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iuliuspro
February 16, 2023 at 12:49 pm
And it all starts with government threats, wow how futuristic 🙄
Michael Loney
February 16, 2023 at 12:51 pm
It’s all about who controls the energy algorithm…our current messed up system started when we put Govt in charge of energy distribution. Every house should be built with solar roofs, and wind turbines. You use what you collect and sell what you don’t need. Let nature teach us restraint and solidarity not our elected betters!
Thijs van der Tang
February 16, 2023 at 12:52 pm
They already do! The typenof buildings are called powerplants.
m
February 16, 2023 at 12:55 pm
8:52 “If you have an EV, a smart-charger can find the best time to charge it” – Woah! Hey! Slow down, you do realize righty who want to destroy the world will freak out about this, right? Look how they reacted to the Xbox change that makes it update in the middle of the night when electricity rates rates are lower, pitching childish fits about “brainwashing” kids. 🙄 … 9:38 “To store renewable electricity…” – Okay, now you’re definitely asking for rightards to scream and screech. 🤦
12:45 No amount of electricity is going to make resistive-electric-heaters good. 😒
Israr Ali
February 16, 2023 at 12:59 pm
Gym’s can be used to produce electricity.
Nuck
February 17, 2023 at 1:12 am
It’s unprofitable
آكل الدهون
February 16, 2023 at 1:34 pm
Ted vegan
Ryan S
February 16, 2023 at 1:37 pm
Im pretty sure they got rid of that tech in 1800s-early 1900s. Most big old buildings had their antiquitechs removed to get rid of free electricity.
Rob
February 16, 2023 at 1:38 pm
New York Cities
Greenest Building uses Twice the Energy of the Empire State Building.
Common Core Educated can’t do it.
Wagner Joov 🌤️
February 16, 2023 at 1:40 pm
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DADDY MUCHO
February 16, 2023 at 4:43 pm
I’m a young investor with 40k can you help me
Vcat417 - Channel " All is intertwined "
February 16, 2023 at 5:20 pm
What a gimmick!!
Vcat417 - Channel " All is intertwined "
February 16, 2023 at 5:20 pm
Bringing God into it is pretty disgusting.
attack theoRy
February 16, 2023 at 8:38 pm
😂😂 look at this schizo talk to himself. Schizo with 14 different accounts.
Nuck
February 17, 2023 at 1:11 am
I have never seen such a bullshit comment string
Jason Vegan
February 16, 2023 at 1:59 pm
Each building/home can be it’s own power plant using solar and wind. Then we don’t need a centralized power grid which is a giant terrorist target.
Zachary Sielck
February 16, 2023 at 2:09 pm
Ahh! Good old famine mindset! Dont turn on your lights at night. Dont open your fridge at night. Invest in energy infrastructure that fails before it pays. Good idea.
heh heh
February 16, 2023 at 2:14 pm
they did. look at the old buildings built on leu lines with steeples and other fancy architectural aspects.
SeaRose
February 16, 2023 at 2:16 pm
Well, if it relies on solar panels, then we know it will destroy the environment and enslave and decimate 3rd world populations to strip mine all the rare earth materials needed to make all those solar panels.
Brett
February 16, 2023 at 2:36 pm
Shes wrong. Its not economical to try to electrify buildings. It costs too much for what she wants to do. She can’t say buildings can produce enough electricity to be self sufficient and make it happen.
Par_14
February 16, 2023 at 3:10 pm
gubble gubble, gubble.
Fatıma Yıldırım
February 16, 2023 at 4:09 pm
Buildings are important not only as a building but also throughout life and it is an issue that needs attention.
Harwinder Singh
February 16, 2023 at 4:11 pm
👍👌
SunRoad
February 16, 2023 at 5:32 pm
“In any system of energy, Control is what consumes energy the most.
No energy store holds enough energy to extract an amount of energy equal to the total energy it stores.
No system of energy can deliver sum useful energy in excess of the total energy put into constructing it.
This universal truth applies to all systems.
Energy, like time, flows from past to future”.
Pr. Stockmann
February 16, 2023 at 5:53 pm
Her accent 🤤
Thato Mofolo
February 16, 2023 at 6:03 pm
It’s the doing 🤐
Piepkwiep
February 16, 2023 at 9:17 pm
A basalt heat battery can safe heat obtained in the summer for the winter.
Jock Campbell
February 16, 2023 at 9:57 pm
Wow, there’s a novel idea that we were talking about 50 years ago…
Sarah Taylor
February 16, 2023 at 10:04 pm
You know something about this ted talks is to me it all garbage tv to me
Inflation Station
February 17, 2023 at 12:18 am
What if flying pigs were fuelled by unicorn farts?
Gordon Pavilion
February 19, 2023 at 12:35 am
It appears you’ve inhaled more than unicorn farts.
Standup4urrights
February 17, 2023 at 1:35 am
If trees 🌳 where mobile communication mist’s,they would be planting them by their millions.
Shame they are only their to help provided the oxygen we breathe.
ScofaUK
February 17, 2023 at 3:15 am
Soon as she said could reduce energy by 95% its total bullshit
45°N regenerative homesteading
February 17, 2023 at 6:26 am
My house produces far more energy that we consume as a family. It’s not difficult, technologies exist and are not crazy expensive.
Rui
February 17, 2023 at 7:20 pm
we have the technology. deploy, deploy, deploy…
Leo A
February 17, 2023 at 8:06 am
It’s nice to dream))) Meanwhile eu is being deindustrialized
ildar mingazov
February 17, 2023 at 8:54 am
Good for you!
But it just new technologies
To make more money in 21 century from simple mans indeed
CarolusBuchwurm
February 17, 2023 at 8:56 am
This was pointless. She basically said, everything new and better…houses, electric grid, cars…how are poorer countries going to afford this transition when most people in highly developed countries can’t even afford it. We need these solutions sure. But we also need low cost solutions that will help.
Mohamed Alkafas
February 17, 2023 at 10:26 am
wow wonderful topic really it’s so important to transform building from consumption to productive
Peter Hicks
February 17, 2023 at 10:32 am
THE GREAT UK ENERGY SWINDLE
Octopus energy charge some people a lot more for their energy than others .
If you dont have a direct debit ,Kerching , dont have or want a smart meter ,Kerching .
If you want a fixed contract ,Kerching i dont have a smart meter or direct debit ,i want to pay for what i use so pay on receipt of bill ,giving meter readings the result is 68p per Kwh electric ,18.18 p for gas , 46p per day for electric meter & 28p per day for the gas meter .
The smart meters are supposed to send accurate information yet some bills are still being estimated under energy use . Smart meters are an EU item to control energy use in times of an energy crisis where the domestic energy can be cut off remotely and the energy is then available for the government buildings and industry who have different code numbers .
The UK did the same trick as the Germans did , where ministers & MPs took millions from Russia for the energy contracts & even have ministers on the boards of Russian energy companies .
UK did a deal with the EU to supply appx 80% of its energy via 5 under sea interconnectors ,
[ pipe & cable links ] with France ,UK wind turbines are made in China and owned by the EU
The so called green taxes go to the EU companies for the maintenance of the turbines such as the crews who have to inspect the blades for stress fractures and delamination of the edges that are patched up with industrial adhesives ,along with the replacement of the blades .
It was the UK government that scrapped the feed in tariff /scrapped domestic gas storage [ gasometers ] scrapped the green grant for an EV / raised the VAT on all thing solar from 5% to 20% and a lot more . UK green energy may supply on a good windy sunny day with appx 12% of UK needs .
We have energy companies advertizing 100% green energy when in fact UK has appx 3 /4 coal fired power stations appx 3 in mothballs but one on line , UK also has rubbish to energy plants , wood being burnt under the name of bio fuel where trees are chipped to feed the power stations and all of the energy is sent to the grid so anyone saying their energy is 100% green is a liar ,the whole thing is a farce under the EU save the planet zero carbon scam . April 2013 the energy prices go up yet again and UK politicians cant do a thing about it despite claiming £200,000 a year in expenses and getting appx £82,000 a year salary .
UK motor vehicles are still under EU laws as are all white goods and just about everything else like building regs . UK will be part of the EU again if the politicians have their way ,they have driven the UK into the ground and now need to get back to the EU so they blame them for the state of the UK . When local and national elections come around DONT VOTE FOR THESE SELF SERVING CARPET BAGGERS !
still belive everything on TV is real
February 17, 2023 at 11:08 am
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February 17, 2023 at 12:15 pm
“The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” _Bruce Feirstein
Halt Hammerzeit
February 17, 2023 at 4:25 pm
Robert Silcerberg’s Closed World novel tackles the topic. Mega buildings recycling everything, millions cramped, no family bonds and so on…
Elvis Coso
February 17, 2023 at 7:21 pm
Awesome information!!
Alioth Spectranet
February 17, 2023 at 10:59 pm
you had me until smartphone
get some security-and-privacy-awareness and im onboard
Fluye
February 17, 2023 at 10:59 pm
We’ve finally became god, we now can CREATE ENERGY… 😩🔥
Turnt0FF
February 18, 2023 at 1:28 am
The future is awesome (hopefully).
Joe Baron
February 18, 2023 at 1:33 am
It’s great in theory. The trouble with all this is, is that it requires everything to be rebuilt – again. Take an office block for example – efficient for energy use to all people working from home, as a bus or train is, to individuals all going by car. An energy efficient office block that people, walk, cycle, and get public transport to, as the perfect energy saving scenario (ignoring the reality of everyone still wanting to work from home). An efficient block built in 2000, is hopelessly inefficient by todays requirements, and as such, most are being renovated at huge cost to meet carbon zero emissions. But, all these newer techs – solar panel windows (which makes A LOT of sense btw – particularly seeing as most office block exteriors are sheets of glass), battery charging floor panels (through vibrations) etc – have missed the boat. Not to mention their cost. In another 20 years when buildings renovate again – is it too late? And then there’s personal homes – people get mortgages for a lifetime on existing properties. It’s hard enough paying that. It like the internet – the speeds are there, but it takes decades to roll out full fiber to replace the existing network – only much, much more complex, as buildings are bogged down by long term, and lifetime contracts to old pre-existing energy in-efficient properties. I remember Tomorrow’s World on the BBC talking about such energy efficient predictions in the future in the 80’s. But going through life I see, that the problem has always seemed to be real world infrastructure and human society, rather than technology itself, that holds everything up. But otherwise, of course, I agree.
On another note altogether (and I do apologize in advance to the presenter if any way inappropriate – it’s a compliment from my neck of the world!): what a fantastic Bond girl she would make! The look, the accent, the brains, a Russian born free thinker working on the importance of taking Europe away from Russian fuel dependence. There’s even a current and relevant plot line in there too!
Joker Arthas
February 18, 2023 at 9:01 am
“and it all starts with the government mandating”
And this how it stops as well. Unfortunately
Андрей Назаров
February 18, 2023 at 1:36 pm
If you are from our Russia, you could tell a pair of warm words about it instead of standard sharp.
Linda Andrews
February 18, 2023 at 11:34 pm
Iv been saying Exactly This , re building storeing Energy …. for Decades …..
Thankyou 🙏 for finally addressing 🕉👍😎
Jon Wizard
February 19, 2023 at 7:34 am
Problem is that the politicians are “in the pocket” being paid to halt any laws that would create energy efficiency. They are bought and paid for … that´s why these “energy saving plans” never work.
Invox
February 19, 2023 at 10:15 am
A russian talking about how to build better buildings, while other russians are destroying them.
Josep G.
February 19, 2023 at 3:52 pm
Power and electrical companys are a lobby too strong to alow this.
muxlisa saidkarimova
February 19, 2023 at 5:32 pm
wow very amazing😍