Elon Musk's sustainable energy calculations 'off by factor of ten': Alex Epstein

[@thatsrite4918]

In the TED interview he stated that 300 Terrawatt hours was the number that he came up with. He also said that he would be happy for anyone else to to go through the information to see how they interpret it. Musk also said that you can’t fully rely on renewables. That you will need to offset it with a reliable power source and he is a fan of nuclear power. If you haven’t watched the talk, do yourself a favour and watch it. Very interesting

[@dontcare7086]

I just commented on how he is a vocal advocate for nuclear power. He was on a German interview 2 weeks ago and when asked how he thinks they could solve their energy problem he said they should immediately reopen all the plants they shutdown and build more. He has been a advocate for nuclear power since the fukushima accident (at least that's when my memory of him advocating for it started and have seen countless interviews since then of him advocating to build more nuclear plants in America and abroad).

[@MilesCobbett]

Cost of storing nuke waist? Who pays to store that?

[@777Outrigger]

@@MilesCobbett It's part of the cost of nuclear power and It's in the Utility bill you get. There's about 44,000 tons of nuclear waste worldwide each year. that's about 22 SUVs. Not much, really. ..... And there are new nuclear reactors that are just coming out that can use spent fuel from older reactors.

[@talkshow5100]

@@MilesCobbett The spent rods or spheres are reused in breeder reactors with only 3% remaining. My neighbor was an engineer at one of these plants. The remaining 3% have to be stored at this time but researchers are looking into a use for them.

[@johnslack9328]

Thank you for such a good response.

[@seanskelton866]

Main take away for me: Government will not solve the problem, government IS the problem.

[@baneverything5580]

Joe Biden says cows and Trump are the problem.

[@georgewoodard43]

If all cars are electric then we will probably need twice the power we now use and we are decades away from that .

[@weblightstudio8215]

The whole electric car thing is still dirty technology. It just moves the pollution and resource use about. They are also expensive in the long term. It stretches the wealth gap even wide

[@ogodei70]

There is vast amounts of electricity used to refine oil in to gasoline, if you reduce the oil refining you can put that electricity to charging cars.

[@ogodei70]

Power plants are about 60% efficient, ice cars are less than 30% efficient. So better to have all cars electric and the overall pollution would go down. If you reduce the pollution from a power plant then all the electric cars charged from that plant will be cleaner. And ofcourse it won't pump a poison into your face as you walk down the street.

[@paulross9287]

Switching to electric cars will make us MUCH more dependent on China. For that reason alone I'm against them.

[@ogodei70]

@@paulross9287 Why would we be more dependent on china?

[@lkj0822g]

Here's the thing, you do not simply replace that 1000mw nuclear plant with a 1000mw solar field. Looking at capacity factor alone, nuclear has a capacity factor in the low to mid ninetieth percentile while solar is in the low twentieth percentile. In this case, (1000 x 90%) / 20% = 4500. In other words, to replace that 1000mw nuclear you would have to build a 4500mw solar, and that is IF utility scale storage was technically feasible. Oh, and what about if you get a week long snowstorm that blankets your solar field? Then, you start factoring in other issues such as inverter loss, battery loss, solar panel degradation, battery degradation, etc, etc, etc. and you see that totally replacing coal/gas/nuclear base load generation is a pie in the sky fallacy.

[@David_Camerwrongun]

Thanks Sean

[@YourDadsBoyfriend]

Don't worry mining exotic metals is green.

[@thecraggrat]

Plus, the lifetime of the solar field is ~25 year before it drops to ~80% of the initial capacity and you have to consider replacing the array, for wind it is even worse, a wind farm lasts ~20 years, before it has to be replaced totally. Vs 40 to 60 years for current nuclear.

[@michealberry995]

None of the greenies want to talk about the manufacturing process of a solar panel and the actual life span as well Look what’s happening with there wind mills, they end up in land fill after 10-15 years

[@htth613]

The Vortex - "Jesus & Pilate" by Church Militant.

[@jamesaustralian9829]

Labor and the greens must never hold any power at all.

[@hyperbole6529]

Yes us brits been sold a lie and my £ 2200 pounds a year energy bill proves it and I'm a single person god knows what a family bill would be

[@mikkellarsen660]

Alex is such a breath of fresh air. If only more people were this reasonable.

[@lanenewton6031]

All the solar power plants in Alberta Canada got shut down as it was more expense to run then it's ability to produce energy!! Hard to produce solar when they are covered in snow for 7 months if the year!!

[@flinch622]

LOL... They burned more using space heaters than the projected "carbon savings"?

[@grandmalovesmebest]

As a student of energy mgmt, you wouldn't put solar in a snowy area.

[@baneverything5580]

@@grandmalovesmebest What about cloudy areas, like Louisiana? Those big puffball clouds really cause issues and I`m very lucky to get my 716 wh LiFePo4 power stations recharged on a normal Summer day. They require only 4 hours of full sun to fully recharge but I find myself constantly having to reposition panels and cursing a partly cloudy sky. Many of my batteries require a full 3 days of partly cloudy skies to recharge....BUT...they need to also be kept cool while charging....a serious issue in high heat (upper 90s) and 98% humidity. Heat destroys lithium batteries. OOOOPS! Bad problem after hurricanes. SO, to keep my batteries cool I have to run a gas generator.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

@@grandmalovesmebest As a student of energy management you shouldn't put solar anywhere.

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@Nnip9]

This video is a keeper! Well Done! Thank you Alex Epstein and Rita Panahi - names to remember! I just bookmarked this video. If you had asked me a couple of years ago if I would consider Sky News AUSTRALIA a preferred news source for what I need to hear here in the USA, I would have said you're nuts!

[@bobbyb.6644]

Whatever a Government Promises - Double it and you’ll be closer to the truth !

[@farmerjohn6526]

Mmm, not sure about that algorithm.. 🤔

[@David_Camerwrongun]

@@farmerjohn6526 Doesn't need to be that complicated, it's common knowledge. Anyway you seem lonely so thought I'd leave this here for company

[@MF175mp]

And what government tells you, invert it and you are closer to the truth

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@Prognosis__]

Australia needs to get into a debate about nuclear.

[@connorduke4619]

Yes - nuclear power, dams, artillery... oh and mass sex change operations for primary school kids can't forget that one?!?

[@garyolafson8303]

and France, also. France is almost 90% Nuclear energy

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@thejimmybob6709]

So how and where does your electricity come from. I bet 85 to 90 percent comes from fossil fuels like coal

[@C2yourself]

No carbon, no plant life. Too much carbon? Plant more trees

[@jp5000able]

A year ago I calculated it would cost an initial 76 trillion dollars to manufacture the solar panels needed to power the worlds energy needs. That doesn't include installation, hook up to the grid, maintenance, cost of land, and so on.

[@baneverything5580]

It costs a minimum of 50,000 to power a tiny window air conditioner from solar. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or completely ignorant.

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@grandmalovesmebest]

And when there's a war? And the forces target Nuclear plants? Like in Ukraine?

[@1whoQuestions]

Doesn't war also have a negative impact on the environment?

[@neilschmid4991]

They want to limit human impact by covering the land with hundreds of thousands of solar panels? Or dotting the landscape with thousands of wind turbines?

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@ahumandoing6813]

oil spills are so much better

[@john_doe_not_found]

Nuclear, Hydro, Geothermal. Those are reliable 24/7 sources of power. The wind doesn't always blow, the sun is on the other side of the planet half the time. In northern climates during winter sunlight is so scarce it couldn't power anything. Battery storage, the technology isn't there. As soon as battery storage is figured out, wind and solar might work better. Better batteries would be a benefit in transport as well.

[@john_doe_not_found]

7:00 we do still have to decarbonize. Yes technology made life better. But the science is in, global warming is a thing. I happen to think nuclear is our best option. I think wind and solar are not yet reliable and no country would want to run 100% on wind and solar. Unless some tech jump solves batteries.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Lithium does not "scale". Electric Trucks will never work. Trains and shipping too. Hydrogen does scale to those levels and maybe the answer for Cars, Trucks, Trains and Shipping. Unfortunately some are thinking it will scale to 'Baseload' power size. It won't.

[@geraldg350]

@@buildmotosykletist1987 This statement will not age well.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@geraldg350 LOL. Tell me that in 5 years.

[@Figjamfishslayer]

Geothermal is a variant of hydro power.

[@katemccracking4100]

Whenever someone says “I think we can all agree....” you know that what comes next is pure BS.

[@YTGhostCensorshipCanSuckMe]

I think whenever anyone from the greens says anything, we can all agree that it is all BS.

[@flinch622]

I don't know - probably could flip a coin on that. 55/45 wrong? What is bs for sure is the "everybody knows____" routine: its a non-argument, and either mindless twaddle or deft pre-emptive bullying with maximum hubris.

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@songnverse]

Note to self: do not use Apple Card on earth day.

[@RalphEllis]

Absolutely. The UK needs 20,000 gWh of stored backup energy, to go fully renewable. At present the UK only has 10 gWh of backup. Add in the costs of all that backup, before saying renewables are reliable and cheap. R

[@kurtgriffin4163]

Musk is not advocating for complete reliance on solar and wind he said we should be open drilling back up now and look into building nuclear plants because we are nowhere near ready or able to convert to 100% solar

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Kurt it is not possible to convert to 100% solar. Not now not ever. The humanitarian issues including slave and child labour, the environmental degradation on a global scale and the scale of mining for the necessary raw materials will destroy our planet and our way of life. It is simply unsustainable and immoral.

[@freetrade8830]

...and we never will be. Solar is a fantasy, a scam, a delusion. Nothing else.

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@neild3074]

I once owned a small manufacturing company, when I costed jobs I used a standard format for small companies, X2 for large companies, X3 for internationals and X4 plus variations for government. And government work was always the riskiest. The bigger the organisation the less they understand about their internal costs. If I had to quote on a global scale it would be X10 with plus variations for everything and a requote clause.

[@mocassin92]

lasers don't work without electricity. oil, steel and bullets will always be needed

[@alanduncan9204]

If you want crazy numbers - use a sloar powered pocket calculator......in the dark.

[@johnreimers2762]

New Zealand has some of the cleanest coal in the world but when we get low on renewables they fire up the coal power plant with coal from Indonesia.

[@wesss9353]

Thought : How many of the GREEN party members own private jets...

[@ezraepizon5303]

Both Epstein and Musk are great!

[@freetrade8830]

Musk is a charlatan.

[@ramalama9030]

All these “soy boys”, should show us how to live without conventional energy……just one person please!

[@peekaboo6622]

Who leads renewables manufacturing? China. Who leads oil production? Russia and Saudi Arabia/islamic states. This is about disenpowering the West to the Alliance of Eastern Nations. "Decarbonize our footprint"...human being are carbon beings (inhaleexhale) - these 'leaders' are speaking about the depopulation of earth. These same leaders: 1. Complain about the lack of employable applicants 2. Promote automation (using the pandemic as a veiled excuse) 3. Placed mandates on industries that have destabilized economies and energy sustainability across the globe. With the advances in weather predictability, it is inexcusable to have increased property damage, injuries, and death, yet now we do. Each day it appears as though elected 'leaders' and trusted government agencies, hate those that elevated them to their posts. As to renewables required 'battery bank', is anyone considering the impact of Grand Solar Minimum, volcanic eruptions, and potential damage from magnetic solar flares on our ability to generate renewable energy? Due to impacts on sun and temperature, depending in the severeity of solar phase, we may face conditions similar that lead to the extinction of dinosaurs...and THIS is when they want to make surviving more difficult? Renewables can be a brilliant compliment to fossil and nuclear power, but they can not replace them without the mass population death and starvation predicted by the likes of Bill Gates (who leads research for artificial meat).

[@paulslater9061]

They're looney tunes the green nutters

[@blackarm3265]

Sesame street is running white house thsts y everything is falling apart. Let's go Brandon

[@ianhooper3921]

Too many laymen, especially the Greens, underestimate the power generated by superheated steam.

[@stanmiller5498]

Why can't we use solar to melt salt to make it though the night, Generate steam

[@vmoutsop]

I don't know where Alex got his information but I've interviews with Elon where he advocates for keeping nuclear plants, opening decommissioned plants and building new nuclear plants so that we can clean energy. I think he's got that part wrong.

[@rayshepherd2479]

I didn't hear Alex say Musk was against nuclear.

[@vmoutsop]

At around 9:30 Alex “says/implies” that Elon needs to stop talking about batteries as the future and start advocating for nuclear

[@freetrade8830]

Musk says he is pro-nuclear while the government regulations and subsidies his battery/solar business depends on is destroying nuclear (and fossil fuels).

[@vmoutsop]

@@freetrade8830 That doesn’t have to happen or be that way, why one or the other? That would be stupid and narrow minded to have one or the other

[@freetrade8830]

@@vmoutsop You just made a completely meaningless comment. What I stated earlier _IS_ what is happening. Your wishing it wasn't so means nothing.

[@ShirKhorshid]

Fossil fuels are irreplaceable until new power generating technologies get invented. Solar and wind is useful as science projects in schools or low scale domestic use.

[@louismiller7]

I remember back in the 60s that tricky Dick said we were running out oil \ or fossil fuel / and we are still bringing it up out of the ground , so when are we going to run out ?????

[@wytrose4602]

Thank goodness a news outlet that deals in fact.

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@wytrose4602]

@@robot336 that is true. Just not in the nations that joined b.r.i.c.s. They refused it .

[@thomasmeadors6548]

Solar and wind is very expensive because you can't store it economically now and it has to be used immediately. Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear are needed at the present time until you can actually store the excess and release it at night or when the wind isn't producing any power. Also Solar and Wind are toxic or the materials used to produce the panels or magnets and generators in the wind sources are toxic. At the present time solar and wind have a life time use of about 30 years at which point you have to install new ones and there is no one that is even attempting to recycle at a large scale. Solar panels are gone through and if they are still producing at around 80% then they are resold.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Thomas wind turbines and solar panels are already being decommissioned in the Northern Hemisphere. They do not last 30 years. The average lifespan of commercial solar plants is 21years in America and wind turbines don't last that long. The output of both is is less than 30% and once they are deemed to be commercially unviable they are earmarked for decommissioning. Almost all of them are sent to landfill, few are repurposed. Most are not recycled and those that are, are not fully recycled and the remaining materials are incinerated or sent to landfill. Sadly some panels are sent to third world countries under the premise that they are useful. These countries don't have the facilities to deal with this mostly damaged technology and they are left to deal with what is essentially toxic waste.

[@jayj6426]

I will STOP using Apple Pay, TOO BAD

[@theonlyfriedtyguy]

It's not at all insane when these leaders WANT to be dependent on other countries... particularly the bad ones...

[@johnathansturric8998]

Msm is just pulling out the facts when it suits

[@glory3339]

I have 6.6kw of solar panels and a solar battery and most days 100% of the power is from the sun. If all households and businesses did that, you wouldn't need fields of solar panels. I'm all for nuclear power, if it's done 100% safely and away from areas that might cause problems (like fukishima).

[@MyName-tb9oz]

And here I was thinking that, "Sky News Australia," was a counter to the usual corporate horseshit. Guess not.

[@bradboustead1682]

Good guest and interview. 👍

[@dangoodison4316]

Elon has never said to stop producing coal… he encourages nuclear… this is a misguided understanding of Elon, coming from this channel, which I love… might b good to better understand Elons position. I think it’s closer to u and I, than u gave the impression.

[@christophercharles3169]

I've watched many Elon interviews over the years and my impression is that, deep down, he doesn't believe in the AGW scenario. However he keeps things close to the vest and tries as much as possible to play both sides. He's not a stupid man and is certainly taking advantage of the push for so called greener technologies. I don't blame him and I respect him in so much as he is not a blatant lobbyist. So when you say "Elon's position. I think it’s closer to u and I" I believe you are 100% correct. I believe the only difference between him and those that hold the green movement to account for false claims is that he is actively benefiting from their illusions.

[@freetrade8830]

@@christophercharles3169 Tesla doesn't have a viable business without the "green" government regulations and subsidies that is destroying reliable energy production.

[@christophercharles3169]

@@freetrade8830 Agreed.

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@angelluna2938]

Wow ,ack # 1,eliminate human consumption #2 ,eliminate corn fields, #3, change meat products,#4 medicine 💊, #5 water 💧, #6, birth. 🇨🇳 ,but religion and GOD LIVES 🙏 ON IN OUR HEARTS 💕. BLESS THE WORLD 🌎 🙏

[@sarahhilton2558]

My electric is £2,800 a year. No I don't grow Cannabis!!!! It's actually ridiculous. I wouldn't mind £1,000!! But nearly £3k?????

[@ColectiveConsciousness1111]

9:25 Musk also stated the numbers will change. I will take Elon's word over anyone or any organisation. Watch TED Talk to hear it from Elon directly.

[@keithsperspective8424]

I hate it when people make comments like “we all agree”. Bandt is obviously in his own bubble.

[@natesibitzky3193]

People like this is why our kids are going to hate us

[@savagegfry]

$78bn equals 20 High Energy Low Emissions power stations, or 10 large Nuclear power stations.

[@notnotjake]

It's very simple. Add batteries and create a marketplace based grid

[@ogodei70]

I thought I would do a quick check on this guys claim that Elon Musk can't do maths. As I thought he assumed the Nevada Gigafactory is about 30 to 35 GWh a year but he forgot that the factory is only 30% compleate and that is for 2170 cell production and not the 4680 cells. Time moves on and costs go down, production volumes go up and the energy density of the cells go up also. So in ten years if nothing changes at Giga Nevada then a better chemistry for the 2170 cell would mean way more than 35GWh would be produced, more like 70GWh. People always forget the Technology is not standing still.

[@hokitika4888]

Wishful thinking sort out base load power first ,go Nuclear now!

[@Ironic1950]

There are strict limits to battery cell development, in that the electrochemical series determines cell voltage, and other basic properties determine energy density. Many good cell chemistry candidates are unusable because the two chemical elements involved are highly reactive and would explode, as occasionally happens with Lithium and water!

[@robot336]

OUR GOV IS NOT WORKING FOR US IT'S WORKING FOR THE WEF & UN

[@robocles]

As point of fact: he is pro nuclear, in a big way. So buddy needs to do his homework... and it's not hard to find, tbh... he says it on the regular.

[@optimusprimer4392]

Great they're starting to smear Elon Musk

[@jimmycook872]

BS AGAIN and again and again and again.

[@nickmanning3913]

I work in the oil patch however I do have to question in blindly following any narrative that supports what I want and not what is inconvenient to my career.

[@brucejones1123]

I like the Green efforts, but not with higher bills for single parents, the elderly, etc.

[@aaronvallejo8220]

Meanwhile the world last year installed 260,000 MW of electrical generation or 90% of new electrical generation was from renewables. Renewables now power 10% of global electrical demand.

[@rexeverything4578]

I'd bet Elon knows a bit more than this Muppet!

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Elon cares only about making money from products that he promotes. He doesn't care about the ramifications. Everything he does is about self interest.

[@19MacRazy]

"Nookyoolar... it's pronounced nookyoolar."

[@dammitdad]

Once again little men who have achieved nothing are talking about how wrong the richest man is. The man who started with nothing and built an honest fortune deserves acknowledgement. The man who does this repeatedly gets my admiration. TV characters get zero credit, they should get real jobs like digging trenches and planting potatoes. At least that is helpful to mankind.

[@aaronvallejo8220]

Well written.

[@johnhoylesunvaccinatedbrot6476]

Still got the money to make big things happen

[@lb4959]

Yea yea, whatever booster 🙋

[@johnhoylesunvaccinatedbrot6476]

Against boosters

[@natesibitzky3193]

this guy has no clue what he’s talking about The energy storage is going to be made up of lithium phosphate batteries which last way longer than ten years and are easily mass produced cheaper

[@chapter4travels]

Lithium phosphate batteries are anything but cheap, they are extremely expensive and yes 10 years is correct on the lifespan. I live off-grid and get all my electricity from solar stored in lithium batteries. 10 years would be great for me, but I don't expect it.

[@barrymillington6403]

If there's one thing all these billionaires have in common, they all want more money and they don't mind where it comes from or how they get it.

[@johnwhitehurst474]

Why the Bull Shit news, see post from "Thatsrite" 9 hours ago which is correct I saw it also Want be watching you any more Truth in news is what we want.

[@arthurashley6414]

Why are you wearing Ukraine 🇺🇦 colours When reading the news. Just a thought 🤔🤔

[@tobyiy]

did sky news australia reach out to musks SolarCity for a statement? would be interesting to get clarification, perhaps they would say something like "we expect that developments in battery technology will increase capacity by a factor of 10 within x amount of years. this explains why the number of gigafactories was off by a factor of 10"

[@mrohevi252]

Soooo, believe the most wealthy self made man in the world, or believe some dweeb whos name I couldnt remember for the life of me....

[@jenasushawkins3089]

Aleon Musk is an alien 👽

[@sluggo3slug]

I love Musk anyway

[@wivvix]

7:50. This segment was some fine shadow boxing if ever I've seen it. And the title, algorithm gaming no less. Musk's 300TWH estimate was a MINIMUM for energy transformation purposes. It's a goal in context of transformative scales, i.e. 300TWH is the first rung on the ladder. And Musk very clearly stated in the same interview that we should be building modern nuclear reactors for baseload.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

If you have nuclear power you don't need renewables. Nuclear is the highest density of all forms of energy, wind and solar are down there with the lowest. Nuclear runs 24/7, why would you use it as base load energy when nuclear is the most efficient form of energy available?

[@freetrade8830]

Solar can't provide baseload and it can't provide peaking power. It can't provide anything of value. It is completely useless.

[@-Chooka]

so he is quoting Elon from something said in a movie? Besides I think a multi billionaire who runs multiple billion dollar companies probably knows what he is talking about.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Elon has made mistakes and will again.

[@-Chooka]

@@buildmotosykletist1987 apparently he learns from his mistakes and they lead to him being successful.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Chooka Elon doesn't care how he makes his money, just so long as he makes it. He does not care about the fact that he is trashing the planet to make that money.

[@-Chooka]

@@margaretarmstrong2445 we are all trashing the planet, it's not Elon's fault everything we consume or use comes wrapped in plastic and needs a battery.

[@martatavera5262]

Congreso dominicana nada haserse rico politico

[@polarfamily6222]

Guess who I'm going to believe? Hint: it's not Alex.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Why, because he's rich?

[@Vibe77Guy]

What kind of backup power would we need to survive another world climate emergency similar to the world darkening occurrence of 535-536AD?

[@johnhoylesunvaccinatedbrot6476]

Generator in intervals

[@droppoint495]

Of course the price doesnt go down they have schemed for years to get the price where it is if they can produce it cheaper they put the rest in their pocket simple as that.

[@jeffreyrudolph5061]

Diversity, diversity, diversity .

[@ThavaMaths]

we will run out fossil fuels in the future. then what? Mr.Expert.

[@phoenixbyrd79]

When Alex becomes the richest person with the most advanced space craft and self driving electric vehicles then I'll entertain the idea that he might know what he's talking about.

[@phoenixbyrd79]

@@thomasmagnum5702 Elon also said we still need to continue using fossil fuels because alternative technologies including his are not ready for wide spread adoption.

[@phoenixbyrd79]

@@thomasmagnum5702 let's also not pretend Elon has extensive strip mining operations and companies, he doesn't. China is the largest producer for materials required for renewable technologies so if anyone has an issue with strip mining, China is who you need to look at.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Phoenixbyrd, Musk doesn't care about whether or not renewables are up to scratch, he makes his money from EV's and batteries and he's promoting nuclear because he knows that his technology won't survive without serious backup.

[@LMNSeason]

I cant even take this guy seriously. You ask him one thing and uses another discussion that was incomplete to make his answer correct but still wrong.

[@texasaggie8449]

Why not make synthetic gasoline

[@keithgutshall9559]

Did the dinosaurs care about carbon in the climate ??

[@thrummer1953]

Yes, they favored Thorium Reactors.

[@glennmorris25]

Thanks for the math EPSTEIN! I vote for 9 more Elons and at least 1 less Epstein

[@SubvertTheState]

I agree with most of what Alex said and I've been pro nuclear (particularly pro Thoreum Molten Salt Reactor research) for years. My issue is his issue with Elon and the battery production. Tesla is actually way behind on battery production but they are building at a rapid pace. I don't see the issue with solar power if it's done right, if each home which wanted solar bought a power wall or some kind of storage then it builds an incredible amount of redundancy to have hundreds of megawatt hours of backup in the grid. In fact some homeowners opt to just but the battery and essentially trade energy in real time to pay off the battery and start generating profit due to the demand curve lag from solar production occurring during lowest demand hours.

[@frankd8957]

I live near Rochester, NY. One November not long ago we had 12 hours of sunlight for the entire month of November. And don't forget the transformation to electric vehicles will greatly increase the electric energy usage. So basically you have to add all the Btu's consumed for natural gas, coal, oil and nuclear to be replaced by 'green energy' and be generated by 'green' means. You can't just look at the current electric energy generation as the goal is to stop all fossil fuel usage. I don't think this is achievable within the near future.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Firstly, there's a very real fire risk with batteries. And in regards to rooftop solar panels, are you aware that the plan is to shut down your solar feed when it suits them giving preference to the commercial solar plants, and to utilise your energy when there is a shortfall due to cloudy days.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

@@frankd8957 You are right Frank, and it will never be feasible.

[@SubvertTheState]

@@margaretarmstrong2445 I don't think solar energy will ever power a grid... you would need a reliable base load generation, like nuclear power, use solar or wind as intermittent and natural gas as a load following backup to fill in for the shortfalls

[@HaulingNlawn]

This guy knows of nothing he talks about

[@尹梓龙]

bloody howard!

[@johnhoylesunvaccinatedbrot6476]

This humoured me greatly. No GST now gst

[@grandmalovesmebest]

Are you being paid by the oil industry?

[@tigranohanyan3321]

Germany closed their all nuclear power plants. Germans are not stupid. There is a reason for that.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

No, what they have done is nothing short of insane. They are collapsing, they have the most expensive energy in the world and next winter large numbers of people will not survive the cold.

[@guslevy3506]

LOL…some random guy who makes a living by talking thinks he understands better than the dude who is actually doing things.

[@GugaBahr.]

What a sad last name...

[@steverichmond7142]

Who let Alex Epstein out of the loonie bin?

[@David_Camerwrongun]

You lost me at Epstein

[@Robbie6298]

Taking things WAAAY out of context. Cherry picking what he said to help spin a narrative. He said 300TWH of installed capacity. This is only to buffer intermittentency of wind and solar. He's not saying this is the total amount of energy we need. This does not include nuclear and generation of geothermal, tidal, hydro, wind and solar that is used immediately.

[@martatavera5262]

Io

[@martatavera5262]

Abinader compuesto pld

[@heath1796]

Not what he said, he said “new” coal and gas production. Why you guys are deciding to die on this hill I have no idea. You also never mention battery storage when combined with wind and solar which makes it a very viable and reliable source of energy.

[@leroyharder4491]

I invested in solar, and my costs decreased. When I get my ev, I will have battery backup for my home, and if given an incentive can help the grid during peak hours. My costs will further decrease. I don't give a @#$% for fossil fuels. Been ripped off by corporations for many years. Fossil fuels are going to get steam rolled going forward. Be very careful. It will take a while to transition and we will need some in the meantime. But do not over invest. If I was Australian, considering how they have been abused by private electrical suppliers, I would get as independent as possible. Your renewable resources are excellent.

[@paulchilds9053]

Yet I have a 9.5 kw solar system that doesn't cover my costs and I don't use airconditioning or the heating because I can't afford it. I guess you have a way bigger and better system

[@leroyharder4491]

@@paulchilds9053 8.9 kw system. This time of year we export to the grid. Supports 2 households (stove fridge dishwasher washer dryer) plus 2 extra freezers. We can expand lots as our business grows. We will see what happens during irrigation and air conditioning season.

[@paulchilds9053]

@@leroyharder4491 here in Australia the power companies only offer around 6 to 8 cents per kWh but charge around 40c per kWh. Solar in Australia is not good and the greens intend on making it worse. The government offer incentives to go Sola but the companies jack the prices up so they get rich and the consumer gets screwed.

[@caseyford3368]

Please look into the motorized versions of self running generators and many other technologies, to confirm and use my ideas. If there is a self running generator running 24/7 without overheating, exploding or anything else, there would always be energy being put into the power walls to use. Imagine billions of clean energy sources all running themselves the items around and the power grid.😎⚡

[@caseyford3368]

Combine self running generators and power walls in homes and businesses to have seemingly endless clean energy everywhere all the time. Have a direct connect to the axle of EVs, and use solar, to super charge them. No more plugging in. I don't care about profit. I care about humanity making the smart moves to move forward.

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Battery energy banks aren't clean.

[@margaretarmstrong2445]

Casey how do you think your clean energy comes about? And how long do you think they'll last? Do you really think renewables are sustainable? Recycling of renewables is not happening on a large scale, most of it is going to landfill. Is this acceptable?