The Future of Power Energy Sources We’ve Got to Look Forward To

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[@justinbabcock9510]

Thank you for including improved nuclear fission as an option on this list. It’s frustrating this is rarely brought up by Green energy advocates. Economies of Scale has proved time and again more money invested make industries more efficient and safer, had significant investments not stopped after 3 Mile Island we might already have these technologies.

[@scottherzeg2741]

That's because the doom-n-gloom types want us to remember that every nuclear reactor is just one moment away from producing a Chernobyl-sized cataclysm. I mean, do you know how many active reactors in land-based facilities and naval vessels are CRITICAL right now? 100%! They're ALL CRITICAL! EVERYBODY PANIC!

[@mikitz]

That's the real irony: if we had invested more on fission, we'd had better fission tech, making it safer. Now the nearly obsolete reactors are the only ones we have, thanks to the 'environmentally minded' mob. Thankfully we'll have fusion soon enough, believe you me. Of course these same bastards will see an impending apocalypse with that as well...

[@bedtimecartoons5213]

*_❤ This Man Speaks So Well And Teaches Us Very Important Things ❤ He Actually Inspires My Documentaries ❤_*

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

I saw a video where a guy put a fusion reactor on the back of his DeLorean back in 2015. It worked off of trash.

[@scottherzeg2741]

Now you're just being silly. The Delorean hasn't been produced for decades. Next, you'll be writing about Mattel working on hoverboard technology. They've been sleeping on their laurels ever since the 1960s, when they started marketing Barbies and Hot Wheels.

[@call_merev4192]

Random PC motherboard in-between solar panel shots made me laugh.

[@user-xs2ys3lc1c]

I am glad I wasn't the only who saw that. :)

[@jasonwaddle6573]

The caption on screen said "not unlike materials found in computer chips" so it wasn't completely random.

[@Widestone001]

Feeding algae to algae? I foresee an algae-rights movement on the horizon! ;-D

[@bigmc88]

Mad algae diesese incoming haha 👍😂

[@scottherzeg2741]

@@bigmc88 You beat me by 30 seconds...

[@benzomanic2972]

Watch your algae micro aggressions bra

[@Widestone001]

@@bigmc88 Haha! I had to read this about 4 times before it clicked. I'll watch out for people with a green tint in their eyes then :-D

[@bigmc88]

Deadly tribes wiping each other then eating the victims in ritual even the papa algae people gonna feel it

[@stevanvaughn2360]

I've trained to deal with water treatment. The main problem with algae is designing a breed that's both fast growing enough to be of use and weak enough not to destroy local eco systems when it escapes.

[@leighpowell1062]

Could cocaine be an energy source........Allegedly

[@joshglover2370]

Cocaine doesn't actually "give you" energy... Rather, it speeds up your metabolism, allowing your body to more rapidly burn the energy you have... That's why it is important that if you choose to use this substance, that you remember to eat and stay hydrated to ensure that you do not damage your heart! 😳

[@MarianneKat]

Coke strokes. Filling nursing homes with young people

[@joshglover2370]

@Donald J. Trump Hahahaha!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Don't forget your Powerade too homie! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@freeswimmin]

TopTenz... starts with Number 8. 😂

[@Erin-Thor]

Shhhhhhhh.....

[@mr.skrywer7983]

The cocain is affecting his maths.

[@Erin-Thor]

Mr. Skrywer - And your spellin. 🤣

[@mr.skrywer7983]

@@Erin-Thor Sorry for making spelling mistakes whilst using my 3rd language. You got me...

[@Erin-Thor]

Mr. Skrywer - LOL! No worries! I spelled something wrong intentionally just for fun, no biggie! Hope you are doing well where ever you are, CHEERS 🥂!

[@drmattconrad77]

The problem of collecting energy in space and then transferring it back to Earth is the potential to weaponize it. Even if the cost drops not many countries will be willing to give another one that trigger.

[@thedarkdragon1437]

There is another problem with biofuel: it generates water when the vehicle is standing long enough. water and engines don't mix well.

[@marcbeebee6969]

And Toyota is selling fuel cells already Simon

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Was going to post this.

[@twocvbloke]

Hydrogen's great as a fuel, trouble is, it needs fossil fuels to extract it from in enough numbers to be sustained, and is of course unsustainable... :P

[@walte99]

I've seen where folks made fuel cells that use electrolysis to generate the hydrogen. You don't want to store hydrogen in tanks, that's for sure!

[@twocvbloke]

There's a lot more to it than just electrolysis, as with that process to break water apart into H2 and O, it needs far more energy in than you get out of it, whereas with cracking hydrogen from hydrocarbons (aka freshly squeezed dino juices) is a lot more efficient, one of them unfortunate truths, not saying it's impossible, just not efficient, even if you have a surplus of energy to play with...

[@carllarsen]

if solar and wind get bigger they can use renewables to crack water to hydrogen and oxygen

[@jackphillips3512]

twocvbloke my solar panels generate enough electricity for cracking hydrogen from water. Storage can be a problem

[@willythemailboy2]

Hydrogen is never an energy source (except fusion, or course). It's a storage medium for energy generated some other way.

[@estherstrek4796]

Ummm, may we have a video on the quantum dots?!?! That sounds amazing!

[@lhopski1503]

Love these videos. This is by far the best one yet

[@rautamiekka]

Nuclear fusion would solve lotsa power requirement problems, maybe even allow those currently experimental space propulsion systems that require EXTREME amounts of energy VERY FAST.

[@badguy1481]

Excellent presentation!

[@Robert-xp4ii]

Topic Idea: "Top 10 next biggest things that never happened".

[@armandsimonis7992]

On earth hydrogen is not an energy source but an energy container. That's because we have to make hydrogen from molecules like water or some natural gas and requires more energy than we will ever get out again. Simple law of physics. Basically hydrogen is a kind of battery and because of its high energy density and relatively easy to store it can be usefull in some niches like flying, seaships, some exceptional land vehicles and most importantly in storing stationary sustainable electricity from solar cells or wind turbines. With signifcant losses unfortunattely but still usefull especially in the approx next two decades (until better and cheaper large batteries come along)

[@papa_xan]

Whoa now...this channel is called TopTenz not TopEightz, I've been cheated out of Twoz...allegedly.

[@Widestone001]

I would not be surprised if Simon had a TopEightz channel tucked away somewhere in his pile of channels... xD

[@bedtimecartoons5213]

*_❤ Ha Ha Ha ❤ Me Too ❤ At Least He Inspires My Documentaries ❤_*

[@joshglover2370]

@@Widestone001 I think Simon secretly owns KZbin... 😎

[@snugglecity3500]

@@joshglover2370 he is in a channel war with captain sparklez

[@beaufield]

Top 7-10 made mostly of old toptenz stuff is the new realistic name to this channel.

[@KD7ETH]

Henry Ford also made a car that ran on hemp oil.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Triso nuclear reactors are quite an interesting technological change that is coming to nuclear power. Do a video on that Simon!

[@jackmason5278]

Why is nuclear waste an issue? Why does it matter if a fuel rod is 5% or 95% consumed? Can't the supposed waste be considered a convenient ore from which pure uranium can be refined?

[@Springman1996]

I remember President Carter banned nuclear fuel reprocessing back in the late 70's.

[@Doctors_TARDIS]

@@Springman1996 Yep. That's entirely the issue. We refuse to reprocess., If we did, we could power the entire US grid using only existing waste for 100 years.

[@mikitz]

Plutonium is too unstable for safe energy production.

[@stephanieurzi4248]

Simon, will you do a video on Cannabis sativa (hemp) as a biofuel?

[@shellycoffey6436]

The other 2 to make the top 10 were allegedly viable but so sheit they don't even deserve an honorable mention

[@kev2533]

Rewatching this two years later and with a little more knowledge. I'm surprised you brought up ethanol and hydrogen fuel without bringing up ammonia fuel cells. Nitrogen is abundant in the atmosphere (making up over 70% of the air) and burning it with oxgygen just produces nitrogen gas and water making it have no fossil fuel equivalent gas products. 4NH 3 (g) +3O 2 (g) 2N 2 (g) + 6H 2 O (l). I think the video I saw about it mentioned using it for cargo ships because of various storage and byproduct (water) dumping reasons.

[@steves3651]

I wish you would have expanded a little more on the Algae part

[@BenjiDubz]

You should check out Thermo-Select Gasification thats the future

[@chrisdavis3055]

#9 and #10 are oil and coal, but those are right out.

[@Tricky117]

Please review Onkalo On your Mega Projects Channel!

[@computernaut]

Burning hydrogen technically does produce greenhouse emissions. Burning hydrogen (with oxygen) creates water vapor which is a greenhouse gas so...

[@brantleyhester6641]

When will you change the name to TopEightz, Simon?

[@ryanroberts1104]

I don't understand why we don't have more large scale solar farms in places like the Nevada desert. Land is basically worthless except to collect sunlight...and it collects more than other areas with more expensive land. Win win right?! California keeps running out of juice, no reason they can't pump some out of Nevada! For that matter plenty of desert land in CA to collect solar power too, why are we not constantly installing more? People think electric cars are the answer...and then don't understand the huge extra strain that puts on the power grid. They still gotta have their energy generated somewhere!

[@nicholaskrupp3978]

We could maybe safely and efficiently produce extraordinary amounts of algae for stuff using human waste water as a primary component.

[@spacepiratejacen2258]

The future isn't written in stone, so the future is what you make of it. Have a great day! 😃👍

[@leighpowell1062]

The future is controlled by those who are winning in the present

[@YouTubeviolatesmy1stamendment]

Fusion energy will never be possible because there is not enough helium in the world

[@colinpearson7584]

there is more than enough helium on the moon though...

[@Daniele-PierreDuLac]

So quick question Simon why are there only 8 entries? If you can't find 10 entries for a topic should it really be done on a channel called TopTenz?

[@janne_kekalainen]

5:41, I heard "Russian river water" and had to do a double-take.

[@spliffdelakong5422]

Heeeeeeyyyyy... your sign works again!

[@yhygyhbyhuhhgggf7022]

It's criminal how few views this one has...

[@zaphodbeeblbrox2255]

You missed the SAFIRE project

[@mr.skrywer7983]

Should have said, "there is a cost to Blazing them"...

[@stephenwright8824]

Allegedly blazing.

[@RussellBarth]

hemp Texas alone could grow all the fule the US needs

[@youtubecreator950]

What is algee, never heard of it.

[@Niiiiith]

It’s a car... that runs on water man!!

[@garykline3300]

What about e-fuel ?

[@agrobots]

Serious hydrogen question: why can’t we just run some electricity through water and then ignite the hydrogen that gets separated?

[@Cryodrake]

The problem with electrolysis is that it requires a lot of electricity for it to work, however if the power is coming from solar or wind then its not much of an issue as it's still clean but might still take a while.

[@GeraldBlack1]

Get grandma off the fusion board!

[@stevenbass732]

Not the first time.

[@aepielfman]

you said hydrogen fuel cells are not available to the public however that is simply not true. Both Toyota and Honda have made them available to the public for more than 3 years. We have been driving a Clarity FC for 2.5 years. You should update your information.

[@meredithpoor666]

You missed Hydrogen-Boron 11 fusion. Also, keyword search fresh water/salt water power generation and water vapor friction cells. This presentation needs some more research and a re-do.

[@mikitz]

At least they should've put fusion as number one, not after the pollution emitting options. Just because people don't have faith in it doesn't mean we didn't know how to (theoretically) do it.

[@noramoss]

HOW DO WE NOT KNOW HYDROGEN HAS BEEN THE KEY ENERGY? IT FUELS STARS... THE ABUNDANCE OF HYDROGEN IN THE UNIVERSE IS UNIMAGINABLE!! smh

[@factsyoudidnotknow4350]

I am cheated because this channel is about top tenz , not top eightz🤣🤣

[@woofmeowack248]

Have you ever done top 10 idot bank robberys

[@RedSkysAreOnFire]

there's a lot of hydrogen in the sea.

[@leaningr]

3:54 you say solar panel but you show a computer motherboard.

[@electi0neering]

The last two suck because they output CO2 with the energy. Basically it’s a way to make energy like fossil fuels. Not a fan.

[@areamusicale]

it doesn't really matter how much a vehicle pollutes when the process for the fuel it uses it 100 times more polluting. Snub people likes to coat ones elf in gold for using electric cars, while they would never even consider going to the shop on a bicycle even on a sunny day. meanwhile people who don't care about the environment clearly show it by adding an extra butthole (exhaust) to their car; everybody knows that two exhausts do not change the performance of the car, only makes the driver looks like an idiot.

[@dafttool]

Pfft 🤬 Not one mention of Tesla’s Free Energy. We are sitting on a giant electromagnetic motor, pumping out energy all around us. All we need do is tap into it. Smh.

[@tncorgi92]

And how do you propose to do that? Specifics please

[@clivearm-riding4342]

You forgot wave power. Look it up Simon. Also the US is not the world.

[@wardahwordah3737]

We need to start thinking about utilizing the terrestrial energy from the earth,...........😀😀😀😀😀

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

69th

[@riegan947]

1st?

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

No one cares.

[@jondoe2731]

162nd

[@Erin-Thor]

280th! Yeah us! 😁

[@guyephauqes6368]

Eleventieth

[@lukeboyuk83]

" fossil fuels have been great " .... Greta scowls with rage. you stole her future and her childhood... how dare you

[@tapsweetTop10]

There's no reason solar energy isn't *everywhere* by now!

[@Erin-Thor]

Have you priced solar panels and lithium batteries? There’s a reason Tesla’s cost a hundred grand and they have never ever had a profitable quarter. Solar has tremendous promise... but it’s not cost effective... yet. Only in remote areas and even then natural gas is cheaper to truck in.

[@mr.skrywer7983]

@@__-rb9st Is that you Elon? Trying to bump that stock price? 😉

[@johnfalls2497]

And solar cell production is a highly polluting process.

[@Erin-Thor]

i i - Seriously?! Well then I stand corrected! Did not know that!

[@mikitz]

Once we strap the moon over with a solar panel belt, we'll be well off for a century or two. The initial cost is astronomical, though.