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    After the break with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Europe needs new sources of energy and natural resources. It stands to reason that in order to obtain new sources, new partners are needed. The question is: who can be trusted in a world that is becoming increasingly unsettled? A Middle East that is red-hot? A Southeast Asia under siege by China? An African continent where wars are breaking out all over the place? These do not seem like the best options. But... What about Latin America? Latin America not only has gigantic oil and gas reserves, as well as many, many other natural resources, but it is also a region where armed clashes are still conspicuous by their absence... And that is precisely why here on VisualPolitik we have asked ourselves a few questions: Could Latin America be a reliable partner for achieving the energy transition proposed by Brussels? Which countries in the Southern Cone could sustain a strategic relationship with the EU? Would Latin America be able to replace Russia itself? In this video we give you all the answers.
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  • @VisualPolitikEN
    @VisualPolitikEN  7 місяців тому +4

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    • @ricardoxavier827
      @ricardoxavier827 7 місяців тому

      Thank you! Caralho... Thank you! Finalmente...

  • @manyulgarprsch
    @manyulgarprsch 7 місяців тому +26

    500 years later Europe still comes back to LATAM for natural resources.

  • @matiaserp
    @matiaserp 7 місяців тому +119

    As a Brazilian, don't worry: we never lose the opportunity to lose an opportunity lol. Looking forward to the next World Cup though! (facepalm)

    • @matheusimon7316
      @matheusimon7316 7 місяців тому +4

      Like a friend of mine said, we have the country we deserve and want to have, otherwise things would be better

    • @jigpig4140
      @jigpig4140 7 місяців тому +1

      Don't worry your country is the fifth largest in the world by area. You will have lots of in the future

    • @maritaschweizer1117
      @maritaschweizer1117 7 місяців тому +8

      ​@@jigpig4140size is not an advantage, it simply makes infrastructure more expensive. Dense population like Singapor or Switzeröand are much richer.

    • @gtPacheko
      @gtPacheko 7 місяців тому

      ​@@jigpig4140I wish 😢

    • @Daniel-nb2sb
      @Daniel-nb2sb 7 місяців тому

      Resumiu perfeitamente

  • @chillxxx241
    @chillxxx241 7 місяців тому +37

    OPEC+ normally lowers prices drastically whenever these countries start to develop energy projects and then they go bankrupt. That used to happen in North America too until new technology made development cheaper.

    • @XxLIVRAxX
      @XxLIVRAxX 7 місяців тому +4

      That is true, this project would required gurantees in terms of contracts and prices.

    • @chillxxx241
      @chillxxx241 7 місяців тому +4

      @@XxLIVRAxX Argentina just added a pipeline that provides 11,000,000 m3 in natural gas per day. That may allow Argentina to add some oil to the global market.

    • @speculawyer
      @speculawyer 7 місяців тому +2

      Exactly. The heavy oil and tar sands in Venezuela is too expensive to extract and refine. EVs are a better solution.

    • @chillxxx241
      @chillxxx241 7 місяців тому

      ⁠@@speculawyerEurope would have to invest in a whole new refining capability to take on Venezuelan oil. It is so nasty they might as well just burn coal which Germany still has an abundance of now.

    • @sebastiaogaiolas9739
      @sebastiaogaiolas9739 6 місяців тому

      Thats good then, OPEC keeping the prices low prevents EU from having to deal with nonsense like 3x expensive LNG gas due to competition.

  • @winstonmaraj8029
    @winstonmaraj8029 7 місяців тому +19

    And you left out the fastest growing economy in the World, Guyana! Over 600 000 b/d early next year and more than 1.5 million b/d by 2027.

    • @davidmaisel8062
      @davidmaisel8062 7 місяців тому

      He left out a lot of South America because it doesn't fit his pro liberal narrative.

    • @winstonmaraj8029
      @winstonmaraj8029 6 місяців тому

      @@UA-cam_Tags_Suck Well, everyone has their dreams. More so the Socialist Failures

    • @ivancho5854
      @ivancho5854 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Vick_TangerinoI suspect that if Venezuela does invade they will be incompetent and Europe will support Guyana militarily.

  • @yanikq
    @yanikq 7 місяців тому +11

    LATAM natural glass surplus is solved by Trinidad and Tobago's underutilized LNG processing capacity (4 billion cubic meters per day).
    Just need politicians to broker the necessary deals

  • @ambition112
    @ambition112 7 місяців тому +62

    1:13: 🔌 Despite the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, Europe has managed to reach its gas storage target ahead of schedule and is working on diversifying its energy supplies.
    4:18: 🔒 Ransomware is a serious threat that can encrypt and steal data, targeting both individuals and the elderly.
    8:39: 📊 Latin America's oil production has been disappointing, with only Brazil showing significant growth.
    12:09: 🌍 Mexico and Argentina's gas sectors are evolving, while Bolivia faces challenges.
    16:02: 🔋 Hydrogen could eventually guarantee Europe energy self-sufficiency and solve the problem of renewable energy intermittency.
    Recapped using Tammy AI

    • @PainterVierax
      @PainterVierax 7 місяців тому +5

      thx, it saved me from 20 mn of bs.

  • @colinbondi3316
    @colinbondi3316 7 місяців тому +3

    Wow you guys really do quality work, I really enjoy this channel and it's good info! Thanks!

  • @GoostavoB
    @GoostavoB 6 місяців тому +7

    I am colombian, despite recent leftist populism that is blindly turning away from further oil exploration which is in an of itself shortsighted, latam must improve its efficiency and competitiveness. Oil companies suffer from corruption and many jobs that generate little to no aggregate value, this has delayed infrastructure projects and doomed the few that have started. Unless there is a push for becoming competitive i fear the next decade will continue unchanged and much needed infrastructure will not be completed as soon as the EU wishes... i hope i am wrong.

  • @jameshiggins-thomas9617
    @jameshiggins-thomas9617 7 місяців тому +3

    We've had 50 years warning that alternative to fossil fuel dependencies were a problem.

    • @jaromor8808
      @jaromor8808 7 місяців тому

      and it did not materialize so they had to come up with something else

  • @paulmurray8922
    @paulmurray8922 7 місяців тому +15

    Guyana seems to be overlooked, in this discussion.

    • @JameBlack
      @JameBlack 7 місяців тому +1

      Although tge biggest oil boom in the region

    • @VisualPolitikEN
      @VisualPolitikEN  7 місяців тому +8

      We spoke specifically about Guyana some time ago. This time we wanted to go further. Here is the video from Guyana: ua-cam.com/video/jWYXM34Pbqs/v-deo.htmlsi=bEo7woo3Yf6nQMsg

    • @jesustiradoespinoza4723
      @jesustiradoespinoza4723 7 місяців тому

      Guyana belongs to my country Venezuela,the British stole It from us 😢

    • @blitzr2300
      @blitzr2300 6 місяців тому

      @@jesustiradoespinoza4723 It is Essequibo, not guyana.

    • @thorkushari4027
      @thorkushari4027 6 місяців тому

      ​@@jesustiradoespinoza4723BS who would hand over anything to a bunch of incompetent communists

  • @mattca353
    @mattca353 7 місяців тому +9

    Europe : hydrogen will save us.
    Anyone with a brain : "So you have chosen death"

    • @DavidHalko
      @DavidHalko 7 місяців тому +1

      H2 is definitely the way out.
      Once the Ukraine war is over, the Dnipro river with its nuclear facility can feed H2 to Europe via existing pipeline infrastructure.

    • @mattca353
      @mattca353 7 місяців тому

      @@DavidHalko there is just a tiny problem. Hydrogen is the smallest atom. Its leak through everything 😅.
      Not sure you fathom how much energy is required to power a modern civilization.

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 7 місяців тому

      ROFL>.... @@DavidHalko

    • @DavidHalko
      @DavidHalko 7 місяців тому

      @@w8stral - that was the plan, before the 2014 Russian Invasion… Ukraine was an EU H2 Partner

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 7 місяців тому

      LOL... suggest reality @@DavidHalko

  • @David-lr2vi
    @David-lr2vi 7 місяців тому +7

    Well don’t look to us here in Australia, we already gave away all our gas to American and British multinationals for SFA! We export the same amount of LNG as Qatar does yet we only get about 1/30th of the revenue they do for it!

    • @user-xw3vi4nk2y
      @user-xw3vi4nk2y 7 місяців тому +2

      You went with "a bird in hand" approach. Shouldn't be complaining.

    • @andrejsurdevics6476
      @andrejsurdevics6476 7 місяців тому +1

      Please provide a source for your numbers.

    • @David-lr2vi
      @David-lr2vi 7 місяців тому

      @@andrejsurdevics6476 Well I can’t because you can’t post URLs in UA-cam comments but I’m sure you can use Google yourself to research it. Just search “Australia vs Qatar LNG revenues”. Plenty of sources there to verify that Australia gets SFA revenue from our gas, it mostly goes offshore to foreign multinationals operating in tax havens.

    • @nk53nxg
      @nk53nxg 7 місяців тому +2

      About that giving away all your oil and gas reserves to US and UK multinationals. The UK off shore Oil and Gas Industry has handed most of the drilling licenses to foreign firms like Taqa, GDF and CNOOC with tax relief of course, because the UK fields are more depleted now and do not return the same huge profits they did before. The UK and US big gun Operators like BP, Shell and Chevron are no longer interested in the UK sector as returns are too small. And here is the thing, just like in Australia with the likes of open cast mining the original big Operators granted the license are contracted by law to return the site back to the way it was before. To wrangle out of this and avoid reducing investor dividend the big Operators will analyse the end of life case scenario of the oil well or mine and sell of the license when the reserves are below a certain yield. The smaller Operator who takes this oil/gas field or mine on will then have to find the money to return the well or mine area to the same condition it was before, and sometimes it does not happen. The tax payer will end up footing the bill for part or most of the decommissioning project, I know this will happen in some cases as it has in the UK. The big guns always have a get out clause, they have the resources to plan ahead and the lawyer teams to get what they want. They even managed to get tax relief on their decommissioning projects which in effect means the UK Government loses out on even more revenue whilst allowing them to profit massively for decades on UK resources. Our governments should grow a set of balls (or become less corrupt) and demand a decommissioning fund is set up right from the time of license issue and this fund stays under law and contract with the site regardless of current Operator to tidy up the mess they leave behind instead of dropping responsibility on a smaller less capable organisation/operator. This does not always happen, but I know it does happen, and I know it has happened in Oz with open mines. They will initially bend over backwards to get a license and tap your fields and promise the Earth to do so, but will renege on any promise when it pleases them. Do what Norway does and ensure they behave properly and treat your environment with respect.

  • @RonaldinhoGoat
    @RonaldinhoGoat 6 місяців тому +1

    The west coast gets most of its oil from abroad due to logistical reasons. The mountains and Jones act make it cheaper to buy Arab oil in the west. The excess of Texan oil is sold to Europe, American energy is getting increasingly cheaper and central to world trade.
    Automating factory jobs requires economy of scale in high tech production, maintenance and skilled labour. Cheap electricity helps but it needs to be a national goal in order to gain efficiency of production. The build at home act is the first step towards the reindustrialization of the US. It will take decades but it's inevitable, the US knows how to leverage its economy in order to export goods. Agriculture is the perfect example.

  • @Remixthisgaming
    @Remixthisgaming 7 місяців тому +3

    Hydrogen is one possibility but nuclear is another option that they have been looking at again. Also when you say you can't store wind or solar energy we actually can. We make man-made batteries that operate in a different way to still store that excess energy like pressurizing large containers that we can slowly release the pressure of when we need it in order to power a turbine. Or we could pump water into a man-made lake and then when we need to use the energy we open up the dam allow the water to flow which spins a turbine and powers generators. You could also use them for your standard batteries as well like the Tesla gigawatt factory or whatever it's called.

  • @sensato957
    @sensato957 6 місяців тому

    in many place in Brazil we use natural gas also as fuel to vehicles. Tanks of many sizes installed in the car to store the natural gas, i spend almost half the cost of the gasoline for the same distance.

    • @gumby2241
      @gumby2241 6 місяців тому

      using natural gas to fuel vehicles is uneconomical, you can be sure it's subsidized if it's being used for transportation.

  • @sensato957
    @sensato957 6 місяців тому +2

    Bolivia stole refinaries from Petrobrás, a brazilian company ( they got it by force with the miltary and paid 1/20 of what the refinary was worth). They scared new investments to find more gas reserves in Bolivia because they sux at prospecting.

  • @vsvicente
    @vsvicente 6 місяців тому +1

    There is a very important information about latin americas oil industry: our oil is very heavy and of bad quality... it makes it expensive to refine, that is why the oil industry is not increasing the production as it should.
    It makes oil imports from the middle east more attractive than producing it nationally, for many purposes.

  • @ismailnyeyusof3520
    @ismailnyeyusof3520 7 місяців тому +4

    Doesn’t hydrogen have a problem with storage? It’s a tiny molecule that tends to escape from storage. What is the solution for this problem?

    • @ivancho5854
      @ivancho5854 4 місяці тому

      You're correct. There is no solution and can never be a solution. It's a physics problem. Greenies like fantasy.

  • @halporter9
    @halporter9 7 місяців тому +3

    Very helpful analysis. Yes, an energy matrix. There is no single source. As it is, you seem to negative about Latin American sources for example. Norway growth is not mentioned. Mexico’s relationship with US can result in increased US exports to Europe. And Mexico is by no means a black hole. Hydrogen sounds interesting. And increased efficiency by end users will continue.
    Finally. Alternative sources will greatly increase over next 10-15 years.
    But need flexible short and long term approaches.
    Political will and commitment is required. That is the question.

    • @gumby2241
      @gumby2241 6 місяців тому

      I don't know what planet you're on, but mexican oil and gas production has been on a downward spiral for years.

  • @museholic7000
    @museholic7000 7 місяців тому

    H2 is so expensive to transport that its cheaper for most businesses to produce it where and when they need it using the grid/water or from regular gas. Ultimately economics will determine the future energy mix.

  • @dpsps5776
    @dpsps5776 7 місяців тому +4

    What about the Monroe Doctrine?

    • @michihofer587
      @michihofer587 7 місяців тому

      What about the Paul Wolfowitz doctrine?

  • @fernandoleanme5928
    @fernandoleanme5928 6 місяців тому

    Refining capacity has no impact on oil production capacity. Fracking potential in South America is limited, other than in Argentina.

  • @jwill3708
    @jwill3708 7 місяців тому +2

    "Armed clashes continue to be conspicuous by their absence" while Venezuelan soldiers assemble on the border of Guyana to 'reclaim the Essequibo region' similar to Russia with Crimea and then Ukraine itself.
    This should be the topic of your next video in the region.

    • @XxLIVRAxX
      @XxLIVRAxX 7 місяців тому +1

      A big nothing burguer. The VEN army is a praetorian guard, not a fighting force capable of projecting force.

  • @mercutiobr3814
    @mercutiobr3814 7 місяців тому +5

    Natural gas in Brazil is not cost efficient due to the predominance of deep sea oil wells.

  • @moors710
    @moors710 7 місяців тому +1

    Hydrogen is not an energy source;it is a storage medium for energy produced in other ways such as solar and wind. Liquid fuels are far better for the current transportation infrastructure. Natural sourced of CO2 can be combined in various chemical reactors to provide a wide range of liquid fuels, such as propane, dimethylether, methanol,or perhaps mestylene. The Greenness of the fuel is dependent on the source not on the final form. Hydrogen is notoriously hard to work with and special handling that is required is fine for industrial use, but not suitable for general consumer uses.

  • @davidmaisel8062
    @davidmaisel8062 7 місяців тому +1

    There has been a war in Ukraine for over 10 years. It was in Europe's best interest to find a peaceful settlement but no.
    Most Russians and Ukrainians alike wanted peaceful relations with the EU, economic free trade and open borders. This has never been the objective of the EU and unfortunately for everyone that chapter has closed.
    I'm still an optimist. If the EU and UK accept that isolationist policies have failed and work to build a more productive and cooperative relationship with thier neighbors and the developing world, the future is going to be less grim for everyone.

  • @dixonpinfold2582
    @dixonpinfold2582 6 місяців тому +1

    Please re-program your narration bot so it doesn't say "Ursula von der Leyen" as _"ER-sə-lə VON-der-lay-ən."_
    It's _OOR-zə-lə FON-der-line._ (Tip: replace name in script with phonetic spelling.)

  • @jestinmathew4503
    @jestinmathew4503 6 місяців тому +1

    I think Europe can consider Algeria as a gas supply partner.

  • @angrydragon4574
    @angrydragon4574 7 місяців тому +1

    With Milei running Argentina I see him making Argentina rich.

  • @MASMIWA
    @MASMIWA 6 місяців тому

    Ursula is brain dead: The operation was successful, but the patient died.

  • @Oliveir51
    @Oliveir51 7 місяців тому +1

    Hoping Africa will develop using this

  • @Anderixx
    @Anderixx 7 місяців тому

    Mark and you are addicted to Hawai shirts, isn´t it? xD

  • @mortimersnead5821
    @mortimersnead5821 7 місяців тому

    South Australia runs their grid almost entirely on solar, wind, large battery megapacks and pumped hydro storage.

  • @BGK531
    @BGK531 7 місяців тому +2

    The problem is Europe and America’s behaviour like arrogance of feelings superiority upon others societies in terms of diplomacy very unequal when it comes to trade dealings with foreign countries Europeans wanted resources almost for free.

    • @ricardomarin487
      @ricardomarin487 6 місяців тому

      bingo. which is why they should stay away.

  • @chrischekowski5032
    @chrischekowski5032 7 місяців тому

    Canada specifically alberta oil sands continually overlooked in the conversation

  • @egg174
    @egg174 7 місяців тому

    Slick move...

  • @XxLIVRAxX
    @XxLIVRAxX 7 місяців тому

    I would keep an eye for a potential political transition in Venezuela, not only does it have vast oil reserves but also untapped offshore natural gas resources.
    The profound sociopolitical transformation in Venezuela's public opinion could help realized that potential, with a public opinion a lot more open and enthusiastic about free market reforms and opening the oil market, in fact, the proposal of privitazing the practically bankrupted state oil company PDVSA no longer inspires animosity.
    The chavista catastrophy has forced venezuelans to rethink decades old economic/social dogmas.
    It remains to be seen how and when this transition takes place.

  • @scottstephens-gm3vm
    @scottstephens-gm3vm 7 місяців тому +7

    Australia already supplies half of Eastern Asia, a bit European Investment and I am sure we could supply a good proportion of the EU's needs.

    • @eltecnico9541
      @eltecnico9541 7 місяців тому +1

      It is much cheaper in Latin America and of high quality, Australia is very expensive, they will buy the cheapest and safest, not like the Middle East which is very cheap but not very safe.

    • @andrejsurdevics6476
      @andrejsurdevics6476 7 місяців тому

      There is a world commodity market. The price is not cheaper in one place or another. The cost to the customer is the world price plus shipping. So If Europe wants to buy LNG the cheapest transport would be from Algeria, then from the US, Nigeria and then from the Middle East and finally Australia. The product costs the same from all countries (unless on a contract) and the difference is availability and transport cost.@@eltecnico9541

    • @garyshan7239
      @garyshan7239 7 місяців тому

      the trick is not to sell off what you will need in the future

    • @scottstephens-gm3vm
      @scottstephens-gm3vm 7 місяців тому

      @garyshan7239 We have plenty of Uranium for the long term future

    • @garyshan7239
      @garyshan7239 7 місяців тому

      @@scottstephens-gm3vm silly fool oil is a feedstock for literally 1000s of goods and you need lubricants. You be better off just building out solar farms then no nuke waste to deal with

  • @lindokuhlemotsa8806
    @lindokuhlemotsa8806 7 місяців тому +1

    What would happen if the world simply refused to sell their stuff to Europe

    • @SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek
      @SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek 7 місяців тому +1

      And why would they do that if they get money in return? 🙄

    • @lindokuhlemotsa8806
      @lindokuhlemotsa8806 7 місяців тому

      @@SwieczkaNiweaniewierzeDarek unfair trade practices by the Europeans...corruption from the EU...foreign interference in domestic affairs and oh its theirs.......money isn't everything ...ethics matter

  • @biosecurePM
    @biosecurePM 7 місяців тому

    Ammonia-based fuel is the most efficient fuel produceable by reneweable energy systems.

  • @jamessamaroo4729
    @jamessamaroo4729 6 місяців тому

    The world's largest reserve of oil is in the Permian Basin in Texas! The US just surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil production!

  • @rudivandoornegat2371
    @rudivandoornegat2371 7 місяців тому

    how about the oil discoveries of Guiana and Suriname?
    will these make a dent in the EU energy market?

  • @abe_ismain
    @abe_ismain 7 місяців тому

    What are the ambassadors saying?
    😅

  • @kkrolik2106
    @kkrolik2106 7 місяців тому +9

    Ukraine have enough untapped Oil and gas reversers to cover EU needs.

    • @georgempacosta
      @georgempacosta 7 місяців тому +5

      I think they have other thinks to do for a while...

    • @Vandelberger
      @Vandelberger 7 місяців тому +3

      Yeah, off Crimea.. kinda the real reason Putler wanted it

    • @thecomment9489
      @thecomment9489 7 місяців тому

      LOL

    • @jimgaston9863
      @jimgaston9863 7 місяців тому

      @@Vandelbergerand the Donbas

  • @darryldelaurier3998
    @darryldelaurier3998 6 місяців тому

    We have so much oil in USA and Canada. We don’t need any ones oil . You guys just think you can get it super cheap and not pay honest wages for it .

  • @Buximchei
    @Buximchei 7 місяців тому

    14:46, dose someone know what song is that?

  • @garyshan7239
    @garyshan7239 7 місяців тому +2

    The US produces in excess of its needs so the only thing world oilprices affects is Big Oil's profits-if Peter Zeihan's predictions hold true the US will keep leaning to isolationist and the US oil prices will decouple from the global ones-not sure Big Oil will let that happen but sure sounds nice-according to him the cost to produce US shale oil is getting lower and will continue to do so and is even propeling a build out in US manufacting due to the cheap cost of gas to run the plants

    • @RonaldinhoGoat
      @RonaldinhoGoat 6 місяців тому

      The west coast gets most of it's oil abroad due to logistical reasons. The mountains and Jones act make it cheaper to buy Arab oil in the west. The excess of Texan oil is sold to Europe.

    • @RonaldinhoGoat
      @RonaldinhoGoat 6 місяців тому

      Automating factory jobs requires economy of scale in high tech production, maintenance and skilled labour. Cheap electricity helps but it needs to be a national goal in order to gain the efficiency of production. The build at home act is the first step towards the reindustrialization of the US. It will take decades but it's inevitable, the US knows how to leverage its economy in order to export goods. Agriculture is the perfect example.

  • @m4rkscott
    @m4rkscott 7 місяців тому +1

    In theory a nuclear power station could be built with the sole purpose of producing the electricity needed to produce hydrogen with a life span of around 50 years would make this a very affordable unlimited energy source but initial investment would be huge.
    Nuclear isn't very popular but is an obvious solution.

    • @Mivoat
      @Mivoat 6 місяців тому

      Yes, Moltex energies flex reactor benefits from the engineering advantages of liquid nuclear fuel to offer 750°C process heat at a cost of £8 per megawatt hour. The first of a kind reactor is due to begin operating around 2030.

    • @m4rkscott
      @m4rkscott 6 місяців тому

      @@Mivoat I would like to know more about that, have you got a good link

  • @ImmuneToTrollHate
    @ImmuneToTrollHate 7 місяців тому +25

    Yep, Russia shot itself in the foot with its biggest customer
    Europe will figure out a more sustainable fuel source at some point
    Regardless of whether it is buying oil/gas elsewhere or find another energy source all together
    They learned that the price for depending on Russia for energy is that it will get weaponized against them
    Better to pay a higher price and not have to worry about being cut off at the worst possible moment

    • @THEROOT1111
      @THEROOT1111 7 місяців тому +12

      By the time that you'll all run out of excuses European union will go bankrupt officially. Good luck.

    • @Arnouxvaze
      @Arnouxvaze 7 місяців тому +9

      Several Eu countries still use significant Russian fossil fuel, like 7 countries. I bet others will open the pipes in the upcoming years because cheaper energy is better than more expensive one.

    • @THEROOT1111
      @THEROOT1111 7 місяців тому

      @@Arnouxvaze most are just figureheads like olaf, they have no idea whatsoever of how to run a country

    • @ftd7435
      @ftd7435 7 місяців тому

      Europe is buying Russian oil from India, making India very rich and laughing at Europe. You didn't know?

    • @Azmuth01
      @Azmuth01 7 місяців тому +10

      @@THEROOT1111 Whatever helps you sleep at night, vantik.

  • @dirgsuite5546
    @dirgsuite5546 7 місяців тому +1

    In the end it will be Russian gas that will save Europe, via pipelines. For doubters, at the end of WWII the US nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One would expect they would remain sworn enemies for decades to go. But in1950 the US ended occupation and made an alliance with Japan. Trade resumed. Europe needs Russia like Russia needs Europe. Actually, from what this war has demonstrated, Europe needs Russia probably more.

  • @sourabhmayekar3354
    @sourabhmayekar3354 7 місяців тому

    Great

  • @Tini_Scrapitti
    @Tini_Scrapitti 7 місяців тому +1

    Think renewables, develop sustainability. Albeit very belatedly.

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 7 місяців тому

      Sure, if you want to crater civilization. There is this thing called MATH. Suggest you try it.

  • @sailingonasummerbreeze7892
    @sailingonasummerbreeze7892 7 місяців тому

    Europe needs to build out battery storage - take a look at what Australia is doing.

  • @bingeltube
    @bingeltube 7 місяців тому

    This video was too long and offered a hodge podge of subjects, few of them related to the title of the video!

  • @Matheus-hj8ye
    @Matheus-hj8ye 7 місяців тому

    *point at overseas territory*
    'These resources could save us!"
    lol

  • @chronus4421
    @chronus4421 7 місяців тому +4

    This video seems to neglect the effect upon the German industrial complex. Without easy cheap access to natural gas they are suffering quite badly.

    • @thegreatdane3627
      @thegreatdane3627 7 місяців тому

      don't worry, Norway is taking over as Germany's main supplier. They have supplied half of Germany's gas in 2023, and it will only grow as Norway has approved 19 new oil and gas fields.

    • @tobiwan001
      @tobiwan001 7 місяців тому +2

      Not really. Only some elements of the chemicals sector. German GDP is less dependent on fossil fuel prices than most others - including the far less industrialized US.

    • @thecomment9489
      @thecomment9489 7 місяців тому

      German industrial complex is on it's way to degradation and for the good. Hopefully all of German manufacturing moves to China or USA. They would have served their US masters well.

  • @speculawyer
    @speculawyer 7 місяців тому

    Nah....this is dumb. Venezuela has a HUGE amount of oil but it is largely tar sands and heavy oil that are very hard to extract and refine. It's a much better idea to transition to EVs that can be powered with clean, domestic, and DIRT CHEAP solar PV and wind.

  • @SelwynClydeAlojipan
    @SelwynClydeAlojipan 6 місяців тому

    Hydrogen is one possibility but it seems that Europe has foolishly painted itself into a corner by ignoring advanced mini or modular nuclear fission reactors, and it's a self-inflicted limitation. Then there's the high hopes for AI-assisted nuclear fusion achieved by the USA's National Ignition Facility in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory last Dec-2022. These two nuclear power strategies may, however, divert a limited budget that's not enough to cover all bets or options available. Choose wisely.

  • @marcux83
    @marcux83 7 місяців тому +1

    nice shirt 😂

  • @sergiovasquez4510
    @sergiovasquez4510 7 місяців тому +1

    If Petro could stop ruining the Colombian economy ... That would be great :(

    • @XxLIVRAxX
      @XxLIVRAxX 7 місяців тому

      🇻🇪: First time?

  • @jmonsted
    @jmonsted 7 місяців тому +3

    Hydrogen as energy security is ridiculous, but we do need massive amounts of hydrogen for industrial processes to replace polluting industries (steel, fertilizer etc). Using hydrogen plants as energy dumps when we build massive renewable energy systems, but where we can just cut off the hydrogen production during peak demand or low supply, would make a lot of sense.

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 7 місяців тому +1

      Ah, if only you had a miracle energy source then you could sing Kum-Ba-Ah in your little fantasy land filled with H2...

    • @Mivoat
      @Mivoat 6 місяців тому

      Check out the Moltex flex reactor, which will be offering 750°C processed heat for £8 per megawatt hour around 2030. It benefits from the engineering advantages of liquid nuclear fuel.

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 6 місяців тому

      In your statement you may as well have said £0.02 per megawatt hour for as much reality it has. Yes, I am a massive nuclear proponent and it should have been done decades ago... we should all be using liquid nuclear reactors decades ago. @@Mivoat

  • @user-gi6ok7wf8h
    @user-gi6ok7wf8h 4 місяці тому

    you fail to mention that Russian gas was 3 to 4 times cheaper

  • @logankameda4104
    @logankameda4104 7 місяців тому

    Missed nuclear derived hydrogen. Japan is working on it right now.

  • @irwan3064
    @irwan3064 7 місяців тому

    _US and the MIC of Israel have been eyeing on it for a long time_

  • @Sindrijo
    @Sindrijo 7 місяців тому +3

    I take issue with the way you introduce the war 'dozens of tanks, soldiers and armored vehicles' is downplaying it a lot. It was a large scale invasion kicking of a brutal war of aggression.

  • @bicelisGeopolitics
    @bicelisGeopolitics 7 місяців тому

    I would stick to oil for now.

  • @dimamatat5548
    @dimamatat5548 7 місяців тому

    Who needs oil and gas when you have renewable energy?

  • @Snoy_Fly
    @Snoy_Fly 7 місяців тому +2

    In the Dominican Republic petroleum and even gas comes to the surface in some places, but the country is not taking advantage of it.

  • @raulix3464
    @raulix3464 7 місяців тому

    Yes yes

  • @contraplano3157
    @contraplano3157 6 місяців тому

    Why use oil if solar and wind now are more cheaper?

    • @Adam6t
      @Adam6t 6 місяців тому

      because if climate will be a little fixed all solar panels are inactive and useless

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 7 місяців тому

    Oil makes the world go round. For now.

  • @BlueDirt_ProAggressive
    @BlueDirt_ProAggressive 7 місяців тому

    What are the reasons central and latin countries are so bad at getting to crude?

  • @Bootsystem66
    @Bootsystem66 6 місяців тому

    Guyana is already an extension of USA and they are loaded with oil

  • @geirvinje2556
    @geirvinje2556 7 місяців тому

    Better to increase wind, solar and batteries.
    Spain, Greece and those in the south can do this fast.
    With EV's, why do the Canary Islands need oil? Just stupid extra costs.
    In the fast transition they can use gas, and oil.

    • @DavidHalko
      @DavidHalko 7 місяців тому

      “wind, solar, and batteries”
      Solar only works in the day, batteries can’t store enough power & must constantly be replaced…
      Wind turbines stop spinning with excess power generation, so it can handle SOME peak needs, at the expense of being off half time.
      Natural gas or H2 peaker plants are needed for renewables. Renewables = Natural Gas / Hydrogen need.

    • @geirvinje2556
      @geirvinje2556 7 місяців тому

      @@DavidHalko real world data is saying something else...

  • @bro_dBow
    @bro_dBow 6 місяців тому

    Guyana oil reserves are in play, what about that?

  • @IMGreg..
    @IMGreg.. 7 місяців тому

    People really burn my butt.
    The lack of infrastructure didn't curb our getting dependent on oil and gas vs horses and coal.
    We'll build or repurpose the existing infrastructure for hydrogen being produced locally vs piping oil and gas inter continentally or shipping it.

  • @brianb.7435
    @brianb.7435 6 місяців тому

    No, those resources will be needed in South America.

  • @user-dm4qg4tc9c
    @user-dm4qg4tc9c 6 місяців тому

    The article states: "These Oil Reserves Could Save Western Countries - VisualPolitik EN" Of the 19 minutes of video reporting, not 1 minute was said about Oil saving the Western Countries. He spoke about Russian gas, Latin America pitiful production of gas, and Europe's hydrogen. What a flake. Latin American countries are not increasing and producing more oil, although in the past they produced a lot more, because they kicked out the USA Oil Companies and failed attempts to do the job themselves, contract Brazilian, Iranian, Russian, Chinese, etc, oil companies who have failed to do better. Exxon explored the unexplored deep sea region off Guyana and discovered the largest oil reserve and later another one. These fools were looking at what they could put their hands on. No company in the world knows more about the Oil business than the American corporations. If you want to explore, extract, produce, refine, market oil, call the American Corporations.

  • @chillxxx241
    @chillxxx241 7 місяців тому

    The oil is going to US Chevron refineries.

  • @jermainesingh
    @jermainesingh 6 місяців тому

    Guyana produces oil bro but i guess you only referring to latin parts of South America

  • @KarryConway
    @KarryConway 7 місяців тому +1

    btw Canada has lots!!!

  • @gandalf6878
    @gandalf6878 7 місяців тому +7

    The process of using renewable energy in Europe has just begun. Same thing in the Emirates. Other nations will follow. Not because it is more environmentally friendly, but because it is cheaper, year by year.

    • @IMGreg..
      @IMGreg.. 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes, push the economics since deniers can argue with the science of math like they can with climate science.

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 7 місяців тому

      EU sucks for "renewable" energy. Has some wind... You might have noticed, all the wind turbine companies went bankrupt this year... so much for being "cheap". EU has some wind in the North Sea and nothing else. Guess what costs 3X more than wind turbines on land... Wind turbines in the ocean. Guess what is complete Bull Shit Utopia? Wind power powering the EU making H2. H2 is a moronic utopia. No fuel cells(require very rare metals, platinum etc) = have to BURN the H2 for electricity = Wind turbines produce 1kW of power* efficiency of cracking it to H2 75% efficient at best(pure fresh water, and if salt water drops to around 60% efficient) and you then have to COMPRESS it losing another ~5%, and then you have to BURN it in a turbine at roughly ~60% efficient(assume we can do it like NG that is)... So, 1kW wind = 400W back... Assuming your industry is all electrified of course... which is impossible, but lets just ignore that...

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 7 місяців тому

      @@IMGreg.. There is still the issue of: dealing with change of any sort. And entrenched economic-political interests.

  • @user-fr3hy9uh6y
    @user-fr3hy9uh6y 7 місяців тому +2

    No comment on US sanctions? Even though the US reduced some of the sanctions on Venezuela a month ago, what are the effects of the remaining sanctions. What will happen if the US sees competition to its own oil exports? The EU is dependent on the US banking system, and no EU bank can survive without access to the SWIFT banking system😢

    • @thegreatdane3627
      @thegreatdane3627 7 місяців тому +1

      SWIFT is co-owned by the US and EU. The headquarter is in Belgium.

    • @DavidHalko
      @DavidHalko 7 місяців тому

      no, no comments on US sanctions, after idiots destroyed [in a single generation] the most wealthy nation in the southern hemisphere.
      The US had nothing to do with the throat slitting done by the Venezuelan generational theft of greedy politicians & greedy citizenry.

    • @thecomment9489
      @thecomment9489 7 місяців тому

      @@thegreatdane3627If you had even iota of knowledge about the Western system you would have known that West is basically the US regime. Rest are it's poodle colonies.

  • @titussteenhuisen8864
    @titussteenhuisen8864 7 місяців тому

    Hydrogen has its greatest future as chemical feedstock

  • @SergioK111
    @SergioK111 7 місяців тому

    R.I.P. ( economy of Germany)

  • @harrybarrow6222
    @harrybarrow6222 7 місяців тому

    The long term answer is renewable energy.
    Countries need to seek energy security and energy independence.
    It is NOT a good idea to trust sometimes-hostile powers for your energy supply.
    Besides, if we keep burning huge quantities of fossil fuel, we are heading for catastrophe.

  • @Crashed131963
    @Crashed131963 7 місяців тому

    Canada exports 40% of the US oil imports to them.
    So we should be good without it .

  • @oisinm332
    @oisinm332 7 місяців тому

    We should just stop using oil.

  • @bptan4545
    @bptan4545 7 місяців тому +2

    Nothing is cheap if going further and further for supplier 😂😂😂
    Good luck for EU

    • @nenasiek
      @nenasiek 7 місяців тому

      Good thing we arent poor then

  • @balazstivadar8631
    @balazstivadar8631 7 місяців тому

    Solar, wind and batteries are going to be so cheap that oil, gas and nuclear are going to be obsolete in the next eight years. I don't think that hydrogen will be needed either.

    • @Adam6t
      @Adam6t 6 місяців тому

      if climate will be a little fixed all solar panels are inactive and useless

  • @ivanhartley4378
    @ivanhartley4378 7 місяців тому

    where is grant? been a while since he last hosted a vid

  • @narendra62
    @narendra62 7 місяців тому +1

    Big big OG by Putin. Were raking it in. Good stable customer and then a brain fart

  • @edwardlawrence5666
    @edwardlawrence5666 6 місяців тому

    Remember the Hindenburg!

  • @looseycanon
    @looseycanon 7 місяців тому +3

    The only way for Europe to become energy secure once more, is to give up on climate channge and address the real problems in society... Sure, we might lose Haag, Le Havre or Rijeka, but cities can be moved. Empoverished people and destroyed businesses can't

    • @JameBlack
      @JameBlack 7 місяців тому +2

      Europe should explore shale oil and gas

    • @looseycanon
      @looseycanon 7 місяців тому +1

      @@JameBlack That's just the start. Fertilizers are close second and whatever metals are third...

    • @kreb7
      @kreb7 7 місяців тому +2

      The opposite need to increase renewables and especially Geothermal

    • @looseycanon
      @looseycanon 7 місяців тому +1

      @@kreb7 Renewables can't be deployed everywhere. People don't live, where they can be deployed well. That's problem of basically all types of these, be it hydro, for which you need specific geography and you destroy the micro climate of that region, not to mention, that you need water for it, and that has other uses as well. Wind and solar are intermittent and they don't cancel each other out, meaning, you need to build batteries... for which we have currently only one relatively good and reliable chemistry, that being H2O and that needs specific geography... Meaning you'd need to add costs for these "buffers" to cost of building the power sources. Geothermal can only be deployed well in places, that are seismically active (why do you think, there's so much of it in Greenland?), which increases costs, because building and equipment within must survive earthquakes... All the while, you could simply burn something to run something to turn a generator and create electricity? Are you prepared for blackout mid operation on yourself or members of your family? Cause that is, what environmentalism fueled drive for green energy brings!

    • @w8stral
      @w8stral 7 місяців тому

      ? Northern Europe is RISING out of the ocean bud. Not falling into it.

  • @markpedzinski4950
    @markpedzinski4950 6 місяців тому

    This dude makes video, energy crashes atleast 20% 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @garyshan7239
    @garyshan7239 7 місяців тому

    fracking requires you to have shale deposits near where the cities are located AND/OR pipleline infrastructure connecting the 2 both cost billions in infrastructure basically only the US and thus parts of Mexico and Canada is able to do the shale boom-now oil production outside of shale can be fracked for more oil extraction. Now those gas pressurazation facilities take many years to build and cost billions

  • @nobody687
    @nobody687 7 місяців тому

    The oil field is in the amazon jungle. Its not easy to get to or transport out. They do sloppy work and pollute vast areas killing indigenous people's and animals.

  • @lawrenceonuorah6019
    @lawrenceonuorah6019 6 місяців тому

    Those that said there no prophet of God in Umuezumezu ( Hebre Family ) shall cover themselves in shame. I spoke that God will weaken OPEC to save Biafra, see it for God, and have answered my prayer. Today, South America has oil and gas now than the Middle East. From the current prophet of Umuezumezu

  • @martinfischer6136
    @martinfischer6136 7 місяців тому

    How much pressure on the biodiversity on the amazon region for Extraktion of fossil fuel? How much heat can the latin america region take? It looks like the amazon is becoming a desert region. OMG 😢

    • @recoil53
      @recoil53 7 місяців тому

      Brazil is against Western countries telling it to preserve the Amazon. Also these reserves are in the Atlantic Ocean.

    • @eltecnico9541
      @eltecnico9541 7 місяців тому

      The oil is in the ocean. But the burning of the Amazon occurs mainly for agricultural and livestock purposes. Agricultural and livestock products are mainly sold to China and they are trying to reach an agreement with the European Union.