Energy 101: Electricity Generation
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- čas přidán 2. 10. 2011
- Animated correspondent "Little Lee Patrick Sullivan" follows electricity from its source to the light bulb in your home, explaining different fuels, thermal power generation, transmission and the grid.
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Amazing video - you explained electricity generation in simple terms, without getting technical. And I love the animation - added fun, useful visuals too an intricate topic, making it much easier to understand. Thank you very much!
- Toronto, Canada
okay bininuijinniknnnn
who the heck asked
ignore the children in the replys. I agree with everything you said as well, this video was very informative.
Should have had something like this while we were at school
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This was great, thanks, I've been looking for "how to memorize effectively for exams" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Yiyevi Ponevi Approach - (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my mate got great success with it.
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This is the greatest explanation anybody has ever given, ever.
I like this. It informs how our electricity is produced, rather than dismissing any questions. We don't have an energy crisis, but, rather, a need for innovation.
Yep. Still using steam?
Wow, thanks!
It took you 2 years less time to explain than my physics teacher!
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damn dude your teacher got BUrNed
Thank you, this was so much easier to understand than my textbook 😃
*6 years later*: thank you this saved me from a horrible test on energy
*6 years later* wish i had a textbook instead
@@tbrohusky3464 no
@@tbrohusky3464 Wish I had both this video and a textbook.
my public education has failed me.. I have a college degree yet it took this youtube video to clear everything up for me, lol
the schools need more money
This is some quality OG CZcams content
Great,amazing!! Every school should show this kind of demonstration so that students can understand simple and clear.
In school they are teaching this with 1000s of formulas it turns out to be a wage🤯😴
this was for covid 19 but my science teacher told me to watch this
Fidel Duran same
Same but stem class
Same😂
Me too
me too
Such a good video. It's funny, easy to understand and informative. If only governments would educate their citizens like this to share information
There is a monopoly on this type of service but Solar is making a strong push to help alleviate the inflated pricing.
I love the animation! It's better to understand. Plus how he explains it is very simple. I really understood well from this vid! Thanks:))
Clear, succinct and relevant. Thanks for the video!
i love the squatting electricity. 2:15
he be dancin
This is such a simple animation as compared to others with with fancy CGI animation.... And yet, this consist of tons of useful information... More power to this channel....
Amazing. Wouldn't be able to do my project without this video. thanks mate. Also to mention the amazing animation.
Great video! I learned more than I should have...as a 33-year old lol. Loved it!
I can't believe this video received any thumbs down, I guess "haters gonna hate." True genius is exemplified here with a simple explanation to a complex system.
The only reasons that I could think of is; actual haters of the channel, or they were expecting an even more in-depth explanation.
animations were priceless.. literally made my night... great education vid too
This is brilliant. Explains it very clearly.
the scene at 1:14 seconds just represents what humanity will be like in 20 years :,)
Wow that technology tho
Ev
I've worked in the power inductry for 20+ years. This is the best "how it works" video I've seen. Consider updating the the stats in this to reflect the increase in renewable resources as part of the U.S. energy mix.
10 years later: thank you so much! you dont know how much you have helped me!
Excellent explanation and quite interesting too with all the graphics!
Excellent information, I love the fact that it's presented in cartoon form.
Bet
Great video! Thank you. I always wondered what that substations did! This also answered my question about whether or not we still primarily use coal to generate energy into electricity.
I don't like you.
This was fantastic - very helpful, thankyou!
I thought it was too complex for me to understand the concept but you presented nice and simple. I was always fascinated by it.
And cute video btw. Had me chucking
I love how there's just a grid for texas lol
its at 3:23
Lol
That comment turned sour quick
@@hatchets550 wdym
@@hatchets550 I don't understand
*PHEW* Oh God, thanks for the video. That clears up *SO* much!
Are you from America
This is one of the best electricity videos I’ve seen!!!
Great animation. Great voice. Made learning so much more fun.
This feels like it needs a “hi, I’m Troy Mclure” before it
Solar power + battery banks + water wheel on a moving stream with a couple of wind turbines = free and unlimited energy . A Sceince teacher taught me that with a mini contraption to prove it works . Never understood why he was thrown out of the school for disobeying the School boards way of teaching . He was a genius ! Better than all these teachers that bendover backwards ......
Can't love it more, thanks for sharing!
Excellent video! Thank you!
the Texas grid
I know I’m 4 years late but goddamn, you took the words right out of my mouth
Oof!
@@odinisnotthesomefather4687 oof indeed 😂
lmaoo
3:56 Electrons, rollout!
Lol
Great starter video, thanks for sharing!
5mins of my time which were not wasted! Excellent video! ♥ed the transformer travel expression :P
You really have a teaching knack. This is priceless.
This video has wrong information in it. Power substations do not step voltage down to 110 volts. They step it down to between 4,000 and 15,000 depending on the local system; then the transformer on the pole just before your home steps that down to 2 phases of 120 each to neutral or 240 volts from phase to phase.
James Brady thanks for that information. im learning this and that was actually really important to know.
I think it meant closer to 110 volts. But you are correct. And you should probably look it up on something different than a cartoon if you are doing it professionally.
James Brady u are smart
No it doesn't it said as high as and as low as....
ikr
Fantastic yet simple explanation.
Thank you for this beautiful video
I watched Alice borderland and wondered if I was going to be the only one alive once. So I decided to get a plan😂
Love the animation.
Watching 4 yrs after ya
No comment
ikr
I love this version of explaining electricity
Enjoying this video as it is very engaging with the audience and keeping us in the loop till the end of the video.
4:51
nobody:
TikTok: this is my priority.
Why do people in this comment section get it
@@yvesilboudo7009 i don't get it either
I’m unsububscribing to this comment section
Why does Mother Nature look like Oprah Winfrey?
guilty spark probably because she narrates so many nature shows now.
guilty spark because if she was white SJWs would call her racist
LP13 now your just reaching.
@Azania Sankofa Exactly
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This was such a solid video
You expanded my mind. Thank you.
This animated video was easy to comprehend and informational. I loved it! But why was I not taught this in school?
Fantastic video, thank you for your simple explanation and great Visuals!
K H fuck u simp ass
@@st4r238 how is he a fucking simp, you from 1 year ago?
Great animation and easy to understand.
What a great video ! Thank you
Texas is so big it needs it's own separate grid.
i didn't even take that out of the video bc i wasn't paying attention but i had a quiz an that was one of the questions and i only got it right bc i read this so thanks you
@@Caroline-le8gm he dont care bruv so dont i
@PoisonousBadge why you so salty
@@huabin7041 cause it true
@@Caroline-le8gm I care🥺. That's really awesome that I helped you get a question right on your quiz! :D
I watched this video in Science class. I think it's a nice and simple video to explain how electricity is generated.
Fabulous video. Many thanks.
lol this is a great video. love the animations.
Great video!
This video awesome.
@ no u
Great video. Keep up the good work 👍😀
I'm now educated. Thanks to this very simple and straightforward explanation.
What software do you use to animate such a great video?
Filmora
Great video for my science class
You naughty Plagiariser
He didn't say he wouldn't cite sources of information.
same we have this in our science class
Mr whitehead from pcms ?
yep, my dad is also using this because we don't remember where electricity comes from and we are doing science right now
had to watch this for school and i learned a lot more after watching this.
Thank you Sir, your explanation was great!
fabulous
I liked the animation and good explanation):
Amazing video thank you!!
Excellent Video!!
Tooo cool!!!
Thank you. This is a great video, I wonder why some countries in this world still lack electricity if it is damn easy to produce.
How much do you think it costs to build power plants, transmission lines, etc? My guess is somewhere in the realm of 20 million dollars each.
You can buy a portable generator that runs on petrol for just a few hundred dollars, but that's only big enough for one person or one house.
>>>The uninformed think that except for a few cities, Africa, the Sub-Sahara and other small countries don't have a means of power generation. But where do you think that many Islands and small, distant communities get their power from? Solar panels?
>>>Nope, Although with the rising efficiency's of new panels the problem is still storage of excess power for overnight supply, Although China is leading the world in research and testing that problem, the only reliable resolution is STANDALONE POWER (SAPS), COGENERATION or more often Micro-Cogeneration, Micro combined heat and power or micro-CHP (Power supplie's of up to 50Kw).
>>>You'll find these all over the world, even on the world's ocean's(Look at any Cruise Ship and you'll find Co-generation)
for over 60 years, a majority of the world's power came out of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Waukesha, Founded in 1906, Started building heavy duty motors and Gensets in 1957,
>>>>Waukesha VHP Multi-fuel generators (gasoline/kerosene/ethanol, Methane, LNG and propane)are Heavy Duty Engine/Generators called Gensets that can run on almost any available fuel including Methane recovered from landfills and animal waste(Biogas), there are examples of these in the USA, not just 3rd world countries, pulling the methane out of closed and covered portions of landfills all over the U.S.
>>>Waukesha Gensets have been installed all over small countries with locations too small and too far apart to invest in the 100's of Millions req'd for a base load Powerplant, They are so overbuilt, durable and economical (for the scale of the product) that you will find Waukesha Gensets installed 30 and 40 years ago still doing their job and the company was a great asset to the U.S. until GE Closed the plant and moved it out of the United States, for of course, Cost Savings, ie; Lower Wages, tax exemptions and the offer to help with the cost of relocating the production and assembly plant elsewhere
very good quality video and the animation just makes it more entertainment.
Hai Michael ,You are the master , what a nice video...... , i love this , thnk u
Where does the extra voltage goes?
All of it goes where flow goes, like water. If a device is rated for a certain voltage and you add more you could damage the device. You can add resistors or other small components to cu down or divert the extra voltage, for example a resistor can lower the voltage and the cost of heat dissipation. You can't destroy energy but you can transform it.
@@xiao3207 Thanks. Glad someone read this. It took me a while to *really understand this too. Electronics are f. cool, and really weird logic!
Did you know that in reality power comes from Negative and NOT positive, but we are too lazy change the books so we pretend positive is where power comes from!?
@@Eblanc I seen that theory confirmed from a vacuum tube in a microwave
@@SirDavid0 It happens in many different ways. But in electrical mostly extra energy gets turn to heat. Which is sometimes the bad design, or the way things are intended to work, and sometimes the only way it can work, For example, Guitar Amp Tubes: They get really hot, but that is the only way the can work.
Those 3 reasons are why most electronic get hot. The 4th reason is when you have a short circuit (negative and positive are touching with nothing in between, so electricity travels soo fast it loads the system and makes the battery and other components hot)
We could also use parabolic mirrors to heat water to generate electricity. This would work well out in the desserts.
You would think that desert countries (e.g. around the Sahara) would use solar panels, but they usually use oil or gas for power because it is cheaper.
Learning made easy, wish I saw this video earlier. Thanks 😊
Anyone else home schooling and got a link to this video
Yes 😃
yes
Yup
Yessir
got a link in Ireland
Smaller grids;
If you increased solar on buildings, the overproduction could be fed back onto a more LOCAL grid and used quicker and with less volume loss.
The steam plants wouldn't have to run so much and you could have multiple, smaller, more efficient grids that only product when demand is higher (night or cloudy days).
The current model reminds me of Dunkin (-Donuts).
They make donuts all day over and over with the idea that, ideally, every donut will be purchases prior to closing/end of day (24hr stores).
In reality, a lot of those donuts get thrown out.
I feel the same happens to electricity produced by the steam plants running all day, regardless of demand flow equation chart.
The product (coal, gas, etc) used to create the steam to electricity is destroyed.
Whereas the solar rays if the sun are going to shine on Mr Johnson's house whether he has solar or not...why not use It?
Invest in Solar.
Kick a prius driver.
Well is the electricity really going to waste when they can store it in sub stations?
what a amazing video it's really down to earth
The way the video is made makes it so easy to learn 🙈🙈 they should have things like this in school 🙈🙈. Thank you 😘
love the animation =)
For once, a video for class that is both informative and entertaining.
One of the best explanatory videos I've ever seen, thank you
Very helpful education source. Thank you.
Why does Texas have its own grid?
Cause its huge asf hugest state
Very spacious too
@@rosemary8661 Alaska is bigger
@@rosemary8661 alaska is literally 2.4x bigger you dumb broad
Let's call your thermal power plants steam engines, cause that's what they are.
Four year of college in electronic technology professor never explained what were we working with, with all the formulas fly over my head.
This was great!
When he turned on the light i wanted him to turn it back off he looks hideous
k seriously... why is this (out of all) comment sections so funny
I hoped that it would be too hard for him to turn on the light because I don’t want to see his face
Lol
I cracked ksjdkkd
@Macy MacDonald ya but still ugly af
It still takes 3 blonds to screw the bulb im
Really appreciate the video :)
Great video, thanks.
why is mothernature black ?
Whats wrong with being black?
she touched the live wire
At 4:50 he turned the wrong switch on for the lamp.
Thetrucky69 omg yes XD
some houses use those types of switches. like my house
My house has 1 out of the two sockets on every set in every room that is controlled separately by a light switch and it is for hooking up lamps that go on with a switch if the room doesn’t have overhead lighting
i ended up here at 3:52 AM for some reason, but hey, you learn something every day 😂
3:33 7 year olds be like when playing tag
I dont see how that is funny, very low brow
Lol
High brow
Leiram low brow
I was kinda forced to watch this bc my teacher so like I'm tryna get likes to have my point here Lmao
2019?
U know it..part of my journey with electromagnetics