China’s Electricity Problem

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@nasonguy
@nasonguy Рік тому
1.1MV DC transmission lines?!?! That deserves a 45 minute video all on it's own.
@ulwen
@ulwen Рік тому
I believe that might be the Hitachi (previously ABB powergrids) lines.
@beaman_2000
@beaman_2000 Рік тому
Many top Chinese engineering students will choose to study abroad for postgraduate or Ph.D., but my UHV teacher said that this law does not hold in the field of UHV power transmission.
@robertlomax543
@robertlomax543 Рік тому
I've removed my original comment to avoid getting the same response 1.1 Million times.
@beaman_2000
@beaman_2000 Рік тому
@@robertlomax543 nope. It’s 3300km ±1100 kv UHVDC from Changji to Guquan. The longer the transmission line, the more economical it is, but it is true that the cost of this line is very high, so currently there is only one line.
@xiaohu3859
@xiaohu3859 Рік тому
@@robertlomax543 Ultra High Voltage Transmission are almost exclusively DC. Power frequency AC transmission goes out of phase roughly at a distance of ~ speed of light / frequency = several thousand kilometers. At such a distance, DC transmission is the only option. Also, solid state transformers / converters / inverters are much more energy efficient than traditional iron-core based transformers, as iron loss is zero in solid state electronics.
@laurenconrad1799
@laurenconrad1799 Рік тому
I spent a week in August in Florida where my grandmothers took me out to eat every night. You will not find a building without AC. In those months, you need to wear a t-shirt and carry a sweatshirt because you'll be inside your car with the AC blasting, then in 100 degree weather for 2 seconds before entering a restaurant where the AC makes it freezing. lol
@CHMichael
@CHMichael Рік тому
Beach - you have to stay clos to the ocean and it is quite comfortable. ( Lots of people get sick from the temperature fluctuations. )
@pyropulseIXXI
@pyropulseIXXI Рік тому
I live in California and every summer it gets to 110, and every winter below freezing. A lot of us dont have AC's here cuz they just break from running all the time
@Bpinator
@Bpinator Рік тому
Florida is unlivable without AC. I dont think I have ever seen a home or a building here in central florida without some sort of AC
@mackenziemoore5088
@mackenziemoore5088 Рік тому
This is the way
@RJT80
@RJT80 Рік тому
The Hooters waitresses developed their own dress code because of how it was with the original locations in Florida were open air. I was at the original Hooters maybe 30 years ago. It was unique. Now most are just like any other restaurant and I'm sure you can get better wing snow. Back then they were a bit of a novelty.
@PLPCPLAPD
@PLPCPLAPD Рік тому
I find it kind of funny because about 10 years ago (or even longer, can't remember), I found out that China was building a new coal plant every week or something such, and my intuitive response was "Oh, so they got infinite coal or what? Won't that be a tough and costly transition when they finally run out?" and I guess this answers that
@echoeversky
@echoeversky Рік тому
China's coal power plants are spec'd to burn Australian coal so whoops on the ban.
@kangking5460
@kangking5460 Рік тому
@@echoeversky This is an error message. The proportion of Australia's steam coal is not high in China
@pastexpiry2013B
@pastexpiry2013B Рік тому
Some places like Canada, have 100 year supply of coal.
@arthas640
@arthas640 Рік тому
They're so desperate for coal they're one of the world's only users of brown coal, which is far more toxic, less efficient, and harder to transport. I could be wrong but I don't think the US ever even used the stuff to any real degree, even when coal was THE source of energy
@arthas640
@arthas640 Рік тому
@@pastexpiry2013B similar to the US, who also have massive stores of coal left even as coal use is rapidly tapering off. I don't know about Canada but I know the US still has massive deposits of the highest quality types of coal whereas China exhausting their supplies of high quality coal long ago.
@divinexrogue8857
@divinexrogue8857 Рік тому
Great video, you should look at the electricity problem in South Africa. Currently the power goes out for 4 hours a day which has happened consistently for over a decade now with almost no exceptions. The electricity market in South Africa is a complete monopoly with only one government owned business providing electricity to the entire country. The company is called eskom and has proved to be extremely useless. Due to this constant power outages in South Africa, it’s caused their economy to suffer drastically with one article I read even saying it causes South Africa to be 50% less attractive to foreign investors and companies due to the lack of electricity.
@kennethisaac233
@kennethisaac233 Рік тому
Do you think they should privatize it all? I think if they could seed control to private firms while maintaining ownership.
@divinexrogue8857
@divinexrogue8857 Рік тому
@@kennethisaac233 absolutely. They’ve been trying to do that for a few years now but there’s so many laws not allowing for privatization, plus the government wants to keep it a monopoly since it allows for more corruption.
@dustin628
@dustin628 Рік тому
South Africa is such a sad tale. Completely ruined by corruption.
@40below1000
@40below1000 Рік тому
@@dustin628 No kidding. Not many places can say that having intermittent power is not the biggest of their problems
@ZenoDLC
@ZenoDLC Рік тому
Why improve and provide actual services when you can be below mediocre and still get paid?
@eragonawesome
@eragonawesome Рік тому
You should totally do a whole video on the economics and ethics of services like Hello Fresh and whether they really live up to the ad reads in terms of claimed benefits
@xBINARYGODx
@xBINARYGODx Рік тому
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@eragonawesome
@eragonawesome Рік тому
@@xBINARYGODx with their external platform and direct support from Patreon it's not as big a deal as you might think for them to do so. But also Tom Scott has done something similar before with VPN ads which actually changed the advertisements to be more truthful and transparent. Wendover is a channel I think has enough integrity to be willing to face such a topic if they found it interesting enough for a video
@artemis_fowl44hd92
@artemis_fowl44hd92 Рік тому
@@eragonawesome Sadly vpn companies have only done it partially and also mostly only in English speaking communities. But having someone like Wendover be willing to look deeper would be a great idea
@orionbukantis6470
@orionbukantis6470 Рік тому
Yes please!
@dbgrfdg
@dbgrfdg Рік тому
It's good food, but it's way cheaper to make it yourself, I mean, who's paying for all the ads, shipping costs and the additional middle man in the end? you
@AN-xl7ej
@AN-xl7ej Рік тому
Here in India not turning the AC on during summers just isn't an option. Soon the temperatures of north Indian cities are going to literally be unlivable, and ironically ACs are a big part of that :(
@profwaldone
@profwaldone Рік тому
Y'all need a hot water line equivalent to what iceland has but in reverse. Suck all the heat into large heat pipes and pump it to large factorys that can use the heat as raw power for manufacturing.
@sleepyjoe4529
@sleepyjoe4529 Рік тому
Yeah India is like 40-50 degree C this year... imagine in 10 years lol
@andyc9902
@andyc9902 Рік тому
It's impossible!
@andyc9902
@andyc9902 Рік тому
Good thing atleast we have good solar Cell. Good sun
@gytoser801
@gytoser801 Рік тому
South and SOuth -east asia will be uninhabitable
@joeo2195
@joeo2195 Рік тому
It's hard for modern Americans to imagine there was a time when an air conditioner in an automobile was an option...an option most people passed on (the technology has advanced considerably, so it's complicated, but still).
@hiphipjorge5755
@hiphipjorge5755 10 місяців тому
As someone who studies economic development, it seems there are many things modern Americans don't realize their grandparents lived without.. I think the average American doesn't even know that universal electrification (meaning 99% of the populace has direct access to electricity) wasn't complete until the 1970s. There were still several million Americans who didn't have home power during the "golden 50s" we always rave about
@davidz7858
@davidz7858 8 місяців тому
Yes, I remember my 1st new car - Honda Accord 1991 model, air conditioning was optional and my 1st car , 1985 Renault lee car did not have air conditioning.
@rbrookeb
@rbrookeb 8 місяців тому
@@hiphipjorge5755my grandma bathed in an outdoor bathtub until she got married/moved away lol
@gokarengo
@gokarengo 6 місяців тому
Every car I had , had AC and I'm a boomer. In 2020 AC played out in my Nissan Rogue OMG I was living in Apple Valley California in the high desert. Cost 800$ for another one. I was upset about the amount but I realize how blessed I was to have the money. Thank God.
@randybobandy9828
@randybobandy9828 5 місяців тому
​@@hiphipjorge5755the 50s were golden... I dont see how a small percentage of homes not having electricity somehow changes that. Anyone who lives near a city has power then.
@dasottonator1363
@dasottonator1363 Рік тому
If you think China has electricity problems. You'd be shocked to see the electricity crisis South Africa is facing, going as far as declaring it a national state of disaster
@luipaardprint
@luipaardprint 9 місяців тому
The problems in south Africa stem from social issues though, not necessarily from systemic design choices.
@davidtran2026
@davidtran2026 9 місяців тому
The Phillipines also go through power demand issues too. I've had coworkers we had hired overseas that had occasional outages interrupting their work.
@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022
@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 9 місяців тому
​@@luipaardprint It is systemic design issues when the government has ignored blaring warnings for decades about power generation reaching its limit.
@luipaardprint
@luipaardprint 9 місяців тому
@@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022 from what I heard its sabotage with the intent to profit from repair contracts. Basically a nationwide shakedown. While those are systemic problems, they're not by design.
@davidz7858
@davidz7858 8 місяців тому
And India
@zhuowang7525
@zhuowang7525 Рік тому
6:26 It's inaccurate to say that Beijing doesn't regulate domestic coal prices. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) regularly summons leaders of coal mining companies and electricity corporations to "negotiate" a fair coal price. The price is not fixed but doesn't fluctuate as much as the international market.
@Jay-pq7nf
@Jay-pq7nf Рік тому
@@asbestosfibers1325 Name all the inaccuracies then
@BlackHawkBallistic
@BlackHawkBallistic Рік тому
@@asbestosfibers1325 why make a claim if you aren't going to back it up? If you're not willing to back it up then thats no different than your claim bring false
@tomstratman9977
@tomstratman9977 Рік тому
@@asbestosfibers1325 then your claim is void if your not going to provide evidence.
@theoneandonlydetraebean8286
@theoneandonlydetraebean8286 Рік тому
@@asbestosfibers1325 least hypocritical UKposts commenter
@MrHel-hf3nk
@MrHel-hf3nk Рік тому
@@asbestosfibers1325 lmfao
@maxheadrom3088
@maxheadrom3088 Рік тому
One of them - the first - is in Brazil and connects Itaipu to São Paulo state. The DC power lines are also useful to insulate the grid's parts so a disturbance on one part won't propagate to other parts. Brazil's DC line has other reasons: Itaipu was built on the border of Brazil and Paraguay and, at the time, there was a decision to set up half of the generators in 60Hz and half in 50Hz. Brazil buys the 50Hz produced for Paraguay - retifies it at Itaipu and alternates it near São Paulo city. For those who don't know, Itaipu was, until the Three Gorge Hydro Power Plant was built, the largest in the world.
@gwho
@gwho Рік тому
very enlightening. quality comment.
@quagengineer1877
@quagengineer1877 Рік тому
modern wall paneling and double gazing windows are as much or more efficient than old masonry
@josephburkhalter5105
@josephburkhalter5105 Рік тому
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@pastexpiry2013B
@pastexpiry2013B Рік тому
A DC power line is a TERRIBLE idea. The reason you use AC is that the current alternates so the power line does not get HOT. When a powerline gets HOT, your efficiency of transferring power does DOWN, and you get sizeable voltage drops.
@l4nd3r
@l4nd3r Рік тому
@@pastexpiry2013B HVDC is a new thing for long lines because it has smaller losses compare to our common AC lines. You're also incorrect as to why we use AC for transmission lines currently, nothing to do with heat/temperature but with power losses in long distances and more materials required for the cables.
@sadmanpranto9026
@sadmanpranto9026 Рік тому
"For hours, Chinese cities went dark" That's like.... daily thing in the country I live..
@meow-ic6gz
@meow-ic6gz 22 дні тому
poor countries: how cute 😊
@sutherlandA1
@sutherlandA1 Рік тому
China's coal may be plentiful but is of low quality which is ok for power production (albeit not as efficient as good quality coal). The coal Australia exported was of high quality metallurgical coal used for coking for blast furnaces used for steelmaking (the ore Australia also provides but not sanctioned) therefore essential for their economy, when China put sanctions on many Australian products there was always another country willing to purchase our goods especially coal
@barrettcarr1413
@barrettcarr1413 Рік тому
Their manufacturing sections relied on the Australian coal and are geared to such, thus they were in strife when it wasn't available. My understanding is that India buying the Aussie coal and then China is buying it from India at a much price thna previously
@taiwanstillisntacountry
@taiwanstillisntacountry Рік тому
Aussies coal = 2% of the total coal consumption. More funny remarks?
@Gongolongo
@Gongolongo Рік тому
This is some serious cope dude.
@ABC-ABC1234
@ABC-ABC1234 Рік тому
Yes Ashley because you can name how many other countries that have 1.44 billion people resulting in a megamarket for your product?! This is the problem I have with ignorant stupid Australians like yourself! "We can easily get another country willing to purchase our goods" ====> No you can't! There isn't a single country on earth with that population (minus India) that even WANTS those amounts of wine/fish/coal etc. etc. If you had a basic sense of how trade works, you'd realize that Australia f'ed themselves badly by badmouthing China to do USA's bidding!
@sutherlandA1
@sutherlandA1 Рік тому
@@ABC-ABC1234 hmmmm someone is triggered. All I know is that while China's economy is imploding, Australia is doing just fine including this proud Aussie 🇦🇺🖕🇨🇳💩
@chaosXP3RT
@chaosXP3RT Рік тому
It's crazy how people talk about temperature, but they don't talk about humidity. I wore a long-sleeve shirt and jeans in Nevada in 90°F (32°C) weather and I was fine. If I wore that in Florida or Georgia, in 60% humidity, I wouldn't be having a great time.
@averywellsand888
@averywellsand888 Рік тому
My first few months in Georgia my uniform was soked dripping in sweat but eventually only high amounts of effort woulf result in damp sweat drenched uniforms soo its possible but it takes time, water and shade breaks is life
@kerimgueney
@kerimgueney Рік тому
"Wet bulb effect" for the interested.
@appalachiabrauchfrau
@appalachiabrauchfrau Рік тому
I'd rather hike the CDT again in a blistering summer than ever visit my family in Florida for Christmas, the humidity is disgusting even at lower temps.
@Atechet
@Atechet Рік тому
@@appalachiabrauchfrau arguably worse in low temps 🤢 I hated growing up there
@84MadHatter
@84MadHatter Рік тому
and has nothing to do with global warming or whatever they want to call it
@maxheadrom3088
@maxheadrom3088 Рік тому
We're building a new house for our family - here in Brazil we use masonry. The walls that will receive direct sunlight will be made of solid ceramic bricks while the others will use the hollow ones. Thick walls make for more expensive foundations and costs more but in the long run makes for a more comfortable and more energy efficient house. That's way, btw, the Empire State Building is the more energy efficient building in NY - the walls are made of stone.
@williamyoung9401
@williamyoung9401 Рік тому
LOL! Love it. "Here in Brazil, we use masonry." You know, that little trick humans have known about for around 8,000 years? ;-)
@yashvardhanojha6796
@yashvardhanojha6796 Рік тому
An average person can't afford one. People want to build a house and decorate it with their savings as soon as possible. Get some bricks , cement and sand and build one. For heat? Get an AC , it's the cheaper option. I believe when the rich start shifting towards using mud walls and other things for building houses, it will gain an aspirational value. It will take a decade or two for that to happen.
@Edward4Plantagenet
@Edward4Plantagenet Рік тому
I am going for masonry House for myself in India. With lots of trees and Water harvesting.
@SasquatchsCousin33
@SasquatchsCousin33 Рік тому
I agree, but i think it comes down to cost in north america. Brick takes longer to build, can't be built below -5C, costs more to transport....etc while there is a full industry behind delivering standard sized, lightweight treated wood. So foundations are concrete, houses are wood. Also labor costs being so high here, it makes sense to use the faster build material
@forloop7713
@forloop7713 Рік тому
I highly doubt the Empire State Building is the most energy efficient in nyc
@robd8577
@robd8577 Рік тому
Local solar and aircon use generally match very well. Location inefficiency is offset by lack of transmission losses.
@lieshtmeiser5542
@lieshtmeiser5542 Рік тому
It seems from this video that solar pv isnt as disruptive in the chinese system, as the pricing system is borked.
@twa9342
@twa9342 Рік тому
“China, like the US, is hot” Me in Beijing and freezing to death: Am I a joke to you?
@therougechipmunk8058
@therougechipmunk8058 Рік тому
Perfect video to why being an HVAC tech is a great job, money only increases with skill plus job security.
@RJT80
@RJT80 Рік тому
All those jobs are great. I know so many young guys who do something like that for a decade while learning all manner of things and who eventually start their own businesses with what they learned. The overlap in skills is large. You will learn multiple other skills along the way so an HVAC guy learns electrical, plumbing ,etc. The only thing I ever taught myself that I didn't learn on the job was welding which is massive. Every young man should learn to weld in Jr High or High School.
@bluepurplepink
@bluepurplepink Рік тому
Air conditioning is never going away. So the job security will always be there
@jakleo337
@jakleo337 Рік тому
@@Harmz7 You can't outsource your tradesman. IT jobs know no boundaries.
@VinceroAlpha
@VinceroAlpha Рік тому
@@Harmz7 tell that to the TENS of THOUSANDS of IT and CS who just got laid off from Facebook, Google, Uber, Twitter. Trade jobs don't pay as well because the focus hasn't shifted to it YET.
@VinceroAlpha
@VinceroAlpha Рік тому
@@Harmz7 IT and CS are both high paying in demand fields yes. But they are also becoming high turnover and easily outsourced jobs. Eventually your EV will breakdown, the robots to build said EV will need to be repaired, upgraded and replaced. You will need more electricity and a place to use the restroom, a place to stay and ways to get to and from work/ school. IT and CS are vital yes, in the grand scheme of things they need tradesmen just as much if not more than tradesmen need them.
@JesterHorse
@JesterHorse Рік тому
I wanted to suggest a video idea. My company is trying to get a new plane for our fleet but we are able to find aircraft but they have no engines. It’s a trend that the engines are more often than not leased out separate from planes creating an interesting market for aircraft engines leasing apart from the whole package.
@pilsen8920
@pilsen8920 Рік тому
Wow that's one of the biggest anticonsomer things I have ever heard. Don't tell Apple or the car makers it will not be long now when you have to lease your cars motor. Own nothing and be happy about it seems to be the new market direction and it's shameful.
@Ezekiel903
@Ezekiel903 Рік тому
@@pilsen8920 this happened 30 years ago with cars, as they get more and more expansive, they told the consumer: you don't need to buy every year the new model and loosing a lot in selling your older model, you can now lease the car and you can have always the newest model!
@andrew_koala2974
@andrew_koala2974 Рік тому
What are 'NO Engines' and who are the makes of these "NO Engines ? What is the price of a NO ENGINE -- I wish to buy one [ I searched the internet and I cannot find any entity that manufactures NO ENGINES. So I ask - How can I buy NO ENGINES when they are impossible to find. I need to have NO ENGINES - please supply the name of the manufacturer of these NO ENGINES i WOULD ASSUME THESE NO ENGINES USE NO FUEL
@JesterHorse
@JesterHorse Рік тому
@@andrew_koala2974 I was specifically being vague to not give away my companies information. If you can’t understand what I say then ignore it. Don’t be a wise ass.
@JesterHorse
@JesterHorse Рік тому
@@pilsen8920 Well jet engines cost more than any other component on an aircraft. The engine on a 737 max can cost between 10-15 Million dollars per engine. Car engines account for far less of a car haha.
@jaxchan3916
@jaxchan3916 Рік тому
Hey I love these useful informations and different perspective on this world issues wondering if you'll considering having a podcast channel?
@zacharyz6590
@zacharyz6590 Рік тому
we can't ignore that China has the biggest population in the world, which is literally more than other the continent's risdents in Europe North America Australia combined
@cathie3874
@cathie3874 Рік тому
China's population is peaking, and high energy cost industries are moving out of China too. hopefully it can make things better.
@Sophia4syn
@Sophia4syn Рік тому
Don't watch media that doesn't tell the truth, the concept of power outages is almost gone in the minds of Chinese people.His purpose is very obvious, to comfort the Europeans.
@shinigummyl1586
@shinigummyl1586 Рік тому
second*
@widodoakrom3938
@widodoakrom3938 Рік тому
Not anymore
@austinmitchell2652
@austinmitchell2652 Рік тому
I thought I read somewhere that China had plans to drastically expand it's nuclear energy capabilities; I'm surprised there wasn't much discussion about that.
@rcbrascan
@rcbrascan Рік тому
It is true, China developed a new type of nuclear reactor that is smaller, safer and generates little radioactive waste and over 200 of them are being developed and built with most coming online in the next decade. This new reactor is also currently being built for the Belt & Road countries. When it comes to China, Wendover Productions tend to pick data that matches its narrative so anything that does not fit is not included.
@arrogantprickly
@arrogantprickly Рік тому
Yep. This video was well presented, but factually a complete fail. Nuclear is China's solution to energy production, greenhouse gases, and pollution.
@evankurniawan1311
@evankurniawan1311 Рік тому
@@rcbrascan lol, you also cherry picking your data. Remember when China claim they pioneering green energy with their big solar farm? That's gone now Reversing deserts? That's also failed.
@didyoumissedmegobareatersk2204
@didyoumissedmegobareatersk2204 Рік тому
China bad so...he won't show it
@valerievankerckhove9325
@valerievankerckhove9325 Рік тому
China does plan to drastically expand its nuclear energy, but building nuclear power plants is very tricky. Old technologies require nuclear power plants to be near a large body of water for cooling, which limits the locations, and they take a long time to build. So China is also trying newer technologies which still require a lot of testing. For example, it's testing Thorium Molten Salt reactors, which is an entire other branch of technology compared to uranium, so large-scale commercial deployment is only expected in 2030 (but the hope is that if it works, it can be mass-produced).
@ZDatsunBoy
@ZDatsunBoy Рік тому
You don't want high voltage lines working at 100%. If lines are at their limit shifting load and maintaining them becomes very difficult. Especially in the hotter months.
@TheKlaun9
@TheKlaun9 Рік тому
I have no idea about line maintenance, but the video implied 60% was low. Is that incorrect? I don't remember it suggesting 100%. Please let me know
@dalazyworf
@dalazyworf Рік тому
Also the electricity running through the lines generates heat and in hotter climates, those lines can get extremely hot. Further disrupting power distribution.
@deuterium2132
@deuterium2132 Рік тому
@@TheKlaun9 Usually you have transmission lines running in parallel for redundancy. If one line goes down, you want the active lines not overloaded
@vlhc4642
@vlhc4642 Рік тому
The concept of planning for future demand growth is mostly foreign to countries that doesn't build anything
@vlhc4642
@vlhc4642 Рік тому
@@TheKlaun9 Saying 60% is low is like saying the highway was badly planned because it's not congested. Fun fact, sun only shines for half the day, if the line is designed to carry solar, it will always average to around 60%.
@johng180
@johng180 Рік тому
YOU LOST ME ME AT " IRON CLAD " AND CLIMATE CHANGE. LMAO
@flaplaya
@flaplaya Рік тому
The UHV line shown at 8 minutes in was UHVAC ultra high voltage alternating current 1000kV Single circuit / 3 phase. UHVDC would have just 2 conductors (bipolar dc). It's all an amazing system. China has really stepped up their game they aren't messing around. Thanks for covering this stuff a rare treat.
@harveyrice8504
@harveyrice8504 Рік тому
0:55 that person must be buying a lot of air conditioning units
@nk4j272
@nk4j272 Рік тому
It's Joe, he likes buying air conditioners. His family says it's starting to become a problem.
@ssrbgangimaribotan6thofthe12
@ssrbgangimaribotan6thofthe12 Рік тому
that's an apartment
@user-lp3iy4fo8f
@user-lp3iy4fo8f Рік тому
I hate how funny I found this
@guilhermetavares4705
@guilhermetavares4705 Рік тому
Brazil has also experienced two powerful droughts, which affected our energy production because more than 50% of it comes from hydroelectric power plants. The solution the government found was to encourage the construction of new natural gas thermoelectric plants, which raised controversy because of the high costs and pollution. On the other hand, wind power production is growing at a fast pace and is already the third largest source of energy.
@teekay_1
@teekay_1 Рік тому
Natural Gas is non-polluting. OTOH, windmills are highly polluting when they reach the end of their useful life and need to be disposed of.
@lieshtmeiser5542
@lieshtmeiser5542 Рік тому
Natural gas plants, properly regulated, dont produce that much air quality pollution. The CO2 emissions are moderate (~600kg per MW/h?). The claim that is made is that it is forest clearing and ranching that have been the main cause of the drying of Brazil and the droughts. Irrigation as well? Dams and changes to the water flows might have had an impact as well. It is a big hungry population of 200+ million people. The government will need to try and do major land works to try and improve yield and productivity. And people there will need to adapt to the changing conditions, very little of it can actually be % attributed to global climate change. Most of it will be regional factors.
@abelhapedras
@abelhapedras Рік тому
@@lieshtmeiser5542 agreed, hopefully the government will make it harder to continue the deforestation in the next 4 years
@lexslate2476
@lexslate2476 Рік тому
If those coal plants could be refitted for a different heat source with a lower carbon output and that did not need to be imported, it might help. If, and I am keenly aware that this is a big if, the gyrotron drill tech pans out, they could feed those plants geothermal heat.
@ttry1152
@ttry1152 8 місяців тому
Geothermal requires geothermal activity
@lexslate2476
@lexslate2476 8 місяців тому
@@ttry1152 That's the fun part of using better drilling tech that can go deeper at a lower cost: if you go far down enough, you will find heat.
@ttry1152
@ttry1152 8 місяців тому
@@lexslate2476 faif
@TVandManga
@TVandManga Рік тому
Brilliant video.
@StNemo
@StNemo Рік тому
This sounds not too dissimilar from our Loadshedding here in South Africa. We literally have scheduled load reductions (balckouts) set by the government. The province of the Western Cape is the only province that can alleviate this problem buy using several different means. Also, our energy provider is literally a state run monopoly
@jessipanda
@jessipanda Рік тому
Interesting. The domestic supply issues could point to why they're reaching out and investing in opening mines in other countries (like canada for example)
@Lucifer-fj7mg
@Lucifer-fj7mg Рік тому
Yeah China already began to source coal in other countries
@Dkrpan59
@Dkrpan59 Місяць тому
Didn’t you see the blizzard that left thousands of stranded in massive snowstorms
@cpt01
@cpt01 9 місяців тому
If we ignore the fact that wind and solar energy extreme fluctuation(because you know...sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow) then maybe it may be competitive.
@ChadwickTheChad
@ChadwickTheChad Рік тому
It's obvious when an ad is about to begin because you break out the unwarranted compliments.
@ooooneeee
@ooooneeee Рік тому
IKR, it's cringe.
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@stacywilson957 Рік тому
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@gabriellewilson5625 Рік тому
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@williamskohler8337 Рік тому
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@sheliaswelttk2535 Рік тому
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@Avetho
@Avetho Рік тому
Maybe adding nuclear power would help a lot, its kinda the highest output power tech around and its damn clean too, building lead-lined bunkers to store the waste that comes out every couple years when they need their fuel rods replaced is not that bad, we know how to seal the stuff away and we know how to reuse it now too for both space applications with RTGs or ultra-long-life low-power installations for experiments and/or sensors for weather and how much cosmic radiation is hitting us from both the sun (which is the main driver of the climate I mean sunlight is kinda responsible for about 108 PW of light and heat globally while mankind consumes just around 31 TW) and the rest of the galaxy, and nuclear can throttle slowly up and down with oil and coal based plants providing ride-through for those times that solar, wind and perhaps hydro inevitably go up and down, since batteries powering the grid is kinda not good for the environment at all, unless we figure out a way to make massive amounts of sodium-based batteries and/or really good gigantic supercaps that don't use loads of rare earth metals that are really expensive and also really dirty to mine and process, like cobalt and lithium are. Basically, nuclear good, renewable good but not something we can fully rely upon, fusion nowhere near viable yet (no exploding a tiny capsule and getting more energy out than the lasers is not viable that's an explosion not sustained fusion), and oil and coal power can be the thing that patches over the gaps in throttling nuclear up and down to match renewable ebbs and flows. In fact, those ultra-long-life sensor installations can be used to calculate when to throttle up and down nuclear plants depending on weather around solar and wind installations, know when wind will pick up or more sun will come through the clouds so it can be throttled down in time with the rising generation from renewable, or throttle back up when conditions deteriorate and sunlight wanes and wind weakens. The theory is simple, implementation will be a real pain in man's collective asses, it'll sure make a lot of jobs for people to find work in and it'll keep us going until the time if/when fusion finally becomes viable, in several decades or so at least methinks.
@devin19222
@devin19222 Рік тому
Way simpler solution that is fool proof, reduce demand, reduce user count. As the saying goes reduce, reuse and recycle, clear out useless players first, do this in indirect ways that make it seem like it is their own decision to rage quit in one way or another, after all were in the civilized 21st century, useless will be defined as anyone who can be replaced with a machine to do the task they filled, and the player is no longer able to adapt a new strategy to be productive. Reuse, these are all the players who are of slightly higher quality than the previous group and are able to adapt to fit into a new piece of the system that rewards them a smaller share of resources, this is done through monetary inflation so nominally this new task appears to pay them more which is why they take it in reality it pays less and they consume less doing x task. Finally recycle, with the resources being freed up from the first 2 groups all of that can be recycled to the people, who actually matter and are smart enough to use them productively to build a better future.
@DARNEJITENDRA
@DARNEJITENDRA Рік тому
Nuke-powered power stations in an autocratic country are dangerous... the world has seen one Chornobyl disaster... I don't think the world is ready for another disaster.
@leroyj62
@leroyj62 Рік тому
@@devin19222 honestly, your plan sounds amazing, start by reducing yourself
@johnzuijdveld9585
@johnzuijdveld9585 Рік тому
The best way to store energy from renewables has been with us since the 50's or so it's called hydropower and we can use the extra energy created by cheap renewables to lift water or anything actually and drop it when it's needed as it falls it powers a turbine. Coal is already obsolete, have you not noticed that some of the biggest miners are already leaving it and going into renewables, even our mineral smelters and furnaces are already heading that way calling it 'green steal' not blue steal (as the coal industry wants). We simply don't have the time to wait for new Nuclear to come online and no-one wants it or it's radioactive rubbish near them, despite what it's promotors will tell you about their safety they are not!
@Baud2Bits
@Baud2Bits Рік тому
Not an issue - China's population is about to plummet == demographics
@cru3her608
@cru3her608 10 місяців тому
5:26 thats not the only reason. there's also the fact that solar takes up 10 times more space, is unreliable and requires tons of precious medals
@whatever_12
@whatever_12 Рік тому
The ac problem can be found in most places as well, Africa, India, Australia... For me it's something that should be the world top priority and get better research funding from everyone just like EV had in recent times. Hopefully we will have a new innovation in these coming years,
@Konsaki
@Konsaki Рік тому
The problem is that ACs are already super efficient heat pumps, depending on the quality of the model. The 'fix action' is better insulation for the buildings being cooled. Considering all the tofudreg buildings in China, the buildings probably have an insulation value of 10-20% of an average 'western' building. That exacerbates the power draw to keep buildings cool vastly more than the AC itself.
@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel
@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel Рік тому
@@Konsaki Id also think of better flow too? not a buiilder, but as a home buyer in the south I looked for a house that has good flow in case (as it has happpened) I have no ac.
@jonathanodude6660
@jonathanodude6660 Рік тому
australias problem is unique. we produce TOO MUCH solar power during the day, leading to grid instability, then it all shuts off at the same time, then people get home and turn on their AC and start draining the grid, causing more instability. if we didnt have solar, the AC issue would be easy to manage. storage will be incredibly important in the very near future for australia. i wont be surprised if we end up having the highest energy storage per capita in the world once grid-compatible sodium ion batteries become mass produced.
@Lysergic_
@Lysergic_ Рік тому
@@cetriyasArtnComicsChannel good flow doesn't do nearly as much as good insulation. If you have poor insulation good flow just means the building loses heat just as quickly as it spreads, so it could even do a building worse
@Konsaki
@Konsaki Рік тому
@@jonathanodude6660 check into gravity batteries for grid usage. Think a company in turkey set one up. Basically an automated electric crane that stacks blocks of concrete when power is high and then unstacks them when demand is high, with the motors acting as alternators.
@Twiggy163
@Twiggy163 Рік тому
4:36 I recognise that place. Had a project there some years ago when they were working on the plans for those floating solar panels. Nice to see it in this video, but at the time, they just got in my way.
@Tattletale97
@Tattletale97 3 місяці тому
秧苗助长,欲速不达 - China proverb To try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward is Haste makes waste.
@jaxxgaming7937
@jaxxgaming7937 6 місяців тому
Yeah so um they sometimes alert factories and stuff ahead of time to slow down power consumption. Here in Texas it sometimes just goes.
@samreid6010
@samreid6010 Рік тому
Another downside to relying so heavily on coal is that it’s not very adaptable. The grid’s demand is constantly fluctuating and utilities have to match the demand rather accurately or they risk either brownout or surge. This means you have to have a segment of your generation capacity devoted to matching the ebbs and flows of the grid. This is pretty easy in the US as this job is assigned to natural gas turbines. Regulating the generation of a turbine is a simple matter of restricting how much gas flows into the turbine. If more generation is needed, a gas turbine can go from cold to spin up and synced with the grid in about a half an hour. For coal, it’s not so simple. For a coal plant to heat up takes hours and regulating using a coal plant is highly inefficient. It isn’t a matter of throwing more coal on the pile. Generally, if you want to close regulate with a coal plant you have to throttle the turbine, which is less adaptive and still uses the same amount of coal as going full blast. Utility providers are much like farmers, using an almanac of previous years to predict the power peaks based on time of year, temperature, weather, etc, but even with the best predictions, grid providers can still be surprised. The US is fundamentally better equipped to deal with these fluctuations because the grid is built around fluid adaptability
@TheSuperior100
@TheSuperior100 Рік тому
Lol, all the more shows how much of a failure the US is, when it has worse power grid availability than China
@samreid6010
@samreid6010 Рік тому
@@TheSuperior100 first off, grid availability is based off transmission and distribution, not generation. Second off, the main reason china has the much shinier and fancier distribution infrastructure is because they got into the game much later. The US signed the rural electrification act in 1936 and within the decade every American citizen had access to reliable power. China has only recently started pushing for countrywide electrification with reforms in 1994. Even still, there are decent portions of western China, especially in areas with high percentages of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities that simply do not have consumer access to power. It’s also worth noting that one of the main struggles with modernizing the US grid is property rights. Most of the land in the US is already developed and the owners of that land have the right to refuse the construction of utility infrastructure such as new high voltage power lines. In China, the party has much more power to completely ignore the protests of the people and build whatever is easiest. Finally, get off your high horse, there are still lines in use in certain parts of southern China that date back to the early 1900s. If we’d be able to look forward a hundred years, I’m quite certain China’s electrical infrastructure would be in equally dire need of modernization as the US’s is now. That is assuming the world hasn’t been destroyed by then
@TanSenYuan
@TanSenYuan Рік тому
You obviously know something about power grids, so it baffles me why you would talk as if China only uses coal for power. Even in the video, it says China generates about 65% of its power from coal, so isn't it obvious that China would use coal as a baseline, and have all sorts of other power to handle the fluctuations? It's not like China doesn't have natural gas, or nuclear, solar, wind & hydro.
@MrLando1996
@MrLando1996 Рік тому
Sounds like you know a thing or two how utilities think. As a nuclear engineer works in the energy industry (NUCL safety analysis), I’d love to pick your brain on how the current system needs adapted to better work for a solely nuclear and renewables (just considering hydro/solar/wind here) based grid. (Primarily how peaking will be handled)
@TanSenYuan
@TanSenYuan Рік тому
​@@MrLando1996 I think I get it now. Both you and the other dude seem to focus on how a single source of power generation would handle different circumstances, maybe that's how power grids work in the US, separately and privately. However, the power grid in China works differently. The entire grid is owned by two companies that are both state-owned, they both own a huge variety of power plants, ranging from coal to gas, hydro, solar, nuclear, etc. They also built a variety of power preservation stations ranging from battery to water pumps. So what they'll do is keep coal and probably nuclear plants running all the time, and have the rest adjust to fluctuations. As for why such a mighty solution seemed to be causing blackouts this year, it's mainly because the water bureau usually lowers the water levels of all the dams before every summer to prepare for the flood season, and this year they were expecting huge floods so they did their job a little too good. Later it turned out that this summer was very dry and extremely hot, leaving hydro unable to provide as the residents were demanding more. It's like a perfect storm situation.
@GotYourWallet
@GotYourWallet Рік тому
12:20 This is the reason why price caps need to be handled with care. The power plant owners are smart and shut down production when coal prices rose. This is one of the reasons why price caps often lead to shortages.
@haplon33
@haplon33 Рік тому
almost like it should just be nationalized as a national security issue or something
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Рік тому
That's why private energy is a silly idea.
@twerkingfish4029
@twerkingfish4029 Рік тому
@@haplon33 it already pretty much is in China, and if they wanted to, they could bring the power authorities under direct government control easily, and yet they don’t.
@Minecraft4You2011
@Minecraft4You2011 Рік тому
The correct solution is for the government to cover the increase in coal cost temporarily until coal stabilises again This is just proof that nationalising a company while still running it as a profit oriented company is nonsense If China had fully nationalised their power industry they would have zero problems right now and their economy would be stronger
@williamyoung9401
@williamyoung9401 Рік тому
So THIS is why in Sim City games, nuclear is so expensive and coal and oil are so cheap. =P (4:57)
@OggyRok
@OggyRok Рік тому
Replenished my language lexicon on economics and energy
@psychollek
@psychollek Рік тому
around 5:00 you say that upfront cost of KW of coal is lower - this is not true actually - not anymore at least. it is more predictable power source for sure, but at least for AC - this doesn't matter as the peak solar power production obviously corresponds to peak AC usage.
@G-u-z-i-o
@G-u-z-i-o Рік тому
I swear to God, I was sure that I was watching an Economics Explained video, until he said Wendover at the end.
@zomfgeclipse
@zomfgeclipse Рік тому
Lmao a few of these channels do blend together
@wombattmatt8303
@wombattmatt8303 Рік тому
I don’t know Sam, maybe that’s most of your Wendover viewers. But I personally could not be any less goal oriented and driven. I’ve got so much time on my hands as a result shopping and cooking is never a problem. Do you have a service you could plug in your videos for people like me? Not curiosity stream either, I already have it. And it’s protected by my vpn that you also sold me on. I actually learned how to use all that stuff from skill share so shout out to them. You know, how that I’m thinking about it, you probably can’t even help me with this, I’m gonna talk to the half as interesting guy instead
@Chris-hp9be
@Chris-hp9be Рік тому
Amazing how China and US match so well in latitude and size. Definitely the beasts of the east and west.
@monatam3019
@monatam3019 Рік тому
China's population live in warm climate. latitude range is greater then US. Most of the population live in the southern and eastern sea line. China own the best piece of land according to climate, without invaded and kill the western Indians as the US did.
@doctordank4751
@doctordank4751 Рік тому
@@monatam3019 First off, they’re Native Americans. Second, you do know what’s going on to the Uyghurs in northwestern China right? Not every country has a perfect rep with its people, ofc the U.S is no exception. Not every country is crystal perfect so watch who you’re taking a jab at.
@monatam3019
@monatam3019 Рік тому
@@doctordank4751 Uyghurs? Where is your information come from? Western media? That is my root, where I come from. Do you think who know more, me or you? Killed 99 % of the Western Indian is perfect for them. Their target is searching for Asia, Far east, For our wealth. I feel sorry to the American Indians, because they settle in between Europe and Asia. Without them, where is China now? ??? # Dead bodies #.....
@doctordank4751
@doctordank4751 Рік тому
@@monatam3019 Not my point. The original commenter was just trying to point out how they’re amazed at the comparison. Then you just had to reply and take a shot at the U.S. which was unnecessary and also acting like China isn’t capable of the same thing…
@monatam3019
@monatam3019 Рік тому
@@doctordank4751 LOL. They are trying to " amaze " the stupid youth as you to believed in what they say. but actually what they did was completely opposite. Don't listen to what they say, watch for what they did.
@user-mr5qx6nu3e
@user-mr5qx6nu3e 4 місяці тому
The video production is excellent, thank you. Regarding energy issues, here are a few points that were not mentioned in the video: 1. Nuclear power: Firstly, the proportion of nuclear power in China is currently low at 5%, but there is still significant room for growth. China currently has 55 nuclear power plants in operation, with 46 more planned. There are also 22 plants under construction, with a goal to increase nuclear power capacity by 6-8 units annually. The mass development of third-generation reactors cannot be rushed due to the large consumption of nuclear fuel. Research is also being conducted on six different fourth-generation nuclear power designs, with four of them already having experimental and demonstration reactors connected to the grid. China is in a leading position in this field. 2. Renewable energy generation: The main challenge lies in the weather-dependent and intermittent nature of renewable energy sources. Efforts are being made to address issues related to transmission networks and intermittent power supply through energy storage. Recently, commercial projects for hydrogen production from offshore wind power and solar power have been implemented. The construction of an ultra-high voltage transmission network, which is considered infrastructure, is well underway. China is also in a leading position in this field. Therefore, improvements are expected in the future. 3. Coal-fired power generation and mining: Although China is increasing the proportion of nuclear and renewable energy, coal-fired power generation still plays a significant role. China is a global leader in ultra-supercritical power generation, even reaching the "ultra-ultra-supercritical" level, with a 7% higher efficiency, 15% reduction in coal consumption, and 10% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions compared to subcritical units. In terms of coal mining, small mines have been closed, and large mines have achieved a high level of digitization and intelligence. The increase in coal-fired power generation is mainly due to the seasonal power shortages that occurred in the past two years, which raised concerns. It is necessary to appropriately increase coal-fired power generation in suitable locations. When facing seasonal or unexpected power shortages, the coal-fired power supply can be activated or increased dynamically to ensure power supply and, more importantly, the safety of the power system. Based on the determination and actual progress in increasing the proportion of nuclear and renewable energy generation, there is no need to add coal-fired power generation, except in areas where additional capacity is needed. In conclusion, with a comprehensive understanding, it is clear that there are existing problems that have been identified and are being addressed. Once thorium-based molten salt reactors are successfully commercialized, it will be possible to provide each medium-sized or larger city with small-scale, water-independent, and higher safety standard nuclear power units. As for nuclear fusion, although China has made some leading experimental achievements, it is still premature to draw conclusions. However, considering China's track record, significant progress can be expected. 视频制作很不错,感谢。 关于能源问题,补充几点此片没有提到的: 1. 核电:首先中国的核电占比5%很低,还有较大的空间,已有55座,计划中46座,在建的有22座,正在以每年6-8台核电机组的速度增加。 如果现在大规模发展第三代堆,每年的核燃料消耗量太大,所以不能急。 第四代核电有六种方案都在研究,其中四种已经分别建设实验堆、示范堆且发电并网。 这方面处于领先地位。 2. 新能源发电:主要问题是受天气影响大、不稳定,需要配合储能和远距离输送措施。 前些年有很多太阳能发电、风电浪费掉,目前主要是在解决输电网络、储能解决间歇性问题。最近海上风力发电制氢、太阳能发电制氢已陆续投入商用。特高压输电网络属于基础设施建设,主干已经基本成形,还在陆续建设。这方面处于领先地位。 所以,接下来会好很多。 3. 燃煤发电和采矿:虽然中国在增加核电、新能源发电的比例。 但中国在超临界发电方面全球领先,属于“超超临界”的水平,较亚临界机组效率高约7%,单位煤耗、二氧化碳排放可减少15%及10%。而煤矿方面,关停小煤矿,大型煤矿数字化、智能化水平非常高。 那么,为何煤电有所增加? 前两年发生的季节性电力短缺引起了重视。 需要在一些合适的位置适当增加部分煤电,当发生季节性、突发性事件导致的电力短缺时,可以启动和增加煤电供应来动态调配,不仅仅保障供电,更重要的是保障电力系统安全。 可见,基于提高核电、新能源发电占比的决心和实际进展,在需要增补的地方之外,没必要新增煤电。 所以,全面了解之下得出的结论:存在问题,已经发现,正在解决。 尤其钍基熔盐堆一旦成功商业化运营,将来可以为每个中型以上城市配置一到两个小型的、不依赖水、更高安全标准的核电机组。 至于核聚变,虽然中国有部分领先的实验性成果,但还不敢下结论。但以中国一向的风格,估计偏离不大。
@loscaobossequera4210
@loscaobossequera4210 Рік тому
I'm curious, who owns the remaining two ultra-high voltage power lines?
@1paris1942
@1paris1942 Рік тому
One of them is in the U.S. It takes hydro power from Washington state down to Southern California. It was built almost 3 decades ago.
@lfemomo77
@lfemomo77 Рік тому
@1pars142 wrong. “As of 2020, no UHVDC line (≥ 800 kV) exists in Europe or North America.” - Wikipedia, under HV DC. @los caobos sequera the other (3) are 1 in India & 2 in Brazil.
@DemonNitrix
@DemonNitrix Рік тому
Me.
@roanwestraat9604
@roanwestraat9604 Рік тому
Nice vid as usual! Could you do the same for South Africas power problem?
@1224chrisng
@1224chrisng Рік тому
the water crisis as well, I'd be interested to see how they can mitigate the droughts
@jmanj3917
@jmanj3917 Рік тому
15:28 Idk. I guess anything is possible, but based on just the examples you listed, I would lean toward a qualified answer. That answer would be, "Sure, they can still do it, but what would be the costs, both financial and the other costs (such as human rights, the well-being of the Chinese people, etc.)?"
@stevenwxjie
@stevenwxjie Місяць тому
According to data released by the National Energy Administration on the 18th, the total electricity consumption of China in 2023 was 9,224.1 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%.
@Costumekiller
@Costumekiller Рік тому
Honestly pretty straight forward solutions to the air conditioning problem.
@willtree8142
@willtree8142 Рік тому
This was such an impressive video to watch, 20 minutes of densely packed information but in a format where every sentence served a purpose. The data was combined with sharp, insightful analysis that made it easy for those with no knowledge to understand and appreciate what they're being told. It's not even an especially interesting topic but after watching this, it feels interesting, important and I want to know more. Wendover and their sister channels have come so far recently.
@bullfrog5037
@bullfrog5037 Рік тому
It felt like leftwing propaganda to me.
@BuddyLee23
@BuddyLee23 Рік тому
I agree with Bullfrog, it’s a little sad to see how much he has jumped onto the unfalsifiable ‘climate change’ thing.
@neondemon5137
@neondemon5137 Рік тому
@@bullfrog5037 🤡
@6Sparx9
@6Sparx9 Рік тому
And making the false association between air pollution locally in its cities and climate change. Sure, they're both in the same domain of science, but are completely different things in what they study and their effects.
@intfamous4001
@intfamous4001 Рік тому
"It's not even an especially interesting topic but after watching this, it feels interesting, important and I want to know more" yeah thats how YT gets you lol
@RoninSerradaEscrimadore
@RoninSerradaEscrimadore Рік тому
Excellent report.
@therealglena
@therealglena Рік тому
I enjoy your channel and your deep dives on subjects. I wish you could do one on how much raw material it will take to hit all these green projects. I don't think we could mine enough fast enough or if proven finds are sufficient.
@gregvanpaassen
@gregvanpaassen Рік тому
The quantities needed are nearly invisibly small if you stack them next to a year's worth of coal. Don't worry about it.
@trottermalone379
@trottermalone379 Рік тому
@@gregvanpaassen You are correct. But it is not a question of quantity. As Glen A suggests, it is a question of availability.
@EmptyZoo393
@EmptyZoo393 Рік тому
Energy storage will be the single biggest issue for all of it, followed closely by the pricing structures. Solar generation is cheap. Solar energy storage? Not so much. It's part of why California's grid is so messed up, paired with mandatory solar on new construction, net metering, and no time-of-day credit adjustments. Generate enough power from solar to hit net negative? Great. Your utility has to buy it from you when it's practically worthless and apply that credit to you during evening hours, right at peak pricing. Natural gas and (coal-intensive) imports cover that peak, which can be four times the middle of the day net demand. Most electricity storage these days happens through pumped hydro (at least in the US). It works well for what we've got now, but backing up solar power that way would require dozens of Hoover Dam sized facilities. Grid battery capacity is slowly increasing, but the technology is nowhere near what's needed right now. All the lithium in the world will barely cover the estimated US *Electric Vehicle* demand, let alone residential and grid demands here and everywhere else. There have been breakthroughs recently in Sodium as well as Aluminum batteries, but it'll probably be at least 5-10 years before those hit widespread availability. We'll get there, but it'll take a while.
@samuela-aegisdottir
@samuela-aegisdottir Рік тому
@@EmptyZoo393 I dont understand why Germany is shutting down their remaining nuclear plants. They will burn coal instead - how is that better? Untill we find a new source of energy or a way how to storage renewable energy, we need nuclear as a transitory energy source. With the climate change becoming worse every year, there is not really any other option.
@dmnn69
@dmnn69 Рік тому
Brilliant video! Please make more like this in the future. I absolutely love the “X country’s _____ problem” format
@novat9731
@novat9731 7 місяців тому
Not touched upon explicitly in the video. As pointed out, the output cost is set by the government. But the input cost is not. So coastal power plants were used to purchasing coal from overseas, and have it delivered by shipping. So there was little or no possibility to purchase inland coal at input prices lower than output price. Since the coastal power plants does not usually purchase massive amounts from the inland, there are few or no rail transport. Meaning that coal had to be driven on trucks. So now you got 1. Higher demand for inland coal 2. Higher demand for trucking = Unprofitable to produce energy. This is how China faced an energy crunch.
@greenerell484
@greenerell484 Місяць тому
Australia has this issue as well, power outages on very hot days is a common issue
@wouterdeniz
@wouterdeniz Рік тому
Take a sip every time Wendover says "Tremendous"
@williamyoung9401
@williamyoung9401 Рік тому
Don't you love how people in power manipulate words and math? "China says it is lowering emissions, looking at 2005 levels, by 65%." Not 2022? o_O What reality is this? (15:55)
@benhac
@benhac Рік тому
What I've learned from this video is that I am so not the typical Wendover viewer.
@panchito1993eljc
@panchito1993eljc Рік тому
maybe compare the graphs with other countries (per GPD)??
@KrolKaz
@KrolKaz Рік тому
That would ruin his whole story about China though ☹️
@lazynow1
@lazynow1 Рік тому
hey Bendover...solar and wind can be intermittent...like your facts...
@Emperor-Inker
@Emperor-Inker Рік тому
Not once have you mentioned how big China's population plays in how quickly China rose, but also in relation to how much they need compared to the USA & many other countries besides India.
@lochlainnmaguire9923
@lochlainnmaguire9923 Рік тому
4:15, Europe switching to natural gas was probs their best and worst idea
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Рік тому
It was a good idea. It got us over the hump when renewables where not yet viable. Now putin is doing us pretty much a favor, sending the entire eu scrambling to accelerate every renewables project on the books while at the same time getting rid of much of the energy waste in the system. The amount gas usage dropped over the span of a couple of months was crazy. It reflects how much waste there was in the system, the things that could be cut easilly without much investment or concequences. But simply wasn't because of people being lazy or complacent. And now gas prices are down again. They even went negative again for a bit last week and all the available storage is filled to the brim as well so nobody needs to be cold this winter afteral.
@hunterpayne6167
@hunterpayne6167 Рік тому
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Renewables are useless without natural gas peakers to turn their unreliable power into reliable power. Germany found this out the hard way. But the rest of Europe seems to still not have gotten the memo. The real purpose of renewables is to greenwash natural gas. That's why Germany's grid is so dirty even after $500b in renewables being deployed.
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Рік тому
@@hunterpayne6167 pffff, you lot are so exhausting. Why spend your time watching and commenting on energy content if you clearly have no interest what so ever informing yourself about the current state of the industry? If that's to much effort for you, that's fine. But leave the rest of the world in peace with your nonsense and energy lobby talking points. If only the world really was as simple as you pretend it to be. Spend your time doing something productive instead..
@Croz89
@Croz89 Рік тому
@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 It wasn't without economic consequence for Europe. Some industries have scaled back production to reduce gas consumption, and in long term that is not sustainable. Those industries will leave Europe, probably for the US, and very likely, once they do leave, they will never come back. Putin is not doing Europe a favour, Europe is still suffering. It's also had consequences for environmental goals, coal plants have been producing more and planned closures have been put on hold. On the plus side, Germany has postponed planned closures of nuclear power stations and there's renewed interest across europe in nuclear energy. I know that's probably not a good thing in your books but it is in mine!
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
@baronvonlimbourgh1716 Рік тому
@@Croz89 lol 👍.
@agentbarron3945
@agentbarron3945 6 місяців тому
coal plants can be "scrubbed" with algae and moss in a large pool of water. Lots of studies were done and have shown to reduce co2 emissions a ton. Its a stopgap measure as coal wont last forever obviously, (but the algae can also be burned off once it gets too dense and needs to be cut off so its semi renewable.) But its a fairly low cost and incredibly efficient method of scrubbing co2. The stuff I read about, probably in popular mechanics or popular science, I cannot remember, talked about stuff that was swimming pool levels, so just imagine the efficiency of a pond. Like I said, its a stopgap measure, but its also a way for a country with tons of inhabited land to become "carbon neutral" also, finally, chinas 2nd biggest co2 producer is most likely concrete production, and thats just in the nature of producing concrete. You cant really make it "carbon neutral" so you HAVE to scrub that excess. I am not incredibly knowledgeable about the process, but from my understanding, just the chemical change of the limestone>lime produces co2 so that cant be removed from the equation. And ALL developing nations and developed nations need concrete by the assloads, China especially as they are building like mad and have many problematic rivers that are prone to flooding so concrete retaining walls are especially useful I bet. And hydroelectric power is incredibly concrete expensive, the Hoover dam required more concrete at that point than had ever been produced combined (not sure if that made sense, if you used all the concrete that had ever been produced from the beginning of time to the day of construction, it still wouldnt have been enough.) So some form of advanced form of scrubbing, such as algae farms will still have to take place, even if china switches entirely from coal to solar or whatever
@_NekOz
@_NekOz Рік тому
19:22 It is not a waste of time. Grocery shopping and making food is a good way of having the brain rest and work on stuff in the background, as well as letting your thoughts run wild.
@zoeybella234
@zoeybella234 Рік тому
Your presentation style is captivating and the team who put Wendover content together are top notch? Although we should point out China is manufacturing the worlds goods and if they don't burn coal to do it then other countries would need to. No countries energy mix has enough eco friendly options such as modern nuclear plants to deliver the products we humans have become accustomed to. Globally we need to consume less and recycle more. I practice what I preach.
@Millionsofpeas
@Millionsofpeas Рік тому
You'd need to recycle at all before you can recycle more. Depending on which Western country you live in you likely don't recycle at all, even if you think you do. China does most of the worlds recycling, the US would literally ship them its recycling to do. It is extremely low wage work. Will Americans pick through trash?
@jackzhou4813
@jackzhou4813 Рік тому
This is why industrial production needs to be distributed to each country, and each country must bear its own share of carbon emissions if it wants to develop its economy.
@ThisIsOneHundred
@ThisIsOneHundred Рік тому
Consuming less is orders of magnitude above recycling more. It’s incredibly more efficient to not use plastic in the first place than to recycle it.
@oohhboy-funhouse
@oohhboy-funhouse Рік тому
Chinese policy of pushing down the cost of inputs like labour, energy and complete disregard for the environment caused it to be the manufacturing powerhouse, not because other countries were looking to export their pollution. Companies don't care what generated the power as long as it is cheap. China chose this path of growth at any cost.
@deathgun3110
@deathgun3110 Рік тому
@@Millionsofpeas Not anymore, after China enacted the national sword policy they can't dump it in China anymore so advanced recycling is picking up in America too.
@MrVillabolo
@MrVillabolo Рік тому
Offshore wind was not mentioned. As a source, it is much closer than the inland regions and is reliable, which is due to the permanence of winds offshore.
@darkgalaxy5548
@darkgalaxy5548 Рік тому
And what to do when the wind doesn't blow?
@MrVillabolo
@MrVillabolo Рік тому
@@darkgalaxy5548 Offshores, in any continent, have a constant wind blowing. It's a law of physics that keeps those winds blowing 24/7.
@darkgalaxy5548
@darkgalaxy5548 Рік тому
@@MrVillabolo Rubbish! Today is an absolutely calm day in Cape Town. No wind currently blowing. Quit making stuff up.
@MrVillabolo
@MrVillabolo Рік тому
@@darkgalaxy5548 Offshore, 20 miles from shore. Nordic nations are ok with such windmills.
@doujinflip
@doujinflip Рік тому
Probably interferes too much with shipping lanes, which are also critical to China's economic security. Plus there's the yearly typhoons, which very few turbines could withstand.
@user-pz9pb9gx9h
@user-pz9pb9gx9h Рік тому
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
@caliperstorm8343
@caliperstorm8343 10 місяців тому
5:26 that problem of renewables having most of their costs upfront also applies to nuclear power, but much worse. Nuclear plants are immensely expensive, and take years to build. In the US, most utilities take on millions in debt to construct them. Once they are constructed, though, they are very cheap to operate because of low fuel costs and the reliability of the technology. Over the 60+ year life span of a reactor, the cost averages to be better than gas and coal, and comparable to renewables, but the upfront costs makes it difficult to get funding for. In the past they mostly got built by using government-industry cooperation, since states can offer low-interest loans and longer-term budgeting than corporations can, but it still ends up being a hard sell because our economies are expected to always keep growing.
@EebstertheGreat
@EebstertheGreat Рік тому
I always used to say "undergird" like "undergrid," so it satisfies me somewhat that Sam stumbles over it slightly too.
@Eric_Garrison
@Eric_Garrison Рік тому
Just wait til you hear him butcher the names of Chinese provinces 😂
@RobertHargraves
@RobertHargraves Рік тому
Why was there no discussion of intermittency of solar and wind electricity sources? They did mention the 60% utilization of UHV transmission lines, but claimed it was from "buy local" province administration.
@arbren
@arbren Рік тому
Take a guess. Look at timestamp 12:46 for the next 30 seconds you will hear a word that will hint why there is no discussion on this subject 🤔 😉
@MissionaryForMexico
@MissionaryForMexico 6 місяців тому
Notice they use split systems. By far the most energy efficient system on the market! Mitsubishi has models with seer rating as high as 29. Unheard of here in States!
@drfilhobarreiros
@drfilhobarreiros Рік тому
A important factor not in this video is the Molten Salt reactor in China. That alone can remove the problem of production in the country
@Crash103179
@Crash103179 Рік тому
In the 1970s, the US started mandating things like sulfur scrubbers on power plant smoke stacks. Does anyone know what China does to mitigate pollutants?
@vrealzhou
@vrealzhou Рік тому
New power plants already installed those things. The more important reason cause pollution are the centralised heating stations which burn coals built decades ago. Every cities in north China have couple of them and they are old and not profitable (it’s more like public facilities). That’s why most of the haze happened in the winter and north China.
@anthonybeervor2265
@anthonybeervor2265 Рік тому
"China has a problem" -9000 social credit
@davesprivatelounge
@davesprivatelounge Рік тому
Enjoyings of your stay in reeducation camp
@spider6660
@spider6660 Рік тому
Not funny
@jerodwolf5582
@jerodwolf5582 11 місяців тому
Social credit should be renamed, 'Xi's big sad credit'
@zeccy337
@zeccy337 11 місяців тому
@@jerodwolf5582 My guy I hope you know social credits just a meme because seeing you faceplant so hard is sad
@GoodlyPenguin
@GoodlyPenguin 10 місяців тому
@@spider6660 actually very funny
@loosemouthcowboy4790
@loosemouthcowboy4790 Рік тому
Canada can't keep up either when big manufacturers in the south tell manufacturers in the north to turn off blast furnaces and other power hungry machines on hot days because toronto needs more power for air conditioning etc isn't moving forward.
@plusfuture
@plusfuture 8 місяців тому
What does inside and outs no longer correlated at 0:43 mean?
@overit36
@overit36 Рік тому
Yesss! I live for new Wendover content! Love you
@AlanTheBeast100
@AlanTheBeast100 Рік тому
That's a lot of HVDC ! (Most of the "stock" footage in this video is AC, not HVDC, however)
@ralphnewcomejr
@ralphnewcomejr Рік тому
Side note,with the recent flooding and lame construction,hydro power is becoming problematic as well...
@bikingmoments
@bikingmoments 9 місяців тому
In 2021, half of this video’s footages of China are filmed before 1991 lol.
@stephenlight647
@stephenlight647 Рік тому
Do you include overnight batteries in those solar competitiveness figures?
@curtistang9189
@curtistang9189 Рік тому
省流: 人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾
@pedrohaonade531
@pedrohaonade531 Рік тому
I am not sure if China grid hold up or not but one thing for sure is california grid do not hold up. Every summer times, or there is a high wind, wild fire, Santa ana wind... some city will have no power. And how bout north Carolina, when a power station down, half of state out of power for 3days.
@jallen1227
@jallen1227 Рік тому
Also coal employees a lot of people in the mining and plant continually, once solar / wind power generators are commissioned the number of employees is very small.
@nymanson1118
@nymanson1118 Рік тому
My hometown is a small city in China's Gansu province, the least developed region of China, which has been growing like crazy since 2014, a city of 300,000 people with 100,000 cars, where summers are getting hotter and hotter
@didyoumissedmegobareatersk2204
@didyoumissedmegobareatersk2204 Рік тому
Tf least developed region and has fhat much people with car
@johnlop7763
@johnlop7763 Рік тому
@@didyoumissedmegobareatersk2204 probably all transports combine since there's alot of minerals
@user-ir1jy2ss8j
@user-ir1jy2ss8j Рік тому
Getting hot is not necessarily the cause of industrialization. It may also be a normal natural phenomenon.
@SureJungle23247
@SureJungle23247 Рік тому
People figured this out over 100 years ago. My house is 120 years old in Australia, it's not fancy but it's got 12 foot high ceilings. In summer it's so cool inside wouldn't even think about air conditioning because all the heat rises to the ceiling and vents let the hot air out. Shame about winter though it's a bit cold.
@1967250s
@1967250s Рік тому
Some ceiling fans blowing down the warm air during winter would help, eh?
@edwardbyard6540
@edwardbyard6540 Рік тому
@@1967250s Yep, in Spain, ceiling fans have "winter" mode where the fan reverses, pushing warm air downwards.
@DS43215
@DS43215 Рік тому
High ceilings don't always work and when they don't it costs a fortune to cool with AC.
@santumi2298
@santumi2298 Рік тому
have high ceilings in Michigan, shit does not work
@SureJungle23247
@SureJungle23247 Рік тому
Maybe it also has to do with the construction of the walls got double clay brick with gap between.
@mikek6298
@mikek6298 Рік тому
Wait a second, this isn't the video about Samsung's hold over South Korea... I somehow clicked it during a perfect transition point and it took me 4 minutes to notice
@XMguy
@XMguy Рік тому
Wait, is that a freaking laser at 12:49? WTH?!
@TheLonelyLPer
@TheLonelyLPer Рік тому
Why wasn't there a mention of nuclear power in the video?
@itchylol742
@itchylol742 Рік тому
I actually thought this was Polymatter for several minutes lmao
@heidirabenau511
@heidirabenau511 Рік тому
I thought it was a Real Life Lore video which was part of his (enter country here) catastrophic oil and gas problem
@Gayfrogscollective
@Gayfrogscollective Рік тому
Polymatter - The Third Red Scare channel Wouldn't be shocked if a principal supporter happened to be one of the extended media arms of the CIA.
@himaro101
@himaro101 Рік тому
15:30 bold (but true) statement. Hope you're not planning to holiday in China anytime soon eh?
@KbB-kz9qp
@KbB-kz9qp Рік тому
Solar does not work when the sun is not shining, and wind power does not generate electricity when the wind isn’t blowing. Grid-level batteries are being developed, but they are not yet ready for broad deployment.
@tealmer3528
@tealmer3528 Рік тому
Well, I guess we now know that there won't be a jet lag episode in China... or Sam ever going there again
@williamyoung9401
@williamyoung9401 Рік тому
Why would there be jet lag when all of China is in one time zone? =P
@JamieR2077
@JamieR2077 Рік тому
I'd love to see a part 2 that talks about how Russia's natural gas supply may fit china's needs...
@flagmichael
@flagmichael Рік тому
Another channel pointed out delivery is the bottleneck. This video indicated shipped LNG; the other one noted that requires adequate liquification plants at the source and gasification plants at the destination, and the capacity of ships will always be a bottleneck. The preferred way would be pipelines but Mongolia and Kazakhstan would be very unlikely to host those. Of course, there are political issues but money has a way of soothing those....
@vrealzhou
@vrealzhou Рік тому
China is actually benefiting with it. China also buying gas from the US with a fixed price which Trump forced China to accept the deal in 2019. The price is very cheap compared to the marketplace and the US has to provide the full amount before they can sell to the Europe. Russia gas is transferred via pipeline with price before the Ukraine war. The Europe gas problem is the have to use ship to import gas from other countries and there’s no enough LNG ship in the world can match the needs.
@ronblack7870
@ronblack7870 Рік тому
i'm surprised tesla china doesn't have solar panels on the roof. you would think that's a no brainer . they could probably supply all their daytime electricity with that. i just looked at a 500kw system for my shop . something like 50,000 ft sq.
@user-oc5of1rm6o
@user-oc5of1rm6o Рік тому
China's solar panel is more than rest of the world combine together
@phiwo8998
@phiwo8998 Рік тому
The back track at 05:00 to 07:00 was really loud, overpowering your voice at times.
@kylewood6854
@kylewood6854 Рік тому
You should do a video on South Africa, our electricity provider Eskom has normalised what they call "Loadshedding" and all parts of the country have rolling blackouts for years but it is getting worse...
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