously. I was preaching about this over 40 yrs ago....it's too late folks the ride is gonna get bumpy.
Good report. Skipped over the modern molten salt reactors. These use less water and are easier to install.
Yes, it only gets worse as you force gasoline engine out of business, and ban gas cooktop.
True. We should also ban the making of any plastics that are nonessential.
We have a choice change our frivolous habits or die.
@@shirleyandrews1152 Single use plastics are an ocean pollution problem in the third world, but they really don't have much of an impact on climate. In fact, plastics often result in LESS greenhouse gas than alternatives like paper.
And no mentioning of using the AC responsible by just cooling down a few degrees...
or just one room & keeping doors closed to the other rooms
Gee if only we had a technology that harnesses the heat of the sun to cool our homes.
Yeah too bad we DON'T. Go watch Michael Moore's new doc, Planet of the Humans, its free on YT. He was very disappointed to find out that green energy is not what they tell you it is and is actually funded by the oil companies and the Koch brothers that the climate change priests ironically love to blame
You mean “Raises questions about future of life on Earth?”
I don't usually rail against mainstream media. I'm a liberal. But this is pretty predictably putting responsibility for everything on consumers, rather than on businesses. Consumers are a small fraction of energy usage in this country. If we need to conserve energy, the corporations need to conserve energy, not your average joe.
Well Said
Although MSM if Awful Propaganda imo... But well Said... 👍
@@coryhamric4319 Everything is biased. Could steps be taken to make mainstream media less biased? Yes. But critical thinkers are able to separate the bias from the actual story. We need to teach future generations to be critical thinkers as a number one priority.
@@GreenLanternCorps2814 True... But how many critical thinkers do you see nowadays? To me it seems far and few between... I don't think most are able to discern nowadays... But I just hope they can... Too much division propaganda in msm news... It's not healthy
@@coryhamric4319 when one of the political parties is actively trying to subvert democracy to retain power and are moving us toward fascism, I don't really know how it's possible to be nonpartisan. Don't know where you are on the political spectrum, and not really interested in debating, but that's my take on it.
STOP REPRODUCING!
Message to Climate Deniers: Are you happy about this?! HUH!!!
Global Warming is the Earth's biggest slow motion suicide pact and conservatives are it's biggest proponents.
@Drizzt This is not true. Can you share with us the titles of some of the actual peer reviewed articles and abstracts on climate related science that you have read that have helped you form your opinion? Thanks in advance.
@Drizzt We have everything to do with it. BTW, we are natural.
@@kpokpojiji They have no arguements. But just like conspiracy theorists if republicans see that the scientific consensus and overwhelming evidence points to one direction, but a couple of crackpot whackos claim to have contrary evidence that somehow no one has figured out but them, then republicans will follow that guy.
Its Alex Jones level delusion.
News flash dingus the icebergs have been melting for about the last million years or so that's just what's left of them.
$13 an hour for a job that saves citizens and puts oneself in harms way? That's ridiculous... while a CEO somewhere gets millions when they themselves didn't even invent the products they sell...
Firefighters fighting these massive forest fires, risking their lives to save not only our forests but homes, businesses and lives should be making 25 dollars an hour during a high risk mission. And at least 15 an hour for regular daily service.
Geez that’s all you think they’re worth?
SO THEY ARE ON DOUBLE-TIME.
Thermo Geo steam has been around over 100 yrs.and its clean it's free but government dont like free
Energy
It's the beginnings of a runway greenhouse effect.
That's just a stupid talking point
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe Shut up, you the one doing stupid commentaries.
I think it has been well underway already, it's been too late and things will get worse. People just choose to ignore the signs because it was inconvenient.
UNSUSTAINABLE !! UNSUSTAINABLE !!
From Burnout to DryOut Until Eternity
Man's greed has no limit ! we could of all switched to renewable energy long ago but the big energy companies are not so enthusiasts about it ...
We need:
>A larger base load, likely nuclear power, so that we don't have to rely on intermittent renewables as we ween off fossil fuels.
>More stand-by plants to cover rapid increases in demand. Just keep old coal/gas plants ready for an emergency, rather than retiring them fully.
>More energy storage and energy production from renewables
>Reduced energy usage. Charge users at a higher rate as they use more, this will incentivize thrift rather than waste.
>Reduce waste by improving insulation, electricity transport, etc.
Yesssssss
Makes you wonder what the usa is doing with all the money. Richest country in the world right?
You are confused by GDP as the United States lags in many indexes compared to western counter parts. GDP as a singular definition of wealth is not a valid or accurate measure
No it’s actually Monaco.
Our county and state taxes used to go for the state's infrastructure. When and how did that become a fed issue, and where is that money being wasted now.
Dad's still won't let the kids lower the temperature
This information proves what I’ve stated time and again: our antiquated electric grid can NOT power “green” electric cars. To believe otherwise is to believe in unicorns and the tooth fairy.
It could with a sufficently dense power source. California is pretty badly mismanaged from an energy perspective.
The grid is not that bad. Cars mostly charge at night when demand is low. The grid can be improved, too.
Its still better than continuous oil farming
We'll see, in about 30 years.
The best thing people can do is look at the sky and start asking questions about what's going on because our weather is no more natural than covid-19.
back in the good days, a lion, tiger, or bear would have eaten you; and the rest of us would have thanked the lion, tiger, or bear.
@@user-uw1cn9dt6y troll
@@jaspernewcomb5656 would a troll tell you that you would have made a better abortion than a human?
How much longer wll Hoover Dam be able to generate electricty?
This country isn't ready for all electric cars. We can't even keep up with current electric demand half the time. We've already had blackouts here in parts of the SF Bay area during our first summer heat wave.
@E E exactly. Like I said, we aren't ready yet.
Agreed. There seems to be some disconnect between demanding reduction in electricity consumption. But demanding everyone transition to electric cars. All these cars can't be EV's. There's other fuels besides gasoline and electricity.
Wrong. Cars mostly charge at night when demand is low.
My highest Electric bill this past year was 19.00. I'm very frugal and I don't go without.
I'm waiting for the BOOM and its coming sooner than expected
Scientists around the world have warned urgently about climate change for decades, with compelling data.
It seems like everyone is avoiding the 1000lb elephant in the room. Too many humans!
Yeah. Nobody talks about perhaps reducing the number of children produced? If one is only doing it to save their own children from the horrors which will result from climate change, that would go a long way. No, we need an ever-expanding population to keep the economy going.
A country not being able to provide enough electricity is such an amazing business nesting area! Why is nobody taking advantage?
Rake the forest.
Green energy is already doing that in the documentary "Planet of the Humans"
You know, as an Oregonian, I was happy to be not really thought about nationally...... but my god, now we are on the news regularly! Its not THAT exciting here lol
You should financially weaponize ur celebrity!
Well we got those “Great Lakes “ and the fossil fuel industry is great at building pipelines…why is the Oglala aquifer running dry? Besides the obvious overuse problem…
I don’t think draining the Great Lakes is a viable solution. States rights still has a meaning past abortion and voting suppression.
@@christinearmington I don’t think you realize the hydrology that underlies the Great Lakes, and if you noticed (or can recognize the difference) I was suggesting recharging an underground aquifer-not transporting or storing in surface systems
@@christinearmington it would not drain the great lakes to pump a billion gallons a day west would not affect the level significantly at all. the problem is political
As a Michigander, you can't have it.
@@severetiredamage6754 huh huh?? You’re a Michigander without a visceral connection to the lake(s)??!
You sure you’re human?
Firefighters are making $15/hr? That is disgustingly low for a life risking job.
Answer: Shade the saturated soils. "Holistic Remediation"
That only works if the soils are saturated, during a drought, the soils are often not saturated in the first place, plus there is the scale of how much surface area would need to be covered. Covering the soil often with mulch is often down to prevent the soil from drying further but the practicality decreases quickly, the larger the fields are. Mulching may work for small gardens and perhaos fir say where berries or grapes are grown as their field size is already limited by the hand harvesting they require but they really can't do this with a corn field, wheat field, or canola field as those fields are just too large.
@@johnwang9914 pasture cropping (with less frequent growing of water heavy crops so as to not remove all that water during droughts) & soil carbon raising :) soil carbon will retain the moisture below ground level
@@lilaclizard4504 Look, they showed on the news, a farmer in BC spreading mulch around his raspberry plants and he said, it wouldn't do much good as the soil was already too dry. Clearly the "Holistic" techniques are known but they require that there be some moisture in the soil to begin with and they are not thought to be any more than a last ditch attempt at trying to save the plants. Ground cover can only slow down the loss of moisture, not stop or reverse it. It simply isn't the answer, rain is the answer.
@@johnwang9914 & just to be clear, spreading mulch around plants AFTER the moisture is already gone from the soil is NOT in ANY way related to holistic management! Holistic management means you don't ever let the land reach that point of no moisture left in it!
I also suggest you look up NSF (Natural Sequence Farming) to understand the saturation of soils system, done extensively with the help of beavers in North America. Not good for hydro power though, as it's retaining all water on the farm for future use instead of letting it run off into rivers & dams
A fire fighter makes 15$ an hr?
Why would anyone risk their life’s for 15$?
May I suggest the Nuclear option... Look at France's electric grid, we can do it!
Use the sun to boil water not nuclear
The only possible issue is that America is the size of Europe, and we consume about 10 times more energy then any other country. Just because one solution works in one country doesn't mean it will work for us. It's a good idea, but the issue is how do we apply what some countries like France and Sweden do to power their country for our massive nation. 3rd largest in population and size.
We already get about 20% of our electricity from Nuclear, but it has been on the decline because of short-term cost and fear. The tech has improved substantially over the years and it is the best option for the base load, while wind and solar can supplement peaks in demand.
Nuclear reactors need water to cool them down too 🤦♂️ , shows how much attention you paid to the video report 🙄.
@@vengeancewillbemine3440 TBH I just read the headline 🙃
Perhaps using distilled seawater could provide for conventional nuclear power. Or molten salt reactor would fit the bill.
There is also a mental component. I acclimate myself to heat, plus I'm tall and thin. I never use air con. My body (and mind) adjust rather well to heat, tho I can't handle cold.
That mental component only works up to a point then the human body starts to break down with the prolonged and heat exposure.
They are fu..ing with the weather to further their agenda
We've had solar 20 years. We had backup batteries put in because we were turned off for 32 hours once. It won't power our mini split, but at least we can run a fan and it will keep our refrigerator going. This is what we spend our money on rather than eating out and traveling to Europe and going on cruises. (Our system was 2.5 KW until a year ago when we added 1 more KW. We got a 2017 Chevy Volt.)
crypto "currency" is driving most of this now. millions of computers working to "mine" bitcoin etc. its been documented and talked about by Elon Musk. part of the way to adrress this is by using solar and wind power.
Bitcoin doesnt even close to air conditioners
"Most of this"? BS. Transportation, Agriculture, and Industrial processes combined are most of it. Bitcoin mining is probably under 1% Probably way under. Still too much, but not "most".
I’m all for pitching in and doing my part… Are we not going to hold the biggest polluters accountable??? Corporate contamination is the leading cause in all this. Are we all going to keep buckling down while they do the bare minimum (or less in most cases)?
Wind and solar energy combined with battery storage are safer, cleaner and cheaper than fossil fuels.
Add solar panels to your home or business and power your home and electric vehicle with power from the sun.
You need to watch the documentary "Planet of the Humans" because what you said is the furthest thing from the truth. The power plant in the documentary where they're walking by all the logs is up the road from us and they're striping forest bare off the lie that green renewables are better. Green energy is actually worse if you're talking about electric cars, solar and windmills. Just watch the documentary. Don't take my word for it.
You have to go to distributed Thoryum power stations less than 200 Megawatt per station and shut down all coal fired power stations! There IS NO other solution in the foreseable future!
Or go nuclear
Won't watch News with music. Not everything's a movie for crying out loud.
I live in Oregon. My car is packed and ready to evacuate as last year in Sept fires destroyed most of the town I live in, including my home. Every day I wait for the next, inevitable fire to come.. And I weep for this beautiful planet that we have destroyed. I mean, WEEP.
Is anyone going to tell this guy that he has a big bugger in his nose?
🤔😁😆😅😂🤣 too funny.
Problem is 🤡 like you concentrate on silly childish stuff like that missing the moral of the story.
All the roads and concrete retains heat and keeps temps higher at night so its hotter at night and takes less time to get hot the next am.
Wind is the kryptonite to that problem
This is the beginning ; the beginning of human migration to cities below ground ; surface temperatures have increased to a point where hundreds have all ready died because of it , the only viable solution is to build a new world below ground where the roof of this new world is about 25 - 30 feet below the surface.
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We use electricity for things that we don't need to use it for. You can heat water with the sun where you have access to it. Homes should also be built with passive solar in mind, when I see a home built with big windows to the north and a garage on the south side I just shake my head and wonder.
They don’t work that great
I live in a passive solar house. I have no AC and a wood stove. The house is small, 985 square feet. It works for me in Moab, Utah.
@@susanauer6715 you have no ac and a wood stove of course it works
There should be a law against background music that makes people have anxiety.
Switch to solar thermal as a backup power source. Works well without contributing to emissions. You can use molten salt as a conductor fluid, possibly from desalinated water...
in Canada Ontario temp agency you earn 15.00 hr so they make more than firefighters 😱 cmon bro they risk they life atleast get like 20.00 hr or even more
the cost of fixing all the problems coming in the next 20 years will be 1000 000 (000?) times higher than it could have been 30 years earlier
Other than a few local numbers there is *no record heat and drought* going on, not even close.
It's real simple. People should not be living in a desert. Southern California is in fact a desert with 3 water inlets from other states. Shut it down and move.
Texas, Arizona and more along with California are the same.
That makes Way to much sense.
$13/hr to fight wildfires? WTF? I make $24/hr to wash trucks.
Yes to subsidies for solar panels, hybrid cars, electric cars, and no less than $25/hour for any fire fighter!!! $13/hr? Seriously?
I’ve been in Alaska over 40 years and I think so far this is the coldest summer. There was fresh snow on some local mountains a few days ago which I have never seen before this time of year. Oh, Btw, it has also been very wet and raining right now. While you are at it, do some investigating and look at what it going on in Australia and see about there extremely cold winter. Oh well, that doesn’t sell.
We could just build a new nuclear plant with modern technology. We could build one that could add enough power for millions of people, but everyone's too scared. Modern nuclear tech would be so much better than the ones built in the 70s. It's really the answer, it's clean and carbon positive, and really answers all our needs. Anything else is just beating around the bush.
One word: earthquakes. P. S. It’s not clean… Do you ever hear of nuclear waste??
@@progressivedragon6664 It is low volume waste. Lower volume over it's lifespan than solar by a pretty wide margin.
@@progressivedragon6664 Nuclear power has the least CO2 per energy produced, and has the fewest deaths per unit of energy produced, of all energy sources. The waste is not a real problem, it can be buried underground, or reprocessed to separate the fission products from the uranium that didn't get a chance to fission, so it can be put back into the reactor.
Earthquakes happen, and can affect any heavy industry, not just power generation. And as with other industries, there are scientists calculating risks according to widely accepted models. If that is a rational thing to do for non-nuclear heavy industry, then you must also accept the same for nuclear power plants.
Instead of believing the myths about nuclear power, as if it's some black magic that humans should avoid on principle, let's instead believe in science. You might be appalled by climate change denialists, because they don't believe in science. But then you should also accept the science that nuclear power is safe and must be a part of solving climate change.
If you are in California, you can start by joining the campaign to keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant going. When it closes, its roughly 2250 GW of electricity will be replaced by fossil gas.
And not a peep from senor cruz