Masdar: The City of the Future | Fully Charged

[@arnogermond5473]

Energy is definitely a critical issue for new smart cities. Masdar and its energy system might be not perfect as it is now, but it really is a source of inspiration for planning projects in the future. Wish that people realize that we need much more cities like this, everywhere.

[@Buehler1997]

seems like the UAE finally realised that the only way to maintain their wealth is to become independent from the only source of income they have been relying on and which is running out at an enormous rate - oil

[@steveduno123]

Wrong.

[@zayedalshamsi7321]

That was the plan of the UAE since the 60s we already suffered a depression once we are not planning to get through it again

[@Nemoticon]

@@steveduno123 Wrong.

[@ryansouza7625]

first 30 seconds he was smoking crack

[@darthjibreel264]

Bruh lol

[@Wul-Lop]

May peace, wealth, heatlh & sustainable prosperity come to Masdar, Abu Dhabi & all over the world.

[@homertalk]

الإسلام هو الشر

[@JJs_playground]

I applaud UAE for being such forward thinking on the renewable energy front. it's rare to see this in Arab countries.

[@iirmv901]

Ive been there , its amazing , increadible , mashalah .

[@gward135]

Can you go back and see how its changed?!

[@marouchaaa]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXSuq2uvoN58aKc If you're still interested

[@bassam_salim]

@@marouchaaa that is not masdar, this is another place in Dubai, Masdar is in AbuDhabi

[@OllieJonsson]

Fully Charged is the only channel on KZbin that I make sure I never miss a single episode of. Love it!

[@AspieGamer1986]

Masdar is looking really awesome.

[@nickynada-btc]

I wish we had something like this in the US.

[@lia8302]

@Cloud Strife it has nothing to fo with oil. Many countries have other endless natural resources but it’s all about the brains & management

[@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347]

All large countries (US,EU,China,Russia,Aus,etc) should be ashamed that they do not have a research city such as this!

[@pepe9138]

+blitzfication no

[@kalthamismail695]

+blitzfication Not all!

[@ArabKatib]

*"all researcher are from western continents in masdar"* Ok, then why don't these countries initiate such a project? :^)

[@ArabKatib]

***** I see.. :-)

[@pepe9138]

my dad works here and i can say that many major jobs are taken by arabs....its half half

[@fullychargedshow]

I entirely agree, but then again, I don't think I ever implied that I was the first to visit Masdar, they have TV and film crews there all the time.

[@The8BitGuy]

You know, if the Arabs realize they need to prepare for the future, why is it so hard for the right-wing in the USA to realize it?

[@yinyang5526]

The 8-Bit Guy you know generalization is the hallmark of an idiot right?

[@thyrampantpigeon]

I do hope Masdar is the flagship of more things to come!

[@zacharygardner2738]

Well they are doing better than america and the UK as of now so... yes

[@TameTusker]

Respect to UAE from Canada.👍👍👍👍🌹🌹😊😊. My backcountry is India and I am delighted that India has plans to build 100 smart cities for the future.😊

[@choncord]

How about building some toilets first. One step at a time.

[@arielle4747]

@@choncord 97% people have access to toilets since 2001 40&people have toilets access last five year 100million toilets have being built people have toilets do your researvh dumb ass.

[@CarmenGabrielAvle]

Keep up the good work.. your videos are a welcome enrichment to those of us who live in countries where the local broadcasters are frugal with renewal energy/sustainability tv documentaries.

[@ZbeeKozak]

What about the own food production and water supply and treatment? Masdar could be fully independent modern, sustainable city.

[@lawnmowerdude]

Great episode. I really love the topic about the city of the future.

[@skyearthocean5815]

Very cool! Model for how cities should be built. Obviously there should be differences for climate, but walk / bike-ability, energy efficient structures, and renewable energy generation should be fundamental to all new construction.

[@dad2jmcnb]

I think you'll find that there's plenty of people in all countries who realise - but it's incredible that the right people have had the right influence and power to get this moving with Masdar. But hopefully the right people are pooling the lessons from around the world and as we move forward these technologies will be part of how new constructions are done and older places renovated.

[@wailer27]

thanks for the support

[@JGTechBlog]

This is amazing you need to go back!

[@jmsmorley]

Good grief people, they have already said that this is an experimental city! Continually experimenting with new technologies, which ones work and which ones don't. Do you see any other country going thru such great lengths to do this? Better question, WHY AREN'T WE??

[@lallen4999]

Because we don't have an autocratic,fascist and oppressive ruler who kills or imprisons------oops!mistake--we have one since2016,.

[@zayedalshamsi7321]

@@lallen4999 the UAE doesn’t have an oppressive ruler lol

[@shakyricLshadow1111]

Its also nice that they've taken the initiative to fund a project like this. Even though we're working with them in regards to research... I can't help but feel that we, the United States, should've taken a much greater role in the renewable energy department. We haven't been doing enough to see how to reduce energy use in our existing cities, and fusion energy on a commercial scale is, at least for now, 20-40 years away... We should really do a lot more in regards to renewable energy...

[@dogdrovenorth]

Oh, I caught it about a year ago and I remembered that they focused on the underground autopilot cars, but you looked at far more interesting technologies - different ways of heating water and generating more electricity than needed, and you both looked at how they keep the city cooler - thus negating the need for air-conditioning in all their hotels. Will tune in to catch part two.

[@jmurkz]

wow what a great episode, thank you.

[@borthwey]

The Sunflower is something like that, it consists of rows of quadrangular lenses each of which concentrates light on a small photovoltaic circuit. It has the drawback of not working well (or at all) when the sky is cloudy, unlike traditional panels, but for places like Dubai that wouldn't seem to be much of a problem.

[@Slider2732]

Great episode, people moving forward in a surprising place. 11:23 there's a sign behind those cones "Caution - Oil spill area. High pressure cap leaking due to lack of interest and maintenance".

[@shakilnasir3829]

It's unbelievably great research and technology , it can change the world's energy need.

[@matturbanowski]

I love this city! I visited Dubai recently too, the architecture is amazing, Few more trees wouldn't hurt though.

[@ritaisamushroom2786]

Well yes but they will only put in the trees after other constructions

[@meehanator8010]

How are you all doing on this fine day

[@jose_macy_deez2850]

great

[@moose82886]

sha sheeeeeeeeeeeesh

[@Jefff72]

How do you keep the panels clear of sand in a desert environment? I was in Oman in 2003 and no matter where you are, even an air conditioned office, fine layers of sand get everywhere. It gets in your keyboard, on your screen, everywhere.

[@blogobre]

have a slope on it

[@memevoid4348]

living the desert life

[@Proloco47chev]

you can use both side of a photo voltaic cell. using a parabolic mirror you can get 4 times the energy for 3rd of the material.

[@awesomelf8230]

This is absolutely what I love to see! My god just fantastic, it's not just about how we make power it's how we use it and these people totally get it

[@addictedtopiano]

Great one, Robert! I'm almost able to see myself living in a fully self sustainable 'city of the future' .... in the future.

[@gabkoost]

Forget Algarve or any other Souther European resort region. When i am retired, i want to go live in Masdar. That would be a great way to live my last 20 years of life! A clean city built for men and not for cars, in harmony with your environment and not consuming it and allowing you to live with your mind free instead of killing you slowly with pollution, stress and retarded people. Where can i sign?

[@josefgiven]

stunning work (the scale of it!), look forward to learning more about this and similar projects. Love a bit of eco-optimism :)

[@DantiRiveraR4CImarketplace]

Awesome City! Cant wait to go and see it!

[@Warrior_of_light777]

Interesting.. creating a city with renewable energy in the place where OIL is abundant.

[@fullychargedshow]

That is a very good question, I think the answer is long, complicated and rather depressing.

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Do temperature decline in solar panel dominated areas? The panels don't retain heat?

[@shakyricLshadow1111]

I'm glad they're taking their time with Masdar City. So many new discoveries are being made, ESPECIALLY in the area of renewable energy that many of the things they're doing on that scale would become obsolete if they didn't. Fortunately its one of their priorities (I believe) to integrate and test new renewable energy methods... This is good, once again, due to the enormous amount of discoveries being made... One need only go to science daily, pop sci, extreme tech, or physics world to see.

[@robertmcshane1038]

Hi Robert totally loved your upload on masdar city,I was privileged to be involved on the construction of the erection of the timber framed roof on the library. The glulam timber was sourced from France from sustainable forests and engineered by terrells .This was all done in 2009 , im going back to to the uae this year and definitely going back to masdar to see this beautiful city take care ❤

[@DanFrederiksen]

I would also move the solar panels out in the desert away from the city because they get very hot. only about 17% is moved away as electricity, the rest is a near black surface that soaks up all the solar heat. move them away, maybe even cool them with ocean water because they are more effective when not very hot.

[@rentoz]

Season Finale ? No way! We want more!!!

[@Firishta001]

Can't wait to visit

[@DanielCwele]

Its amzing to see all this desert land actually coming to good economic use.

[@Borat911]

Well they sure have loads of sunshine ... They must produce a ton of solar energy

[@EnderbornGamingAndStuff]

Borat Erali Nazarbayev look up "the beam down project"

[@pnvgordinho]

Borat Erali Nazarbayev They use solar thermal. Use the sun to heat fluid, convert to gas and the run turbines.

[@DigitalEscolhas]

00:42 what's the song?

[@HesteBremse]

I will watch it, thanks ;)

[@jnpaget]

have you thought about submitting this to the new urbanism film festival? the film fest all about urban planning and design.

[@JYMAHJAMES]

Why is there nobody around? It's quite quiet for a city.

[@Certifiable]

Did you even watch bro? It's UNDER CONSTRUCTION until 2025!

[@JYMAHJAMES]

tallaussiebloke Then why do I see loads of videos of people in the city on them self drvie cars. How come they are allowed in?

[@Certifiable]

...that's pre-vis of what the city WILL look like. (If not that, it's the teams building the city.)

[@JYMAHJAMES]

tallaussiebloke Ok sorry

[@madman3891]

Actually they already have research labs in the city, including international university exchange programs for research positions.

[@TBman256]

the beginning was awesome :D

[@lakshya9917]

8:56 ' its not much but its honest work '

[@lucasskywalker]

I love this. Death to oil, coal, and nuclear!

[@HesteBremse]

Unfortunately i cant´ remember what TV program mentioned that we might already have reached Oil Peak. They said that examplewise British Petrol have not increased their oil production over the last 1-2 years and this could be a strong indication of Oil Peak or very close to it. And btw it´s not only right wings in the USA that find it hard to realize.

[@SuperniusPL]

Great wideo!

[@aky19832001]

Wouldn't Masdar being closer to the shore be a factor as to why it's 10 degrees cooler? Abu is deeper in land and surrounded by desert.

[@madman3891]

Perhaps they're measuring temps from before the tech was applied to after.

[@m0168_]

Yes, I would like to live in masdar City.

[@netsurfer10000]

Holy shit! :D Can't wait to see electric cars there :)

[@maxwelljacobs8830]

No cars in the city.

[@MsMan602]

+Maxwell Jacobs there are already cars there

[@XitUp]

It's only 11 miles from Abu Dhabi city so even if no one lives there it's not too far to travel to. Put in good rail links to other cities and the airport.

[@jamessmith99731]

Good episode.

[@EdsEnemy]

That's what the concentrated solar power arrays are, essentially. I think they're inactive in this video, they should be rotated 180 degrees, so they bounce the sunlight off the lower mirrors and onto the tube.

[@neilens]

I think they're ready and work, they are just unused currently because, as was said in the video, there are no residents in Masdar yet and it's still a tiny city compared to the expected finished result

[@laken1804]

Good stuff!

[@GiddeonG]

OK, thumbs if you saw the first 20 seconds of this and thought it was a Scrapheap episode! BRING IT BAAACK! (God I loved scrapheap hehe)

[@CakraDiaz]

my goodness, this n orkney got me in tears :') go renewables! save our environments!

[@staffansvahn]

Wonderfully inspirational! There is hope for the human race. I love it that it is an oil rich state that leads the way.

[@Persephone_]

I love that intro. XD

[@lardegh5793]

I remember first time they talk about this city then I fly to Abu Dhabi after years I was really glad I hope I afford cost of living there :)

[@madman3891]

Quite nice to see them pay for all this research that will benefit everyone.

[@mpeay3945]

I'd really like to see a 10 year follow up about this place

[@videogalore]

It would be a lengthy road trip in the Tesla, but it would be really interesting to see an update to this as the first phase was due to be completed in 2015!

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

Look up photovoltaic multi-junction cells with light concebntrators in the form of Fresnel Lenses - Also called Concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) - They're basically what you're describing. I got lots of hits using the search term "Concentrated photovoltaics" on google. including videos.

[@peterlang777]

check out the saurea solar engine by alain coty. motor runs with high power

[@stxrlivia8651]

pov: your learning about sustainable cities in geography

[@Peoplestariff]

and there's my answer ! - of course you did !!! now i'll watch the #fullychargedshow #dubai report !

[@xebetax]

Hey Robert, great show, thanks!

[@countertony]

(Having watched it all now) sounds like an excellent plan, so long as it does attract residents as well as being what seems at the moment to be a large research park with residential space coming Real Soon. Personally I'd love to live there - it seems like it could be well-suited to safe and sustainable transport (walking, cycling, motor vehicle use only where necessary).

[@ihatelimerick1]

very interesting stuff

[@tecnocato]

Can we call this the City of the PRESENT and the rest the cities of the past?

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Really good idea and good to see them doing this but odd because oil is what's made Abu Dhabi so you'd think they wouldn't want to loose that business. But I guess if this city works great, they can patient all the ideas making them even more rich.

[@jcsaintpo]

Can you explain how cooling by heat works? It seems unlogic, but apparently it works!

[@DanFrederiksen]

I like the idea of building tightly but I would take that idea further and build one combined roof that has mirror coating. 1% transparent over the passages so you can perceive daylight but at a level comfortable to the eyes and with no significant radiated energy. then I would use ocean water to limit temperatures if necessary. taking the solar heat out of abu dhabi can suddenly make it very comfortable and they could prosper and grow. and it shouldn't be expensive to have metal foil roofs.

[@الا_زايد]

That city in UAE??

[@quatermass8]

It's a beautiful thing!

[@kolossalott9005]

They are creating my dream city! D:

[@rockguitar2012]

It does - White clothes reflect heat, black clothes absorb heat. So you'll get hotter more quickly in black clothes, whereas white clothes will help you to stay cool :)

[@HesteBremse]

You are essentially right, but i think that a project like this could more or less only be realized making it big scale. By this i mean that the Arabic commercial investors who are used to making big scale projects would in this place and time not go for the other option. (It does not make it right or better). Also it seems that it is essentially a big "Eco" lab as first purpose. I thou really like the open invitation presented.

[@mrjaffar]

Bob... The intro... Even without the rubber suit I see Kryten :-) lol

[@lythsian]

The answer is short, uncomplicated but very very much depressing. Power is power.

[@aladdinbenokba6127]

@ 0:31 that is the most silly introduction I’ve ever seen in whole my life 😂

[@XitUp]

Yes, but in a not so warm but windy place like the UK we can concentrate on passive solar so homes and workplaces take less energy to heat. We can also look at wind/wave/tidal energy as solar pv isn't that great here. There is no where on earth where sustainable development would be impossible, you just need to vary your methods.

[@chippychin]

You are my hero for the week. Well said. Or is that well asked? ;)

[@СеменПогосов-б2з]

Молодцы ! Это правильно и очень красиво !

[@abdullahalameri285]

Abu Dhabi is the the capital city and Dubai is the larger city at UAE

[@visheshshah6824]

No it’s not.Abu Dhabi is biggest

[@abdullahalameri285]

@@visheshshah6824 no as city dubai is large but as state yes btw iam from uae

[@UltimateBass2]

I am so moving there.

[@meehanator8010]

POV your doing this as school work

[@Slackdragon]

I like how Robert and the interviewee get redder and more sweat-soaked as the episode progresses.

[@cptmuska]

the arab man at the end spoke such amazing English.

[@superhamzah85]

Yes, your morals are absolutely correct, no one in history or in the future can judge you to be anything else but correct. Nothing turns my stomach more than moral absolutes.