Renewable Energy 101 | National Geographic

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  • There are many benefits to using renewable energy resources, but what is it exactly? From solar to wind, find out more about alternative energy, the fastest-growing source of energy in the world-and how we can use it to combat climate change.
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  • @jxyskk
    @jxyskk Před 4 lety +487

    This is a video for my online class.. thats why I'm here.. :)
    Thx for 187 ikes... y’all :P

  • @lucasmith7089
    @lucasmith7089 Před 4 lety +3032

    Who else is here because of their teacher

  • @amelia-mayhowarth5667
    @amelia-mayhowarth5667 Před 3 lety +25

    Everyone: ''iM hErE FrOm sChOoL, SaMe fOr EvErYoNe hErE i BeT''
    Me: *Scrolling thru comments and not watching the video..*
    _Also.. is it just me who cant hear it even though my laptops on full volume.. I can only just hear it_

  • @tiedairplane1377
    @tiedairplane1377 Před 4 lety +714

    who else was sent here for school assignment

  • @astrii870
    @astrii870 Před 4 lety +95

    I got set this as a lesson for school, to study and it helped a bunch. It briefly described what renewable energy was, and listed benefits and disadvantages, while allowing me to expand on your notes.

  • @MeapYT
    @MeapYT Před 3 lety +115

    littarly all the comments: OmGosh GuyS whO elSe waS SEnt hErR by TheiR teAchErr
    me: **kirby Noises**

  • @scotthannam8864
    @scotthannam8864 Před 3 lety +147

    No one absolutely no one:
    WhO iS heRE FoR a sChooL asSiGnMenT

  • @dominique9934
    @dominique9934 Před 7 lety +215

    Solar panel and wind power on every house with storage battery up back for night/weather issues. Oil companies don't want people to be self-sufficient. Yes, this is expensive but you have to start somewhere.

    • @masteronesolo4615
      @masteronesolo4615 Před 7 lety +10

      Dominique the thing i dont get is i live in a ffarm community and two fields were turned into solar panel fields... when the town is 5 minutes away and has apartment buildings with room for solar

    • @dominique9934
      @dominique9934 Před 7 lety +7

      That does sound crazy. A lot of cities don't want the solar panel on houses. which I think is the #1 issue. Power companies control the land and where solar panel go.

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate Před 7 lety +5

      thing is, this doesn't even have to be THAT expensive, especially if town councils help to consolidate orders for homeowners. if you're buying individually, there's bound to be some markup; but buy as a collective and you would get some sizeable discounts.
      now, if the entire city was committed to retooling its power grid for renewable energy, the costs would certainly be reasonable and it would create jobs. there are few industries and capitalist ventures more moral than renewable energy... why are people so cowed about doing this? sure, oil companies and all that corrupt bs will do their propaganda, but PEOPLE have a choice whether to listen to them or not.

    • @JPWRana
      @JPWRana Před 7 lety +3

      I don't get this also. I would rather first all the homes (that don't get shade from trees) have solar roofs, AND retrofitted windows, newer toilets, and insulated houses BEFORE sacrificing farmland and desert for rows of solar fields.
      On an acre per acre equivalent, nuclear can produce WAY MORE MW's of power than solar or wind can. I consider myself a conservationist/environmentalist before a renewable energy enthusiast.

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate Před 7 lety +4

      the best reason i can think of is a lack of coordination. without consolidating orders, it would be pretty expensive for each individual property owner to buy and install a few solar panels sporadically. this is where capitalism sorta fails, since you really need communitarian action to take full advantage of economies of scale.
      i believe the most efficient course of action is to have town councils create ordinances promoting purchase+installation of solar panels en bloc, zone by zone. the tender would be put up for public auction, and the company that bids the best price gets the contract.
      the worst reason is that behind the scenes, a lot of corruption is going on... big oil and big auto stuffing coin into legislators' pockets and so they look away from pesky regulations and to their sugar daddies. that would really really suck tho.

  • @kafiluddinbhuiyan3515
    @kafiluddinbhuiyan3515 Před 4 lety +501

    99% here bcz of their teachers
    1% who loves study😂😂

  • @Huch-qn7vx
    @Huch-qn7vx Před 4 lety +218

    Who was send by there teacher as well?😂

  • @grayc8848
    @grayc8848 Před 4 lety +45

    I need to watch this for school and I still don’t know what the answer is ;-;

  • @momsspaghetti6666
    @momsspaghetti6666 Před 3 lety +16

    Welcome to another episode of what teacher made me watch today!

  • @naomiiixx2238
    @naomiiixx2238 Před 3 lety +35

    Pov: your teacher put the link in the chat and now you have to watch the video

  • @nasserwaelhussainebrahim2222

    thank you for helping me to study for my quiz and test

    • @edm3023
      @edm3023 Před 3 lety

      did you do good tho?

    • @madman-rg8rd
      @madman-rg8rd Před 3 lety +1

      @@edm3023 why do you care

    • @edm3023
      @edm3023 Před 3 lety

      @@madman-rg8rd why do you care?

  • @pauladams1814
    @pauladams1814 Před 6 lety +23

    When we inevitably go fully sustainable and use geothermal, biomass, wave energy, tidal energy, solar and wind, cheap stable power will be the norm by ...
    1: Using many renewable sources as listed above as even on a windless night the others are unaffected.
    2: Using suitable energy storage like batteries, pumped water, liquid air, biomass, hydrogen gas, molten salts, compressed air, pumped hydroelectric power, flywheels and many more.
    3: Trading energy over large distances, across continents then eventually the globe. This would even out supply and demand. This is one application that capitalistic free market economics would be most helpful by quickly managing demand and supply at all levels of electricity supply from micro grids to the largest scale.
    No new technology is need to make this happen as they are all currently in use, many for years As promising new technologies become available they then can be easily integrated into a modern smart grid systems.

  • @ozzyr238
    @ozzyr238 Před 4 lety +58

    Can someone just send me the answer I’m like 4 weeks late

  • @iceey2119
    @iceey2119 Před 4 lety +12

    Helped alot for my test

  • @ajgm3974
    @ajgm3974 Před 3 lety +9

    How about we use GRAVITY in a different way for energy!!!!! We can use mountain sides with rail track that goes top to bottom. Have water pipes at top. Fill train cart with as much water as possible. Utilize a hard slope to assist in cart acceleration down a tall mountain. The brakes can generate emissions-free electricity while pulling up another cart from the bottom to the top (but empty) I mean if windmills can be a thing then so can using gravity as a source of energy. Hopefully this should free us to repurpose trash into bricks that we can use to house the homeless using gravity generated energy.
    These options may be sub-optimal to the educated engineer, i understand that i just want to point out that we HAVE OPTIONS!!!! all we need is real unity!

  • @dakwahpediaummat
    @dakwahpediaummat Před 3 lety +4

    My name is Setya Faturahman from SMK Bakti Nusa. I think renewable energy is an alternative to traditional energy that relies on fossil fuels, and tends to be less harmful to the environment. With this, the environmental damage caused by relying on fossil fuels can be reduced.

  • @theoffender00000
    @theoffender00000 Před 2 lety +8

    What are useful information for my project at school ! Thank you National Geographic

  • @jocelyn6958
    @jocelyn6958 Před 3 lety +8

    broski i literally had to rewatch this a billion times just to get the answer

  • @pauladams1814
    @pauladams1814 Před 6 lety +4

    Roadster 2.0 go's from 0-60mph in 1.9 seconds - making it the first production car to accelerate to this speed in under two seconds.
    It will also go from 0-100mph in 4.1 seconds and cover a quarter mile drag strip in 8.9 seconds.
    In addition to this it has a range of 620 miles on a single charge which is almost double what the Tesla Model S has, thanks to its 200kWh battery.
    Battery technology has come a long way and is improving rapidly.

  • @VerryLongName
    @VerryLongName Před 7 lety +16

    It makes sense

  • @ranjana2871
    @ranjana2871 Před 6 lety +6

    Thanks for the video. It helped in my project

  • @L.M1792
    @L.M1792 Před 4 lety +18

    The added advantage is the generation of renewable energy is possible at all locations on earth,
    bringing an end to war for territorial advantage, and shipments/distribution of fossil fuel products. 👍
    What’s not to like?

    • @aleksandrabond
      @aleksandrabond Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks so much!! I’m writing an debate article for school and you made a really good point :)

  • @janardhaniah8323
    @janardhaniah8323 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Wave energy is an excellent energy source because it is a clean and sustainable. But the biggest problem is the lack of a better frequency caused by the waves' uneven movements, low speed, and high pulsating forces. But we have a solution to integrate every amount of wave motion in a step-by-step manner to provide a continuous rotation, in the form of a single rotational output at the delivery shaft that can rotate a Powerful Alternator.
    A planetary gear set can integrate two inputs at a time without any torque loss. It has also been proven in hybrid car technology.

  • @goatedrainboww4145
    @goatedrainboww4145 Před 4 lety +7

    "Once built the are cheap" Nice dodge lol

  • @runbou3485
    @runbou3485 Před 2 lety

    thanks ticher 👏អគុណ

  • @mariadaoud1263
    @mariadaoud1263 Před 4 lety +9

    Tip-if you are here from your teachers, put it on 1.25😂 since she speaks kinda slow..it goes by much faster

  • @pjharper71
    @pjharper71 Před 4 měsíci +1

    How many metals need to be mined to build a windmill? How long does the windmill last before it needs replacing? Where does in go? Recycled? Landfill?

  • @anchalvijay8839
    @anchalvijay8839 Před 6 lety +20

    amazing video ...as it briefly describes renewable energy and its advantages n disadvantages...so it vl provide help to people to install n maintain renewable sources of energy by keeping in mind the advantages and disadvantages in order to evaluate whether to use it or not..👌👍

  • @sick_lad4979
    @sick_lad4979 Před 4 lety +2

    Only in quarantine

  • @prathameshbirajdar1941
    @prathameshbirajdar1941 Před 7 lety +49

    Because of politics..these technologies are still dream for common man

    • @glenncordova3365
      @glenncordova3365 Před 5 lety +2

      These technologies are a dream that is now coming true.

    • @SuDzD
      @SuDzD Před 5 lety +1

      Glenn Cordova I agree their are more and more of these technologies getting constructed all over the world as we speak its a constant process

    • @CD-ly5kr
      @CD-ly5kr Před 3 lety +1

      @@SuDzD you used the wrong there

  • @wraaper
    @wraaper Před 3 lety +2

    Very good information for the kids as a teacher l give 5 star rating

  • @omarkhan900
    @omarkhan900 Před 3 lety +3

    Everyone : Who came here for school assignment
    Me: who voluntarily search for it because of interest 😂

  • @andrewpalim1978
    @andrewpalim1978 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for the informative video, but wind and solar can produce lots of pollution and emissions during production, installation and maintenance. Additionally, the large reservoirs created by dams produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas, on top of disrupting the riparian ecosystem.

  • @hannah8329
    @hannah8329 Před 4 lety +34

    99.999% comments: Who else here because of their teachers?! ;P
    0.001% comments: something else

  • @RevepeTuan_Music
    @RevepeTuan_Music Před 3 lety +2

    I want grow Solar energy and wind energy.

  • @leahwillingham2206
    @leahwillingham2206 Před 4 lety +14

    anyone sent here for ap human geo since their teacher isn't prepping for the exam anymore? lol

  • @charlidhepnor9185
    @charlidhepnor9185 Před 5 lety +4

    Thank you so much you helped me a lot with my really hard project thx!!!!!

  • @trinityvaldes3536
    @trinityvaldes3536 Před 3 lety +5

    Hi fellow classmates that are watching this =)
    Reply if your here for school or your in my school Xd
    Ps. The video was cool lol

  • @justmyself223
    @justmyself223 Před 2 lety +2

    Tysmmm
    Wold be really helpful if you could upload more such videos
    Tysmmm again

  • @skyeyrfs851
    @skyeyrfs851 Před 3 lety +3

    I’m here to prepare for my interpretation test tmr 🤷‍♂️

  • @joackimbordet9546
    @joackimbordet9546 Před 2 lety +1

    this video is great, it explains us perfectly. plus she helped me for an exercise

  • @boredead9791
    @boredead9791 Před 3 lety +3

    put it in 1.25 speed

  • @Efk23
    @Efk23 Před 4 lety +2

    Good for my y7 renewable energy project

  • @doudymohamedali
    @doudymohamedali Před 3 lety +8

    The fact that everyone is here because of an assignment unless 00:09% of the people are just like ayo i liked this vid and i learned alot

  • @greengreen7188
    @greengreen7188 Před 7 lety +13

    I didn't used to believe in solar energy,now Im "warming"up to the idea=)

  • @renewableinvesments6826
    @renewableinvesments6826 Před 2 lety +10

    Love the quality! It's what I would expect from National Geographic.

  • @siyala4063
    @siyala4063 Před 3 lety +1

    um is this a primary or secondary source? i need to know for school

  • @dargunsh7156
    @dargunsh7156 Před 7 lety +4

    Cool, future is on Renewable energy

  • @rocketisaqt
    @rocketisaqt Před 3 lety +1

    omg so relatable ty!

  • @Inclatable
    @Inclatable Před 4 lety +3

    I got sent here due to a lecture

  • @stamperjk
    @stamperjk Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you
    I learned something

  • @JM-kj7pt
    @JM-kj7pt Před 3 lety +16

    POV: your here because it’s a assignment

  • @user-qz5dh6cp1p
    @user-qz5dh6cp1p Před 6 měsíci

    this video helped me a lot lot lot!!! TYS!!

  • @xerxes6261
    @xerxes6261 Před 3 lety +7

    Bruh, when you need watch things for your assignment

  • @surmeraho2067
    @surmeraho2067 Před 8 měsíci +1

    For electricity generation Novel solution is the Rosch innovations Kinetic power plant

  • @pinksoup5272
    @pinksoup5272 Před 7 lety +3

    Thanks. this helps me in essay

  • @xxhxjxxjxjxj3236
    @xxhxjxxjxjxj3236 Před 3 lety +1

    yes

  • @mais64
    @mais64 Před 4 lety +5

    my favorite part of this video was when it ended

  • @5mitty123
    @5mitty123 Před 2 dny

    I love the slick video everyone makes to sell it

  • @imgay8223
    @imgay8223 Před 3 lety +3

    I’ve spent half my time watching this video scrolling through comments

  • @hariompal5726
    @hariompal5726 Před 5 lety +1

    Very Nice

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 Před 3 lety +3

    Nicely explained.

  • @itswilson7693
    @itswilson7693 Před 3 lety +1

    I was definitely not on this because my online school sent me a link to do this (*gulp*), definitely.......and I guess I like studying.

    • @itswilson7693
      @itswilson7693 Před 3 lety +1

      Also, all the comments say 'Who else was sent by school?' when some people probably weren't and are now making sad studying noises.

  • @nesseihtgnay9419
    @nesseihtgnay9419 Před 7 lety +28

    i support this 1000%

    • @NatGeo
      @NatGeo  Před 7 lety +4

      We love your enthusiasm!

    • @nousername5673
      @nousername5673 Před 3 lety

      @thevso Except when you live somewhere powered mostly by renewables or nuclear (such as Canada, Iceland, Norway, Scotland, Brazil, etc.).

  • @cassidyrichard7923
    @cassidyrichard7923 Před 3 lety +1

    I am the teacher preparing to send my students here!

  • @lucaswhoelse9958
    @lucaswhoelse9958 Před 3 lety +3

    Don’t know why people haven’t tried to absorb some energy from volcanoes

  • @devekiramannair3193
    @devekiramannair3193 Před 3 lety +4

    Who is here because of their teachers

  • @rachaelbennett4205
    @rachaelbennett4205 Před 3 lety +1

    I was sent here for school too.

  • @525Lines
    @525Lines Před 7 lety +14

    Maybe someday the oil industry will allow America to install some.

    • @bluesbros620
      @bluesbros620 Před 7 lety

      If only they could come close to the same energy output as good 'ole gas and the combustible engine

    • @AngryKittens
      @AngryKittens Před 7 lety +3

      @bluesbros620 they would. If we actually focused our sciences on them, instead of pouring it into how to squeeze the last traces of oil from dry rock... and then fighting wars over it.

    • @525Lines
      @525Lines Před 7 lety

      Since you get more wind at night, solar and wind power is a good pairing.

    • @LuisMartinez-jk3yo
      @LuisMartinez-jk3yo Před 7 lety

      bluesbros620 how long have we developed gas? How many trillions of dollars have been invested into it? How about renewables? How long have THEY been around? How much has been invested in them? it's just a meter of time. Eventually, oil will become obsolete

    • @525Lines
      @525Lines Před 7 lety

      Wind turbines for the generation of electricity has been used in farms since at least the 1920s. Solar water heating was used for over 100 years. Old homes had glass panels in the roof with piping under the glass.

  • @DaisukeDmitriev
    @DaisukeDmitriev Před 3 měsíci

    Excellent presentation

  • @supriyamodi5911
    @supriyamodi5911 Před 4 lety +3

    Love it !

  • @sherifazer5585
    @sherifazer5585 Před 4 lety +1

    I am Egyptain and i have project on the wind energy and i need a books to read and take it a reference for my project ?? any Suggestions ??

  • @ordinaryjoe6358
    @ordinaryjoe6358 Před 4 lety +36

    Who watched this video because of their Science Teacher?

  • @ephraimbravo8726
    @ephraimbravo8726 Před 4 lety +2

    I am a fifth grader but i love this not because of my teacher
    Self wanting

  • @leemateema06
    @leemateema06 Před 2 lety +14

    Plot twist: none of these people were sent by teachers and they’re all secretly great students who wish to learn more about a subject they find interesting 🙃

  • @rxcontrol
    @rxcontrol Před 3 lety +1

    we can all agree we are here because of our science or geo teachers....

  • @SwaSwaPlayz
    @SwaSwaPlayz Před 2 lety +6

    So helpful! It helped me out a lot!

  • @nickgun6746
    @nickgun6746 Před 6 lety +1

    I like this!!!

  • @the1stMoyatia
    @the1stMoyatia Před 4 lety +8

    I fully support renewable energy. Coal and fossil fuel are not the only sources to get energy. We all need to see that so we can save the planet!

  • @AquosFrost
    @AquosFrost Před 3 lety +3

    1:34 not all. Solar and wind power are quite unreliable

  • @johnarnehansen9574
    @johnarnehansen9574 Před 10 měsíci

    This video should be shared!

  • @giovanimans4ni
    @giovanimans4ni Před 7 lety +18

    Renewable energy is infinite🖒😉

    • @tevfikklas3606
      @tevfikklas3606 Před 7 lety +1

      But Life is not infinite

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate Před 7 lety +2

      solar energy will last billions of years - and that's just energy reaching the earth. look up dyson sphere. wind is essentially derived from solar energy. only geothermal and gravi-potential energy (e.g. hydroelectric dams) are independent of the sun - and those would also last billions of years.

    • @FonicsSuck
      @FonicsSuck Před 6 lety +2

      Nothing is infinite. Everything succumbs to entropy and chaos. Your existence is but a bleak, meaningless point on an arbitrary time scale that means absolutely nothing.
      Embrace nihilism.

    • @philrabe910
      @philrabe910 Před 6 lety +1

      Sadly not true. The sun has a very finite lifespan. Once it's gone, so are the renewables.

    • @asparrow9876
      @asparrow9876 Před 6 lety +1

      Nothing is infinite except infinity itself. We're all just stuck in an eternal cycling wheel of time, space & matter vibrating with life & death in x9999999999999999999 reflections of itself like parallel threads.

  • @KamiInValhalla
    @KamiInValhalla Před 7 lety +6

    Nuclear energy is not a fossil fuel. It is a "metal" fuel at best since uranium and plutonium are metals. Cool video though.

  • @adilkarimov9421
    @adilkarimov9421 Před 6 lety +1

    Who can advise the best university to study the renewable sources of energy? :)

    • @BYMYSYD
      @BYMYSYD Před 5 lety

      MIT, Stanford, Caltech, UC Berkely, U of C, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan

  • @aquaedits2001
    @aquaedits2001 Před 4 lety +3

    Who else is here because of online school

  • @abisarwan20
    @abisarwan20 Před 6 lety +1

    what should i take the major if i want to study about renewable energy?
    sorry for my english

    • @EuroUser1
      @EuroUser1 Před 5 lety

      Ask in a forum local to your country. I can't help you with that, unless you plan to study in Spain.

  • @k4yyy444
    @k4yyy444 Před 4 lety +5

    i’m like a month late but i’m here because of my teacher

  • @ayat3862
    @ayat3862 Před rokem

    It is an interested subject really need to know about it more in to details and make more researches maybe later on can help in changing also as well.
    (I came from my teacher but really liked the subject and so interested about it)

  • @Blizzard2212
    @Blizzard2212 Před 3 lety +5

    Pov: your teacher sent you this
    AND I SWEAR IF THINGS LIKE THESE COME UP IN MY RECCOMENDATION

    • @bluehoodieguy7568
      @bluehoodieguy7568 Před 3 lety

      thats why i dislike them,dont know if that helps anything,but,its something....

    • @bottle17528
      @bottle17528 Před 3 lety

      @@bluehoodieguy7568 LAZY students

  • @greencommando2674
    @greencommando2674 Před rokem

    4:17 PM Malaysia Thursday 17 November 2022 4G LTE Bateri 🔋 86 % percent left

  • @nguyentruonggiang9013
    @nguyentruonggiang9013 Před 4 lety +11

    Fun Fact: My teacher did not send me here. I searched it myself!!

  • @erinj.9645
    @erinj.9645 Před 3 lety +2

    To all of you who are here because of their teacher, I am here because I am making a lesson plan for students B) now there will be more of you

  • @zwx423
    @zwx423 Před 4 lety +3

    我就想问你一个外国视频为什么单单雾霾那个片段放中国的?

  • @yuanyuancao6428
    @yuanyuancao6428 Před rokem

    This video helped me

  • @irisribeiro570
    @irisribeiro570 Před 4 lety +3

    As some of what is said in this video is true they do forget to mention that renewable energy would not be possible without fossil fuels as solar panels, wind turbines, and construction would not be possible without it.

    • @vincentrobinette1507
      @vincentrobinette1507 Před 4 lety

      The video did mention that there is energy use in the manufacture of the equipment, as well as installation, transportation to the site, and maintenance. No different than any other generating facility. The difference is, they don't require the continuous extraction, refining, transportation and combustion of fossil resources, to continue producing electricity. The "fuel"(wind, sun) is free, and even delivered for free. The amount of resources needed to fire a fossil plant is many times the burden on the environment, than the initial construction is, over its useful lifetime. With wind and solar, that investment in resources is made only once.

    • @nousername5673
      @nousername5673 Před 3 lety +1

      @@vincentrobinette1507 Don’t forget geothermal and hydroelectric.

    • @vincentrobinette1507
      @vincentrobinette1507 Před 3 lety

      @@nousername5673 Where available. However, if you have access to either of those resources, they greatly reduce the need for electrical energy storage. Energy storage is the most expensive part of maintaining any renewable energy system, if you want 24/7 power availability. Wind and solar are intermittent, Hydro and Geothermal can generate power continuously.

  • @remeditate4477
    @remeditate4477 Před 5 lety

    Dank

  • @alexanderfenton2967
    @alexanderfenton2967 Před 4 lety +3

    How come all the videos that teachers choose are like years old