The Future of Energy (VICE on HBO: Season 4, Episode 9)

At the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, world leaders agreed that climate change is an urgent threat -- cementing green energy production as a new frontier of innovation. VICE takes an in-depth look at the future of how we make and use energy, and how we can meet growing demand as we cut carbon emissions.
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[@KillaWhale209]

That kid is so happy to be able to show to world his work man , he's smiling throughout the entire thing haha

[@flaplaya]

Anyone else to step up and make this change before we are like annihilated? (Raises hand). Oh and I didn't want to mess with the 69 like vibe :) I liked it from within, now all us people on the same page "get some you know what around the you know what". Damn I'm so glad to see actual intelligence other than trolls nowadays. Deniers are Dodo birds. GO PLANET EARTH!!! Woo Hoo. Life may last 200 years instead of 100. Faith.

[@gepelica]

I can only imagine the psychos that vice can't film.

[@notowow2321]

you are jealous ?

[@pacoo3712]

Molten salt reactors(Thorium reactors) are in our current future. Thank God this kid/young man is trying to bring about that change.

[@howdydutt1e]

Pac Oo I was just thinking the same thing, that kid still has decades to help the world.

[@Dudefromspace567]

Thorium is overhyped and not as effective as you were led to believe in those short films saying "thorium is going to change the world bro"

[@MRTuning704]

One of the best vice videos made yet!

[@forlorn_nebula]

I agree!

[@fermentedfruit]

yesss. sorry for the late reply !

[@morgichor679]

Shane: you are known as a very smart guy Elon: *nods in agreement** lmao

[@gabrielcoimbra7887]

I'm the only one who get motivated by these kind of documentaries ?

[@flyingsnake3737]

Gabriel Coimbra Nope. I do too.

[@Ivealways8]

Gabriel Coimbra Nope. I'm excited about the future.

[@KerriCz]

For once this show didn't make me completely hopeless for humanity lol

[@rosssiu7892]

Vice is such a bummer :D

[@KerriCz]

Right?! It's a bit masochistic to watch their show, but I love it anyways haha

[@vanMrMann]

There are lots of these types of videos on vice. Everything in this video is from other reports. This one basically a compilation

[@bornjusticerule5764]

RIGHT! Thank God Hope, Goodness and Resilience are dominant human characteristics as opposed to their opposites

[@bobrolander4344]

Before you get all rosie: Donald Trump is still president. And the Democrats just caved and gave him and Mitch McConnel EVERYTHING they want. Thousands of people who grew up in the USA are going to be FORCEFULLY, VIOLENTLY DEPORTED into countries they've never even seen. Remember: DEMOCRATS are appeasing to a facist government. Democrats are paid by SuperPACs to lose. Lose on immigration. Lose on renewable energy. Obama & Clinton were PRO fracking. They said one thing, only to turn around and DO THE OPPOSITE. *#whereisthechange****?*

[@Beauweir]

Are Elon and his cousins called "The Three Musk-eteers?

[@IcyTamagotchi]

UNDERRATED

[@ahmedshareef2859]

no

[@eskrimwatch09]

nope. threee ass eater

[@KevinP32270]

HAAAA LOL. epic.

[@sabihatanveer8494]

🤣🤣🤣👍✌

[@sergio7248]

The media is full with information about climate change, and renewable energies, but every single time new content is created, and every single time that content is watched, we are one step closer of making it a reality... Thank you for another great video on the biggest problem of our generation!

[@Funkkii]

Mad respect for Vice making these great videos to us enjoy and learn. Good job! :)

[@V1RU5Zuk]

For those interested, the outro music is; Jesen (drop Dopers Extended Mix) by Sara Renar (also this video gives me great hope for the progress with green energy in the near future).

[@KtotheL]

incredible man and im glad we are that much closer. seeing this today is a renewal of hope... i have been down for the past 3 yrs ( bad accident ) and its been tough for me instead of being and living 3--5 yrs in the future now living that far behind. im glad someone out there cares to do what i no longer can

[@cesarcarlosventura]

20:30 he loved that analogy haha

[@phliip7362]

Fuck dude! Most amazing thing I've seen on youtube!! You guys just blew my mind. Like.. Three whole times in a row... Great video

[@francofx]

The power of the sun In the palms of my hands

[@BuyRetweetsOnline]

I love documentaries like this soo much. VICE is so damn good.

[@shaegrover9516]

This video was posted in July but the video taken is from well over a year ago. The telsas are the old models. The tacomac for Fusion energy in France is already built. This was filmed late 2015 early 2016. Why did it take over a year to post?

[@boharihamen]

Bravo Bravo. The best video on KZbin by far.

[@bobrolander4344]

Are you really sure? What are we going to do with the masses who think Trump is a genius? What are we going to do with the masses who still don't understand how corrupt the Clintons and Obamas are? What are we going to do with CNN, who didn't once make the connection between Harvy, Maria, Irma and Climate Change? Too many lose ends. Our societies are still operating under philosophies of the 18th Century. Nihilism, Relativism, Postmodernism. Famine, Wars, Pollution, Corruption, Greed. Capitalism is still racing us all towards our death. Next stop: Extinction.

[@L33tSkE3t]

I really hope we can figure out how to get net positive energy out of fusion soon.

[@rachellejanssen2655]

probably the happiest kid I've ever seen who gets exited about being nerdy :D what a lovely guy

[@yedunson9916]

Videos like these give a lot of hope for the future.

[@musicisbrilliant]

VICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU soooooo much for providing this vital material for FREE to us all!!!! Im so incredibly grateful for all that you guys do.

[@simranjitsingh9975]

This kid is amazing.

[@errlshmirl3130]

11:31 lol "no riding" hilarious

[@justinwaugh4377]

Thorium. Bigger, better, faster, stronger, SAFER energy.

[@JDfabricacations]

justin waugh Norway were experimenting with thorium years ago, they must have ran out of funding. Thorium can sustain us for the next 30,000 years I don't see why we aren't moving forward with it.

[@justinwaugh4377]

Hell, one handful of the material could sustain a human beings home, vehicle, and livelihood with clean safe energy. and when that human being dies, that handful of Thorium could STILL be used for hundreds of years later for someone else. Mankind has always, and always will, overlook our issues. trying to use drastic measures to fix drastic issues, when in reality we can use whats sitting on the table in front of us. small hometown owners of mines all across the united states dump their thorium because not a lot of people buy it. one small mine could run the fucking planet off of what they think is just a useless rock. but america is too focused on what we already invested in. (solar panels, wind turbines, ect)

[@paulswanee5855]

More important than thorium is molten salt.

[@IJoeAceJRI]

thorium is an element. Molten salt is, well, molten sodium or table salt

[@MsBhappy]

www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/02/16/the-thing-about-thorium-why-the-better-nuclear-fuel-may-not-get-a-chance/#1d7abb61d803

[@MrSlick357]

Why is episode 10 not available in South Africa....so much for investigative journalism.

[@omarkhan2131]

Thanks man for making this documentary. We needed to hear the truth.

[@harborwolf22]

Nobel Prize Winner, PhD, Stanford Professor - Former Secretary of Energy B.S. Animal Science from Texas A&M, Career politician - Current Secretary of Energy

[@InfinitePaige]

I loved this documentary because I live in the heart of natural gas/coal mining and never seen so much change in the weather/nature all together before 😩

[@0poIE]

I would love to have that young dude as a friend, just talks about the subject like he invented it. Wow. Hero

[@musicisbrilliant]

THIS IS THE BEST EPISODE IVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No joke!!!!! Probably EVER. Thank you.

[@TRINITYIMPERAT]

One of the best videos on VICE! Awesome work!

[@oranmulcahy90]

We could always start a program to help people leave the Coal, Oil industry and get them jobs in the Solar, Hydro, Wind, Nuclear industry.

[@crsuperman1]

wow this is a very powerful and enlightening video I appreciate it very very much

[@JOHNDOE99]

Hello, is there an update on where we are with nuclear fusion? THANKS!!!!

[@ryccoh]

When Dr. Cowley in the end of video was talking about getting half a gigawatt once we have a sustained fusion burn did he mean out of that tiny reactor or from something the size of ITER??

[@doghouse010]

Shane reading the news reminds me of me reading my part of a group project back in 8th grade.

[@k-mar9587]

Fusion is great but soo hard. Lets keep on pushing on newer fission Projects as well or better first. That may be easier to achieve and sooner to implement.

[@JDfabricacations]

Awesome documentary more please Vice.

[@thomasshirrefs5331]

Great info thanks! I would have liked more on molten salt reactors personally but it's good to have it at least mentioned for once.

[@isaiahjackson3683]

What is the score at begging of the segment? Ya know when they cue the explosion?

[@AnthonySluissi]

AWESOME episode!!! Want moooooore!

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

The smart people did invest into renewable energy technology, when everybody was in doubt. Free fuel is a free fuel. Every turn of the wind turbine is like a flow of money into the pocket of the people who build the wind turbine.

[@aligatorpolo2023]

Wow, so insightful, thanks Vice

[@musicisbrilliant]

THANK YOU Shane and Vice!!!!! Heroes!!!

[@TheNuke03]

HOLY SHIT! Give me more videos like this, fucking epic best video you made

[@yoits90slizzle41]

this is the type of kid the government doesnt want you to know about

[@WesternScienceUSA]

That kid is book smart but he's exactly what the government wants he's stuck on hot fusion b.s when we know cold fusion can be made in a pickle jar for pennies compared to hot fusion GIANT LASERS millions... My over unity diaries shows several ways to get more energy out then in my favorite methods are pulsing electro-magnets and water engines a.k.a H.H.0 engines.. Hydrogen is 5 times more explosive then gasoline and what is in water hydrogen and oxygen if you pulse the water instead of constant current you magically use far less energy to extract the hydrogen (Advanced Electrolysis) I'm really who the government is scared of.

[@eganzale]

Those types of people in general end up dead by "accident, natural causes, or random assassination" just like the guy that figured out how to run a car engine on water years before even electric cars/hybrids started to get mass produced.

[@aaron___6014]

Really? I know about him now and so do the 400k others who've seen the video. University researchers like him are all over the global. And does it really matter when people and locations are already dedicated to fusion reactions?

[@musicisbrilliant]

This channel overwhelms me.

[@hellohighhellotv]

Well done!

[@musicisbrilliant]

THIS GIVES ME HOPE!!!!! Bless that young man!!! I love him.

[@harichw1]

Best video in recent times. Very interesting.

[@MrDanioDomingues]

love this! well done

[@dehved]

What's with the contrast or whatnot that's bleaching out the bright parts?

[@Hani13ful]

Very good demonstration

[@Maverick_______]

F**k Man..... this is one hell of a video..... Really thought provoking.... really informative.... keep up the good work "VICE"

[@cjparsons6748]

What an epic documentary. Shane Smith smashing it again.

[@a.i.dimmer4616]

Protect this kid at all cost!

[@radicaicares]

It's such a shame we pulled out of the Paris agreement, I really feel like that set America back.

[@globzgaming]

id love to see an update of the future of energy early 2021

[@ProRallyDriver]

Amazing!

[@jefkoele-wijn8872]

This was very interesting to watch

[@dylantierney6407]

Brilliantly made doc

[@michicyrill6397]

I didn't know Fred is now into energy

[@cyb507]

We have a generation of egocentric millennials that think the world evolves around the kardashians, this kid should be the rolemodel and inspiration to all of them.

[@Lions4322]

cyb Many do, many don't. The problem is rather that the dumb millennials are too vocal on social media and create that exact illusion.

[@jacob.g.l1592]

Lions4322 Fuck off with that dumb millennial shit.

[@Lions4322]

I reckon that you might be one of them, Pigeonboyy. Why else would a person get mad due to a harmless comment of that caliber on the internet?

[@brittanyb.7781]

Lions4322, it seems people want someone or some generation to blame for NOT "saving us". But, it's still the responsibility of able individuals to create forward change, no matter the generation...

[@anotherbyteinc]

do you even know what egocentric means?

[@smohan123]

That kid is amazing.

[@matteoimperatori4475]

Such a cool documentary!

[@mikemak7916]

This kid is absolutely amazing. Hes going to be a big name in the future. Even bigger than he already is

[@ryccoh]

Shane Smith and Elon Musk hanging out is awesome, I would pay to see more of that!

[@christianraygoza5676]

I already saw this video a while ago, why the re-post?

[@AravindhBaskaran]

Isn't this a re-upload? This feels like the 3rd time they are doing this.

[@augustin9270]

This kid must have been the inspiration behind Sheldon Cooper's character

[@jefftc14]

finally that old Vice material

[@Lions4322]

"That old Vice material" is currently (and has always been) running on HBO. 5 seasons packed with quality, mate.

[@jefftc14]

agreed, however Vice News and several of their other platforms aren't on par

[@mobspeak]

Good documentary, 8/10

[@TXMXIcanDUde]

musk and shane. Changing the world!

[@crsuperman1]

As much as I want this genius Fusion reactor in the garage kid to come to my house and make my Crown Vic and get 27 miles to the gallon I'd rather he's save the planet from our own destructive ways. Goddamn Vice nice way to frame a fucking documentary but as a scientist I know I know your shit is pretty rock-solid so well well done well done

[@EthoDaChill]

my school made me watch this):

[@Melo5k]

EthoDaChill same

[@voidzey__]

Me three

[@christiecrawford1653]

GOOD NEWS! Where are you all going to school?!

[@pushkarmahale912]

Best KZbin Channel with best content !

[@SoCalFreelance]

What we desperately need is leadership who will spend $600 billion a year on science and technology instead of war. And oh, by the way, our nation withdrew from the Paris Agreement on June 1st, thanks Trump 😞

[@joesantos99]

SoCalFreelance agreed

[@brittanyb.7781]

I'm so tired of hearing Trump ramble and for that matter, so many other politicians. People voted for him b/c he "wasn't" a political figure...um, let's start defining that by how hard the person is trying to fool the audience based upon how much of their plans they are trying to hide from them...

[@manofsesame3024]

The Paris agreement is a joke and fraud anyway

[@lopezb]

Absolutely. And FOX news and other propaganda outlets convince too many uneducated idiots (like Trump himself) that global warming doesn't exist. And both Putin and Trump are deniers....they are leading our planet to destruction. The Repubs are essentially all corrupt and all ignorant about basic facts. These midterms are of absolutely critical importance to begin to restore sanity.

[@LuisPerez-ls8pz]

amazing!

[@ChallengerCC]

You guys forgot the new fusion Stellarator Wendelstein 7-X in Germany.

[@j28835]

Give that kid his own show !

[@ykt2]

real life sheldon cooper? haha, he should have FBI bodyguards 247

[@errlshmirl3130]

Corrupt FBI.... How about not.

[@hassanamjad3179]

looks more like Howard.

[@roywb31]

Wish there was more of a focus on Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors! Abundant and cheap, produces less waste, easier to keep under control.

[@willcho7188]

This kid is like Tony Stark lol

[@usandmexico]

I was an engineer for a short time for an electric utility, so I don't have years of experience, but I do know this lacked the practical concerns of utility engineers working day after day to maintain and produce electrical power. The engineers I knew were upset with city and CA state officials, and they were upset with the policies they were being forced to follow. They are being pushed to do things they think are not feasible, at the moment at least. As for wind energy in California, some mocked it openly. In general, everyone knows that solar and wind are unreliable, and battery technology is still not good enough. In general, you should not think that practicing engineers are making policy. I know engineers that work in more legal ways and interact with state government, and they are not confident their concerns are being taken seriously. It seems the politicians are already convinced of what should be done, regardless of what the engineers say. Interestingly, I also contributed to a class project on Thorium in college, but I misplaced the paper.

[@abhishekcyborg7555]

We can't see energy but we are happy to hear "its GREEN"!

[@KevinP32270]

AWESOME VIDEO. thanks.

[@LIVdaBrand]

As a meteorologist, we must continue to fund science...unless we want to cease to exist. It's why I am trying to go overseas to work at the WMO (World Meteorological Organization) to try to help. Ideas save humanity every day! Nerds make the world go round.

[@michicyrill6397]

very interesting

[@maxnboommax8131]

The future is going to be insane!!!

[@terraflops]

wow, that was awesome!!!

[@ryankelly9287]

The company in Denmark that makes the windmills is called Dong energy

[@jesusespinosa7258]

rolling a backwood while watching this video. Props to bruh btw

[@NOGRIZZGUY]

why not use fusion to make energy, then use that fused stuff in a fission plant, then then that stuff in a fussion plant, ect ect

[@lolgetalife397]

GRIZZLY_GUY fusion is very hard to control

[@_TbT_]

+Lol Get a life no. Fusion is hard to achieve, not hard to control. Switch it off and it is off. Fission is harder to control.

[@Casey5693]

I have seen the future and it's amazing!

[@KBKriechbaum]

Hello, what is the song in the outro?

[@digifotoclujdml9970]

It’s the only way forward 🙌💯👍

[@graniteiii]

This is a year old, old news. Get season 5 uploaded,

[@bakanonee-chan8747]

6:51 7:28 7:53 8:14 14:48 17:42 17:52

[@fox3517]

How would electricity storage, electricity generators, and electronics be possible if fossil fuels deplete, as many components are derived from fossil fuels?

[@vidthiafraser8824]

What's the name of the end credit's song?