There Is No Shortage of Energy; There Is Shortage of Normalcy Despite increased production of energy from renewable sources, and despite the slowdown in car manufacturing, oil prices are skyrocketing. Even though fewer power plants still burn coal, coal prices are skyrocketing, as well. Natural gas prices, too, are going through the roof, and energy demand seems to outpace supply in every country and in every form of energy. Have Earth’s energy sources dwindled so drastically in a matter of months? The answer is a resounding “No!” There is no shortage of energy; there is a serious shortage of normalcy in human relations. I hope the current crisis will put some sense into humanity’s insane consumption. The energy crunch indicates that we are over consuming. We are producing too much, throwing the excess production to the trash, polluting the ground, the air, and the water, and then we are complaining that we do not have enough. It is about as sane as killing one’s parents and then pleading for the court’s mercy because I’ve recently been orphaned. It is time we reconsider everything we produce-how we divide production, profits, and goods, which services are necessary and which are redundant, and most importantly, how we treat one another. The goal of this process should be clear to everyone: survival. There is no ulterior motive, no attempt to dominate or deprive anyone of power or wealth. It is simply that reality is forcing us to take all of humanity and the entire planet into consideration. If we don’t, our entire civilization will collapse like a deck of cards. Since we still do not understand it and insist on running things the way we have always been running them-through power games-I anticipate a very cold and gloomy winter for the northern hemisphere. The energy crunch will leave many in dark and cold houses; there will be no gas for cars, and renewable energy will not replace traditional sources since there will be little sun during the winter. I hope that at least, it will make us rethink our values. If it doesn’t, next summer will be even worse than the awful summer that just ended. I know that many people are counting on the promise of renewable energy to solve the energy problems of humanity. I think they are mistaken. There is plenty of energy, far more than we really need. We could cut emissions by at least half tomorrow. But the more we have, the hungrier we become, so our thirst for energy will never be satiated, and we will never stop exploiting the planet or each other until we reeducate ourselves and start being humane toward each other. We have been behaving like spoiled brats whose parents buy them whatever they want. Now, our parents have run out of money and our childhood is over. It is time for us to mature and conduct ourselves like responsible adults, caring for all of humanity the way a mother cares for her entire family. If we think like a family, we will achieve normalcy.
@comic4relief Жыл бұрын
3:04 Grammar check: "...you and I..."
@comic4relief Жыл бұрын
0:13 170 million gigawatts? I think the generally agreed upon figure is around 19 terawatts, about 1/9000th of that.
@kj_09 Жыл бұрын
Well, that was 2018 or so
@arkofnight7 ай бұрын
Year giga watts is big unit. Big countries usually require thousands of gw so it should be 19 k gw.
@parthsoni86603 ай бұрын
exactly, probably there's some issue with the number
@parthsoni86603 ай бұрын
it might be 170M GWh
@mwilariafranline98443 жыл бұрын
please makes some lessons about factors that affect the global energy cosumption
@galoalbertosantanaruiz5737 Жыл бұрын
I am am Energy Eng - Germany . What we need urgently to do is : -- to improve the USE OF THE UNDEGROUND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ( which is infinite, 100% green and cheap & reliable ) -- to HELP installing the best nuclear ENERGY now, which is the NUCLEAR THORIUM REACTOR (no radioactiv waste, no WATER needed but Salts )
@scketchy8 ай бұрын
My geography teacher made me watch this 20 bloody times, cool video though
@calisthenichub3 жыл бұрын
This is very helpful. Thanks for video😀
@henryjembi27165 жыл бұрын
Its very important and necessary in today's world.
@ryanduffett2212 жыл бұрын
I love you henry
@kj_09 Жыл бұрын
wut
@zahraag61653 жыл бұрын
Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other
@ariannapaneni172 жыл бұрын
Hi! Which sources did you use for the numbers? Thanks :)
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@tiktokworld14673 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@ronateklu58885 жыл бұрын
This is very helpful 😀
@ryanvargheese59173 жыл бұрын
How many of you are here because of your teacher
@ryanduffett2212 жыл бұрын
Hi Ryan
@ryanvargheese59172 жыл бұрын
@@ryanduffett221 Hii😊
@ryanvargheese59172 жыл бұрын
Hog Rideeeeeer!!
@katjerouac4 жыл бұрын
0:57 This is petty but Centralamerica is a former country and a political region of these countries 🇬🇹🇭🇳🇳🇮🇸🇻. Not an actual geographical location. We are part of North America. I just hope you're not including mexico as your "central america" because that is just plain wrong lol. Not even close.
@mrsescuella52024 жыл бұрын
Wow... thanks for the geography lesson
@mentosanowara36344 жыл бұрын
Thnkxssss
@sachin28423 жыл бұрын
first show correct map of India.
@charleskenney45423 жыл бұрын
Yes, we are using too much energy. You Canadians need to cut back.