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  1. For Lockridge, the engineer, this has got to be the worst feeling. He was right, he tried to stop it and was fired and sued for his well founded concerns.
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  2. Makes complete sense why plants hate green light. Green light evaporates water so plans reflect it away to reduce water evaporation.
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  3. For decades property developers have filled in wetlands and built homes, strip malls and shopping centers on them. Wetlands are natures over flow, flood storage and ground water recharge ares. Wetlands need to be protected, expanded and appreciated for the flood control and water storage that they provide.
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  4. Need more engineers, less lawyers in government that is in my opinion the primary reason for poor management with catastrophic consequences.
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  5. Dude, my vertical farms are tested extensively in Minecraft before I ever realize that I won't build them IRL
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  6. I love that Space YouTubers all support one another. Surprisingly one of the least toxic communities. Go Starship!
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  7. One tiny little quibble: You mentioned that you should cut back on the seat heaters to extend range. Using the seat heaters on an EV uses very little electricity. For that reason, it is suggested that you USE the seat heater and cut back on the cabin temperature. Seat heaters are your friend.
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  8. I was a Flight Attendant for a major carrier for 23 years. I've always been astounded that DCA was open to commercial traffic, especially when Dulles is so close. The sheer number of government, military and security interests in the immediate area around DCA needs to be re-evaluated. We no longer rely on horse and carriage to move between buildings, so it might be a good time to scatter some of the more critical HQs across the country and use our advanced technology to communicate in real time. We also have the technology to solve, or at least mitigate against, the ground traffic congestion around DC. We just need the will to do it.
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  9. One reason it took so long to build is also that it is funded exclusively by donations, and lately by tourists. So a lot of the time, the issue was simply that there was no money to continue. Now it has so many tourists paying to see it, it is advancing pretty fast.
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  10. Barcelona local here. By the time those residential blocks were built nobody was expecting the basilica to be ever finished, at least in the lifespan of potential buyers. People who bought houses there have always been fully aware of the situation, only that 40 years ago it seemed such a far away in the future problem that they just did not care.
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  11. listen to engineers. that's the lesson.
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  12. I saw the title and thought, "Duh." Then you knocked it out of the park. Awesome work. Thank you for what you do!
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  13. Your presentations are truly superb! Just enough science and engineering to fully inform us and not so much that you lose us along the way. Thank you.
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  14. One of the best videos covering the F-150. Well done.
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  15. I was surprised to learn of all the other elements besides salt in ocean water. It makes sense to harvest those elements, especially thorium.
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  16. Is it just me that got really annoyed When he shower the vist for each element where he showed a pound being 2x as extensive as 1 kg meanwhile 1 kg is dubble as much as a pound
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  17. Even if the main structure of the sub had been approved, certified, replaced every dive, tested etc There are a number of reasons I would never have got into that vessel. Poor communications, no location beacon, no emergency systems to counter being bolted in from the outside. The use of a games controller...seriously?!! It is one thing to challenge frontiers, it is quite another to take your safety and the safety of others so casually! I took more precautions camping on Dartmoor as a child!!
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  18. Got my panels for 21 years now. They are well above 80% still. Had to replace 1 converter I reused from my very first solar installation 23 years ago. 300 € of maintenance in 21 years. I am going to double the capacity and add a Batterie next year. Never cleaned the panels. It’s so cool!
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  19. I think this could work in Namibia. They have a unique geography where they get constant fog but no rainfall and a huge desert. Most coastal places with humidity get plenty of rainfall.
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  20. In depth, clearly communicated info on a subject that can be pretty confusing. Having a 10 year experience to evaluate separates you from a lot of other reviews or opinions on solar. Well done. I liked and subscribed based off of this video.
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  21. Thanks for coming out to visit. We hope the off grid cabins weren't too cold for you
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  22. You are supposed to keep the seat heaters on... It's a lot more efficient to heat your butt than the entire cabin...
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  23. I've watched 5 different reviews on Tesla's Battery day and you def had the most detailed and concise breakdown.
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  24. I've been watching all the F-150 Lightning videos dropping right now, and this is the best one, hands down.
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  25. Feel so bad for the victims and their families.
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  26. This is a great video. Seeing how excited your son was to get in the back makes me realize that so many of us are thinking about this area all wrong. For children this 3rd row is like having a pillow fort. It is their own world. It will also serve for small adults (my mother in law is 5'2") for short hauls. Clearly it is more functional than we thought. Beautiful family!
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  27. I own both of these cars, a 2017 Bolt and a 2018 Tesla M3. My wife drives the Bolt, I drive the M3. We both had EVs previously, a Leaf and a Spark. What changed principally from day to day is that we don't both rush for the charger every night. My wife likes the hatchback, the fact that the Bolt is slightly smaller, and she appreciates the fact she does not have to worry about range to get anywhere around the city. She rarely if ever charges away from home. I have a long commute, 44 miles round trip, charge about every 3 days, and use chargers away from home only when we take long trips. The biggest difference between the cars is charging away from home. We went from San Fransisco to Los Angeles in both cars. In the Bolt, we were restricted to highway 101, a longer route, because the shortest and most heavily traveled route has no CCS chargers. At all. According to plugshare, it still does not. Trying to charge down the 101 is somewhat hit or miss. There "appear" to be a lot of high power chargers for CCS, but most of them are actually 1/2 power chargepoint 25kW stations that take way longer to charge. On the way down we made it with one charge, but we left fully charged, stopped for 2 hours (!) at a 50kW charger, and barely had any charge when we made it to San Fernando Valley. On the way back we hit three chargers, made worse because the hotel we stayed at had no charger, so we had to hit one on the way out. Note: if you can find a hotel with a charge spot, even only an L2, this is a huge help, since you leave the hotel fully charged. With Tesla we left fully charged, hit the Harris ranch charger even though we could have gone farther, and charged twice in LA before returning on the I5. Another charge at Harris ranch got us home. There really is no comparison between cars when it comes to on the road charging. With CCS charging you are luck if there are two 50kW charging spots, and the chances are good one of them is out of order. When you get there you fiddle with a card, and even having a card does not always help. My EVgo card works only %50 or less of the time, and they have sent me several replacement cards. Thus I waste 10 minutes at each charge calling them and setting up a charge on the account. With Tesla, we go to chargers and there are 10 spots, with some up to 20 (!) spots. You plug the car in and go. The billing is completely automatic, and the prices are reasonable. There is an odd thing going on with the A/B system, if you plug in to A, and another car is on B, or vice versa, you both get slowed down, so you pick an A-B pair that is unoccupied. Coming into a charge station at about 50 miles left (my personal minimum), you get to see the car charge at over 100kW/h for about 2 minutes to reach over 200 miles left, then less after that. Its truly a breathtaking sight to see a car charge that fast, and apparently this is unique to the model 3, which has improvements in charging speed even over the Model S. In short, we are happy with both cars, but the Bolt is clearly a local, city car, and the M3 is for long trips.
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  28. This basically what your home A/C or dehumidifier does . I connected a bucket to my condensate drain (my dehumidifier has its own built in container) and pour the water into a 45 gallon trash can. When it gets full , I have a small pump and water my grass with it. There YouTube videos out there with other's doing this. That is what I do with the water but you may have other uses.
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  29. I hate it, it's disgusting... Its.. Kinda cool, I want one
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  30. “We’re pretty big fans of wind.” I See what you did there. ;-)
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  31. Exported oil still enters the market and affects the supply and thus the price world wide. Same reason Russian exports affect price in America even if we don’t buy Russian oil.
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  32. This is actually one of the best solar videos I’ve ever seen, good job!
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  33. This is the first comprehensive and actually good review of the 3 row Model Y. Thanks!
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  34. Knowing how much power A.I. consumes makes you truly appreciate how efficiently the human brain operates.
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  35. I worked in desalination for 25 years and the one thing I can say for certain is, it's very expensive and only energy rich countries can afford it. Moving water around is probably the best and only long term answer, but I think pumping large amounts of water large distances has it's own problems/costs. Pressure drops along small pipes is a problem but I doubt the problems are insurmountable if we had the will to do it. There is probably enough waste plastic in the world for the pipes if we could recycle it.
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  36. Question: how many people can fit in back of a Model Y? Answer: Juan
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  37. Imagine a plastic battery the size of a standard heat exchanger for an AC unit sitting right next to it. No one would even notice it after a few weeks and you'd have enough power for your whole house in the case of an outage. I hope this tech comes to fruition.
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  38. Great video, I wish I could give you two thumbs up! You covered new angles and interesting info that I haven’t really heard anyone else dive into. Really enjoyed it. 👍
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  39. Just to add some context as I'm a shareholder in GMG, their batteries are 100% recyclable and hold the same energy density as LFP batteries, in fact once you deduct the weight of the thermal management system and the energy it uses for NMC batteries, it's almost a wash. The theoretical power density is also twice that of Li-ion and they are much less toxic and not nearly as prone to overheating as Li-ion. Love hearing coverage on these guys, great info!
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  40. you would run tests until failure and ensure that you had at least 1.4-2x factor of safety at the pressure the vessel is designed for. Regulations are too time consuming? Curious if they would now argue for a do over.
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  41. What I love about all these new spacecraft is that they all look like the spacecraft from 1930s comics like Buck Rogers.
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  42. Great vid and thanks for the shout out!
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  43. I really appreciate your view and thoroughness on this. I have friends that follow the chem trail theory and it was refreshing to get such a well done view. I agree as well in the theory of unintended consequences. Would really love to see people focus more on treating our planet right than trying to have the illusion of control.
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  44. The pandemic is going to speed up a lot of trends that's for sure, and the collapse of Big Oil is one of them.
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  45. MY Model 3 runs 100% from solar energy. Found that the best charging time is at 11:00 in my latitude. That way I have enough solar energy to also charge the house batteries and run house + car 100% from the sun. My USAGE carbon footprint for house and car is 0.
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  46. I don't know how anyone can dislike this video. The dedication is really visible.
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  47. BMWs are black holes
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  48. @2:37 "The first stage booster is called 'Super Heavy' because of its delicate and fragile proportions" 🤣🤣
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  49. Gasoline cars use almost as much electricity just to refine the gasoline as EVs use to drive the car. The electricity consumed to refine gasoline for a 25 MPG car is 70% the amount a Model 3 consumes to drive per mile. (It takes about 4.5 kWh of electricity to refine 1 gallon of gasoline). When the refining of gasoline is taken into account the hybrid in West Virginia (50 MPG) generates about 150% more CO2 than a Model 3 in West Virginia. (Assuming the refining of gasoline for use in West Virginia uses the same electricity mix as the grid in West Virginia). And we still haven't accounted for transportation and mining CO2 cost.
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  50. The more i look at it the more i like it. "Not for everyone" is an understatement, but the price, performance, utility and features are a compelling package for site workers in all construction fields. I suspect it will develope a hard core of fans in that market who, like early Tesla car adopters, will sell their friends on the product. The styling and features will become the new normal, and on the road, as you said, it will turn heads like nothing else, and that is what some people want. Round some edges a bit maybe and influencers will do their thing. I have a construction background and many younger tradespeople i know would love to roll up to the job in one of those, just to mess with the boss and show off the features to their peers. This is like the original Roadster, a technology demonstrator and market awareness ploy. I suspect future iterations will reflect consumer input to some extent, but that the market will come to accept and embrace this new design language. Millions of future buyers are in their teens today, and old dudes like me are literally a dying segment of consumers. Society, ultimately, changes one funeral at a time, but tastes can change on a dime. We shall see.
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  51. Rel life numbers: I bought a Model S in 2013. I got about 265 miles on a charge. 6.5 years later, I get about 259 miles on a full charge. So, the big range degradation story is a myth.
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  52. Here we are in 2018. My electric bill is $300 during the summer. I would love to get solar panels installed on my house but our neighborhood HOA's bylaws state " No energy conservation equipment (solar / wind) shall be installed on any lot"! Total BS!
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  53. Cheap is good...and weight is not really an issue for stationary batteries.
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  54. I wouldn't do a tower per say, I would instead repurpose an Oil tanker sized ship. Have it go out to sea, collect the water then bring it back and pump it into holding tanks. This improves collection because you can send the ship to places where conditions are ideal and you can use deep (cold) water pumped up to the surface to cool the condenser. Plus you wouldn't have any visual pollution of large towers just off shore blocking the view.
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  55. If designing a still-suit for cooling in the desert don't make it black. Super reflective white makes more sense.
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  56. Ricky, sorry for a long write-up but as you will read on it will make sense. I moved to Barcelona from NC back in 1989 for a 3-5 yr job which ended in my finally retiring here after falling in love with Spain, Barcelona and lifestyle. As usual, I went to Sagrada Familia in back then for the first time and was thoroughly impressed but it was still just a shadow of what it is today. Back then, and looking at how little it had advanced throughout the years, I thought it would take at least another 50 years. I remember my wife and kids going up the towers by the circular staircase, I refused, and they told me about the broken glass that is cemented in the top of the towers to reflect different colors - talk about designing detail few would ever see. Every to time friends from visit it is an imperative to visit Sagrada Familia and I see the progress which has been impressive. The construction has been advancing and I do believe that they will meet the timetable of for Gaudí's 100 yr death anniversary. When you talk about the inverted structural sand analysis it reminds me of my first thoughts upon seeing it. As a civil engineer, although never actually worked as as one, it reminded me of the structural classes with vectors which are a very graphic way of designing relatively simple structures but in this case taken to an unbelievable level. As a final note on Gaudi may I say that Gaudi was a genius and the only architect I know that when you see a building he designed you can immediately say THIS IS A GAUDI. There are 2 in Paseo de Gracia Avenue in Barcelona, Casa Batlló and La Pedrera, as well as Parque Guell which are worth a visit. I never forget a company Christmas dinner we had in Casa Batlló where you could see the detail even in the individual doors/frames to the apartments which are just unbelievable. I also remember seeing on visiting Leon where immediately remarked this is a Gaudi. Lots of respect to the man's genius.
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  57. Cloud seeding has been around for decades....I can recall my dad talking about it when he was a forest operations manager for the MNR here in Canada. They seeded the clouds to help make it rain to help fight forest fires. Climate conditions had to be right though for rain to actually happen. Right humidity, right clouds, right temperature range, etc. Pretty neat when used correctly for the right reasons.
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  58. You forgot to mention Shadow Mode! Tesla use the 'redundant' second CPU to run Autopilot code which uses all the same inputs as the 'live' CPU but doesn't have any output. Tesla continually and silently push updates that only run in shadow mode, to check that it responds in a safe way (e.g. the same as the live CPU or human driver). In this way, the code effectively gets real world testing in 500,000+ cars but without any risk of anybody dying if there's a glitch. No other company has anything like this for testing. It's an absolutely massive competitive advantage!
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  59. What an INFORMATIVE VIDEO! As a 30 year Ford retiree, and having several F-150s...I am ready to go electric. You gave me some very honest points to ponder. Thank you.
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  60. In before Elon sees this and figures out a way to tweet something to get him into trouble ;)
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  61. I forgot to mention, I have a Model S with 80,000+ miles and spend only 1,200 in maintenance for tires. No other costs. Didn't need to do the annual check up and it doesn't affect warranty either.
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  62. he didn't mention that they will be using scania diesel engines that meet all emission specs without a DPF which is huge especially a truck in the bush where you don't want to start a forest fire
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  63. Its also worth considering literally everything Elon does is basically testing and launching products to live on Mars. A base on Mars will need hvac so may as well start figuring out what works here, how it can tie into solar and battery systems, how a water capture system could work, then when 'we' go to Mars everything is ready, tested, proven to sustain life.
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  64. I'm Older, Retired .and I could not picture how gas cars would ever go away 'till Tesla came along ! there will actually be used Teslas each year that will be resold , and after a while, there will be enough of them , and cheap enough for everyone to have one , even me ! and then the gas car will be obsolete ,
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  65. I love that this effect is getting more attention from researchers. It isn't BS.
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  66. Last week the clean air as a result of this global lockdown, has been the talk of the day all around the world, with wonderful pictures of cities finally smog free... I am sure thousands upon thousands of people who were already weighing their options between an electric car or one more time an ICE car, now have definitely flipped to electric, as we now all can experience ourselves first hand what it does to our environment. Other people might not wait any longer and buy an electric car as soon as they can, I am in this catagory, thinking about doing away my gasoline car early and buy a Tesla... I hope the Model Y comes out in Europe soon.. WITH a tow hitch! I have a reservation for a Cybertruck, but that takes I think at least 3 years, and is way too big for me and our narrow roads and parking garages. So yes, that stupid Trump move is just a temporary band aid, and will need a replacement sooner than he might think. GM and Ford are doomed, speed of innovation at Tesla and startups like Rivian, NIO, Byton, Fisker, Lucid... Just to name a few, will together oblitarate the Old Legacy Automakers sooner then we might think, Like Tony Seba said, they will face "Market Trauma" just like Kodak, Nokia and GE in the past within this decade, Tonay Seba has brought his prediction forward that sales of new Ice cars will drop to zero by 2025, he used to say that would happen 2030. I like the video's you made lately quite a lot, therefore Liked and subbed.
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  67. I've been trying to conceive of an efficient "fuel into electricity" system for years, so I am also VERY skeptical that you can convert the energy twice and get even close to 80% efficiency. But I hope I'm wrong! I'd love an electric gas motorcycle that can go 1000miles on 4 gallons of gas 😊
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  68. So nice that you included your family and friends in the video. Warm feeling... and educational! This might be the video that sells my wife on the Model Y. We shall see. Thank you!!
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  69. Got my model 3, working on my solar panels.
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  70. For me, solar is worth it just to poke the fossil fuel companies and hangers on in the eye and stop filling the pockets of people that don't deserve your hard earned money. What could be better than clean energy independence?
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  71. "The stone age did not end because we ran out of stones". ~Amory Lovins. (Though it may take awhile.)
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  72. I’ve had a greenhouse with a photovoltaic roof for 10 years. I’ve always had good crops form it.
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  73. The engineers and architects are probably just waiting for less economic uncertainty before leaving the project. They are likely being paid a lot to work on a project that will take decades to complete. That gives them a lot of time before they need to bounce out to avoid the career hit when it comes crashing down. That's not even considering the graft and corruption opportunities. Lots of workers are going to retire on this project, and with project delays, entire careers might be spent working on it. I'm sure some of their workers will just want to be a part of something new, but most probably just want a steady paycheck. In a large project like this, it's easy to pass the blame down the line when something fails.
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  74. As a trucker, I am 100% behind Edison Motors.
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  75. As a former solar installer, I'd like to edit something: a solar electric system may or may not be upgradeable as easily as you say. You can't necessarily just add panels in the future, as that depends on how they're configured and the size of the inverter. Not much of an issue with micro-inverters, and not always an issue with central inverters, but it isn't correct to say that these systems are all modular and upgradeable. And WOW have prices dropped like crazy since I was putting them in! When I was installing solar (around 2006-2009), a standard 165 watt panel ran about $1500! There was a shortage of silicon at the time, and I'm glad panels are so cheap now.
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  76. Living in Europe, I've seen some roundabouts getting traffic lights added to them. It's like a mix of the old roundabout way but with lights at the entrances to help manage the flow and keep things safe. From what I understand, adding lights makes it easier for drivers to know when to go, especially when it's busy or the layout's complicated. It helps avoid jams and keeps cars, bikes, and people on foot from getting into it with each other because everyone's on the same signal. I've read that roundabouts are already safer since they cut down on really bad crashes. Instead of those direct hit crashes at intersections, you get more of those glancing blows if anything. The whole slowing down and easing into traffic thing they have going on helps a lot with that. Mixing traffic lights into roundabouts seems like a smart move for places that are really busy or have tricky roads. It's like getting the best of both worlds, making driving smoother and less of a guessing game.
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  77. Finally someone not afraid to talk to kids about the evils of the refrigeration cycle!!!
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  78. Thanks for the "nuts and bolts" of modern balloon capabilities. Also thanks for the reasoned speculation about the capabilities and mission of the Chinese balloon. Your video is sooo much more informative than common news outlets!
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  79. You are an amazing reporter! I just subscribed to your channel. I'm so disturbed by the lack of news coverage. And your clear, accurate and personal knowledge is much appreciated. I look forward to being better informed.👌
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  80. We recently learned that Light, evaporates water 4 times faster than Heat... at the same energy level.
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  81. I bought 65 used panels for my diy install. Several panels had low output like yours but a few new bypass diodes fixed the issue. Paid 55.00 each for the panels 40 each for used enphase micros and made my own racking. I make about 80 to 100 kWh a day enough for the house and 2 Chevy electric cars here in Orlando.☺
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  82. There were 4 engineers riding in a car across the desert, an electrical engineer, a mechanical engineer, a chemical engineer and a software engineer. The car suddenly died and they drifted to the side of the road. The electrical engineer said, "we must have lost spark". The mechanical engineer said, "we must have thrown a rod". The chemical engineer said, "we must have bad gas". Then after a moment of silence the three looked at the software engineer who said, "maybe if we all get out of the car and get back in again it will start".
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  83. Definitely not 'pie in the sky', even if it never comes into production. It's still necessary research and demonstrates a potential, even if it's never realized. And, of course, it might be game-changing...you never know.
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  84. This was a very detailed discussion but shared with layman's expressions so that it is understandable to the common population. Thank you.
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  85. 60 ct/ lb or 27 ct/ kg, isnt 1 kg more than 1 lb?
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  86. I've heard of one wind farm in the UK that uses excess electricity to electrolyse water to make hydrogen that it feeds into the national gas grid. The volume is small enough that no-one burning gas needs to modify their burners, but that excess electricity does reduce the amount of natural gas burned.
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  87. For anyone that can see this comment, a "controlled release" meant getting the crap off the tracks quicker and one-step closer to running trains again, upvoted!!!
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  88. On other possible storage strategy is vehicle-to-grid, i.e. using an electric car's traction battery as a storage space, then tapping it at peak times. Rather than a Powerwall, you could store energy in the EV at cheap times and release it during peak times. As EVs proliferate, and get larger battery packs, this could kill two birds with one stone - clean up the transportation sector, while evening out demand on utility-scale power generation.
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  89. i think this will be the first ford pickup that will actually get me to buy my first F-150
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  90. RICKY, for agrovoltaics, you didn’t include that the panels can concentrate rain and dew to the CROP instead of all over the place. Alternatively, rainwater could be captured with gutters, stored and then precisely distributed to the crop as needed via pipes MOUNTED to the posts that support the panels.
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  91. I'm still in for the Elio. It's a great idea for urban commutes and provides the best of both worlds as far as motorcycles and cars go; we get great gas mileage, ease of parking along with shelter from weather and a stable platform for more folks to feel comfortable in.
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  92. I wish you another 10 happy peaceful years to come! Regards from Athens Greece...thank you...
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  93. You've done a really good job walking us through the engineering and business tradeoffs, which is a breath of fresh air not just on YouTube, but in technology reporting generally. Thank you for this work!
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  94. Bro I can't tell you how valuable these videos are, and I love the informal, but well-researched way you present them. And no ego. No presumptions. AND we get to come along on the journey with you, and see the little mistakes. So cool, thank you for these.
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  95. I remember learning about desalination for survival purposes when I was very young. From that point on I’ve never understood why we’re not all pouring money into desalination.
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  96. We got a mini-split a couple of years ago and really like it and our bills! And now I know how it works, thanks Ricky!
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  97. It’s very reassuring that battery technology is accelerating in many different directions
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  98. Wow, if these plants can survive in mines despite the challenges, and are actually able to hold 25% of their weight in the metal, this could do so much good. It can clean up poisonous earth, which in turn cleans up more of our water sources, food, etc. Everything’s connected. They could used these plants to recover farms with poor soil quality. Recover metals and make some fertilizer. Also, the potential this could have for Mars-based farming doesn’t elude me. We could grow iron on Mars!
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  99. This show reminded me of when I was in the navy going to Class A damage control school on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. One weekend I was walking down the street where the cable cars ran and found the power house for the cable cars. Walked into the building and the engineer who was running it gave me a tour. It had a huge flywheel that powered the cable and it was very quiet. I understand that they shut the cable cars down later but then brought them back at a later time. If you are ever in San Francisco and have a change, do that tour.
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  100. Tidal energy is really just gravity :) Great video. Especially the point about the battery costs for intermittent energy sources. Would be interesting to add the storage costs to wind and solar and then compare to the tidal energy. I did not even know about the plant in France. When my kids will be older, I have to make a trip there. Thanks for sharing this!
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  101. You know you're old when you remember the Ozone layer
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  102. “When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.” ~Don Quixote
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  103. Great work Ricky! Ford chose a great person to cover the F150 Lightning
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  104. love your channel dude but this seems like "we cant cause we cant" situation so what's next? can self driving solve congestion?
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  105. This is the type of informative well put-together content that has me not just like, but also share. Keep it up with more content like this!
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  106. I'm a software developer... you hit the nail on the head. Legacy automakers are effed and they may not even know it. It will take conscious effort on their part not to die.
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  107. I love the Variety of engineering topics that you bring to our attention and the depth and clarity you present them with.
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  108. Good production, but I have a few little quibbles. You mentioned batteries losing energy while they sit idle, but lithium-ion cells don't really self-discharge the way other rechargeable chemistries do. At the same time, hydrogen is notorious for gradually leaking out of any storage container. Furthermore, all electric cars, whether BEV or HFCV, will have some small amount of "vampire energy drain" through their electronics when sitting idle, just like a computer in sleep mode. When you talk about the huge energy density of hydrogen, it's very misleading, because the physical density is so low, volume rather than weight becomes a limiting factor. Compressing the hydrogen to high pressure helps with the volume problem, but then you need a much stronger, and heavier, tank to store it. Then the energy density of your complete storage system plummets. Rather than individual li-ion cells versus hydrogen gas, you need to compare the filled hydrogen tank against the complete battery pack. And then it seems fair to acknowledge that those bulky hydrogen tanks present a real packaging problem for car designers, too. By comparison, BEV designers are almost all going to a "skateboard" design with batteries in the floor, which seems to be pretty versatile and efficient.
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  109. Good advice from an engineer. Next step, get a bigger battery and feed the grid at the high price time
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  110. I think his ego got the better of him and people died because of it.
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  111. Ya man, The future is here. I'm 62 and never in a thousand years did I think I would see what I am seeing today. Bring it on ! Love the show this week'
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  112. Funny story, the Model S apparently broke the machine that tests roof strength. In other words, the Tesla Model S has a stronger roof than the machine designed to crush roofs.
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  113. I like the storage method that doesn't require high pressure or really cold temperatures. The round trip efficiency going from electricity to green hydrogen and back is less than 40%, slightly better than today's gas engines, and on par with light diesel, Batteries are better than 90%.
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  114. As someone born in the USA and never being able to travel abroad until just a few years ago, pictures never do the European cathedrals justice. I am not a religious person but I can understand why someone would be after visiting a few for myself. They are truly awe inspiring. Adding the Sagrada Familia to my bucket list. Thanks!
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  115. Title: "This Heating Tech Breaks the Laws of Pysics" Content: "Why heat pumps don't break the laws of physics" content good. title bad
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  116. One of the biggest attractions not mentioned much is the Cybertruck's rust-proof stainless construction. Rust kills more cars here in the NE U.S. than just about anything else. Another point, total cost of ownership will actually be lower than any of the ICE vehicles compared in your vid over time due to the lower fuel and maintenance costs, and the Tesla will still be worth something many years from now when you won't be able to give away those obsolete ICE vehicles. Autonomous potential was the last selling point that should be considered, and Tesla is light-years ahead of the competition here. The dual motor CT was my choice to reserve.
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  117. i love the way you state all the facts and clearly separate your own theory. really interesting and informative video
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  118. Okay look, if I pay $400 million for one of these am I irresponsible if the first thing I do isn't installing and running doom on it?
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  119. This is fantastic. Retrofitting of old homes will be huge! One suggestion regarding the yard. Do you need the lawn? Lawns are huge resource hogs and can be converted to beneficial spaces for birds, bees, food production. Thanks for this series. I’m excited about seeing what you come up with. 👍🏻😃
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  120. Fun episode, flywheel are an interesting piece of historic tech being brought back to life.
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  121. "Vehicle-to Home" is different than "Vehicle-to-Grid" and Ford only promised the V2H variant. It may be that the Lightning will be capable of V2G, but it wasn't said during the presentation and I can't find it anywhere on the spec sheet. It may seem like a small difference, but it's really kind of big difference.
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  122. Might want to add "seven seater" and "3rd row" to your title, it's absolutely astounding that this video hasn't exploded. Great stuff, and so gosh darned wholesome!
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  123. Very good documented video, it must be noted that Japanese producers are incentivized to invest in hydrogen because of their new HTGR reactors which can produce hydrogen. However, it is unlikely they will export this around the world as they don't have China's financial muscle.
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  124. Another outstanding show, Ricky! Thank you! Vietnam has worked extremely hard to rebuild their country since we were over there bombing them, and I welcome this new company adding even more superior options to the exploding EV market.
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  125. This is a topic worthy of more in depth coverage.
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  126. Thank you for joining us at Lucid AMP-1, we were glad to have you.
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  127. They just showed the heat pump in the Model Y, so let's think what's possible,  they got a modern electric driven encapsulated high voltage HVAC compressor in the Model Y with a decent size. That single one is probably big enough for a small flat, and if you need more power, add another one and another one... now you can adjust the needed output much better, you divide the load over multiple compressors so they wear evenly, you got redundancy if one of the compressors fail, the other ones are still working.
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  128. I can't get past he had All this money yet he didn't invest in making the strongest most durable submersible haul humanly possible. Using spun carbon fiber in between titanium caps is THE DUMBEST THING. Especially when you deal with intense compression repeatedly!!
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  129. As someone who lives by the Arctic I look forward to seeing your take on the geopolitical aspect of my home turf. Here in Iceland the largest embassy is the Chinese one despite only a handful of Chinese citizens living here. Thanks for an interesting video as always. Feel free to contact me if you need any resources or fact checking.
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  130. One thing is for sure, companies will either develop electric cars or die. I believe in Tesla, but also looking forward to see what other companies can come up with in the next 5 years (and can only imagine where Tesla will be in 5 years from now!).
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  131. It levels out not only hills but age. I don't live where there are hills, but I'm less than a year away from 80 and zip around the neighborhood like a teenager on my Radcity.
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  132. Living in Thailand we painted the walls bright white and used a bright white steel roof. Our aircon units powered by solar are only 8,500 BTU
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  133. Renogy flexible panels are covered in dots that are supposed to allow light to gather from multiple angles. It's not concentrated of course, but it's something. When purchasing solar panels, efficiency took a backseat to lifespan for me. A 22% panel that loses 20% of its power over 25 years is way less efficient long term than a cheaper 20% panel that only loses 10% of its power over 25 years.
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  134. Great video. I'd add that the idea is not new, but many advances in recent years, both in materials, and production technologies are making these ideas more feasible and applicable in real life.
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  135. im a truck lover and a tesla lover so i will definitely buy it if i'm able to afford it
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  136. Simply astounding on so many levels. And he's said that when their revenue becomes steady they will IPO and he plans to make sure retail investors can get in on it.
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  137. my dad worked at the Ford truck manufacturing plant in Milpitas,CA that closed in 83' sadly he passed away in February 05' he was a retired UAW worker i wished he could see this truck i think he would've loved it.i think it is bad ass.
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  138. I wish we lived in a world where we didn't need to compete in such a cut-throat zero-sum way.
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  139. Since you pulled all the dry-wall off, you might as well wire the room for ethernet too (use cat-5e or cat-6 cable)... 1 gigabit is usually enough and the distribution infrastructure for 1 gigabit is very low power compared to e.g. Gbe2.5. Wifi works, but hard ethernet just has a snappiness to it that wifi doesn't have. So for any fixed PCs (etc), having a hard ethernet port is just the bees knees! Romex: either 12-2 or 14-2 usually (2 means two conductors. The copper ground wire is also in there but not included in the count). 12 gauge or 14 gauge. 12-2 for a 20A breaker (16A continuous), 14-2 for a 15A breaker (11A continuous). For a room that small the extra cost of the 12-2 should not be that big a deal. It is probably unnecessary, but it won't hurt ya either. I'd still recommend using 15A sockets (the sockets without the 20A notch in them) for all except the particular plug you might use for a microwave or toaster oven. Even then, microwaves and toaster ovens don't usually go above 11A anyway (unless its a commercial unit). Sockets are trivial to replace if needed. Wiring isn't. So deciding to use Romex 12-2 is perfectly reasonable. -Matt
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  140. The tech in 10,000 years may be a bit more advanced than what you can conceive of at this time. ✌️😎
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  141. You have a good balance of details and generalization. As a retired engineer, I would enjoy a bit more technical depth, but I understand the need to keep the viewership large enough to make your channel viable.
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  142. Damn, I love this show. Thanks, Ricky. Unfortunately, this company seems more hype than reality to me. Overuse of technical terms like 'aqueous effluent' instead of the simpler 'dissolved in water' is are massive red flags to my ears. Maybe not, but the numbers were very generalized, and instead of talking about the overall efficiency, the conversation focused on the conversion of each stage. In addition, the amount of general waste was never discussed.
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  143. Really good analysis. For the record though, Jetliners have NEVER used leaded gasoline; the change to unleaded gasoline that the FAA approved was for piston engine powered light airplanes. Jetliners burn jet fuel (Jet A, A1 or B), otherwise known as kerosene.
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  144. Can’t wait for this to get out of beta
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  145. Thank you for covering this, it's so sad to see why it isn't being covered because of the overlap of shareholders! Also thank you for pointing out the lack of rail R&D in this country, people praise Warren Buffet for being such a wise investor but what he really has done is keep our country in the 19th century because of his lack of reinvestment into the the companies he owns! ugh I could go on forever about this. Thanks again.
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  146. This project is truly intriguing! I hope that it can come to fruition as envisioned. I love this idea. Cheers to the Danes!
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  147. We put up a solar fence in our subdivision near Nashville. We love it and it isn't 'optimum' but does well. Our solar installer would not touch it, but we installed it physically and they did the electrical. We are happy with us. Ours has cost about $6.50/kwh with 3 Powerwall batteries before any tax implications. It covers our needs about 8 months of the year and we are still on grid. Our grid power is about $.11/kwh currently plus fixed fees. Even in the winter is helps reduce what was our power bills.
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  148. Just as an FYI: gamma rays are not charged particles, they’re photons. Cosmic rays are charged particles :-)
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  149. I never would have imagined “pimp my ride”, Keith Richards and fly wheel energy all in the same video. Bravo.
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  150. Now there is someone thinking. Get rid of ugly panels and integrate. Any time you can integrate a valuable component into a system and make that system better, overall, you win. This is awesome. This is ingenuity at work. I would love to use this on a build. Great video.
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  151. Really interesting and informative. I've heard convincing (to me) arguments in favour of molten salt reactors and I wonder how these stack up against the HTGRs talked about in this video.
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  152. The Roadster is what I’m waiting for. Not for the “smack down”, we’ll, yes, for the smack down but also for the tech that appears to be building up in this car. New batteries, motors, range, top speed.
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  153. This video needs a part II. So much to talk about in greater detail.
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  154. T E S L A I S L I F E
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  155. In Denmark Facebook is already using heat from their serverpark to heat homes. It's already happening.
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  156. This is the best explanation of the difference between ICE car software and the Tesla car software. It shows why Tesla is on a whole other level and is way ahead of the competition. Thanks.
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  157. Very nice video fellas, learned a few things about batteries, good job.
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  158. Thanks for some really good, in-depth info... I'm in the research stage of building a home on wheels, and you answered a number of questions that I've had. More importantly a number of questions that I hadn't even considered yet... Much Thanks!
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  159. This is excellent research and a great historical tutorial video. I lived on Oahu for 35 years and traveled to Maui frequently. All three residents I lived in were older single wall, tongue and groove, 1 inch wooden construction homes and were well ventilated to disparate heat in the summer. In other words, a tinder box but very practical. This my first time on Two Bit and new subscriber. Prayers for those who lost everything and to the families who lost loved ones. Mahalo.
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  160. Where is the money coming from to do these videos? The animation alone must have taken weeks.... subscribed (at 4:35 you mean WHrs/Kg not watts)
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  161. The answer is not just electric cars. It's also a cleaner energy grid. We need to drop coal and petroleum everywhere we can.
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  162. It's great that you've put this one out there. As a former freight conductor with Union Pacific, we pulled these 2 mile long trains from Northlake, IL(Chicago) to Clinton, Iowa. We called them "Bomb Trains", because that's basically what they are. it could have been a bearing go bad or it would have also been a brake that was in the engaged position., that will have the same outcome. Anyway, great video as always. Thanks. 👍
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  163. This is incredibly cool and exciting. Looking forward to it. but it's also misleading, because an Earthship really is a very specific thing and this isn't that. Cool nonetheless.
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  164. Batteries are the key to long term success. Another great video.
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  165. Great collaboration. Hope you can make this a regular thing.
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  166. I just accepted the Tesla roof tile estimate, I would love to have a Tesla HVAC system.
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  167. As someone in the HVAC industry, I am surprised I hadn't heard anything about this technology before. Great work!
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  168. These last three Elon purchases are brilliant. Maxwell for the ultracapacitor, Hibar for the production process and DeepScale for full autonomy support. Soon we will set up Gigafab 4 in Germany and may start production for Europe as early as 2022.
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  169. Hoping FSD will drive me around in 10 yrs before my kids take my “keys” (phone) away. 👴🏻
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  170. Mark my words. Elon just set the auto industry free to design! Watch and see!
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  171. Such a cool project!! Buuut I think you might mean that you're turning your home into a passive house, not an earthship. I've always seen earthships referred to as homes that are build with recycled tires and compressed earth. Still, I'm really excited to follow this adventure!
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  172. 30 yrs in uk is considered a new build almost. My 100yr old house isnt considered old as half the towns houses are 100s of years old n zero stigma or desirability issues related to their age. People like how solid they are, with better room sizes, high ceilings, n better noise insulation
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  173. As an IT guy I'm thinking about the compute power behind all this. Haven't been to Vegas in 30 years but this could be a reason to drop by, for the right event. Seat prices seem reasonable.
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  174. Do you mean hurricane? Tornado? Or both?
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  175. Well Sterling engines are big hunks of metal. So if you use Sterling engines as heat sinks for your Bitcoin mining rig, you could probably claw back a significant amount of waste heat. I guess I should watch the video now.
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  176. Desalination would be an extreme leap forward.
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  177. looks impressive, and they aren't just saying years down the road like most of these, they're saying this year. if it works as expected, and is scalable(even at smaller scale) it could change a lot of the way we think about heat.
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  178. The 2020's will be the most advanced decade in digital advancement. What we will see in the next 10 years will be phenomenal. The way we live now will be nothing like what we see now.
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  179. This needs to be combined with regenerating the local flora and root systems. One of the major contributing factors to drought is lack of water retention in the soil. The soil needs a healthy micro biome and root system from local plants to properly retain water and recharge the aquifers. When the land above is dry, cracked or pavement... that water will run off and never recharge the local sources.
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  180. One of the best descriptions of both solar and the Power Wall
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  181. You recommend not running seat heaters, but it's much more energy efficient to run those with reduced cabin temps since the heat is direct to your body, and not dispersed through air in the cabin.
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  182. Thank you so much for this report that I forwarded to my relatives, Ricky! You are helping keep the group mind of our humanity thinking rationally about where we are with regards to our massive military might that we ship around the world. Peace
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  183. Swap-on improvements are some of the most impactful, especially with the impressive gains these props bring.
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  184. Always quality content my friend. Keep up the hard work!
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  185. Battery Day is not made for investors. Its made for engineer if anything.
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  186. You should watch Jack Rickard video on the Cibertruck, great analysis too.
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  187. This is one of the most helpful and truthful videos about supercapacitors and graphene out there. Thanks so much for this amazing content!
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  188. Greatest truck in the world!
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  189. good job explaining the cells strategy. Interesting times - with Tesla model 3 ramping, we'll see it all prove out well or flop on it's own weight... I'm wishing them well !
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  190. Well, this phenomenon would certainly explain why dense forests tend to cool down the air and induce precipitation. Think about it: if the forest canopy is absorbing most wavelengths from the spectrum except for green light , and is in fact reflecting it; that means that by clear-cutting entire areas we are reducing the amount of water that evaporates and precipitates and thus, getting more heat to the surface with less evaporation.
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  191. Finally a video about that topic that included all the critical and often forgotten aspects..well done!
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  192. People should press thumb up button more frequently over here.
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  193. I work in the HVAC field and I've always wondered why we aren't capturing that water and using it. There is bacteria to worry about but it's not like we don't already know how to sanitize water.
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  194. Adam Savage (of Mythbuster fame) over on tested did a one day build of Cool Suit using a Tiny phase change heat exchanger cooling an old 1975 British fighter pilot tube suit. Shrink it down a bit more (use micro or nano tech) and you could have enough cooling to keep someone cool in the heat of Arrakis. As to how to power it, use strategically placed Piezoelectric material that would generate electricity from movement. I agree that waste collection and recycling is not possible, but that % lost through breathing is totally possible to capture if you pass it over a heat exchange before expelling it. It would be like the moisture collected on an AC on hot humid day.
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  195. Right On Dude. I'm a car guy, how's that you might say. I'm a Detroiter living in Nashville. In the 60's I was in my teens. And toward the end of the muscle car era. I was modifying and street racing muscle cars in Detroit. But things are moving on now. High horsepower cars are now passe the real cool stuff is in Ev"s. And Tesla is "The leader of the pack." Check out the new Lexus Electric prototype Ev. "We're moving on up" to a better world.
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  196. I’m not an engineer so thanks for explaining this in an understandable way
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  197. Great review of Battery Day - What a time to live in - Thanks
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  198. You can look into the Olmos Irrigation Proyect in Peru, they channeled the water from the very wet east side of the Andes mountains through a 20km tunnel to the very dry west side.
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  199.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Yes, their whole coastline is named "skeleton coast" for all of the ships that have run ground there, because of the foggy shores next to desert. People would dehydrate and die there for over a century. There are unable to keep significant populations near their coast so there is an incredibly long stretch without any port cities. They are in a unique situation where the fog never travels inland and turns to rain, often it dispenses northward toward the Atlantic.
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  200. Jeez-O-Man, this is just horrible. Nice job and thank you so much for the thorough breakdown and analysis of all the chemicals, mechanical problems, technical issues, and deregulation... You do all of your reporting so calmly. It's so sad that has become political. All those people want is to be home and safe.
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  201. I'm getting giddy thinking that this might actually happen in my lifetime. I hope it does soon.
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  202. Volunteer: "Here are all the EVs" Consumer: "Oh cool, which it the best one?" Volunteer:: "They're not here".
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  203. I have the Tesla now, and couldn't be happier that there are multiple very strong EV options for buyers today. I also couldn't be happier that there's great competition between two American car companies. Thanks for presenting a really well considered and factually presented comparison. I know I would have been thrilled to drive a Bolt -- either car is still a huge step up from my 12-year-old 110,000 mile Prius. And I loved that car.
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  204. It’s really disappointing to have no EVs that is close to what Tesla has to offer. After owning an EV, I am no longer interested in ICE cars. Thanks for the video!
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  205. Man, you’ve got some adorable kids.
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  206. Great post, Ricky! Just the facts, and as much tech as we non aerospace engineers can absorb. Thank you, sir!
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  207. Glad you touched on the recycling piece. I hope PolyJoule engages with you for a follow-up video.
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  208. I have an older house with a complicated, unhelpful roof. I built a solar porch with 30' x 16' of panels. It's only 6kW - but with 14kWh of batteries, it's enough for 9 months of the year. I'm surprised more people don't do similar. You get a nice shaded porch & deck out of it too. Total cost of the groundworks, steelwork, panels, battery & inverter was about $30k. It will take 6 years to pay for itself - but like you said, the most important thing it gives us is independence from the grid.
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  209. Towing range. It's important for a truck. Interesting that they might release before Rivian does.
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  210. The part about the history of ice making was a interesting example of technology innovation
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  211. Our grids are getting cleaner every day
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  212. I want a house with a solar roof, battery, and Tesla in the garage so bad.
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  213. Essentially what he's saying is that Tesla is building the top trim lvl model 3s first to gain money from that and then they will have enough profits to build the base model 3 that everyone wants.its a good strategy tbh.
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  214. Not run the seat heaters???? I disagree with this advice. Heating the seat instead of the cabin air is a much more efficient way to get heat to the person in the seat. Thus, the method I use is to turn on the seat heaters first. In my mild climate this often lets me keep the cabin heat completely off. But, if it's colder, having the seat heaters on lets me have the same comfort level with a lower cabin heat setting. I don't know what the exact numbers are, but (full on) a cabin air heater might be around 5000 watts and a seat heater might be what 50 watts? So, I can run my seat heater for around 1-1/2 hours on the same amount of electricity that the cabin heater will use in one minute just warming up the coolant (assuming the cabin heat is a coolant based system).
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  215. Great video. Interesting topic. Cars and airplanes would potentially be risky, due to their propensity for accidents, thus radiation risks. However, nuclear subs already exist, so ships would be good candidates for the same. Thanks for the great content 👍
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  216. Elio and Tesla should combine efforts and make an electric Elio. It would be more expensive but the car is so light, it couldn't be that expensive for an eighty mile base model (plenty for most for a commuter vehicle). Talk about efficiency!
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  217. Great video, I can't wait for the competition to catch up so we can all afford to drive 100% electric for less than 25k$
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  218. Electic motors are great, their one negative is the freaking battery, improve that and EVs will take over the car market.
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  219. Totally agree. I’ve been a proponent of EVs for years, and every time I tried to convince someone to buy a Model 3 they’re like nah...I want a crossover. And those same people are super interested in the Y now.
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  220. Not a massive failure, it's a massive mistake. What do we do with mistakes? We learn from them! We learn from massive mistakes...massively!!
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  221. Good analysis, but while I agree with the basic premise...that Porsche is just way behind Tesla, I think that some of the reasoning was incorrect. First, it is simply not true that Tesla doesn't sequester battery capacity. Various folks have analyzed this (like Bjorn) and it appears that for a Model 3 long range/performance the actual battery capacity is about 80 kw, of which you can access about 74. So, when you think you are charging to 100%, you really aren't. While it's possible that Porsche sequesters a larger percent of the capacity, it's not clear that they do. Bottom line is that they both limit how much of the battery you can access, both at the top and the bottom. Second, you are mixing up efficiency and range. Range will be a function of capacity and efficiency, but efficiency is what this is really all about. It wouldn't matter what size battery the Porsche had (or what percent was sequestered), the efficiency is just lousy. Third, the idea that part of the Porsche's problem is due to their tying regeneration to braking may not be entirely true. According to Porsche, the vast majority of their braking is coming from regeneration, not friction. In fact, they brag about how they can regenerate more than anyone else due to their "800 volt architecture". The fact is, when you need to slow down you can either take your foot off the throttle (as is the case with Tesla) or you can use the brake pedal. But assuming the same level of motor regeneration is available, it doesn't matter (from a physics perspective) which method you used. It's all about feel, not regeneration. Again, if we believe Porsche, if anything their system should result in MORE regeneration rather than LESS regeneration. So, if these aren't the reasons for the low efficiency, what is? 1. The car is too heavy. For a car with less interior and storage capacity than a model 3, it weighs over 1,000 lbs more. All that weight requires energy to move it. 2. The car probably uses higher rolling resistance tires. This is definitely a choice Porsche is making to optimize handling over efficiency. 3. The 2 speed transmission is a problem. I'll talk about why they did this a little later, but suffice to say that this adds weight and frictional losses. 4. The car uses 2 PM motors rather than one PM and one inductive motor. This may not seem like a big deal, but it is. PM motors are more efficient than inductive motors, so it makes sense to use them as the primary motor in a 2 motor vehicle. Inductive motors are less efficient than MP motors but they have the advantage of having less drag when idling...as they are most of the time in a properly designed 2 motor vehicle. So, unlike Porsche, what Tesla has done on dual motor cars is to get the best of both worlds by using a PM motor at the rear and an inductive motor at the front. Clear evidence of the benefits of this can be seen with the Raven architecture on the S, where they added significant range/efficiency as a result of invoking this architecture that was pioneered with the Model 3. 5. Going back your original point about Porsche just being behind, here are some specifics: a. It's clear from the Model 3 dissection done by Munroe that there is some advanced technology in Tesla's control systems and motors. They believe that the magnets used in the motors are extremely complex and not easy to copy. I suspect that Porsche's motors simply aren't as sophisticated. b. I suspect the energy density of the Tesla batteries is higher than the Porsche batteries. This is because unlike Tesla, who seems to be at the state of the art of battery technology....and controls the manufacturing of their cells, Porsche is buying off the shelf batteries from LG. The result is lower discharge rates for the same capacity and lower power density, resulting in a heavier and lower performing pack. It seems that for EVs, lots of little things add up. This bring me back to where you started. Porsche is simply a number of years behind Tesla, and while they were (barely) able to equal Tesla's performance, they could only do it by having really bad efficiency. I sort of feel sorry for the folks buying a $250k Taycan only to find out that it's going to be hopelessly obsolete within just a few years. Keep up the good work!
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  222. We have a saying in our house: "The boring money." At its source... insulation. The better insulated our structure, the smaller the systems need to be. We are in that phase.
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  223. Chevy doesn't sell many bolts because dealers hate EVs because they don't break down and bring in lucrative repairs dollars.
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  224. The most exciting thing they are doing right now is making my next car.
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  225. Good video, nicely encapsulated. Domestic roofs and walls are, more often than not, doing nothing other than offering shelter and waterproofing to people. So they are free space largely going to waste in terms of power generation. Would seem to be a natural space to put solar photovoltaic panels and batteries to me. And instead of putting flammable coatings on high rise apartments, cover them in solar panels. You get 30-40 years of power generation, and the panels do a half decent job of keeping the weather out too. Put batteries on the roofs and put solar panels on top of them. Seems obvious to me. Do enough of them and they produce as much power as a conventional power station, and for cheaper. Do several cities of them and you produce as much power as a nuclear station for a fraction of the cost. Of course, the drawback is, who pays? Well who pays for another nuclear power station that nobody wants and is too costly to build anyway, and will never be turned on because the electricity coming out of it, if it ever gets built, will be too expensive?
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  226. I remember the EV1, it was too expensive for a lease. It was a good start if it was not scrapped, it would have improved both batteries and motors technically. The protesters was sponsored by fossil fuels supporters! Thanks for bringing back the memories of a car of the future. I believe the same group are against Tesla and I hope Tesla wins this fight. I also hope other auto makers start EV production. Thank you again.
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  227. The days of "Big OIL" are numbered but not for oil as a whole. Way too many modern conveniences are made from oil byproducts. Cars are a big consumer of oil products and sustain the industry at high level of efficiency, diversification, and redundancies.. Shipping {diesel trucks and trains; cargo ships}, home heating {natural gas and/or propane - HVAC, water heaters, clothes dryers, bbq grils, etc; fuel oil HVAC, etc), food (agricultural tractors, combines, etc.)… the "non-car" list is quite long and extensive! Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍
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  228. With judicious use of an exhaust fan in a window, and another window open, I’ve managed to cut my air conditioner use to about 30 hours so far this season. . . at 45 degrees north latitude. . . My electricity bill works out to less than CDN $78/month. Evaporative coolers are great in extremely dry areas. Here in Ottawa, it gets very humid.
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  229. Did a Miele heat pump dryer 18 months ago. Plugs into 110v outlet, zero holes in house, pumps condensed water into sink or on board tank. Does much less damage to synthetic clothes as it modulates heat perfectly. Uses no house air. Uses 900 watts!
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  230. As a matter of fact, roundabouts are better than traffic lights. In Uganda along major highways in the city, we have both! And trust me, they work very well even in such a low developed country.
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  231. Growing up in the country now in city, one of my big concerns is power outages lasting more than a few hours. Gas is always usable and I have a mix of gas and electric heat so I can still be warm and eat. This still happens here in the burbs but not as often as in the country. Then again back on the farm we had our own gas well so it was free LOL.
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  232. This is why I love this channel. You're always selecting the most interesting topics and it's fascinating how people are solving them!
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  233. Solar is the way to go! Great job! 👍👍
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  234. Amazing work 😀. This video is so wholesome , almost felt like a short movie
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  235. They've pushed the battery day back so many times that expectations are very high and they will need to really wow investors (which I hope they do!).
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  236. Wow I just noticed something Tesla Model S Tesla Model 3 Tesla Model X Tesla Model Y Well played Elon
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  237. I can think of an area where lots of drones are used where efficiency may take second place to sound reduction. Think of where a stealthy drone could deliver a payload without alerting the recipients. In this area, the drones must be flown at a relatively high altitude to avoid detection which then reduces the accuracy of the drop of the payload. Reduce the noise, reduce the altitude, increase the accuracy.
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  238. What about flipping it round and lowering big weights from a very large floating platform? Yes, you loose 1000kg/m³ of the weight due to buoyancy, but you don't need to build towers or dig deep holes to lower your weights, just very deep ocean.
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  239. Great videos but why use a clutch plate graphic as the inverter? And didn't I see a turbo in there too?
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  240. I have been waiting for this video for over a year!! 😂😂 thank you!
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  241. We need all of these ideas - the amount of storage required in a sustainable energy economy is massive!
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  242. We’ve had a Tesla solar system installed for four years now, and it’s exceeded our expectations in every area. We chose a 20 year lease, and in the end it has both frozen our electrical costs and we’ve seen a 30-40% monthly cost decrease versus our previous costs from the local utility. The prep & install was like a precision operation, and everyone at Tesla have been stellar. We can’t recommend Tesla enough!
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  243. If I ever install solar panels on my future home....this is the video I'm referencing.
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  244. Ricky, your idea about separating the hazardous cars from non-hazardous seems to be the ultimate common sense (that's not-so-common any more). If they did that, they could charge a bit more for the smaller trainloads and they could actually go a little faster while also being safer. It seems to me that the concept of bundling the cars is done solely by the beancounters who have probably also been responsible for getting rid of the safety engineers and they don't have to justify the bundling any more. Another thing to do would be to have special tankers for the hazardous materials - ones that are much more resistant to damage and would have multiple layers and compartments like ships have to avoid sinking when punctured. While traveling on interstates I've often seen nuclear waste being transported and the containers they use are amazing. They can survive accidents at highway speeds because of their construction. This should apply to any transportation of hazardous materials in relation to the degree of the hazard. GREAT coverage - thanks!
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  245. Interesting explanation of the range loss due to different regen strategies
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  246. You went with this video exactly where I was thinking: combo of super capacitors and batteries is best depending on the niche problem being addressed. So great to see some level headed thinking on YT rather than more blind hype saying that we found a “one size fits all” solution for all our problems!
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  247. Yes! Make a video on heat redistribution (at least at the data-center level) and how we are not taking full use of this topic. Recycled electricity at the time of use!!!
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  248. Thing to remember is that Solar Panels are pretty much always "live". Adding two panels in series takes the voltage to over 100V for many domestic panels. Series arrangements are often a good idea but you need to treat the installation as if you were wiring up your house with the power switch on.....
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  249. I knew Danielle when she was doing her prior clean tech start-up, LightSail (grid scale energy storage). Unfortunately LightSail didn't beat out the battery tech that hit the market, and they folded. I think her use of "LightCell" as a trade name is a riff off of her old company's name.
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  250. I am working on my own Sodium-Ion battery out of a garage workshop. I am going for the small devices now, but hope to grow in large scale end game. The garage projects work still work in this abundant material configuration. Long live ingenuity - one of us will build a great battery in their garage.
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  251. Thanks for all the info you provide on your videos, I enjoy them all. it’s refreshing listening to smart individuals like yourself. We need more people like you instead of the tiktokers dancing and and lip synching that we currently have in this era. Keep up the good work and research.
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  252. Thanks Ricky for showing this! Exciting! I'm putting solar panels over our patio thanks to one of your projects! Kudos!
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  253. I get it. In the low range days of 75 to 85 miles, people would go to extremes in order to keep warm; blankets and boots were the norm. And thank you for all your hard work. I've owned five EVs since 2013, and around ten fossil cars. My Model 3 is by far the best car I've ever owned.
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  254. Anectdotal: We live just north of Boston and shut off our gas line. It saved us in $250 per year in flat fees. We use a German heat pump, induction stove (love it) and heat pump water tank (enabled us to remove our chimney). Winters get very cold and the heat pump can do it but our house is not well designed to keep heat in (old insulation and too many windows etc). So we have a pellet stove that serves as our supplementary heating. It is affordable and I enjoy looking at the fire. Pellet production is iffy too so needs some work. Hoenstly one of the biggest energy issues is not source but home design. Too much sunlight coming in in the Summer; too many windows in the winter etc. I envy those efficient bermed (sp?) nestled into a hill.
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  255. Elon wants to make a future starship with a 18 meter diameter just remember that 😳.
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  256. As an engineer, I have felt that full FSD is further into the future than many imagine. Thanks for your insights that suggest this is the case.
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  257. Kudos to you for going for Used panels. I have often seen in people that in their quest to greenify things, they often forget the "Reuse, Reduce, Recycle" part and actually end up buying a lots of stuff....which is nothing but consumerism and the worse part - it feels guilt free. Thank you for bringing a frugal and hence more sustainable approach in highlight.
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  258. One Pro Tipp for the window heat film: If you install it on the ouside + not directly on the glass then it has the highest cooling effect. The heat film gets hot but does not heat up the glass behind because there is no direct contact so less heat gets into the house. It acts then as a transparent heat shadow for the window. Only disadvantage is the slight noise it makes when the wind blows around it but this might be avoided by spanning the heat film on a wooden frame. That way it could be easily mounted in the summer time and taken off in winter time too. Other than that, cool projects you have shown there that can save a lot of energy and money. Especially in an arid region an evaporation based cooling might also help to keep the humidity in a level that is good for humans (50-60%) and reduces costs on cooling. I would just use an indoor one so that water will not evaporate to the outside if the device is not on.
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  259. Well today I learned some safety advantages of EV’s that I didn’t know.
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  260. Really looking forward to the competition in this space
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  261. That interior actually looked pretty awesome for it's time
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  262. As I am taking a break from my LEED GA CE course, and worrying about water shortages, getting to net zero energy, and carbon emissions, I watched your video and could not believe the content. It could be the possible answer to these grave issues. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I always enjoy your videos.
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  263. Informative, your presentation was clear and concise, giving the common YouTuber much needed fact based insights into the technologies used by the industry players of this complex world changing technology. You have helped separate the hype from reality for me (Common YouTuber), I have learned more from your short presentation than from all other sources combined, well done and well appreciated.
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  264. I am an environmental policy expert living in Brussels. I happened on this vlog and was most impressed. Very professional.
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  265. The knock on effects of this could be massive. Cutting shipping costs is huge
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  266. For your title alone you deserve more respect and likes. A stark contrast to the pathetic titles I'm seeing about Battery Day from YouTubers. Great job and breakdown.
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  267. Ricky, an absolutely excellent explanation! I couldn’t agree with you more, regarding what an important tipping point this is for EV adoption and, as you pointed out, for the selling features of different car manufacturers. It doesn’t matter how good your vehicle is, without a NACS (Tesla) charging compatibility, it won’t sell.
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  268. Using the gravitational equation, even at where the ISI is, you only lose about 12% of gravity. You go up to get out of the atmosphere, you go sideways, very fast, to get into orbit.
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  269. It’s simple… I am not a truck person, nor have I ever been, BUT, I want one of Ford’s F150 Lightning EV Trucks and can’t wait until they are available.
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  270. simple solution: Make the big data companies pay for the construction of nuclear power plants, to even out the energy it progressively takes out the regular grid from people. Clearly they got the money for it
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  271. Man... You California LEFT coast people need to get out a LOT more. I live in Canada. I was born and lived in Labrador. This whole malarkey with plugging in is long gone. I haven't had to plug in my cars since I started owning cars some 25 years ago. Unless you live in Oymyakon in Siberia and it is the dead of winter, "petrol" cars work marvelously in the winter. Where I live, the deep winter night temps REGULARLY go as low as -25 C and many daytimes that are that bad too. Your precious Tesla is NOT going to do well on those days or the ones close to that. My new 2017 Civic has a start button and never ONCE had a hard time starting. Also, those "Canadian" owners? I can assure you they are NOT representative of Canadian winters. Vancouver = Seattle. Toronto = NYC (Due to all the lake water warmth and the sheer sprawl of Toronto). Montreal, maybe something there but nothing compared to the rest of the populated areas. Give me the data for Edmonton or Ft Mac or Winnipeg. I want my car to go a KNOWN distance EVERY day. No guessing based on if it is cold. I have said this once, twice, and many times more... BATTERY cars are NOT the future. Electric cars are. The issue is and has always been storage. The answer is and has always been capacitors. Graphene will allow for the energy densities that existing capacitors can't provide. Capacitors allow for ALL weather condition operation and can be charged or discharged at effectively any rate and won't wear out anywhere close to what happens with a battery. The reason is simple. As long as the storage medium is electrochemical, it is a failure. Electrostatic is the only answer and also THE answer as it will also solve all manner of grid storage and solar storage and discharge issues. Unless solid state batteries can challenge capacitors, I stand by my statement until something better than either is invented.
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  272. I’m proud we are actively taking step in Quebec towards environmental protection
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  273. The people making and using and selling the plastic should have to foot the bill for the recycling that only makes sense
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  274. Hydrogen is the fuel type of choice... for the OIL industry. 90% of hydrogen is just another form of fossil fuel. They will still need to stop at gas stations, and would be far better for oil companies. As for the consumer, EVs are easier, safer, simpler and better performing. It’s obvious who’s winning this race!
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  275. Vertical wind turbins are my favorite right now, but the Halcium :Power Pod looks really cool for my residence!!
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  276. At timestamp 5:29 you are showing price for Li and you have the pound price confused with the kg price, it is reverse ! 1 kg = 1000g vs 1 lb = 454g
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  277. To borrow the format of the late Steve Jobs: It’s a vehicle. It’s an emergency power supply. It’s an employee. It’s a vehicle. It’s an emergency power supply. It’s an employee. No folks, this is not three different products, it’s a Tesla.
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  278. I've been waiting for a video like this where someone talks to us like an adult. I love my Tesla and I have no regrets about buying FSD (at $5k) even if it doesn't get better than it is now, but I agree about the front camera coverage/angle and resolution. And I agree about the necessity of redundancy, whether it is cheap lidar, better radar, or whatever. And thanks for bringing up MobileEye, it gets ignored a lot. And thanks for keeping it real!
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  279. Little side note, when a flywheel is used to adjust the angle of a space craft by either adding energy, or taking it away, they're referred to as reaction wheel, usually having 3 of these wheels on 3 different axis
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  280. I’ve long wondered why Tesla YouTubers don’t cover SpaceX and vice versa, Please do more. Boring company and Neuralink too.
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  281. The concept of a range extended EV isn't new. I have a BWM i3 REx, which is one of the only production vehicles I know of that uses this architecture. It's essentially a "series plug-in hybrid", but what makes it a range-extended EV is that your primary "fuel" is electricity from the battery, which ultimately comes from the grid or home rooftop solar, and gasoline is supposed to be your secondary fuel, or support to bridge the gaps between charging stations on a road trip. It works really well. The only problem with the series hybrid design is that it's less efficient than letting the engine directly drive the wheels. Toyota's hybrid architecture is "series-parallel" such that the engine can, in certain conditions, directly provide mechanical output to the drive shaft/transaxle. This is especially desirable if your battery is depleted and you're cruising at highway speeds, and even though it results in a more complex "transmission" (e.g. with a planetary gearset, or a clutch pack like the Honda Clarity PHEV), it is ultimately more efficient when running on gas than a series hybrid. The inefficiency of the series hybrid is awfully clear when you consider how it runs when the battery is nearly depleted. It generates mechanical work, then a generator converts that to electricity, then that electricity goes into the battery, then the battery gets discharged to drive the electric motors, which convert the electricity back to mechanical work. Every time the energy is converted, you lose some efficiency. Even if each step is very efficient, when you combine them together, you lose a lot of energy. Regenerative braking helps a lot in heavy traffic, but if you're going at highway speeds over long distances, running on the REx is gets pretty poor MPG. It's in the high 20s last I tested, like 28 MPG. Icky. If I had my way, we would adopt one of these small-and-light "generator" designs -- this one or some other -- as the range extender in a so-called "series-parallel plugin hybrid" with an architecture similar to the Toyota Prius Prime or Rav4 Prime, but with a much larger battery pack. Let's say we can shrink the weight and size of the engine by 50% and triple the size of the battery pack. This would give us an EV range around 150 miles, which is enough for all but road trips. Then we'd have an 8-10 gallon gas tank which can easily bridge the gap between charging stations, even if you pull into an Electrify America station and all the chargers are broken. Oh well, just drive on gasoline for another 20 miles until you find the next one. A car of this design would work perfectly fine even in a charging "desert" (where all the chargers are broken, or they don't exist), and at a decent fuel efficiency, too (probably 40 mpg or higher in a mid-size sedan configuration). But it would also have 150 miles of EV range, so if you charge it up at home, nearly all trips, even "regional" trips (say, trips from the Baltimore area to the Washington DC area) could be taken completely on electricity. But if you needed to drive out to the midwest, and you couldn't find good chargers or didn't have time to stop, you could just keep driving on gasoline, and fill up every 200-250 miles at a gas station. That would be the "dream car" for me, and I would probably buy cars that operate on that architecture for the rest of my life. 95% of my driving would be fueled by the grid (so, its "cleanliness" would depend on the energy mix of the power grid) and partially offset by my rooftop solar. The remaining 5%, those long distance trips, would not require me to rent a car -- I would just use gas to the extent necessary.
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  282. Great analogy between cars and planes!
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  283. All of this is such good info and even after my hundreds of hours of research I learned a few things! Very cool!
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  284. Let's get this man to a Tesla event! Great video. I'm digging the refresh the more I see it.
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  285. It's a strange design from an urban planning point of view. I remember from my studies in architecture that the one thing you don't want in city design is a linear city as travel distances become really big really quick. One of the main examples of a modern, functional city we learned about was the Ville Radieuse by Le Corbusier with its separate residential and commercial zones connected via underground transit and its vertical villages. As part of our studies we did a semester looking into the vertical city by designing a vertical city of 1 km high, which posed several challenges like (obviously) the structure needed to support such a city but also how to design the vertical infrastructure. Another challenge was how to deal with all the installations like heating, cooling, ventilation, water supply and waste water. I wonder how they plan on dealing with things like that in the Line City.
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  286. How about colour changing paint, that changes based on "Temperature". White during the hot sunny day and black during the cold or cooler evening.
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  287. I've always wondered if you could just spread the brine out enough to not be a problem. If you fan out the outlet pipes into the sea far enough and have small holes along the way, the salt should just mix back into the water, right? There has to be some acceptable level of variation in water salinity that wouldn't kill everything. But hey, if you can extract useful resources from it, that works too. Pull thorium out of the water and run a MSR reactor to power the whole operation.
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  288. I don't know why I'm watcing this video, I live in the Netherlands.
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  289. Love this car! The test drive looked like the ride was very bumpy. Of course that could simply be that the roads there are very rough. I hope they get this thing on the production line soon.
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  290. Thank you Ricky for having us on! It was a lot of fun and i love seeing the questions and comments here as well as those that have been emailed to us.
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  291. Turn hate comments into indorsed commercial, that’s classy
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  292. Every manufactured product needs to be designed with recycling in mind.
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  293. Great video, the EV1 was such an interesting case study in crony capitalism, but also a product that was well ahead of it's time.
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  294. I grew up in sf in the 70s and 80s riding our electric gyro busses. Dad explained the tech but I had never seen it until now!
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  295. Battery day is going to be exciting. I’m thinking a large jump in range which should compete with or surpass the latest announcement by Lucid. Btw, CyberTruck is going to be a beast. Glad your wife gave the green light. 🤙🏻
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  296. This video was super informative! Thanks so much for making it!
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  297. Your best one yet, thank you for the overview.
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  298. Right on, Ricky! The only thing I would add, is that aside from their monopolistic practices, ownership of the grid, and ownership of CPUC, SDGE is most definitely not a monopoly in terms of supplying energy to us here in Southern California. San Diego Community Power supplies RE to 800,000 account holders in SD County. Please take note of us and this. Maybe even consider doing a video about us. We are a big deal. Second biggest CCA in California. Let’s talk about it.
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  299. Heating your house to 76ºF and you are still wearing a jacket? I cracked up laughing at you when you tripped on the corner of the rug and your popcorn went flying! I am so sorry, but you did a fantastic dramatic opening scene to this video.
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  300. Hey Ricky, great video as always! I gotta disagree with you on one point. Standardized chargeport locations aren’t what’s needed. What needs to happen is a change in station design to allow pull-thru vehicles so hitch racks and trailers can easily charge.
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  301. This is n excellent video... lesson. I’m an architect / contractor, and well understood this subject, but I have never seen it presented so clearly and insightfully! Thank you!
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  302. Picking up my 2021 refresh model 3 long range in an hour....can’t wait
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  303. Love your take on topics regarding EVs and renewable energy. We downsized in 2012 to smaller home, eliminated the new natural gas Furnace/Water Heater, and replaced both with electric heat pump and heat pump water heater. We have never regretted that decision. We also added 13.2 kWh solar PV system complemented with two PW2's in 2018, which enable us to operate independent of grid for ~9 months of the year in Edmonds, WA. We also produced 350% of our electricity needs for all electric home last year, which included charging two Tesla's (MS and M3), and exported >50% of our excess electricity back to grid.
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  304. Thanks for this video. The predictability should be a selling point for this type of energy production.
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  305. Over 15 years ago, I tried a portable induction cooktop and was so impressed that I bought an induction stove that lasted 10 years until a circuit board went bad. I'm now on my second induction stove and would never go back. Fast, safe, responsive, and awesome.
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  306. Keep them coming Ricky! Enjoy the knowledge dump and the optimism.
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  307. I visited six years ago. Setting foot inside the Sagrada feels like being transported into some kind of mythical fantasy land. Something that has to be experienced in person to fully understand. It's an amazing blend of outside the box architecture and modern art that was ahead of its time. Great storytelling in regards to Gaudi as I was not aware of much of his bio. If I had one very very minor critique of this video it's that the end of the video didn't live up to the rest of the video especially the beginning. The beginning starts with a beautifully panned shot accompanied by charming music while the end features the host trying to talk over traffic and feels more like I watched the end of a vlog rather than a documentary. I realize that's a totally subjective opinion but I still give this video an A+ because the overall quality and thought put in are top notch like every TBDV video.
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  308. interesting, specially because recently there has been a gigantic Lithium deposit found in Utah. supposedly enough for 50million bev's. Such a discovery must have an effect on the pricing of Li.
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  309. There is only ONE huge difference between Tesla and all the other motor car companies in the USA and Europe, which is Tesla is creating a better future for all of us while all of the other motor car companies are only working for more money in the pockets of their board members and stockholders and nothing else, nothing else. There is a huge difference in ethical behaviour.
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  310. Tesla not allowed....... hilarious! How many dealerships will be left in 15 years? Seems everybody else is more behind than I thought. Kinda sad really, I'm no auto expert but the future is so obvious to me and everybody who has purchased a Tesla. Electric drivetrains and vehicles with advanced software are here right NOW. You look really bored!
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  311. Awesome content! As a Tesla long-term investor, it's really great to finally see a video that explains in great detail what technology I'm investing in.
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  312. Hi guys, I wanted to bring your attention to another YouTuber: The Kitten Lady. She recently suffered a power outage that put the animals in her care at risk. As a fellow San Diegan, it might be a fun collaboration to work with her to get her facility more power resilient/independent. Think of it as introducing green energy to her 1M+ subscribers and doing good for animals as a side benefit.
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  313. Great video, I'd like to see the driving dynamics of various EV's compared, the Bolt, Tesla, Volt, and the upcoming PHEV's.
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  314. Love that you have kids helping you review. I have 2 girls around the same ages (4 and 10m) and makes your reviews more personable.
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  315. Enjoyed the video, as usual, great quality work here. I wasn't surprised hearing about the higher price, and years it will be before we could see these in the consumer market. Sad trombone moment for me was the shorter longevity, resolving that will be key.
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  316. What a perfectly crafted intro! WOW! The whole flick! Well done Ricky! Informative, personal, covers so much and so clearly (as usual from you), really a masterful video.
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  317. The smartest thing that Tesla does is to see their cars from the customers point of view. That's why they built the supercharger network, it gave confidence to purchase. That's why there aye over the air updates, you buy the car and join Tesla.
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  318. Love that your being upstaged by your children.
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  319. Stable-stagnant, flowing water and mist interaction with photons could be the different tests to understand this phenomenon further for applications.
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  320. Those MIT experiments sound like something with major potential.
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  321. We are 1 year into having solar panels, and it has been fully worth it. We live in New England, and have only east/west facing panels, but we got a beefy system before Tesla insisted on selling their batteries (so we do not have batteries at present, would consider for a future project). Anyway, in our first year we had essentially service fee bills ($5-$15) from the months of March through September, and that is before our state payment. We produced 14.2 mWh for the year (and weren't hooked into the grid until late Jan 2021). Even with 3-4 months of low solar capture (the winter) it's been worth doing and I think will pay for itself in about 3-4 more years. We run a small farm so we use basically 2x the amount a regular home would. We'd wanted to for years. So glad we did finally. ETA we have also been in our house almost 15 years with no immediate plans to move. Financially we couldn't have done it earlier, but it's a nice plus for the RE market if we do have to participate in it sometime.
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  322. I’m getting myself one of this ... a gas truck just doesn’t make sense to me . Even the ranger with a had one years ago. Just didn’t make sense. But now I can have a big truck that can run EV. Great .
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  323. I have visited Lahaina quite a few times. It was a pretty, historic town with a lot of old timber buildings. Given the climate, the fire risk might have reasonably seemed remote. However, unusual circumstances prevailed to create the firestorm where radiant heat tragically incinerated everything. Outside of war such devastation is unusual. Hopefully the town will be rebuilt acknowledging its history but making it safer and better.
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  324. This is an excellent put together video. Thank you for your work and amazing content. Don’t bother not pleasing everyone. Whoever doesn’t like it can go somewhere else. You did an amazing job and there is nothing a YT channel can do to avoid ANY war.
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  325. China is not the world's biggest economy , its still second FYI. Overall, great video like always 👌 !
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  326. da Vinci has more beard potential than everyone in the comments combined.
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  327. Love how this channel has grown and the direction it's going it, a real inspiration. Thanks.
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  328. I still object to nuclear being a stop gap to other energy solutions. For that can only be true if it's a stop gap to fusion. If anything, it should be the other way around, renewables being the stop gap to better nuclear. In the long term, nuclear has more ecological benefits since it doesn't need as much space and can be used to produce huge amount of power. This can be used to power thing like hydroponics and vertical farming, allowing use to return agricultural land and land used by renewables to nature.
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  329. Great content. I think it would definitely add to the quality of your videos to use metric units rather than imperial. Imperial units could still be overlaid for those who have a harder time getting their head around the SI and help them build an instinctive sense of it. The US will never get rid of the imperial system if people keep using it in educational materials. Help make a difference!
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  330. One thing that is promising about this design is that it isn't that complicated. It definitely isn't as easy to manufacture as the traditional design, but I don't see anything in there that couldn't be cast or injection molded. It seems like the $5000 price tag isn't going to be the price forever, right now they can charge that much because they have no competition, but I suspect that similar designs will soon offer similar benefits at much lower prices, and they will bring the price down.
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  331. Love to hear about these advances. In time it will impact all of us in very direct and beneficial ways. Thanks 🙂
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  332. Thank you! This video is great! I know you did significant editing, but the necessary information was well highlighted. I had been wondering why Tesla was getting bad press. Now I’ve a better understanding of the situation.
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  333. Even before the French made balloons 🎈 the Chinese had made paper lantern balloons to drift while lit for festivals many years before...I like the one where the first guy jumped from a high altitude balloon. During WW2 the Japanese sent thousands of explosives balloon over the USA 🇺🇸..
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  334. Re: Your regenerative brakes request, it just isn’t really worth it on a bike. This is because with an ebike with a BB mounted motor you’d need additional hardware for the regen, and there isn’t sufficient mass in the system (bike + rider) to get enough energy back to offset the additional weight you’d be accelerating the rest of the time. Regen braking is possible on some hub drive motors, but as you pointed out hub drives have quite a few disadvantages when it comes to how the bike handles and rides. The other issues is that if you are a confident rider you don’t actually have to brake very often at all, so you’d recover very little energy on the average ride.
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  335. Auto show, or requiem for the oil age?
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  336. I agree Ricky, no land is worth this much suffering. Ultimately everyone wants to live. People and governments alike should focus more on that.
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  337. this was a nice, practical video of EV functionality. no hype...perfect.
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  338. It really is amazing that Texas Instruments passed on putting Chang as CEO. I think he was already proposing his foundry model back then. Can you imagine what the tech industry would be like in the US if TSMC was USSMC instead???
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  339. I am proud to be from California, a state that is committed to 100% clean energy.
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  340. My wife and I bought a Bolt as soon as they were available in our state. We are really happy about the purchase and have owned the car for nearly two years now. I haven't had a chance to drive the Model3 yet for comparison, but the Bolt has plenty of torque and is certainly fun to drive. We primarily chose to buy it over the Tesla because it was cheaper, available immediately, was a hatchback, and Tesla's spartan interior design is not for me (I'm a button and knobs kind of guy).We haven't even charged at a public charge station yet and are only using the 120v outlet in our garage. Though I should add that we also kept my '02 manual Celica for long distance trips, but it sees very little use these days. Really there have only been a couple of times that we felt restricted by the charge limitations of the Bolt, the 200+ mi range has been more than enough for our driving habits.  We don't even charge it to 100% every night and in the summers we see closer to 300 mi range.So far the car has been a very reliable. I love letting friends drive it around a bit and everyone likes the tech and how fun it is and most are surprised to learn that you can literally charge from any 120v outlet anywhere and how low maintenance/reliable electrics are (including the battery packs).My wife and I are glad we chose the Bolt over the Tesla but we would highly recommend both to anyone considering a new car, let alone an electric. For those who are concerned about range, please do your self a favor and just buy Chevy's Volt. I personally think the Volt better represents the future of transportation with it's zero emission, reliable and efficient 100% electric drivetrain, but the added benefit of a small onboard combustion engine to generate electricity for the electric motors when you need to drive further than the 50+ mi range of its small battery pack.
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  341. Best insight into the oil industry I've ever seen. Thank you.
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  342. Yes used panels are the way to go as many used panels have a lot of life on them and upcycling is another great way to reduce our carbon footprint. Used panels really makes sense for the first type of green $$. I have been using my used panels for three years and haven't had problems with them so far. Keep up the good work we love to see more of these types of projects.
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  343. What a great explanation of Hawaii's history and lineage. Thk you for a brilliantly beautifully laid out video that explains the how, the what,and the why and providing clarity at a time when a clear view of what happened can't be found just yet.
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  344. Are you a teacher because this is some of the best teaching I’ve ever heard clearly understood a relatively complex system. Thank you!
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  345. Hi Brian and Ricky, I met both of you at Fully Charged Vancouver last September. What do you think about how Elon seems to be attacking the Tesla base? Tesla has increased the Model 3 by $9000 in Canada starting February 1st. Oddly, on the same day, Trump threatened to saddle Canada with 25% Tariffs. I was a huge fan of Tesla, but now that Elon is throwing salutes from "his heart," not so much. Great company, very poor international optics. Love my Tesla Y, but will soon trade-in for a Ford Lightning to try and wash some of the bad vibes Elon is sharing. Unfortunately, in the long term, if Elon doesn't move on, I don't really see a future for Tesla.
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  346. Thanks Ricky for explaining this Intelligently. Your channel I would hope is consisted of mainly a higher IQ demographics but I do suspect you will get Donald Trump Trolls who believe everything this man does is gospel. These people will disregard FACTS you present. Keep up the good work
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  347. This is one of the best automotive dives you've done. Excellent coverage
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  348. It has absolutely grown on everyone.. I literally don't need a car but if I ever did consider 1, i'll get the Cybertruck..
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  349. No matter what you are reviewing, it always seems to be the best, most intelligent review around. Just great!
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  350. I love how Ricky and Matt Ferrell release videos on the same subject almost weekly.
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  351. Great detail in your explanations. I love how the simple graphics make a complex idea easy to digest.  Keep up the wonderful videos please. :D
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  352. We're already seeing the better air quality and quieter roads. Eventually we'll be back to clogged, noisy, smelly roadways and cities and people are going to remember this and think, "Hey, if cars are electric it can be like that again."
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  353. A warning for anyone using cast iron on an induction cooktop. Because it heats and cools quickly it can warp the cast iron. Also, if you have older cast iron (mine is 80+ years) the ferromagnetic material may very greatly between pans the pans can heat up very quickly to over 500 degrees. I’m not knocking induction. The bit of research I did about using cast iron induction did not bring up these issues with older cast iron pans so i want other people to be more aware before they start warping their great-grandmother’s cast iron.
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  354. Tesla: we don’t need no stinking turbo Porsche: they won’t know the difference
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  355. I visited Sagrada Familia about 4 years ago and was fascinating. This architecture is mind boggling. You must take an elevator to the top of a spire and walk down the stairs.
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  356. By far, the best 7 seat review. Exactly what people need to know. Congrats and thank for sharing! By the way, not as bad as I tought, perfect for short trips with whole family and grandparents in just one car.
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  357. Nice video, thanks! As a Model YLR owner, I don't see any downside for you moving from the 3 to the Y. I have several friends who are making that move even though they love their M3s and all of them feel they made the right decision. Good luck!
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  358. Chewie's dying of laughter with your Star Trek hand gesture. 🖖 My wife and I always knew induction is better. Nice to see it actually shown! Live long and prosper! :goodvibes:
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  359. Heatpump. Most underappreciated invention ever.
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  360. They remind me of the simple hand windmills we got as kids, a short garden cane with a foil windmill on the top. uncannily similar design but the propeller version is elongated. 🤓🤓🤓
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  361. Pretty awesome to see your coverage of a company that I love! Nouveau Monde Graphite is doing something truly unique.
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  362. Thank you, that was well researched, and I deeply appreciate the time invested , and knowledge shared!
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  363. Loving the evolution of your videos since I've started watching and man I can't get enough! Keep it up! Please YouTube algorithm if you're listening blow this channel up!!
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  364. That finish was great. Trying to efficiently use the remaining energy. Creating symbiotic engines.
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  365. "and just remember, the future is going to be awesome." Great outro piece
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  366. We have a couple round-a-bouts where I live. The problem is that most (stupid) drivers come to a complete stop at the Yield sign even when no others cars are in the round-a-bout and it backs up traffic behind them.
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  367. The elephant in the room isn't the cost of the panel or the efficiency; it's the $850 of installation cost per panel. Breaking that down, being generous, it's probably $150 for mounting hardware and inverters and the rest is what the contractor is charging for labor, so $700 per panel for labor. Over 30 panels, that's $21000. There is clearly room for that number to be lower. I mean you watched them install it, how many man-days was used for the work? Again being generous, maybe 4 man-days? It's literally just someone climbing onto a roof a couple dozen times with a load and screwing it down; it's less labor than installing an actual roof. How much does someone need to charge for 4 man-days of labor and run a profitable business? Maybe $5k? Installers are treating early adopters as a gold mine; they are charging what the market will bear factoring in govt incentives and local electricity rates to get a decent ROI. If they charged a fair price of $5k, bringing the total cost of a 12000W system to $14k and a breakeven ROI of less than 2 years, everyone would sign up. The problem with solar isn't for lack of breakthroughs over existing panels. The problem is the market and competitive landscape of installers to charge a fair price for an honest day's work.
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  368. At 11:30 the video takes an interesting turn to see past all the glamour and beauty. Definitely worth a watch! Things get real!!!
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  369. Such a fantastic idea! Thanks for picking it up and sharing this with us. From all renewable tech channels you always pick the best technologies and ideas 👏🏽👏🏽
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  370. I can,t believe that you think this will be low volume. I'm over 70 years and this thing looks beautiful to me. Most of you younger people seem to be too stuck in your ways. The only constant is change. Embrace it or it will run you over. This will be my first truck. I'm heading for the reservation site. (Actually now I pre ordered the 2wd version.)
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  371. Really enjoy your smooth, low octane coverage of technology with your calm voice and deep insights.
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  372. Model S officially 402 miles range with Plaid Plus set to deliver around 520 miles in 2022! Great video about Aluminum Air.
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  373. Getting your editors to do plumbing... That's quality content!
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  374. Great video with enough detail to be interesting but not confusing. Well presented and beautifully made... thank you :)
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  375. Considering Tesla cars are like Computers and Operating Systems - my belief is only good things happen when you wait for 2.0 or 3.0 - in this case the $35k M3. By the time it makes sense for Elon to make the entry level 3, most mfg. bugs will have been identified, the software will be mature and the machine learning will be a lot smarter as the intelligence grows in a logarithmic manner. Of course that price point will be a little crowded by the time the $35k 3 comes what with Kia, Hyundai, Nissan and others killing it with their new SUVs and crossover plug-ins. This will be fun to see how it goes !!!! Ultimately the consumer should win! 🚗
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  376. This is uplifting and informative. I didn't know the UN took action and slowly but surely we're on the road to some recovery. Thanks Ricky, great way to start the weekend 🎉
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  377. Wow, how do you not have 10 times the amount of subs you currently have. Super underrated!
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  378. Remy has to be the happiest little kid I have ever seen! So great! And you beat Ben Sullins to be the first to post a video with the Model Y 3rd row seating too! I think we may have a YouTuber war on our hands! Haha!
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  379. Excellent video. There's nothing I can add that hasn't already been said! And on top of that, PVs have the added advantage of almost zero maintenance, and there are no failure points short of the transmission line back to the utility itself that can take down an entire solar PV plant. Everything is so modular that there is literally no need to ever shut a PV plant completely down, even for major maintenance. -Matt
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  380. I always thought metals were colder just because. It never occurred to me that they are the same as room temp, just better at absorbing heat from the skin. Thanks, I might do an animation of this too in my future uploads
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  381. 400 gallons A DAY!!!! Holy crap! What a waste! Well done Ricky!
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  382. You couldn't be more right on the Tesla insurance thing, and where they could take it. It's a huge opportunity for them if they choose to take it, and it seems like they made the choice to start down that path with doing the initial setup in CA.
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  383. Most places will require a permit for the connection of the Ecoflow Smart Panel which is a transfer switch, to the main panel. While the Ecoflow Smart switch takes care of making sure you are not back feeding the grid. The potential still exists so that's why a permit may be required. Also, while transfer switches or in this case a (Smart Panel) are fairly easy to install it still should be done by or at least checked by professional before you test it out of connect to it. The Ecoflow and extra batteries are a little pricier up front than a standby home generator. The Ecoflow will cost a small fraction of what a gas or propane powered generator will cost in a grid down situation. Best of all the potential to power all or part of your home using the sun becomes an option that allows it to pay for itself over time.
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  384. Every time the power goes off and it’s cold AF it’s been a blessing to have another source of heat. With a gas stove we can still heat our home.
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  385. I have had my ground source geothermal for 5 years and coupled with my solar panels have been net zero home for energy. I don’t pay any type of gas bill and my Solar array has eliminated my power bill. There have been many comments about not being worth it and being complicated. It has been around for a long time, it is simple and after tax incentives not IHC more than typical natural gas/ propane for install. It makes your home heating and AC needs all electric and you can easily counter those energy needs with solar. I have a whole home battery back up system to go along with it making it possible to run in grid down scenario. Good stuff.
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  386. Albeit a Model 3 owner, I'm rooting for Lucid's success. All the ingredients are there and they have the right person at the helm who also came from Tesla.
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  387. For a few years it may be easy to find my cybertruck in the Costco parking lot. I’m looking forward to that! Thank you Tesla and Elon!
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  388. Great video. Same experience for me with my Model 3 Long Range. More that 110'000km in 3 years, in Switzerland (35degC in summer - 10 degC in winter), driving daily. I had no repair to do at all, just changed tires and wind shield fluid. Running costs cannot be lower (30% of my previous car, a Ford Fiesta...) and the car has not aged at all. Amazing.
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  389. YouTube recommended this video to me. Sometimes, YouTube nails it!! :-)
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  390. 12:00 been watching this channel didn't know you're an engineer amazing, what a time to live. YouTubers are now legit engineers
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  391. All these EV options are really helping the industry move forward with innovation. We all win from this.
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  392. Very helpful and informative, thank you! 🙏
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  393. I've seen those in Spain as well (i think it was Spain). Would love to hear about other places in the world using the same technology and how it differs from the US and chinese version(s). Thanks for the video!
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  394. Imagine living in a future world where the only power source we need is the sun. There will literarily be no need for wars and conflicts.
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  395. Hey Ricky thanks for this interesting video! Of course going deep into this subject would take more than 15 minutes but this is a good overview of the market and technologies, so thank you. Btw you definitely have to check Synhelion, a Swiss company that makes jet fuel out of solar energy (with mirrors, not PV panels). Cheers from Switzerland!
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  396. Excellent review video! I placed my $100 reservation the night of the official launch. Living in CA I’m so ready for this truck and to say goodbye to $4.00+ a gallon gas. I get to leave the house every morning with essentially a full tank :-)
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  397. As a Dune fan, that was fun. Thanks Ricky!
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  398. Hi Ricky, just traded in my 2019 USA built M3 SR for a 2022 China built one. The 50-60kwh upgrade is great and the LFP battery means i don't have to worry about overcharging. The heat pump (which i think is on US models now) is fine no difference in heating here in mid UK apart from the power consumption which was the point of it The build quality is far better than the USA model from 3 years ago but i think the USA models have improved too The paint is far better too, after taking delivery of mine in 2019 i took it straight to be coated and get the paint sorted won't bother this time Just some insights for UK buyers looking into getting a M3
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  399. As a Cal ME grad who worked at the Berkeley composites lab, I too can’t understand who in their right mind would use carbon fiber in this use case. The engineers who made it belong in jail.
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  400. Congratulations on the sponsorship. Thanks again for another edifying and insightful exposition.
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  401. agreed, Y is crucial
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  402. Geothermal power is one of our greatest underutilized resources, especially in areas like Yellowstone and Iceland where it would be so easy to tap into the Earth's natural thermal resources.
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  403. Really wanted a geothermal heat pump when my home was built. Unfortunately the ROI just wasn't there because the added cost of putting in the ground coils was so high. It's a great idea though and I'm glad you included it in this video.
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  404. Just discovered your channel. I work for a major Class 1 railroad and this accident is “The Big One” we’ve all been talking about since the carriers have adopted PSR. The reduction in staff, mainly in the maintenance departments, is astonishing. As an example, on my territory, everyday at least 3 trains are stopped because of mechanical issues. And as far as our pay raise is concerned, I was very vocal about this. Keep your money and let me call off when I need to. The average person works 5 days a week so, they have 8 days off per month plus 11ish holidays so, the average person has about 100-110 days off per year. With my seniority, I have now reached the point where I get 30 days off. Oh, and they have to be scheduled…anyway, when it comes down to it, this accident is because of PSR. And I’m afraid it’s going to happen again….thanks for posting about this.
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  405. Tesla really is years ahead of everyone..
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  406. It is really interesting to see what a truly modern city with good funding can be like. City planners now are plagued by the bones laid a century ago.
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  407. "Inflate the defense fleet..." Thus began the Balloon Wars.
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  408. Daily Mail readers could do with looking at this...
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  409. Great job explaining GMs battery day Ricky! Well done!
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  410. You have such soothing educational content.
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  411. I think it will be faster than most expect. My electric car is the best car I have ever owned. Ocean Vessels and aircraft on Hydrogen are coming soon. Electric trains and trucks are being produced now.
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  412. I'm almost as obsessed with heat pumps as Technology Connections
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  413. We have a model three. Our shop also has Zenith all-electric service vans. I will never buy another ICE machine. I was wanting to love the Cypertruck -but my heart sank when I saw it. The specs/pricing are excellent though. As a contractor - I really like that is so capable, has opening/locking bed, stainless steel finish instead of paint, on-board power and air, load-adjusting suspension, large crew-cab...Actually - the more I look at it - the less strange it looks. Wow - I just reserved!!!
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  414. I think that you are right on the money!
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  415. you make really high-quality content here... every video is like a well-organized feast... the effort you put into your content is truly amazing...keep it up...expecting more of these videos
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  416. So good hanging out and sharing this experience with you!
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  417. Cool . I like the idea that Toyota is doing with ceramic batteries. Plus we could stop making plastic bottles and make them out of glass again like we had when I was growing up, which are totally recyclable!
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  418. Lmao'd at the tin foil protecting from lizard man zuckerberg lolol
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  419. The industrial engineer was excellent, really explained the differences and manufacturing processes well.
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  420. I'm still going solar no matter what. I live in a different state but I'm sure politics is going to be a factor in whatever state you live in. Thanks for being an advocate for us Ricky!
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  421. My new favourite space channel by someone who really knows what they're saying. 😃 P.S Oh, and so much more! Way cool.
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  422. Thanks for covering this, Ricky. Taiwan is also home to TSMC, the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world and maker of the most advanced chips we all love and use every day. It's no surprise they'd be great at electrification as well.
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  423. Thank you, very informative video. Graphite is something I had not even considered before. And yes, I would love to see a video on the electric mining equipment. That sounds really exciting. lol
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  424. The entire time the EV1 was in development and for lease Saft made large 100 Ah NiCd batteries for EVs. As long as they were properly watered with de-ionized distilled water they kept going. 3000+ cycles was not uncommon for them in actual EV use. They would have doubled the range of the EV1.
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  425. Great content, keep it up. Enjoy the holiday season.
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  426. I ordered an AWD with full self driving. I'm a Board member for my local Rural Electric Cooperative and went to my Board meeting today expecting to be a subject of ridicule. It was amazing. All ten of the other Board members were really stoked about the Cybertruck. One offered to buy my Model 3. The CEO said the RWD version will work for the Coop's fleet. I've been trying to sell these guys, all of them from small town America, on EVs for the last four years, and unbelievably they absolutely loved it.
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  427. Ricky can explain anything in super engaging way. Super video again.
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  428. I'm guessing that handle on the front door is to keep a person's hand from getting pinched by the back door if people are all getting in the car at the same time.
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  429. This is cool, however I have to say that the whole range issue is largely in our minds. My Model 3 has a 322 mi range and it's plenty (more than enough for day to day, and perfectly reasonable for long trips).
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  430. Spoken tempo just right, nice graphics, thanks for the info and your good work, greetings from Germany 👍
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  431. I'd like this 10 times if I could this is hands down the best video on the topic made so far.
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  432. Great video!
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  433. I'm a pilot and it's counterintuitive, but navigating on the ground at any decent-sized airport is one of the more challenging things to do. And I don't recall any of my formal pilot training addressing ground control processes/procedures.
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  434. Really cool stuff indeed! If it is more efficient than traditional heatpumps, then why not. But of course, as always, it all comes down to cost. Thanks again Ricky!
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  435. Hydrogen could work within the near future as extraction methods improve. They'd be ideal for the aviation and shipping industries. Because hydrogen is a gas and is light in density it wont cause as much energy loss as batteries. Batteries are also good as they allow for more efficiency, however extraction methods are quite expensive due to increased production of lithium ion batteries.
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  436. Another great presentation as always. Who would have thought that trees were hiding the next generation of batteries? Thanks again and keep up the great work.
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  437. Wow! You guys are on point in your research. I learned a lot today. Thank You!
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  438. Freedom Seven looks like a gnat next to Starship. Quite stunning to contemplate something that big getting launched!
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  439. Stop telling people this! I need the stock to keep going down so I can buy more
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  440. This is why I always feel safer driving in Ladera Ranch than any other part of OC — the roundabouts do a fantastic job of keeping everyone’s driving in check.
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  441. Love you bro. You guys will be in the right side of history.
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  442. In Australia we use aluminium for fencing this product would turn fences into solar panels just a thought all the best for the future
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  443. Please do next video on types of electric motors :) Thank You, awesome work you doing!
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  444. I am a proud owner of a BMW 330. I used to call it "the machine". ... then my wife bought a Model 3. Now I call my bimmer the clunker.
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  445. I'm constantly coming across examples of the complexity of our current man-made world systems and realize just how the majority of people do not have any idea how fragile it is. I worry that the scale of complexity will eventually create a situation were one small glitch will crash the whole thing. Despite my cynical outlook I do appreciate your video on this innovative system and the people who put it together......👍👍
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  446. Great video, a service to us all. So glad I found your channel. Agreed! Thank you for for this video and where else would we hear about this? These are big wealth companies that control everything. How do we learn without insights like this? We wouldn't have. Again, thank you and great job!
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  447. Yep, in the book they individually make ear and nose plugs cause each person is different and a seal is required. Also in the book the boots provide the pumping power pumping from each step you make. The book is so much more🙂 Frank Herbert didnt miss a thing.
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  448. Great video thank you! Another question I haven't heard anyone ask is if the meteorological data in the area at the time support the claim that it was blown off course. Also did it follow wind speeds and directions over the United States as it moved across the country?
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  449. Solar panels are an extremely conservative investment. Even if the stock market tanks, they continue to provide power. Thus you really should only compare against conservative investments that are very unlikely to crash with the general market.
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  450. 5 panels? lol. I had 18 panels in Hawaii, and I now have 30 panels in Australia. Solar rocks.
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  451. The BIG question: what kind of range when towing? If I have to charge for 40 min after 2 hours of towing, that's a no-go.
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  452. Love your channel brother! No BS no politics! Just solid facts! Thank you for that!
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  453. 5 years from now I may get an electric vehicle. Tech moves too quick to jump in. This is a good thing to standardized a charging setup.
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  454. One of the things I like about Tesla is that they typically undersell and over-perform. Really lends credibility to them.
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  455. Top 5 channels, Know You Know Two Bit da Vinci Real Engineering Engineering Explained ColdFusion
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  456. How this channel only has 52k subscribers, I’ll never know...
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  457. Overall a very good overview and explanation of solid state batteries. Keep up the great videos. Well balanced with technical information.
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  458. Happy to hear that analog computation is finding new life. Sixty years ago I had the pleasure of programming the Electronic Associated PACE Model 231R, the last of the large analog computers. It regularly calculated results faster than our department's digital computers. Then we installed a Philco 2000 with 10k core memory! Analog still won the timed races, but lost out on precision with "only" four-digit resolution.
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  459. This is such amazing news!! Thank you for making this video and giving us hope that change is actually coming. I would prefer that cities manage their own waste by having their own processing facilities under city management so when these materials get sold back to market, the end cost of the products and packaging it's used to produce is more stable and fair to workers and consumers.
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  460. Great professional presentation ... Love the content.
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  461. I have 2 Chevrolet bolts premiers: 2018 and 2019. It’s for me and my wife and we both have very short commutes. The bolt works for us because of the hatch configuration and will not get too much attention. Our cars serves our needs well and we paid cash for our vehicles. There is a chevrolet dealer near our home for added peace of mind; our cars have been rock solid so far. If we have to go on long trips we will just rent a suitable car and not worry about any possible issues we might run into and return it when we are done.
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  462. Thank you so much for continue to share your Ecoflow journey with the community. It is so awesome seeing the progress your team is making on the office and showing off how you are able to leverage their products in combination with the solar panels. I hoping to have a similar setup in my home in the future and these videos are so informative and inspirational.
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  463. This is what I love. People looking at a problem, then looking at all available technologies, and using the best fit for each usage case.
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  464. Two really intelligent honest engineers...!!
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  465. Should generate electricity when moving thewater and use that topump, then you only need enough extra to cover inefficiency
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  466. Triple thumbs up!! "LFP" AKA LiFePo4 chemistry has been around for a Long time. It's not new. It has LOWER energy density. It has traditionally been used in things like battery power tools because it can provide excellent power output. Can be be charged fast and frequently and suffers less degradation in these use cases. In a lot of cases it is great for electric vehicles but range will not be as good for the same mass of battery. I have LiFePo4 cells in my motorcycle as the starter battery. They are amazing. THANK YOU TBD FOR A WELL REASEARCHED REPORT ON THIS CHEMISTRY AS IT APPLIES TO ELECTRIC CARS AND HOW IT APPLIES TO TELSA IN THIS WIDELY AND POORLY REPORTED STORY. It is NOT the new chemistry for Tesla going forward but IS an excellent solution in the short term. I'm so sick of high-profile Tesla so-called experts reporting this so badly. I love Gali, be geeze he jumps the gun sometimes.!
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  467. Graphene will also be applied to rechargeable battery technology to increase their energy density and improve charge/discharge characteristics so i'm doubtful that the Ucaps with their linear discharge characteristics will ever replace batteries in applications like EVs where maintaining a level voltage over extended period of time is important. However, as you mentioned, I can see Ucaps being used to supplement batteries with their high charge and discharge burst abilities.
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  468. Whoa. Much more room than I thought. I'm 5'8" so I could fit back there. Great vid!
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  469. I'm so glad you got around to covering this. I mentioned it a few months back. After I saw coverage from Finland and I was just in love with the concept of how simple and cohesive it is to our current environment. I just love inventions like that. Also, not every method and idea is ment to work for "every option" but it will be Really good at what's it's good at. So it's totally worth it if you interconnect it to your city planning system properly.
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  470. Love that you did an episode with Munro! Awesome!
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  471. For the second home water heating, there should be some 120v heat pump water heaters that will be coming onto the market this year, so that could be an option.
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  472. We are so so appreciate that what Tesla’s promise to us: The Future is here!
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  473. internal combustion engine burns oxygen so not only it emits CO2 and other gases, but at the same time BURN the oxygen needed for that combustion to happen AND due to 25 efficiency, it creates a lot of heat that have to be exchanged "somewhere". not only the atmosphere recieve greenhouse gas that heat the earth in time, it also receive hot air itself instantly. EV's Instant torque means that you dont need that much kW output = less kWh needed. EV doesnt require radiator - a main aerodynamic obstacle to achieve low drag designs - no matter what aerodynamic design you put on your vehicle, there will always be radiator upright against the air flow. In my country (slovakia) we have around 10 percent of energy made out of coal. More than 50 percent is made from nuclear power, second is water third is air + sun. So having an electric car here ( and as mantioned in the video ) is a very good and clean idea.
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  474. When it comes to batteries, I'm most excited about the Battery/Drive train investor day. Can't wait for the specs they will release there...
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  475. I'm holding that's for damn sure, looking lonnng term
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  476. I've been an HVAC/R technician and educator for 29 years, and this is the best non technical explanation of the refrigerant cycle and heat pumps I've ever seen on YouTube, good job! Re. back up sources of heat, I've got an inverter driven variable capacity heat pump backed up by a multistage gas furnace. The furnace is cheaper to operate here in Texas, but the variable capacity heat pump is more comfortable heat delivery in our mild winters. The furnace is good for especially cold weathers, and since I can supply its electrical needs with just a small 500w generator, is handy during a power outage. Amusingly, I was completely prepared for loosing power during the big freeze, but never did.
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  477. 15:16 Flight Attendant here. Thank you for the kind words and that beautifully thought out perspective one what it takes it gave me a new appreciation for what I do when you so gratefully articulated it like that. I'd like to add that I too thought the senator was unfair and distasteful. I really wish we could put him thought the ringer and ask about how they mismanage our taxes. If they wanna talk about unfair fees look no further then our own US government.
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  478. I've been thinking of this for years. By adding water to Lake Meade Arizona would also benefit, not to mention Mexico. I've even considered those pipelines. There was a news cast of the Great Lakes becoming too full, 10 feet above normal. there's another source for distribution. Thanks so much for your research, hope the proper viewers see this to make something happen.
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  479. This essay addresses several of the critically important issues of our present and our next several generations.
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  480. Ricky, thank you for remembering us we in the third world countries. Thank you thank you. May God Bless projects like these. Thank you so much.
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  481. Inflation of car prices really shouldn’t be driving people away from EVs. Because the gas prices are ALSO inflating so the cost to run that new ICE vehicle is rising just as fast. I’m all for any companies managing to make more affordable EVs though! Bought my used one last year and I absolutely love how much money I’ve been saving while also being responsible for way less emissions!
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  482. lol what a smooth transition to the endorsement
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  483. Thank you for covering this, I agree, it is very frustrating that the media only covers sensational stories. Keep up the great work!
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  484. Great engineering and physics class today.
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  485. Totally agree. It won't happen right off the bat. But by the summer of 2020 when neighbors start to notice these gems on driveways... it's over for the competition.
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  486. Charging errors should be an extremely rare exception. It's got to be gosh darn near perfect! Thanks Ricky!
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  487. RIP combustion cars
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  488. Amazing nice production of graphics. Well done.
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  489. Great music at the end....it added to the hopeful vibe
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  490. Storage is key for the large-scale adoption of renewable energy sources. Your coverage of this battery technology was clear, concise and entertaining to watch as well. Thanks!
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  491. Please do a episode on just thorium salt reactors
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  492. Brilliantly produced and researched video, as usual: thank you. As you say it’s essential to keep one’s perspective - nothing is green except a world without technology. Humans, especially in their billions and increasing by three every second, are never going to be green even if harvesting every watthour from the sun one way or another.
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  493. I’m a follower of both of you. You work well together. Do it some more!
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  494. Glad to see an update on this! It’s seemed so promising. Glad to see MN is doing long term tests to check on the mix and viability.
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  495. Two Bit da Vinci They won't make the cheapest version till after the tax credits are phasing, or fully removed. No one gets a brand new one for $27,500 and that's what bothers reservation holders.
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  496. Rikki, excellent video - great content, thorough analysis and brilliant thesis. Based on data, geopolitics and resources limitations, your thesis has great merit, thanks, Eamon
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  497. It's amazing what can be accomplished when you are looking for a solution to a specific problem.
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  498. I'm so down. But this is an uplifting idea. Hope it floats. And the video blows up.
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  499. Very interesting technology, thank you for the details. Thinking somewhere, there are biplane designers feeling vindicated. 😉
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  500. Couple this technology with a Stirling engine and you can get more efficient electric generation with a wider temperature differential along with the cooling. Possibly needing less or no solar panels.
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  501. 8:47 You shouldn't double the estimated processing time. If it takes 1 to 5 days to unload the containers but only 4 hours for the trains to take them to the unloading ports, then you're going to be loading up the departing ship at the same time you're still unloading the arriving ship. It's a parallel process.
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  502. Am I the only one who gets an ancient Rome vibe when looking at the bird's eye view of Cayala?
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  503. There is one more warning regarding EcoFlow MPPT and solar panels - you cannot exceed the 150V with OPEN CIRCUIT voltage, not load voltage. This partially limits the available configurations. Not a big deal (similar limitations are also on Victron MPPT controllers), but it's worth to mention. Excellent video, this one (practical) is what I like most. The panels just laying on the ground is a good trick - as temporary solution of "let's see if it even works" it makes for a great idea. Imagine you would have to climb back to the roof to re-wire the panels :D
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  504. Can't wait for my M3
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  505. Now imagine if your beautiful Model 3 could charge overnight and sell back to the grid when needed? It could also easily power your entire home, and has the hardware in it to output far more power than your home could ever hope to use. It's crazy that our Tesla cars are not already Powerwalls with full V2G functionality. Just think of what the top-spec Cybertruck could do with a 300 kWh pack!
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  506. I havebeen saying for a while that all these empty office buildings after the pandemic should be used for vertical farming and be subsidized. The drastic reduction in transportation cost and benefit to the environment from having locally grown greens is huge.
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  507. Great content today and always. I am somewhat of a music snob and grew up in the analogue era. I embraced the digital movement in music as it was introduced and find digital very satisfying. My ears can only hear so much frequencies as many of us baby boomers grew up in the rock n roll era . Therefore as close as digital simulation is getting to analogue it is good enough for a large percentage of the population's ears. Thanks again and keep the great content coming
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  508. Such a terrible tragedy, hope they get the help they need.
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  509. I have 3 kids (2 9 year olds and a 6 year old). I had a 2021 SR+ M3. My kids complained about the lack of space in the back seats. We still have all 3 in boosters. We sold the M3 and bought the 5 seat LR MY at the end of 2022. The kids like the space in the second row and we love the extra storage space.
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  510. I have visited Barcelona and the Sagrada Familia twice. It is without doubt one of the most incredible cities and places I have ever been to. I hope you managed to visit Parc Guell and also the covered market on La Ramblas.
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  511. Brilliant analysis. It is the best approach I've seen. I see you used the weight of the top of the line, long range, dual motor Model 3 :P I suppose that's fair for poor ICE lol When you consider that all manufacturing and mining will also get cleaner as industry starts using cleaner power, and starts electrifying even their heavy industrial vehicles (That is definitely happening. You only have to look at the startup investment and R&D effort going into electrifying trains and transport ships to know that. There's gold in them thar hills!) - The only thing that still makes ICE cars look okayish at present is the estimated CO2 footprint for production. At present. Both gravimetric and volumetric energy density for batteries are improving all the time. Meaning they have the same energy capacity, but they weigh less and less and take up less and less space as the technology is improved and refined. Mostly by a bit, but every few years by a lot. So battery packs will also get lighter and lighter and smaller and smaller while providing the same range. Cleaner and cleaner. Less and less toxic for human, animal and plant life. Cheaper and cheaper. That's the challenge that proponents of fossil fuel ICE cars face in this debate. It's a losing battle. They might as well admit it.
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  512. Could we make a solar cell that lets the green light pass through and generate electricity from the rest of the spectrum?
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  513. Really glad you included the p3d vs the taycan in this. Shows what an amazing value it is
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  514. Very cool to see so far inside the raw materials side of the supply chains we will rely on in the coming years. Thanks for putting all the time and effort into producing this!
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  515. “Thirsty concrete” and bigger reservoirs like Sites are long overdue for places like CA as far as water storage goes.
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  516. Will be looking forward to part 2
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  517. Great video. For your gray water system, you should feed the toilet cistern(s) as well as your lawns
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  518. The Beard looks good on you; better than that 5 O'clock shadow you had.
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  519. Love the tone of your voice.
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  520. This is the true insight of engineering from true experts. Thank you
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  521. Just had 22 x 320w panels installed each panel cost $190. SolarEdge system with microinverters brilliant.
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  522. Hi Ricky, the insurance market looks so different everywhere, here, in Sweden where I live, the insurances are a bit less expensive, and of course Volvo have a very price worthy insurance program for their (safe) cars.... Thank you for a very informative and entertaining show.
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  523. Again very professional. I'm impressed. Very good infos. Thank You!
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  524. Great presentation Ricky. This was a very informative and compelling talk on Model Y.
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  525. You forgot one thing re: Ford, etc. making EV's. They don't actually have to research any of the tech. Tesla doesn't really hold any patents for their products. Elon Musk has said that anyone is free to use any of their patents. So, Ford, etc. could literally just use the designs for the batteries, motor, etc. from Tesla and just make their own frame for the car. And, they could convert one or two factories at a time. You obviously have great points on everything else though. :) Also, since Tesla has already spent a lot of time and money on charging stations in the USA, that makes it easier for the other car makers and buyers to get into EV cars. Great video, thank you.
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  526. we chose to do those things not because they're good, but because they're easy!
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  527. Excellent coverage! Now, to share this with my Brother, who"s wanted anrlectric Ford F-150 since 2014...
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  528. I agree. You are very perceptive, people need to use common sense and follow the money trails. Love you man, excellent video.
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  529. I agree with you. Cyber truck is ugly car at the first glance. But after seeing conventional trucks and Cyber truck side by side, conventional trucks look so old school. Then, I will choose this ugly car over conventional truck.
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  530. I absolutely hate glossy plastic. It just looks cheap and degrades rapidly. Matte finish all the way!
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  531. It's simple: The typical person who would want to buy a truck is called a Dude. A Dude is in'erested in buying a truck 'cos he wants it to be tough and doesn't really care about the scratches. When you pull into a builder's yard you know what will happen. A beam of timber topples from the rack. A sheet of metal catches on the wind. Apparently metal balls are worse than sledgehammers. The higher it rides the better it is. Same for speed. A Dude wants as much cabin space as possible, all neat and tidy. A Dude also wants a covered theft proof high bed with easy access. Gotta get the bike up easy, Dude. Now the Dude wants a Tesla. Te Guy wanted to get a Rivian 'cos he had the cash. He knows it makes sense to go electric . But his deep down primal urge for a big truck always gnawed voraciously at his conscience. How can you justify a Hummer? A Range Rover? Aha, look at this finally a Rivian! SALVATION! But before Rivian gets their product out Tesla pips them to the post with a smackdown 0 - 60 and everything else with ONLY THREE MOTORS!!! Now the Guy wants a Tesla. The Man wants a Tesla because it is just so goddamned cool! A woman wants a Tesla because once you are inside ain't no shit that's gonna happen to you! The child inside me wants a Tesla because I drew one in History class in the third grade. I always knew I wanted one...
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  532. This looks promising. The technology will get better with time and research. Good video.
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  533. I live in the area where the Cedar Rapids data center is to be built. The local nuclear power plant has reached its end of life and is now being replaced by 3,500 acres of solar panels on prime farmland. This video just put the pieces together for me as to why. I can see a lot more expansion of these panels to more prime farmland. Looks like this would have been better served in a location where less productive land is abundant.
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  534. Hi Ricky, love the show and informative as always. There are, however, a few things missed about the potential of GMG's battery. One is the thermal dissipation - due to the graphene and aluminum construction, thermal energy is easily removed from the battery and thus requires less cooling. This would result in a massive reduction in the need for additional cooling equipment for the battery pack that adds to the overall weight. herefore more batteries could be packed in the space used and thus increasing the battery packs overall energy density. Another is the increased potential of energy recovery through breaking. Current tech is limited due to the batteries inability to handle the full charge when utilizing the motor to slow the vehicle. With GMG's battery more energy could be recovered this way, which further increases the range from a single charge in under 5 minutes. Exciting stuff right? Keep up the amazing work bro and look forward to the next one. 🙃
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  535. Come on! Even when the 3 tons (ish) blades ended in a landfill after 25 years, nobody can seriously compare with the SEVERAL TONS any fossil fuel plant burns each day to the air and our lungs!
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  536. YES PLEASE 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️😎 I'm beyond tried of getting 12.5 mpg!!
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  537. I got a teacup Stirling engine on Amazon & have had hours of fun with my coffee cups making the engine spin while the coffee slowly cools off ^^
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  538. wow you changed the thumbnail and video title, please don’t allow the youtube comments section bullies to push you to change your ways. You are perfect the way you are
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  539. Grey Water (shower, washer, dishwater) use to water lawn. Use the water twice for better utilization.
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  540. Solar power FTW! For the better or the worse!
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  541. I feel like many people will warm up to the looks and styling of the cybertruck. I don't believe you're the only one who is having second thoughts about their first impression
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  542. They should call the truss a strut. It's a strut. See Cessna and any number of brands of airplanes that are high wing. Also, you could have shown a modern sailplane, the ultimate in high aspect ratio wings.
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  543. Dude, you are the “cat’s pajamas”! That was just an awesome brief on Starship for the lay person. The best I have seen and I have watched many videos. The more I watch you and your presentations, the more I appreciate what you’re doing. For what it is worth, you’re getting better every episode. Thanks for such a great overview of Starship and all of the other presentations you work your ass off putting together for us. Your channel is educational and informative and provides clarity on subjects that often are complicated for those of us that are not necessarily engineers. Well done!!!!
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  544. Battery day predictions? The stock going up.
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  545. Just started the video. I hope you tackle the topic of burning cars: the tiresome "battery cars explode and catch on fire easily" myth. Gosh I am so tired of that. Most recent data shows ICErs are burning/exploding/catching on fire way more often, WHEN NORMALIZED FOR MILEAGE, as compared to BEVs.
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  546. Best presentation I have watched. Thanks.
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  547. Still love your videos with the new format. You really don't need a lot of graphics if your content is great.
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  548. < 20 K for a "bike" is too much but for that price I'd like something like the Deliverator or expandable bed so I can haul stuff too. PS - I was visiting friends in Mt. Hood Oregon and saw a couple of FUVs on the road. Made me smile.
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  549. We have a couple here in my city in Merida Venezuela and they work perfectly. With power going out for 2 to 3 hours every day and no maintenance, approaching a traffic light here is more stressful than being a flight controller in JFK
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  550. You have explained this better than anyone. Thank you.
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  551. Great Video Ricky! Coming from texas, we will do anything here to never have that freeze again!!
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  552. Good going to mention the MIT efforts, which are promising. But you should have squeezed in a mention of the Wendelstein 7_X stellarator, which also could be a really big deal. Many think that eventually, in competing with the tokamak, stellarators may eventually dominate—more than 60 years after first being invented.
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  553. Your little ones are taking me back -- love it! Thanks for including them. Also happy to see GM, finally, showing they still have interest in the Bolt.
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  554. Even if it's not a contender right now, it's exciting to hear about tech advances. Thank you 😊
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  555. Gone through 2 refrigerators and 3 cars in just 10 years... never mind solar, but the quality of contemporary products is increasingly getting into the focus. Your panels, however, should hold true to their quality for at least another 10 to 20 years. Whether that also applies to the entire system is going to show. I'd say another 10 years from now. Thumbs up and gingers crossed.
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  556. Would you consider taking a look at blade longevity, recycling and disposal? Last I heard, they were throwing them in a hole in the ground in Wyoming, because the material they’re made from is so tough, it’s unrecyclable.
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  557. Thanks Two Bit! I really appreciate the video. We've been excited to see this come to fruition, and remain hopeful Aptera can overcome any remaining hurdles. For us, the value proposition for this car checks a number of boxes that no other vehicle concept seems to. Hopeful for their success (and everyone collectively--investors, pre-orders: luna in our case, and fans alike all hoping to see these concepts prove out and get into circulation)! Love your channel and content--thanks again sir!
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  558. Nanotechnology was such a rage in the early 2000s and now it's so common that most people don't realize how important it is. This entire breakthrough is only possible thanks to the tools developed through nanotech. Iron nitride's awesome magnetic properties have been known for almost a century, yet the only reason no one was able to put it to market was that it was too hard to reproduce at scale. But not anymore!!
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  559. Amazing video, this channel should be shown at TV. Guys you are doing amazing job for us , for our planet. Keep doing it. Thank you.
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  560. I'm not selling anytime soon.
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  561. Great presentation and I will offer one piece of advice. Perhaps you could have done a quick overview on the difference between calculating the voltage from a parallel circuit or circuit in series. I believe this would add value and not add any confusion as the calculations are not that difficult.
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  562. Excited about the death of the ICE car and those companies that make them.
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  563. Great video! Man, it’s a shame you guys in CA have to deal with the electricity prices you have. I can appreciate the want to go solar as payback is faster. In Texas it’s just doesn’t make sense since electricity is far cheaper. I just have reservations of spending 20 years of electricity payments up front and waiting 15 to 20 years for payback….just in time for warranty,s to run out. I love the tech side of this industry though and even love the lure of independence….But not because plants are dirty, or implied environment impact. I’ve had privilege to see hydro, nuclear, coal, solar, wind and gas plants throughout the US, and 99% of them are super clean. So much has been twisted on both sides to sell or stop selling products to people…discussing.
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  564. Great video! Nice to hear how you’ve implemented this with your lifestyle. I’d love to explore cost savings from a battery system. Southern California Edison has had 3 rate increases in the past 12 months, ~87% increase. That along with the much warmer summers makes the desert a very expensive proposition any longer. As an aside, that was one very, very cute puppy that made an appearance in the beginning of the video.
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  565. This clearly shows that it's not efficiency that matters, but cost. Photovoltaics is so cheap that it will dominate the future of energy together with wind. A national, high voltage, supergrid for the US would reduce the need of energy storage since electricity could be transported wherever it's needed to balance out peak consumption more efficiently over the whole continent. It would also save a huge amount of money in the long run.
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  566. Very nicely done. For us engineers it makes sense but explaining it to non-engineers is very hard. You did so very well!
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  567. Speaking as one of the growing segment of American society. The folks who can’s string enough jobs together to get a head. I dread the day when my 17 year old ICE car finally bites it. When I saw the Elio it was a very eye opening experience for me. For so long I’ve watched as stuck in traffic how I was surrounded by single occupant SUVs and Pickups. Knowing how our addiction to oil was killing the planet, It was a sad part of the week pulling up to the pump. Here was a vehicle that could satisfy multiple goals. Not having to invest in something which for so many of us is not some orgasmic experience, I.E. driving to work, that we were going to be paying off for years at a high percentage of our dwindling salaries. The Elio is very affordable! Next it would keep me away from that pump for longer and when I got there it was not going to get me into the 40plus dollar number on the pump. No doubt that the insurance would be much more affordable. Top it off with just being the right amount of vehicle for what we all really need. It would be so much easier to rent that SUV for the once a year trip to where ever. Decades ago our way of live was negotiated by the industries of the time, not to save us money but to grow their profits. We can’t reverse the layout of our societies over night. Work has been deliberately put far away as to all the other things we need. Given the work situation many Americans find themselves in, NOT having a car is certainly a horrible thought. With no effective mass transit in a great many areas across the USA, it would render a person unemployable. With the rise of BEV transport and the eventual decline of ICE vehicles. The gasoline/oil industry will no doubt be in a serious pickle. Reduced demand, plummeting profits. The price of the gas they do get to sell will no doubt cost much more. Further killing both themselves and ICE. But I am sure there will not be an BEV in place that most Americans will be able to afford yet qualify for a loan to buy. The Elio could be that cross over vehicle that may very well soften the blow during this sure to come period in world history. The motorcycle manufacturers have totally missed this. In my travels I’ve marveled at in some parts of the world small motorcycles rule. Not so in western countries. Much to my dismay. The few electric motorcycle companies out there are of two types, somewhat affordable and ugly or so far out of reach and unneeded performance but certainly sexy looking. In either case, both have reduced the desire for electric motorcycles. A terrible shame if you ask me. They are for the most part the most efficient and practical means of single person transportation out there. This has gone into the realm of an article and not a comment. But I still hope that Elio can get to market sooner than later. Not sure how much longer my car will hold out.
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  568. Great presentation.
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  569. Ricky, thanks for sharing the lovely new breakthroughs that are happening in the lab these days, it is very exciting! One of the really terrible things that has been happening with Research and Development that gets far too little air play is the phenomenon of patenting and shelving massive breakthroughs. I think the biggest leap in human development will come from releasing the patents. I am unsure of the best energy source, I am invested in solar and batteries with firewood for heating and gas for my car. I am quite certain that many many ground breaking discoveries are hidden from the public. I want to see the veil get lifted on that tech and I want the veil to stay up so that future R&D does not die the way that it can in our current system
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  570. Hi Rikki, great video. Fisher Tropsh is indeed inefficient as was found during its use in world war 2. However I like that idea of disolving CO2 in water and taking it from there. I also like the idea that it might be "bottled sunlight" or "bottled wind" that might otherwise go to waste. You have totally the right attitude that, from where we are today we need to explore all avenues even if they are only stepping stones, or playing for time to get the golden bullet.
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  571. Russia and their fake news machine, have always tried to destroy Western innovation and cohesion. The reality?: “Humanity can fix any problem it encounters; and those it can’t fix immediately, it can adapt to using trial and error, until better solutions are developed in the future.” The negative rumors that float around are just there to discourage innovation in the free world. People have been digging holes in the ground since the beginning of Creation. The West should never succumb to the disruptive and poisonous thinking of Russian/Trump fake news. Great video as always guys.
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  572. What's wrong with me, I can't get enough of this collaboration, I love it.
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  573. Ricky, you have explained this better than anyone I've heard! Anything we do to reduce are carbon foot print and become energy independent should be our goal.
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  574. THANKS REMINGTON, FOR HELPING YOUR DAD 🤗😁💚💚💚
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  575. Bro I know I am a TRD pro owner and I am tired of getting 13MPG. I can't wait for my cybertruck in 2022🙋‍♂️🤩🤩🤩
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  576. I love your analyses and alternatives! Technology continues to improve! Go go gadget! 😁
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  577. I am waiting for one of these wind concentrator ideas to pan out. Its not just efficiency but the range of wind speed that is useful. We have east or west winds here depending on time of year and it would be important for this unit to pivot in some way. I have a shipping container I would love to try one of these ideas on.
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  578. Anyone else want to destroy the line jumpers forcing their way into the exit lane @11:00? Awesome video by the way. Can't wait for Part 2.
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  579. Thanks Ricky - very interesting but you also reminded me of all of the various heat sources in our homes as well, that are typically wasted - stoves (we use induction - which I love - so it is reduced), ovens, fridges, etc. All sources of heat. Need to think about how to harvest their heat output. The sound concept is very interesting - it makes sense for sure and it should lower the cost of heating quite dramatically - but I think that there is a lot of heat that we can harvest in out homes that is just passing us by and that we could use anytime for things like heating water, etc. Anyway, food for thought 🙂 Thanks for sharing and have a great festive season 👍
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  580. I love that you kept it honest and wide spread. Gave the science guys AND the conspiracy theorists their due! Much appreciated, love the honest journalism!
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  581. I wasn't aware how much tech was packed into a Tesla battery. Thank you for making this video!
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  582. We the viewers are happy with the new knowledge learned from this video, and I bet Harry's are happy with your product presentation as well ;)
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  583. Thanks for another great video. I find it interesting that so many people like to talk down on new ideas. Of course if you’re a naysayer the probabilities are definitely in your favor. For every 100 to 500, really good new ideas maybe one of those become mass produced and come to market in an economically viable way. Being a naysayer means almost certainly that you’re going to be right, but that doesn’t mean you’re a genius, it simply means you’re playing a safe bet. Another way to look at this is that we need 500 really good ideas so that one of them might actually come to market and make the world a better place. Those people who come up with those 100 to 500 great ideas are the people who are the real geniuses. They are the truly brave ones who are playing the game where the odds are stacked against them. In mass they are the ones who make the wold a better place. Thank you for repeatedly celebrating the often unsung masses who use their own time money and genius in the hopes that the future can be better than the past.
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  584. Thanks for the excellent breakdown and anaylisis. First time viewer, subbed right away. Looking forward to more of your stuff.
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  585. Pre-order holder of a Rivian and I'm already Two Bit da Vinci subscriber. Been following Rivian since they revealed their EAVs at the LA Auto Show last November. Even though I didn't really learn anything new from your video, you did a nice job of summarizing Rivian to date for those not as familiar with them. A couple of things though. It really doesn't matter whether Rivian or Tesla brings their respective pickups to market first. They are targeting two different markets. Well, to be honest, I'm not sure what market Tesla is going after as they have released virtually nothing about their pickup besides a base price and a year old, crazy rendering of the pickup that is so large it can hold a normal size pickup in its truck bed. Like that will fit in an average sized, residential garage. Rivian does not claim to be a work pickup so there's no need to compare them to the likes of the Ford F series, RAM or Atlis or Workhorse. Rivian is targeting the niche market of premium outdoor adventure vehicles like Land Rovers and to a degree Jeep. Also, the video mentions a top range of the R1T at 397 miles. That's the first time I've heard the number. Everything I've read to date is that the 180 kWh battery pack will get 400 miles for the R1T (pickup) and 410 miles for the R1S (SUV). I only point it out as I'm curious what was your source for this information - the 397 miles. Perhaps there are other details from that source I'm not aware of. Always looking to learn more. Thanks, and again, good job on the video.
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  586. Edison Motors is such a great company. I can't wait to be able to have a few of our trucks converted. Love their ethics, their ideas, their execution, they're phenomenal
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  587. Great job communicating the benefits of solar, awesome that it has been such a great experience for you!
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  588. I went there about 20 years ago. Most of the structures I saw under construction were rebar and poured concrete.
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  589. I am considering this, as I drive for a living, love cars to be the smallest possible, and right to repair, which Aptera supports.
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  590. This would be great for coffee farmers. The plants do best in the shade.
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  591. I Love your content and delivery. We got an EcoFlow system and Smart Panel. I have a serious solar system. Even with shorter day light this time of year..... we Love our system. Thanks for your advice. We so appreciate You!
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  592. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles are the Windows Phone of the car market. No infrastructure/ecosystem for support.
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  593. You should check out CARBO Ceramics. They have solid particle technology that can be heated to 1000 C.
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  594. Very good idea, I especially liked your Solution on the condensation system. I wonder how it would work with those electrostatic wires that catch the moisture in the air?
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  595. So far this year, we've seen 82 significant tornadoes yet only 15 fatalities, i.e. only 18.2 percent of significant tornadoes result in fatalities, compare this to 81.1% in 2021, 50.9% in 2013, and over 240% in 2011 (2.4 fatalities on average per significant tornadoes). forecasting technology and methodology has never been more precise, and the means to communicate warnings have never been so widespread - although tornadoes are getting more common, they're getting less dangerous on account of warnings and better shelters. PLEASE keep the NWS as the life-saving public service it is! Some politicians want NOAA to be dismantled due to its research into climate change, however these events are only going to get more and more dangerous if our existing methodology is uprooted over such a small disagreement.
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  596. As an HVAC technician, you did a great job of explaining how a ac unit “moves heat”.
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  597. I’m an electrical engineer who spent nearly 20 years designing and operating many parts of the Western Interconnect (the U.S. lower 48 has three main grids: Eastern Interconnect, Western Interconnect, and the Texas ERCOT. And while the “grid” is very complex, there are many automatic relays that help maintain stability (frequency and voltage). Bulk power operators bring generation on, off, or raise/lower power output to maintain stability, yet there are millions of devices that can shed load when frequency and/or voltage get out of spec. I also spent 15 years working at the national laboratory (DOE EERE NREL) and supported the development of standards and codes that are critical for integrating distributed energy resources (DER) to the various grids. It’s definitely an extremely complex system, the Grid, and it’s highly unlikely that batteries and EVs can stabilize a stressed out electrical grid of any size or location. Some in the Green New Deal community are actively pushing for the elimination of anything that burns, which is, in my humble opinion and many others, dangerous as we cannot rapidly raise the use of electricity as would be required if you were to eliminate gas furnaces, stoves, gas peaked power plants, and all things petroleum. People need to listen to those who build and operate electrical systems as they do know a thing or two about these topics. Well shoot, I have too many things to do rather than writing responses here. Cheers.
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  598. Good video, particularly eye opening on how much more power and payload it had vs what its stated job would need. I already saw people dismissing it as not being powerful enough to collect useful data, but that's as stated enough power for a SAR, and can collect data satellites can't.
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  599. I'm finding it difficult to hold back my laughter too 🙂On a more serious note, the easiest way to go after a balloon at that altitude... is with another balloon! One with big arms (and maybe an energizer bunny cymbal) to lock onto and drag the Chinese balloon down to earth. Intact of course.
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  600. Good information in this video. This looks like a great technology. A lot of numbers were shown except the current cost to purchase/install this system.
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  601. Thanks for taking this field trip to Quebec for us. It was a long video, but I learned a lot about how graphite is processed. I am really impressed with how they are trying to mine graphite without disturbing the environment. I hope that more North American businesses take advantage of this growing need for graphite so we are less reliant on China.
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  602. Congratulations on your new Model 3 performance.
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  603. A multiple ringed circle would be more structurally sound and could use a spoke-and-hub design for transportation. Kind of like the Pentagon but round and on a larger scale. Would not need the height requirement and could make them different heights, increasing moving inward, to not block sunlight and maximize solar panel and hydroponic farm exposure. The increasing height moving inward would reduce wind at lower levels and increase it at higher altitude, allowing for efficient wind power on the roofs.
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  604. One thing that people don’t really consider is the same argument that is used against ICE cars - lack of refuelling stations. We are so used to almost always being within a few miles of go-juice that for many, the relative lack of places to get it is off putting. Fast forward a year or two : when a significant number of BEVs are on the road the demand for petrol will diminish and at some tipping point gas stations will become uneconomic and many will close. Then the boot will shift to the other foot. Fossil fuel providers with foresight should now be installing charging points alongside the pumps so that the changeover will be less disruptive for them - and by doing so will hasten the tipping point arrival.
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  605. I found the same throttle-jitter on the R1T when in sport mode. My guess is it really just wants to go, so feathering it like that messes it up.
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  606. Hey Ricky, I always appreciate and look forward to your videos. You give facts, speak in a down to earth manner but don't act like a know it all. Very natural, like talking to a friend about a new product. Thanks for the info and how you present.
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  607. This side of YouTube is called: knowledge!
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  608. As a mechanical engineer too, I draw a very different conclusion: boat propellers must often be very poorly suited to the boat they're attached to. They are operating way outside of their optimum angle of attack, giving very low efficiencies. On the other hand, aircraft propellers typically operate at up to 90% efficiency. Variable pitched propellers are able to maintain operation near that 90% for most of an aircraft's normal speed range. I don't see an easy way of achieving variable pitch on the new propeller design. I would really like to see wind tunnel test data for efficiency over a wide speed range, to see whether the real benefit of this new design is wider speed range at decent efficiency. That could render variable pitch redundant, which would be a good way to reduce cost and failure modes. Would love to see a more detailed (nerdy) follow up 🙂
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  609. Great work Ricky! Scooby snacks for you. Comment; If the balloon can be steered against the wind, how can it be "Blown off course"? Possible payload: EMP Electric Magnetic Pulse. Ricky! Could you please make a video about EMP's and there effects after one is set off? One possible defense system could be other balloons with various weaponry.
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  610. I think this balloon was just testing the payload capacity, carrying a Tesla Roadster into the Stratosphere. Thanks for this video. It's not about renewable energy, but it's still an interesting take on a popular topic. I enjoyed your examination of the mechanics and physics of it. Legal Eagle has a nice video on the legality of floating a balloon over another country and of shooting it down.
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  611. Thanks Ricky for making this video! I've always clenched when saw those intricate roofs, thinking, how on earth will you put solar on them? Therefor, when it came to designing my home I told the architect to just design the simplest roof, maximizing the area I'll be able to put solar on.
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  612. Seriously thinking about this for my mini.
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  613. Your videos are always so awesome and interesting, I love it!
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  614. Congrats Two Bit.
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  615. I've got an 18 kW array and hopefully in the coming months I'll get a 3 Powerwall setup. Looking forward to having backup power and probably mitigating all my contributions to the duck curve. It's not cheap, but it feels like the right thing to do. If I can manage it and opt not to, how can I expect anyone else to do so?
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  616. 7-seater modelY is the ultimate family EV ( the price reduction now makes it even more awesome )
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  617. Great presentation skills - as always! I always look forward to your presentations.
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  618. Great discussion of the voltage and amperage issues. You didn't mention the difference between operating voltage and open-circuit voltage, so lets be sure that people understand that. Open-circuit voltage is the voltage the panel(s) generate when there is no current being drawn. The total open circuit voltage in series must be lower than the maximum voltage accepted by the inverter. So if you have three panels in series, you take Voc * 3 and make sure that number is less than the maximum voltage the ecoflow can handle. Also note that even in shade, a solar panel will generally be producing its open circuit voltage when open circuited (no current). Operating voltage is the voltage the panel(s) generate when operating at their maximum power point. It also tends to be roughly the voltage the panels operate at when partially shaded (just with less current). You want the total operating voltage in series to be within the MPPT range of the EcoFlow. And its actually a bit more complicated because you also want the inverter to be able to handle a partially shaded string, so really you also want the total operating voltage in series, minus one panel, to also be within the MPPT voltage range of the inverter. Also keep in mind when calculating the total possible production, that the production is occurring at the operating voltage, not at the open circuit voltage. So you want the total operating voltage of the string to be as high as possible to make as much production as possible given the current limit of the inverter. -- Now there is a huge problem with partial shading in a parallel x series configuration. In your case, 3s3p. The problem is that if a panel in one of the series is shaded, the optimal operating voltage for that string is far lower than the optimal operating voltage of the other strings connected in parallel. Since the voltage is forced to be the same for things connected in parallel, this will cause the partially shaded string to contribute almost no current (essentially losing the entire string instead of just the shaded panel) due to the other strings forcing the voltage higher. This is why you generally do not want to parallel strings, not in modern day. You want each series string going into its own dedicated MPPT. That way partial shading on one string only drops out the partially shaded-panels in that string and allows the rest of the panels in that string to fully contribute to your production. -- And there is also a problem when you parallel more than two strings. Nearly all solar panels are specified to only be able to parallel two strings without fusing. The only safe way to parallel more than two strings (and I would argue even when paralleling just two strings...) is to run them through a solar combiner box that includes a series fuse for each string. If you don't do that and one of your strings shorts out (due to damage or whatever), the other strings in the array will feed their entire combined current into that one shorted string. If you have more than two strings in parallel, that can cause a fire. That's why a proper solar combiner box is necessary when paralleling panels or paralleling strings. (But as I said above, in modern times you want to avoid paralleling strings if at all possible and have each string going into its own dedicated MPPT, to ensure that a partially shaded string can still contribute to production). -- And there is ALSO (yet again) a problem when paralleling a lot of strings... now the highest possible current might exceed what DIYers actually use for their wiring. And that can cause a fire too. As long as there is a series fuse for each string, then the wiring for each string only has to nominally handle that string's current contribution. The trunk (after the paralleling) wiring on the other-hand must be able to handle to the total combined current. Getting 30A-capable "solar" wiring and MC4 connectors for this is easy. Once you head north of 20A, though, a lot of the cheap stuff people buy starts to have problems. Cheap MC4 connectors, cheap wires, bad crimps, etc... things can get dangerous in a hurry. Yet another reason not to parallel more than two strings. Hand-touching the MC4 junctions and all the wiring during full production is a good idea to make sure there are no hot spots. -Matt
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  619. Zoning boards in the US don't allow for master-planned cities like this. Let the architects do their job!!!
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  620. After this video, I don't think there's much chance of you getting to do an appraisal on any Porsche let alone a Taycan lol.
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  621. Technically speaking heat is light. Heat is infrared light - its just lower frequency.
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  622. I was looking at making an ultracapacitor powered car for drag racing, but the energy density is just too low. Batteries can largely handle all the power output and input you need, especially on the bigger packs due to the huge amount of parallel batteries all splitting g up the incomming charge. The real world benefit from recharging with supercaps changes regen recovery from 80%ish to around 98%. Now to run 300kw for 10 seconds(drag scenario) you need 3Mjoules of energy which will require approx 250 cells, but to get the voltage you need will be about 150 cells X 2 in parallel. Which will get you one run down the drag strip, weigh 150kg and cost 14,400 euros. Now you can do that cheaper with lithium, with the same weight and have about 20x the energy. But instead of a million recharges(caps) you might get 1000(lipo) Also the skeleton supercaps are 3200F which is the same energy density as other leading caps. But yes once they get single layer stuff happening then energy density might get to the level where it is almost a substitute for batteries.
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  623. That young man is very fortunate to have such an awesome dad! We’ll done, sir!
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  624. Atmospheric Water Generation, basically treating air conditioner/dehumidifier condensate to potable quality, is another important fresh water solution. This can also be solar powered and in complementary usage with desalination for inland areas remote from oceans and fresh water sources.
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  625. I can't get over the fact that in all my years, it has been very uncommon to have any battery outlast the device that it goes into. Drills, computers, phones, emergency exit lamps, etc. Then factor in the self-discharge rate. Use it or not, the car is going to be dead in 10 years. I hope I am wrong, but just because a Panasonic 18650 cell is dumped into a car, it is supposed to last longer? Battery technology has a ways to go yet.
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  626. Convert the failed power plant to a PV plant You have all those wonderful tracking stands. You also could convert it to a gravity tower power plant using PV during the day and gravity at night.
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  627. I've been very aware of radiation cooling, but this technology is amazing! Very well reported. Thanks!
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  628. Great video, very important topic. People are REALLY dumb. I live in a hot climate, where most people spend a lot of money using plenty of energy on airconditioning, yet the majority of new homes have a dark coloured roof, often charcoal or even black- ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. Even basic white keeps your house and your surrounding environment cooler. We fitted a new white roof to our early ‘70’s house in 2012. The difference in summer cooling cost was dramatic!
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  629. This is amazing well done, as all your videos, but definitely the most complete comparison I have seen out there. Keep up the great work!
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  630. How dumb would I be to switch to electric when they control the grid and have failed us multiple times now to keep it up? Our gas stove and fireplace were all we had to eat and keep us warm!
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  631. In addition to roadrunner and in-house cells, may discuss cell to pack, eliminating the module. May discuss tabless cells (which Elon said is a lot more important than it sounds) resulting in higher efficiency and better cooling. Might shock everyone by revealing the Model S Plaid.
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  632. Very strange that I should here about Goodyear's discovery twice in just a few hours from completely unrelated sources. While trying to sleep this morning, I was flipping channels and Curse of Oak Island was talking about the most common agreed-to timeframe for 19th century rubber evolution after they found a rubber pipe. At any rate, 98% of man's best inventions came about as complete accidents.
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  633. I hit the like button 10 times before you said 1, sorry!
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  634. Quite a bold move for Ford and I celebrate that! Needless to repeat how well made all yours videos are. Congrats! Hard to note what's NOT there: noise! While playing at the off-road track, the noisest was your hands grabbing the wheel...
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  635. SHIPS ARE ALREADY REPLACING FUEL SHIPS IN NORWAY AND ICELAND
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  636. Love the specs and pricing, and although I really appreciate the courage Tesla showed with the design, overall nope, just don't think it's for me--looks like I will stick with my first choice, a Model Y. Too bad, as I wanted to love this truck (really liked a couple of the pre-reveal renderings I saw online) , and per Elon's comments pre-reveal, I knew it would be different looking--warmed up a bit to the front end design, but the back half of the truck (not a fan of sail pillars), just a no go for me. That being said, I am glad the pre-order numbers are strong, as I love the company and want it to do well, but I won't be buying the truck--AWD Model Y for me in 12-18 months if I can swing it!
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  637. A couple of things I noticed that you missed. Whilst Panasonic own and operate the cell manufacturing side at Giga Factory 1, Tesla have been instrumental in developing the various cell chemistry's and form factor. Also, the latest info from the last share holders meeting, it was mentioned that the next generation cell would be cobalt free.
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  638. I am saying this as someone who has been working on microgrid systems, your information is very accurate.
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  639. This will be a #1 seller for sure. So much utility 👍🏽
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  640. The main thing that the superheavy has to get starship through is the atmosphere, not the higher gravity. Once a starship is hurtling sideways in orbit, there is no atmosphere pushing against it.
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  641. What an awesome trip to Vietnam!! It is definitely bucket-list worthy. Great review and super informative. People need to see the benefits of EV ownership and VinFast is bringing a potentially disruptive model to the marketplace.
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  642. Really nice presentation! Very exciting news - I hope they can replicate their success!
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  643. Hey! I'm the first viewer! Love your insights... Would love to hear your opinions on the Tesla/Musk experimental projects for solar powered desalinisation of sea water for remote rural communities (currently ongoing in Kenya's northern coast). Keep up the great content.
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  644. Great video! I remember being fascinated, as a child, by the way sand retains heat, it was something that I had definitely noticed, because I lived adjacent to a sandy seashore. I think these sand batteries are an amazing adaptation of a natural resource to store energy. The batteries could also have cladding to enhance their retention of energy.
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  645. Love this update.
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  646. Love how well managed your videos are. This one with Sandy is as good as it gets.
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  647. We need to use all of them combined and where they work best in conjunction with good battery storage. and we need to make it so cheap and available that no matter what cheating and propaganda the fossil fuel industry employs consumers will automatically choose renewable options because they work better and cost less.
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  648. Solar rood and electric vehicles come hands in hands. We get plenty of sunshine in Southern California. Why not?! 🦅🦅🇺🇸
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  649. What is more fair? $55,000 receiving the $7500 tax break (13%) and $35,000 receiving the $3750 (11%) OR $55,000 getting the $3750 (7%) while maximizing $35,000 at $7500 (21%). You run the company...you decide...what's your decision? Tesla ALREADY made the SMART move of NOT delivering their 200,000th car until July 1 thus ensuring MAXIMUM tax credit. This move gives the MAX credit to the MOST expensive models.
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  650. I love how you chose the V6 Camrys so that they could compete with the performance aspect of the Model 3. Whenever an oil lobbyist does the calculation, they always choose the smallest and slowest eco ICE car to minimize the amount of pollution of their side. And the Camrys are a pretty reasonable choice. If you wanted the fight to be fair, you should have chosen the highest selling gas guzzling vehicle in the US like the F150 pickup truck and the ICE car would never stand a chance... Ooooh wait, you just did that. Great move !
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  651. Very very interesting - let’s explore all options and keep tweaking for perpetual improvements - eventually we will figure it out
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  652. I have 5 kw rooftop with the microinverters. I too am an engineer and worked in the utility field for nearly 40 years. Here in Oklahoma with my coop's time of use rates ranging from 6.5 cents to 25 cents depending on the time day and season, honestly I won't live long enough to recoup my investment. It is fun however!! FYI I have just under $2.00 per watt invested and have had no repair or replacement costs in the 3 years I've had them.
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  653. The main thing he’s actually building Cars for a better future. Regardless of how long it takes he’s actually doing it so stop talking Fud. To build a factory with new technology already far superior than other car manufacturers Is unbelievable. People should stop whining an give the guy a pat on the back and stop being so negative. His cars are already world wide and driving. So have a bit of Patience it’ll happen.
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  654. Yes, I would love a deep dive in this topic.
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  655. Your facts are getting in the way of the media narrative. GREAT WORK AND RESEARCH!
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  656. I want my next car to be wicked fast, totally silent, and run on the sunlight hitting my roof at home. Fun is good, but FREE fun is better.
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  657. In the Netherlands they using ZOAB on the most of the highways for decades.
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  658. Battery storage is the way to go for sure. Instead of going with powerwalls, look into building your own storage with server rack LiFePo4 batteries. They'll last longer anyways.
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  659. Great video, i feel your pain as an engineer. Glad that you talk about the price of a ticket to get on board that should have been much higher. Guy Laliberté (ex ceo of Cirque du soleil) paid 35 million dollars to go to space. Nasa had to paid 80 million dollars per seat to get there astronauts to the space station when there was no space shuttle. Going to a place where not a lot of people went before, in my book should have been around 250 million dollars per seat considering how difficult it is to build such kind of vessel. Even then, why go there when professional people already map the whole Titanic with 3d rendered like we've never seen before. Hope we never send anymore humans down there. It's just to dangerous. Best regards 🙏
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  660. Is it just me, or is there random vibrating in this video? Every time it happens, I instinctually look at my phone for a notification 🤣
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  661. If this is actually as advertised, a 1 gal size lawn mower should be available for christmas.
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  662. Wow what a great video, I learned a lot about starship that I didn't know yet. Keep them coming great stuff. Multiple layers of cost reduction per flight very cool. Nice production on the video to btw.
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  663. years ago coming back from cancun, a C-130 MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE flew past our plan so close you could see the piolet's in the cockpit. along with the noise of the engines. our pilot says on the cabin radio, this is normal, and nothing to worry about. (this took place during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. It was part of the Persian Gulf War)
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  664. This is one of my favorite channel! You really do your homework and present nicely and share your thoughts with us. Thank you !
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  665. Jets burn a type of fuel more similar to diesel or kerosene where only cars buy gasoline, so 5 billion+ gallons of gasoline haven't been saved ( 6:59 ), but rather 2.1 billion gallons of jet fuel and 3.2 billion gallons of gasoline. Still a very valid point. Thanks for posting! It will be interesting to see if your predictions come true: I hope so!
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  666. This is excellent thanks for the video. It’s a critical step in the move towards a more sustainable transport and energy future.
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  667. NC. Again, I bought everything "wholesale" and installed it myself. Really easy, Ironridge racking system on my metal shop roof, 17-18 panels per string, 2 strings per inverter, 3 Solaredge 7600 HD inverters with optimizers. Real quick and easy install. I had to rework some electrical taps in some of my breaker panels and install a large 200 amp disconnect at my meter base to meet code. Real happy with the results. I would love to get a wrecked Tesla battery pack and install an inverter to see if I could bank my own power. The net metering is a sweet deal but at some point the utilities will not be able to offer it. I wish Tesla would allow two way power flow so I could use my cars for storage. Ultimately that will be the future, all EVs plugged in all the time as a sink and source for the grid. I have been in renewable energy for 40 years and this is the first time I can honestly say renewables can work to make a real difference! Battery technology is finally coming of age and will make solar of real value.
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  668. I love hearing what you think about everything
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  669. This was a good video, and I do like ESS' tech, but they are very much an outlier as far as flow batteries go. If you are going to do a video about flow batteries, the focus really should be on "standard" vanadium flow batteries, which have been installed for utility use. Good stuff.
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  670. Hey man, you are very good at this!
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  671. One of the biggest complaints I hear about switching to electronic is how difficult it would be to go on a long road trip. Having an aluminum air battery as a backup battery could solve this. I can imagine a system similar to the propane tank exchange that exists today to swap out the AL battery when needed, but the Li battery for day-to-day.
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  672. Using your link for our solar. Unfortunately we just built our home with a normal damn roof. But solar is awesome and we are excited for the Tesla solar with powerwalls
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  673. After studying Gaudi in school, I visited La Sagrada Familia for the first time in 2015. I had seen St. Peters Basilica in Rome a couple of years prior, it was dark - a monument to the papacy. LSF took my breath away though and I appreciated greatly that it celebrated Jesus above all else. Highly recommend
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  674. Great info, Ricky. Thank you so much! Yes, we do love competition in the EV space. Good for consumers and a great step towards mitigating climate change!
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  675. Two Bit da Vinci No problem just thought of it but otherwise awsome video you deserve much more Very interesting info and perfectly displayed
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  676. Ditto to your review. These are amazing cars. Our M3 is 33 months old and besides washer fluid and minor unnecessary upgrades (like a screen saver) we have only just put tires on for $1,163. Newest update brought the cards back! YAY Tesla! And BTW, to all the naysayers that say they might want knobs, don't forget that right scroll wheel. You can tell it to do almost any function with just one tap. Easy Peasy with no searching menus.
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  677. According to the graph, an EV making 5 deliveries is cheaper. An EV has a much higher weight limit too. It's going to be great for disaster areas, but for places with decent roads, people will prefer the cheapest option. Also, I think it's safe to say that drunk people will grab a hold of the cable, and try to yank the drone out of the sky. We just can't have nice things.
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  678. This would be an idea for Ford - let people rent the trucks in Europe for some price. I would use it frequently.
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  679. When you send all your freshwater out to sea you don't refill your aquifer. But you have to have your subsoil able to let the water run through or else you destabilize your foundation. That's a heck of a balancing act and our construction methods aren't really up to that, as far as I know.
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  680. Great video man! I love electric cars, I can’t wait to get my lucid, electric cars are better for your health
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  681. Wow, an amazing content, especially the fun facts part! We don't have a supercharger down here, but I think this year they are about to open the first one. Greetings from Bulgaria and keep up the good work!
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  682. I'm curious about looking deeper into vertical and indoor farming. In the video, you mentioned the vertical farm growing leafy greens followed by an annual yield of "food". With the nutritional requirements of humans, vertical farms seem very limited. I appreciate that you mentioned this limitation within The Line design.
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  683. Love your vids and this series!! Keep up the good work TwoBitDaVinci team!
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  684. Great job with the review. Is there a way to also factor in resale value versus a similar gas powered car, and the eventual cost of replacing the batteries? I am considering an EV and those are my main concerns. Again, good job.
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  685. Working from home means charging EV during the day at home on own solar, not grid = zero charging cost. Big oil looks to be in big trouble...
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  686.  @TwoBitDaVinci  And the way oil tankers are laid out, the deck is usually flat and open which would be ideal for solar panel to provide power. Mind you, I am not saying to USE oil tankers, but to use oil tanker design and construction expertise to design and build a "water collection tanker".
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  687. Excellent video. For me FSD is about the journey, not the destination.
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  688. The best summary so far.
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  689. Time to dump dirty gas vehicles.
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  690. Great presentation and explanation. Thanks 😊 great job 2bit team. 🙌🏻
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  691. Amazing Cayalà...........
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  692. I'm 58 years old and I have followed "green tech" since I was around 12 years old. The one thing I have been saying since then is that everyone seems to expect there to be one solution for all. That's just never going to happen and I think the drive for that slows the process down in a big way. I think any company in the energy storage game should literally split their "think tank" into divisions. We know we need grid level energy storage, we know we need transportation energy storage, and in my opinion we need city specific energy storage. Lot more to say but I'm just a Six Bit da Vinci. Nice video, well done and thanks for sharing.
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  693. Careful, you have a couple of showstoppers there! Cute kids and I hope they make you very happy. Great video and definitely a car to be considered after seeing your review, this is not a car I would have considered before seeing your review, thank you.
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  694. They would put a smaller battery in that gets the same battery life of today's battery. Not only that, They would use different battery sizes for different price points. It's the batteries that make EV's more expensive.
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  695. Interesting video. Just wanted to point out that the balloon in the 1998 incident also survived attempts by the RAF & USAF to shoot it down. Enough damage was inflicted by all 3 that it eventually came down in Finland and the expensive gear attached to it was returned to Canada.
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  696. Impressive! I most sincerely hope that, while you had all your walls torn open for the electrical upgrade, you put in the best insulation you could afford. Keep the aspidistra flying!
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  697. This video deserves a few million views.
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  698. I think this is spot on & hope the "Powers To Be" take it into consideration. 💯 I hope this video gets 100 million views bc it sure opens eyes 👀
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  699. Very cool. I want to do that. Thanks for being the "guinea pig"!
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  700. Great video! I like heat pumps more, if we were able to integrate them into a smart home that can move heat from the heat rejection sources to the heart absorption inlets (don't know the right terms). Also, solar is a free heat source for water and even the house. It may not work well on cold climates, but can help reduce the load.
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  701. Want to see this on a EV boat to see if its a game changer
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  702. Thank you for the interesting and informative video! Two clarifications: 4:17 that output for the Bruce Nuclear facility is for the entire PLANT not for an INDIVIDUAL reactor. There are 8 reactors, there, with an average generating capacity of ~800 MW. 9:47 the video's narration refers to molten salt, similar to solar arrays, while showing a picture of a photovoltaic array. Photovoltaic arrays do NOT use molten salt - they use solid state, semiconductor technology. What I think the intent was to show how molten salt is used in concentrated solar power (CSP) facilities which DON'T use solid state, semiconductor technology. The picture didn't correspond to the narration. Now a question: 10:28 If NuScale can create a nuclear plant producing 720 MW, out of 60 12 MW SMRs, at a cost 20% less than a conventional reactor, that means that the cost of energy production would be ~$3800/kW which is STILL almost FOUR TIMES the cost of a natural gas power plant. Why bother?
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  703. Early comment to feed the algorithm.
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  704. A correction coming from a Honduran with a bit of knowledge about the Mayas: in the ball game, it was not the loser who was beheaded. It was the best player from the winning team. The game began at sunrise and it ended at sunset with the sacrifice to Mayan gods. Now, that sounds crazy, right? But the even crazier thing is that everyone wanted to be the best because for each player it was an honor to be sacrifice to their gods. Cheers.
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  705. thanks for this amazing video
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  706. Great speaker. Nice getting good data without having to Liston to geeky kids
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  707. I really like the idea of radiating heat back out towards space over just moving heat from inside home to outside home. I assume in near term, Sky Cool is only going to be doing installs on top of flat warehouse type structures like grocery store covered in the video. Once they are ready to start working with consumers, I would certainly welcome learning more.
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  708. A lot of people think solar stops producing after about 20 years, but solar will keep producing power till the panel is damaged witch could be from the day you put the panel on your system (unlikely) till way after you have died.
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  709. Great show once again! Have you ever looked into No-Till farming? Till farming kills the soil and has a big impact on global warming. There was a great documentary on this called Kiss the Ground. Maybe your team can do a deep dive on this topic.
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  710. What crazy timing on your video. I just moved into a house and was shocked at my 790$ energy bill. Have 29 solar panels on the roof (they weren't working during time due to prev owner neglect) and have a 20+ year old pool pump. Going to use this information and got a pool guy coming out next week to talk new pumps & robots! Thanks for the great video!!!
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  711. Similar to the satellite use case, high-efficiency solar cells could be very useful for supplementing power on e-planes as that tech develops and becomes more available.
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  712. I would love a truck like this!!!!
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  713. Your enthusiasm is absolutely contagious
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  714. You are forgetting the bath that the balloon took, loitered over key military bases and nuclear launch facilities. That is just too coincidental to be a rogue balloon floating randomly in the breeze.
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  715. I can't remember whether I saw this in S. Korea or Japan, but they have a simple low-tech solution comparable to this. They have metal grate connectors for every 20-50 feet of paved road that helps drain the water without having to worry about it clogging from fine particles such as dirt or sand.
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  716. At 4:34 where it's 167 watts/kg should be 167 wh/kg. That's gravimetric energy density. Gravimetric power density has the units W/kg.
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  717. This is really timely, I've been exploring heat pumps lately for an off grid greenhouse.
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  718. I'll say it once more: VW is probably totally serious about EVs, just because they have no other choice, given (1) Dieselgate (2) the momentum toward EVs in Europe, with gov't policies and consumer preferences, and (3) the orientation of VW toward the European market.
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  719. Awesome video! The one request I’d have since this is a review specifically of a 7 seater is that what does the rear look like, how easy is it fold up when not in use, and how much space do you gain when you do? You mentioned you’d only be using these seats for when the parents visit so since they won’t be in use most of the time, I’d imagine the seats would be folded and you’d regain some additional room with access from the rear.
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  720. I worked in the USAF and an ISR guy, so my suspicions leaned toward an intel gathering mission that was just soft enough that they could get away with it. (The CCP loves testing the waters.) But your explanation makes a lot of sense and I hadn't even considered it, so I really appreciate your insight!
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  721. I love your thought experiments! Thank you for sharing and getting my mechanical designer mind, brain storming.
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  722. The answer to the title question of this video, is yes. :)
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  723. Stellar introduction. In the first 30 seconds you answered the questions "What am I going to talk about today?" and "Why should it matter to you?" Time is the most valuable resource we have, and people are not so keen to waste it. I've always found I have around 30 seconds to give people a reason why they should continue listening. Nice improvement.
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  724. I loved this review! Cute kids and always like how positive you are about all EVs and not just Teslas!
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  725. Finally a rational view of FSD amongst all the hyperbole. Thank you, would love to see more of this type on content.
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  726. I just would like to say I LOVE MY MODEL 3. No way I would get a bolt over this.. Edit: Also wanna mention I took delivery of my RWD Model 3 only 2 weeks after order, no reservation. As for insurance, when I gave them my VIN they didnt change the quote price, so I dont think its based on the 35k price. Some insurance companies MIGHT but for me, they didnt. Ive also seen many people on forums have their model S insured for similar prices which is like a 80k-130k car
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  727. Great explanation sir! I originally thought that water was about 900 times more dense than air. But 800 is "close enough for most people".
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  728. One more example how Captured the Main Stream Media is.
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  729. Has solar in Wisconsin in 2008. In Arizona since 2016. Never looked back.
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  730. Unnamed source at Argonne national lab: -Sample of LK-99 has been synthesized -Characterization work underway The fact that this came on the eve of the UAP hearing is mind blowing. The key to building a warp drive machine would be a superconducting material to build the craft out of.
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  731. Great point also that they are dc so there is no phasing and if you were to “zap” yourself the current won’t dip in phase and “let you go”. The mc4 solar connectors(they join the panel wires together) are designed very safe but that’s a lot of power to be respectful of.
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  732. solar plus powerwall plus ev is awesome...had it for a year. blackout, who cares, increase in gas price who cares...
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  733. Before I read this idea, I had the thought that we could repurpose decommissioned off-shore oil rigs. The ships are a great idea when there are no local decommissioned rigs. The advantage over the ships is that they wouldn’t need to shut down to go into port to unload. Of course, tankers would be needed to transport the water from the rigs but they wouldn’t have to shut dow in a storm where a ship might. They would also have to have an onboard storage though.
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  734. Its happening. Gasoline is on the way out.
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  735. you two make a great team ... keep it going in the future
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  736. I love Honda and Toyota cars, as well, and agree that they have lost their path. It is a great opportunity for them to license the Tesla tech stack.
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  737. Bought even more TSLA @ $379 this morning.
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  738. I hope driverless cars are 1,000,000 years in the future.
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  739. Ricky, nice job on the video quality and the editing! I enjoyed the scenery around Hoover dam. Your kid is super cute too. Keep up the good work. You are an asset to the Tesla community
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  740. That's probably my favourite video on the channel so far. Two nerds nerding out with their big toys, and showing all the design process and the hurdles from lab to production. I just love it
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  741. Love your channel! You are a no hype guy; just tell it to us in a friendly easy to get way!
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  742. For all you SoCal weekenders who do the trek back and forth to/from Las Vegas ... YES. This is indeed the solar plant next to the I-15 that's on the California side just before you cross the border into Nevada at the lovely town of Primm
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  743. What a great video! This content was very informative and professional. Keep it up!
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  744. Seems like a great idea for energy storage, especially being used in conjunction with the li-ion storage systems also. 👍👍
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  745. Awesome video, thank you. Are you sure about the KG prices at 5:32 ? Thank you!
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  746. This gives me hope. Thanks for making this video.❤
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  747. Nice touch with your family included in this review. Makes for a better demonstration and warm presentation. Keep them in mind when you do your next video.
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  748. I actually think about heat pumps all the time LOL
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  749. A couple things. First, if you're going to desalinate water, you should try to use fractional distillation to isolate useful chemicals. There's a lot of metals and minerals that could be used for making batteries. The second thing is A lot of industrial distillation uses vapor compression. You basically have a fan on the outlet that sucks the vapor out and compresses it, cooling off the vapor in the saltwater. That requires a little bit of electricity, but you could probably do that with a small fan and a pipe. That helps you to reuse some of The solar heat but also reduces the pressure in the evaporation vessel. The lower the pressure, the lower the boiling point. And even if you don't reduce the pressure by much, it's still a reduction in boiling point by a little. You could probably do that with a computer fan and some PVC pipe.
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  750. A truly great video Ricky, Uplifting and hopefull for the future of EV's. Great man, Keep it up ! Eddie in Scotland
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  751. you nailed this summary!
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  752. If i could double or triple the thumbs up i would. Engineering content.
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  753. These are my favorite types of videos: ones that go over past innovations that we take for granted today. Thanks for everything you do; it doesn't go unappreciated!
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  754. 30 years ago I visited the construction site ; 8 towers and the Apse walls ,the walls of the side nave under construction - more or less an empty space. I bought and built the paper model and it looks great hanging upside down from my ceiling…!
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  755. Best video I’ve seen so far of the 3 row model Y! Awesome video guys!! I would definitely get the 3rd row. You don’t hardly lose anything but you gain so much especially when that situation presents itself and you need to fit extra people. I love it especially with the white interior. Beautiful! Thanks so much!!
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  756. I can't tell you how much I love the idea of never having to charge. I'm coming up to retirement age and this will be perfect for us as an older couple with a small dog...and we can even take it camping!?!
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  757. Excellent video and commentary. Sadly I have seen this on far too many occasions where the running cost of a project out way the forecasted gains. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
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  758. Thank you!
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  759. I've never heard of this so thank you for covering this. This looks very promising.
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  760. good luck ro Niron Magnetics. If they can produce at scale and incrementally improve the process, it will affects all sorts of tech. Miniature robotics could definitely get a boost. Drones would definitely benefit and improve flight time for the same battery.
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  761. I just recently stumbled across your channel and have subscribed. This is my 2nd video. My wife and I really enjoyed your long term solar experiences as we are considering doing the same. I am a huge fan of wind also but these huge wind turbines need to be sited in proper locations away from residential areas and areas of natural beauty. Cats eat a lot of birds around the house such as sparrows and robins but typically do not eat large raptors, bats and eagles that can nest much higher in the air. The bases for wind turbines can also disrupt ground water and wetlands and ruin prime farmland during construction. Why do we not talk about conservation anymore? Old computers and technology are wasting far too much energy as well. I'm retired from the agency formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service. Looking forward to learning from you! Appreciate your enthusiasm.
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  762. I have always wondered about this and this is a great idea and it would really work if everyone put their heads together to make it work. Thanks for putting this video out.
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  763. Man this is pretty impressive. We have a Highlander Hybrid and there’s no way I’d even think of trying to get back there in the 3rd row, even for a test… and I’m only slightly taller bigger/than you are.
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  764. As long as Tesla is making a pickup truck, that is all that matters to me.
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  765. This is amazing. I live just south of Tampa, & just before that hurrican, last fall, we bought a small gas generator (it's still in the box!). These large battery systems seem to be much more useful, as you have demonstrated, not just for emergency use, but to save money too.
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  766. Well... In Alberta Canada we have flared excess natural gas beyond what the government has set as a limit. For zero usage, not even as heat. It is of course to maximize sales of oil to the USA.
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  767. Interesting video. There are a few mistakes regarding Nikola in here: 1. The electrolyzers intended for use are NEL A485 which are not PEM but atmospheric, alkaline electrolyzers. These are cheaper than PEM at purchase. 2. The intention is to produce on site, which invalidates your transportation cost calculation. A few more facts: Nikola thinks big regarding their infrastructure. The A485 are capable of 1 ton H2 production per day. In addition, they are intended to be set up in a cluster configuration of up to 32 per site. Which makes calculations more interesting. $5 per kilogram is the target price. So far, Nikola has ordered 448 units of this kind for the initial network rollout in addition to other fueling equipment. Nel is also working on pressurized electrolyzers which might replace the A485s down the line, but so far not much is known about this. Hope you find this information useful.
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  768. Wow Ricky, great report! I'm still hoping for a "This Year" 4680 450 mile Model Y. Yes keep investing!
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  769. Imagine if more people implemented great ideas like this.
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  770. Great fair take on Ford's new ev. I'm sure you have more video from your time there at the event so I'm looking forward to future videos on the lighting.
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  771. Thank you sir! I myself am following the Arctic situation and not long ago came across information pertaining to the increase in sites being claimed by nations with the ability to dig a hole. The resources available (oil,gold, etc.) must be astounding. This alone will assure us of limitless opportunities for global strife. Various countries are also building new icebreaker ships which have not been in great demand until recent times. I have no problem believing the balloon drifted off course. I am sure that the Chinese all ready have all the data on the missile sites that they need to rain on our parade. Thank you for your breakdown on the balloon and it's functions. You do good work!
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  772. Holy cow, 400 gallons is roughly what my home uses in a year! For water-starved places, such smart-meters ought to be installed free of charge (just as with electricity smart-meters).
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  773. Awesome to see more variety in our energy future.
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  774. Congrats to all current and future Tesla shareholders! What a time to be alive and be part of a disruptive and transformational company.
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  775. Absolutely nailed it and loved the snake analogy .
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  776. Teslon!
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  777. Hope Elon signs it for you, the channel has been good and you have earned my sub
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  778. Amazing video. It's a work of art...from a creative perspective.
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  779. This guy has a very nice way of explaining this complicated principle
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  780. Such a great video. I loved it, and I loved Soluna's solution! Keep it up Ricky!
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  781. Crazy? Yeah, seems like a lot to tackle but like you said if someone can do it it's them.
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  782. Wow, finally a practical and informative video about potential real world usage of the third row. Obviously this 7 seater was designed primarily for use by children and and small adults and you demonstrated how that might work that very well, thank you. As a short adult male at 5 foot 5 inches this looks like it would work fine for me or my wife - though with 7 people in the car it might get claustrophobic for anything but short trips. Again, thank you for the straight forward no BS video and I wish the best for you and your family.
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  783. Pretty refreshing to hear someone talking about software to understand it too. Rare on Youtube!
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  784. A fair overall assessment. Unfortunately I’m not surprised as to why we are not seeing more reporting on this incident based on where the money is coming from. A few thoughts. Maintenance, not just in the train business but throughout US industry, is lacking. For example bridges, water treatment, electricity grids, and the list goes on. The US infrastructure and manufacturing base has woefully declined which will probably lead to more of these types of disasters. The US could benefit from a focus on training many more people in the trades. As far as the train employees benefits it would be helpful to know their full compensation package for perspective in order to judge their time off, sick days, and other comp. Would also be good to know the breakdown of the rail companies expenditures for R&D, employees, regulatory mandates, etc.
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  785. Your video is topnotch!! I love the way you're constantly researching on technology that will reshape humanity
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  786. %100 Tesla is changing the world 💪👍
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  787. This is an amazing video! My wife really insisted on the 3rd row, look like it's going to be just perfect. Arrives Jan 25 - Feb 22 apparently, can't wait!! Thanks so much for sharing this!
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  788. I have not heard about it for a while, but a year ago Matt Ferrel did a video about "passive" radiative cooling into space, bypassing the greenhouse gasses. The advantage of this technique is that the radiated heat is no longer on earth and not just moved from a building to the atmosphere. Several companies were working on that. Skycool one of them. That seems more promising, but in the end, we will need all options for reducing energy use and increasing the efficiency of cooling.
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  789. ( Excellent info, greatly learned from it. This helped me make the decision of NOT buying a Nissan Leaf, since Winters here in the South can last 4-5 months of temperatures in the teens, twenties, and thirties( in the mornings where my commute takes place ).The Tesla Model-3 MIGHT be an option, but I'll rather wait 12-24 additional months, till their kinks are worked out. I'll keep both my 2014 Priuses for now. )
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  790. Just wow, that’s the future !!! My best wishes to this company. 4 years ago I mounted 10 kWp on my roof and another 6,65 kWp on my balcony ( south facing ) in the winter time when 1 m snow is hiding my roof panels the ones on the balcony did produce 1220 kWh in January. Greetings from Austria and thanks for the video.
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  791. This is some real high quality video. Both in terms of production and content. Very brilliant research done ! Thank you
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  792. This seems incredibly promising since it reduces costs for the recycling parties as well as manufacturers, is more sustainable and more efficient in recycling the raw materials itself. However, I missed the cons - other than the missing standardization in batteries at the moment I did not really get what is stopping this innovation from being the standard already? Why is it not yet as popular? I might have missed it or misunderstood something so I am curious to know what is yet missing for the breakthrough. In any way thanks for the video! Inspiring as always.
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  793. The town has 4500 people. They are blue-collar workers. While I am retired in Florida, we grew up in Beaver County and my dad worked in a zinc factory. East Palestine are good people. They need the full support of our gov't!! We lived 15 mile from EP on a small rural farm.
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  794. Hello Two Bit da Vinci, thanks for the beautiful video. I'd like to point out that, like tides, sun and wind are predictable. Predictability is not the primary limiting factor for the various types of energy sources covered here. Rather, system operators are more concerned with how dispatchable energy is. A dispatchable energy source is one that can provide power on demand. Natural gas plants, diesel generators, and pumped hydro are dispatchable. Some coal plants are as well. Nuclear power is not because it cannot vary its output. Wind, solar, and tidal stream are not dispatchable. Tidal range is probably only dispatchable when the tide is going out. For these reasons energy storage is still needed.
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  795. Solar panels are better since they generate electricity, but this paint can cover the areas that don't have panels. Actually instead of painting it on the house directly, having painted, easily removable, panels that only are installed during summer could be the best option.
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  796. This sounded a lot like a conversation about how many angels fit on the head of a pin.. the Porsche is designed to attract rich people that want exclusivity or in other words a bragging trophy. Tesla has some of that, but as you pointed out that exclusivity comes with living in the future. You correctly identified the Porsche as a “throwback” to “ICE men”..
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  797. First— never disappointed by TBD.
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  798. This series started the best way possible - not only real problem detected, but easy and simple fixes! Perfect, can't wait for more. Amazing idea, great execution so far, the bar is set high! Congrats!
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  799. Between Part 1 and Part 2, I finally have a delivery date of my Tesla Model 3 AWD for next week. The quality of your productions is phenomenal and very much appreciated. I'm even more excited to finally get my first EV car after watching them. Thank you so much!
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  800. Ricky, I thought that the Mach E is made in Mexico, which is not overseas. I really loved every part of this video! You did a fantastic job really covering the spirit of this truck. Thank you so much for everything that you do for our community.
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  801. I have been watching many videos about solar panels, and climate change and I've been worried about the storage problem for solar, watching this new solution being developed feels great!!!!
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  802. There was a fourth balloon above Nellis Air Force base. The DOD also JUST NOW decided to shoot down the balloon over Alaska. All other Chinese Spy balloons? STILL THERE.
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  803. I love my electric bike and onewheel, ive put over 100 miles on my ebike taking my oldest to kindergarten everyday alone... every once inawhile i need to take my leaf further than i prefer, but now i just grab my onewheel and the whole area is open to me while it charges. Personal electric vehicles will have an impact on how people think about transportation for sure.
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  804. I am really happy that you did this video. All relevant as to why Tesla is so far ahead of all competition. Thanks Ricky. You always explain complicated concepts in a most readable way.
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  805. Thanks fellas , that just blows my mind , how fast this FSD is progressing is incredible . Huge shout out to all FSD beta testers , you do us all a great service . To Elon i say thank the heavens you came along when you did and to Tesla , go you beautiful thing . With factories in the making , new battery technology being developed and the scale and adoption of all these new and improving systems being rolled out as quick as they are , is just stunning to say the least .
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  806. Full video on large scale Sun heat trapping please.
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  807. As a Barcelona resident I I've always heard the same story. The people buying the terrains in the 1960s already knew the Basillica would be built there a few decades later, that's why they bought the terrains cheaper. Fast forward and these people lived and died and made a lot of money and the problem is now someone else's to solve. PS: Barcelona is in Catalonia, same as Edimburgh is in Scotland.
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  808. Hey! You just earned a new sub :)
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  809. This guy sounds like he's got lots of brain cells! Ford or GM better make this guy their CEO before they completely go belly up.
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  810. You make fascinating videos. But the sound quality definitely could be better. First, it's too quiet. Most videos on YouTube are louder. And second, the frequency is off. I mean it lacks high frequency sounds (ca. > 8 kHz). Or rather they're just much more quiet than others. It makes it less clear and thus harder too understand. Especially for foreigners, like myself, for whom the clearer voice, the better.
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  811. I was laughing as my son was telling me over the weekend that he is in the process of hooking up a hose to the water drain on his HVAC (here in Central Florida very HUMID) and is going into a 5 gallon container with a small water pump that will distribute the water to his small raised bed gardens. A great idea as my HVAC empties into a small saucer that the doves come every day and drink out of... oh, also the tiny lizards. Another GREAT video, keep them coming
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  812. The future sounds so exciting!
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  813. You are a smart man who can bring complicated topics to the masses in an entertaining format. Nice job!
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  814. More and more, California is experiencing the "drought then flood" weather that Queensland, Australia has experienced for the last century. They could learn a lot from the techniques used here.
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  815. Brilliant, your kid doing "I am a robot" what a star.
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  816. If you need a A to B car, buy an 2-3 year old Bolt. If you like cars, buy a Tesla
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  817. YES! Please DO do a deep dive on the grid supplying future power for so many new EV's.
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  818. You produced a terrific video with amazing content and editing.
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  819. First(and thanks), this was a great job explaining important points. Second, it is my own view that without Tesla there would be no Dyson EV, no Rivian, nor anyone else waiting at the table of EV adoption and supply. Companies, even the ones with a 100+ years of automotive history, are just now finding out how difficult it is to make money the way they have in the past. Imagine a head of Toyota, GM, Ford, or others sleeping in the factory during a trying time of production - I can't.
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  820. Upfront huge cost for infrastructure !
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  821. It's so cool to see someone pushing space exploration, even when it seemed so far ahead, now it feels almost here, the description of the starship launch videos is also something really cool to read, "with the purpose to launch missions through the solar system" that sounds really like evolution, and pretty incredible as well. This video shows how much possibilities will be unlocked when this thing goes operational, awesome stuff.
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  822. Develop a reliable, affordable and easy to scale solid state battery and you will become the worlds first trillionaire.
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  823. Thanks for this video, Ricky. You’ve touched on many of the issues that we discuss for owners who want to put panels on their rooftops…the basics. And you also discussed one very important aspect of solar and storage, which is that it’s all basically modular and can be dismantled and moved or upgraded. That, coupled with the “no permits“ aspect should make solar and storage attractive for everyone. The only thing I would add to this discussion is that if people aren’t already, they soon will be, driving their largest storage battery around. Of course, this is another big permitting hurdle, as well as software and firmware development. But it’s happening! At the speed of Light, so to speak.
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  824. I think one of the guys in the funeral stated that lion batteries was next to come. Great show as always, 👍
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  825. beautiful. Obviously designed for middle and upper class folks, and the security is probably a necessity if conditions are like Mexico City, where many families have bodyguards. Still, this is a huge step in the right direction of building better cities. I disagree about the high rises - some people love living in them and they are way more sustainable energy-wise (density).
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  826. Very informative and extremely interesting. One problem I see is the environmental restrictions and regulations, whilst laudable, will put far higher costs on them over what it costs to produce in China. Cars built in China could have a significant advantage. Indeed, apart from the Chinese manufacturers starting to export cars to Europe now most Tesla's sold in Europe now are actually built in China. I read somewhere that electrification is likely to lead to a 1000% increase in mining operations, the worry is large portions of that will be in Africa and South America where environmental protections may not be as strict. Great video, as usual.
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  827. Capabuses are an amazing option for intracity traffic they use capacitors at stops to charge the capacitors for short distances.
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  828. I'm pretty sure the Nissan Leaf has at least the option for a heat pump in some years. This video implies that only Tesla's have heat pumps.
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  829. Cities need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles. Safe protected bike lanes and trails are needed so adults and children can ride safely. Speak up for bicycles in your community. Bicycles make life and cities better.
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  830. Elon will spin off Starlink in the next few years via an IPO and has promised to prioritize small retail investors.
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  831. I have a feeling that you need to put even more care in your Videos when adressing such a controversal topic! I think that is still on of the few differences betwheen you and channels like ColdFusion and Kurzgesagt! I'm quite into the topic of EVs and often had the feeling during that Video, that some facts were missing or put into wrong connection and that some calculations were wrong and looking through the comments I saw that I was not the only one. I hope I can help you improve even more with what you are doing!
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  832. Superb content in this video. The analogy about the King Cobras was spot on in regard to unintended consequences when instituting regulations.
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  833. Ricky, your logic and information is the best. Thank you!
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  834. Tsla long and strong!
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  835. Ricky the legacy car builders are at a crossroads with their old style, ICE vehicles. They have billions of dollars and hundreds of thousand individuals industry jobs that could literally evaporate over the course of less than 10 years! Yes they need to compete with TESLA or go the way of the Dodo!
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  836. This is great topic, thanks for covering it!
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  837. Tri-Motor for me.
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  838. I love your channel!!! I know how much work goes into this so thank you for making vids broha!!!!!!!
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  839. Probably the best thing to take from this is to not live within 50 miles of major railroad lines. These events are inevitible given our highly industralized nation.
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  840. It seems like this would be the perfect canidate for the micro manufacturing movement.
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  841. Can’t believe I watched the whole 18 minutes and 33 seconds! Great presentation! Made time go by so quickly!
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  842. I can see the vision 5-10 years from now & how Tesla will be $5k-10k per share+ this IS an opportunity of a lifetime for the longs who will experience financial FREEDOM and hopefully get out of the rate race if you know what I mean! Lets go baby!!!
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  843. Awesome idea, hopefully we can do stuff like this!
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  844. There is actually a big public distance gap, between the ones to whom discover/invented and the ones which publicly presented it. A secret reality to all inventions and discovered events. The man claiming to have invented the light bulb, may not have been the one, which discovered the ability. Sometimes accidentally.
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  845. Ricky! I really loved this video and the awesome practical & usable info! Great discipline collecting all car expenses. We love our Model Y, but the Model 3 is next purchase. We have 28k miles in 1st 11-mo and average fuel savings is $355/mo. We use it as much as possible. Cheers, Eric
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  846. imho one of your best videos. :-)
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  847. Dune Pt 2 is an instant classic and even better than its excellent forebearer (Pt 1).
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  848. While you're processing that much air, you could combine this with a carbon capture filter which would be even more effective near polluting cities.
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  849. I never realised that the Model S is only 2" taller than the Taycan! Makes the package even more impressive! (The under floor BMS!)
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  850. Phenomenal job covering the F-150 launch and all the different impacts this vehicle will have. My question is, does Ford understand just how how much they've hobbled the Lightning by its slow charge speeds? GM, Rivian, Tesla will all charge at 200kW or more and for much longer than Lightning can at 150kW (using Mach-E as model).
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  851. So Solar + hot water, and during the winter heating. What a bright idea.
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  852. Very well informed video, I will share this video wit others.
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  853. electricity will never be more expensive than it is today. solar will only get cheaper eventually power during sunlight hours will be near free night power will cost battery storage noon will become off peaks hours in a few years
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  854. Perfect product to install on a modular homes.
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  855. We've been able to shoot down satellites for 40+ years. We can hit a balloon at any height.
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  856. The mirror facade is my only issue, it would have been beneficial to line it with a combination of solar panels or some sort of designed tubing which has water as it runs through from the red sea, free water turbines and helps with cooling it. That surface area wall is a heat nightmare which can be turned into a great source of energy.
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  857. ... YOU'RE FULL OF IT! ... that is, full of incredibly awesome and valuable knowledge and information you are condensing and sharing with your viewers.
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  858. How have I never seen your channel before?
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  859. 9:51 "The island is a giant renewable energy playground". Well put.
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  860. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is determined by dividing the total amount of power entering a data center by the power used to run the IT equipment within it. PUE is expressed as a ratio, with overall efficiency improving as the quotient decreases toward 1.0.
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  861. Does DroneQuote possibly have any plans to expand their business to Europe (Spain) in the near future, or do you know of similar companies for folks living across the pond? I really appreciate the style and information density of your videos. Great work!
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  862. I think there are even better batteries than lithium ion! Also I need a 4x4 pickup truck not a car. I'm totally for 100% quiet vehicles that are cheap, minimal pollution and extremely simple, uncomplicated, very low maintenance and available from other companies than just Tesla. Keep up the good research and work! Have fuN, enjoy
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  863. Great video! You explain things very well about solar. I work in electrical engineering and have been debating on panels and battery. Your vid helped me with a few things I had questions on. Thank you !
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  864. You managed to talk about something political while keeping your points neutral and unbiased, open to both sides of the argument. That’s impressive right there
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  865. This was a brilliant video. It spelled out the fundamentals in no uncertain terms and is quite possibly the least biased video you guys have done on the subject of automotive power plants.
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  866. Just stumbled on your show in my feed! Super informative and eye-opening. New subscriber and I've shared to a couple of friends! Thank you for the hard work and the content! Rest in peace to the souls that needlessly lost their lives do the to the careless owner.🙏💔😔
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  867. Wow! If Tesla gives me $50K, I will buy their car right away!
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  868. Great review. We’ve been looking at moving to a crossover from our VW sportswagen. This is my top pick now. The AWD model checks all the boxes for a family car that’s solid In city snow and ice but able to make some longer trips with some planning. Bonus that the Canadian models come with a heat pump for more efficient heating and cooling
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  869. This is such an interesting idea. I imagine there are some things to be worked out but none of them look to be insurmountable/cost prohibitive. This concept seems like a great candidate for funding a few different groups to develop and test some different versions as test pilot projects (powered by onsite solar vs wind vs shore power source, etc) Then see which work best and iterate through resolving the issues to find to most robust solution. Since like 70pct of the population is with 100 miles of the ocean these could be a good additional source of fresh water. One thing I also think of is in places like California where any water they use at the coastal cities is competing with water needed upstream inland for agriculture and there often isn't enough for both. If they could supplement nonagricultrual water needs near the coast with these it would relieve pressure on the other water sources needed for agriculture inland...after all we also need food :-)
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  870. I love it! Integrating all this together makes so much sense. But I think what you’re talking about is really solid incremental change. Elon’s all about first principles thinking, what could they come up with that’s more first principles based like like putting A cooling loop in the ground do you some ground source heating/cooling. I think the integration should be the icing on a much larger cake, I’m just not sure what that is? Thoughts…
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  871. Have you looked into the very old technology, the sterling engine? When mechanical energy is supplied, it will move thermal energy. But it also can use a thermal difference to create mechanical energy 🙂
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  872. 5:12 Slight nitpick, 'hundreds of kilometers' isn't really enough to noticeably reduce the pull of gravity from earth. IIRC the radius is about 6000 km, a few hundred km more or less isn't a massive reduction, the reduction of mass from fuel burnt and getting away from the drag of the atmosphere is hundreds of times more significant.
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  873. Thanks for covering this. We all need to be aware of the things that affect our cities and small towns. Love the 2 trains idea, it makes a ton (or 100K tons) of sense to me!
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  874. I am not a pickup truck guy. I see this as an SUV with pickup truck functionalities, IT IS TAPPING THE HUGE HUGE SUV AND PICKUP MARKET ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!
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  875. you guys explain it very well.
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  876. So happy you have the anti-kickback splitter on your table saw. I have no idea why so many people take these off. They don't interfere with sawing and they save lives.
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  877. honestly you should have more subs
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  878. Thank you for you videos! I live in Phoenix, AZ, and I just bought solar and storage, based on knowledge I've gained from your channel. I did go with Tesla, after quoting other companies. 16 kWh pv and 3 power walls. Cost wise, worst case with interest on a loan, I break even in 20 years. Not planning on moving, ever. Paying off the loan sooner, we then save $2-3k a year in electricity, or offsetting the Time of Use plans. For emergency preparedness, the #1 reason I got the system, is excellent. My house is 100% electric. We use near 45k kWhs a year. 2 A/C units, 2 electric cars, a large pool, my spouse bakes often, and my kids keep every electrical device on. This system should keep us from being dependant on the grid during the day, use our powerwalls in the evening, and we can run our pool pump, and charge our EVs on the super-off-peak hours of 11 pm - 5 am, at 5-6 cents a kWh. Hoping to do our part, to help the environment, with an exchange of financial costs. I do hope they enable off-peak charging for the powerwalls in the future! Thanks again!
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  879. I have been waiting for this to take off for two or three years now. Finding out that it has already started, in the vanilla products and others that you mentioned, is great! My mouth is watering for some hamburger meat not grown from a cow that was terrified when it was slaughtered! Same for chicken.
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  880. Cybertruck had better step up there game on the vehicle to load or vehicle to grid side... As someone that lives with cheap reliable power solar and batteries are extremely hard to justify... Getting a back up solution for my entire house in the rear event of an outage changes the equation.
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  881. I heard on another channel reporters were being arrested if they were trying to cover this story. I think you have a fantastic perspective. The problem is no one ever listens to someone on the outside. Those people in that company have to have that idea on their own. You are 100% right. But the big people on the boards have be listened to to feel in charge. Sure some one will probably lose their job. But that makes the big people mitigate responsibility and maintain their power. Meanwhile they are on to their next lunch since they handled the problem. Now I have to wait to see if the water I'm drinking is safe. That community is displaced, injured, put out and given 1,000 to cope. Money cannot heal or give back peace of mind. It is sure going to take some money to clean that mess up. That is if they do.
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  882. Why not do both for your solar? The dualsun is a solar panel that cools itself (water loop) which then heats your pool at the same time. I saw Linus use it.
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  883. I love most videos of two bit da Vinci. But this, this is special.
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  884. I'm planning on buying a piece of property, preferably around 2-5 acres in a couple of years and will be putting in geothermal myself. The vast majority of the cost of a geothermal system is installation, so if you can run a backhoe and have even the slightest mechanical aptitude, these things are pretty easy to install yourself. I'm willing to bet that at least 2/3 of the cost is installation, so if you can do it yourself, you can probably save $10k on the system.
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  885. I like this kind of stuff. Alot better than accusing media of not covering a story that is actually covered on evey channel.
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  886. Great video One of the best I have seen for dealing with wind and charging problems.
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  887. great show guys
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  888. 2:38 lol I thought Agromining was just very aggressive mining 😂😂😂
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  889. Excellent report / video!
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  890. Great interview Ricky! I am in rural mid-america and solar panel installation is a mindblowing undertaking at the best of circumstances. Add a remote installation in a rarely covered part of the country and it is amplified beyond words. I took a chance and emailed DroneQuote for any guidance they might be able to offer, and Sinuhe called me directly - with VERY informative input. I have researched for quite some time and had many questions - and it was wonderful talking to someone without any conflict of interest. Thank you for the great channel!
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  891. Can't agree more with you Ricky! Still gonna get the P3? I know your old car is dying, but this truck...! Think of the family adventures! I've decided I'm not getting the PY, and have placed an order for the mid-spec Cybertruck to replace my 3. Hopefully they'll come out with an SUV version before release; if so I'll switch to that. Thanks for explaining the psychology behind how people -- including myself -- saw their perception of the truck morph over a few days. For me it took about 2 hours to start seeing it differently (probably due to learning more about the tech and the form following function), then the next day I ordered. Very cool to see all the disruptions Musk is causing. Starlink may be king of them all, so we have that to come.
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  892. Thanks for showing us alternative energy sources. It's sounds interesting but still a long way off.
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  893. IM in San Diego too and I love my 36 panels in my big house the bill it's under 75. a month and this is my 5 year with them in 1 more year my circulation it will pay off.
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  894. So to think of a whole house design, having a heat pump that also incorporates the refridgerator and freezer in your house might save additional money, and gain your more control as well.
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  895. Hi guys, great video. I have one question: Is it common for Americans to drive 15.000 miles/year? Thats 25.000km/year. Seems like a lot!! Most people I know are below 10.000km/year. (I'm from Europe so maybe there is a stark cultural difference in car use?) I dont wanna play EVs down, I love them, however with fewer miles/km driven EVs need to be owned longer to become less polluting than their ICE counterparts! If you drive 12.500km/year (seems much more reasonable to me) you need to double all the numbers in the video. Thanks so much for providing your calc sheets again. Greetings =)
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  896. I was extremely excited to hear about this, and I am hopeful that in about 10 years we will have a fusion reactor soon. Hopefully sooner!
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  897. Two ways to “make money”: increase intake and decrease out going (solar to decrease bill)
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  898. I'm heating my home with an air to water heatpump for some years now. It works more than just fine and in summary it even uses less electricity than my old oil burner before had to invest in heating the oil, transporting it from the tank to the burner, running its old control unit and running the circulating pumps.
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  899. Serisouly though who wouldn't support you on Patreon after enjoying such a well made content. Thank you ;)
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  900. You know, while we have no Stirling engine, we do have a "heat line" to our house. We call it Fernwärme (literally "remote heat"), but I believe the usual English term is "district heating".
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  901. Great video, ty. A suggestion... scientists need much more recognition for the value they are bringing to society. Contrast the attention actors and athletes get, it boggles the mind. I think you should promote the individuals responsible in your videos or at least cite them somewhere.
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  902. I really like the message at the end of the video. It's very agreeable and He put it in a very thoughtful and comprehensive manner.
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  903. Iron Beam is super interesting! Maybe this is a dumb question, but couldn't Hezbollah coat their missiles in a reflective coating and make the laser less effective or completely ineffective? I guess that would depend if it was a "light-based weapon" or something a little more substantive. Either way, this whole thing is just heartbreaking and I hope (beyond hope, apparently) that peace can one day be achieved. My heart goes out to all of those involved.
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  904. Thank you for this informative video and also well design : ) May I ask what program is used to create the animation? : )
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  905. Ricky, All fun aside, that was a brilliant presentation piece of work on a multifaceted very technical subject. Even with bits of humor! I love all things space and space travel. The thing about space travel is that it takes us away from routine life and struggles and allows us to dream Positively about a bright and positive future! Maybe that's part of why I started watching re-runs of Star Trek the Next Generation. I also love it because it does encourage us to challenge conventional thinking as both Aristotle & Elon First Principles encourage because you must... if you dream of space travel! :-) Extraordinarily well done my friend!
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  906. Maybe I'm just weird, but one of the first thoughts I had was 'could this be usable to increase efficiency in the production of stem for power generation? '.
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  907. Glad I watched.
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  908. Could see this worked in the south facing side of structures while the shadow side is designed to cool by radiating heat away.
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  909. Dang that drama got real quick😳
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  910. Thanks for the info guys..love it
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  911. Great video. The S-curve is obvious in hindsight, but you can't really tell how it's going to shape up until you're in the middle of it. You can see this in how excited people got about Ford talking about divesting their electric car business; but how should Ford decide when to do this, and how much of their limited resources should be spent and when? If you spend too much too early and the tech keeps changing, that's another way to go out of business.
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  912. Tesla engineering is what will save us from ourselves. The discontinuation and removal of ICE vehicles will contribute significantly to a cleaner atmosphere and thus, mitigation of global warming. ICE vehicles contribute a huge % of world pollution. The fact that two of the bigger polluters, India and China, have committed themselves to build the Tesla, will, without a doubt, bring forth a better, more prosperous new world. Believe it.
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  913. Great info, love your channel. The NEM 3.0 is for investor utility owned. It is for 3 utilities in the entire state not all of California. My question is why does San Diego have the highest utility rates in the country?
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  914. Thanks for covering this. Great to see new option in the EV space.
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  915. 12:37 Really appreciate the shoutout for Quick Bandit license plate mount for Model 3 & Y (More models coming soon), thanks Ricky!
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  916. Dude that’s sick. What a setup, can’t wait to see the rest of this series. Keep up the good work brother
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  917. The team wants you all to know that we appreciate all of the work hard, love it!, hands down one of the best TwoBit videos we've seen to date, your presentation skills, graphics, content and flow are really becoming damn near broadcast television quality. Keep up the good fight gents, CHEERS!
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  918. Thank you for introducing and dissecting this marvelous engineering and art piece. It's still painful for me to think about the fire that devastated Notre-Dame, since I had never personally visited the cathedral before the disaster and it'll never be the same again. Hopefully Sagrada Familia will never have to suffer the same fate.
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  919. It has potential as a camping tent or emergency shelter that also provides energy generation and with a built in lil battery and some lights inside and out, you got a base camp in a bag for $500
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  920. Excellent review. The 7 seater is more practical than I thought. Wow!
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  921. In the past I was a subscriber to solar magazine they had a first issue look back they said they started in a wooden shed with one solar panel 20 years later the same panel is still working
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  922. Great video. I really enjoyed the facility tour. I think your point at the end is particularly important. Cost parity isn't when a 500W wind turbine costs the same as a 500W solar panel. Roughly speaking, wind blows twice as often as the sun shines. (Not a made up number. Solar projects often assume 25% of the time a panel will generate electricity and a turbine will produce power 50% of the time.) Parity can be achieved if a turbine costs is twice that of a panel. Even getting to twice the cost of solar will be a challenge, so it's an uphill battle for sure. I hope this company succeeds!
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  923. You should do a video on the new Stargazer jet! It's offering speeds similar to spacex's point-to-point transport system but using a jet instead of a rocket!
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  924. Always follow the money…..which you did very well.
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  925. Beard looks good brother
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  926. This is the best video you have ever done. Great Job!
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  927. I actually enjoyed this video a lot! Thank you.
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  928. Thanks for covering this tech. Whole house management of heat.. that sounds like a great concept!
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  929. That was the first thing that came to mind when I learned about AWG’s was to use the ocean and solar and wind power. Kinda a no-brainer. It’s kinda like owning your own cloud 🌧️
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  930. Wow great video. Just need solar cells to increase efficiency. Totally see this in the time you voiced.
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  931. Good job guys 👍🏻🤗
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  932. What's best to pair with a pizza delivery? A Two Bit da Vinci video about flying stuff.
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  933. I loved Mark’s video and cannot wait to see the Zipline drones over head. As Mark suggested the road congestion would drop considerably.
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  934. The main factor for certain states is that you can pay a couple cents extra per kilowatt for electricity that comes from a renewable source such as solar and wind... Making it more environmentally friendly than ANY gas model out there... WE ONLY HAVE ONE PLANET... Let's try and not completely 🤬 it up for the poor bastards who are coming in behind us 😂🤣
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  935. Love this video! Great presentation of digestible information without burying the viewer. The editing is top notch with a great mix of yourself and visuals to keep everyone engaged. Reminds me of your early videos which rank among my faves. Thanks Ricky!
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  936. Nice work Team da Vinci!. I've been around or owned Ford pickups all my life starting with my Dad's 1950 model and am happy to see Ford finally beginning to leave the IC engine behind. I'm keeping my Cybertruck reservation however as it looks like Ford has a long way to go to catch up with Tesla's tech (and battery) superiority.
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  937. Love that Starlink was named after the novel.
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  938. I had the awesome privilege to ride in one of those as I lived in Sacramento, CA at the time and I remember thinking what an Amazing car it was!
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  939. Worth mentioning e-fuels are cleaner burning, no NOx, so no smog
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  940. Nice video! I think you will find that the Tesla's with different batteries in fact run at different voltages. 60 vs. 85 for instance. I see people supercharging those on youtube and they have different voltage ranges...
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  941. This is great set of videos excellent info with high production value
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  942. You misspoke when you said the Cybertruck has ground clearance of up to 16 feet. It's inches. I doubt anyone would be misled, though. The Hummer will have 35" wheels. Don't know yet if that's an option or standard. It'll be much more expensive than the top-tier Cybertruck, but man, if you have to go off-road, the Hummer will have insane ground clearance. Exactly what that will be, we don't yet know. Several of those brands you discussed might not make it to production. Bollinger's cost versus capability looks like a bad deal for consumers, though the design is interesting. They're looking weak. Nikola strikes me as a pure scam, rip off investors then fold the company, though I hope it isn't so. Atlis makes compelling CGI pictures. That's about it. Rivian has already signed a deal to sell 100,000 vans to Amazon, and they'll supply skateboards to Ford; they're looking like they might succeed, though the unit cost seems high. The best deal is undoubtedly the Cybertruck. For $50K you get a truck that competes well against any of its rivals for far less money. For $70K you get 500 miles of range and the best performance of any of them. And with the cold-rolled 3 mil steel body, you get durability we've never seen in a consumer automobile of any sort. You want tough? This is where to find it. It's sort of shocking just how many contenders will be entering the e-pickup space in the near future, even if a few of them fail. Things are moving fast - if they can all secure the battery cells they'll need. Tesla has secured its own supply chain for battery cells; everyone else will be scrambling in an open market where supply lags far behind demand. We'll probably see some schedule slippages and slow production ramps from most of these rivals.
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  943. Spectacular vid, Ricky. Great work.
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  944. like the original dream Walt had for E.P.C.O.T. this could be a great prototype to test future urban living concepts and rethink city layout, mobility and planning.
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  945. Please keep the information coming. This storage proposal has some real possibilities.
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  946. This is groundbreaking. To think that we could still learn about something as common and mundane as water evaporation... Can't wait to see how they turn this into actual technology.
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  947. great info & presentation..i would never put a single penny on this pos...am all in tesla
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  948. I'm no Tesla fanboy but I agree with everything this guy says in this video. Tesla strategy with this truck makes a lot of sense - do something that no other automaker could do, even though most people today probably think it's ugly, and push the world forward.
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  949. Love your insights ricky
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  950. cars with this type of efficiency and 4 seats are available right now in japan, the Daihatsu Mira e:S burns 40 percent less fuel than the conventional model. Power comes from a three-cylinder 650cc gasoline engine that provides an impressive (for its size) 52 horsepower at a screaming 6,800rpm and 60Nm (44 lb-ft) of peak torque at 5,200rpm. The official economy figures fro the Japanese cycle state the car will go for 30 km on a liter of fuel (which is about 70.5 mpg US), according to the JC08 Mode test cycle, or 32 kilometers per liter (75.2mpg US) on Japan's 10-15 Mode test cycle. and that is the combined cycle.
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  951. Weird but the more i look at it the more i like it
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  952. What a great video and interesting insight on the EPA rollbacks! What is challenging for automakers right now is the economic crash we're experiencing. This isn't going to be like a hurricane with a 2-4 week stoppage then a return to business as before. This is going to keep a lid on society for many months. Businesses cannot justify spending on EV R&D when enterprise survival is at stake where even solvency coming out the other side of this current situation is uncertain. Ford and GM's problem is that when "normalcy" returns in 2-3 years, EV tech will have marched onwards making their crop of dinosaur vehicles look even more dated. Tesla, the Germans, and the Chinese manufacturers will not be standing still during this time. It's a tough scenario, so we'll see how it all plays out.
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  953. Wow, this should be some great videos. We are planning on downsizing and building a net zero house so we are going thru the same process. I hope you will price out a Tesla solar roof. Also, I would really consider going all in and get a price for trenching and up grading your electrical for the 2nd house. Electrical would not be that expensive and you will appreciate having more options for your electric needs in the office. If you get rid of all the fossil fuels and the bad side effects you might be happier. Can't wait to learn about the heat pump dryer. Thanks for doing these videos. Cheers from Maine.
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  954. Great content man, really appreciated. I'll use your referral code when I order mine.
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  955. Yooo ty for the further knowledge into a more sustainable life. Already made the switch to beyond and wanted to know how they did it. Ty
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  956. Almost sounds to good to be true. The concept sounds good. If they can build a better Mouse Trap, the world will beat a path to their door. I hope it actually works a presented.
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  957. I saw it first time in 1982, 42 years ago, and again about 10 years later. The progress was considerable, but waaay more has happened since. Even the first time the building was a fantastic experience. I work with design. Gaudi was a genius. This building is a must see for anyone interested in architecture or design.
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  958. Never bet against Elon!
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  959. Great video. I love how you explain your assumptions rather than just stating numbers as simple facts. Well done.
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  960. I think the look of the Cybertruck will lose its unique weirdness after a million of them are on the roads in North America.
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  961. @11:45 yesterday's tech Indeed. If you can hear it, it's wasting energy.
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  962. Fantastic video. Very informative. Do you think it will be possible to use the model 3 battery to power the house at night? I would prefer having this flexibility to justify extra cost for the extended battery.
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  963. To date Eavor offers the best solution. No pollution. I am all ears for your promised next video on this topic.
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  964. I hope they take off, good wind turbine company designs.
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  965. Slight error, the first Roadster packs were off the shelf lithium cobalt chemistry not NCA.
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  966. I think solar panels integrated into the bed cover on the CyberTruck is a great idea.
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  967. Sodium batteries will reach $50 per kilowatt soon that's the same price as lead acid batteries but with 800% the capacity and 100 times the life cycle
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  968. Well done! I was wondering if anyone would notice the City vs Highway MPGe. You've nailed it.
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  969. Great video. I used your previous ones before I got my solar system. I've found that the real benefits (savings) are by leveraging solar to provide cheaper energy costs than what we currently use. So just comparing it to the power purchased from the electric company doesn't do it justice. Shifting from using my whole house gas furnace and reducing the set back temp on it to using electric space heaters in the winter saves me about $35/mo. Also moving to purchasing gasoline to electric for EV is (going to) save me $360/mo in energy costs (not including net savings for maintenence) based on the marginal increase in costs (monthly finance payments) for the larger solar array I bought to pay for the extra electricity use. Which after 12 years when the finance terms (@3%interest) ends, increase my savings. Just examples of how solar can be leverage to save more money by redirecting expensive energy use to cheaper sources. Great work, keep it up
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  970. I absolutely love this approach to combine two much needed technologies into one package. Lots of challenges, but lots of benefits too.
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  971. I found this video amazing, I know it's a little old but still very informative. I have just started working for a company called The Phoenix Works that supplies and installs solar panels and powerwalls, so I am learning about all of this and it's absolutely incredible! Thanks for the information!
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  972. Very interesting information. Hoenstly, I would have avoided the attempt at historical context as so much is left out of the story...especially what happened prior to 1917 and the Arab conquests that drove the jews out of Israel in the first place. Other than that, I much appreciate the context on the Iron Dome.
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  973. Excellent video. I’ve had the Delta Pro for about a month and absolutely love the product. I also use it to pick up 10-12 miles on my Tesla Model Y since we don’t have Level 2 chargers at our condominium (YET). Great job!!
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  974. They said heavier than air flight was impossible, so much so, when the wright brothers first flew at kitty hawk, no news paper even sent anyone , no photographer, they said it wouldn't happen, 60 years later there is an air force, fighter jets, thousands of airports, tons of aircraft, ppl flying all over the world everyday!! But everyone was convinced it was impossible, but the wright brothers were wright, as in correct!!
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  975. As a retired broadcast engineer, I usually watch videos and see what errors they make. Congratulations!!! I didn't see or hear any, A very good explanation tailored to the generally average citizen.
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  976. Matt, Ricky. Great collaboration. I just test drove the taycan turbo s in Los Angeles. The Porsche rep. Confirmed the car is only getting around 200 miles. People will call me a Tesla fanboy but whatever secret sauce that makes Teslas fun to drive, the Porsche doesn't have it. I have never been so disappointed in a 200k car before. The lack of regren is a major mistake and no autopilot to speak of. I was shocked by the car and all the good reviews it has gotten. Guess that badge goes a looong way with people.
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  977. It does seem to be an interesting field of study to be sure! I am not at all convinced that these are necessary though. I think that centralized electrolysis plants that can use the excess electricity to make hydrogen from all excess electricity and be stored in large underground salt caverns is the way to go. Then the process can be reversed to resupply electricity back to the grid if there is not other tasks for the hydrogen to do like fueling aircrafts, blimps, ships, etc. It can also be a form of seasonal storage, summer to winter..
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  978. Very informative and helpful.
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  979. I certainly hope Li-Cycle does well. I'm invested in the stock. Thanks for the cool video!
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  980. Great video! Glad to see someone trying to tackle this problem finally!
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  981. Like your videos! They are so good thank you
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  982. Another great video. Thanks!
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  983. Technology Connections recently did a couple videos on this that are very good also.
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  984. Good job Ricky, I'm inspired!
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  985. For what it's worth, I've had a tornado miss my house by less than 100 metres. It did some damage, but nothing like you get in the US. I live in the south west of Western Australia.
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  986. Yeh, the vast majority of the reservations of the Model 3 were for the base model, so they have opened the window to new buyers of the higher end model because their original reservations for such a car are starting to dry up (this is supposition) and they're not ready to start building their loss-leader model 3 because they're not yet profitable. Maybe someday the affordable model 3 will be available but I'm not holding my breath...
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  987. im bored by these batteries. we need new tech of battery
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  988. What a BRILLIANT video! Your content is superb, and your production values are astouding! Well done, sir!
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  989. most science channels appear so insecure about the charisma of science itself (which is just silly) that they feel they need pepper their discourse with jokes, often just unfunny puns, drawing attention to themselves as frustrated sadass comedians. This guy is never less than totally entertaining with the plain facts, no dumbass muzak and a charming laid back lucid vocal delivery. Look and learn, u utubers. I'm no shill --- lIked, subbed .. do it too
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  990. With the water situation in the western US this system looks like a better way.
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  991. work trip. I need to go with you on the next one of these dang. Looks like a good trip
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  992. What a great segment. A "Thumbs UP" is just not enough. Well done!
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  993. It’s not a secret anymore! Axial motors are not new but the technology will always progress. I’m certain Tesla have much up their sleeves too!
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  994. Another banger! Great work, Ricky (and team!).
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  995. Fascinating, thanks for helping us noobs out, this would totally freak me out the first time I saw it
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  996. Great video and info there but METRIC please!
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  997. What a terrifically well sourced and edited video! A lot of great information to take in in a very easily digestible way. It's so easy to learn a lot from you guys!
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  998. Imagine a ship or a plane being a battery itself. The future is going to be awesome indeed!
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  999. Congratulations family!!!! This is a great car indeed. I’ve owned a MYP for the last 7 months and I’m super happy with the car, stupid acceleration and top speed. Charging experience par to none, never had range anxiety, already put 11K miles all on road-trips summer and winter - and the heat pump works miracles. Very little range loss due to cold weather, living in Oregon where we have colder winters (than SoCal) and snow , tons of mountain pass and even with that range is beyond what I expected. Congrats again man ! 🎉
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  1000. As usual, a very well balanced evaluation. You even managed to explain the political shenanigans without getting political. One item you did not cover was reliability. As a retired Director of Engineering {EE}, I love most things electric/electronic however, living in Western NY, for over 70 years I can say I've NEVER lost Natural Gas while lost of electricity is normally a 4-5 times a year event. I had contemplated an Induction cook top but did not do the math like you did and the $$$ increase for electric was quite eye opening. Cost and lack of reliability are two obstacles to converting from Natural Gas for cooking. In the last 3 years, I've had to use our wood stove for heating a total of 4 weeks to assure we don't freeze when the electricity goes out. I may look at a biochar reactor to generate gas to run a generator if NY keeps playing with our energy sources. We have enough wood to do this but not everyone does. NY has imposed their ban on Natural Gas appliances with a goal of banning replacements [I'm sure when the public gets used to government restrictions on fuel choice]. NY State just announced a major KW/hr price increase to strengthen the grid which now fails mainly from wind storms and the occasional capacity failure in hot weather. Our grid is at the limit and EVs will push it over the edge. Even though a Tesla Model S is my dream car, I dislike my government telling others what type of car they MUST drive. I'd love to see a TRUE and centuries old solution, biochar, used for both energy production AND sending 25% to 35% of carbon back into the soil where it will improve water retention, reduce runoff, minimize fertilizer requirements {encapsulated in the biochar} AND where it will sequester this excess carbon for thousands of years. Couple this with regenerative agriculture and the world would be on the road to true reduction of CO2 and other "greenhouse" gases.
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  1001. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. My wish is that states with coastlines would invest in fresh water.
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  1002. Yeah, a good, rational appraisal. FSD is an incredible achievement already, and if your money’s on anyone reaching autonomy, it’s Tesla. But amongst all the furore, we seem to be loosing grip on what Tesla are fundamentally...transport, tech and energy company, that are quietly expanding into energy provision, and ‘accelerating the world in adopting sustainable energy and transport’. They’re shaking everything up. Tesla’s worth is in this, and to me, FSD is the icing on the cake. We didn’t buy FSD with the car, precisely because we have a finite amount of spare cash (we’d have grabbed it otherwise), and therein lies the conundrum...how many people can afford it? FSD itself is priceless, but the irony is that it has to be cheap for universal adoption, or it won’t solve the road safety goal. Elon’s excitement and optimism is fully understandable, but unfortunately, there’s a pragmatic realism at work. I believe that a subscription cost would bizarrely, have to be around £9.99 per month. Tesla cars (all their products) are ridiculously good, but for mass adoption into the future, they have to be ‘cheap’. I know a heck of a lot of people who want them, but can’t afford them...yet their products are actually worth more than we pay for them now. Paradox.
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  1003. Very good informative show. I am impressed and grateful you produced this.
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  1004. Bonus Fact: When KERS was allowed in F1 Williams adapted flywheel tech for their racecars back in 2009. Not sure if they are still used today but it worked.
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  1005. Love the video, Ricky! Nice take on a controversial topic.
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  1006. Thanks for covering this Ricky. As micro-turbine gas-electric generators already are capable of about 70% efficiency, are very compact and simple, why not use them instead combustion photovoltaics? In regards to your concept of photovoltaic ICE exhaust power recovery, I'm thinking that if you were able to recover 50% of the waste energy from an ICE exhaust using photovoltaic generator, you would be recovering about 15% of the total engine thermal losses. Having worked with large Exhaust heat exchangers (stack robbers) to capture waste exhaust heat, but due exhaust restriction and back-pressure reducing engine power, we typically only recovered about 30% of exhaust heat. If similar was the case with photovoltaic recovery, you would only be recovering about 15% of the waste energy in the exhaust stream, and something like a exhaust power recovery microturbine, adapted from a turbo-charger to drive an electric generator might be as efficient and less expensive. BTW: Back in the 80's when I was working for in the Oil and Gas Industry and dealing with HPS and Mulit-Vapor lighting systems, the thought of using high temperature combustion gas to produce combustion based lighting using a multi-vapor tubes for remote off-grid locations occurred to me. I mentioned it to some engineering colleagues, and we estimated the efficiency could be considerably higher than electrically excited tubes but the maintenance, cost and complexities of producing such a system would likely be practical and affordable, plus having combustion sources in flammable environments is not suitable.
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  1007. I would like to see a deep dive into the techniques for implementing neural networks without matrix multiplication. I did some published research on NNs in the early 1990's but haven't really been involved with them since.
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  1008. I always love your videos, but to have Sandy Monroe on your show WOW. This video was great.
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  1009. Shane Campbell There you go! Sweeping statement, untrue.... Gives wrong information to those who aren't inclined to check, but may pass the info on....... Easy!
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  1010. Why not put the film on the outside? Reflect the heat BEFORE it gets in, rather than after. I've had my film outside for a while now, still holding up nice
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  1011. Teslas new battery tech should be a massive step up from the compitition of new electric cars.
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  1012. Once battery energy density doubles, these drones will become a lot more viable. Can't wait!
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  1013. You have hit the nail on the head with regard to Honda. They were my goto for 5 cars, then they refused to go electric. I haven’t looked at them since. Morons!
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  1014. Really well researched video. I am also an engineer, and retired about 10 years ago after 43 years in aviation design. My retirement gave me time to do much more detailed research into the quality of the more recent aviation NTSB investigations. As a result, I must disagree with one point you made in the video. The NTSB of today is not the NTSB of 10 years ago, at least the aviation side of the organization. Their investigations have been quite shoddy in the last 10 years or so, with more consideration to political concerns than safety concerns. If these railroad NTSB investigators are anything like today's aviation investigators, I have little hope that anything good will come out of this. I do, however, agree with your idea of separating hazardous cars into separate trains that have special handling rules including things like reduced speed limits, length of train limits, closer spacing between defect detectors, etc. Thank you for the great video.
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  1015. Dang, shocking to hear how expensive electricity is in San Diego, and you're right, it will only keep increasing
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  1016. Some people don't drive more than 10 miles a day....free energy for them.
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  1017. great content thanks
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  1018. Hi Ricky, I've been cooking on induction since 1994. I'm in the UK, and I think in Europe we were perhaps a bit ahead of the US in this area. I went for induction for two reasons...more efficient and a lot safer. Something that is really important to mention, even if you just take a pan off an induction hob, and immediately place your hand on the ceramic area the pan has been on, it is hot, but you won't really have a bad burn. You would with all of the other options you have outlined.
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  1019. if it winds up that I can have a double sized refrigerator level battery that will be capable of powering my whole house at night and refilling during the day with solar with that many cycles? it's a massive win. not for phones or cars, but for off grid storage. every house in California will want one so they can not have blackouts. that alone would free up the grid for those that can't afford enough solar.
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  1020. nice work on correcting the mistakes in the previous video. Between these last two episodes I've checked in on, you definitely deserve a sub. Thanks for the hard work dude :)
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  1021. Sounds like enough of a plausible theory to me that I became a subscriber. Trurhfully, I have curiosity that's like an addiction, and I'm always on the lookout for channels like yours.
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  1022. THANKS RICKI , FOR ATTRACTING ATTENTION TO THE FUTURE…WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING 👀 FOR 🤗👍💚💚💚
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  1023. Thank you. I'm an environmental scientist. I support nuclear power. However, due to the diving costs of wind, PV and storage- most new nuclear facilities don't make sense (besides maybe in places where land is scarce). SMRs might be 20% cheaper than conventional nuclear plants, but they're still more expensive than wind/PV +storage. The sad truth is that the environmental movement in the 1970s-1980s was hysterical regarding nuclear power (mixing nuclear weapons anxiety with nuclear power), and it led to the halting of nuclear energy development. The result? Climate change now, instead of in 2050 or maybe even never. Not to mention that per KWh produced, fossil fuels kill 10,000s of times more people, and their externalities (health, economic and environmental damages) cost 1,000s of times more- compared to nuclear power (without even taking into account climate change externalities).
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  1024. You make some fairly reasonable assumptions, we'll just have to wait and see ...
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  1025. Another great episode, keep it up!
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  1026. Saw you on Kyles video too. Cool, I did not realize the windshield was one piece with the roof, that has to be an expensive replacment if you get a rock chip.
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  1027. I liked the Brazilian coffee bag behind y’all !
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  1028. One of the better thought out analyses of the issues with Autotonomous cars
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  1029. Thank you for the review. I had no idea about the Rachio Smart Sprinkler and this will be perfect for the home I'm building. Happy holidays everyone!
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  1030. So this might be a dumb question but is there a way to capture the waste energy generated from the data centers? For example, a generator powered by a Sterling engine? Would that be economically viable?
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  1031. This also seems like a great addition to energy storage, but hopefully it continues to improve
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  1032. Excellent. Thank you. Just some comments, it's Mach 0.85 not 8.5, Powerplants are from Rolls Royce or from Engine Alliance (Joint venture from GE and PW specifically for A380. They knew market is not going to be huge to support independent contesting but didn't want RR to go unchallenged. GE designed the inner core and P&W the fan and LP turbine). Also Qantas operates Perth to London route with Boeing 787-9 equipment and not A380. Qantas chairman also separately said that it's more economical to operate two 787 flights to the same destination than a single A380 flight for a long ranged city pair. Look forward to more videos on aviation. Thanks again.
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  1033. BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO great episode as usual, and you really stepped up the production with those infographics. Very nice!
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  1034. I've thought of this a few years ago. Its the sea version of those mist catching nets . I was thinking of a passive version but the renewable energy hybrid concept makes more sense for larger populations.
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  1035. They didn’t “raise” the fee to 2,500. Even for the early M3, S or C, there is a larger fee when you ORDER the car. The M3 has always been 2,500 when you actually ORDER it.
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  1036. Just a comment, I throughly enjoy your videos,thanks for being there
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  1037. Two Bit da Vinci Sure, but they didn't put a deposit down to not get the $27,500 car 2 years later. That's why people are unhappy. Getting that $1k back to you is almost a bigger slap in the face, who wants to wait 2 years just get back the same amount of money they "loaned out" if you choose to look at it that way.
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  1038. This is an extremely informative and comprehensive video. Thank you so much for the effort that you've put into it.
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  1039. I love the mustang Mach E
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  1040. Replace Lidar with IoT - Communication solutions like 5G or even 4G - or WLAN - we can get Information from the surrounding cars and also redlights and other Information like traffic jam. Or data about accidents.
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  1041. Great vid. I predict this one will get pushed out by the algorithm and get more views than usual
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  1042. someone should really come up with a home garage solution to creating chipsets and upload here on YouTube. kinda like the folks at openinsulin for insulin
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  1043. Thank you for an interesting video. Nice to see you outside for a change and for talking about water. Here in Denmark a permeable asfalt has been developed and used on a road to both solve a problem with surplus water and to boost a geothermal energy system. The system is called klimavej
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  1044. I like it. I want to have one. Thanks.
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  1045. I usually don't comment on people's videos, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one
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  1046. I alsways thought it was hard to desalinate water because salt "stuck" to water too much, LOL. Great insight! So, it turned out to be entropy... it's always entropy! Thanks!
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  1047. Model Y is a mic drop. Our 5 person family is hanging out for it. Then will be waiting for Cyber truck. Great video Ricky.
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  1048. I liked your video. Just want to offer a counterpoint. I'm an owner of a 2019 eGolf; I didn't realize that it was a "compliance car". It is an amazingly great vehicle; after all it's a VW Golf! I'll buy an ID3 as soon as they ship to Canada. :)
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  1049. Watching this video was step one in my Solar process And for me it was a great roadmap on all the questions that I need to ask, so when I call my local utility I knew what to ask And the same for the solar installers, no this was not a step-by-step video on what to do but It was extremely helpful in my case, I felt overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start, I appreciate you guys taking the time to make the video it was extremely helpful to me!
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  1050. Very well thought out video that asks all the right questions, well done!
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  1051. I'm going with H2. Makes more sense, both economically and ecologically. We have the technology to make this happen and we don't have to depend on any other country to make it happen.
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  1052. 320 miles = 514 km. Good range!
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  1053. We have come to the ID4 RWD from a Bolt EV (battery debacle) and you’re review is spot on, the charging curve for this vehicle is great, 30mins and you’re at 80% and ready to move on, plus 3 years of free charging on EA! I agree the tech is not Tesla level, but you can have wireless CarPlay! The size and storage is great, plus you get towing capability! Acceleration is more than adequate, but not Tesla performance, but you are paying much less and you could go for the AWD.The only stumbling block to make this vehicle is a real winner is getting the OTA updates coming out regularly as VW has promised, that is lacking at the moment. But, definitely if you coming from an ICE CUV check this out, a much better built Model Y with VW/Audi build quality. Plus, all doors have mechanical releases, so you can get out in an accident, no fear of being trapped in the back seats and having to crawl out the front drivers’s door, that has always bugged me about Teslas and having kids in the back seats.
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  1054. Great video. Here’re a few useful work around/fixes I’ve picked up from various Tesla forums; 1. When the reverse screen goes blank, perform a reset, by holding down both scroll wheels for around 10 seconds. The Tesla ‘T’ will appear, and the screen should reappear. 2. If the entire screen is black, do the same thing, and it should be back on again. The car is still fully functional with a blank screen........even autopilot. If reseting/rebooting doesn’t work, try removing anything you have plugged into the usb sockets, such as dashcam, and a music usb stick, etc, and then hold down the scroll wheels to reboot. This also works if an ‘update’ download hangs.
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  1055. I LOVE this channel. Its one of my top science related channels. Its a great place to get the basics of a complex new tech and still have details for the tech geeks.
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  1056. Wow Ricky, great Intro Video! I know you're shooting for a Net-Zero concept. Are you spraying a 1" Closed-Cell foam flash coat to tighten up your Air and Vapor control layers before you install the Batt insulation? 😀 So exciting my Brother! Hey, where is the lil "Heart-$" Thanks button? 😉 Cheers, Eric
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  1057. The BEST interview and information on solar EVER !
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  1058. 2:03 The next tallest thing would be in Monterrey, Nuevo León.
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  1059. Thank you so much, I was really impressed with your presentation it was ultra-professional.
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  1060. Perhaps a generator on every roof at coastal locations
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  1061. Great video. Think of it this way: a gas engine combines the functions of making power and using the power to drive the wheels. EVs don't make the power, it is stored in the batteries. Since the motor has way less to do, it can be much smaller and more efficient, as well as do more things (torque vector, anti-slip, traction control, etc.).
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  1062. I really liked the video (informative, interesting, educational) and your narration is excellent. Really well done!
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  1063. I am a huge fan of the solar thermal on my roof. Very effective way to heat water vs pv running a water heater.
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  1064. So glad you mentioned the brine issues! It really is affecting our oceans! Thanx!
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  1065. This video is going to put Mexico really on the map and open the eyes for the people who plan to open up a business soon.
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  1066. Just one correction : Your natural gas figures do not include neither leaks at extraction, nor leaks in networks. Those are proven to mostly equalise gas with coal. And as you explain it Hydrogen is just a new way to market oil and gas. Hydrogen is most relevant for airplanes. Batteries make more sense ground vehicles. Hydrogen is one of the best rocket fuels too. (but there methane could make more sense for other reasons, like Mars colonisation)
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  1067. Model 3 wins!
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  1068. Great video Ricky! I came here from Dillon's Electrified channel. I didn't realise you had your own channel - I've only seen the excellent EV reviews you do for the Fully Charged Show
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  1069. TSMC said in December it would open a second factory in north Phoenix by 2026, bringing its total Arizona investment to $40 billion.
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  1070. Here we go I'm starting the video and taking notes 😅
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  1071. Been watching the channel for a while now, and somehow this is the first time I felt like "how is this real life?"... growing metal? Sign me up!
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  1072. best compliments, very interesting and clear!!!
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  1073. I PUT A DEPOSIT ON ONE RIGHT AFTER THE REVEAL !! I CAN'T WAIT , I OWN A 2017 F 250 AND IT SUCKS ON GAS BUT A GREAT TRUCK , I'VE BEEN A FORD TRUCK OWNER SINCE 1973 , I DROVE THE MACH E THE OTHER DAY AND THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE !! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO
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  1074. We don’t even have to go “all in” on Tidal power. Simply getting to where 0.28% of our power comes from tidal will let us avoid over 9 Gigatons of C02 by 2050! These numbers are taken from the book “Drawdown.” Tidal power can be expensive, but we shouldn’t worry about that too much. Like you mention in the beginning, the issue with most renewable energy is how intermittent it can be while tidal power is very reliable. So being willing to eat the cost on a bit of tidal generation like I mention above let’s us commit more fully to solar and wind power which will save us WAY more money in the long run than the tidal power will cost us!
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  1075. Green roofs + water capture = great solution. And less huge parking lots - rather build multi-floor garage with green roof. Sounds easy and cheap, doesn't it? :)
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  1076. Love the brake down the bill. Best video out of 25+ plus on solar I watched today.
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  1077. Outstanding video—you are the best! 👍👍Very easy to follow and a very comprehensive technical breakdown of the model 3 battery. I look forward to the next video. Thank you.
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  1078. Brilliant idea. I haven’t been to D.C. in many years, but never flying. I had assumed Andrew’s Air Force Base was THE military base where I grew up. I am so behind its growth there
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  1079. Great video! On the topic of of thermal management, I'd love to see a deeper dive into the AirJet by Frore Systems that was at CES 2023.
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  1080. Great video! Can't wait for part 2 and more!
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  1081. The cabin space is maximum a cylinder of 9meter diameter and 18 meter height. so you can divide that so that you get 7 floors. on the outer ring you can have 28, then 25, then 21, then 18, then 15 (per floor) and even with a so tight arrangement that makes only 749 people. ( not 1000 ) and that still breaks the zero weight cabin and seats barrier.
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  1082. Very interesting morning information. Well done. Thank you for sharing this with me. I crave knowledge.
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  1083. I wonder if they plan to green the desert on the other side of the line? The mirrors would potentially block sand and heat so they can plan to plant trees etc.
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  1084. so thorough. awesome work. thanks
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  1085. Back in 2008, I designed and built a 3/4 Hp, 6 speed electric road bike. It worked as design, able to go up steep hills or cruise at the designed 16 mph. I rode it 11 miles each way to work and back all that season. I discovered that riding my bike uphill next to traffic, without any pedaling, REALLY ticked off some car drivers. I was hit by passing, open doors and shoved off the road several times. Unfortunately, a pickup truck driver pushed me off the road into a construction area. The result was a 180 flip and a head-first smash into the road at 16 mph. I put my hand up in front of my face in a fist to protect myself, thereby punching myself in the left eye hard enough to crack my skull above my eyebrow, get one hell of a concussion, cracked numerous teeth and blow out the bottom of my left eye socket. Mind you, I used ALL the relevant safety gear: A helmet, polycarbonate wrap-around safety glasses, a sweatshirt with multiple, bold, reflective stripes, etc, so I know the people who pushed me off the road did it on purpose. The moral here, and the purpose of my post, is to emphasize all aspects of safety and not just go all gaga about electric bikes. E-Bikes are not dangerous - car drivers can be, and it only takes one 'hole who thinks it's cool to slam yo with a door or put you in a hospital while the doctors wait to see if your brain will swell, dangerously. The host and creator of this video said NOTHING about safety.
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  1086. Although I disagree for the use of nuclear power in general, I totally agree about the old Tallinn medieval city. Such a nice place.
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  1087. Wow, nicely done thank you, Subscribed! It also occurs to me, Tesla must know how often high acceleration is used in real world driving, using data from the fleet. Discounting fun runs from eg a standing start, or perhaps straight line in the absence of traffic. And design accordingly. Most journeys are short and urban, big savings to be made. That next 25k model is going to involve some interesting decisions. But if you've figured out Fe16N2 then perhaps this becomes irrelevant?
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  1088. That’s what I been waiting for. Still packing 3 kids in my model 3
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  1089. We had our solar panels installed in 2007 and we live in Ventura County. Plenty of sunny days and with that it was a no brained to install.
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  1090. Fun fact: TOKAMAK, spelled in Russian Cyrillic characters, looks exactly the same as in Latin alphabet.
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  1091. In water desalination, the leftover salt brine could be used for extracting lithium. Is there new tech to change how we extract lithium from salt brine? A ton of lithium, has rapidly increased in price as of late. Perhaps a topic for a new video.
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  1092. I really hope we take this on, especially the food growing nations, the next wave of droughts is gonna be brutal. Gotta share this one!
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  1093. This gives me hope for the future
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  1094. I really like your YT videos. I live in San Diego (Fallbrook) and I think I remember you are in San Diego as well. I purchased my first four panels (new) and have been considering used as you did. I have a couple questions I hope you can answer: * Since I am a DIY Guy, will folks like Drone Quote just put the Rail/mounting system on my roof without them doing all the other stuff (that I can do)? * Would you recommend the folks you purchased your used panels from and are they still selling used commercial panels? * Did you ever get solar storage or are you still just spinning the meter backward (so to speak)? * Could you please do a documentation/tour of your complete system? Thanks so much for your YT as you convey so much useful information in a very short amount of time and do it in way we can all understand. Thanks!!!
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  1095. Always a pleasure to discover new inventions with you. Keep up the great work, man !
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  1096. My question would be why didn't the Chinese government do the polite thing and let USA and Canada know that their weather balloons have been blown off course? And I think they're doing more than just monitoring the Arctic.
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  1097. I live in Pittsburgh. Some of my neighbors were sent home from work due to this.
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  1098. This sounds extraordinary. There are many inventions which will come from this.
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  1099. There is A LOT MORE THERE THEN YOU THINK. WHY does every major leader travel there, when there is "nothing there"?
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  1100. I bought and installed my panels myself in 2005! Still going strong with the original inverter. Cost me $20,000 out of pocket, but with rebates I got back over $18,000. Paid back within 1 year. Guess I should have made a video!
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  1101. At 73 I love the bike but it won't be my first EV.. LOL
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  1102. All This Information Is Making My Head Feel Strange!
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  1103. Thanks because what everyone gets wrong about battery recycling is that it means only "end of life" batteries rather than at the very beginning. High Ni have as low as 50% yields according to Adamas Intelligence.
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  1104. Thanks for the solar calculator. I live in Taiwan, and just noticed that I would need to consume much more electricity than I actually do and a +5kWh solar panel pack in order to get a real payback. My actual results would have a payback after 30 years, which it's not worthwhile.
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  1105. Let's hope this competitve stuff keeps happening :)
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  1106. Managed traffic could eliminate the need for and waste of time and energy that are stoplights
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  1107. Now I understood the context of bandgap and photoelectric energy. What if we made photovoltaic cells (for roofs, not light cells) with multiple layers of photoelectric materials, each having its own bandgap? The layers would be thin so unused light can be captured by the layer below with the corresponding bandgap. The layers would be laid on a mirrored surface, so light reaching the mirror is reflected again towards the different layers and hence increase efficiency.
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  1108. Way to go, Ricky and Matt, this is a fantastic collaboration, and I hope you continue to work together from time to time. Your channels individually are so informative, interesting and great content so well presented--both individually and jointly, the two of you hit the sweet spot of the right balance of Tesla focus with the overall EV industry and sustainable energy growth including solar, power storage, etc. Keep up the great work, and I look forward to seeing what both of you have coming up both individually and jointly!
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  1109. One of the best documentations about the Spaceship I have ever seen! BRGD
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  1110. The wavelength that is most efficient is the same as that of most plant leaves or algae. Is there a connection here?
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  1111. Excellent summary.
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  1112. Absolutely love this channel. Just brilliant, the passion, curiosity and dense beautifully presented contents. Bravo.
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  1113. I considered both vehicles, but being on the tall side 6'4" I found that the headroom in my preferred seating position and getting in and out of the car was problematic in the Tesla M3, so I went with the Chevy Bolt. I know there are some things that the Tesla M3 does better, but I'm very comfortable with my choice. I don't envision ever buying another ICE car.
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  1114. Got to be the first to comment and first to view. Feeling awesome
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  1115. Im down for a solar roof on my car, live off the grid
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  1116. Raj they haven't switched to 4d on the freeway because they want to make sure theres no regressions because it has gotten so good. There will be freeway improvements eventually
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  1117. As usually is the case, another very interesting video. Many thanks.
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  1118. This was the best, most well thought out review that I have seen on the ELIO. I am a $100 reservation holder and I would love to buy an ELIO today. I also don't believe that it's too late for the car to be successful. I travel multiple states 4 days a week. I have had many 50,000 mile years. If I could buy an ELIO for less than half the cost of a car, get 2 1/2 times the mileage and lower cost of operation, I would buy it today for up to $11,000. What makes the ELIO compelling is that it was supposed to be a front wheel drive.
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  1119. I love this collaboration. Great synergy. Great chemistry. Please keep it up.
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  1120. I’m looking to get a power wall with my solar. Thanks for this video!
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  1121. First time viewer. Enjoyed your video and appreciate all the info.
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  1122. Excellent video and very informative. Thanks for making it.
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  1123. Great breakthrough and video. This will be a boon for EVs once the technnology matures. I don't think this is as wishful thinking as other "breakthroughs", even though it will be a few years.
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  1124. SOUND SYSTEM IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME 🤗😁as my name implies 😊
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  1125. Like you, I was surprised to see them heading to Singapore to build their factory! Seems weird. They tried but after seeing the trials and tribulations that Tesla had to go through, it is not as simple as coming up with a good design the infrastructure expenditure and know-how, in the end, will either make or break you. Dyson found out the hard way that there is more to car design than a vacuum cleaner. Good luck to them! As to Yahoo, Doom and Gloom sounds better in the news, than optimism. The Electric vehicle is here to stay and can only grow! There is no going back. Thank you for the video.
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  1126. Wasn't aware of liquid metal batteries, very interesting
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  1127. I have been looking at the Aptera for several weeks before this video. Based on what I have seen and learned, I really love it. I'd love to buy one because of the cost of purchase, maintenance, and recharging. Unfortunately because of the low ground clearance and wheel covers, the car does not look like it can handle the snowstorms in New England when the snowfall is greater than 6 inches. What I really like is that it can be recharged with household 110 V .
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  1128. A very good interview Two Bit da Vinci; very informative. Now I’m like, just put the production Lucid Air out in the wild already!
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  1129. I'm not sure about your advice to not use seat heaters. They draw only a few amps, but can improve comfort greatly. The best advice I've seen is to run the cabin heater until it's comfortable, then turn it down or off and then leave the seat heaters on to stay warm...
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  1130. We'll finally have crewed space exploration missions.
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  1131. The secondary advantage to using the thin film windows on taller buildings? Solar is energy. Using the film, you prevent energy entering the building in summer, so there's less air-conditioning required. In winter, you can still use the power to feed back into heating.
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  1132. Two Bit da Vinci crew: Thanks for a great presentation -- Y'all rock.
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  1133. thank you for this information. it explains well
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  1134. My uncle was born in Panama. My Grandfather and Grandmother were there during the construction 100 years ago. I am named for my Grandfather.
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  1135. Boron is definitely not boring!
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  1136. Replacing all Fossil Fuels with Renewable electricity is a great goal, but it’s actually not the first step. The first step will be to get to a “net zero” situation. According to the book Drawdown, we can actually achieve that while still having about 25-30% of our electricity generation come from fossil fuels. This means that the big push for better battery storage doesn’t really need to yield results until around 2035 (which will give us enough time to deploy it by 2050). I bring this up, not because I disagree with this video, but because I’ve noticed that many people seem to use the excuse of “electricity storage isn’t solved yet” in order to delay deployment of our current renewable energy tech. The truth is that our current solar and wind tech is good enough so we need to push hard to deploy it as quickly as possible!
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  1137. Feels like more of a test of the country's tolerance for intrusion. That slow creep syndrome. IMHO.
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  1138. Wow , team TBDV , wish u all the best & keep up the good job .
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  1139. 'Higher resolution enables detecting and labeling from farther away" : Thats more important for high speed highway driving ( autopilot). And likely a disadvantage for city driving given more complexity with limited data and processing power
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  1140. Nothing like starting the morning off with a Twobit video
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  1141. The most obvious answer to explain why NASA pays is: the second A in NASA means Aeronautics.
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  1142. Excellent video, apart from the small detail of prices being wrong when comparing pounds and kilograms.
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  1143. Shane Campbell specify which owner was "burnt alive" and which car the fire department was unable to extinguish. (This should be fun!)
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  1144. A few years back I want it to convert my F150 to electric so now this sound like beautiful music to my ears. Wao!
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  1145. Thanks Ricky. You have a wonderful heart, and your brilliantly inquisitive mind follows. You are a must-watch in my book. I keep the citizens of Maui in my prayers. True tragedy.
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  1146. Love engineers creating YT channels ✌️❤️
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  1147. Another very important reason for using several large cylindrical cells is cooling performance. The cooling loop is wound through the batteries and the cell size is optimized for an ideal surface area-to-volume as determined by the necessary worst-case cooling performance. It also reduces the risk of a cascading fire since the energy in each cell is smaller, and it increases the system-level tolerance for cell failure since a failed cell will either fail to conduct or short and cause the fuse to open, and in either case this will have next-to-no noticeable effect on the battery overall since each battery pack features several thousand cells.
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  1148. I like the idea of how this could translate to Mars. I was thinking this was more like a ring space station ala Halo, Elysium, or Mass Effect.
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  1149. Hunter balloons with thruster - grapple the hostile balloon and deflate itself to drag it down
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  1150. 14:38 it's more like 60-70% with modern engines these days. Great vid otherwise, surprised the channel hasn't gained massive traction yet
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  1151. I so wanted to see Two Bit da Vinci's take on this. Awesome video!!!
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  1152. You do a great job on your videos
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  1153. You missed Russia's fleet of nuclear powered ice breakers as well as their arctic research center in Franz Joseph land. Besides Russia has the longest border with the arctic!
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  1154. There was a company a few years ago that wanted to use extra large wind turbine towers. Inside these towers they would pump water for energy storage.
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  1155. I think a lot of people won't appreciate this video... but I do! Thank-you for this most excellent in-depth.
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  1156. I'm with ya, I'm extremely excited to own one of these trucks, will get the dual motor and autopilot, so I'll be spending 60K probably. Also buying Tesla stock constantly along the way, so if the stock does well it may cost me a whole lot less! The only thing I might not like is the wheels if they stay like that, too much like hubcaps and they stick out from the tire, hopefully this will change or they have another wheel option, i think my favorite part is the bed design with the automatic cover that comes down and easy tie downs, all stainless steel. Wouldn't be surprised if they sell half a million the first year, cause yes people are realizing how awesome the design is.
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  1157. thanks for talking about actual price vs just what tesla tells you. and the issues with installation companies. i am strong believer in solar because aside from helping industrialized countries,it will also help underdeveloped nations produce energy and grow their industry withought competting for oil supplies with more powerful nations
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  1158. subbed, well made points. your research and data will come in handy when people talk out of their asses. ty
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  1159. The hooks with the logo in the second row seats are called "Isofix"
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  1160. You are as excited as the 1980s RealGoods gurus -- back in the off-grid cabin days. Haven't we had a great journey to this point!? with this plug and play system. I'm looking forward to the solar panels too. We don't have alternative energy in Malaysia but the river abutts my front yard. It provides hydro power for the grid and my electric bill is about $5 USD 👍😁
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  1161. Thanks for calling the model Y a "crossover".... I CRINGE when people constantly keep calling it an "SUV", it is NOT an SUV people! And Ricky, "traditional" SUV's are body-on-frame (Tahoe, Sequoia, Ford Expedition, Lexus LX), but modern-day full size SUV's (Honda Pilot, Acura MDX, Chevy Traverse) are unibody but still large enough to be in the SUV category. I know you are a Honda guy (so am I!). I'm 6'6" and my daily driver is a Honda Prelude. All of the men in my family are between 6'4-6'10". So, size is important for me. We have 4 kids under the age of 7 (who won't always be so small). I currently own 2 Honda Odysseys, not because they are cool, but each holds my entire family including luggage/Costco trips, and with ease. And I know you had a Honda Pilot, because you liked the room (otherwise you would have bought something smaller, like a CR-v, or Fit). Now, I LOVE Tesla and Elon musk, SpaceX, he is a genius and great for humanity. I'm a recycling Nazi and pro-Earth guy, who dreams of owning a solar roof and 100% electric cars. HOWEVER... Tesla doesn't offer a vehicle for me. The X is what I would call a larger crossover (NOT an SUV), but who can afford his/her model X's? The 1%ers. The Y is a smaller crossover and when it offers that 3rd row, it will be a joke. I can put a 3rd and 4th row into a Prius, that doesn't make it a 7 or 10 passenger car. Maybe for tiny kids if you wanted to trade in the car again once your kids outgrew the kiddie 3rd row. I think manufacturers throw a 3rd row into a car "just" to check a box, not for comfort or practicality. Anyway, for practicality with large families/Costco-runs, Odyssey's are the most practical. For cool factor, you might downsize a bit into a Honda Pilot (still 8-passenger!) or even into the smaller Acura MDX (7 passenger). Or for smaller family's, can do the compact-"SUV" CR-V. But even the model Y is SMALLER than the medium-sized Honda CR-V. So, I'm dying here... WHEN is Tesla going to make an ACTUAL SUV.... Where is Tesla's version of an 8-passenger SUV (Tahoe, Escalade, Pilot) or even "gasp" a Tesla mini-van... ok, I won't hold my breath on that last one. Plus, all of the Tesla vehicles are naturally smaller inside because they all have the same sloped rear roof (like a Honda Crosstour or BMW X4). They do it for the sake of range, but rear passenger head room and Cargo room suffer! Again, I don't care for range... give me 8-passenger electric "SUV" with a squared off back (i.e., Honda Pilot, Chevy Tahoe, Odyssey) and I'd totally be fine if it had less range (200 miles should be easy). Heck, I've NEVER EVER EVER wanted a pickup... I hate them... that is, until I saw the CyberTruck... I was smitten...it was LOVE at first sight. Crazy, huh? But I don't need a pickup. Elon, PLEASE, PLEASE make a "CYBER SUV".... 8-passenger... you can leverage off the CyberTruck platform!! (same as model3>y, same as Rivian p'up>suv, same as Silverado>Tahoe)... can be built on the same assembly line. Someone needs to do a render of what a CyberTruck would look like if was an SUV (with LOTS of headroom for all rear passengers). Sorry for the long post, love your channel! :)
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  1162. Just to nitpick but the last moon mission was Apollo 17 in December 1972. 48.5 years ago. So it hasn't quite been half a century since the last human was on the moon. Still a new subscriber. Channel is fantastic!
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  1163. Very cool. And the more people that do this, the more stable the electric grid as a whole will be.
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  1164. Definitely, Ricky, we need more efficient home systems. If we want to get the consumption down in the United States the system being used has to get more efficient.
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  1165. I would accept a phone battery 5 times bigger if it meant it would charge in 5 minutes! In fact, I would take half the battery life if it would recharge completely in 5 minutes. Put a charger outside the bathroom or have two batteries to swap out and even if the battery is less energy dense, the fast charging or swappable batteries makes it all no big deal.
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  1166. I'm excited for when this tech reaches commercial scale
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  1167. Amen to the “panel gaps = reliability”. I’ll never understand the obsession with panel gaps. I’ll take reliability any day.
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  1168. Thank you, I learned alot from your well done video!
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  1169. Two, er, three downsides: (1) There are not many locations with strong tides and a natural and bridgeable gap. (2) Anything exposed to salt water is going to have a limited lifetime. Twenty or thirty years is a reasonable limit. However if you have to borrow money to build the tidal dam, you're likely to barely have it paid off by the time it's completely rusted through. (3) And the big deal-killer-- it has to be built to handle a 100-year storm surge. That requires that it be built like four times stronger than absolutely necessary, which often makes it far too expensive to ever break-even. With windmills one can at least brake or feather them, not so possible with tidal dams.
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  1170. This is the vid I have been looking for! Placed my order with the same exact configuration but had a hard time finding a video showing the red 7 row option and you answered all the questions I had about the vehicle 👌🏿. Great vid
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  1171. Great info guys thanks!
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  1172. Lol nice video but his depreciation of a Tesla after 5 years is comical. First off though the cost is more like 50 to 60k for the all wheel drive but the tax credits are solid thru 2018. If you can afford a Tesla the credit will help you but unless the cost of gas just plunges and stays, the Tesla value remains very high and the constant computer updates help maintain the value
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  1173. I feel the same about the air suspension….. hopefully the aftermarket will have an option similar to what you’re talking about.
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  1174. A day or two ago I saw a couple of segments about it on CNN. They interviewed the EPA, the governor, and families in the town.
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  1175. For a non-science individual, great video..
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  1176. Laughed my butt off all the way to the price reveal. Went silent instantly. This is death of big auto. Kodak moment.
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  1177. Japanese conversion to hydrogen vs. electric makes perfect sense for them becoming energy self-sufficient. Especially since their nuclear reactor waste heat can cheaply produce more hydrogen than they will need. Lithium and petroleum leaves them vulnerable to foreign market manipulation and restriction. Plus disposing of lithium batteries becomes a major problem if everything in modern society uses them exclusively. The Japanese are wise long term thinkers who enjoy solving engineering challenges.
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  1178. Although yes, a Tesla wall would be much easier on the complexity issues, your approach is best because of the human factor. If things go south, and stay south for say, a month and don't look to improve, and if you decide that your area is no longer safe, those battery packs are highly portable. (And will be hugely valuable.) Your videos are telling everyone, fight the Grid but be smart to be Safe.
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  1179. I like! Amazing how its hidden and yet generating power
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  1180. Loved the video! Can't wait for this technology to save lives in the wilderness.
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  1181. In California, if the bike lane is marked with dashes, you are supposed to merge with it for a right turn. Solid lines 'cross very cautiously' not 'don't go here'. Green lanes means 'don't stop here'. I'm a cyclist and a motorcyclist ^-^
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  1182. Well worth watching guys,,👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇬🇧
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  1183. I laughed at your comment about your milk going bad in the refrigerator. Here in the Pacific NW, people have freezers full of venison, elk meat, Salmon, and clams. A few hours without power means all of that valuable food is ruined. We're talking about thousands of dollars in value. Many people have backup generators because of this reality. Having solar plus Powerwalls means an entirely different way of dealing with this threat.
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  1184. not a single Word about the lifespan and the more or less endless numbers of charging-discharging cycles
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  1185. Hey Ricky, do you have a list anywhere of the equipment you use ? Thinking of getting into podcasting and stuff.
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  1186. I agree on the turbo term being ludicrous but devils advocate it translates to distinguishing the 2 gear electric motor and like you said winning over the ICE consumer by carrying over that terminology.
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  1187. When I saw the title, I thought, this sounds like it’s going to be some useless bullshit. Wow. Was I wrong! Great stuff! For long range driving, I think we’ll see toll roads with inductive charging loops in the pavement. A real “pay as you go” infrastructure implementation
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  1188. Great video, Ricky & team! Keep the scientific breakthroughs coming!
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  1189. Can’t wait for part 2!
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  1190. My goal is to try solar /w batteries, but for me there is a cost barrier.
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  1191. Thanks Ricky. I've never been a fan of it because of the organic look, but knowing the story behind it really gives me a new respect for the place.
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  1192. Great video. You should do a video on the new solar technology being developed by the British company "Cambridge Photon Technology" (CPT), who have been published in Nature Science journal. They are working on a transparent layer which could be placed over EXISTING solar panels, and this layer makes use energy from different parts of the light wavelength which are not used at all by normal solar panels, and it converts that otherwise unusable range into EXTRA photons of light that can be used, and passes those, along with the other light, onto the solar panel below. In brief, it does this by converting the normally unusable light into pairs of excitons which, via quantum dots, then causes the film to emit lower energy photons that the solar panels CAN then use in addition to the normal light bands the current do. This can effectively potentially double or more the efficiency of existing solar panels! Solar is already the cheapest way of making electricity, but if we can DOUBLE the amount of energy generated in by the same area of panels, then it would, when paired with batteries to make the energy available 24/7, change the world overnight to 100% renewable, clean, cheap and limitless energy. As the saying goes "If God had wanted us to have clean and limitless free energy then God would have put a huge nuclear fusion reactor in the sky... oh wait, God already did that, we call it the Sun!" Solar power is a way of simply using the same natural nuclear fusion energy that has provided the energy for all life on Earth, via heat and photosynthesis - so as all of life's energy comes from the Sun, it makes sense that ALL our energy should come from the same eternally reliable source!
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  1193. Installing my system this week. Looking forward to zeroing out my electric bill. Much more satisfying than sending my money to the billionaires' casino.
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  1194. Solid review. (Check the pronunciation of the plant. 😉) Good quality video with clear points. Bravo.
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  1195. Love the data and thanks for sharing the spreadsheet. 14:03 I would still have a UPS for any necessary computers. They are much more susceptible to power fluctuations and the Powerwall won't keep them running in the event of a grid power failure.
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  1196. Amazing video. Great and detailed look at how the Panama Canal works. Love it!!
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  1197. I really appreciate your DIY Home Charging video. I was able to purchase EVERYTHING you said and have it ready for the electrician to use. Instead of $1k for a Nema 14-50 install I only spent $92 for parts and about $300 for the electrician (he did other work around the house for the $300). THANK YOU SO MUCH. I was so afraid I couldn’t get the plug installed for a reasonable price in LA. You are my Tesla Hero 🦸🏽‍♂️
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  1198. Why is Starship so big? That's a simple and easy answer. They built this city on rock 'n roll.
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  1199. yep. I want it. Better start saving.
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  1200. Excellent video. You answered all of my questions and I’m signing up to buy the new Lightning.
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  1201. Excellent episode.
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  1202. MGPe is so arbitrary and says nothing about electricity economy of the vehicle. People should just use MPK metric instead - miles per kilowatt-hour - EV's direct equivalent of that to ICE vehicle economy metric. Chevy makes 3.97 MPK, Tesla makes 4.13 MPK.
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  1203. Based on a video I saw yesterday on underwater server farms, I would think circulating cold sea water through these towers could provide all the cooling needed
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  1204. Ricky thank you for a well researched video. Your points on the efficiency and convenience make sense. However i wish you had gone to detail about how the landing flip manouver could result in passengers experiencing 4g of force. Is it from the landing burn that starts the flip or is it from the flip itself?
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  1205. I'll start off by saying I am a stock and reservation holder. But, purely there was a bait and switch or an imature initial promise (which might look like a bait and switch as time and ability goes by). I identify with these reasons for buying the car: safety, environment, maintenance, cool tech. I believe most buyers have that in their mind in some order. The final and controlling factor is cost. For me, I believe that more cars could have been produced and delivered at a higher profit percentage (not dollar amount) if the packaged car would have been or would be the base battery, auto pilot package, and premium package. Then add the all-wheek drive, and performance package and lastly the extended battery option. If battery production was an issues (as stated at one point during production) fewer batteries would have been needed to produce more cars equiped with the highest profit margin options. Greater economies of scale would have been realized on more parts and production sunk cost. Last thought: there is a reputation cost that has suffered. The thinking is better than other car manufacturers, the process although adequate, could have been better, and will improve... so I remain long and hopeful for the company.
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  1206. Interacting with this video may actually have a very small percentage chance to bring nuclear fusion energy to reality quicker due to increasing public awareness and interest. So yes, like and subscribe if you want this. (the number may be negligible, but it’s non-zero)
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  1207. Thanks for no clickbait thumbs! Quality always wins.
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  1208. Steve Gigafactory is Tesla own and run (it’s Tesla’s name on the side). It’s that Panasonic has significant invented in it and provided the manufacture expertise and machines. They are the cook to Tesla’s recipe
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  1209. Great program ! I learned a lot about Nouveau Monde and I like the environmental concerns addressed as well as their closeness to North American markets. China controlling 95% plus of the market is not good.
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  1210. i use these 18650'd for vaping i have a few batteries that are 3 years old charged everyday
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  1211. U mean „hands off“ ?!😆
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  1212. Awesome video. I learned so much about the mining process for graphite, and lots of information I did not know about. Thanks for putting this together.
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  1213. Grow the beard back bro. The only people talking crap about it can’t grow a full beard so don’t listen to the peachfuzz
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  1214. Buy the car today. In 5 years, pull that battery out and make your own Powerwall, and insert a new SSB in your car. Simple!
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  1215. I was the complete opposite initial reaction regarding the looks. I thought it looked too damn cool to be for reals. Love the looks its so damn progressive; looks like the future NOW!
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  1216. Definitely learned few things from this video
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  1217. I can't wait until the gigafactory one is complete and you're able to redo the calculation including the solar powered and one hundred percent renewable energy powered gigafactory in the manufacturing process score. I should note, all vehicle manufacturers could add a significant portion of their energy consumption / production with Renewables if they chose to do so.
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  1218. it'll be batteries over fuel cells - more ubiquitous refuelling option locations and it doesn't matter what the source fuel behind the electricity is. they won't be lithium ion cobalt - they'll find less expensive and better storage density ...
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  1219. The solution is storage. That's the killer app. Co-location doesn't make the problem worse, but it also only solves a small part of it.
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  1220. A good engineering approach. Good video.
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  1221. If you own a landscaping or construction company, this vehicle is a no brainer. Think about the savings in maintenance.
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  1222. Take your son to work day!
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  1223. I try to let the advertisements run, so that you get a few more pennies per view, but the last one was 48 minutes! What are we to do? I had to skip that one. Is it worth anything to just view a minute or two of those longer ones? (Serious question.) Keep up the great videos!
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  1224. Really nice explanation of the ins and outs of sses. Thank you!
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  1225. Yes! The more renewables the better!Keep them coming!!!
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  1226. Great video 👍🏻 nice job guys
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  1227. Nice job, thanks for sharing.
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  1228. Thx for sharing. It looks like a great car. My suggestion for Tesla is to change the small windows behind the rear doors to 'bullet proof' glass as that is where the thieves gain access to the interior.
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  1229. "The styling isn't just form it is also function". So true must be repeated more often because too many do not get it.
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  1230. My Model 3 has 2600 miles on it since June 30th. We just took it for a road trip over the Labor Day weekend and it was a dream. Supercharging was way faster than I expected, and cheaper too. I love my Model 3 and highly recommend it.
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  1231. Omg!!! I’ve been wanting to live in an earth ship for the longest time… I’m very interested in known how you do it in an existing house. Thanks for really doing it!
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  1232. Good to see a real life review of this seating configuration. Good stuff!
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  1233. So great to hear this news on Lucid from a very credible source. Thank you Ricky.
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  1234. Interesting video. What are your thoughts on ceramic coating the solar panels to help with keeping them clean?
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  1235. Same happened to me, hated at first, now I think it's brilliant
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  1236. A 1000 miles would last me about 2 weeks. So Not for me ... yet. Keep up the research!!
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  1237. This is awesome. This could really work in tropical countries. Also, I'm curious what the Doug Score for this thing will be.
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  1238. Great video I feel smarter after watching this
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  1239. Excellent review! I'm just as excited as you appear to be regarding this, and YOU, YOU. got to try a couple options. I've had a couple Ford trucks, and they were a great help to me and fun to drive. This chapter in the evolution of EVs is very hopeful and exciting. I feel like a kid watching Lost In Space
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  1240. 45 minutes with CEO of Lucid, nice!
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  1241. Conventional pv panels usually last about 20 years, surely exposing them to concentrated light would seriously shorten their lifespan
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  1242. Tesla is going to singlehandedly transtion the world from fossil to electric..and while doing that save the world.. solutions like sustainable housing (airco..solar..storage..hepa filter fully off grid ai smart house) to new autonomous mobility..( individual and collective together with boring company en loopcompanies) heating, cooling with the superbottle tech.. probably a foodsolution with Kimbal for marsmissions as well... I think its so amazingly excited to live in the same era as the da vinci of our time...
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  1243. Awesome video Ricky, thank you for sharing your experience. Wondering what Tesla does to mitigate thermal runaway events? Although relatively newer in the maritime world our regulatory bodies make us do all kinds of intricate things to mitigate runaways and internal / external events that would leak to a fire. I'm sure Tesla has some pretty slick hardware for limiting to a event in a single cell of a sub pack but curious to know more.
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  1244. Thank you for this review. Your use of the passenger loading problem to describe the battery management system is a great analogy, and I don't think I've seen anyone else speak to why it slows down (though significantly less than many other vehicles). The review was well suited for this car's intended audience of first time EV owners coming from internal combustion SUV/CUV.
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  1245. Has anyone thought about wind tunnel effect? If it is open the whole way inside from one end to the other, I think wind would be a problem. Even with the top open, seems like there should be a wind block every mile or something.
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  1246. Really like the video! But I have a little thought: You mention many times that 5x improvement and 500% is the same in a mathematical context but isn't 5x=400%? Because 2x=100% and 3x=200% and 4x=300% and then 5x=400%...
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  1247. You are doing a outstanding job. Very impressive!!!
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  1248. Awesome video! The concept art looks exactly what Tesla would put out.
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  1249. This truck GROWS on you! IT IS AMAZING!!!
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  1250. Putting it on my investment list. Thank you very much.
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  1251. I could find room for something the size of a fridge as long as it is cheep enough. 😆
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  1252. Let's GO FORD!!! I'm so proud of Ford for making these very thoughtful steps with both the mustang name and F150. You made a great star perfect video on this subject! Very well done!
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  1253. Superb presentation. One of the best cutting edge science explanations I have ever heard. I live in the humid south. I have always admired arid western "Swamp Coolers" which cool air through evaporation. Drying humid air with light to cool it, has major potential.
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  1254. Flywheel, you wont be forgotten!
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  1255. There seems to be a lot of new types of batteries somewhere over the horizon. It seems to be an exciting time right now when it comes to the future of battery tech.
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  1256. Perhaps the core reason California approved this bill is because they want people investing in battery tech.
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  1257. Nice story about Ozone, what about Lighting and the role it plays in the Atmosphere. That would add to this picture about Ozone too. Can you make a video about that. Thanks,
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  1258. you’re welcome for the support, thank you for giving viewers more solutions in answers and understanding.
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  1259. Impressive content..... i can't wait to buy some shares. This will definitely challenge Tesla as a real contender
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  1260. wow really well put content, love your narrative man. also 16 minutes is too short for me haha maybe you can stretch it out to 25 minutes hahaha. anyway, love your content keep it up sir. hello from Indonesia
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  1261. Great video man, very compelling argument for the 3rd row variant. I’m curious what your experience is like with the USS / parking sensors missing, any issues? Thanks again for a great review!
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  1262. already subbed to both of your channels, great to see a collab. Nice wrap up.
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  1263. You gotta crack a window elsewhere to allow the air from the evaporative air to escape your home… this also is how you control the flow of cool air through your home.
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  1264. Well said Rick!!! I purchased a Model X on March 28, 2019. I use this car as a Uber driver car (actually to get out of the house and have money in my pocket.) Everyone who rides in my Tesla loves the car, but because of the current price, are stopping from purchasing. There’s been too much FUD about Tesla for many people to make the plunge, but when they do, it will be like the opening night of Gone with the Wind !!!
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  1265. Great analysis .
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  1266. "As is our confidence, so is our capacity" to achieve our goals. I wish you success!
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  1267. Don't forget pool leaks. You can have a leak thru your pool concrete or piping that you can not hear or see. This is why pool contractors like to have an automatic fill levers on your pool. Not much you can do about it that I know of.
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  1268. Who, what company would be a good consultant for building one of these in Arkansas US?
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  1269. Great video, I’ll post some info about my system soon.
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  1270. I've been thinking about this for a little while. I think that if you are going to have a "Heat" line, it makes more sense to dump that all in a larger Water Tank (thermal mass). Maybe in your attic, but maybe not. I am not entirely convinced that you can convert that heat into electricity all that efficiently, but maybe the point is that you do it at all. Still, that's a lot of infrastructure in the home, and people have problems when Solar takes a while for "Payback".
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  1271. I chose a Bolt over a Model 3 primarily because I need a hatch and I don't like the lack of a proper instrument cluster in the Model 3 (I do understand that most people who have driven the Model 3 say the center screen is easy to get used to) Also for all that I have a generally poor opinion of GM build quality and reliability (the Bolt is literally the first Chevy I've ever owned in >30 years of driving) I do believe that the Bolt will be more problem free over the long term, only time will tell if I'm right. One thing (besides the charging speed and charging station availability) that puts the Bolt at a disadvantage for longer distance drivers is it's relatively poor aerodynamics. This makes little difference at slower speeds but above 50 it starts to take a noticeable toll on efficiency and at freeway/highway speeds your range hit is significant. OTOH the regenerative braking system in the Bolt is probably the best in the industry which will among other things improve your efficiency in non-highway driving. I get between 4.4-4.0Mi/kWh on local streets but it drops to 3.5-3.7Mi/kWh on the freeway driving 65-70. One pedal driving is awesome and I expect it will become the standard for EVs in the next few years.
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  1272. Don't forget the gigafactory is not completed once it's fully complete it will bring the cost to batteries down
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  1273. Really excellent analysis! Suscribed to this channel because of the depth of the analysis and supporting data. As to the the conclusion, it isn't farfetched at all. I had forgotten that that arctic had hydrocarbons and that the US and Russia had exploration plans. Being that China imports 80% of their hydrocarbons, the hypothesis is quite reasonable.
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  1274. This video is so informative, great job!!!
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  1275. This is some of the most exciting new in motor technology along with the latest new on batteries. 🇬🇧 hopefully in the very near future BEVs will become the no brainer purchase as prices plummet.
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  1276. They can build all the gas cars they want. WE WONT BUY THEM! We control this, not them. My next car will be a Tesla.
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  1277. I just ordered my FUV after being on the wait list for a couple of years. I currently drive a Nissan Leaf I’ve had since 2013 (I leased it for 3 years and then purchased it). I have been impressed with the reduced maintenance costs of the electric cars as well as the convenience of charging at home. I love motorcycles but live in The PNW where the weather is cool and rainy most of the time. I ordered the doors on the FUV. The Leaf is perfect, but the FUV looks like so much fun. It’s a fun vehicle- not just a commuter. I also live in a “Golf cart” community and can use that to go to town as well. Love the concept!
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  1278. Can't wait for the battery investors day. I'm really wondering what battery innovation Tesla has been testing these past few years
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  1279. The question about how much the dead weight of the Tesla Semi sounds like it will be significant at first with the weight of the batteries around 13,000 lbs potentially. But when you dive deeper, you find how the Tesla Semi cuts down weight where regular semis still have large amounts of weight. 1. a semi engine weighs abour 3,000 lbs. The Tesla Semi uses 4 Model 3 motors which weigh about 75 lbs each. 2. at fully fueled semi weighs 2720 lbs at 400 gallons with 6.7 lbs per gallon. Batteries weigh the same no matter how charged they are. 3. A semi transmission weighs around 950 lbs. Electric vehicles do not have transmissions. Adding this all up around 6,700 lbs that is in a typical semi that an electric semi like Tesla's will not need. Add the weight of the battery and the motors to roughly 13,300 lbs and subtract 6,700 lbs you get 6,600 lbs heavier for the Tesla Semi compared to a typical truck. Much better than 13,000 lbs.
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  1280. Solar energy makes sense in Arizona, not Wisconsin.
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  1281. If quieter this might be a good application for nuclear submarines.
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  1282. Agree with you the fake news financial talking heads were bashing Tesla from the begging and now there were making fun of the truck. If it was not for Tesla there would hardly have been any electrics on the market after all Chevy destroyed its own EV’s.
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  1283. Do a video on district heating with heat pumps. There is a master planned community in Texas that does this. It is more common in Europe and China.
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  1284. I got a real surprise watching this video as at 2:18 in the video are images from my home city, Edinburgh in Scotland. It really put a smile on my face. The Bridge images, are of the Forth Road Bridge but shot from the other side of the water from Edinburgh in North Queensferry. Keep up the great videos.
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  1285. Correction; Supplement. Not rival. As in the objective is to offer an alternative that is taken up by a small percentage. That is not rivalry. It is also needed as we’re subject to a single source of failure which is not good.
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  1286. Don't worry about those morons Trump's supporters with their oposición of everything that is good for the only planet we have
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  1287. There's a video from Joe Scott about a year ago which should interest you, titled "Nuclear Waste Is Manageable. We Just Have To Do It." And another from Kyle Hill 7 months ago, titled "We Solved Nuclear Waste Decades Ago" Your assessment of them would be appreciated, TBdV. More eyes and mouths on this topic keeps hope alive.
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  1288. Thanks Ricky! Looking forward to the next videos.
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  1289. Ricky, thank you introducing your awesome family. And also, that’s one gorgeous car!! Love it in red
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  1290. This is like any technology. A little increase here and there adds up with the end product.
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  1291. SO BADASS. QUality is going up... Authentic, Natural, and informative.
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  1292. That’s a very interesting and compelling take on this. It is concerning for the future of legacy auto. By the way, the B-roll in this one was awesome, very enjoyable to watch :-)
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  1293. Great video! I can't imagine such an undertaking. I feel it's important to correct one part - The Sagrada Familia was attacked by a group of communists who called themselves anarchists, but they were not anarchists. Per Wikipedia: "Etymologically, anarchy is derived from the Greek: αναρχία, romanized: anarkhia; where "αν" ("an") means "without" and "αρχία" ("arkhia") means "ruler". Therefore, anarchy is fundamentally defined by the absence of rulers." The violation of self-ownership of individuals and/or destruction of private property are methods of ruling others, and are entirely antithetical to anarchism.
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  1294. I bought some of that window film like a year ago and kept putting off installing it. Now that I see how well it works, I guess I know what I'm doing this evening! Lol
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  1295. So much to talk about with this video. But one thing was obvious for me. I really look forward to owning an electric pickup truck someday, but I really LOVE 8 foot beds.
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  1296. Great video! I agree there is a place for hydrogen; for example in Orkney Islands in Scotland where they produce too much electricity from renewables. In such a place they can use excess electricity to make hydrogen and use it to power ships etc.
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  1297. Keep up the unbiased reporting, which benefits us the consumer. One of the reasons why I love your channel. Thank you.
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  1298. Errrrrrr, 30 to 100 Wh per Kg is still half the energy density of a conventionnal battery... Costs aside, considering battery weight is one of the major drawbacks of any EV (lowering its efficiency), I don't see ultra capacitors replacing batteries for mobility purposes just yet.
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  1299. Love the Tatuine reference!
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  1300. If the Ice is floating it will not make any difference as it has already displaced that amount of water (floating) the ice on the land is another thing
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  1301. Wouldn't it make sense to use wind and solar power to drive the pump? It's easy to do a derating for a pump, so you can aling the consumption to the generation. In addition: Wind and solar power is cheap a.f.
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  1302. Great video! We ordered our top-end Aptera several months ago and can't wait to add it to our family - hopefully towards the end of this year or sometime in 2023, for sure - thanks!
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  1303. Thanks for a beautiful video! Personally i would say a major shift to EVs would come in 5 years from now. In 2025 and beyond the gasoline car will be like a hobby-car for car-enthusiasts...not a practical everyday-car.
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  1304. Great video! Amazing job keep it up!
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  1305. Have a Model Y performance in Queue. Very excited but I had ordered on earth day last day to secure FSD @5 k. Ordered it with 7 seats all good decision time came do I really need 7 seats. I went to edit order well my CHANGE caused me to loose the FSD price went to 7 K. Tried to reverse wouldn’t do it once you push the button you’re not going back so buyer beware. My delivery specialist says it’s in the fine print. Talking it over with Twelve Wing production he’s very knowledgeable he’s says just get it because it’s a lock that it will be state of the Art when released and Tesla has to add any features required to make it work. If I wait then it will be adding cost at the time of purchase. So that’s my two cents. I’ll be getting my delivery end of April Can’t wait ! Great video with all the factory innovation. I’ve owned Tesla since 2010. Battery day is going to be amazing.
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  1306. Would be interesting to see this car together with a small solar panel charging system at home. This could boost the car and help home and grid.
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  1307. Fantastic final piece to the 4-part year-in-review series--great job, enjoyed every minute. The only downside--there's no part 5! I hope the two of you will collaborate again soon--great insight, education and content. The two of you are really helping spread the word on green, sustainable energy, and you are out there making a difference--what you do matters!! Thanks so much for the work in putting this together and can't wait to see more from the two of you jointly, as well as what you will producing for your individual channels.
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  1308. 8 years to 25 years life span....hopefully this gets increased and more recycling and direct reuse ideas come out........also maybe micro at home wind is more easily recycled? I also wonder if the energy used to create the fiberglass is taken into account....very high energy from what I understand.
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  1309. Great video, very well scripted and presented. Thanks!
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  1310. I am guessing that the scale of potential poly batteries is far less than the amount of plastic kicking around, so will never have an impact on using recycled plastic, even if that works. Oil is an amazing resource, our grandchildren will be shocked that we burned it. If the poly batteries are 95% recyclable and last 30 years, not sure that is a huge issue. Sure hope this works.
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  1311. I’m very happy with the depth of the video. Cleared up the whole solid state battery tech.
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  1312. Very cool video!! Just arrived in Missoula MT, from S. Lake Tahoe in Lariat ER. Averaged about 1.9 -2.0 going 70mph average. Don’t miss my Model Y, only the charging infrastructure is sorely missed 😢
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  1313. Thank you for a most informative run down, superbly presented.
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  1314. To my understanding the configuration of cylindrical shape of battery is safer as well. Each sheets of metals are rolled up together to form the cylinder. During rough drive the vibration force exerted on each sheet is tangent to the cylinder. For comparison, non-cylindrical battery, during vibration the force is perpendicular to each layer.
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  1315. This has always fascinated me! Its on my bucket list of places to visit! Thank you for this video!
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  1316. I want a Cyber Trailer. Enclosed box convertible to flatbed with a full sized battery pack to offset the range reduction from towing.
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  1317. WOW.!!! A fleet of Starships, going to Mars, with 500 ppl on board, extra ships for ppl & cargo of thousands of tons & extra fuel tanks for returns.
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  1318. H2 is the leakiest element in the Periodic Table! Its hard to store it for long periods of time, just like electricity in a battery!
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  1319. I could bang on for hours on this topic, but I’ll just make do with saying you’ve made a good take on the subject. You seem to have got your wish on getting good comments and dialogue too.
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  1320. I have Tesla Insurance and I pay $104 a month. Only me on the plan. 39 year old male. Clean driving record. Model 3 Stealth. Palm Springs, CA
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  1321. Love learning about this stuff. Thanks!
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  1322. Awesome vid, man! Love the editing, knowledge, and breakdowns!
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  1323. I live in Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺. In January 2018 (our Summer)I paid $7000AUD (after state credits)for 6.67kwh panels and a Fronious 5Kwh inverter. I managed to get on a good plan for my power with Origin Energy. Daily Supply Charge: $1.24 Solar Supply Charge: $0.07 (Total of $1.31 per day) My all day Tarif is $0.2662 per KWh. FiT is $0.16 per KWh Where I live is blessed with lots of sunshine. Since installing in Mid January 2018 my system has produced 7.34 MWh. Almost 2MWh consumed directly.
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  1324. It would be great if you could make a dedicated episode on artificial neural networks. 🙏
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  1325. G'day Ricky, At last, YouTube has recommended a video that I truly like and admire! What a refreshing approach you have to your content. This is the first of your videos I've seen but I'm certain your other work will be as impressive. I'm an old codger; a former member of the RAAF when we were still flying propellor anti-submarine aircraft. I saw the moon landing, as a kid and this began a lifelong interest in space and all things aviation. Sadly, over the last couple of decades I've lagged behind in my general knowledge of space travel. I mainly lost interest when it looked like NASA would never again go further than low Earth orbit. The new commercial players in the space game were hard for me to keep up with. This video I've just seen of yours taught me more about the latest in space travel than I've learned in the last 30 years! I'm a military historian and documentary maker and I can tell you that you and your channel are extremely professional and easy to understand; the true hallmark of a good communicator. I look forward to catching up on your back 'issues' of videos. Of course, I've subscribed and 'rang the bell'. Thanks Ricky, cheers and all the best. BH Tasmania
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  1326. Would you rather have the pollution right outside your house, or in some remote power plant? EVs are a win already in that regard. Most countries will be on well over 50% renewables by 2050. Easily. So by the time EVs are dominant world wide most of the energy they use will be near CO2 neutral and air pollution free.
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  1327. Thank you!
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  1328. @Tesla Get Ricky & Two Bit da Vinci at the next event! This is the green movement. 🔋🙏🏽✊🏽
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  1329. This host makes me giddy about whatever topic he talks about.
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  1330. I have over 1K miles on my gen 1 Lectric XP. Love it, and use it as much as I can.
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  1331. I love this Cybertruck so much I'm thinking of finally getting my driving license so I can get one.
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  1332. Always love the videos and for water heating IMO, with San Diego''s Climate simple heat pump water heaters like Rheem are probably the best bang for your buck. That being said I am a huge fan of heat pump hydronic systems with a desuper for DHW when you are in cooling mode. If you're looking for one of the lowest emboddied carbon I recommend the SANCO2 HPWH. It is pretty pricey, but uses CO2 as the refrigerant and can help to get COPs of 5.
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  1333. You make a lot of sense. Thanks for the video.
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  1334. Nicely done sir! I'm really glad you dove deep into how regenerative braking affects mpg-e ratings and I think you did an excellent job delineating the geneology of both manufacture's and how that really defines their platforms as well as skews the comparison.
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  1335. I remember the crazy water usage in AZ. Everyone moved there from lands-of-plenty-water and wanted their pretty green lawns, golf courses, millions of backyard pools that were hardly used, etc. I wonder how long until that changes.
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  1336. Oh, we must 1) expand research and develop these materials, quantum wellsbudplar panel, and 2) bring to every rooftop what we have now, readily upgradable to future development
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  1337. Off grid for over 20 years with just a 400 watt solar power system. First thing you need to do is reduce your use and make the house efficient because if you try to live off grid like you live on grid you will be paying big money and probably disappointed. Best on your off grid adventures!
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  1338. Watched, liked, subscribed. 'Nuff said. 👍
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  1339. People need to stop using the word "actually". I've had enough of it. It doesn't actually means what people think it means. Great video. I have never given thought to the energy/work needed to get gas! That's a huge factor. Model 3 owner using Arcadia Power at 100% wind. Loving driving by wind!
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  1340. This was definitly worth the missed pod cast :-) Thanks, great video - and also a great company with a very compelling (set of) product(s)!
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  1341. This is one of the videos where I ask "How we are not already doing this?"
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  1342. It started in Alaska coming into our air space. It could have been shot down up here. It went over alaska, Canada and then into Montana .It traveled over sensitive installations all during the flight across Alaska Montana Missouri Tennessee. . Weather balloon gone off course! NO Way !
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  1343. Excellent report! educational too thank you.
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  1344. Every cheaper tech for energy storage means freeing up lithium for EVs, so its always good news!
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  1345. It's a shame it never met its predicted output. But at least the power companies already have the land to transition to pv which is becoming more efficient as well as cheap.
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  1346. Imagine how profitable it is going to be once they start to make the Model Y in the Terafactory in Texas.
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  1347. Sweet animations! Well done.
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  1348. Been using a heat pump for years in multiple homes, best way to go. One I have now works down to -22F. Where I live it only gets to say around 18-20F at the lowest. TechnologyConnections did this same video, good one to watch.
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  1349. Batteries Rule !!!
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  1350. Interesting video. Though I knew of the EV1 and it’s demise, I learned a lot of new stuff. I’d never seen the inside. Carb legislature for sure lead to the demise. Thank God for Tesla for bringing back the EV.
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  1351. Great video. One topic that you only skimmed by on is safety. From a safety perspective induction stands head and shoulders above gas or electric . Think of the number of burns suffered every year by people (mainly children) either touching a hot plate or people with draping clothes or hair touching an open flame. Induction does away with both. In an induction, you can boil water in a pan, move the pan away and touch the stove top with your bare hand with no danger of getting burnt. One of the demonstrations of induction is to boil water in a pan while keeping an ice cube next, not touching, to the pot. The ice cube remains solid.
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  1352. Can't wait till part 2
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  1353. Nice video!
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  1354. When I was a kid, we had this thing called balloon fights. Maybe that will come back just in a bigger sense.
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  1355. For me it’s the charging problems that keeps me from going electric
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  1356. its so amazing how smart you are. And a great presenter.
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  1357. Thanks!
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  1358. Well done Ricky. These guys were incredible, likeable, knowledgeable and presented themselves impeccably - just like yourself. If they haven't got their own YouTube channel; they should. Love your work Ricky. Finally going to support your channel $. Steve, from the Land Down Under.
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  1359. My wife and I have been approached by a solar group and have been considering it prior to them coming by... Thank you for producing this video !!! this has helped immensely!!!
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  1360. comparing it to a modern diesel would be interesting, as these are a lot more fuel efficient
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  1361. A subscription model also allows for "free" hardware upgrades.
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  1362. You were "just" in Panama. That's what my kids laugh at me about. "Oh, he just died" I said two years ago about Oliver Sacks who had died in 2016. It's been raining heavily in Panama for a few weeks now. Granted, your "just" isn't as bad as mine but still... 🤣
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  1363. From a polecy point of view: If there is going to be decline, let it be as slow as possible
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  1364. Ford Mustang Mach-E, a true beauty. Good family review.
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  1365. The passion and effort you put into your videos is very admirable!
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  1366. Hey, I gave it a go. Great presentation as usual.
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  1367. Dude you are a really talented guy. Definitely my fav part of Top Gun - the very beginning. Anyway. I knew there was a reason I loved to watch your content. Keep it up, dude.
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  1368. Very well laid out. Very clear with a lot of complex information made understandable for knuckleheads like me.
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  1369. Sagrada Familia does not look like it should be able to support it's own weight, such an incredible piece of engineering given it's age.
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  1370. Starship is big because it's not small
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  1371. Such a good video Ricky!! I showed it to my mother who has been hesitant to switch to anything new. But when you lay it out so cleanly, the choice is obvious. Especially since she already has a 240v plug!!
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  1372. Great and funny intro!
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  1373. Awesome video Ricky! It must have been funny for those seeing Marc climb out of that first gen Mini, those cars are tiny! It could be a great opportunity for those with an older Miata to make the swap, a bit more affordable than the Roadster (first or second gen)
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  1374. Great video Ricky. I especially liked how you showed how complicated the install is from a real installer. Part 2 SAAR commercial metal style, for barns and commercial biuldings?
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  1375. Maybe static electricity from the motion across the sand… they have to shuffle-step to not attract a worm.
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  1376. It's cool things like this that I'm subscribed for!
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  1377. I went to see it about 10 years ago. I'm not religious, but as a Mechanical Engineer I was stunned by it. We were taught "a bridge stands as a weighted chain hangs". I could immediately see it in action in the Cathedral. It's got to be in the top ten of the most awe-inspiring places to visit on earth!
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  1378. 2:35 - Absolutely adorable!
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  1379. love the video and explanation...thank you for making this.
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  1380. Hey, love the video. Honestly so much good information! I think Hydrogen and BEVs dont need to smash each other. I think about it like Diesel and Gasoline. Both have their pros and cons. BEVs might be the sporty consumers favourite as well as commuters who rarely need to go above 100km a day. If they want to, there will be fast charging available! Buisinesses could even rent out some of their BEV fleets battery capacity to the grid companys to use for energy storage if they dont need it. Trucking companys and commuters that need to travel long distances might prefer they way faster refueling and higher range! (As well as obviously flight and shipping companys prefer the high energy density. For planes especially so, due to Hydrogen being used making the plane lighter, where as discharged batteries become dead mass.) Also I think it is likely that grid companys will have to put steep prices on fast charging at peak times when BEVs are commonplace because it can really destabilze a grid if too many charge at once during peak power consumption. Maybe this even leads to new natural gas power plants being build to compensate. This is obviously the opposite of what "emmisson free vehicle" is supposed to mean. While Hydrogen could be made with PEM during nighttime between 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM where the power consumtion is really low. This would stabilize the grid and could lead to fossil power plants closing down. So to be frank a COMBINATION of the two really could make zero emission transport for goods and people possible! Also I dont like some of the fierce "I'm right, you are wrong", here in the comments. Relax stay neutral and think about whats best for the planet! It is our future and we need calm minds to prevail, not some hotheads blowing steam. If anyone ever reads this and thinks about it, thank you so much. And if you can support Two Bit da Vinci, do it, because I'm a student and I really can't. Have a nice day! Ludwig
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  1381. Genius idea and something the world is going to need...world wide water grids!
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  1382. Thanks for the video. I'm planning on setting up my garage similarly for an off-grid solar/battery system. This will allow me to charge cars for free without worrying about grid-connect shenanigans. I was planning on running an extension cord to the house for essentials during power outages. Wheeling a battery into the house sounds like a lot less trouble, especially if I don't want to keep a window or door open in the rain for the extension cord. I'm really hoping vehicle-to-home tech becomes practical in the near future. 50-100 kwh would be very handy during a period of prolonged bad weather.
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  1383. A great review but a couple of points - Tesla increased the maximum power across the range by up to 5% and this was in part due to the fiasco where "Top Gear" channel was caught racing a Taycan Turbo S with a hobbled P100D. So 762hp might be more like 800? Also, there is a rumour flying about that the Model 3 (congratulations on delivery of your performance model) may be getting a 100kwh battery pack. This would not only push the range to well over 400 miles but allow the rotors to generate even more HP with the larger battery pack. This Model 3 100kwh may end up leap frogging the ALL the current "supercar" EVs and land in the top spot....at least for acceleration and range.
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  1384. Ricky, awesome review!! I owned a Model 3 Performance for 2 years and absolutely agree with you!! You can’t find a value like this elsewhere
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  1385. John Connor: So this other guy he's a Terminator like you right? T-101: Not like me, a T-1000, Advanced Prototype. John Connor: You mean more advanced than you are...? (skeptical befuddled) T-101: Yes, a Mimetic Poly-Alloy. John Connor: What the hell does THAT mean...? T-101: "LIQUID METAL" (Schwarzenegger accent)
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  1386. I'm just over here laughing at Big Oil struggling to make profits. Knowing how influential Big Oil is with the government I'd call this their comeuppance. If this period of clean air and change to workstyles does move us to cleaner energy, I'm all for it. Good riddance to the fossil fuel industry that has poisoned not only our environment, but our political infrastructure with their lobbyist tactics.
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  1387. Could be useful for things like greenhouses
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  1388. I realy enjoyed the new style... finaly you start to dig into those projects and not only read the advertisements they make... this explanation was perfect...
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  1389. I have a degree in aerospace science. I am a lifetime career, Boeing airline captain. There is no way in. Hell you will catch me on a 737 max.
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  1390. I just want to say I am really enjoying your channel. I also love how you mention other cool channels in your videos ! I'm discovering a lot of very cool channels thanks to you !
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  1391. Great takes!
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  1392. Intelligent conversation... Ill be back
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  1393. This had the feel of a wake for ICE vehicles. I loved my Prius back in the day but, as you say, Toyota have lost it while Tesla are owning it. Great video.
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  1394. Love the video! One thing tho - the desalination part is kind of not relevant, is it? Hydration requires electrolytes, so why filter them out? So no need for desalination at least, tho I get that we would still have to filter some of the toxic wastes… curious to hear your thoughts here!
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  1395. Hell yeah Edison motors
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  1396. Thanks for crunching the numbers, this is good stuff. Not a month ago I had someone telling me that I was part of the problem because I got a Model 3, because making new cars is the problem. Model 3 + solar is crazy compelling. I get it, it's expensive, not everyone can afford or finance that sort of thing right now. But as costs continue to come down, more people will be able to. It's exciting that millions of people will be able to opt to take a carbon budget which would normally last like 1.5 years of driving and make it last 15 instead. Also, as the grid shifts towards renewables (aided by individuals installing solar and buying EVs!) I expect the carbon footprint of initial vehicle construction will decrease...
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  1397.  @clusterstage  lol. Awesome!
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  1398. You also need heating. Deserts can get very cold at night.
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  1399. I've heard one of the reasons it doesn't have a frunk is that tight turning radius you talked about. The wheel wells needs to be deeper which takes some of the space from that front area.
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  1400. We should also line road sides with seeds of trees bushes flowers and succulents to reduce flooding heat wind and noise pollution air and ground pollution.
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  1401. The laws of thermodynamics make the stillsuit impossible as described. Your comments on the need for additional energy via solar cells are on point. Ditto waste treatment. Essentialy the still suit is a completely closed environment that works by magic (ref. Arthur C Clarke)
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  1402. Top Video. Send it to Donald Trump! He should write down each sentence you said a thousand times! 🖖
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  1403. When we come from a place of competition and distrust with the rest of the world, things can look pretty scary. However, if humanity can look at our global ecological situation as paramount and work together in cooperation and unity, we will all prosper and thrive on a healthy planet. Peace
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  1404. Superb video - I've never seen you before. But very well done. Might have been worth mentioning that the Model 3 has the batteries pre-attached to the cooling ribbon to aid in assembly - it's like a machine gun's ammunition belt.
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  1405. Ah finally the right hands-on. Kid and adult on the third row right at the start. Chair folding included . Thank you! Spot on. There are far too many clips around that just don't do the title of their clip any justice.
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  1406. I've been "banging on" about this for about 10 years. My home has 1m Square windows with similar sized cladding panels directly below them. One side faces directly south. These panels would be perfect.
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  1407. Love the car, love the channel, and what a lovely family
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  1408. Would it be better to put film on the outside? My mom years ago got a mylar shade boy did it make a difference when down. What was nice is at night you could put it up. We had an awesome view from the Berkeley hills looking out the Golden gate. Cheers from Northern California!!!
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  1409. elon is planning on colonizing mars. making daily necessities isn't that far off from what is planned for the future. As Emperor of Mars, he will have to make a lot of stuff.
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  1410. It adds you an extra row of seating. Just the amount of people that you could bring with you compared to bring another vehicle. Think people obviously they are!
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  1411. Thanks, Ricky for giving us another quality & thought-provoking video. I liked the test car example that used smaller Lithium-Ion battery banks & was supplemented with the Al Air fuel cell to extend the range when needed. Smaller Lithium-Ion batteries save on the cost of the build & recharged quickly, the Al-Air fuel cell won't need to be replaced that often.  While we're at it, chuck in some Super Capacitors to take the starting load off of the batteries. 👍
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  1412. @Two Bit da Vinci, I thought of this decades ago. The only potential problem would be filtering out the living organisms from wherever the water came, so as to not contaminate distant rivers with foreign invasive species. This could be done with filters that have ever smaller grates, then a portion of pipeline heated to a temp that would kill everything that made it past the grates. This could even be integrated into a Green Energy system, as a way to store potential energy (as heat), and get it back turning turbines.
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  1413. It is all about compiling technologies. The wright brothers pioneered concepts that are in use today. The tech from this plane will be part of the end solution.
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  1414. Thank you Sir very much. The new Leaf supposedly has nearly doubled it's old range of 70-75 "real world" miles.
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  1415. My daily driver is a 2020 Tesla M3 SR+ but my weekend toy hauler is a 2015 Ford F-150 XLT Crew Cab. I can’t wait until 2022, I’ll be trading in ICE for Lightning!
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  1416. 🙋‍♂️RICKY…🤔 from an engineering standpoint ,it’s exciting 🤗 but I am wondering 🤷‍♂️ is it scalable, and cost effective ,compared to solar and batteries 💚💚💚
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  1417. That look ambitious to say least. Is the Island going to be able to cope with rising sea levels?
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  1418. My next car is going to be the Model 3
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  1419. I just want to say this vid has auto subtitles. I don't know if you did something for that, but thanks anyway.
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  1420. Thanks that was a great video
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  1421. I get the same question in the bedroom lads, jk ,I wish 😂😂
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  1422. Thanks for another great video. I too am a huge fan of Freakanomics and how economic incentives drive behavior. One comment you made I would like to challenge - you said that you think the president genuinely feels that the SAVE act will help. Through my lens it appears to be a situation where a short-term gain is being pursued at the expense of a long-term loss. Here’s an analogy: I could keep my home warm by ripping off and burning the base boards and other available wood inside my house. It would be cheap, I would stay warm for a while , but ultimately I’m ruining my home. The president says there are not consequences to continued pollution (coal, less stringent emissions standards) but in his heart of hearts he has to know this is going to hurt us. It just won’t be on his watch. Thanks for such a thoughtful and informative channel. I watch all of your videos.
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  1423. Great video. I'd love to fly in this.
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  1424. I like your content. Everyone must get to a standard for charging for the greater good.
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  1425. Ricky Rules! he'd be the best leader!!!
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  1426. Same thing for the maintenance: I've had a model S for 3 years, got no maintenance on it whatsoever. Maintenance cost so far as been 0 (they sent a van to rotate my tires for free, and I paid maybe $100 to get a tire fixed after I got a flat once).
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  1427. This is getting me excited. This is going change so much, like potentially the way we do EVERYTHING
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  1428. hey ricky i have a idea in my head for last 6 mths when i seen the australian idea that u mentioned using pump hydro pump up the water thru elavated dams then reclaim 80% of the energy on the way down that way u can pump up hill with renewables and release down hill for power tunnel thru mountains to make it closer as well some of these dams can have muitable directions to send water in differnt directions also can be return to sender when the dams are low it also can be done 1 dam at a time because once 1 pump dam is built it can be use straight away as battery It could store a hugh amont of power
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  1429. Pretty well done. I believe Tesla also generates a lot of the electricity that goes into the making of their cars from solar panels all over their manufacturing plants rooftops so perhaps the starting CO2 number is even lower than predicted. I have a Tesla in the SF Bay Area and I believe our grid is even cleaner than shown in this video. I plan to get solar as well and charge at work sometimes for free and much of that comes from the solar system there. Grids can get cleaner and cleaner. And you are right, gasoline cannot. Driving electric is also fun, something that tends to be overlooked by many. Happy Holidays!
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  1430. So helpful! I can't wait to learn more :)
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  1431. I currently have 2 Porsches, a 911 and a Cayenne-S Plug-in Hybrid, and I can’t wait to get my model X. I didn’t care for the Taycan from the start, however I love my 911 but the Cayenne is being replaced by the Model X. Great analysis very thorough and well thought out.
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  1432. As an engineering technician, and general JOAT, Excellent presentation! Very credible information!
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  1433. underrated channel
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  1434. Good job! Clear and well put together! Only one detail: there are about 2.2 lbs per kg. So the price of the raw materials for kg needs to be rectified.
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  1435. This is a great show as usual well done thankyou.
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  1436. That's the whole point of the Chips Act. But it's almost impossible to make a clone of the most advanced facilities. By the time it's built, TSMC is already finishing the latest factory that's one or two generations more advanced. It's a real tuff nut to crack, to say the least.
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  1437. I want this roof on my next house!
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  1438. Nice message there at the end about optimism =P
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  1439. What about energy used to produce, transport and storage of gasoline.
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  1440. Pure speculation, but I suspect we might end up with the battery/capacitor equivalent to the current harddisk-with-big-builtin-ssd-cache combinations.
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  1441. Came here from Matt Ferrel's community post. I really appreciate the real life footage!
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  1442. Maybe a flywheel can be used to get quick charge, and then it can discharge slowly into the EV battery. This can easily be accommodated in the front part of an EV.
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  1443. Please DO produce a video on analog computing! Thank you!!
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  1444. The Range-extender concept is exactly what Ram's 2025 Ramcharger EV is: It's they EV truck with a smaller battery (150mile range on full charge) but with a 3.6 V6 engine to provide an additional 500 miles of range. The 150mile range on the battery alone is a good blend, as that should be sufficient for most daily use.. but for longer trips towing loads, the V6 would kick in. I always felt this is how hybrids should work in the first place (I think Chevy's original bolt or something used to work this way?)
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  1445. An additional factor in the office space world is occupancy is way down post coronavirus. With the work from home trend buildings are finding it difficult to fill the existing space much less building more.
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  1446. Drones are great for very rual areas but it's never going to work for cities.
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  1447. I am so proud to be alive during this time period
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  1448. Dude!!! I totally agree with you about the gear shifter. Everybody points out how cool it is that it folds down but it’s unneeded.
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  1449. Great coverage and overview Ricky, it's quite an honor to be one of the first to ride in this vehicle, I think you may have beaten Joe Biden! Hopefully some information on the V2H inverter and charger will be available soon, and it's not too expensive, that's a big advantage over Tesla and most other brands currently, along with that enormous frunk complete with power outlets, a great playroom for the kids as you're driving 🙂
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  1450. Imagine a scaled up fleet of these looking for survivors of a natural disaster and sending a smart basket down to help them. Or even just the controllable basket part added to a rescue helicopter would be awesome.
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  1451. Your video is great.
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  1452. Sounds cool, glad to see more on this. I’m definitely interested in seeing how it turns out. Although i have to agree, I like the circle idea better lol.
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  1453. These were excellent videos; thank you.
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  1454. This is a delicious video. I was thinking it looks like a Sand drip building kit i had as a child.
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  1455. Yet another interesting, measured and balanced appraisal of what’s on offer. It’s Cybertruck all the way for us. We’ve ordered one, and assuming our sums are right, we’ll have the cash by the time it comes out in the UK. We’ll be pushing 70 by then most likely, and want it for rugged camping and exploring, help with driving (which we assume we’ll increasingly need), and the fact that we shouldn’t need to keep cleaning and polishing the damn thing (we’re getting increasingly bad weather, floods, rough roads, that maybe everyone will be requiring a vehicle like this........they may become ubiquitous?) The design brings out the exited kid in me. And it doesn’t pollute.
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  1456. Good luck with your flight!
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  1457. One BIG advantage of heat pumps not covered. You can produce your own electricity. You can't extract, process, and burn your own natural gas.
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  1458. This exactly what I was thinking and have been wondering and why everyone was freaking out ! Reminds me of 99 red balloons song ! 99 Decision Street 99 ministers meet To worry, worry, super-scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we've waited for This is it boys, this is war The president is on the line As 99 red balloons go by 99 knights of the air Ride super-high-tech jet fighters Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain Kirk With orders to identify To clarify and classify Scramble in the summer sky As 99 red balloons go by
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  1459. I think you can 180 the back panel to make the cargo area totally flat. No dip.
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  1460. Good video. I like how you guys shifted your channel from reviewing stuff to doing indepth analysis on interesting subjects.
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  1461. It is because Godzilla rampages there all the time. 😂
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  1462. Great video!
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  1463. The most exciting thing about tesla righty now is them existing. There’s nothing they do that isn’t exciting.
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  1464. I've been waiting to see an indepth video on these guys for a couple years. Thanks tons. Very well done!👍
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  1465. Haha, I have the same Stirling engine you showed with your cute boy! I never thought of the heat pump angle! Another great video Ricky! Cheers, Eric
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  1466. I love this discussion-style videos. Lots of details is hidden in 2-3 words in the sentence. Thanks!
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  1467. I have 2 notes: 1. Most obvious way to destruct such balloons is a laser weapon. It should be inexpensive. 2. If such balloon can carry 7k, how about 100 balloons rocket launching platform, which can save rocket fuel, because of high altitude and lower air density.
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  1468. You do know that Blackrock owns shares in nearly every company in the west and I'm not joking right? It's a reach to say that's part of the reason why no one reporting on it, I'm sure Blackrock own Google shares the very platform your using to report about this accident.other than that good video
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  1469. I have always loved nuclear and didn't understand why we weren't using it more, now I see the cost and regulatory environment can defiantly make it more difficult to implement. I hope these SMR's can help change this and increase nuclear usage, especially in areas that never would have had it before! Thanks for the great video!
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  1470. Excellent presentation. Thank you. I hope everything you said comes to pass
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  1471. So refreshing to see how well you guys listen to each other and how thoughtful you are with your responses - it’s almost a lost art in these days of YT. Hope you guys do this again soon!
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  1472. The key to this magnificent construction is that the architects studied at Notre Dame. It is the dream of architects who want to preserve humanity and the art of architecture in urban planning is to study at Notre Dame. The place is beautiful.
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  1473. Awesome video. I had to watch it twice in order to understand all the info ( english it's not my native language). Waiting the second!
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  1474. That was a fun breakdown. I have followed all these companies. We are on our second Prius. We have had it for eleven years. 165,000 miles. 46 mpg. We drive mostly highway speeds.60-80. We have our cosmetic issues such as paint peeling, monitor screen for navigation burning out, things falling apart on the inside and some other oddities. So, I think we paid top dollar then. My guess is it has cost us under $2000 a year. Battery is fine. I meet people with 300,000 miles on their Priuses and they are happy. My old 1979 Cadillac with a 475 cid gave me 12 mpg and I was happy at the time. It had to go to the boneyard with 275,000 miles in 1992 because of frame rot. A 300 mile range is the minimum that makes any sense. Leaf, Smart and the other low miles electrics just gave people the jitters if they were stuck too far away from civilization with no place to charge. If the Chevy Volt could up the electric miles from 38/48 to 60 or 75, I think it would be a great transition car. I know lots of Volt owners that barely use the gasoline. Funny people? Yup. I drove the new Bolt. It is okay. No, it is not like the Tesla. The one I drove retailed for $43,000. 210 for range. I commend ALL MANUFACTURERS for doing their best. Thank you Two Bit da Vinci. Congratulations on your upper income success!
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  1475. Tesla better up the cybertruck to support V2H.
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  1476. Thanks for your explanation of the refrigeration cycle. It’s a cool piece of physics that we use without thought on a daily basis. When it comes to heating and cooling our homes it really does feel like “money for old rope”. It seems to me that with a few added components our air conditioners could also be our heaters. I know that already exists, but they could be a lot more popular.
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  1477. I think you've made several rally good points. The days of ICE vehicles are numbered, and new players are going to emerge.
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  1478. Hi, I'm a new fan. Yeah, I would love more videos on ev companies and on lucid
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  1479. Awesome data. Very easy to understand. It's pretty cool that electric vehicles are so much more durable and require so much less maintenance because as time goes on the savings just keep on piling up.
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  1480. I invented this concept in my head 20 years ago. Seems very much like common sense. Had no idea the mfg costs would end up being cost effective
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  1481. Super video. I really do hope that hauling ladders and lumber is part of the design. If so it is an amazing engineering accomplishment.
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  1482. I know this has been said before here. But this is probably one of the best solar video's I have ever seen. A ton of great info, your delivery was excellent and thorough. Thanks for making this video and helping to educate us all. Looks like I need to run out and invest in solar and buy a Tesla.Thank You! Ricky!
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  1483. Finally people being creatively diverse with energy problems
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  1484. Heat is often an indicator of wasted energy. Look for the source of the heat, and reduce it at its source - and you can make it more efficient.
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  1485. Lighter and stronger and cheaper magnets, and posed to make electric motors in cars better. It sort of reminds me of Reardon Metal in Atlas Shruged, a metal alloy invented by fictional charicter Hank Rearden that is is lighter and stronger than steel and cost much less. And in the book, it literally revamped a certain transportation sector of the economy.
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  1486. 2 of my favorite channels
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  1487. Thanks for the great videos. When they mention "an autonomous judicial system" they mean that it will have autonomy outside the Saudi legal system, not that judicial system would be automated. This is key because they cannot attract people from more progressive cultures (legally speaking) without it.
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  1488. Great video!
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  1489. Possible explanation that is plausible. But that does not answer the huge payload capabilities of the balloon. Like you mentioned even surveillance requires a much smaller payload capability. One thing for sure is that whatever the military learns will never hit the public news wire. I also had not heard that the USA was blocking any signal from the balloon which does display more military caution than was broadcast by most news outlets. I will end with the observation that Russia lost the Afghanistan war because a stinger would cost under $50,000 as it destroys multi-million dollar aircraft. Economics matter even in a war!!!
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  1490. yeah im inside that heat dome in texas, this really sucks.
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  1491. Yes I commented on another Cybertruck video that I'd like to see a car version of it which would look like a DeLorean. I'd love that!!
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  1492. first
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  1493. Thank you for the info. Great bite size video
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  1494. I think chip manufacturing is just such a colossal and specialized undertaking that no single entity (country or company) will ever be able to pull it off. ASML can't even produce it's lithography machines by itself, it relies on companies like Carl Zeiss to make the optics, without which they simply wouldn't work. It's the most complicated manufacturing process in the world and the most complicated and delicate supply chain in the world. We'd have to see a major leap forward in another type of manufacturing technology for this monopoly to be challenged.
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  1495. This really does seam like a viable option especially as a heat-recovery system.
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  1496. Hi I’m a Porsche 911 owner (7th in 35 years) plus we have a Macan. I want to order a Taycan and the new Macan EV in 2021/2, but I’m horrified at the poor efficiency numbers!! Why would I spend a premium sum of money for a poor outcome compared to others?!?! I’ve been waiting excitedly for the Taycan but now in a quandary about what to do. So, to address those who say because Porsche owners can afford to waste money we don’t care just isn’t true at all. We want and need value, efficiency as well as dynamics. In reality I rarely if ever race around in my 911. It’s all about the dynamics and heritage, plus the occasional fun (when safe to do so) blast. I’m not interested in the two speed gearbox because how often would I use or need it?!?! I would far rather have efficiency and not be caught out on a longish journey. So, I won’t be ordering a Taycan and now thinking about a Tesla or do I wait as the 911 is fairly new. Conclusion is wait, because with Tesla’s you can’t individualise them to the same level as other brands, which is half the fun when spending and buying new cars. Thanks for a great video 😊
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  1497. Loving this format, it's a great look.
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  1498. This is exactly the subject of my presentation few months ago. my presentation preparation would be much easier had this video uploaded few months earlier.
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  1499. This video is a great explanation of the refrigeration cycles and heat pumps! I've been explaining this crap for years in the HVAC industry and now have a video I can tell and trust interns or new tradesmen to watch. Great job Ricky! Thanks for making this so easy to understand.
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  1500. You are the best news journalist on Tesla.
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  1501. Just started watching your show recently. Great analysis, keep up the good work.
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  1502. I see the discovery but I don't see a cost effective use. I must be missing something. Creating polarized wave lengths of light cheaply would be a great discovery. Knowlege is knowledge and I can't diminish the discovery. I see this as a discovery that may... lead to incremental improvement in some functions. Understanding how something so common works is only useful if there is some beneficial use. Is polarized light more efficient to produce than simple heat? When you scale this, I would think it might be doubtful. Great presentation. I am curious to learn more and see where this discovery leads to more.
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  1503. Lovely graphics, great content and music is extra ordinary
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  1504. Plants get vertigo?
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  1505. Law enforcement, law enforcement, law enforcement.. imagine it with red/blue light in top. Semi-bulletproof (probably upgradable), Costs for car repairs in car chases down to nothing. And just intimidating for badguys..
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  1506. clutch disk :v
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  1507. My solar electric pontoon boats and the canoe would benefit from the range increase, speed, and load performance. It will need to be a more practical and economical product.
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  1508. That's about a 50% increase in energy density on a lead acid battery which is getting close to Lithium though there have been improvements with Lithium that could push that just as far away again. Still the near instant capture and release of power makes it great for acceleration and re-gen as he said. Capacitors typically have absolutely massive cycle lives too so this is far more than tech for tech's sake.
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  1509. I did watch the video, and I did like it... Though, I would LOVE it if you let your beard grow. Your beard genes are flipping amazing. You could have the greatest beard around if you let it grow and let a barber trim it nicely! And BTW, I did watch the video and it was great and informative :)
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  1510. I love how calm this video is. Very informative. Thank you!
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  1511. one way to get printed organs for those in need. fascinating
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  1512. 2 of my favorite channels, nice!
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  1513. What this tells me is no matter what I’ll be paying the electrical company something. Their rate of inflation is crazy and it almost feels wrong that they can do that. Crazy.
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  1514. I wonder how many Tesla chargers on that same route?
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  1515. Great episode Ricky, love the Y I personally believe this will be the car that puts Tesla on the map big time and suspect the stock price to reflect that after the virus issues get behind us.
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  1516. It's the billboard of electrification! Brilliant. Ordered one on the day of the news.
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  1517. I've ordered the tri motor fsd cybertruck & may add the S dual motor as well ..been in tsla stock for over 5 years..
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  1518. First
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  1519. The applications of graphene, other than electronics is actually limited. It's a 2d material 1 atom thick. Carbon nanotubes will probably shine in applications with fibres like bullet vests or cables
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  1520. I like the trains on a hill idea better, so run the trains up the hill to increase potential energy and let them go to release. Just needs mass, rails and a generator. No seawater and huge pressures involved.
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  1521. The average trip on public transportation takes about twice the time as in a car. Why would anyone pay more to ride on public transportation than in a robotaxi if it takes 2x as long? What would be their motivation?
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  1522. Should've found this channel sooner. Real techie YouTuber. Subscribed!
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  1523. This video is exactly what makes this channel so good. A question you had asked yourself before but the answer was neither obvious nor was it easy to find online. Two Bit da Vinci is doing all the hard work and turning it into a concise presentation. Thanks again, Ricky.
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  1524. I think you just scratched the surface of non-digital computing architectures. You could try looking for memristive computing, stochastic computing, photonic computing, magnetic junction computing, etc.
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  1525. His voice is like ASMR! So soothing!
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  1526. Seems to me, being a transit tech and working around hybrid and full electric vehicles, electric vehicles don’t seem to actually live up to the promises they make. The batteries don’t last as long they claim, they go through way more tires because of the higher torque, although the regenerative braking about doubles the life of the brakes. There’s also other failures on EV vehicles that are on regular vehicles as well, wiper motors, switches, air conditioning and heating components, for some reason EV fans like to pretend these components don’t fail. And while the power trains might require less or no maintenance, when they do need repairs they are far more expensive to purchase components for. I wonder what it really costs to maintain a Tesla when you’ve had to replace a couple batteries or a couple electric motors.
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  1527. Every time I watch a video on this channel I’m transported into the future
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  1528. Beautiful family and great car. Best of luck!!!
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  1529. Excellent and highly professional presentation
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  1530. Awesome video Ricky! Very informative! Can't wait to see the finished product!
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  1531. Great and fun video
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  1532. Evaporative coolers don’t work well in east texas with high humidity we have. But do recommend window tint.
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  1533. Good explanation on basic capacitors. Unfortunately a little too simplified when it comes to SUPER-capacitors. These so-called Electric double-layer Capacitors (EDLC) usually utilize a charged layer in combination with a porous graphene surface. Sometimes even a Redox-Reation between electrolyte and surface is used, ending up in a mixture between battery and capacitor. Would be interesting to know the setup for those Skeleton Technologies capacitors in more detail. Overall there is a lot potential for a followup video explaining EDLCs in more detail.
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  1534. I have one for 15 years and works fine, untill it freezes, then goes crazy for a wile (defrost process), then works again!
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  1535. I was wondering is it produce more CO2 to build a ICE than a EV even at the same weight? Since ICE cars has thousands of the different components, each of them need to be manufacture and ship to the factory. While EV simply don't have that components, and EV's batteries comes from the same production line rather than hundred differents production lines to make engines components.
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  1536. pure gold. Great report.
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  1537. You sir do an excellent job with your videos. I really enjoy the content and the way you present it. I think you are very well spoken and a excellent communicator. I look forward to watching you in the future
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  1538. Don't forget the plastic wrap on the paper straws and the paper wrap on the plastic straws
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  1539. Great Video Thanks f150 owner, cybertruck reserve places 1 year ago. You Did a great job of what I have been thinking for a long time thank you. This is how to connect old with new Fantastic work. Bet your a really good father as the above mentioned is not easy and to teach this takes A really kind and patient person. God Bless
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  1540. Quality attracts quality. You'r making a great team. Love that format. Keep it on. I learn a lot. Thank you!!!
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  1541. Great analysis. The GigaFactory will go full solar powered by the end of 2019. Tesla's super charger network is working towards being fully solar powered. Electric grids in Norway, Denmark, California either nearly fully renewables or working towards that. Renewables (solar/wind) cost are predicted to fall by 71% (Bloomberg analysis) over the next years, clearly outperforming oil/coal. Utilities companies are fully aware of this with a plethora of renewables projects planned. Eventually when the world has gone fully renewable, the ICE cars will be looked upon like cigarettes today (try smoke in an airplane or restaurant and see what happens.) Eventually the Big Tobacco lobbyists lost and today its obvious that smoking is harmful. How long can oil/coal lobbyists keep confusing large parts of the public to still believe that human caused climate warming is a hoax?
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  1542. Been waiting for years for the return of vertical axis rotors. They should have already been on many tall buildings for decades. Great ideas to combine weights for storage. Move to on land wind capturing and weights underground to eliminate water complexities and accelerated maintenance issues mentioned. Always think with the end in mind to make best, most efficient and elegant (simplest) choices best for future generations. Bravo! .
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  1543. For years I have asked people why we didn’t use pipelines to transport water from flooded areas to dry areas? The most common answer, believe it or not, was that it wasn’t worth the money it would cost. I would ask would it be worth it in a time of drought? The answer would usually be, well it wouldn’t get that bad. I even suggested how the government could use it as a work program. I hope the idea catches on soon.
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  1544. I just love your show. Good luck on your conversion to a earthship. Have you thought of converting part of your lawn to ground cover? You might not save that much on water, but saving money on fuel for the mower would add up. Take care and have fun. Vaughn
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  1545. excellent presentation of a very exciting topic!
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  1546. I bought a Model S in Summer ‘16, with autopilot v1 (so without full self driving). In roughly 3,5 y there have been 3 occasions when the car hit the brakes just before I did, detecting a collision ahead of me whilst driving some 65-70mph. I imagine I wouldn’t have been a part of the collisions anyway as I spotted them myself as well, but nevertheless it gives me a very safe feeling there’s ‘somebody’ who’ll have my back when for some reason I wouldn’t spot the danger. The only reason why I would ever trade in this car, is to have a newer Tesla model.
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  1547. Shane I see that your distrust is no longer related to battery's shape. Perhaps you will find comfort to know NFPA report everyday there is one person died from car fire. On average there are 31 car fires per hour. -https://www.nfpa.org
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  1548. Shane Campbell Actually "...stories of Tesla's burning driverS alive...." (Plural!) Let's see them? Tick tock. (Btw, YES! it DOES bloody annoy me!.... Idiot's posting cr*p without backup and not comparing to similar incidents elsewhere (ICE)....)
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  1549. Now, That was interesting. Water. Never thought about how much is used cooling those farms. I am a little surprised about those that are using swamp coolers. I thought chips don't like high humidity. Amarillo is a great place for wind farms!
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  1550. Why are we using up land for this? Put solar, wind and more on every home and business with power wall battery back up. Harvest and store our energy where we use it.
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  1551. Thanks from Brasil 👍
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  1552. Great video. You should look into the german Sono Motors Sion. Great project & concept.
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  1553. Perfect timing on this episode. We’re specifying a solar system right now. We have a SPAN, would love a detailed followup video on the SPAN/FRANKLIN integration. SPAN’s documentation naturally doesn’t play favorites when it comes to integration. I’d value your take. Thanks.
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  1554. there is also a tech called Millimeter wave drilling that is in testing phase. They claim to dig deeper than 20 km in Earth's crust to get more temperature delta from Geothermal. Also they claim that drilling by this tech will be cheaper and sustainable.
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  1555. Why is Starship so Big? ----> It's built in Texas!
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  1556. "If they build it... 'I' will come'a runnin'!!!" Sign me up now! My talked my grandpapa into getting 2 powerwalls and he's going to be due for a HVAC overhaul soon anyway, so it's the perfect excuse! (Our system is approaching 21yrs) Tesla HVAC if it's connected to Nest and the Tesla app? I can't think of any other system that has such integration :D
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  1557. Awesome presentation. Thanks.
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  1558. I love these posts on emerging technologies Ricky. Keep them coming I say!!!
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  1559. Can't wait to see you rolling around in a new roadster.
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  1560. These companies like all others make money but cutting costs of maintenance and employment. Cost dumping is the Corporate standard.
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  1561. A classic thing is bumps on road to slow traffic has not been proved tomake any impact other then damaging cars!
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  1562. Well considered show.. Thank you I agree and I really want one..
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  1563. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  1564. Random answer to feed the algorithm.
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  1565. God damn you got yourself a new subscriber! Excellent video!
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  1566. Ricky i used your code for solar+powerwall, fyi. Thank you!
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  1567. I think you need to recheck your numbers between Heavy Oil and water in the pipiline. Feels about ~0.8-1.5 times too much difference in volume pumped. Best wishes from the far North.
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  1568. Great Video! I am very excited about the advancements we seem to be making in terms of space flight! I feel like a kid again and we are literally in the future I read about in my old OMNI magazines!'
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  1569. I realized that I just misunderstood solid state batteries with super capacitors. I though you were going to explain us that combining supercapacitors to current batteries could extends a lot our batteries life with fewer discharge-recharge cycles when braking. So I learned something today. Two questions/suggestions : is really energy density of solid state enought to power a plane ? I remember watching vids saying it just make no sense given how much energy is required to power a plane. Second : can you make a video about supercapacitors, how do they work, and maybe if some automobile maker is interested in it ? Good video and thanks in advance.
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  1570. two words for ya bother......Thank YOU! I love you channel period :)
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  1571. Sell off the site go pennies on the dollar. Recycle tower and liquid salt system. clean up site put new double sided photovoltaic panels on tracking equipment . Augment with batteries for extended output. If double sided panels are not available or don’t prove their worth then try cooling PV panels recycle heat for Sterling engines . The main idea is site is high potential for solar power generation try other means to experiment not just give up.
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  1572. Maybe you should visit Novonix, a synthetic graphite company just starting in Chattanooga, that uses mostly greener processes, and also employs Jeff Dahn, the battery guru
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  1573. Wow never ever thought about where rubber came from, great video 🙌🏻 thanks
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  1574. Starting at Tesla Monday!
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  1575. THANKS RICKY, MUCH LESS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FUTURE 🤗👍💚💚💚😊
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  1576. Your videos are tremendous. Love that you are making videos on the future of transportation despite the lackluster enthusiasm​ from the average gearhead and petrolhead. Keep up the work. Can't wait for Part II
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  1577. This channel is EXCELLENT!
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  1578. What a wonderful video. Thanks so much.
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  1579. Blown off coarse right across the greatest concentration of nuclear missles in the world, hmmmmm..
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  1580. You deserve much more subs! Nice Vid.
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  1581. Ricky, excellent presentation for those of us to whom airport / airplane communications are completely unfamiliar. Thank you.
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  1582. These 2 are very good presenters, well spoken.
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  1583. I really liked the production quality, both in the music, graphics, 2D and 3D, and how they were used to convey the information you were talking about. You are going to make it harder for other channels to keep up! :)
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  1584. I've always fought for saving money through inovation and efficiency, as I watch MBA'S save pennies that lose the companies POUNDS!
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  1585. Thanks for your optimism Ricky. Can’t happen fast enough. Oil exploration leases moving forward on all fronts.
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  1586. Thanks Ricky, I was wondering about the ozone issue a while back and now I know!
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  1587. Based on the information in your review, I went ahead an placed a reservation for the Lightning. I'm really excited by the possibilities and Ford's apparent commitment. I'm really hopeful that Ford will deliver!
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  1588. Why don't we do this? It's a good idea; which is why it won't happen, imo. Too logical.
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  1589. Immensely intriguing! I wish I was massively rich to invest in such innovations and developments.
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  1590. Wow - great insight. Well done, Ricky!
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  1591. This was the very first truck I saw and thought: She will be mine.
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  1592. Just took delivery of my first Tesla. Long range M Y 7-seater. We have four kids and are selling our 2006 minivan. The older kids (13 and 11) fit better in the way back row of seats than the smaller (7 and 9). I wouldn't get it without the extra seats. If they're not being used, they fold down out of the way. Always have room for an extra kid or two.
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  1593. Thanks @Two Bit da Vinci I'm looking at the great things you have said in this video for the future, and not the green leaves mistake which is de minimis. I hope all of those experts who have commented start producing videos with content that is 100% correct. Great content, great video and great insight.
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  1594. that conventional resistive heater better darn well be able to heat that battery. no way will the model three do OK in sub freezing if this is not the case. I like your video but man, i think you need to double check a few things. I thought all the cells in the M3 were positive and neg sides facing the same way and they just adjusted the connections, not flip the battery cells.
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  1595. Nice job on the video I was actually wondering why there weren't more desalination plants. Also related question how cost prohibited would it be to move water from the parts of America that are flooding to the parts of the country in drought?
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  1596. Time will tell. I'm skeptical this will work and if people will be happy living there.
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  1597. Hey I just found your channel! Thank you for content I am greatful. You are very inspiring. Do you have background in science? I’m 29 year old dropout working want to to back to school for cultural anthro / archaeology
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  1598. This was an amazing, informative video. I could listen to you lecture on just about any topic. Thanks for taking the time to explain in such a meaningful way. You could do an amazing job as a sales rep!
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  1599. I'm an electrician and have watched many, many videos on solar. You've done a perfect job of summarizing the different solar systems and their benefits.
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  1600. Fantastic balanced review!…including why this is good for Tesla owners too!
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  1601. I like the piano music in the background. Another great video, thank you!
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  1602. I've had no power outages in 15 months 😊
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  1603. We have a Nuna mixx and while it’s a nice stroller the thing is huge. Hate traveling with it so we got a HB pockit+ all city - so much more compact. I prefer our Y for school drop off vs our 3 due to the bigger door and not hitting my daughter’s head like the 3. The other advantage of Y over X besides the much lower price is the ability to put a roof rack and aero cargo box - it does impact range but if you keep it ~70mph it’s bearable.
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  1604. Ricky, I really appreciate you and your videos. Love that you're a die hard capitalist and that you're flying the American flag! Thank you. Cannot wait to see how many of these projects work out. 😁👍
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  1605. I loved how you correctly pronounced Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. You have earned a subscriber.
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  1606. Great content. Thanks for the analysis. I subscribed to the channel. Would love to see a video on your view about Northvolt and the role they will play in the market
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  1607. Great video. One correction, Tesla has already said that the tri-motor version will be a year later than the dual and single motor versions.
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  1608. Nice vid👍👍
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  1609. I actually spend a lot of time thinking about heat pumps :P
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  1610. Wonderful interview. Thank you for introducing us to Lucid for real!
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  1611. Ricky - THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for this interview. One, you gave Peter the space to relax and explain his passion AND his car. Two, once relaxed, you ask questions others have tried to get answered but were never want to invest in the process. Three, you've shared it with us. Nice...
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  1612. This would be great for electric airplanes ✈️ 👍🏻👍🏻
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  1613. Potentially a very good option of hydrogen production.
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  1614. Hi, the Tesla Model Y 7-seater is the first Tesla I ordered, the very day it was announced. Months later, when I finally test-drove it with my spouse + 3 kids (11, 13, 19 years old), it became obvious that the 2nd row was too cramped for them to coexist. There was fighting almost right away. If not for that, it would have been a contender. Our needs for many seats is mostly in town (grandparents coming over, all 7 of us want to go somewhere) or there's a soccer practice or kids birthday party. However, for longer roadtrips, with 5+ people and their luggage, this car is just too small. So, we got the Model X, back when it was $75K or so, and haven't looked back. It can sit 5 or 6 people comfortably and haul some decent amount of luggage. There's just a few more inches in every direction.
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  1615. Can you do a part two going through, the equipment cycling costs, and recycling costs.
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  1616. Are the seats comfortable?
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  1617. Some of the early comments about ICE cars echo the views I held not so long ago. As late as the mid-2000s, I didn't think EVs would be popular any time soon. I could list a dozen or two ways the ICE could be improved. And those ways were real. But that old bastard Carnot put a monkey wrench in the whole thing. Thermodynamics is such that those refinements give you nickel-and-dime improvements—2% here, 2% there, as Ricky says. Battery technology reached a tipping point, and…whoops, the electric tsunami is upon us.
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  1618. That’s a sweet gateway box! Got ours installed Jan 2017 by Tesla/Solar City and it’s an ugly grey box... :-(
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  1619. Question 🙋🏼‍♂️ Would the excess waste heat after the hydrogen production still be hot enough to power a steam generator? If so this is a triple win.
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  1620. I'm waiting to see the contractor with it plugged into a running generator to charge while driving down the street 😁 truly excited about this truck. Great video and info thanks 👍🏻
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  1621. I’ve been waiting and now it’s here. Amazing! So quiet and a real truck for work and fun and maintenance free.
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  1622. Necessity is the mother of all invention.
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  1623. Thank you for this video. It makes so much more sense the way you put it out there.
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  1624. Thank you. This is not a video I was looking for, but its one I'm glad I found.
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  1625. I'm actually surprised. It doesn't look too bad. Much better than I expected after seeing some of the leaked pictures. Easily enough space for kids, pets or adults under 5'6"
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  1626. My house came with 20 solar panels paid for! So yes I save a lot of money
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  1627. I have the EGO 56v leaf blower, weed wacker and chain saw going on two years now. The leaf blower is great, it is just as powerful as the Echo unit it replaced at half the weight and while being significantly quieter. The weed wacker although fairly good is not a full replacement for the husqvarna I had before as the electric unit just can't power through the tougher weeds and tends to just get tangled up with them. The chainsaw although it has an 18in bar does not have the power to cut through something bigger than about 10" in dia that is still green. The biggest issue with all of this is that the batteries alone cost more than the gas tools they would replace. That riding lawn mower is 4 times more expensive than my gas powered riding lawn mower that can cut my 4 acres of property on 2gal of gas. The 12ah batteries in that mower cost $600 each, not $500 stated in the video, you need 4 of them minimum for the mower and you can cut around 2 acres of flat surface.
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  1628. Great review!
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  1629. one day someone will actually make the atom photocopier, real
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  1630. awesome work guys - thanks :-)
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  1631. Thanks for the great video explaining the key details of this car!
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  1632. Perfect is the enemy of good. We need to stop looking for the perfect solution for now and implement a good one. There’s no way that the current green technologies under development are going to come anywhere near replacing fossil fuels in time to make a difference. Just build the thing. Let’s get on with it.
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  1633. What news reporting should look like
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  1634. Ricky, Thank you for multiple viewpoints of the story as we discussed after the lab food story. This is why I normally enjoy your content.
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  1635. It's not just about the derailment's it's also about the dozens of near derailments that only don't happen due to luck I've heard from loads of train drivers that it was down to luck that there trains didn't derail !
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  1636. Great video! Very informative! I’ll keep watching and I’m subscribed.
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  1637. You and Rob Maurer are the only two folks I watch where if I ever disagree with what you're saying, I rewatch until I no longer disagree. Incredible presentation, as always.
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  1638. All great ideas 💡 my house in the Temecula area is made of stucco, I will try to design a sprinkler system, pump option for the eaves of the house. Also, talking with our local CFD is a great idea to brainstorm ways to make your home safer.. Thank you!
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  1639. Nice breakdown. Very informative. Liked + Subbed.
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  1640. Great video man, Looking forward to the following videos. Keep it going my dude.
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  1641. This video helped a lot! Ordered my Model 3, thank u!
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  1642. It is a kick in the pants to see your entire home running on battery in the evening. We also had an outage a few days ago and the entire neighborhood was without electricity except our home. If I hadn’t gotten a notice from PG&E, I never would’ve even noticed.
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  1643. The next "cool" questions: * high speed charging (100 kW) at temperatures -15 celsius not damaging the elektrodes * what happens to the battery if the car is parked om the street day and night for 4 weeks at -5 to -10 degrees? Best greetings and thank You for Your work! Max
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  1644. Loving Lucid's business plan, as they say it would be next to suicide to go straight for a mass production budget car so go high then see how things look in a few years. They are for now set up as a technology firm so have the perfect opportunity to sell their tech to legacy auto companies to help them catch up and give the public a chance at a budget car that isn't dumbed down to hit the ticket price. This two pronged approach open to them is going to be interesting to watch.
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  1645. Hey Ricky. You're too kind with your words regarding Trump and big auto. However, you are correct. It's admirable how you are able to not be more emotional when describing the lethargy of car companies and the greed of Republicans. Good on you! 👍🏼
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  1646. For me, I just went off grid, knowing that the power companies aren’t going to pay you anything, and the hassle of all the regulations and permits, made the decision easy. Plus when you bring in the fact that when the grid goes down, your solar goes down too, just another reason to go off grid! Just DIY.
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  1647. Just stumbled onto your post; Excellent, and informative!
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  1648. That part frustrates me too, but that's why I watch your channel - the optimistic view on what CAN we do and how CAN we improve things always helps to make my day. I do believe we will move on from fossil fuels, my kids are already growing into a world where car charges in garage and there is nothing burning in the house at all, so a generation shift will for sure move things forward in fast pace.
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  1649. This is the best explanation I’ve heard on this topic. Excellent work! And fantastic, visuals, audio & editing!
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  1650. Ricky, this is an awesome video. You have convinced me its time to start collecting that sweet sweet free sunshine here in So Cal. Last time we talked about this you had a recommended installer, I need their contact info, so I can start pushing forward. Thanks man!!!
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  1651. Good analysis with professional ideas. Too bad you're not the one in charge of the trains.
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  1652. You clearly are smarter than Porsche engineers!😁
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  1653. GREAT WORK!!!! I love the review!! Happy you posted this!!
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  1654. Re 4:03 — I’m surprised I’ve yet to come across a case of using a Stirling refrigerator similar to the one used by Veritasium to make liquid nitrogen from scratch to cool a CPU directly. Would make overclocking a breeze to say the least.
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  1655. Very interesting, a couple of years ago I saw a Ted Talk about this technology. It's good to know that it's being applied.
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  1656. The thing is, to program a software for smartphones you just need a few programmers. To solve FSD you need millions of kilometres of training data. Its a bit different
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  1657. Love the collaboration.
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  1658. Great informative video as always! Just wanted to point out that trapped ion quantum computers operate at room temperature and don't need extreme cooling as you stated in this video. Additionally, IonQ plans to have a 64 algorithmic qubit system by 2025, which is considered commercially viable, something along the lines of 100,000x as powerful as the worlds current largest classical supercomputer
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  1659. Great video, Professor Ricky and I love those dad moves with the thermostat! 🙂
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  1660. Very good video, I like EV's and Hybrids I Bought a 2007 Prius in 2006 best car I have ever owned very reliable
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  1661. Can't wait for powerwall video
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  1662. You guys always have speak true words and make some awesome key points. I agree 100%, auto companies should have been started trying to convert. The only companies I can see remotely making it through is Volkswagen and Toyota. The way I see it, Tesla is the new age Ford. They have reinvented the automotive industry.
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  1663. Maybe you can produce electricity with the chemicals in our waste products or mixed with something in the suit. Water, ammonia, zinc, sodium. Piezo, solar, maybe perovskites but we should also consider the gravity, weather, air pressure and atmosphere on the planet. There could be more energy and ways of harvesting than we know but I think this suit could be possible and will have to be in the future. We could probably make something but might be bigger than a spacesuit. I guess it would need to start somewhere. The first iterations definitely wouldn't look like that.
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  1664. Love the even handed review. We have to make missteps that we learn from to move forward. True for both individuals and communities.
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  1665. Hi Ricky, loved the fact that you shaved and showed the result, on-line. Well done.
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  1666. Definitely Go with Heat pump Water heater. I have a 12KW grid inter-tied Solar system with to Tesla powerwalls. I just update my HVAC to a Heatpump. I currently use a tankless gas water heater, This is the forth system I have installed over the years. They work great, but they are quirky. My guests are used to tanked hot water and they don’t like dealing with the tankless quirks. When it is time to replace the tankless water heater I will definitely replace it with a heat pump. With rebates… the pay back is much faster with a heat pump than for tankless gas. I live in a mild climate heat pumps work great. The gold standard for a heat pump water heater is to install in a large garage or basement. Heat pumps are so efficient because they are moving heat from one place to another so a large source of “warm air” is needed. A closet install for a heat pump water heater won’t have enough low grade warm air to heat your water. * I had to upsize my main panel because the buss bars can’t carry the extra current form the solar, similarly I am looking at having to upsize the main panel again if I add more power walls. I also have to replace my Tesla gateway ( more or less the equivalent of the ecotherm). My first 2 powerwalls and balance of system required was about ~$20K add 2 more powerwalls is looking to cost ~$40k because of changes to the local electrical code that don’t allow using the power walls as intended by Tesla. Good luck, great content.
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  1667. Great Job Remy!!!
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  1668. I am super interested in battery day. Once Tesla starts making it's own cells, and giga Berlin, and giga Texas get done, watch out. VW and GM are going to pitch in too. Don't buy oil stocks. They are the next coal.
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  1669. Subscribed for Powerwall! Can't wait to see your video on that!
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  1670. Awesome man. Thanks for doing this upload since I missed you live at the show! You and Gali/Sean and Nikki where the only ones uploading video.
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  1671. utility companies are limited at raising the prices each year by 8%. if you look at your year to year rates, youll see that the companies do actually follow that. i will be ordering solar panels for sure in the next few years
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  1672. Well done!
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  1673. Very professional. Good infos. For sure I subscribed. Thank You!
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  1674. Amazing engineering thanks for explaining
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  1675. Thanks for taking this one seriously! It's not good enough to just dismiss projects like this. That said, I agree with you. The assumptions are everything and this project has atrocious assumptions built in. One assumption that's good in this project: Animal protein is nowhere near required for adequate nutrition for any human. This alone will make the project many times greener (and less intensive on water use) than it otherwise would be.
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  1676. In Quebec we pay a fixed price of 40.64¢ per day + 5.91¢/kWh for the first 36 kWh consumed and 9.12¢/kWh for anything that exceeds 36 kWh in a month. We have very cheap electricity here because we have several dams producing it, we even sell some of it to the US because we don't consume it all. Plus it's nationalized not private sector so solar panels aren't worth it for the average citizen, not yet.
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  1677. Storing the energy is still the big issue.
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  1678. You two guys work very well together and it makes for great viewing. I hope to see you together again!
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  1679. Hi, I enjoyed watching you uTube video & especially that you included a narrative of the prices, costs & benefits. So thank you for your presentation & I will look forward to a further update on your PV system & progress in future years. You live in a sunny part of the USA & I reside in the UK (Colchester), at my latitude we do not receive any where near as much sunshine & the weather is cooler, more temperate & cloudier. In October of 2011 I had a 4-kwp system installed on the roof of my house & have since added a few more PV panels to squeeze 5.75 kwp through a 4-kwp inverter. I'll try & give you some maths (as I was so impressed with yours). System cost just over £12,841 in total, but I keep adding to it & tweaking it (I can't seem to help myself - lol). Included in this cost are two Immersun units, two 110v transformers & three power halvers. These help me more fully utilise the power when it's available without importing much electricity from the grid. We don't have net metering here (sob) but we do have a subsidised Feed-in-Tariff, I don't have any export meter either. The FIT income averages around £2,500 pa & it saves me about £350 pa of direct electricity costs. My system paid for itself in 4.95 years & over the 25-years of FIT it should yield an IRR of 21.6% pa. My annual electricity imports are now down to around 125 kwhs pa costing a mere £20 pa on a zero standing charge tariff. Most people don't believe this, however I have the bills & FIT statements to prove these figures. The system generates around 5,000 kwhs pa. I have a very detailed spreadsheet which auto-calculates the discounted cash-flows & income / savings budgeted & compares them to actuals. It also calculates the projected IRR, (I used to work as a cost analyst). The reason my imported electricity bill is so ridiculously low, is that I have gone mad on installing insulation: cavity wall insulation, double thickness loft insulation, triple glazed windows & I will hopefully this summer install insulation under the ground floorboards (horrible job). I also live quite an alternative type of lifestyle, so I live a green & frugal lifestyle. Just thought I'd show to your readers that there are benefits wherever you live in the world to trying to live a greener & more environmentally conscious way of life. I hope this comment helps someone out there. Regards to all, JohnnyK.
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  1680. Great work! Loved it.
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  1681. Is anybody using evaporative cooling for desalination? This could be a win-win.
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  1682. One contributing factor is likely red light cameras. This results in people slamming on breaks who know the camera is there (or just think one is). You also have municipalities shortening yellow lights to increase the number of red light runners generating more revenue.
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  1683.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Yes, just a 1.5kW hubmotor kit and a pile of lipos fitted to an old mountain bike. Not exactly cutting edge stuff, but I love it to bits. Have collected about 7kWh of 18650 cells which I'm going to put in a trailer to give it a stupid amount of range this year!
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  1684. Great content! I would advise less background music. It's a little distracting from your great talents as a narrator. Seriously, you don't need it. Keep up the great work!
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  1685. tesla stocks are actually Elon stocks (like owing a piece of Elon) :p
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  1686. I like the grid application for flywheels.
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  1687. I keep thinking to myself, free energy (curtailed renewables)? Somebody will figure out a use. Thanks for finding this.
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  1688. Good video, but there wasn't any coverage of the Lightning moving 18 inches of snow out of a 2 acre parking lot, then showing how much battery juice is remaining. When I'm out the door at 2 am and need to have 30 lots plowed by 6 am, I have to know if the Lightning can do it.
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  1689. I live near Phoenix, and have energy & cost efficiency OCD, so thanks for this info !
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  1690. Liked the video for miles a pear. 😂
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  1691. Yes! I’m excited about this series.
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  1692. Glad you recorded this. There was soooo many people there the room just got too full. Forward thinking Austin TX, who knew?!
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  1693. You guys are making a professional effort to provide valuable information for everyone interested in Tesla. I have had a Model S for more than 3 years, and as much as I keep up, reading almost every article and seeing a great number of videos - your information and presentation is the most accurate, dense and complete I have seen. I have a recommendation: since you appear to be on track to basically create a 'Tesla Encyclopedia', I believe you might enhance the value of your project with an indexing system. An indexing system could be as simple or as complex as you choose to design. However, I see a complexly designed indexing system as eventually generating great rewards for both you and your viewers. It would be a big undertaking. 1. Simplicity from the start would only need to categorize your videos by subject matter - a 'table of contents'. 2. More complex would be to create an interactive tree of related material organized to send researchers logically to the level their prior research indicates would be most useful them, i.e., answer their questions before they ask them. 3. Much more complex would be to access timestamps within each video so that keyword searches could provide your viewers with links to related snippets across the breadth of your video library, giving very detailed access to all the material you accumulate. They could in effect build their own video. lol - maybe I'm making an impossible work project with this last suggestion. I suggest it because I absolutely see your efforts producing the quality and detail that is sure to satisfy Tesla researchers. After all, you are entering a rapidly expanding market.
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  1694. US spelling is aluminum. Big whoop. It's totally obvious which elemental metal is being referred to... useless pedantry
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  1695. This exactly kind of project governments are supposed to do! Not, telling it’s citizens whether they can have an abortion or not
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  1696. I wonder if this guy is ever able to achieve a clean shave... 🤔
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  1697. I wonder if laser defenses would actually be useful here. A laser can go much higher than a missile, and how thin the material is we would easily have enough power to burn through it. If we could draw circles with the laser basically burning large openings and holes then the gas should escape quickly enough to bring it down. Unlike machine gun bullets that produce very small holes.
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  1698. Great video, sub’d for sure. One important thing you didn’t mention about Tesla’s small cylindrical cells vs the larger flat cells used at the competitors, is that the cylindrical cells have a much greater lifespan due to it’s physical shape, it simply can’t expand and contract as much as a flat cell.
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  1699. Mistake at 8:11 the Tesla should be "single motor" not "dual motor". Otherwise great video as usual.
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  1700. All people need is a car. Nothing fancy. If they made a simple Tesla with limited electronics, people would buy so much more of them.
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  1701. Good thing for Ford getting into EV in serious way; Bezos' money put to some good use Great job Rivian, no matter what happens, advancing the EV evolution is great
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  1702. This is great thanks :) I especially appreciate the explanation of the radar terms ❤
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  1703. ive always felt it there is more than heat to it, especially in cold enviroments water still evaporates to some degree
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  1704. Hydrogen has twice the thermal conductivity as helium and virtually free.
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  1705. Except that yesterday US intelligence services announced that it indeed WAS A SPYING DEVICE. They recovered all the hardware from the balloon and examined it.
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  1706. You're right. And it is so petty for a corporation like GM or Toyota to try to isolate themselves by creating a connectivity barrier. It's like "Our electrons are sooo much better!" . Why do they insist on embarrassing themselves.
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  1707. Can't wait for games like Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley to start incorporating these concepts, lol.
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  1708. Great work! So lucid and up-to-date, thank you!
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  1709. Oooooh, Sadoway! I was thinking "sounds like flow batteries..." and sure enough.
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  1710. @Two Bit da Vinci - Man, great interview Ricky. I've seen multiple interviews of Peter in the past year or so and he always engaging. The CEO / CTO dual hat title can be the death sentence for some but clearly it's been (so far) a big plus for Lucid. I'm sure Peter probably picked up some do's AND don'ts when he worked with Elon. ;-) I'm excited and hopeful for Lucid's success. I look forward to your future video when Lucid extends an invite to you for their next big (or little) event or even a tour. Rivian is lucky Lucid Air is beyond my (and I'm sure many others) price range, so in the mean time I wait for me Rivian ... but if Lucid can produce a more traditional SUV (not the more CUV like in their reveal) it will be really interesting to see what they would put together. Exciting time in the EV space.
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  1711. Lucid are one of the very few EV manufacturers apart from Tesla that really seem to have a lot of substance behind them. So many awesome design choices - the 900v system really stood out to me. It makes so much sense. Reducing the current trade-off for watts basically improves the function of just about every part of the drive system. The standard looking mirrors are a bit of a surprise though... considering the ease of going electronic or making them smaller to reduce drag. But, as has clearly been the case with their other design choices, I'm sure there are good reasons for it.
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  1712. THANKS RICKY…GO FORWARD AND LEARN…🧐 MORE AND SHARE WITH US 🤗💚💚💚
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  1713. This is a very good explanation of the mathematics behind the Cathedral. I visited the cathedral in 2011 and was very impressed. It was an unforgettable experience, and the Nativity and Passion facade were finished at the time. You do justice to the entire project very well. Thank you!
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  1714.  @alibro7512  We should just use units used in science. Just a suggestion. Imagine the whole world using the metric system.🙌👍
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  1715. from what i hear the best part is that its similarity and compatibility to a regular truck
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  1716. Thank you for correcting the materials cost error in part 1.
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  1717. ICE powered vehicles will not be going anywhere anytime soon. I think the biggest push that EVs will make in the auto industry is to finally force auto manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles. In my lifetime auto manufacturers have stated many times that they are working to make more efficient vehicles but the average gas mileage improvement in the last 50 years when comparing similar sized cars has maybe been 30%. This calculates out to one or two MPG improvement every 10 years when a custom mod shop can make a few modifications to the vehicle that can potentially double the gas mileage of the modded vehicle.
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  1718. Finally I can be a moisture farmer on Tatooine!
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  1719. I like to image that when they set out, Piccard said "Engage!".
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  1720. Discord notification gang checking in 🎉
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  1721. You guys are great together. If you haven’t seen Jack Richard’s videos on the Cybertruck and the PGE electric grid fiasco he has some brilliant insights.
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  1722. Great video! I’m interested in your thoughts on vein graphite? Companies like Gratomic who are about to produce vein graphite for lithium ion batteries.
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  1723. @2:21 10.5MW would correspond to a small/renewable energy power plant for instantaneous power. You generated 10.5MW hours - it's taken you years to generate what a power plant can produce in any given moment. It's still cool to see such a large amount of power being generated at home!
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  1724. Great analysis. Please pass this onto all the completely useless "traditional news outlets" most people rely on. Thanks!
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  1725. Fascinating approach and with the right material and engineering it looks doable. The problems are always in the details and the engineering tolerances and efficiencies.
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  1726. Excellent and informative videos! You guys should receive some sort of award from Tesla. If you have additional parts in this series, please also address the charge retention issue of these rechargeable batteries in EVs. Unlike gasoline cars where no one expects the fuel would evaporate after a long idle time, EVs have this unique issue of losing range in idle, just like an iPad that is in idle or even turned off. This prevents people from parking their EVs in the airport unplugged for a long vacation. I think this is an important and overlooked issue of EVs. Teslanomics actually has a video comparing the phantom battery drain of different Tesla models, and Model 3 ranks the worst with an average loss of about 12-15 miles every day which eats significantly into the efficiency of the car. Most importantly, a model 3 can end up with a permanent battery damage if left unplugged and unattended for a long period of time, which is highly undesirable.
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  1727. Hi Rick How does this tape react to a naked flame? In the case of a collision with a chevvy bolt for example Causing a fire How volatile would it be?
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  1728. As always, a very good video on a topic I knew nothing about. Thank you!
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  1729. A few years ago, I saw a video from England where the roads were supplementing bitumen with (recycled) plastics. They were cheaper to install and I think they said they wear longer. Maybe the thirsty roads could use some plastic to tolerate more freeze thaw cycles.
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  1730. Great video! That’s exactly what I needed
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  1731. Exciting times!!
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  1732. Very nice interview. Well done Ricky
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  1733. 🤗 THANKS RICKY,FOR SHARING THIS 🤯INFO, AND THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE 💚💚💚
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  1734. Thank you so much great analysis
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  1735. Good balance on the topic. We need to rid ourselves of those nasty dendrites.
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  1736. Thoughtful reflection, Ricky. Love your voice and calm demeanour.
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  1737. I surely subbed your channel. I like your deep research and well written script for this series. I look forward to the next ones. Cheers.
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  1738. Great video. Love to see people working as hard as Tesla. Looks like Lucid will increase efficiency beyond current Tesla standards, with I'm guessing a slightly higher cost. Just a correction to your "water pipe" analogy (since I'm sure you LOVE accuracy :) the first part seems correct but when you said high pressure leads to higher drag that sounds correct, but with electricity higher voltage (pressure) equals lower "drag" of power. Maybe it's better to relate it to the increased surface area drag of the pipe, or in the case of a wire, the increased cross-section of the wire. Just a thought.
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  1739. Muchas gracias por tan buena información, no tenía idea del precio de ninguno de estos materiales, ni de que se encuentran en mayor abundancia en Chile y Argentina. Es una locura que para comprar baterías de litio tengamos que gastar tanto dinero en comparación con otros países, siendo que la materia prima se extrae de nuestro país :( Muy buen video, saludos!
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  1740. This was incredibly well done.. easy to recommend this as one of the best layman's breakdowns of this technology I have seen. Each of the 160K of us that have seen this so far.. have come away smarter from this well though-out presentation. Kudos to you for this.
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  1741. Thank you for an informative video about Tidal Systems. Well done. However, I wouldn't consider Tidal Systems a 24/7 source, because the tides will have a period (slack tide) where they are between the ebb and flow (flood). So, they will need to be designed to handle that short Lull, where no power can be generated. It isn't a very long period of time tho, so it should be able to be possible to do this on a massive scale, and drop the price. What we need now is an environmental science group that can do the math, and prove that by installing these we decrease the risk of massive floods. That would create a much stronger incentive.
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  1742. That was a lot of interesting information. Thanks for summing up the field. Thumps up.
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  1743. Also they will be able to sell those small cells to other companies because they are used in countless numbers of electronics.
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  1744. the 109 dislikes are from porch fans
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  1745. im buying more on monday too :) i actually would not be surprised if the stock jumps back to where it is currently after the stock. but im also in for the long, don't really care what it does because tesla is still in it's infancy in my opinion, a lot of room for growth, and i think tesla is also poised to change a lot about how our entire economy works, partly because of the company and its cars and elon brings sooo much to the table. will be interesting to see
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  1746. I think you'll see more action on the Semi, Cybertruck and Roadster 2 after Model Y has ramped, and they're reaping the rewards of that market. Makes total sense to me...
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  1747. Great explanation!
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  1748. I dont know wtf they are talking about with maintanence costs. For my dodge work vehicle (diesel) I am spending about $250 per oil change. It uses Euro L just like a gas beamer so an oil change on that beamer could be $200 or so only because it would use 4L of oil instead of 9L. A tesla is going need tires, wheel alignments and wiper blades in 5 years. Thats it.
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  1749. US policy should be to Nationalize oil production, promote renewable grid and electrification of transportation.
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  1750. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  1751. Dude! (and I use 'dude' with the utmost respect) I don't know why you don't have millions of subscribers by now. Another great topic and well done video.
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  1752. Test drive a model 3 last week. I really love it. But the base price right now is 49000 $. It's too much for me.
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  1753. I love Stirling Engines, too. I have several and give them away as presents to family members (they consider me a GEEK, anyway).
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  1754. Hi Ricky. Love your channel. Anyway, early in this video you mention the argument that too many EV's will overtax the grid and that you would make a video on this issue should the viewers request it. I'm officially request you research and bring us an analysis. I'm and EV owner as well as a solar and storage owner, so I feel like I am doing my best to offset my grid impact. For those sounding the alarm of EV grid stress, I wonder why I never see these issues discussed in editorials, YouTube videos, letters to the editor etc when a new 1000 home subdivision is built, a mega casino, large apartment buildings, shopping centers complete with Walmart and Home Depot etc, (well you get the picture) pop up around cities and towns all over the country and world. It certainly seems to me that all of my examples would have a much larger impact and for a longer sustained duration than the few hours per day of low kW charging rates and time that most EV's use. So, yes, please do a video on this. Thanks!
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  1755. I was actually looking at what kind of EV to get since my Prius is biting the dust. Pre-ordered one using your link. Fingers crossed it's a great vehicle.
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  1756. I love your videos 👌
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  1757. You need to specifically cover Tri Alpha Energy and Helion ASAP You missed the key area Helium 3 is to use MHD and for rocket thrusters to really kick in exploring the solar system.
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  1758. Very COOL! can't wait for the "leaning" element to make its way into the design. CAN YOU ASK THEM ABOUT THAT? i heard they acquired some patents for exactly that. something at half the size, half the cost, and able to lean hard into corners is what im waiting for
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  1759. Your honesty and straight forwardness is very refreshing!
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  1760. Any idea how well Toroidal propellers reverse on boats?
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  1761. as a side note, the narrator's voice sounds clear and comforting and universally masculine smart, and watching him now I did not imagine how handsome he is before this
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  1762. Starship second stage will have 6 engines but 3 will be sea level optimised for flight up and 3 vacuum optimised for propulsion in vacuum
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  1763. How to take down a balloon at 120k feet? Lasers, or microwave. Heat it up. Damage the solar panels. Fry it.
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  1764. Active safety in my Model 3 saved me from a sure accident recently. I changed lanes without checking my blind spot (I don’t typically do that). The car made a loud alarm sound and I think vibrated the steering wheel. It may have even tried to actively keep the car in the lane for me. I don’t recall because it happened so fast, but there was definitely some nannies taking over. I’m so glad that feature was added over the air to my car.
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  1765. Hey, Two Bit da Vavinci. The outlet you call a 240v outlet... is not 240v. It looks like a standard Travel Trailer receptacle. TT-30R and is 125v. Hot, Neutral, Ground. Not the Hot, Hot, Neutral of a NEMA 10-30R. In your video, it also shows reads RV use only. RV's typically use the TT-30R and are 120v. Larger motor homes use a NEMA 14-50R (the two 120v hots are used separately as Motor Homes don't have 240v appliances normally). Love your videos and are extremely helpful and interesting.
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  1766. Glad you covered this. Never realized all those things happening. 😊great info thanks
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  1767. Well done! As tempting as the Lightning is I will stick to my Cybertruck reservation. Zero paint to maintain, extremely resistant to door dings and state of the art 4680 battery cell technology. Plus, Ford is new to the BEV arena. Tesla has BEV’s down to a science and are well proven.
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  1768. The liquid metal batteries have some very high upsides. 1st, they can be sourced from locally abundant cheap materials. 2nd the metals used essentially refine themselves over the lifespan of the battery. Instead of degrading the internal material they refine. It will be the enclosure that will degrade, can be replaced, and the internal chemistry reused making recycling very economical. 3rd is lifespan measured in decades plural. 4th is heat tolerance. Lithium batteries do not typically like high temperature environments whereas the liquid metal is far more heat tolerant which makes them ideal for desert conditions.
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  1769. Ricky, So fun and practical, I love this series! Cheers, Eric
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  1770. True! The best way is to get solar!
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  1771. What's also very different in this day in age is that there were 5 mile long freight trains in world war 2 to aide the war effort. And that's what the big articulated steam engines like Big Boy were made for. But one critical difference was that there was a caboose (or break van for international viewers) at the rear of ALL freight trains. With the conductor riding in the caboose at the rear someone was able to see if there was any trouble like a derailed car or a car on fire more easily. Since getting rid of such a simple yet brilliant solution we now have less visibility for issues like a car on fire in a super long freight train even with all the modern tech. Nowadays because of corporate greed that has risen to just evil levels, American trains have become less advanced than the steam trains of the past. Tracks in some parts are in such disrepair thay even a modern high speed train couldn't run faster than an old steam train from 90 years ago without a track snapping.
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  1772. Ricky (Two Bit da Vinci), bravo‼️ Producing high-quality videos is an art. Boiling down the soup of information that surrounds us into meaningful reporting is alchemy. Thank you for what you do!
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  1773. Pleasing to listen to and watch. Thank you !
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  1774. hey ricky great video but you also forgot that truly modern hvac meaning ac and heat pumps are also efficient because inverter technology on the compressor side of things the variable speed of the compressor versus the on and off cycle makes a huge difference
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  1775. Great work ❤
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  1776. This is fantastic !!!
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  1777. In Australia and you wouldn't believe how good solar is here, we have 7kw installed and it's brilliant
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  1778. You covered everything worthwhile mentioning like a boss. Excellent job. I learned a lot and at the same time, I was entertained!
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  1779. I just realized that there could possibly be a moon base or a habitat on Mars by the time I am like 60
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  1780. Good points about batteries. Cool set too! Great lighting. Your production is great.
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  1781. The pump plan sounds doable. But the cheaper option is to just hope for more rain. Sounds like they need to run out of water first before investors start thinking long term
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  1782. One of the best information packed new technology videos I've ever seen.
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  1783. Great video. I understood more of the V2G set up with your video than any other. Thanks. I support a number of Telsa YouTubers. I have to figure out which ones and if you are not on the list I will add you!
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  1784. Just watched first 2 bit video. Love the chill presenters like him, ryan shaw, and one or two others. 2 bit has well constructed points.
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  1785. I think it would be great if we can find different kinds of trees like this to help produce latex and rubber. Jackfruit trees have lots of latex in the fruit you half to drain. Rubber trees well I think we need to increase the amount of organic rubber in Car tires to help reduce demand on oil. Thoughts.
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  1786. Sounds like Nobel Prize material.
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  1787. 10:28 13,500 Miles / Pear. How many miles do you get per Pear?
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  1788. I would have guessed that like with temperature, since water has an higher relative humidity percentage would "leak" it in drier air in an exchange to find a balance, but I was obviously wrong lol
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  1789. My preference is aluminum wheels and chrome trim, etc. rather than matte black. It’s a personal thing.
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  1790. I’m in central texas , it’s windy all the time , I’d love to try some of these wind solutions
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  1791. I won't buy a tesla until the technology is nearly perfect.
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  1792. White paint reduces thermal gain. It doesn't remove humidity. You still need A/C.
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  1793. Awesome presentation!!!
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  1794. Great chat guys, 2 of my favourite YouTube channels. Looking forward to more, please!
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  1795. Another fantastic inteligent analysis from you, thank you.
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  1796. Very insightful and intelligent analysis. Thank you.
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  1797. Do a video in conjunction with Tony Seba and his crew.
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  1798. My two favourite YouTuber’s united at last!
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  1799. Great video! It's definitely the perfect time to buy a Model Y.
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  1800. The question of Toyota is very intriguing indeed. Being the largest incumbent manufacturer, Toyota is saddled with the incumbent’s dilemma of how to make the transition beyond ICE while being entirely dependent upon ICE. Among the larger auto manufacturers, Toyota has perhaps been the most reluctant to adopt EV’s while only “dabbling” in R&D (EV, hydrogen). What lessons have Tesla learned while its had its feet wet actually mass manufacturing EV’s that the incumbents will have to learn in order to catch-up or should some revolution in a SSB technology permit an attempt to leapfrog Tesla? Do these lessons pout Tesla in a better position to take advantage of an SSB breakthrough? However battery technologies evolve, it will still take many decades for EV’s to replace ICE even after EV’s reach “cost parity” with ICE vehicles. Nevertheless, the long term cost trends do not favor ICE while EV’s currently have momentum as a trickle has become a flood that, they hope, will turn into a tidal wave.
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  1801. Good guest
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  1802. Very well done video on the new Lightning. I've been interested in electric cars since Morrison came out with his back in the late 1800's. The high torque at zero rpm was always a big plus. When Toyota came out with their Prius hybrid, I thought that was a good idea, especially when gas went up to $5/gal, plus the hybrids had a huge range and there was no one hour wait at a charger. But then the question of battery life came up after several years. 8-10 years and you need a new $2.5k to $4k battery, or if you knew how to do it, you could get a used or refurbished one much cheaper but with a reduced life time. And this is with a hybrid system. A pure electric system might have a worse life and judging by the size of the battery in this truck, it has to cost way more than a Prius battery. This subject is seldom mentioned when discussing costs to operate these electric vehicles and probably never mentioned by anybody at Fords. You mention that there is almost no maintenance required on this Lightning, which is probably true, but at a certain amount of miles, it's going to need a new, very expensive battery. Back in the 60's, Ford ran an inline 6 cyl gas engine continually in a test fixture for one million miles. I know many people that have Ford pickups with more than five hundred thousand miles on the original engine. Yes they required the usual maintenance and maybe a few replaced a transmission for $2k, but not 3 or 4 expensive batteries. Having to fork out maybe $6k for a new battery every 100k-150k miles for this Lightning, which I personally think is a fantastic F150, may be a possible turn off for prospective buyers. It is for me.
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  1803. Excellent interview with two people who really get it. Best I have seen on on youtube for ages.🚗
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  1804. Liked and subscribed. Nice informative video. Thankyou. I like the Green Pod.
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  1805. I have solar on my home but I want it on my car too.
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  1806. Loved your vid with Omar!
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  1807. I understand the rationale behind a lighter hydrogen drive train allowing more cargo to be carried, increasing profit per mile, but I wonder how that will measure up against the higher cost of hydrogen, which also scales per mile. If we assume that the Tesla Semi takes ~2 kWh/mile (Tesla says it will take less, but didn't cite a more specific number, so we'll err on the side of caution) and the Model 3 and S take 1/4 to 1/3 kWh per mile, we can expect a hydrogen semi to similarly take 6-8x as much as a more conventional passenger vehicle (currently $.22/mile). Multiply that out and we've got $1.32 to $1.76 per mile for a hydrogen semi. A bit of Googling suggests that diesel can cost $0.54/mile for a typical semi (out of a total average cost of $1.38/mile for all expenses, including wages and maintenance). And a semi can drive 2000-3000 miles a week, which we'll average to 130,000 miles per year. If we crunch the numbers and are optimistic for hydrogen, the extra 78 cents per mile adds up to $101,400 per year compared to a diesel truck. Maybe improvements to aerodynamics and hydrogen refining will help bring that down, but on the surface it doesn't look promising compared to the status quo. In comparison, Tesla hopes to match or beat the cost of diesel semis (though to be fair, this assumes Tesla providing the power at a very low price, which I'd say is a bit optimistic for the near future).
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  1808. Two Bit DaVinci, Matt Ferrel, TechForLudites. Best youtube channels.
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  1809. Great video 2BDV, left a 👍
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  1810. What impact would desalination have on Red Sea ecology
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  1811. Can you dig into the bill arizona passed about water management? They mentioned a desalination plant. I can only assume the water will come from Baja. Hope we get it done.
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  1812. Da Vinci , I have been in the Materials business since 1984. Nouveau Monde is dead on. I’m completely happy to be a Investor. Remember Battery day? A Lithium Ion battery should be called a Grafite Nickel battery ( Elon Musk)
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  1813. Ricky, I love this video! The second I saw the Model Y had a heat pump I said HVAC for the home, this will be simple. This is a simple recipe for 100% off-grid living. Solar, Powerwall 3 (28kWh), Tesla air to air or ground source heat pump, with atmospheric water generator and filtration. The air to air heat pump in the Y is 300% efficient, that same heat pump could be 400-500% efficient using a ground source geothermal line. Elon Do It!
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  1814. I have the LR AWD, I didn't get performance because I can only charge at superchargers and I didn't like the efficiency/range of perf..
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  1815. Natural gas and other combustion sources have more drawbacks like air quality. Heat pumps are not the only solution. The structure design is a huge one.
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  1816. You guys are great , I am taking class at our community collage .There is a lot to know about the sun position at a given time and angle etc. to have a system which will give maximum power and you touched on many points also .Thanks again,from Orange county
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  1817. Awesome! Thank, you once again for another great presentation.
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  1818. Great commentary! I also watched your video on battery day! You, by far, explained it better than any other video. They need you up on stage next announcement!
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  1819. This is great. I was really curious about what the Tesla packs looked like. Thanks boissss
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  1820. Building a house in the Caribbean soon. Glad I watched this video, thanks!
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  1821. Amazing video! Thank you for your efforts.
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  1822. Finally got to watch this. Loved the presentation, I can't wait for 5 years to pass by then my civic will be paid and I can go electric as planned. I look forward to the future
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  1823. Wow, that was very nicely spoken..... Keep going
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  1824. Great show again Ricky !
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  1825. Dat transistion @3:05 :O
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  1826. Very informative. Third row much better than expected.
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  1827. thank you great video, and yes I will be building a Sterling engine, to spin a axial flux generator.
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  1828. My wife and I would do that in a second. Hydrogen car filled at home would work perfectly for us, no problem.
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  1829. The evolution of fuels is starting now! Yiu have made a very interesting content. Thank you :) P.S.: Subtitles are missleading - something is wrong with subtitles...
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  1830. Would be great to have more in-depth review once you have a change. The car looks disturbingly interesting - which is a great thing from consumer's perspective.
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  1831. The bit about the Fahrenheit scale was tad embarrassing. There's a reason why basically the rest of the world has left it behind. Perhaps you should do a video on that 😉.
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  1832. Mark's Zipline video sent me straight to LinkedIn to follow them. What an absolutely fantastic company!
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  1833. Ricky, welcome to the Tesla family. I love the name of your channel. I too was a Honda fan. Always wanted a Ferrari but that always seemed years away. Then Tesla! I did a test drive and that is all it took! It has been more than a year and I have never regretted that decision.
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  1834. Cool Analysis. Peltier chips are energy hungry and are pretty inefficient from my experience.
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  1835. Many thanks for the updates ! Remember the whole purpose of science and technology is to make life safer, healthier, better, easier, and more fun for EVERYONE!! ( here on planet EARTH of course)
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  1836. Reserved my Cybertruck the day after the event. Also bought more Tesla stock! I too thought it was at first a joke, but I was sold right after the presentation. All other trucks look outdated now.
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  1837. This was an incredible video! Great information!
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  1838. A similar system with tethered delivery has been operated by Israeli startup FlyTrex for several years now, including a number of locations in the US. The zipline system is a bit fancier, but it’s the same concept.
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  1839. Hmm, should I say first?
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  1840. Two things, and this is just a very general explanation of a common, long freight train, not necessarily the one involved in this tragedy. One is that (very generally speaking) the multiple brake shoes per car are the same size, on the same size wheels, on almost all train cars despite how heavy they might be. Therefore, a lighter-loaded car might come to a halt quicker but heavier cars behind it keep surging forward, not yet able to come to a full stop as quickly.  The other factor is the very nature of how the train brakes work, which is via a compressed air line that begins at the diesel locomotive(s) and runs all the way to the last car. If an engineer executes an emergency stop, he or she releases the compressed air which begins to engage the brakes almost instantly on the locomotive, then very quickly on some of the cars right behind the locomotive, then taking a little longer on the cars further back, and so on down the line. On these huge 1-2 mile long trains, it simply takes time for the compressed air to gush out of the line and clamp the brake shoes on the cars furthest back. Therefore, the longer the train, the more parts of it keep plowing ahead before the brakes take effect.
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  1841. Yo Rick, this one was on point dude! You should consider getting more involved with this tech!
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  1842. Heard Elon say that Tesla is going to reduce the amount nickle in their batteries in the future. He also mentioned that when recycling batteries, the nickle part is fully recycled/reused. When going for the comparison to ICE, please make sure you include reusability aspect. Great video’s! Really awesome, many thanks!
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  1843. I am definitely going to go solar in near future inshAllah
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  1844. Ricky, awesome video, instant like!
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  1845. I purchased FSD (when it was still "only" $3K) for my 2018 M3P, though tbh I'm completely happy letting others test this first and am in no real hurry to get this update. However, I do look fwd to improvements that may come along with FSD, like cross-traffic alerts (which my 2017 Chevy Volt did and my M3P still does not do).
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  1846. Glad you finally have a Tesla... I love the new regenerative braking to 0mph. Great video.
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  1847. Love your insights
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  1848. Working for a solar company I found out that you can get free to very cheap panels one way is you can see if they have repo panels or see if they have broken panels you can fix them up with epoxy but that's for short term and more for projects
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  1849. Couldn't you passively produce the wind needed for the mist netting or hydrogels with a solar tower? As the tower heats the air inside the chimney, the rising warmed air draws more air in from the base. As long as the temperature differential exists, it will continue to function.
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  1850. We are looking to go Solar in Michigan. We did the new 50 year roof 2 years ago now so that much is complete. A large share of our roof faces mostly south, turned just a bit west. Our power company allows us to sell back so that's good. We have an ALL electric home with Geothermal heat so we do use a lot of KW, about double what you do but that is heat/water/lighting everything! Watching this with extreme interest!!
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  1851. Overall, an excellent video. Please come to Las Vegas and do one from the Sphere after you have experienced a show or a concert.
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  1852. Good insight into "form follows the function" aspects of this unibody design. If Tesla actually succeeds in meeting the performance and price targets, they will doubtlessly have a winner, "divisive" design or not. But that is a big "if". I think that one reason for the negative market reaction to the unveiling is that it felt a bit ... desperate, with that "tug of war" nonsense (which only shows that Tesla is heavier) and "unforced error" with glass. All that was unnecessary if Tesla was confident they have a contender as good as they want us to believe. We shall see...
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  1853. Water is pretty Awesome! ^.^
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  1854. "The Queen still rules"-Me
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  1855. i love your videos they really showcase allot of amazing new tech and your production value is so high keep it up man 💪
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  1856. I appreciate the knowledge!!! TY
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  1857. Tesla is the only cars I will buy from now on. Elon is a good guy trying to help humanity and the planet, and the cars are the best money can buy.
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  1858. Crazy how the world and most importantly western countries can allow themselves to only have 1 route through central america.
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  1859. Car short range networks have been in development for over 15 years. Mobile Eye is the closest to Tesla and they are looking to use lidar and vision like Tesla as separate system to cross check each other for greater reliability.
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  1860. Mr Two Bit da Vinci, I would like to challenge those assertions you have made in this video. In both cases of electric cars and heat pumps you omit to consider the source of the electricity. Electricty is a medium to carry energy and in so doing loses approximately 50 % in it's generation, transmission and distribution; depending on the source it may be even less. While in a refrigeration device there is a gain in the boiling of the refrigerant gas in the evaporator due to the amount of heat required to change the high pressure refrigerant liquid to a lower pressure refrigerant gas and this gives a refrigerator a good performance. However when the aim is to heat rather than cool and the high pressure hot gas is cooled to return it to liquid there is not the same gain. Essentially the heat output is heat generated by the compressor and collected via the heat exchanger that is the condenser.
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  1861. Ricky, in your exuberance you speak too quickly for non-Americans to follow easily, then the background "music" starts up making comprehension next to impossible. I enjoyed our one to one conversation when looking at cars in Farnborough, so it must be the unnecessary background noise/music track which made me switch off the video half way through. You make each video "exciting" enough not to need artificial aids 😀
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  1862. I follow the Edison channel. Interesting stuff. Driving in New Zealand
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  1863. That Blitzø color scheme model 3 in the thumbnail is awesome!
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  1864. Great content in general! I personally find especially battery & solar technology analysis / discussion very exciting. Feedback: I like your positive mindset and you have managed to be polite towards commenters who are misbehaving. It's understandable that you showed your frustration at Mazda for example, but you shouldn't say you will never make a video related to their products. Who knows if they one day deserve it? Thank you very much for the effort you are putting in this channel!
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  1865. You'd think they'd want solar panels covering the south side.
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  1866. Clicked so fast on this one! I haven't finished the video yet, but I wish more people were taking this issue seriously. Thank you! At some point, we need to consider human-scale needs when hyping novel technologies. Look what car-centrism has done to our once beautiful, efficient, walkable cities. It will take decades to undo that mess (see the Netherlands in the 1970s). Data-centrism may introduce similar issues. A car in every garage, regardless of need? Meet an AI in every application, regardless of need. Let's start designing for actual use value rather than novelty.
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  1867. That Model Y looks awesome! Love ❤️ the color and you have a really nice family 😊
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  1868. Another great job!
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  1869. Was looking forward for it! Thanks Rickey
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  1870. Wow, excellent interview. Great insights into the company as well. I hope nothing but the best for the Lucid team.
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  1871. Awesome explanation! I think of Elon as a modern day Leonardo da Vinci.
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  1872. Great overview, very professional. Thanks. I can see producers of EVs simply installing much smaller batteries to allow slightly more range and greatly reduced weight and cost. People will forget that they could have great range instead focusing on cost instead.
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  1873. Thanks for making the video. I always wondered what happened with it. I'm glad it's still being researched.
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  1874. “The prizes of gas is hight” 🤣🤣 come to europe🤦🏻‍♂️ It’s too expensively Good video👍🏻
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  1875. Package delivery may not seem sexy, but somthing like this can have profound effects on commerce with far reaching knock-on effects. Grocery delivery for example, currently your adding a large price tag because a picker and driver are involved, but somthing like this could drop the price to negligible and eliminate urban food deserts.
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  1876. Nice work 2bit. You just earned another subscription. Appreciate the great analysis/explanation. Thanks from jeff-off grid in the USVI
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  1877. Regarding the closing comment about high speed rail, just $1B of the money California has spent so far would have bought a fleet of 20,000 self driving Tesla taxis that, on a door-to-door basis, gotten people from SF to LA faster than the proposed rail system will.
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  1878. Congrats man!
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  1879. Two Bit da Vinci, very impressed. Thanks for the insight!
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  1880. This is so damn awesome and makes me so optimistic and excited for the future, but holy crap would I be pissed if I had just purchased a new Tesla that got 280 miles of range and then they came out with this.
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  1881. Unsubscribing. Tired of these clickbait, alarmist, conspiracy theory titles. It doesn't matter whether the content is good, if you market it like that you damage the discourse and make us all dumber
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  1882. It's all about efficiency. It's what I have always said, the US military and government efficiency will be the downfall of the US. Whether intentional or not, this little exercise showed a lot, and exposed many weak spots and failures. As far as the barroon, I don't think it matters as much. If we can get an honest report on it, and if it contained explosives, it shows at the least the Chinese didn't want it captured. But I doubt we get an honest recount of it.
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  1883. That's awesome, thank you for posting this. I've got the same kind of set up. Will be doing that myself. An electrician isn't so expensive but that satisfaction you get from DYI. Thanks again. I've subscribed and will be looking for more of your videos.
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  1884. Nice video Ricky. I think you are (using a ice reference) hitting on all 8. The Model Y is going to take the market by storm. The ice dinosaurs never saw it coming, even though it's been coming for a while now.
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  1885. 4:26 'out in the sun, day and night' 😄
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  1886. Gyroscopic effects in a gyro-bus are simply an engineering failure, since the angular momenta L are cancelled out, if two flywheels are stacked an spun in opposite directions. Magnetic bearings and clutches could provide these vehicles a resurrection - with very low energy losses.
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  1887. Non engineer here, weeds got pretty deep in this episode. At least for this old, analog brain. But still I persist!
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  1888. I have dual citizenship in Mexico and will be investing heavily.
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  1889. Good info. The other roadblock is efficient production of quality graphene.
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  1890. Ricky, Get your family out of the area! You know something will happen someday.
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  1891. Amazing video I love the history! I learned a lot
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  1892. great analysis and most importantly the benefit to environment is priceless!
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  1893. "Donated" I hope you get something from my clicking your link.
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  1894. I can't see owning one. Maybe fine as a rental, shared car, or part of a fleet, for local urban transportation. (Keep up the good work on new approaches to carbon reduction.)
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  1895. kiryu nil and yet stories of Tesla burning drivers alive occurred every few months.. Safe is relative I guess
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  1896. Shane Campbell Where?? Which accident? Was it the California death? Huh? No links?
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  1897. I'm in California and none of this was gone over. We didn't even get it on our news. Almost like the government doesn't or didn't want us to know.
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  1898. Entertaining review and glad you’ve enjoyed it so much and I understand why. I bought new a 2014 Tesla Model S and added a 2021 Model 3 8+ amazing years of all electric. See you at the Supercharger!
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  1899. Cover the walls in solar panels with a space between for air movement?
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  1900. Great content. Thank you.
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  1901. I'm not a truck guy but it's amazing when it's EV! Electricity making everything beautiful!
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  1902. Good for you for being in Taiwan! Aside from the importance of the tech sector there, it’s important to increase travel and economic connectivity with them. 👍💚
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  1903. This is a really good video.
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  1904. I’ll put it on my roof if your patreon helps cover it;) haha I want it but it’s about 100k for my house right now. If I get a hail storm I’ll do it and we can put it on your channel
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  1905. Ricky, you used to research what YOU are interested in. Please, stop trying to cater to the algorithm. Your channel will improve if you do.
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  1906. What a rare person: someone who can speak clearly and sensibly. Thanks for this. Well done!
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  1907. I had to go through dozens of touhou vids to find this.
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  1908. Great video , loved it and very informative
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  1909. I always been a f150 fan but this is next-generation fan! My Dougherty is so looking forward to have it .
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  1910. Best video of the MT 7 seater to date. Thanks for sharing. I shared your video on FB TSLA stock discussion page. I want to order one, but I've heard the new administration will renew the tax credit incentive. Hopefully Tesla will be included. I am holding off for a few more weeks.
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  1911. You should look into switching over to a clover lawn. It's more drought and dog urine resistant. It can grow in poorer soil conditions and extracts nitrogen from the air to naturally fertilize your soil.
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  1912. Brilliant vid Ricky, as always. 👍 An Aussie here, with the bulk of my working life, spent in our State government-run essential services electricity supply industry.  In the latter stage of my career (late last century), the government was adamant that electricity prices would be cheaper for all consumers if the industry went private instead of being publicly owned/run. That was the biggest con job ever. Needless to say, my career ended early due to health reasons aged 48, electricity prices have escalated & reliability plummeted. Who would've thought? 🙄 Back on topic, we went solar about 9 years ago because it made sense, & also to give the lie of privatisation the bird. Payback was instantaneous & we've saved money from those 9 years of going solar. Installed vacuum-tube solar hot water in 2014 & highly recommend others do that too. Your mention of base-load generation & gas turbines being used to cover peaks is also on the money. Not good for the hip pocket, & definitely not for the environment. In closing, electricity suppliers should subsidise consumers that have solar & triple it for those with storage. Let me dream. 😉
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  1913. What will be the Drone Saturation level? Certainly CVS, Walmart, and Harbor Feight ect will want a Drone fleet. ALSO Fire fighting applications would be able to have a fleet of water buckets targeting hot spots in a brush or Forrest 🔥
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  1914. THANKS RICKY🙏 FOR EXPLAINING QUANTUM COMPUTERS ,FOR US LAYPEOPLE 🤔 IN A WAY WE CAN CONCEPTUALIZE 😁 ,AND EXCITE OUR IMAGINATION 💭🤯 WITH THE POSSIBILITIES 🤗💚💚💚
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  1915. Thank you that was one of the most interesting videos I have EVER seen. Jo
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  1916. I know this one was a serious video but for a little levity I was hoping you'd cut over to Chris Farley's SNL El Niño bit for a sec.
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  1917. Nice video. With utilities being successful getting laws passed or changing rate structures to maintain their energy monopolies (California NEM3), something similar will happen with Hydrogen even easier, invoking long standing fears of explosions (facts be damned). HOA’s would have a field day! My other comment is that Hydrogen is not an “energy source” (unless your fusing it!); hydrogen is an energy storage media, just like a battery. We need to use energy to produce hydrogen, then we get to enjoy using it.
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  1918. I have a Model X with steering wheel heat and I just use a voice command to "turn on steering wheel heat". I too have never been able to find where the control is located, good thing that voice commands work well.
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  1919. Great video, extremely informative, thank you.
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  1920. When you'll have the chance, can you test the Polestar 2 from Volvo. I agree with you all new electric car are welcome. Again great job! Thank You! (Love the background music.)
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  1921. Great ideas and fun presentation, well done Ricky and team!
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  1922. this video is so complete u wont ask any more
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  1923. This is the best presentation I've seen from Fully Charged Live - North America so far. Well done.
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  1924. Adding a super capacitor(stage) to an e.v. powertrain would give the smallest battery e.v."supercar" performance.The capacitor would hold a bucket full of energy and dump it all at once when acceleration was demanded. Then recharge immediately upon regen braking or more slowly from the battery once depleted.
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  1925. Dang this stuff is cool! 😅 PS. we should shift to white roads after we're done with roofs
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  1926. Used to dream of cars like this when i was a kid, also used to make my own electric toy cars with old tape deck motors and then got radio control cars when i was a teen, fantastic that now we are seeing the real deal :-) another awesome video
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  1927. Interesting theory. While absolutely plausible, have you considered if equipment on the balloon was possible damaged? There was a major storm that hit the Westcoast here within the last month and who knows what that thing was going through up there or where it was in relation to the storm. The storm itself would be a fascinating study since it was the first time, that I can remember, I've seen parts of the San Francisco Bay Area being heavily flooded. China's also invests heavily on green technology and research so studying the current weather patterns isn't out of the ordinary and would be worthwhile to climatologists.
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  1928. This was one of the best examinations of cost/benefit issues around renewable energies on the net. 5 Thumbs up for you!
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  1929. This was incredible!
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  1930. Good video. We need to keep learning, and paying attention to new ideas and technology
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  1931. E–bikes rock!… ‘not quite a “car killer”, but close. An e–cargo bike, or e–bike and cargo trailer is another leap closer!
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  1932. Feeding two birds with one scone
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  1933. Anyone who puts actual math in a youtube video to teach - is Awesome! Not kidding. Nice Work!
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  1934. One of the best vids I've ever seen
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  1935. Why don't you build a model and demonstrate it actually working? It sounds like this could be scalable quite easily.
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  1936. This was REALLY informative and useful. Thank you
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  1937. I love the way you made this comprehensive. You got a new sub🎉
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  1938. Thanks for the info!
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  1939. When I drive by a power plant I see large transmission lines coming from it. When I drive for hours across KS and NE and see wind farm after wind farm I notice something missing - large transmission lines. Makes me wonder how much energy is really produced.
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  1940. Haven't read the books only saw the first film by Denis Villeneuve; I do enjoy sci-fi though and truly liked this video. Hope you'll think of more videos along this sorta angle, sci-fi concepts applied to reality.
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  1941. Thanks for this really good video, appreciate your insight..
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  1942. Thank you for your work <3
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  1943. This is the channel to be. The depth of these videos is simply mind boggling 😊
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  1944. Great video! Very informative! Thanks.
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  1945. Thank you, the video was most informative on energy management
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  1946. Im happy they plan full reusable rocket, as that huge hull floating in LEO would quickly cause problems over time, multiple launches. Just clean up after work is done :)
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  1947. Well done sir.
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  1948. wow what amazing episode, well done. I learned a lot. it's good for people to know how the sausage is made. there so many utube channels blindly promoting EV as if they have no negative aspects.
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  1949. Great video. Love the insight on your research and learning. Going to invest in some metals!
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  1950. A heat pump does create heat. where else would the electric energy go other than sound? Anyways great Video!
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  1951. Great video. Good content and delivery. Viewed, Liked & Subscribed!
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  1952. Spelling error in Manganese at 1:56.
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  1953. That's true and all but, If more people started driving smaller vehicles that wouldn't be much of a problem now would it?
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  1954. Purchased 20 used 250w panels for $300 au$ dollars they work great!
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  1955. I love the music for the ending!
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  1956. Who doesn’t enjoy doing chemistry experiments while frying up some bacon and eggs? Nothing says breakfast like the smell of sulfur, yummy
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  1957. Interesting theory. If this is true, it means that there must be many other such balloons over the Arctic, don’t you think? From China and maybe from other countries too. What should be done about this?
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  1958. Great video! Truly the most comprehensive video I’ve seen for solar. Thanks for the info.
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  1959. I knew I liked you for more than great videos, if you like Carl Sagan too, you're ok in my book.🎉
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  1960. Please look at Liquid Piston! Theirs is a much simpler and more powerful and efficient solution. I love the idea of using these as range extenders in EVs with smaller batteries. Especially with the option to switch to H2 or synthetic fuel in the future, it's a much more sustainable solution with the best of both worlds.
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  1961. Hoping this awesome tech will be widely implemented. Shared.
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  1962. Liking, commenting, and already subscribed! ^‿^
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  1963. As a Mechanical Engineer specializing in Air Pollution Control Design for industrial clients for 3 decades, I love this video because you went out into the field and experienced the real industrial world and created a realistic video depicting that reality. Great job, and I support your conclusions based on my experience and my total dedication to the EV future. I love my Tesla Model Y!
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  1964. I liked, can’t wait for my 15% off heating bills
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  1965. Another thought.... Since it has built in compressor and 220 outlet, I consider this as a construction/handyman truck. The bottom of the truck is all flat....so they should of thought use that space as a storage for lamber, pvc pipes and clime ladders! Just an idea... People on job sides would love that.....👍😁
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  1966. Interesting. I heard rumors that a "planned city" may be going up around Travis Air Force Base, someone bought a large number of acres.
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  1967. Thanks for the explanation, I have watched Robert Murray Smith s YouTube’s channel and his last one was an update on the pilot line factory for making a carbon based battery that holds a lot of promise, well worth checking out
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  1968. I just want PV clothing! emulating nature brings about the most interesting innovations and thanks to you, more people know now. Thanks!
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  1969. This was great video! Congrats!
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  1970. Just watching this for the first time (1/16/20). I was laughing at your "buy" opinion back in October. You couldn't have been more right. Looks like Oppenheimer is finally connecting the dots about Tesla's financial future and all their tech stacking, and quantitatively going to erupt. Oppenheimer hasn't even touched on the driver-less cars all being linked via Starling and the end of traffic jams. Just imagine all the self driving cars linked, no bad drivers hitting the brakes because a road construction barrier wall pops up, all cars evenly spaced. What is that, cars all evenly spaced without stopping?? That would be a train!! The introduction of a rail system without the rail. Elon's going to bring trains back to the US!! I don't understand the thumbs 116 thumbs down thing, what do people want?? Great video thanks.
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  1971. Thanks for using metric mesurments!
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  1972. Worth noting that most of the battery packs which needed replacement were not because of problems with the cells or cell interconnects. They were mostly because of failed high voltage contactors or software miscalculations. It's just faster for the customer for Tesla to pull out the pack and replace it on the spot and then analyze it later.
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  1973. JRP3 - Same story with those early defective Model S motors. Even though it was simply a matter of replacing a bearing and grounding brush, it was easier for Tesla just to swap out the entire powertrain. I’ve heard it takes about an hour to do so. On an German car, you’re still trying to get the hood open after an hour.
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  1974. Great video but if it would be some kind of "spy" craft it could have cost billions and maybe millions of lives to let it be.... but who knows? There is always an IF.
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  1975. Damn. It's an amazing time to be alive. Thanks!
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  1976. Noice setup! Loving my enphase setup, been chugging along 260+MW in the 5 years weve had it. Glad I found your channel, definitely interested in your Powerwall experience. We're in the same ballpark rate wise here in Hawaii aside from not having such horrendous peak prices. You guys got net metering? If we didn't we'd definitely be less on the fence on a Powerwall.
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  1977. Really amazed on how you explained such a complex topic it's great watching your viedos !👍👍 Keep it Up
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  1978. Holy cow Ricky this is amazing stuff man. 😵
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  1979. I’ve been following Aptera for years. Also, Telo (little electric truck) is new but I’m a big fan. I’ve watched a few videos now about Edison. All these company gives me the same feeling - hope.
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  1980. Good job, the detailed info and the quality of the video is impressive to say the least! Looking forward to the next video going over the full impact of EV on the environment.
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  1981. outstanding journalism!
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  1982. Excellent video! A comprehensive review of this technology's attributes, pros, cons, as well as current and near future state. Keep up the good work.
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  1983. Fascinating stats!! Thank you.
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  1984. This seems like an ideal DIY wind turbine design. I'm curious how the length of the wing section affects performance. I could see someone scaling this to 20 or 30 feet in their back yard with the generator and intake at the ground level and the wings divided into sections with simple air flaps to prevent air being sucked from different sections of the wing. there is also no reason a ground mounted design couldn't swivel to match changing air direction. it seems like mounting on buildings is about forcing more air through the wings, but in places with actual wind the issue for home users is maintenance. having all the moving parts on the ground is a big deal. Although it would have to beat cutting a 50gallon barrel in half and mounting it on an alternator.
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  1985. Deep respect, man. Your wisdom is much valued in circumstances like this. (Observer from UK)
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  1986. You seem more excited about this breakthrough as any I have seen from you. Thanks for this one. Hopefully good things to come. Only time will tell.
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  1987. The Tesla Mars Rover has grown on me.
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  1988. I am a 20 year engineering professional. I discovered your channel yesterday an have been watching your videos for the past couple days. I must say you are amazing at explaining very technical engineering subjects. Keep up the good work.
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  1989. i remember a record from an old guinness book i have, from 2005 i think. the world's largest wind turbine; it had 2 50m long blades. that's nothing compared to these modern turbines
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  1990. My nephew has a garden sculpture company that creates his art from stainless and rusted steel on a plasma table. I’m trying to convince him he needs to make a reservation on this vehicle to replace his old Ram truck. This is the best comparison I’ve seen so far to the comparable ICE vehicles, so I’ve forwarded it to him. Great job!
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  1991. Really useful analysis, thanks guys!
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  1992. Imagine democratized to the point that space flights is as expensive as air flights, and air flights is as cheap as an uber.
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  1993. Peter seems so excited and confident about his product. I trust all his claims are true!
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  1994. As usual great video, I have given up on trying to make sense of Trump, especially after his fight with 3 M
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  1995. I’m a mech eng and own a software company...and really appreciated how you broke everything down - you’re brilliant
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  1996. Where do they draw the line?
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  1997. Cool video getting a 7 seater too , we’re small people (Filipino) with our 2 year old daughter the 3 is getting small and our 2016 S is a dinosaur 🦖 lol . Gets my thumbs up 👍
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  1998. I'll be very surprised big they're not already in production.
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  1999. That would be something for sure! Ricky mentioned that their producer, Dusty Greene, went onsite to Niron Magnetics's headquarters and noticed they're building a manufacturing facility, but that's only likely to be a pilot plant. I don't think they'll go from lab to full-scale operations in one go (unless they're backed by Tesla, and I doubt Tesla will be SO bold as to back a full-scale factory that hasn't been proven yet). So I think it'll be a couple of years until we see this design incorporated into finished products, but I hope I'm wrong!
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  2000. This would be a cool application for AI. Feed it the problem and see what it designs. Even a partial suit could be interesting in the Sahara. As our climate changes, we are going to need to adapt to the environment if we want to survive. I think what we learn could also help us develop suits for living on a really extreme place like Saturn's moon Titan.
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  2001. Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket seems like it would be perfect for this. I can imagine throwing away an extremely small, simple and light second stage, which is built to be just barely enough to push the factory into the smallest possible orbit, could be cheaper than the costs related to operating SpaceXs Starship. Maybe if you purpose build the second stage for this kind of factory, the tank of the second stage could serve dual purpose as a shield for reentry.
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  2002. I'm considering getting the Volt. The electric range is great for in-town driving and the gas is great for road trips . It also cost less than the Bolt by about $10K. Granted, it's still considered a hybrid but with 53 mile electric range, a lot of people could drive to work and back on that...they may also have the ability to charge the car while at work as well and not have to buy gas....but having the gasoline engine can be very helpful for long road trips....there are far more gas stations than EV charging stations plus it only takes a few minutes to fill up...
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  2003. Two Bit da Vinci Since nobody works for free, who are you working for? What is your motivation to make theses videos? Explain!
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  2004. You choose to ignore the elephant in the room; the Mustang E-SUV. You only come up with the Audi E-tron and the Jag as competitors which is ridiculous and irrelevant. The FORD MUSTANG MACH E SUV has been received 1500 orders in the Netherlands already, far outselling the 3 in the first 2 months 2020 (while in 2019 the Tesla 3 was the best selling car in the Netherlands). Reason? Don't wanna go into that in this post. You get a dislike from me being so selective in your report; it's just not right! . Mind you, I drive the Tesla X since 2017 March and absolutely love it. I usually buy another car every 2 years; it's been 3 years now and I still don't see any options out there (but if I'd win the lottery a GEMERA would be quite nice, :)).
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  2005. This was amazing. Looking forward to this 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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  2006. The solid state battery seems to have an enevitability about it. Just a matter of engineering time is necessary.
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  2007. Excellent video!
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  2008. I think this is not a bad idea if holistically aproached... you should check The Venus Project from Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows, would love to hear your thoughs on it in a video
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  2009. The long tail on recovery also has to do with many A/C systems went for years, refilled with remaining stock of the old refrigerant. I assume that stock is finally gone, AND once your old system is dead, you will have to upgrade
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  2010. When you perform the lithium EV ICE comparison make sure to account for the mining and processing of ALL the metals used in the ICE powertrain system, not just fuel! (That's engine, transmission, drive train, cooling system, exhaust etc etc).
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  2011. Great analysis. Thanks.
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  2012. 2 OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT MY FAVORITE COMPANY AND TRUCK
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  2013. Great Review, I really appreciate it, I have been really considering this vehicle and now I think you have furthered my decision to make this purchase next year, I truly believe this will be a great investment for family men like myself that want to help the environment and have a good truck as well.
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  2014. Thanks for the very clear and concise explanation about graphene, capacitors and all the techy stuff which really helped a thicko like me.
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  2015. I’m having flashbacks to ME109!
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  2016. THANKS RICKY 🤗 YOU ARE MAKING ALOT OF SENSE, AND time will tell us the truth 👍💚💚💚
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  2017. I like your videos but as I am part of the 99% of the planet that uses the metric system I have no idea what you are talking about when you use the imperial units. It’s surprising to see anyone in engineering using nightmare units. If you must use the bleakness that is “freedom units” please use metric as well.
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  2018. I have wondered why people are not talking about this topic. And now I see that they are !
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  2019. Ordered on 2.26.2020 for a MSM paint / 5 seater / 20" wheels / regular AP / black interior and I received a text on 3.7.2020 that I would receive March delivery. I have submitted all of my financial / registration / insurance info and received my VIN in the low 1000's on 3.9.2020. I haven't heard from any advisor or received an email about a potential delivery date. I'll be picking up in Rockville, Md. Can't believe I made it to the front of the crowd! I'll be posting a video here on my channel but would be happy to collab too!
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  2020. WOW..... your best yet guys. Keep it up! Wow!
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  2021. All you were saying just makes sense. Good choice and welcome to the Tesla family!
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  2022. But wouldn't you really rather have a Tesla 3 instead of a Honda Civic? I would and do.
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  2023. Very informative all of your videos, thanks
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  2024. We have to BUILD SEA LEVEL CANAL like Suez Canal , WITHOUT LOCKING SYSTEM, to complement Panama Canal. Expensive in the beginning but cheap to maintain.
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  2025. Thanks Ricky for a really interesting video - I was not aware of this technology in roofing - it looks like a really good idea! But, I hope that we don't decide that this is a replacement for trees - nothing beats a tree for all of the benefits that it provides and cleansing the air is just one of them...All the best to you and yours as you continue your journey into the new year and I am looking forward to your next video 👍🙂
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  2026. Excellent overview in part 1 and part 2.
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  2027. Really interesting, if it works to be better or on par with normal hest pumps but cheaper to produce or buy then it's a winner, plus not dangerous gases win win
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  2028. This site had me hooked from the very start but somehow continues to get better and better. 👍 Again jam packed with solid info, helping people to make informed decisions. Congrats on teaming up with Drone Quotes, a magical combination of integrity customer related priorities. All the very best to all, wishing everyone a positive and safe 2022.
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  2029. Wow this is the most innovative electric motor design I’ve seen up to now
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  2030. Thanks for this! We were really turned off by the high pressure in-person visit from Momentum Solar and were looking for other solar options without having company after company waste 2 hours of our evenings. I’ve now filled in the quote form on Drone Quote with your link. Thanks!
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  2031. @2BD, very intriguing engineering redesign Solutions you present here. I'll be looking into many of these myself. Btw, have you thought of using UV water decontamination instead of salt or chlorine? My understanding is that it's very efficient energy wise and as effective.
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  2032. Amazing work put into this video
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  2033. Thanks for the video. Battery change @ 250K miles? Hmmmm, maybe for my LEAF. It will be interesting to see how this happens in reality. I bet it's closer to 500K as compared to 250K. to some extent this will be subjective. Some people will think that 15 or 20% degradation is simply unacceptable and slightly slower charging times and whatnot is also unacceptable so they will want to swap it out. Fine. If they want to pay the money then it's up to them. But, if you are a person who's not into racing the vehicle and just using it as an average everyday computer vehicle for 40 miles or less per day than having a 20 or even 30% range loss on a 300 mi vehicle simply isn't going to be a problem. Say the range goes down to 200 miles...200 is stall way more than the typical daily commute.
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  2034. Hi Ricky. Subbed a while ago and must say it was a good decision to do so. You make great and informative videos with no bs. Greetings from the UK John.
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  2035. One big advantage of cylindrical cells also is, that you can cool and heat them a lot better.
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  2036. Great video. My son thinks hydrogen is the way to go. I keep telling him he's wrong. That battery tech is improving daily.
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  2037. What's better joining on YouTube or patreon?
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  2038. this episode makes so much sense today with all the Battery Day news going around with regards to Silicon in place of Graphite
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  2039. Thank you for this!
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  2040. At some point you have to acknowledge the elephant in the living room - the best tech in the world doesn't matter if your house has horrible insulation, which most do. It's not terribly interesting. It's hard to attract capital. There's no amazing product you can point to. But it's a permanent reduction in energy needs.
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  2041. Thanks for the video. I think it is important to remember that Porsche had to do wverything they could to protect the battery, motors and power electronics so that it could withstand a lot and not break down and hamper the Porsche reputation. To show this robustness they invited FullyCharged (and others?) to come and launch the car from 0-200 km/h 30+ times with little time in between.
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  2042. This is amazing and I'm glad it's coming out of Canada ;)
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  2043. Interesting thought! The power pod. Nuclear reactor cooling towers. Wind could be captured at the top.
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  2044. Should be back to 2k in a year or two
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  2045. Insightful, thanks!
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  2046. I've been wondering about the return for YEARS. Great info. :>)
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  2047. Electron is no longer "one time use" RocketLab converted it to reusable
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  2048. we need ways of figuring out how to more quickly move that water into the aquifers.
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  2049. Thx for bringing new things to our attention 😊
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  2050. Subscribed, thumb up, Thanks, fascinating, I can't wait to get my 3, with AWD, and High Performance model.
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  2051. forget pumping hydrogen into your car. this would be great to go off grid and be able to produce a cooking gas at home.
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  2052. A wonderful video, I was thinking about the size of the balloon and presumed big= big payload, thanks for doing calculations and estimates.
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  2053. Hairpin windings are also a big deal. Stronger field for equal copper. Thanks for the great info re iron nitride.
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  2054. Your little helper deserves a bonus for his excellent work :)
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  2055. Love you guys
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  2056. P3D for sure!
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  2057. I like the red but will prefer the White.
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  2058. Don't bother with the dual mode toilet. There was a Thames Water report a few years ago that it is not if they will leak, it is when they will leak. It found there is no overall benefit to the mechanism.
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  2059. Thanks for your work. Excellent as always!!!
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  2060. In my view and having been around very creative individuals all my life, which consisted of all facets of engineering and entrepreneurship, my opinion of Elon Musk, is he nothing short of genius. If one studies what he does totally, he has a complete unending goal which is all connected. I’ve become obsessed with this mans genius and convictions. For the sake of many, I pray he continues. He is one to watch and emulate.
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  2061. Hey, go and enjoy your new car! Happy New Year!
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  2062. Thanks for that update! It's really nice to know that long term evaluation.. thanks!!!
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  2063. Super/Great video!! We have Enphase and love the inverters!
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  2064. It would be good to make a sail on a sailing boat out of those panels. Then having an electric drive on a sailing boat becomes more practical.
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  2065. I’d love an in depth into this
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  2066. Great job. This is how to sale people on solar. There are so many reason why people will want to get solar if we just simply show them the benefits.
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  2067. Good to know that there is rational planet concious thought in the manufacturing process. Our planet and I thank you for using your brain and soul.
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  2068. Great segment, Ricky -- Well done!
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  2069. I recently wrote a paper on batteries. I can only imagine the amount of research that went into making this video. Respect.
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  2070. Oh boy! I wish I could afford an EV or better still a Tesla. Thanks for the Video
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  2071. I've been following the company FuelCell FCEL for quite some time. They have teamed up with Toyota and Exxon and they look pretty promising.
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  2072. I agree with you on every point except one. To quote you . Scientists and Engineers should make the decision. Here I disagree, every single Scientist and Engineer have political viewpoints, some type of sponsor (whether it is a corporation, foundation, or university) and finally some form of bias. What should be the final determination is personal choice backed by non biased factual data using real life testing, monetary factors, and area of the country a person lives. Remember even facts are not static as we live in a dynamic world where one factor changing impacts every other factor in most cases. So even facts true today, change tomorrow especially when one considers economics where technology and pricing on raw resources set the stage and the tone.
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  2073. This and those Tesla videos are super detailed and informative. Sub'ed
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  2074. Another superb review by TwoBitDV. One assumption I might question is the depreciation numbers for the M3. Given the increasing demand, likely rising price, and other considerations, I suspect it will depreciate less than both the Honda and the BMW. Also, we have unlimited free SC, and a large solar array, so our per mile costs are going to be even lower than estimated here. And as others have pointed out, the required vs. recommended maintenance distinction also might lower costs per mile even further.
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  2075. Thanks Ricky, I was wondering what their development actually meant for fusion in a commercial application.
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  2076. You must have aced your Dad Jokes exam
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  2077. Lots of good info here. thanks for sharing it
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  2078. A truthful and well explained video. If you don't understand electronics, this is an extremely good simple explaination
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  2079. My patents just took delivery of their very own Arcimoto FUV. It realy is a Fun Utility Vehicle.
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  2080. to be fair in 50 years rockets might look very different than today :) So we should also consider that.
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  2081. That motor set up in the Z is absolutely awesome. That's the way it should look like.
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  2082. The answer to the question about the technology is, it’s just a matter of finding out how to make it work commercially and the likelihood is, like all of these technologies it will find a place and be able to be used in specific use cases just like infrared heating panels.
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  2083. 11:40 - “unless it can compete in price and performance…” Longevity. If the newer system can last 2x as long, that can also help. Sure, that is performance, but it is a clear ROI parameter.
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  2084. I'm glad you did this video. I had been wondering about thirsty concrete for a while too. I would be concerned about erosion under the concrete and more frequent need to be replaced.
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  2085. Thank you so much for detailed information for previous and future missions. 👍👍🙏🙏😊
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  2086. Don't underestimate the gains Tesla will be able to achieve before commercial SSB adaption. Million mile plus batteries manufactured at reduced cost will see tangible improvements before the transition. Electrified flight will be the biggest breakthrough IMO given aircraft's need for much greater energy density. Should be an amazing decade ahead.
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  2087. Congratulations I’m happy for you I look forward to the next videos on your P 3-D!
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  2088. That when I know it's gonna be a great day!
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  2089. Lake Mead says thank you.
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  2090. As far as winter weather is concerned in northern climates EV owners and aspiring EV owners will be pleased to know that cold weather operations really impacts internal combustion engines drastically also. Fuel mileage can be reduced as much as 30% or more until the transmission warms up which can be as much as 20 miles of driving. The differential can take even longer then that. Tires, the suspension elements, and the rolling resistance are all similarly effected. Since ICE vehicles have such poor efficiency performance to begin with cold weather operations are worse by a factor of three or more for most normal short driving trips in gas vehicles in the cold.
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  2091. Ricky, Congratulations on your TDY to research these issues! This was an excellent report and even encouraging for the security of critical technology! Cheers, Eric
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  2092. Well done Sir. You've managed to break down a complex topic into every day terms.
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  2093. Great job, you are so cool
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  2094. Your kids are adorable. It was fun just watching them be kids. Was this video about something? Were you in it at all? 😊
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  2095. Solar is worth it.
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  2096. I think you're spot on with this. This doesn't really solve the main problem with hydrogen wrt normal vehicles, that is how to produce it without emitting CO2, and also produce it in an efficient manner. There's a lot of research going into that aspect, too, but always seems a bit like nuclear fusion in the sense that practical and usable solutions seem farther away than ever. There're are many significant battery innovations that will be rolling off the production lines in the coming few years.. let's see where those take us.
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  2097. Wonderful just wonderful fully enjoyed your show great voices great content great visual!!! Also you guys remind me of your show similar to Cold fusion tv ?? Check it out if you don’t know the channel thanks again .. ps keep up the great work ops I’ve been driving/riding ev’s for over 35 years since the Sinclair c5 .. also if you like check out my YouTube channel bespoke fully electric campervan ?? Enjoy
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  2098. Background noise no problem. Good video as always. I think thorium may be the way for future energy. Interesting how it was shelved. Politics and the hunger for weapons due to paranoia in the cold war. Maybe we can now move ahead with clean safe energy. Wind and solar are good but I don't think they can do the job alone.
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  2099. My house in the Northeast has: 1) a real fireplace 2) a nat gas ventless fireplace 3) a wood burning stove 4) forced hot water (nat gas) baseboard heat everywhere 5) 4 heat pump units strategically placed around the home (mainly for AC in the hot weeks but also of course can heat). 😎 best part is the heat pumps + install cost $0 out of pocket initially and are on a 0% interest loan for 7 years.
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  2100. Great video Ricky
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  2101. I smell a big quantum computing revolution in the next 10 years. IBM is planning a 1 million qubit QC in 2030. This is absolutely insane!
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  2102. SMASHED that LIKE button!
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  2103. You hit the nail on the head with their recent acquisitions.Tesla hires intelligent people and are light years ahead of the competition. I placed my deposit for a Model Y and hope it has improved battery technology and the million mile drivetrain that’s been talked about.
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  2104. Quite thorough! Like everyone else I've been curious until now. Thank you.
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  2105. This will just force people to go off grid instead. They actually will lose costumers because of their greed.
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  2106. Thanks for this. I have been following Starlink since about March. This is the best all around summary that I have found. I have been wanting a nice concise video that I could forward to family/friends so they could understand why I am so excited for Starlink. - Thanks
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  2107. Another awesome video. Have you ever looked at the antique tech of the "icy Ball", by Crosley? well worth the look see. God bless you.
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  2108. Thank you for this excellent video. The key to Tesla’s success is making all of the improvements to their batteries that you point out here.
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  2109. Old nuclear Coatings technician here and I agree with you 100%! Thanks for the videos please keep them coming!
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  2110. Thank you, Rickie! I just subscribed because I think you are right about the Tesla Model Y and I think you are on to the fact it could be the car of the decade with its brother the Model 3. And Tesla stock is sitting at around $525 as I write this- down from the high of about $978 or so a month ago!!
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  2111. Never seen a kid so excited about 3rd row seats before haha. Cute!
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  2112. Did I miss it? you mentioned at the beginning of part 1 that part 2 would cover battery recycling.
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  2113. You guys changing people’s mind. Awesome work. Someday,
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  2114. About model Y, looks promising. About YOU, Ricky, TWO THUMBS UP! I really appreciate your presentations.
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  2115. I like your non-political take. I have political opinions but I still prefer unadulterated news/information - because if it's politicized, it's almost definitely not the truth.
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  2116. I own a model 3 and am long on Tesla's stock. Tesla is a very unconventional company and if you're a conventional investor it's going to seem like a fool's errand to invest. I like what they're doing and want to support the vision of Tesla. The model 3 is simply the best mass produced car ever built. Every day I drive mine I'm impressed by the preformance & technology. No other car in it's price range comes close. Those who know, know. Those who don't know, haven't driven one. Already the drivetrain is built with a million miles as the goal. Currently the battery is between 250,000 to 500,000 mile. And it's built in modules so replacement will be incremental. One million mile battery, icing on the cake.
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  2117. I really enjoyed your discussion. It was cool to see you live at the Fully Charged Live event in Austin.
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  2118. Great video this needs to have more light shed on it!
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  2119. Good, Yes, I too would like to see another video on this subject at a later date as a kind of follow up. Many thanks for doing this video, very interesting.
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  2120. Great video. You have a knack of providing tech info into an easy to understand presentation.
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  2121. Excellent summary. I think you are my favorite Tesla retail analyst.
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  2122. Thank you for this informative (and fun!) video. I really enjoyed learning about the flywheel bus.
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  2123. Awesome improvements!
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  2124. Great video. Really glad to see your talents being used on the Fully Charged channel too. Keep up the great work.
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  2125. Zero first derivative can also be an inflection point rather than a local maximum or minimum. Otherwise, a very interesting video. 🎉😊
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  2126. Rolled up, this material could be a portable go-anywhere power source, easy to roll out on location for on-site power and vehicle charging.
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  2127. Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab said that the cost of marine recovery or any marine assets is very high so he won’t be using them with his neutron rocket. Maybe the cost of operating sea based launch platforms proved too high to be viable.
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  2128. For reference the old motors were around $3000 each and the rumor is these new motors will be $1000 each. Meaning saving 2k or 4k per car. Or more likely sell the motors for $1500 each, customers are happy with half price motors and Tesla makes more margin.
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  2129.  @elkaro5  combined with many other little innovations it all adds up to them being able to deliver a higher performing car for less money than their competitors and still maintain profitability.
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  2130. I think it for several things, like sensing frequencies, maybe looking for nuclear signatures on the ground. Also the main thing would be the USA reaction. ALOT can be learned from this... similar to how a few years back Russia would fly near our boarders, they can judge how fast we react, where we come from, etc.
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  2131. Incredible to get that magnitude of efficiency improvement on such an old technology!
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  2132. Sorry, but only morons buy their gold plated wippers from the dealer. Walmart and a can of spray paint is all you need.
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  2133. I thoguht this was going to be a white out on the Tesla, but I watched to the end to see how you were going. I like the detial you presented. To be fair though, the Tesla will not depreciate as much as everyone will want one. Also, the energy to get the fuel for the IC cars will never go down and is supported by govt. Electricity is everyewhere and evn with the supercharger, will kick ass over time as electric sources move towards renewables. On top of all that, the Tesla will always be cheaper ot maintain. I am not sure how the BMW is free for 2 yeasrs, but either way, it lsot out. And then the drivability. Once you drive an EV, you do not go back. :)
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  2134. Your kids and their laughter are wonderful additions to your video!
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  2135. Here are the first three steps: 1. Install fine mesh on your attic vents. 2. Establish a five foot clear zone of no combustible material. 3. Between 5 and thirty feet no tall grass and trim all trees so the lowest is at least six feet off the ground. Remove all dead vegetation. Number 3 is the defensible zone for the fire department. This is all basically straight from Cal Fire. It wouldn’t hurt to enclose the roof eaves.
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  2136. Great Video!
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  2137. Also peltiers chips use much more energy than using a heat pump.
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  2138. A lot to learn, but the future is bright. Great video as always. Appreciate your hard work and hours it takes to create these!! THANK YOU!!
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  2139. Wow 🤯 thanks for the explanation.
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  2140. Thanks for being so thorough.
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  2141. Great video as always! I actually just started writing a script for a video about these too 😅 Hopefully I can come at it from a different angle and still add something to the conversation!
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  2142. Because of their lighter weight compared to batteries, another important use case for these graphene capacitors has got to be aviation. Air-breathing ion thrusters, although a great idea, will require an extremely high voltage to achieve full TOGA thrust — a voltage that only something like this could provide.
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  2143. Good information. Thank you for shaving. You look much better without the beard.
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  2144. Thank you for sharing this video as it assists others who may be on the fence of lucid being just a "dream" or real.
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  2145. Your delivery was perfect. I just bought a Model Y. I love it, but it has opened my eyes to investment opportunities in the BEV space and the interaction with battery tech. Thanks for your concise explanation
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  2146. It was better then the hype, no hyped marketing shit, just two guys in t-shirst that talk from the top of their head about a number of small steps that add up to big leaps forward in battery technology. If they make all this true and it looks like it, in 10 years we will have batteries everywhere, stabilising our green grid and powering our need for transport.
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  2147. P3D is where its at. Did the same thing when I put down my reservation.
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  2148. I really like this video. Skeptics might talk about getting the water inland. Yes there are issues inland. That aside. Majority of our population is costal. In the case of the South West the biggest water right holder to the Colorado River is California. That is why they are the most reluctant to sign-off on necessary reductions--they have the most lose. This is going to be a multi solution problem. A solution in one area may have an indirect benefit for areas it doesn't directly serve.
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  2149. Thanks for recommending this video to me. I appreciate how you understand that I & many other drivers respect the environment, but really enjoy handling a manual transmission car. It’s exciting to know that the people at Moment Motors are bridging the gap between the past and the future of the automotive industry! Their outstanding craftsmanship & attention to their customer’s needs will make them a leader in this niche of the electric car industry in the future. Thanks again for sharing 😃
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  2150. very insightful study! I love my Model 3 and solar panels!!!
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  2151. Ricky, always a pleasure to see your presentations. Thank you.
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  2152. Liked subbed and here’s my comment 💕 love what you’re doing man
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  2153. One word my friend... draft! Find an 18 wheeler and park yourself 3 or 4 car lengths behind them. Can easily extend range by 15 or 20%.
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  2154. Excellent development!! Nitron motors + Amprius batteries = Electric Flying Vehicles!!
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  2155. Hello, at first I was going to blast you for your comment on ancient wiring in the 70's. Houses had 3 wire systems with a ground wire. But then you showed what you were working with. I am pretty sure this was a DIY building, they probably went with the cheaper 2 wire cables but I agree, after 50 years, the insulation on the wires would be breaking down. Also odds were that everything they plugged in was a 2 wire plug like lights,
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  2156. I NEVER subject myself to just one fuel. Propane. Electricity. Wood. Kerosene. Everything has its place. I would kick myself hard in an all-electric house when (not if) the power goes out. This past winter, we lost power for 3 days from a serious winter storm. We still had heat.
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  2157. Beautiful words... tesla is changing the world.
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  2158. The same rules would apply to lawnmower blades, fan blades, helicopter blades, and so forth. It makes sense, since you increase the working force by double so the output force would be double.
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  2159. zip line- more like dog toy with a wriggling line and unpowered base (fan off= no noise to dissaude canone)
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  2160. Great animation, great video guys 🌌👍🏻
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  2161. Brilliant Video Ricky! Sounds like he's somewhat trying to follow the Elon/Tesla model of bringing more of the operations in-house and hopefully they'll replicate to an east coast once they're successful and past the manufacturing-hell stage of development. Cheers, Eric
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  2162. Great channel. I was reffered by a commenter on the Jehu DIY powerwall Facebook Group. Since i had a question regarding the Tesla Batteries and Ion Batteries in general and if the china trade deal will affect the supply chain. This channel is a great resource i have been binging many of your videos.
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  2163. One of the best breakdowns I’ve ever seen! Thank you for your efforts.
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  2164. Ordered the AWD as a retirement toy. For me, this is a once in a lifetime purchase. I love that there is no PAINT JOB to worry about, and it has massive tires, with elbow-high wheel wells. It's ALL BUSINESS. I won't be towing or carrying much to be honest. To me... it's an EV FIRST and a TRUCK, second. I don't drive very much, so the extra energy required above and beyond the model 3 or Y is not much of a big deal. I would get the solar panels, because it will sit in the sun all day long. But.... can the "jaws of life" extract me from this thing, if ever needed? Is it capable of V2G to power my house in case of a power failure? I would never buy it without driving it first, but I am probably @ 60,000th in line, so there will plenty of time to drive one before i must commit.
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  2165. MeijinSensei No he didn't except for his written word manganese. The n was left out. Big deal.
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  2166. Fantastic video!!
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  2167. A nice, no bias review! Even as a proud Model 3 owner, appreciate the impartiality in this vid; thank you and well done!!
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  2168. Thanks! I'm looking into the Ecoflow models for the same reason. Our power is pretty stable but 1-2 times a year can be 3-5 hours outage. We no longer have the Bolt to run an inverter to keep the fridge, lights, and furnace running, and while we could do that with a gas car it can't stay shut in the garage. One of these inside the house would be awesome.
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  2169. This is such a marvelous video. Well done!
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  2170. The science is really cool
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  2171. I have literally asked myself this question just a week ago. What happened to ozone layer? and why aren't we just produce ozone to supplement
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  2172. In London there's a ban on constructing houses until 2035 because the grid is at capacity due to data-centers, and IreGrid forecasts 25% of Ireland's electricity in 2030 will be consumed by data-centers (and that forecast was made before the current AI boom!) I actually think consumption will drop as the bubble bursts, and as models move to inference on device to reduce latency and assure privacy.
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  2173. definitely cant wait to see the follow up with the ev mining vehicles and equipment! We need to smack down the stereotypes on these types of operations that can only run on diesel!
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  2174. This would be a killer app in combo with a space-elevator settlement
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  2175. I have a 2018 Honda Clarity PHEV and I'm loving it. Since buying the car (used) I've made about 20 trips, the majority of which were to work and back (23 mi each way) and my gas engine has only turned on once to do a "System Check" (a routine process to make sure it's working well) in the past 2.5 weeks. I have 283 miles of range in the nearly-full 7 gallon gas tank. I'll post back when I have to actually visit a gas station and fill up. :D I feel like Tesla is largely responsible for pushing manufacturers like Honda to make EVs and PHEVs.
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  2176. I think this tech is even more promising than fusion
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  2177. Very educational! Well done production.
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  2178. 😃Great to see 👀 Chevy Bolt ev and cool sooper cruse 👍 👏 👌 🙌 bye bye 👋 toxic fossil burning 🔥🌏 great thank you great review 👍 but no frounk😲 and some thing's are messing but overall graet improvment😃 cool buzz off TOXIC😀 🌏🌏🌏😇
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  2179. Thanks for the video. I would share two simple rules for wiring in J boxes. One: never use a power screw driver as you will strip the screws.Manual drivers only. Second: Take the pig tails and wind them onto a Phillips or Robertson screw driver, then pull the screw driver out and stretch the coiled wire a bit. now when you connect it up it will be very easy to push the whole thing into the box.:)
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  2180. Thanks ..!
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  2181. Awesome work. When you mentioned ".... from my aerospace engineering days...", at that point I could sense the quality of the content yet to come. Your simple explanation about the "Tyranny of the rocket equation" is probably the simplest a lay man could understand. Great job.!!!!
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  2182. Wow your work ethic and execution is amazing! Such great content! I’m a Tesla owner and it’s great to learn about the tech that’s in my car. Keep up the great work!
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  2183. Very interesting! But, I fear, much like Hydrogen Fuel Cells, this will be a technology that is very neat, but not very practical. I think doing away with carbon-based fuels and covering your home in solar panels, in the long run, is more effective and cheaper.
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  2184. i m from india. i have only 1 child, all my friends, brothers have 1 child. now the thoughts have changed. inflation and low income has affected most of us.
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  2185. It's not a "conflict" in Ukraine - how you mentioned in video, it's - Russian war invasion into Ukraines borders. Naming things correctly - it's a good tone rule, at least.
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  2186. I see different issues. The suit is being worn for prolonged time, how do you prevent dermal infections or fungal growth? There’s an abundance of energy around the planet to extract it. Something like a thermocouple (I know that is a potential energy and without the differential it doesn’t work, but heat pumps still do) Feces, well that is an issue. But you (not personally you) through generations could adapt to eat very little of solid food, think of Tuareg people. Urine is if healthy really an antiseptic, more than a mess to deal in a bacteriological sense you need a chemical analysis/decomposition plant. Desalination of the sweat, breath vapor… could be prolonged during the whole day (look at point two). And then the final thought, the people who live in earth deserts consume way less water than we do. Less than half of the 3.6 liters. But thanks for presenting that it was way more insightful than I never thought. Deserve a great like 👍.
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  2187. Great job at discussing the positive and negative aspects. Bless ya🙏
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  2188. ~5:00 - Mate Rimac says that thermal management was the toughest set of problems when designing Rimac Nevera battery electric hypercar.
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  2189. Cause it’s compensating! Duh!
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  2190. Why not combine Lithium Ion batteries with supercapacitors for regenerative breaking and acceleration?
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  2191. Your do have everything 🤣
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  2192. Giga Factory 2 is in Buffalo not Albany. Otherwise great video.
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  2193. New to the channel as I started to look into solar. Just a 'Thank you' for a great video.
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  2194. Hay Bud! Nice going there & very informative! Maybe on your next system, try using Server Rack LFP batteries from EG4 (Signature Solar). Inverters there are pretty awesome too!
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  2195. Thanks for another great and informative video. Good job.
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  2196. Both thumbs up on this report . You shared some good information about modern balloons , their capabilities , and the potential use of them . And why a world power such as China might use them instead of more high tech options . Also that there are other balloons such as the one over South America . And that U.S. officials say there may be others that the Chinese are using - the first I've heard of it . I also didn't know that the U.S. had blocked (or at least claimed to have) the Chinese from receiving any data from the balloon while it traversed the continent . And your theory on the true reason for the Chinese using these devices , whether right or wrong , was good to share . Much better reporting than anything I've heard from the "professional" media . Thank you for sharing this video with us . Keep up the good work . Freedom of speech (and hearing) , our most valuable right . Let's fight to keep it . There are certainly those who would take it from us .
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  2197. Thank you very much for the info. I didn't know what used EV to buy because of the concern about battery life, but now it looks like Tesla batteries are the best, so I'll have to go with that.
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  2198. Great video.
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  2199. Great Dad energy!
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  2200. you get the behavior you encourage. if insurance companies were to offer a discount for having a dash cam, they would become ubiquitous. Like they are in other countries.
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  2201. Wow. I really liked the animations. Nice Video as well. Keep up the good job !!!
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  2202. Great video! I was always wondering how the room in the back would be for the 3rd row. Of course it's not for everyone or even long trips, but it is as functional if not more than I have seen in an Acadia or a Traverse that we had in the past. The leg room is I think a bit more and I believe that might be pulled off by the seats being elevated.
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  2203. Thank you, I am really encouraged that they are building a plant in NC. I just saw they are bringing a scooter:(. I hope it is not too much too fast and more importantly too confusing. We have never had a car company that also made a scooter this will turn some people away as they are not serious about cars.
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  2204. Great points! I agree 100% with this being the best family EV right now. I’m in the same boat with 2 kids, a model 3, and 7-seater model Y on order.
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  2205. Really appreciate the animations and explanations.
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  2206. Thank you for this video. As Panama is my country of birth, I am of course always interested in watching what videos say about it whether it's something new or not. With this one being so clear and not in Spanish, I can show it to my friends and my daughters for them to learn.
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  2207. I'm jealous... Cool that you met each other. And thanks for what you guys do.
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  2208. 🙋‍♂️ ACTUALLY RICKI , I PERSONALLY HAVE GIVEN ALOT OF THOUGHT TO HEAT PUMPS AND I AM NOW THINKING 🤔 TESLA’s heat pumps have a great potential for home 🏡 use 🤗😎💚💚💚
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  2209. As always, very interesting & informative ! Great job .. .
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  2210. I like the idea Tesla Engineers start from scratch if need be instead of piggy backing on existing technology to save money.  This is costly but can have big leaps forward that were stopping other car companies.
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  2211. I love everything about green energy, and storage. That and Space-X, really gets me going. 🇩🇰🙋🏻‍♂️🪐👩🏻‍🚀🇺🇸
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  2212. 10:35 sound absorption, noise reduction.
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  2213. Does anyone know the efficiency of the model 3 motor? Being a PM motor, it should be over 90%??- Looking forward to your life cycle analysis, i.e. how long you need to drive your Tesla before you've emitted less than sticking with your petrol car. About winter driving: 4WD is really not needed and is an extra penalty when fighting reduced battery capacity. Keeping the battery warm when you need it, is simply a matter of programming your charger to finish when you need the car for your morning commute. That also makes it charge at night where electricity is cheapest.
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  2214. A "Rotating Base" and a Wind Vein would help with regions that receive "crosswinds" from various directions all day long!
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  2215. I think solar is a must, i just shake my head at all the roofs that are bare. Government buildings and schools would be a great place to start. Thanks for the video.
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  2216. could be a good combination of both if you have hybrids running on e-fuels.
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  2217. As a venture capital investor in SpaceX, I'm absolutely loving this!
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  2218. I have been using a single EcoFlow Delta Pro with 800 Watts of solar for my Tiny House for a few months. Since I don't produce much in the Winter I have been mostly charging the battery off-peak to save money heating my TH during the winter. We have 6.5 cents for off-peak vs. 15.5 cents during on-peak. Come spring/summer it should cover all of me cooling needs, but we will see.
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  2219. Combine Niron motors with Amprius batteries, and widespread electric flight is just around the corner. 👍👍
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  2220. Yes!!! Put them into Lilium Jet, and we're already there!
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  2221. Great ideas , thank you. Soemtimes is Hard to know what to give your Engineer husband for Christmas. :)
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  2222. We bought our extended range for 55k, before rebates. I was amazed at at how much comfort and technology we purchased for that amount. We have 17, 000 miles on the M3 and it doesn’t bother me a bit. I see this car lasting for hundreds of thousands of miles and when ride sharing takes place it will start to earn income. We can’t wait to get off the grid with a Tesla roof and Powerwalls.
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  2223. They put back brine into our oceans and it kills the plants and sea life, it's better to conserve, and purify run off from floods and rainwater , AND PLANT TREES, deforestation and dams are the main causes of drought
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  2224. Great review. The three row version looks very plausible! You have a beautiful family. Thank you!
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  2225. Awesome video, new here and i was expecting culture shaming but i got the reverse, well done and very informstive.
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  2226. I installed 4.2 KW solar system with latest VM3 inverter , results ...life is so much better I am an electrician and all work done by myself hot summer is converted to a pleasant winter because running 2 inverter ACs one refrigerator water pump many celling fans and lights enjoying 😉
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  2227. Been on solar over 25 years here....its definitely worth it!
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  2228. used to run different BMWs from 120i to M5, and let me tell you it was maintenance/repairs + petrol that's always been killing me (here in Germany we pay ~1,50 € / l) , so naturally I'm in with a reservation for a Tesla 3 - we've got VWs, too, a bit better then the BMs they are, but certainly less fun to drive ;-)
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  2229. To be free from "stealerships" (a govt. creation, a betrayal of their constitutes) should be a concern of everyone who hates being ripped off. But it isn't. Most don't think about it. They just accept it as they go through life oblivious to their lack of control, the exploitation of the populace by the govt. and it's cronies. It's sad, but just. People who ignore their responsibility to protect themselves, especially from those who claim to have a mandate to protect them but routinely do the opposite, are asking to be ripped off. They invite political corruption by ignoring it.
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  2230. Wait... What batteries were used from 2012 to 2016????
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  2231. This was an excellent presentation. I've watched several previously on this channel. Most I've found to be very informative. I particularly enjoyed the conversational style in addition to the informative, practical insights on this system. GE should kick in a cut of the profits to this young man. I'm sold.
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  2232. Great and informative video. I’m enjoying my Model 3 and 150 coconut cream pies ✌🏾😎
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  2233. Looks interesting for sure. Keep up the good work
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  2234. It is amazing that I will be able to see a colony on mars in my lifetime, I hope. But, the real magic will begin when we start terraforming.
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  2235. K.I.S.S. Too many moving parts!
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  2236. Smooth and down to earth speaker.
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  2237. I am a specialist in Renewable Energy analytics...mainly w/ the many different Interconnection/metering/tariff agreements in the USA. Your advice here is very good. Also I would recommend asking your utility company what your "after getting solar bill" will look like when you under produce or over produce in different months... and if net metering is even done at the utility... some do not offer it...like in Rural Coop areas and in small town Municipals. Devil is in the details!!
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  2238. Love to hear an engineer's thoughts on sales people. We live in the same world.
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  2239. Why put mechanical systems and the generating equipment underwater where it's difficult to maintain? Why not just pump air into a static open bottomed chamber and then release it through a turbine and generator on land?
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  2240. This is great. For many things the 10× cost is worth it. Like solar planes and cars.
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  2241. I´m with you. It is 5 years or less.
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  2242. Love this idea.
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  2243. great video!👏
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  2244. That sounds insane!!!! I wouldn’t believe it! 😅
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  2245. Solar will work in cloudy areas you just need more panels and series wire to bring up voltage. If you diy and use used panels then you can make a pretty quick roi.5yrs plus power just keeps costing more so it will be a great long term investment.
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  2246. Just Love this video. Great to get an updated. Keep up the good work 😁
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  2247. It's taking off. finally. The more EVs the better. Has to get to 2% of market before a total disruption can accur. Iphone time here we come
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  2248. 👍
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  2249. Great Video Ricky, The Ubiquiti is a great product and I not only have this at home but sell it here in the UK
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  2250. Great video! I'm planning a solar + battery system on my new apartment here in Barcelona and you've given me some good ideas.
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  2251. i rode in a model three perphormance dual motor and it changed my life phorever
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  2252. I'm still amazed they were able to keep it secret. Reserved one within the first 10 minutes the page was available.
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  2253. 100 Joules of heat gives 35 Joules of electricity by spinning a turbine. Or 40 joules by TPV. Who wouldn't do this ? The storage breakthrough is also amazing.
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  2254. thank you for such informative video. really appreciate it.
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  2255. nice video man i like it, you need more subs
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  2256. Your content is always amazing! Love it :)
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  2257. Great overview Ricky, I've heard the new headlights are for European models, but not sure if that is confirmed. How long will it be until we see matte black delete kits? ☺️
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  2258. Great job!! Not easy to nail down a Nikola story when the Nikola story keeps evolving daily :)
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  2259. I love geothermal energy. It's amazing. I'd love it if we find a way to use it anywhere we want/need. Tidal energy is awesome too. Cloud seeding in areas of drought, advanced desalination plants powered off alternative energy options. I hope it all happens.
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  2260. Very cool subject for a video. Loving it! PS custom made earplug that snugly fit are not uncomfortable at all. I've a festival pro and haven been to over 200 festivals in my live. I've never had issues with them, being uncomfortable. If you often go to places 3with loud noises then I can highly recommend getting a set of custom ones. Sure its a big one time investment, but it will prevent you from getting tinnitus.
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  2261. Fascinating videos on Tesla battery technology. Extremely engaging content.
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  2262. Good choice! Congrats!!
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  2263. You do a great job of breaking down complex concepts. Thanks for all your help.
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  2264. I'm glad someone is working on these issues. There is enough brain power on the planet to solve all are problems.
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  2265. I’ve been a mechanic for 40 years and I would buy one write know
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  2266. Ricky on brakes you are in a warm climate. I live in Central NJ and have had my 3 since 2018. When it is cold and you did't preheat your EV the regen is very low so you do use your brakes more in the colder climates. That being said I still think you can leave the brakes at 0 for EVs. I owned a Prius for 107,000 miles and never changed the brakes pads.
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  2267. this is going to be the first tesla event i watched with my dad. been interested since mid 2018
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  2268. Love your show and glad to see your getting away from the grid, What do you plan on calling your Utility company??? I've been off grid for about 10 years. Love not having a bill!!! Still with a 14k upgrade haven't reached the cost of installing a meter at this remote location.... feels good for free energy for so long.... well less than paying for just a meter not any electricity ... love it love it love it!!
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  2269. It seems odd that geo thermal isn't growing as fast. We're talking at a theoretical endless power source. What's up with that?
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  2270. What about the balloon over Central America? Don’t think they could have been that far off the mark
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  2271. This is solar and batteries at the level I'm comfortable with...great video breaking it down thanks.
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  2272. Why am I just now finding this channel?! Great content.
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  2273. I'm totally off grid...never going back! Do NOT lease a system, own it!
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  2274. Great work. I saw some happy Rivian owners yesterday. They were disconnecting from a Tesla Supercharger in Parish, NY. They left with smiles!
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  2275. There is a video on youtube where they are testing it. In reverse it is also much better then regular prop.
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  2276. Thank you for a great video.
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  2277. Very nice review 👍🏼 so have an EcoFlow smart panel awaiting installation and one Delta Pro. I plan to add a second Delta Pro or perhaps more depending on how much energy in excess is produced from my 20 solar panels beyond what the batteries can store. ⚡️ I also purchased the J1772 adapter, allowing me to fill up the Delta Pro from any L2 EV charge station for camping or just as a secondary charging option. My experience has been very good and have a strong impression that EcoFlow has put a lot of thought into their ecosystem, and have been quite happy with their products this past year since learning about them from a friends recommendation who uses Delta’s himself. The smart panel only made sense after purchasing the Delta Pro and am looking forward to offsetting the peak periods of energy use between 4-9 as well as having the added peace of mind in case of an unexpected outage.
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  2278. Excellent talk on geo thermal energy solutions. Hopefully many more such plants will come up all over the world and in India in particular. We have several geological areas where this technology can be used very profitably. 👍
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  2279. This is engineer dad heaven
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  2280. These magnets can revolutionize Entire industries around the world. But people are distracted by Stupid things.
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  2281. Anyone that claims an induction burner is just as good as a gas burner has never cooked in a Professional Kitchen or worked as a Line Cook.
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  2282. Thanks Ricky, you have a knack for explaining complex topics in easy to understand layman's tems! Everytime I try to mansplain something to my wife, her eyes glaze over, she starts to yawn, and she's out like a light 🤣 Next time, I'll find one of your videos and just let her watch that 😆🤓!
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  2283. I'm not smart enough to even begin to understand the little details, but the optimist inside me is always looking for "the next evolution".... Great video.
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  2284. I was 7 years old when I watched Neil Armstrong as he lumbered down the ladder of "The Lunar Landing Module," (L.L.M.,) & on the last rung, He paused and uttered those immortal words, "That's One Small Step For ("A,") Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind." (If you've never heard & you don't what The "A" In Parentheses is all about, Armstrong's actual words were "THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR 'A MAN',,,Etc." A Glitch In The Radio Signal Covered Up The "A," so those of us earth-bound people didn't hear The "A," & to this day not a lot of Earthlings know about the error caused by 1960's Radio Technology.) Hopefully, when we make it back to Lunar Surface, we'll hear every word in Stereophonic Clarity! We were told that by the time that we were grown, that we'd be taking Moon Vacations as easily as we took took any Earth Vacation by Airplane. Personally, I was in love with The Space Shuttle! The Launches & Landings were spectacularly beautiful! My Late-Wife's First Cousin was Judith Reznik, The NASA Astronaut on Her Second Shuttle Flight on Challenger when it Exploded 113 Seconds after Launch on January 28th, 1986. I had applied & accepted to be a Mission Specialist on A Shuttle Mission. I was a Licensed Jet Pilot, and I looked forward to flying higher & faster than ever before. I had even been through The Astronaut Training Program, but The Mission, which included My Mission on The Flight was Permanently Scrubbed. I applied Two More Times but I was never selected. The Shuttle was permanently retired and I am getting a little long in The Tooth for NASA to consider me for a Mission NOW. My only hope for reaching the 64 mile mark, (100 Kilometers,) The Edge Of Space is in one of The Private Passenger Space Planes being designed by various Individuals and Corporations. I'm surprised that they're not taking people for the flight of a lifetime yet! (Yes, I'll spend My Kid's Inheritance for The Chance To See The World From Space, even if it is just for a few minutes!) Technically Speaking, on Earth, We've reached a point that we imagined when we were kids. Virtually every Home Has At Least One Computer, Cars Are Equipped With Computers, And There's A Computer In Everyone's Pocket! Cars Can Drive Themselves, (and I Once Thought that "Cruise Control" was High Tech. LOL) Drones Now Fight Our Wars, Most Anyone Who Wants One Can Own Their Own Drone For Aerial Photography or To Spy On The Beautiful Gal Nextdoor That Sunbathes By Their Pool Topless. Drones Now Deliver The Stuff That You Order Off Of The Internet, Drone Cars Now Deliver Your Pizzas, Drone Ships Collect Spent Rocket Stages After A Space Launch From K.S.C. If You Get Lost, Your Smartphone, ("The Computer In Your Pocket,") Can Tell You Where You Are & How To Get To Where You Want To Go Using "Global Positioning Satellites," (G.P.S.) We live in a High Tech. World, A Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Cleans Many People's Homes, Though The Humanlike Robots are still some decades away, Robots Are Beginning To Become More Common In Places That Couldn't Have Even Been Imagined Just A Few Years Ago. Oh, And About The Flying Car Thing. Don't Hold Your Breath! One day, We May Use Hovercraft Motor Vehicles instead cars sitting on Four Tires, But Take It For A Long Time Pilot, Flying Cars Are Just NOT Feasible! Just As The Weather Grounds & Airplane Flights, It Would Also Ground Your Flying Car! Your Boss Would Likely Not Be Very Understanding If You Couldn't Make It To Work Because The Weather Grounded Your Flying Car! However, Back To Space Travel! I'm Disappointed That We Didn't Replace The Space Shuttles with a more Up-To-Date Design. I feel like in many ways We've reverted back to 1960's Technology. However, if it'll move us forward in Human Space Exploration, They can get to Space By Helium Balloons for all I care! I look forward to our return to The Moon. I will be just as excited as I was between 1969 & 1972 when We sent The Original Lunar "Bunny Hoppers" to The Moon. But that happened in the Early Years Of My Life, and Before I Leave This World, I Want To Live To See Humans Set Foot On Mars! That'll Be The Ultimate In Human Space Travel For A Lifetime!!!
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  2285. I know you hear it a lot that you look like Kobe Bryant like is twin👯‍♀️
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  2286. The price advantage is misleading. A regular solar panel lasts >20 yrs. In the same period of time, you'll need to replace the printed panels ~10 times over, costing $20K in place of $8.4K. But it's a promising technology that can definitely be able to challenge regular panels with adequate effort and goodwill (goodwill cos, companies these days are hell-bent to make things that die soon rather last long).
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  2287. Thank you for sounding the alarm. I’ve been screaming about this without a platform. I hold a masters in a sort of MBA Sustainability Leadership from Arizona State and work in deep tech and am loosing sleep over it. If you see in your head data regeneration from AI, it’s horrifying. I use it sparingly, but could use it all day long if I didn’t know what it costs. We have a solution. Reducing data processing by 7/8, especially AI because it runs so much data bloat. Clean out all the extraneous and it becomes more efficient. It does look like the gold rush is abating because it frequently proves hallucinogenic or just plain wrong.
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  2288. We, the USA, did a similar thing during the Eisenhower admin. We launched hundreds of them and only recovered two, with little to no data. One crashed near Rosewell,NM and a bull sit story was used to cover the program. This was well before the U2 and space satelittes.
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  2289. Mustang El Camino? ...Ranchero! ;)
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  2290. Mainstream media could only be more bought if they had barcode's tattooed on their foreheads
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  2291. Mind-blowing illustrations, thank you so much!
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  2292. All that is necessary is to combine the liquid metal battery with compressed air power storage. Compressed air generates waste heat that could be used to heat the liquid metal battery. I am always looking for ways to get the most BANG FOR THE BUCK.
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  2293. Thanks!!!
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  2294. That low speed pulsing is called cogging, original fisker karmas did that. Im surprised to see Ford is still working through that issue.
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  2295. Maybe I am missing something. But from the drawings that you overlayed, the walls and columns only extend halfway into the street, but not into the buildings across the way, as long as you omit the elaborate stairs. Having a grand cathedral in the middle of empty fields meant that they could extend the design for the stairs, fountains, outbuildings and gardens out a great distance. Sure, getting a longer distant view of the incredible cathedral would allow you to take in the amazing scale and grandeur of the building. But in the reality of a modern city, property owners in the surrounding areas are not likely to tear down their profitable businesses and housing just for broad and impressive staircases. It seems to me to be a reasonable compromise to close off the street, finish the columns and spires, build less expansive stairs, and call it done.
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  2296. this channel is underrated
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  2297. Great presentation and explanation, good job guys!
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  2298. You look amazing, shave or not. Keep up the good work and all your casting are good quality choices.
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  2299. I'm pretty positive about alternative energy sources (no pun intended), but there are a few negative comments here regarding personal cash benefits versus other power sources such as solar. But I think its the wrong approach. If small communities came together and installed both wind and solar systems on or around properties they could collectively make significant savings over national grid prices. Solar fades as the sun goes down but wind can supply power throughout the night and day. A mix of both technologies utilising suitable rooftop locations and open remote clear wind swept area locations could be very profitable in respect of power harvesting. The time will come when we will have to depend on this kind of technology so the sooner we work out the best way of employing it, the better we will be.
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  2300. I was wondering when this video was coming out 👍
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  2301. 🤗THANKS RICKY FOR SHARING HOW WE CAN HELP 🧐TEAMWORK 💚💚💚
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  2302. Outstanding video! Thanks for posting. Just subscribed.
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  2303. Sir ur awesome I see all your videos
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  2304. Congratulations! BTW, I love your voice.
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  2305. The largest concern is going to be the electrical grid and here's why recently in California they had some unusual hot weather they were telling residents they were going to have to conserve electric to protect the grid. Here's where all this comes into play fast charging. If you have a 75 kilowatt hour battery and you intend on charging it in 15 minutes that means you're going to have to supply well over 75 kilowatts of power to charge it in that period of time and with all the expected millions of new cars being produced this is going to create a nightmare for the power grid this has a potential to create massive power spikes in the grid power companies do not like these power spikes because they actually make the electrical grid operate in efficient. Primarily the way they deal with this in industry is they put in what they call a peak demand meter and charge exorbitantly high prices for the electric that are produced under these types of conditions. electric companies have to anticipate the consumption of electric on a daily basis to properly and efficiently run an electrical grid. Here are the difference in fuel supply chains when it comes to liquid fuels for cars in other vehicles. Compared to ev vehicles. When you pull into a conventional station to refuel your chemically driven car the fuel is stored in a tank underground. It is pumped into your car as fast as the pump will allow it. The problem with Ev car they rely on the electric grid the electric grid is not a stored electrical system at this point and yes Tesla is developing a battery system which would be able to dump electric into the Grid at a moment's notice but this would further increase the strain on lithium and other materials to make batteries because it would require additional batteries to make an electric car Fleet feasible. When it takes on average over 10 years in the United States to bring an electric power plant online due to regulations this is going to be huge challenge for the United States. A country like China will put approximately 100 new power plants online in one year's time.
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  2306. Arcimotos future is fun.
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  2307. Great video. TFS. 😊
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  2308. Two Bit da Vinci $35k... Dodge Challenger RT
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  2309. Ricky I forgot to tell you I love the new format of your show and the great knowledge which comes from your various avenues
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  2310. I used to have a 3kW leased solar system. Loved it! No upfront costs and after install, it cut our energy cost in half. I support solar power all the way.
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  2311. Great video. I love Nouveau Monde. I love their promotional videos too.
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  2312. im a NETA electrical technician. my boss just sent me to IR school last week. I passed my exam and now I am a level one thermographer. doing a load bank scan on a generator right now, just killing time to let the conductors warm up from the load bank. Cool video!!
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  2313. if you can make a line you can make a ring. orbital habitats are next.
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  2314. Switching to this design would not accommodate constant speed propellers (prop pitch changes instead of engine speed), which means changing over the entire engine system. Not that it would be prohibitive, but it’s not always as simple as swapping out a propeller. Still, it would be amazing for this to take over the industry!
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  2315. Great stuff as always. Love you branded flywheel and wish you had been my physics teacher a long time ago. Thanks!
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  2316. I have become a big fan of Your show. You have good information and evaluations.
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  2317. Wonderful what an engineering triumph thanks for the great information
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  2318. I wrote about this field before. You made a very comprehensive video. Good job.
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  2319. I really really want graphene supercapacitor to be widely used in everyday technology. But we just gonna have to suck it up for at least a decade more...and even that I'm not sure if it will be the primary source of portable energy, more likely just gonna be supplementary... Unless someone as ambitious as elon decided to step in and force technology revolution that could give people a taste of what practical graphene supercapacitor is like.
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  2320. Thanks for another informative show, but! For a science based show I’m baffled why you use measuring system that basically the whole world no longer uses. Who uses Fahrenheit? Plus sometimes you have spelling mistakes.
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  2321. There's been things I've been meaning to research and I think you touched on them all. I hate videos that make claims without showing why they recommend it. You took the time to explain it all. Much appreciated.
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  2322. EXCELLENT!! Thanks so much for this organized, clear, complete, and honest explanation and appraisal of home solar systems. Very helpful.
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  2323. Brilliant! The most valuable video on this subject that I have seen, and I have seen a lot. Thanks.
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  2324. When Ricky makes a 12 mins video about your paper, it is a guarantee you made the right career choice! Great Video Ricky!
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  2325. Going deep...literally....Mines lol
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  2326. The A380 is a passengers dream. A beautiful, safe, comfortable plane. Simply the best to date. I think many will still be flying for decades.
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  2327. Excellent video. I just wrote a paper about all of this for my engineering class. I would like to see how plug-in hybrids stack up, since I own a Chevy Volt.
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  2328. Great discovery, glad that MIT lab is still going beyond the boundaries of what is considered settled science to drive innovative breakthroughs
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  2329. To... much... math...
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  2330. Great video ,well explained One day I may win the lotto and buy one
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  2331. The right hand rule! I just had flash backs to my physics 102 E&M class!
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  2332. I see you put subtitles in this vid. Thank you for that, you get a like (and I'm only 0:26 in the vid)... Further comment on vid incoming.
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  2333. Wow! I was absolutely blown away by the production quality and the depth of knowledge contained in this presentation! Of course I immediately subscribed. I was also astounded by the quality of the Tesla systems and the forethought that went into their design and development. (I'm a Model S owner for about 18 months.) Thank you so much for this amazing video!
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  2334. So some math concerning the railway strike and increased pay you mentioned. You mentioned they received a 14% pay increase, instead of 7 paid sick days a year, and that you believe the sick pay would have been a higher priority. However, if you do the math, a 14% pay increase is equivalent to 36 extra days of pay at the previous rate (using an average of 5 work days a week, or 260 a year). So I would definitely make the argument that a 14% pay increase was far more beneficial and could be set aside by the individual themselves to account for days off, sick days, or go towards the increasing cost of living as necessary. Do I think they should have gotten both - possibly. My only argument here is the math between 14% increase vs 7 days paid sick leave.
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  2335. Who else thought that the battery on the thumbnail has rust ?
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  2336. Absolute superb video with lots of insight into pros and cons.
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  2337. I’ve been using Harry’s razor for about a year + now. The German stainless steel is far superior to UK . I wouldn’t recommend using foam from any aerosol can, go for natural-soap and a Badger Brush. Add a drop of kukui oil to the soap. Thank me later x
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  2338. Both of you guys are awesome. I would pay to see you and Mark colab on a project!!
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  2339. Thank you so much for this video, I’ve been very curious about this project.
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  2340. Don’t forget to replace that breaker room door. Someone can knock out those door pins and those portable eco flows just roll away. Ouch. Thanks for the vid. I have a ecoflow delta and it’s impressive for its size.
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  2341. The best review so far, great video !
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  2342. Sounds to me that, for a lot of applications at least, metal drains and pipes are probably still a better idea.
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  2343. Great video, thanks. Particularly covering the family stuff - really helpful to get an idea of how it will work with kids, car seats and the associated “stuff”.
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  2344. Beautiful computer models, nice looking cars.
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  2345.  @benjamindbarr  Sure that the infra is making a huge difference [NL vs USA, could there be a bigger gap in bike-friendlyness? ;-)], but also new developments (automatic gearing, like the one shown, is making you start like crazy) is never making me doubtfull if i can make it before the cars can.
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  2346. Thanks!
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  2347. I'm in Texas. Bought an Ego v6 mower at Lowes last Oct. for $2500. Old inventory marked down. Love the mower but the battery box just stopped working one day. Called Ego customer service and warranty covers everything. Just got it back from repair shop 2 weeks ago and it works great. To aquire more batteries I bought the additional tools that come with batteries. Love the tool too. Just heard Ego is coming out with a 28mph mini motorcycle. Tempted!
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  2348. Great work Ricky!
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  2349. What about the anode technology? Graphite is not the reactive part in the anode, it only raises conductivity. I think the same goes for silicon but this is just a guess. The oxidizer is usually some sulfur based molecule in a high oxidation state. Or something with some umpf oxadation wise. Otherwise grate video! I didn't know about the manganese and cobalt content. I enjoyed it.
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  2350. This is huge for energy efficiency and reducing noise pollution. Can't wait to see what happens on GA aircraft/prop planes.
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  2351. How about this heat pump application? Use a heat pump to collect heat from the back surfaces of photovoltaic panels and heat up the contents of a hot water tank. The PV panels get chilled, raising their efficiency, and the water is heated for cheap.
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  2352. Thorium reactors, the way forward 👍 Thanks for the crisp video 🍁
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  2353. Thanks. This is a great subject, and a really well thought out and professionally built show.
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  2354. Still about batteries, I'd like to see where the competition is now; Samsung, LG, Sony, Chinese companies
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  2355. I think you are completely right! I am from Germany and our common understanding here is exactly the same.
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  2356. Any way to invest in this company from the US?
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  2357. Thanks for posting this video, I'm highly interested in EV's!
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  2358. It is a byproduct of fission reactors if you line them with lithium. Fission can feed fusion.
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  2359. Why ASML or (setup) a Dutch sister company are not creating Chips? It will be a hug economy & tech boost for the Netherlands. Maybe to expensive to produce in the Netherlands.?
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  2360. 1st
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  2361. My cousin was telling me about that 8sleep. I might have to do that man;)
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  2362. Not a mobile solution but perhaps a parabolic mirror as heat source.
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  2363. Tell us all, how many Hp and Nm do these 100 electric motor appliances in your household produce? With the Tesla motors, it's just wear and tear, in 99% of cases the bearings fail and as they are not a user replaceable item, Tesla replaces the whole unit and sends the faulty one back to the factory. Also, as you mention very complicated ICE cars, I had 30+ years old cars, that had the original engine, gearbox and differential. Now, how to prove what I say? My word is as good as yours, and you may only search the internet. I do not own a Tesla and even if I did, you would not believe what I say. Also Tesla cars are heavy, so all the suspension componets die prematurely and the AWD versions have issues with the front end due to weak drive train. Once again, your 100 electric motor appliances do not move around 2 tons and do not output several hundreds of Hp and Nm. It's all a matter of scale.
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  2364. how were the body gaps?
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  2365. with this stay at home orders look how clean the air is all over the world. open the eyes of some doubters and enjoyed by others. less ICE cleaner air healthier people
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  2366. My monthly electric bill is $60 dollars. It’s about conservation rather than production.
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  2367. I own an induction cooktop and I love it, but I still think the government should stay out and not ban gas stoves. You can't use induction in every single application, and also if there's a blackout (eeeh, Californians?) you can't cook. "We the people" have the right to choose.
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  2368. Funny that this one is coming out now. I bought a radiant stove a few years ago to replace a coil electric and have hated it since we bought it. The inability to control cooking temperature combined with a really bad oven that won't hold temps has driven me to look for a new gas stove. Nothing I've used has come anywhere close to giving me the temperature control I've had with gas with old coil electric coming in second. I'd like to try induction, but these appliances are expensive and I can't buy one to just try it. Buying a cheap one wouldn't be a fair comparison for the tech. Besides, induction may be great for a cooktop, but my oven will still have to be something else and modern electric ovens just seem to all be designed for convection, not for baking with no blasted fan running. So again, gas... Flame away folks, I'm going to have to go to gas again for equality of life reasons. On a slightly divergent note, has anyone looked at air quality when there is a mix of gas and hydrogen, like they are experimenting with in the UK? We could debate the merits of an even more reactive gas being used, but I'm more curious about the effects on air quality given the current debate, Live long and prosper. Yeah I saw that!
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  2369. Awesome video.
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  2370. This sounds brilliant. I hope this technology becomes widely used.
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  2371. Love it, yes, I'm on that band wagon!
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  2372. Great report Ricky, thank you. I continue to be impressed by Elon's approach to problem solving. New outcomes don't come from following existing methodologies.
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  2373. I like the video I live In Cincinnati Ohio and I am staying tuned
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  2374. I just took delivery on my Tesla M3 on 09/26/2019 and I absolutely love it. I had to move quickly since Tesla offered 2 years of free super charging which ended 10/31/2019. I live in a condo with no charging and since I am retired and drive <150 miles per week, I can use the super charger at Fashion Valley while I cajole and sweet-talk my HOA into allowing charging stations to be installed in the garage. The best I love about my Tesla M3 is ‘Regenerative Breaking’ I can drive around town and barely use the breaks. I did not buy the Extended AutoPilot, but I have added it and just used it for the first time today. Wow! Still more to learn about it. I love my Tesla M3.
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  2375. 🔅 Great video and info on the different and novel Quantum tech. I think [eventually] we'll see hybrid chips with different ratios of Classical and Quantum 'horsepower' -- e.g. 80/20 chip real estate, or 40/60 etc. Ratios will vary for different uses like cars, mobile, desktops (office vs gaming), edge deployments, and mainframes/servers. Great job stepping up the production quality, and keep up the great work reporting tech. 🙌
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  2376. love it, love EVs, love tesla.
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  2377. Thank you!
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  2378. good stuff
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  2379. Very cool. Thanks for sharing
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  2380. Did you know? EVs were a thing 150 years ago too
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  2381. You definitely called it on prices rising in San Diego lol
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  2382. Excellent interview!
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  2383. Seriously Amazing video. Thank you for making it!
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  2384. Wait you guys heat your water with electricity... Ricky we need to talk... Your Solar panels are 20% efficient most of that energy lost as heat. Solar water heaters are around 90% efficient. The only energy needed is to run a small pump to circulate the water. Please look into this! In Hawaii most homes have solar thermal - It's a Must! It's also just silly. You are taking raw energy from the sun and making into a very refined level of energy (electricity) and then just converting it to heat. Heat is what you started with... Just store it in a big hot water heater tank. We have a rainy season in Hawaii and sometimes its cloudy for a week where I live. I can easily go a week in this minimal heat gain state without running out of hot water (family of three) 3,000+ sq ft. home. I think you have as good or better conditions in SD. Also the systems do have an electric heat element in case you have protracted cloudy weather or live in more variable weather areas. Let's get the word out about Solar Thermal!!!
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  2385. Good job. The real question is white or black seats/interior?
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  2386. I was literally thinking today about ev prices dropping to around or even lower than ice cars.
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  2387. I’d love to see this on a submarine, the skewback propeller used on many subs are quieter, but less efficient. A propeller that is quiet and MORE efficient would be a big improvement. Especially for diesel electric subs.
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  2388. MHD is better for SUBS and all kinds of Marine craft. 100% Electric Hydrofoil & Electric Hydro Jet also make a good case.
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  2389. I agree that NOT running more gas directly to homes is smart here. Even in Michigan we have had geothermal heat and cooling for more than 30 years. No gas at all. It's a great solution. We have electricity to every home, leverage it!
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  2390. Keep up the Great Work!
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  2391. Great video thanks!
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  2392. As a dairy farmer I don’t like precision fermentation 😂
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  2393. This is a wonderful video. The information is delivered in a way that holds the viewer's interest and is presented by a likeable, knowledgeable individual who clearly has a passion for what he does. I have owned F-series pickup for many years and recently sold my F-350 diesel as my needs changed after retirement. This looks like a nice way to get back into a new truck! Many thanks for your solid efforts here. And, you made a believer out of me... although I might wait for the second model year and a bit more development of the power grid. Keep up the great work!
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  2394. I love this truck. I reserved one. This is the future now. Thank you Tesla.
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  2395. We've got Battle Bots and Fighting Kites, why not Kamikaze Balloon competitions? Send a $100k balloon to take down a $100k balloon. Instead of a 20:1 war of financial attrition, let's compete dollar for dollar. (yen to yen?)
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  2396. Thanks for reminding us of an example of the countries of the world working together to fix a common problem.
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  2397. This was fascinating!
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  2398. If you want to use numbers don’t assume them...Tesla is publicly traded pull up their 10k filing instead of assuming operation cost n whatnot just a thought
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  2399. You Are a Very Good Speaker!!!.....You Speak Clearly and Explain Things In an Understanding Way!!.......Thanks!!
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  2400. Can you do a video about China’s mars rover and what it means to other space agencies!?! great content dude
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  2401. Would love a deep dive video on the Xbus. Great video thank you guys so much guys
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  2402. The fact that he was Tesla's Model S chief engineer (or something like that) speaks volumes in itself!
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  2403. I'm definitely digging the content!
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  2404. One of your best sessions! You are a great communicator when you drop the political bias. In your effort to make the world a better place you started with yourself and found success! Congratulations!
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  2405. Commenting for the algorithm because people need to know about this.
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  2406. Ricky why don’t you create a kit so I can buy it from you so I can make water whenever I want. You could make millions $$$$$
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  2407. This would be good for people stationed on small islands that can’t collect enough rain water.
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  2408. Great information, effort, and production. Thank you for your efforts. Just as the best way to keep problem plastics out of the environment is to buy less and reuse (rather than recycle which is my 3rd choice) I believe the best way to fight climate change is to actually lower our use of energy by decreasing the population. I have an EV, solar panels, take public transportation when I can and stopped at 2 kids; but the world now has 8 B people and USA some 350 M. It is simply too many for our earth. I Live near Hanford WA nuclear waste facility which like others has been a horrible problem. Let’s do all we can toward safe renewables AND encourage our citizens and those around the world to slowly decrease the population by about a third. Yes you might have to work a little longer before social security and do some of your own labor around your home but our grandkids’ earth depend on it
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  2409. Batteries are really interesting . Would love to see Tesla producing their own
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  2410. below 10 years to breakeven is very good ngl. pure profit from there onwards. plus the increasing price per kwh..your profit is exponential
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  2411. More people with cosmic perspective, less people with collective identity illness, and we will be ok. Great channel!
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  2412. Awesome video I’m glad more YouTubers are talking about lithium Sulfer batteries. 10 years life still is not that long but I would gladly get a battery swap if it was cheap enough.
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  2413. Wave power generators could generate the electricity, Oregon State University has some great ones in development.
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  2414. I think this law will act as a natural selection of sorts. The legacy automakers that care about having a future will use the r&d budget they save by not needing to meet a 5% goal for EV research. If they instead decide to lower prices and take some extra margin as profit to please shareholders- then those shareholders won’t be holding much eventually.
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  2415. I am just a old man 76. how much iron & gold is produced by the best desalnation plant is it possible to build one that does that?
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  2416. I think the integrated drive unit might be the best IP here...and I look forward to its continued iterations in the future, both from Lucid and other manufacturers. I'm just imaging the day when buying a complete drivetrain either for a startup, a shall shop, or a home hot-rod mechanic is so easy when everything is practically "all-in-one." Basically, choose your battery, choose your drive unit and done! (I know this is starting already on a very small scale, but I'm talking about when its the norm) Sort of the crate engine idea, but taken so much further.
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  2417. Loved seeing your year's worth of usage! You're planning on cutting the gas too, right? That's another 21MWh or so that you could cover with a few hundred kWh of heatpump usage. Those Dualsun hybrid panels would be really cool to configure with a HPWH.
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  2418. Great, greater, Sandy! Yöu gotto love this guy! Thanks for your explanations from Germany 🤗👏
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  2419. Excellent Video Ricky!
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  2420. One issues I would also analyze is how many birds / insects are killed by this concentrated radiation. Probably little as this is the desert but might be significant. The same problem plagues windmills. PV on the other hand is just better: No moving parts, no fluids, and straight up DC which can also be used to recharge quickly BEV batteries. One thing I foresee is the use of electric cars and their huge batteries as residential storage. A 100 kWh battery from a Tesla can power a home a few days and be recharged in 1 hr. So a BEV becomes a moving battery for your home. Have 2 and one can stay in the garage and plug your home while the other is used for transport. Some guy already used his Tesla to mine crypto so why not use it to entirely power your home. Get cheap electricity at night on a fast DC charger then use it during the day. Work from home will also introduce this trend.
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  2421. Impressive graphics!
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  2422. 🙋‍♂️THANKS RICKI,for trying to enlighten us 🤔and Span the future 😁💚💚💚
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  2423. I think the astronauts use something similar.
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  2424. Thank you for maintaining the priority being human life and for doing your best to explain the subtle difficulties of the motivations of all the parties involved. It's extremely important for everyone who touches this subject to always have in their mind that life is precious and that is ultimately what any actions taken should serve.
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  2425. Hey Ricky, Tangentially, it just occurred to me for you to make a video featuring the life and impacts of Roger Revelle. I bet that you could find a way to make this historical biopic relevant to contemporary energy/ climate issues
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  2426. Precision Fermentation sounds like future food production on Mars. Everyone talk about the technology but no-one puts a price per lbs of product (my guess 10,000$/lbs has a long way to become a competitive with conventional production)
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  2427. I had two wire electric in my house. I just added a ground wire to each plug. It was a little difficult snaking the ground wire down under the house. Fortunately I had about a 3' crawl space. I clamped the ground wires to my cold water pipes and grounded my water pipe to an 8' copper rod I drove into the ground. I also had an unused 220 circuit behind my gas stove. I swung it over near the living room window where I put an 18,000 btu air conditioner. The most expensive thing I did was upgrade my screw fuse electrical panel to a breaker box with 6 20 amp breakers. My electrician friend helped me with that. Still, the entire upgrade was done for about $1200 including the new (open box) air conditioner.
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  2428. [Ricky] Probably smart Brad, yeah I have always bought used cars so far...
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  2429. Fantastic video!! You got my subscription! You should get with Ben at Teslanomics. You two put a lot of data together about Tesla.
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  2430. Big oil will be gone within 5 years I believe.
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  2431. I'm excited when launch costs drop further, making space and space travel more accessible. Plans are to do vacation on the moon for <10000$ per person, let's see how long it takes, but I'm sure it will happen in the next 50 years if no catastrophic event happens that cripples the world and economy like what Russia and Ukraine are doing over here in Europe or collapse of the € or the refugee and climate refugee crisis coming towards us. But I want to believe that the future will be bright and positive, so let's hope for the best (:
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  2432. I enjoyed your analysis! I don't think there is a bubble per se. But there is and will be a shakeup in the ecosystem that will leave a lot of employees out of a job. Startups come and go and Dyson is a mere case study for many of the EV companies trying to make it. A bigger ecosystem that companies need to address: Sales channels: most companies that manufacture EVs (Chevy & Nissan for e.g.) are not making money out of sales. They are using EVs for 2 reasons: marketing & meeting ZEV regulations set by some states. However as companies figure out how to make a profit out of this business, dealerships will suffer the most. You can imagine how many dealerships employ alone in the US. This is not to mention that EVs won't require the same level of service as ICE vehicles. Vendors: The ripple effect of fewer parts per car and fewer service visits will take some vendors out of business. Therefore it's expected that vendors start raising their prices which will impact EV pricing again and make it hard for OEMs to strengthen profits. I love EVs and I drive one. but so far there are so many problems to address. What I mentioned are just the visible problems. There are other external forces such as Government Interventions that might affect OEMs and startups negatively or positively.
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  2433. What happened to the Loom project
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  2434. instead of dehydrating solid waste, get rid of digestion all together and deliver nutrients directly to the blood, probably no harder and more affective ( both are extraordinarily hard to do, but might be doable in 20 years or so.) there are many, many solutions to the problems of other parts of the suit. Send me $400k and I will design you a solution!
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  2435. Ricky Calling these numbers “daunting” is nonsense. These costs are closer to trivial. The LCOE of coal is higher than oil, which is higher than gas, which is higher than wind, which is higher than solar so cost savings is where the preponderance of the funding for base line transition comes from. Old junk wears out so none of the cost of replacement with something cheaper is part of the cost of transition. That part is an AS IF free part. But base line is not enough. Overproduction is required to prevent underproduction. And nuclear winters must also be planned for (hint, solar panels are covered world wide with mildly radioactive dust while it gets very cold for 10 - 20 years). Next gen nukes are not available but thermal spectrum Molten Salt Reactors are expected to cost about the same as a car (Lamborghini) and work well during a nuclear winter when no liquid water is available. So you did much better than a restaurant napkin but...... I’m still hungry. More. Everybody chant MORE.
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  2436. Great video Ricky. Thanks
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  2437. Great talk and thank you for posting the video! There were too many talks at Fully Charged Live to attend each one. What a great event!
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  2438. The induction heating technology has been around since the 70s. The issue I have is how far does this active energy extend? Since I have a pacemaker and the cooking event is usually less than arms length away and a pacemaker leads (wires) are about 8 inches that could act as an antenna. I don't deem then safe. And they don't work at 60 cps
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  2439. Mexico, USA and Canada (NORTH AMERICA REGION) LOVE TO NORTH AMERICA REGION...
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  2440. the most beautifull church in the world
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  2441. This is brilliant. it really works!
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  2442. @12:42 CT stands for "current transformer", it is way to measure the current going through a conductor/wire, and if you find the current this way and you know what is the voltage (120 or 240 v) then you can calculate the power and energy being consumed by that circuit/room/appliance.
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  2443. Ricky, thank you so much for this video. Your growth as a presenter has really taken off and I find myself liking the topics you choose more and more. The intersection of climate, climate mitigation, and engineering challenges will indeed be more pressing to be solved over time. To the people of Hawaii, my heart is with you. A donation is forthcoming as well.
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  2444. If you can run car on rust my old Astra will be a free energy device!
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  2445. From what I can tell, the car is a good car with a very good warranty, but as always, there is a catch. The battery leasing is 110 per month for the VF8 with the average driver driving 1200 miles or more per month that would be the only one that makes sense. This adds 4000 to the cost of the car. After 36 months you have the option to buy the pack or continue the lease. Even if they sell the battery at 1/2 price after 36 months you are probably adding 10 to 15K to the cost of the car. I am a big EV advocate and currently own one and had solar installed but that does not mean I support all manufacturer's policy
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  2446. Lik~beautiful editing!😯
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  2447. Thank you! That was brilliant! I appreciate the depth, quality, and clarification in your video!
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  2448. Excellent analysis. Though I am only a everyday driver, I now understand the difference between the two and their pros and cons. Thanks.
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  2449. You done goofed buddy at 0:18 you said NTHSA, not NHTSA. Unliking, Unsubbing, Unpatreoning. In all seriousness though, like always great video I loved watching it like all your other content, keep creating and entertaining ;)
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  2450. Really good video 👍
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  2451. This video was made on Oct 8th, Tesla stock was at 240/share, you said you thought Tesla stock was a buy. Now on Dec 22 its 406/share. You really nailed that one, I'm so glad I listened!
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  2452. I thought it was just more baseless promises from Tesla, but this sounds exciting even outside the EV space
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  2453. Rural deliveries could be a nice market for these. Any trip I make to anywhere is at least an hour to get to town, and sometimes the roads aren't great.
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  2454. Great video! You were right when you DM'd me on Twitter telling me that I would enjoy it! YES, as we discuused, using solar & batteries to allow you to go 100% off grid energy wise, with a vertical ground source heat pump, electric cooking hob, & electric car, is THE way to both save the planet by reducing our carbon footprints to near zero, as well as saving HUGE amounts of money on energy & fuel - you can't get cheaper than FREE after setup! And solar panels can last 30yrs!
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  2455. Ricky, if you are Crazy so am I. The writing is on the wall... ;-)
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  2456. Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍
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  2457. Imagine going solar for long term while also mining cryptocurrency, with the extra daily power.
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  2458. We have a two part series on this topic of batteries. Part one is out now. Part two really proves why you’re wrong and will release in 2 weeks
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  2459. For more context, in 2021, there was a time period in which it was over 100 for over 60 days straight, and a few years before that, there was a time period of over 20 days straight. Honestly, all occurrences were unbearable.
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  2460. Interesting video! Good job!
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  2461. It’s interesting you comparing the launching of Tesla to flying, we are headed there real soon. thanks
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  2462. Glad your 5G Network for you ;)
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  2463. Awesome video Ricky! Great to hear that Tesla is now worth more than several traditional "big oil" companies put together, and more than several "big auto" companies also, clean transportation and clean energy for the win!
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  2464. This is really good.. thanks
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  2465. Yes... the arctic exploration hypothesis is definitely possible, but the very specific trajectory, and time spent loitering over sensitive areas suggests additional motives.
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  2466. Great video, the best I have watched on F150. This is a very impressive vehicle and with VTH, power take offs and huge Frunk I think its going to be a huge success
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  2467. You had me at math.
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  2468. First time I’m seeing your content, great animation and detail! The specs section was excellent. I thought I knew this plane, but still learned a lot. New subscriber here! 👍
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  2469. In Vietnam we usually have a solar water heater that use glass tube filled with oil to heat up water. It can run very well in a long time without needing for maintenance and very well resistant to contaminated water. Heating water takes a lot of energy and using solar electricity to heat water is not a very efficient way to heat water. With the small house that you only occasionally use hot in, you can use small electric water heater. It's easier to install and maintenance, also cheap and can be turn on off easily whenever you need.
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  2470. OMAZE: I like the idea of winning a classic vehicle converted to run on electricity. A small correction, though. It is a Land Rover Defender.
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  2471. Good morning ☀️
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  2472. Good morning. 🌞🌞🌞
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  2473. Thank you so much this explanation is what I’ve been looking for and it really helps relieve anxiety towards Tesla.
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  2474. You really think deeper than others ... love the depth of the content ..
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  2475. Thanks for this great info.
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  2476. Massively wrong about depreciation. With demand for Model 3 as crazy as it is, it will depreciate very slowly. Also very few people need to install a $1500 charging station. $200 is good enough and some people including me can get by without one. Also I’ve had mine for 6 months and haven’t spent a dollar on service.
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  2477. Excellent review and report, educational.
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  2478. The one thing that keeps getting thrown at me is the environmental impact of the batteries after they are used up. Could you touch on that at all?
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  2479. Great video, thank you.
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  2480. Great interview.
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  2481. So why not just use any heatpump & something like peltier modules (or turbines, e.g. tesla turbines) to make free energy?
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  2482. I watched it live and this is a great summary for sharing with people who missed it. Good job!
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  2483. 1st
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  2484. Always give us solar updates ❤️❤️
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  2485. I had questions and you answered them. Subbed
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  2486. Great vid, you should do a more in depth video on orbital refueling
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  2487. Thanks!
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  2488. If you buy solar then get off the grid otherwise you are bludging on those who support the grid full time. Just a simple fact.
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  2489. Always first
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  2490. I would love to see a video of you determining the value of Tesla stock! This was a very informative video. Thank you
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  2491. Tesla could make and sell a special trailer with a battery in the trailer and an electrical connection to the Tesla. I would buy one !
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  2492. can’t freaking wait
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  2493. In PC Watercooling, a common myth is that components within a loop will differ in temperature according to their placement with the radiator (the element discharging the heat). In actuality, the water temperature stabilizes and becomes uniform, due to the volume and flow. That said, how does the cooling solution differ in the Tesla battery? If the temperature delta is an actual issue, resolving such a problem would be very simple by introducing bi-directional flow channels or multiple heat exchanging points in the loop. I've built watercooling PCs for years, and it seems unlikely for such a trivial problem to exist in such a high tech device.
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  2494. How come I never hear about using non-corrosive freshwater water wheels on rivers generating 24/7 power? Subscribed
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  2495. Another great job by TB daVinci!
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  2496. Engineers 🤷🏾‍♀️🤯 they are amazing.
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  2497. Well, 50 years ago they didn't exactly have high-speed CAD design and computer modeling software that would help run thousands of design iterations before coming up with a good enough design, or precision CNC milling that would make prototyping that design with precision feasible. And a few decades ago, fuel efficiency wasn't that much of an issue either because of lower oil prices, so there wasn't that much of an incentive. That's my guess
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  2498.  @Israel_Two_Bit  Exactly, without CAD and CNC machining, this would be fairly impossible to bring to market. Add in cheap fossil fuels back when and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone willing to pay the ticket for a design that could produce optimal efficiency. Even today, the willingness to fork over that kind of dough for the high efficiency Sharrow prop is limited. I was in the marine industry for about 30 years building recreational, offshore capable fishing boats. The big demand I see in the recreational boating sector is for range enhancement for boats venturing offshore. Being able to run further and stay out longer has an appeal to many that is a more powerful incentive than saving a relative few bucks on fuel costs.
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  2499.  @Israel_Two_Bit  agreed. As a CNC programmer and 5 axis CNC machinist, sure, I can do this now adays... but even 5 years ago I would have struggled to cut this part or program it at all. Computers have improved, CNC programing tools have gotten leaps and bounds better, CNC machines themselves have gotten better, cutting tools have gotten better, and that's not even to mention the fact of high speed prototyping with 3D printers to test something like this with many iterations or high speed, accurate simulations where you can test before even building the thing at all... just because something can be drawn out on paper and has a sound concept doesn't always mean that it can be practically made... sometimes other industries that seemingly have NOTHING to do with the final end product have to have huge leaps in innovation before a century's old design even has a chance to see the light of day.
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  2500. Great news! Beautiful review!
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  2501. 289 petrol car drivers dislikes this video
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  2502. i was hoping for a small tea kettle to power my home.
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  2503. Very valid points I think that's generally the Humans adapt just wait for 250$ oil not far off. Holy comment length thoufh batman.
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  2504. How have I never heard of this church before? It is stunningly beautiful. Thank you so much for doing a video on it and as always I love your videos!
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  2505. Lockheed was looking into this in the 1970s. Funny shape, air bearings to reduce losses.
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  2506. I wonder if this technology could be used at a large scale in the future to prevent giant energetic storms like hurricanes from forming over the pacific
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  2507. In something like 50 years, I could imagine those kinds of ships being autonomously deployed by AI to achieve that level of precision needed
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  2508. Wow! What a great interview and tour! More of this please!
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  2509. This is great, perhaps your excitement and enthusiasm could also be applied to 99% carbon capture on a coal fired power plant? I like your informative videos nonetheless.
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  2510. Combine this idea with turbines... as the chain pulls the platform downwards, water flowing through the turbines would cause it to spin generating more power. Then upon release, the turbines spin again. If you're worried about power in vs power out when pulling it down, then just deactivate the turbines going down and only use them while going up. It might also serve to slow down the rise which could moderate the power created. I dunno... 6 in one, half a dozen in the other. It's just another option for generating a little extra power.
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  2511. Not a car show, more a museum
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  2512. Aptera is soo cool. Thanks for keeping us apprised of their status. Excellent choice of comments to respond to.
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  2513. Loved the tornado demonstration Ricky 😀
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  2514. Great video! I was looking for a video that shows the need of a big family! Thanks! Tesla should definitely thank you!
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  2515. Sad to say, but the main solution to California's water problems is giving agriculture a haircut of some kind. And for all the pissing and moaning about Almonds, that's unlikely to take a cut because it makes a bunch of money. Alfalfa and dairies are going to take the big fall. Vegetables will as well, over time, as more high tech companies start building lettuce greenhouses and factories closer to the end consumers near the cities of the east coast.
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  2516. Suppression of innovation. That is the takeaway from this great video, thanks
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  2517. Great video with one MASSIVE FLAW. So..., If Lithium is $7.50/lb, it can't possibly be $3.41/kg. To get the cost/kg, you need to MULTIPLY by 2.2046, not divide. Sort of casts doubt on the accuracy of the rest of the video. Care to elaborate?
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  2518. So clear and succinct. 👌🏾 Subscribed!
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  2519. I forgot the name but there's solar that uses water pipe to cool them and uses the heated up water and pumps it back into your home reducing the amount of energy needed to warm the water. Also source is a solar humidity collector it uses the humidity in the air and puts water into your home i think there 3 to $5,000
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  2520. Great graphics.
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  2521. I really appreciate all of the research you did for our benefit! You rock!
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  2522. First for Sonic x Elon!!!!
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  2523. For homeowners, this is a very informative video.
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  2524. Nothing died to create it. It doesn't matter what the final product is. It is vegetarian. Vegan to me is an entirely separate cultural classification but the basic rule is nothing with a mother, so this still qualifies. But since this is a personally defined attribute, if someone says it isn't vegan they are correct according to their own definition, if not mine.
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  2525. I suppose thirsty concrete would at least be effective for sidewalks
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  2526. Informative. Inspiring. Just continued to model my own design again.
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  2527. Excellent Video! Right on target! Electric cars are just beginning!
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  2528. Natural gas heating doesn't require a blower to move the heat around. I have steam heat which doesn't require an electric blower. Great video though. I'm a new subscriber and loving it so far
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  2529. Thanks for the info Ricky
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  2530. Had a water leak, it was between the water meter and my house… water never even made it in the house. Took months to figure out, but it was under my driveway. Paid a plumber to fix it. The leak slowly increased at the same time people moved in, so thought it was just increased useage. Water use dropped down to almost 1/10 of the use before the leak was fixed.
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  2531. "It´s like Keith Richard... it´s still here long before what we thought it would be" HAHAHAHA That alone is worth the video!! LOOLL
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  2532. First time I saw one of your videos. Good stuff. Subded.
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  2533. Wow. Kobe is really smart.
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  2534. I heard that the Model 3 uses the same sort of heavy and dirty made lithium ion batteries as the other Tesla models, even though this is true I've always though it's a lot more cool with it being a smaller car. Big cars don't sell that well in European Cities and that's where the worst pollution is. London is still smoggy as fuck from all the disgusting toxic diesels but smaller cars would be so much better for a busy City. Tesla should try their hands at a hatchback after the Model 3, it would be awesome. Looking at those stats at the beginning, If the Model 3 came to the UK as it is right now it would definitely sell like hot cakes. 220 to 330 mile range and about £25k after those government tax things probably. That's bonkers, I'd really consider getting one on finance if I found out I could afford it. Cool as fuck 👍😎
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  2535. Reverse osmosis membranes are subject to fouling from scale build up and biological growth. With 150°f easily available evaporation seems more viable. There are materials that can help speed up evaporation and re condensation.
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  2536. Excellent video, thanks a lot! As you mentioned, we are comparing here two different technologies of different maturity levels. Hydrogen has still a lot to improve... I am confident that hydrogen will take off, not thanks to cars but other applications, and then, eventually will reach personal vehicles. Everything that move us away from polluting solutions is GREAT! A few notes to go further: in your numbers, I would have taken into account manufacturing, not just usage. Good videos on YT about it. For ex, for the first years a Tesla is more polluting than a gasoline car, but if used a long time it is greener. In addition, we move the pollution from usage point to mining and refining points (-> in poor countries, which is rather unfair).
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  2537. Ricky, I would like to recommend a couple of books to you. They are ALL HELL BREAKING LOOSE by Michael T. Klare and HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER by Bill Gates. Hope you find them useful.
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  2538. Toyota and others seem to be wanting to leapfrog all the battery research Tesla has done to date. But, this strategy is going to cede battery leadership to Tesla for at least the next five years. Tesla will enjoy a huge advantage in the marketplace during that five years.
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  2539. Thanks, great coverage!
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  2540. Terrific presentation. I was familiar with geothermal for residences However this was the first commercial presentation and think it should be not just encouraged for the government but rammed down their throats
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  2541. Ricky: can you please look into organic rankine cycle generators?
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  2542. Great job! Excellent!! Thanks you answered most my questions!! Have a great day.... liked and subbed!!!
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  2543. This ballon entered Alaska somewhere around Hooper Bay, Alaska which is far removed from the Artic Ice Shelf. I thought the video might be answering the question that no one is asking...why wasn't it shot down over the Alaskan continentnal shelf?
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  2544. Awesome video 👍👍👍👍
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  2545. That F150 Lightning will sell!
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  2546. Minds solving problems; love it!
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  2547. Great videos. Very informative. Thank you
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  2548. How much energy is lost in a gas engine as opposed to an Ev and cost per lost of energy over a period of time? Idiots are concerned with traffic light drag racing 0-60 times smarter people are concerned with the money savings and the impact or lack thereof on pollution.
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  2549. This is thinking outside the box...litterally.
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  2550. The whole water from air thing brings a new meaning to the phrase "water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."
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  2551. That was one great vid. Thank you. I'm in the San Francisco Bay area and I'm just starting to look into solar. With global warming and many folks going to A/C, Cal. government mandating the end of natural gas appliances and internal combustion engines, the load on the electrical grid will be huge if not overwhelming. My take on this is I will install the biggest solar system plus batteries that I can afford now because by the time everyone figures out where this is all going the prices for panels and installation are going to skyrocket.
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  2552. Excellent recap, thank you Ricky 👍🏾🙏🏾
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  2553. YES to Sterling engines
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  2554. *Panasonic's batteries.
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  2555. Well done, reporting I can understand.
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  2556. electric conversion for cars with worn out engines coud be a profitable consideration. bolt up an electric motor to the transmission....compact battery for the trunk, install a charging plug to your old car.....just sayin that as battery technology improves, this could be a viable option. Lots of compact cars today on the market that would be good candidates for conversion kits. For far cheaper than a new Tesla. I would love to cruise in a newer vw bug if it was electrified. Of course some people like to sell their old cars, just so they can drive a new one....but not all, I still rock the same vehicle for the last 18 years! I can’t justify spending 50 grand, just so I can be a cool cat....keeping up to the Jones’s is not important to me. An electric vehicle is very appealing to me, just not at current prices. I will either wait for more used electric vehicles to be available, or convert my own.
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  2557. Ricky your wrong dude! You don't "get it"!!! The 1st Tesla Truck will CRUSH all ICE Trucks in Specs, Functionality, & Features - Bar None!!! It will be a beast & the 50K price tag will only be for the base stripped model w/ limited range, exactly like the base Model 3 is really a + Model 3 w/ range limited by software. The 1st Tesla Truck MUST be bigger than a Standard F-150, more like an Original Hummer in size, but based on reasoning from 1st Principles letting Physics & Functionality rule the design process!!! ALL 4 TESLA'S... S X 3 Y have extremely low coeffiency of drag #'s & so will The Tesla Truck which will help dictate the design of course. TTT (The Tesla Truck) must be able to carry 6 Adults to a job site IMHO... The bed must be longer than an F-150 due to the need to carry @ least 6 crew members. Think out of the box! - Elon & Frantz are gonna S H O C K us all. Size matters & TTT will be for those who from a 1st Principles Utilitarian point of view MUST BUY THE TTT BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE EVEN COMES CLOSE TO TTT's ABILITIES. Fleets of TTT's will be bought by Corporations as a no-brainer decision - this is a guaranteed path to market dominance in the TTT sphere - TTT will be LARGER than a F-150 & TTT will cannibalize F-150 sales from a Corporate Utilitarian Perspective. TTT will be a TRUE WORK TRUCK!
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  2558. Great video and info. Thx. Btw, I think you meant to say M3 and not MS close to 16 minutes in your video, didn’t you? Keep these coming. Just subscribed to your channel.
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  2559. Great show. So, it sounds like Dyson will be able to use it's research to develop component parts and / or services. I didn't get that from other reports. That makes a lot of sense to me now.
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  2560. Your analysis is simply excellent!!! Thanks very much, and say hi to your little guy :)
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  2561. Do you think tesla will ever make a model L ( like lightyear one)? Could they make a slow car with the goal of ultra eff and long range maybe the goal of the 1st 1000 mile range car for long road trips?
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  2562.  @TwoBitDaVinci  I would agree that sedans don't sell very well. But a 1000 mile road trip king with full automated driving might change that?
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  2563. Love it! I have all of those components so I have another way to collect water.
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  2564. I want the Tesla Tequila in the back ground
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  2565. The stock is trading as GWH, if anyone's interested.
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  2566. @Veritasium
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  2567. Great video, informative and inspiring. Thank you for taking the time to explain the split and talking about Tesla and it's mission.
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  2568. Love your analysis
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  2569. Space exploration is NEVER a waste of time or money! NEVER...
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  2570. This is 100 tons of passenger/cargo total, one passenger with all its clothes and luggages can be anywhere from 100 to 150 kg, so even if you manage a zero weight cabin and seats it's still a max of 666 passengers, but life support systems will be needed and also a passenger needs some volume to breathe and move so it's probably not the weight that is limiting passengers to 100 but individual volume space for each person. You can find for classic jets how much per passenger seat and cabin equipment weights.
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  2571. Roger Starkey and yet you have no information to disapprove. IIntetesring! Ever hear of an i3, leaf burning an owner alive or firedept unable to extinguish... the dense packing by Tesla has consequences, like it or not!
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  2572. Very well made videos , in a professional way iv never seen yet on youtube i think . Very happy i found your chanel :) Keep on the good work man
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  2573. Good work, guys!
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  2574. be sure not to drink that, needs to be filitred with a 4+ stage filiter
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  2575. Wow what a good video! I wish you reviewed SunPower as well.
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  2576. Do a video on flooding death valley. You might be surprised
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  2577. I hope my channel is big enough one day to warrant a cool wall light like you have. Great video btw
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  2578. forgot to mention in your video that when your home has solar it also adds to your home's resale value/equity
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  2579. That Omaze Land Rover looks rather good!
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  2580. This is the best video you have made so far!!!! IMHHO, what I would say as a possible solution for the owners of those properties is to accept the money offered to them, after all, that land was originally prospected for the Basilica. Then, I would tell the Government and builders to collect the names of all the people who were living on those places and to engrave their names in the steps of the massive frontal staircase as devotees that accepted to give up their living places for the Glory of the Basilica, that is for the Glory of GOD. In that fashion, their names will be there for to be remembered for Eternity.
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  2581. Looks like the tech is still analog, you know with the tape and all, I'm waiting until there's a digital version and I can add H2 with over the air updates. And you said I was mad.
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  2582. This is an excellent project idea and with a little bit of elbow-grease it is actually doable 😊
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  2583. I never been very keen on a red car because it looks like Im gonna fight a fire, Plus I work right next to a rail track and I was told by a rail employee I'm not allowed to park a red car anywhere near the rail tracks, something to do with danger, never bothered me, Plus never liked dark wheels ,bit dull.. Totally cool car though, way cooler than my little Renault Zoe.
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  2584. What about the impact on sea life of all those turning blades?
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  2585. Yo, the Mach isn't made "overseas", just over the border, in Mexico.
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  2586. I love my Model 3!!! I would have waited another 2 years for this car!
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  2587. Great vlog awesome info, doesn’t get better that this 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏💙💙
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  2588. Could it not harvest the H2 off gassing of nuclear reactors that would mean that we are using one of the byproducts of the reactors (superheated steam) that’s what makes them explode when they go critical
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  2589. Great video! One thought, though. To be inclusive of viewers outside the USA I encourage you to always include metric if you use Imperial, so add Celsius to Fahrenheit and meters to feet, etc. Thanks! 😃
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  2590. It's still called caoutchouc in french. Note: the last "c" is silent.
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  2591. Legit 👍
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  2592. Would herbivores mistakenly eat them thinking they are a proper food source? If so are there steps to make the plant unpalatable to the dumbest of animals? If not, wouldn't heavy metal poisoning affect the local animal population? What if carnivores eat the dying or dead animals that were eating the plants? Could they get heavy metal poisoning from the corpses?
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  2593. Maybe I'm not remembering correctly. But didn't a F-15 go to space...and didn't a satellite get shot down?
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  2594. I'm really looking forward to watching you guys exploring all of those technologies and products. Keep up the great work :)
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  2595. When I saw the busses... I wanted to grab them and shake them while yelling, "What are you doing?! Put solar panels up there!" There are flexible solar panels with adhesive on the back of them. 86 inches long, 26 inches wide, 200 watts.. A bus is 100 inches wide and 40 feet long. You could fit 18 200 watt panels. 3600 watts under the direct sun charging the batteries of the buss while it's held up in traffic or sitting in the depo under the sun while charging at a station.
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  2596. This is gonna be huge
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  2597. Nice Presentation Two Bit Da Vinci!
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  2598. Luuuv this i like that u kept a record anf im so much like that….im in so calif and the red tape in my city 92253 is sooo rediculous oir lical power co only pays 40%off 100 of use on grid systems 😡😡not happy bob lol any way enjoyed your stats and insight im a retired commercial Electrician and it seems like the power co regrets pushing solar??so again only the rich Bennifit from this or pass on there bill so the working class who cant afford such a system….any way enjoy your holiday
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  2599. Ampiris announced a better battery today.😊
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  2600. That video is just so well done it's ridiculous! Thanks heaps for making it!
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  2601. Skydrop in NZ is delivering domino pizza.
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  2602. We have heated out home north of Winnipeg, MB with a ground source heat pump since 1995. Expensive at installation time, but paid off several times over.
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  2603. I used one of those cheap induction hobs for a while to see how I liked induction cooking. As you mentioned it does require a little bit of a learning curve. Especially large cast iron pans don't heat evenly on the small induction coil in those cheap units. However once I upgraded to a mid price range the experience was much improved. The large coil is larger than my biggest pan, so everything heats evenly, water boils on the medium coil faster than the extra large gas burner, and the noises from the cheap hob are nearly eliminated. One thing not mentioned is that the induction ranges will cost more than equivalent radiant or gas, but the advantages are well worth it
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  2604. Been a pretty mild summer actually
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  2605. RICKY, My model Y is coming I ordered white on white performance upgrade. Just waiting for my VIN number. Thanks for your video....
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  2606. Thank you for sharing. It is very intering. I have a big family so I think it good for me to put some investment on solar system.
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  2607. what will be funny is when be figure out how to make a analog quantum computer
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  2608. Excellent video!! Great depth!!
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  2609. I think ultimately we will drop mpg or mpg e as a metric entirely. You could rate all vehicles in kWh or kWh e and then the benefits of EV's would be even more readily apparent. That is because liquid fuels are heavily subsidized (in the USA) and the kWh content is cheaper per kWh and IC Vehicles lose up to 80% of this energy as heat.
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  2610. Lots of promise here, but also some big hurdles and time is against us. Let's hope progress is fast & successful. Thanks for the informative vid!
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  2611. This video series is so f'cking great. I learned so much that I had no clue of existed, and wouldn't even know where to get this information. THANK YOU!
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  2612. That was pretty damn good, thanks.
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  2613. No rear cover for the 7 seater. The 7 seater adds arm rests instead of the rear cover. If you have the need for 7 but don't want a massive Tahoe this is the EV to go for !
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  2614. an excellent explanation, especially the peak usage with the battery, now it makes sense to have a battery.
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  2615. This isn't geared toward single engine 24ft and less pleasure craft. This is more for larger pleasure craft and even smaller charter boats. Would like to see the data on increased ship efficiency. Most gains I have seen are at 4000 rpm, way higher than typical pleasure craft cruise. I suspect this point was picked as it's the largest efficiency gap. Most real world pleasure craft cruise around 3000 rpm and efficiency gain is only about 3%. I challenge the 75-150 hours a year and suggest it is only 30 hours for North America and those boats use gasoline, not diesel. Ship props don't spin that fast and you can't just increase ship speed. These are not planing hulls, they are displacement. Froude Number..... Repair is another problem. Typical props can be repaired fairly easily, not the case for this only. Prop damage is real and frequent.
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  2616. 1st off Great video not one bad thing to say at all! Now that said a couple missed points, as a car enthusiast it is not modifiable not everyone buys a car just to drive too and fro! As a avid road tripper that's something people may forget to factor in. I don't know charge time but 250 miles is about a 3-4hr trip based on 65mph and having to locate a charging station may necessitate you to alter your destination or route or get a rental. Remember gas is readily available within a mile or two of most exits. Plus to "re-fuel" you have to locate and park at a local charging station to charge up when you could of been in transit. This affects you if you also can't get a charging station installed as this can only happen if you have a house and not a rental or apartment! But never the less the most insightful video to date.... Keep up the good work!
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  2617. for a moment I thought you travelled to the year 2035 of taiwan. I should pay more attention instead of sipping coffee.
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  2618. God bless you ford. You make me so happy. Take that GMC/Chevy.
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  2619. Living in a mainly cooling climate, I'm far more interested in the ability of the Model 3 to keep its occupants cool on a sunny hot day. Here the glass roof isn't going to do you any favors. Still, I'm jonesing for a Mod 3. But the price of gas keeps falling making the economics even worse. Tesla, IMHO, makes the only EV I'm interested in. Everyone else's EV is a crappy and slow econo-box. Life is too short to drive a boring car. For me, anyway. Plus I love the self-driving aspect. Instead of worrying about the traffic, you can instead worry about your range and recharging options on those long road trips.
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  2620. Really interesting, thx!
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  2621. Great video. Thanks for bringing together the information on new tech and manufacturing! Nice to see it all in 1 vid.
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  2622. Hey Brother, you freakin NAILED it...Yes, this is exactly what the doctor ordered...thank you for sharing! I for one am JACKED! :-)
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  2623. 👋 HI RICKY. …YOU ARE RIGHT 🤗👍😎💚💚💚
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  2624. wish we used NACS in New Zealand. it's all Type2 CCS and Chademo. Even the teslas have Type 2 CCS built in
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  2625. I was waiting for this hidden gem to be covered by anyone on YouTube
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  2626. Awesome video! We just ordered one with the 3rd row seats! Your video made us feel comfortable doing so! Can't wait!
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  2627. Regarding cleaning your solar panels: Back when people heated their houses with wood in fireplaces, they had what was called "Chimney Sweeps", which would climb up to the roof and clean the crud out of your chimney. Notice that the more things progress, the more they revert back to earlier times. Solar panels is good for the economy because there can be more people employed doing those cleaning jobs that never had to be done with that stupid old electric grid.
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  2628. Great vid! Induction FTW! Very excited about making restaurants induction. So many benefits...safety, cooler (chefs always complain about too hot to work in kitchens), cheaper with less aircon and cleaning bills. Less staff hours cleaning and repairing damage from fire and explosions. Digital control adds potential smart IOT or AI cooking controls.
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  2629. Very informative
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  2630. @climatetown has a great video on this as well… good job Ricky!!
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  2631. For future research you got my like with the floats your boat Comment.
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  2632. Go Tesla!
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  2633. Design cheap drones with ir sensors to take out balloons. If it is going to be an increasing problem.
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  2634. Awesome video! And recall that when Elon first came to America his planned studies were on ultra-capacitors. Plus he said about a year ago that there was a very promising breakthrough in batteries that may be coming soon. Also, as he has mentioned multiple times, Tesla is currently the largest user of batteries, so anyone with new tech would most likely be approaching them with it. Exciting times!
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  2635. First to Comment. Cheers
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  2636. All I can say is... B E A Utiful!
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  2637. Great job very informative and understandable. This technology is truly the future!
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  2638. I recently found your page and let me say, great job! Very useful up to date and future insight on solar products. I have always loved the idea of solar/renewable sources and since purchasing a home I have really started looking into it. I was wondering if you have any comparison or guidance info on having a conventional roof solar system as compared to other options such as ground mounted solar systems like the smartflower or just ground mounted panels. Really just looking for energy comparisons, pros & cons etc. Thank you for your time and keep the content coming!!
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  2639. THORIUM!!!! the size of a grain of rice, 20million mile car............ :)
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  2640. Gaudi is a universal Spanish genious is the Architect with more Unesco sites in relation to works very few compared to others masters with Le Corbusier or Lloyd Wright
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  2641. Unpopular opinion. I like that it accelerates at a more normal pace. I get the thrill of being slammed back in your seat. That thrill is best left to the amusement parks and off the road. That is all. I am gonna go back inside and take a ibuprofen for my back now.
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  2642. Thanks for your excellent program. It is the first place I go too, to get my battery science - news. Your information is professional , factual and intelligent , without all of the semantics of others in this topic. Keep it up and others will see this quality reporting.
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  2643. Love your content and to be honest YOU make watching the vids very pleasing 😉. Peace.
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  2644. I have 25 years left until my 20kw 219amp array will degrade 20%... I'll check back in 20 years and I'm sure there will be cheaper, more powerful, more eco friendly solar panels out there..
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  2645. Audio engineer here. Please put the mic on the front of your shirt as the rubbing is really annoying. I promise it still looks professional.
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  2646. This was agreat freakin video......keep doin more like this!...
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  2647. I like your channel because you seem to be honest and realist about the technologies. The biggest problem in green tech is dishonesty
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  2648. Amazing work!
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  2649. Wasting resources like water, electricity, natural gas or fuel for your car wastes money. Every home needs to try to be as energy and resource efficient as possible.
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  2650. Hey Two-Bit DV: Really like your stuff, but here my main concern with this comparison, is that you're using a Model 3 that does not yet exist: The literally still-non-existent "base" $35,000 model. As I'm sure you know, the actual, cheapest Model 3 built so far, that people can buy, is the $49,000 "First Production" model (in black - add $1,000 for any other color). I know you made this video well before it became apparent that there would be no base $35k model available for a long time, but I think it would be useful to update it, to reflect what people can actually get, which is the $49k First Production model (Premium upgrade package, and Long Range 310 Mile battery mandatory/included). You might as well throw in another $1,000 (to get to $50,000), since you pay that extra for anything other than the color black) As such, it's difficult to utilize your comparison, since it's using a car that literally does not yet exist. BTW, I have a Model 3, First Production, it's utterly amazing, and I'd get it again even if it wasn't the cheapest TCO in any comparison, and I viewed your video just to see how it fares against comparable ICE cars. But . . . .since the Model 3 in your comparison is literally still a Unicorn, and comes in at a full $15k less than anyone else could buy it for, I really wasn't able to assess how an actual, obtainable Model 3 would compare. (I get full rebates, so my actual cost, before tax, is $39,500 - i.e., $50k minus: $500 local electric utility rebate, $2500 CA rebate, $7500 Fed Tax credit).
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  2651. Hey, Ricky. This topic is really cool and intrigued my attention. I did think of this engineering question about this suit and their breathing system. Like you said, seems like it’s extremely difficult tasks to build this suit. I totally agree on what you said the energy would lose a bit when they walk on the sand. Yes, waste collection and water treatment are usually large systems which couldn’t be manufactured and attached by one’s body. My work is all about waste and water treatment actually. Desalination system is usually also huge system which couldn’t attached to a person’s body. I knew you came from India and wastewater treatment system usually had to be zero emission in India. That’s our work for wastewater treatment on zero water emission. But I thought of another question, we could build another system like CO₂ reclaiming system from people breathing out and tackle the climate change on earth.😂🤔
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  2652. Great explanation for me who doesn’t know too much about trucks :) Thankyou
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  2653. Thanks Ricky, great explanatory video. The vertical integration of battery manufacture will be a fantastic coup for Tesla and will set them up for the tsunami of batteries that are required to support the Y, Semi and Truck. It does look as if the number of batteries that can be produced is the limiting factor for all of Tesla's plans. But Elon has teased that he wants to be producing 1 Twh. Big plans!
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  2654. Ricky certainly summarizes important economic and systems details: these facts give me hope, even in the political turmoil of the UK!
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  2655. Well Ricky, I came over from Vice Versa. This was my first video. I was not agreeing with your assessment of FSD. BUT I listened. What you said made sense. I changed my mind and am proceeding more cautiously. I am very impressed with what you are doing. Well done. I didn't like what I heard but I couldn't shoot holes in it either. Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
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  2656. Thanks for the video it helped me understood everything I was a little puzzled about the sand battery 🔋 when I first heard it🙈
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  2657. That's weird, I'm the exact opposite. I'm selling one of my kidneys for this thing.
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  2658. I reserved my Cybertruck Tri model, 25 minutes after the unveiling. I will be 2 years. I dream becomes a Reality, It’s worth the wait!
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  2659. I like the pool, pumps and sprinklers.
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  2660. first ?
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  2661. The final message could have been longer. Optimism is out of fashion, but it is critical! Top ten video for you, Mr. Davinci 😃
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  2662. Love this video. It’s like back to basics... going real deep.
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  2663. Excellent news! ✌🏻💪🏻💪🏻
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  2664. GOOD PRESENTATION
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  2665. The Oceans will overflow if you submerge those hydrogen balloons! More sea level rise! (jk) Saltwater and Sealife will end that project soon ...
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  2666. Just wanted to comment that I greatly enjoy your you tube videos. keep up the good work.
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  2667. I believe the use of supercapacitors in the regeneration systems such as you describe here may be the key to making much cheaper EV's. Presently the Tesla strategy uses the much larger pack size and the high horsepower motors needed to move those heavy machines to improve the regeneration capacity as well as to sell the cars to those for whom acceleration speed is a highly desired feature despite the price. Using the scheme you mentioned will allow both smaller motors and energy dense and ever cheaper batteries to meet everyday driving conditions for the buyers of basic commuter cars..
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  2668. If fusion was made a priority a la the Manhattan Project, I believe faster progress would result. Sort of like needing a critical mass of effort
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  2669. Excellent commentary. Reliability is important. And Lexus toyota Honda should be punished with poor future sales for not going electric.
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  2670. These videos are fucking amazing. Haven’t even watched til the end. I am counting on Graphene. It would be the best dam ‘battery’ (supercapacitor) there is. And it would be compostable!
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  2671. Refreshing and objective, thank you!
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  2672. Two Bit da Vinci, there is a new way to break the bonds of the water molecules but each time this new method of breaking the bonds of the water molecules has tried to come out in the past it was quickly stamped out by World Bank, IMF, and Big Oil. The problem with the new method is both gases come off at the same place and have to be separated after the decomposition of water by some means as unlike standard electrolysis the hydrogen and oxygen are not produces at the negative and positive electrodes but right in the smack middle of the two electrodes. But this new process breaks the bonds of the water molecules at about 1700% efficient over standard electrolysis. Now before you go saying this is a joke I am one of the few that understands how the new technology works and can tell you it doesn't even look like standard electrolysis as the water appears as if it is boiling and remains cool to the touch. I think this would really change things as stand alone units could be fitted right to the car that now only requires some water to be added from time to time and correct me if I am wrong but isn't the byproduct of a fuel cell water? This mean the water produced by the fuel cell can be put right back into the tank for reuse. Anyway I am working on trying to bring the technology out and with a little luck might add something totally new to the game.
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  2673. Mind blowing Tech 😳
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  2674. Great video based on family experience. Thanks, Eamon
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  2675. I was all excited to watch their master plan 3... however, I almost started thinking Tesla was getting into the snake oil business when they said "no rare earths", LOL!
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  2676. I have access to a TAHOE, a SUBURBAN, two F-150s, two minivans, a Ford Explorer, and a Ford EDGE. So, I don't really need an electric pickup at all. I'm still buying a CYBERTRUCK though. Sometimes the WANT overcomes the NEED. Sometimes you feel a NEED to fulfill the WANT.
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  2677. Man! That wouldn't have met code in the 70s. They must have not had an inspection.
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  2678. Great video Rick :hand-purple-blue-peace:
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  2679. Wow, this content was incredible and I leaned a lot. Keep up the great job. Thanks.
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  2680. If that system works on the long period time as you suggested then this could be good for northern countries for the winters.
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  2681. Great video
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  2682. Love your "B" roll video of Airey's Inlet and Split Point Lighthouse Victoria Australia. Nice to see a little local promotion. Thanks Ricky.
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  2683. First time I've landed on your channel, Ricky. Good reporting, and, BTW, I appreciate your calm presentation, a contrast to some of the highly caffeinated programming in the automotive/EV youtube world. Good, modulated voice, too. I've subscribed.
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  2684. Thanks for the very informative video Ricky
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  2685. Praise Yeshua HaMashiach, great deep information.
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  2686. What is amazing to me is that on the surface of it, it looks simple. But, when you did into the specifics, it quickly becomes more complicated. The coordination of moving the vessels through is a elegant dance.
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  2687. Love the LOTR places referenced in your Tezlab App. Who knew that Cirith Ungol was in Maine? Hope the pest control is good up there - like SUPER good!
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  2688. Your narrative is very rewarding and informative. Thanks for the information and it helps when seeing other approaches to green energy.
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  2689. Vrum's Adventures All of your points were made, in a much better fashion, in the actual video -- guess you didn't watch it? LOL
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  2690. Awesome video! Thank you so much
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  2691. quantum computing from an investor perspective would be a great video. How to invest in quantum computing. Excellent video. Thank you.
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  2692. love your videos....great explanations
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  2693. Nice video, with a very accurate description of the system. As of the motivation I would recommend you to research a bit on orbital mechanics and the tyranny of the rocket equation. The gravity at LEO is roughly 99% as that of the surface of earth, so that doesn't really play a factor in the rocket size.
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  2694. Great video as always Ricky! ICE is going away no doubt. I would like to offer a differing viewpoint... perhaps the deregulation will cause one or more of the big three auto companies to fail ultimately... if they choose to disregard the desire for electric vehicles (especially as the distance limitations become a mute point with improved battery and ultracapacitor etc technology)... and that will be their own shortsighted fault. But, perhaps, the regulation aside, the will of the consumer will show our true desire to continue down the road of lower ecological impact with all we buy. I, for one, am working on going solar - not because “big brother” is making me... no, because it’s the right thing to do and it is becoming economically feasible. Let’s not forget that government is here to respond to our needs, not direct us what those needs are. Thanks again for such ongoing fantastic content! It truly is a wonderful thing to be able to watch a current event with out the words “C..... V....” anywhere in the discussion!!! Be safe and keep such positive vibes coming!!!
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  2695. Very cool
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  2696. The Tesla is interesting but not practical for everyone. Well now what if you have to travel more than 250? hmmm how long will it take to charge? On the road where will you recharge? How about the magnetic field around your body causing health problems and maybe cancer? What is the cost of replacing the battery? Can the battery catch on fire or if there is a short from a wreck will you burn? There is more to think about but don't have time to go into detail. For me the Honda is a great car and very practical. I don't know if Honda has this deal still in place but they used to give you a new car if you purchased you car new from them and keep up the maintenance and drove 1,000,000 miles!!!! Wow some Honda owners have done this 1,000,000 miles. Honda's seem to run for ever and ever if you take care of them. I travel a lot so Honda is great for me.
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  2697. I swear when he said, "...but don't worry if you have lots of trees or shading sources there's a device called a...." I thought he was going to say "chainsaw!" LOL
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  2698. Excellent video, with a great breakdown comparison between EV and ICE cars. Thanks for taking the time to make this!
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  2699. First step: REFUSE Second step: REUSE Final step: Recycle
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  2700. Great video! If you haven't noticed, Legacy auto makers don't want anything to do with electric cars. We can go back to the Ford Model A days, but that's not fair. Instead, let's use Bob Lutz, and the EV1 project. GM knew how to make electric cars back then. Then the financial crash of 2008, all GM had was trucks. Hell with the companies that don't want to go electric, I'm a bit harsh. But it's bad when Tesla - the new kid on the block has a very high market cap. So, in the end... We'll see if the Dinosaurs can hang with Tesla. Right now, not looking very good.
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  2701. Your channel is very interesting, i like it.👍
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  2702. That's a serious facial hair line bud. Haha thanks for the info!! 👍👍
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  2703. This is great! Wouldn't it be good if the world's nations began to act not out of self-interest, but in the interest of our human family and the bragging rights for having solved a problem for everyone...
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  2704. you can toggle the seat heater on easier by tapping the temp and then tapping the seat icon in the smaller pop up instead of the full on climate controls
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  2705. Nice way of linking Tesla insurance to how they will grow full self driving and robo taxi. I really like the point of how insurance for none self-driving cars will go up.
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  2706. So this is where the Lucid Apple idea came from. Awesome interview man. Thanks.
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  2707. Tesla need to hire you guys asap for video and content. This stuff is next level. Keep up the great work.
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  2708. I want to add to the part around 13 min in video about explosions. I woke up one morning, opened my bedroom door, and was greeted with the smell of gas, and I mean it was a big smell of gas. My cats had managed to turn on about three of the knobs, I have no idea how long the gas was flowing but the meter im on showed I had less than half of the money left on the meter. I consider myself extremely lucky to be here now. From that point on, I take the knobs off when not using them.
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  2709. Excellent, so much potential.
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  2710. Great video and greetings from the U.K.! This is exciting news, just as a modern combustion engine is a marvel compared to that installed in the Ford Model-T, I’m sure that the batteries of the future will become much better as these complex chemistry issues are refined. The future is exciting, let’s hope we can build a better relationship with our beautiful planet in the very near future.
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  2711. Phenomenal overview, with sufficient details to engage curious and mindful viewers. Thank you for your dedication to clarify complex science and technologies.
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  2712. Awesome car, looking forward to seeing your experiences with it.
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  2713. We have got to talk about the Levelised Cost of Energy in a round-trip process. If we do, EV’s tend to make more sense. They can take DC solar/wind energy directly to charge battery and have efficiency of 90%… we just need better batteries for cars… but with Aviation, Marine use cases we need Hydrogen as it’s dense enough. Or some form that has the energy density for those use cases.
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  2714. Great update. Thanks!
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  2715. Thanks 4 explaining in most understandable way for none engineers... especially tabless design... You getting really close to Engeneering explained ... don't have to , but because theres at least decade in front of us for transportation industry to change into sustainable one , you could have a ways to expand your channel even beyond where EE channel reached by now... best of wishes to your channel.
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  2716. Great to see you enjoying this bike Ricky! And makes me want to visit San Diego…
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  2717. Absolutely!! Great video! Great production and format! Not to mention the massage and information! Thank you!
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  2718. live in Queensland very hot and humid summers, have solar panels so use AC but set temperatures to 24c or 25c that way if you go outside it is less of a body shock. I can't understand why people set summer temps to 16c yet in winter set to 26c
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  2719. So, I'm a city stormwater and construction inspector. I think I can help. Permeamble pavement is great but the maintenance is unique to the material. It snows here on the Mid-Atlantic so snow plows tend to chip it. Yes as you mentioned you need to vacuum it. Industrial vaccuums aren't cheap and aren't an expense you would get with bituminous concrete. It also isn't as recyclable.There are very few ready mix operations or concrete contractors that are terribly familiar with it, but hopefully that can change. Also, it's better for parking lots and other low speed because it beats up tires a bit more than black top. Good news is that is where the "cons" really end. The rest are all on the Pro column. There is a fixed amount of water that is designed to move through a stormwater system and it should replicate what was there before they paved paradise. Large stormwater ponds on the edge of a property take more maintenance per acre than that permeable pavement. With more permeable surface you can have smaller ones or get rid of them all together in favor of swales and rain gardens. That would honestly be the best solution. Just like all engineering, removing a "Best Management Practice" or downsizing it is the best answer if you can pencil it out. Without a doubt the smartest and most feasible use for it would the shoulders of our roads. They don't get the traffic you need to worry about, get the most sheet flow, and are the easiest to maintain. That makes tons of sense for a large municipality who can spread the costs by limiting over all expenses. Liability and maintaining smaller scale stormwater controls. You mentioned how the stormwater controls are designed for smaller storms and not huge flood events. That actually is a common misunderstanding. Everything is designed for a worse case scenario "100 year flood" event. Naturally those hundred year flood events or events that were 1% likely to occur in a given year are using really old data. Plenty of them were overbuilt, plenty of them underbuilt, and plenty see that kind of stormwater every decade. These systems used to be designed to move flood waters out of our cities as fast as it can. The last 20-30 years or so included bio-rention. Trying (not always sucessfully) to restore some of the natural habitat. Keep water around to make a wetland or tiny pond. Of course the smartest thing to do is build taller and stop paving all together. Second to that might well be thirsty concrete.
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  2720. Thank you! Excellent content.
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  2721. Great video, knocked it out of the park just like the ones that got me to subscribe but with all the new experience added on top.
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  2722. I hope their Tennessee factory builds hundreds and thousands of ID4s each year!
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  2723. Dam you Ricky. It's all your fault. Rented your Tesla, now I'm waiting on mine. The 2021 looks awesome. Thanks again for the best car rental EVER.
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  2724. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  2725. Shared on /r/Futurology. Great vid!
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  2726. Did I miss it ? I was waiting to hear how much water can be evaporated ...
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  2727. Wow, you guys are getting hammered on electricity costs there in California! Over here in Florida it's about 10.2 cents per KW!
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  2728. Amazing video!
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  2729. GREAT job at explaining the five key areas where Tesla is going to improve their batteries! I watched a few other breakdowns where the presenter lost me almost immediately.
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  2730. Very interesting review! Thanks for that! :)
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  2731. Great video! A good example of how material cost can change with advancements in technology is that aluminum used to be more precious than gold!
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  2732. Love your videos. Its about a net gain that takes into account all of the downstream losses. However, I feel that the pursuit of more and more useful energy will lead to large scale destruction. Whether or not it is accidental or intentional, the result is destruction.
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  2733. This video so good. Subscribed Thank you
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  2734. Aviation could use this very efficiently. Airports could store and replace the new batteries and add it to the ground process the plane always goes through
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  2735. Great review this helped us make our final decision for the thirds row!!! Thank you for showing us the car seat!!
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  2736. 2yrs. I want to dyi solar to my 2020 M3 so bad! im looking into it for a while now...
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  2737. Possibly Tesla will continue to use rare earth magnets, in their Shanghai plant, due to ease of availability for those magnets in China. And switch the Texas plant to the new American available magnet. This will allow a large weight reduction and range increase in the US cars, where this is required more. They may also expand the choice for consumers, in which vehicles range they wish to select. With those needing a short hop run about, being able to buy, a significantly less expensive model.
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  2738. Fantastic, thanks. Sounds like a potential home triple home run. I am hopeful that the USA will get on board as well. Seems like we should be better with a lot of things.
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  2739. I wish I had more than one upvote to give.
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  2740. Great video! Loved the review and mentioning of the market for that type of bike. It's definitely not a "pretty" design for my taste, it still looks like my grandma's bike. I can assure you that you'll be able to bike up that hill if you jump on a 15lb carbon road bike !😉✊🏾
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  2741. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  2742. You two make an awesome duo. I watched both parts trough and it was so interesting and insightful. With all the hype and drama it's refreshing to have a nice, calm objective chat about the facts. Great job!!
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  2743. Dang it.. Found out too late! It's 2021!!
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  2744. How aboit a four door version?!!
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  2745. Thanks for this, one thing I've read elsewhere on the Maxwell dry battery tech is that it frees up a significant amount of physical space in the factory, space that can the be used for something else, such as an additional assembly line etc
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  2746. Say you're in -20F temperature. Just wear a coat and heat the cabin to 45.
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  2747. Very thorough and insightful talk, thanks for sharing this with all those of us who couldn't attend the event!
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  2748. Thanks for the education. Taking delivery on our model 3 in a few days, and the information is very helpful. That was a lot of research for our benefit. Well done, Subscribed.
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  2749. You make great videos
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  2750. Awesome video!
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  2751. Great interview Attenborough! I love your style. I wish it u would have asked Sandy about Aptera, he says he doesn't invest in much but he has time and money in Aptera. Also cool insight to your history with f18! Wishing you your family and team a safe,happy and successful 2024.
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  2752. Very interesting. I'd always dissmissed household solar as a waste of money, but this has made me rethink it. We have a large roof facing almost due south, so, even in England, it could be worth it. I was amazed by you saying that your utilities are monopolies, though - I'd never have guessed that in good old Capitalist USA, you wouldn't be able to choose your electricity supplier on the open market!
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  2753. ​ @TwoBitDaVinci No worries, appreciate your work, well detailed, research and analysis. Accuracy>promptness 😎
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  2754. Dude... Elon has talked about this... When they can produce a tesla model 3 at 35k... Their next goal is to unveil a new model ( of course not a model 3) that will have a price range around 25k... And they are working on it, dont worry! Tesla know what they are doing, you just dont understand how hard it is to make a 25k$ car, its the hardest thing.. Making a Tesla roadster is the easiest thing that tesla can do, Mass Production is no joke buddy... So stay calm, 25k$ Tesla car will eventually come true! And for those who think the 35k$ tesla m3 will never come true,-hahahaha-
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  2755. Are you sure it's secret?
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  2756. Beautiful family
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  2757. It’s just a matter of time for solar power for Tesla. Nobody will do it better.
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  2758. I feel like the loss of variable pitch would be problematic on a turbo prop plane.
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  2759. Thanks for a really good description of how the Power wall works and how I can make it work for me. I plan on getting a power wall in 2021. Keep up the good work. Myke. Chesterfield UK
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  2760. My feedback: This episode is longer than it needs to be. After the first statement that Trump’s initiative may hurt Ford & GM in the long run (you’re probably right on), I was waiting for something more. The last half or more consisted of repetition. Note: “Brevity is the soul of wit.” #2: If you were to figure out when to say “less” and when to say “fewer”, your presentation would flow better and be more mellifluous (to those few of use who care about such things). #3: View count down: Here’s my shaky & wild speculation: people apparently watch a lot of YouTubes while “working”. And you can guess the rest. Your work is good. Thanks for doing it.
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  2761. Looks like a tile drill bit except the drill bit doesn't explode so often.
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  2762. Interesting, thanks!
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  2763. I'm quite happy about the movie white noise before this happened, adam driver killed it.
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  2764. This guy's beard's cheekline is as high as TSLA.
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  2765. Mexico and all the people have so much to give. Both UsA and Mexico will be seeing huge leaps in wealth ... As long as there is a win win . Global communities will fruit from it.🎉❤
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  2766. Great analysis! and nice intro 🙂. However, you forgot to mention the stability of the pot when cooking. Pots on induction cooktop are sooo much stable compared to gas stoves, where the pots are always on the edge to fall, this being a huge risk for kids around. My kids learn how to use and cook with the induction cooktop when they where 6. I would never allow that with a gas stove. I have been using induction cooktop for more than 10 years. I will never use in my house anything different than induction. In fact, My friends call me an "induction evangelist", as I am always trying to convince people to move to induction. At least I managed to convert 3 of my friends👍
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  2767. Great review. I believe that this will ultimately be #1 in the market, followed closely by Tesla and Rivian (who are addressing completely different market niches from Ford). I'm a Harry homeowner ... currently drive a Nissan Frontier ... so as it is Rivian is the closest match to my use case. What I REALLY want, however, is something like an all electric Maverick.
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  2768. 1000 likes brother, thank you.
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  2769. This is just like super capacitor technology which one is better ???
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  2770. I don't know, what to think about Taycan.. (I am Tesla fan but I like all EVs) At first I was making fun of it (it's just electric Panamera, ..boring). After official unveil I was quite surprised because it looks good, it's pretty fast, has OK range,.. so I really liked it. Nowadays I feel sad for it because it is not as good as we had expected. Of course it is great but I thought it would be even better. And one last thing - I think we shouldn't compare Taycan and Model S.. MS is mainly practical family sedan (which is also really fast) however Taycan is mainly sportscar - therefore this price - (which is also practical). And also - of course Taycan will be faster on track and in drag race, when it is build for it. It is more like an Elon's miracle that Tesla can compete with Taycan when it is $85 grand cheaper.
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  2771. Oooh, I bet graphene batteries will be really yummy for Teslas if they ever become a thing!
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  2772. This is the best video on solar I have seen on YouTube. You have a new subscriber.
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  2773. induction fireplace....(in Futurama's Hedonismbot's voice) Come bask in the radiant warmth of my fancy space heater. Mmmm, yes.
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  2774. Combine one of those IR heating panels they showed on Fully Charged and a video screen or projector showing flames. No soot, no kids stuffing the fireplace so full of logs the smoke starts coming inside, no burns on your carpet...
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  2775. Living in the Northwest, I could tell something had changed in Boeing management when they started calling themselves a Chicago based company. This came across as a snub of Boeing's roots, like they had gone from a people centered organization to a money centered company. After the merger of Boeing and DC Douglas, the new organization stopped hiring many of the board directors from the engineering staff and went with a purely management style board of directors. Boeing, DC and Douglas were all started by aeronautical engineers in the first place. There is now a serious disconnect between engineering and management. This not only made problems for the 737 MAX, it also has seriously set back the schedule and the safety of the Starliner spacecraft.
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  2776. Wow. You did your homework. Amazing
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  2777. Such a well done video. Your presentation of the F-150 had my giving this truck a second look! I was looking at Ram 1500 but this EV pickup truck is looking good, especially considering how much gas is now!
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  2778. Totally right. Although from a DIY standpoint, it might be hard to nail the exact curvature of the wings to maximize the Venturi effect. That could be an issue. These guys are experts in aerodynamics and they have a wind tunnel for testing, so in a DIY scenario, it could be a real hit or miss. It would still be pretty awesome if you made it work, though.
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  2779. Excellent video once again!!!! Kudos to the team for speaking out the bitter truths like 'corporate greed over passenger safety.'
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  2780. Fantastic video! I learned so much. Thank you for putting in so much time and effort into this!
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  2781. F-117 meets DeLorean ... the EV Hummer ... he said it might not be for everyone ... we were warned.
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  2782. Great video!!!
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  2783. There was a time we rubbed two sticks together. They also fold space so in the far future there will be tech we don't understand, In the 1800 hundreds who would believe solar powered cars possible.
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  2784. Under $20k EVs will be a reality one day!
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  2785. Nice analysis! I really hope VW can bring affordable mass market EVs to the US market. I'm personally extremely interested in the ID Crozz (ID4), and the newly announced ID Space Vizzion - both in an AWD configuration. If so, I'll be selling my Golf Alltrack and replacing it with one of those vehicles (just depends on which one more suits my needs at the time). Although Tesla has been leading the way here, the Model S and X are both way too expensive for me, and the Model 3's reliance on one massive display as the interface for pretty much everything in the car turns me off. Premium brand EVs are too expensive, leaving only Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, and the Bolt with affordable EV options - none of which inspire me at all. So, I'm fully rooting for VWs success!
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  2786. Thank you so much
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  2787. Great video. You put your points so calmly and clearly without hysteria or foul language. I salute you.
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  2788. I was there in 1977 (on a Gaudí pilgrimage) when only the Nativity facade was complete - which already possessed an overwhelming presence. Seeing what it is today leads me, ironically, to perceive in Gaudí’s departure from traditional form, allusions to another of Spain’s iconic architectural masterpieces, The Alhambra.
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  2789. You're onto the right potential cause - and this is going to be a worsening problem as working age populations shrink along with their experienced staff numbers. I can't fathom why they don't have paid sick leave - a week is a standard minimum in many countries, some mining firms have unlimited sick leave allowances which is regulated by medical certificates and doctors' recommendations of course. Throwing more toys at it probably won't help - dragging solar panels along may not help unless they're awfully light and that's even more to maintain. The ancient look of the locomotives is probably due in part to their utilitarian nature, it doesn't need to be sexy if it's hauling tanks at 2am. Japan's rail systems and requirements are entirely different so it's not really a plausible comparison sadly. There may be more opportunity to use waterways (Peter Zeihan mentions this) inside the US, if I recall correctly they're significantly cheaper to operate. As for more immediate problems - isolating dangerous cars and separating them to dedicated trains makes sense on the surface at least, I think we have an opportunity to sharply increase sensors and relay networks that could potentially pick up and warn of problems such as whatever was flying those sparks. I know reliable sensor systems are wildly popular with transport firms (I know someone designing electronics for the industry and they're ultra-keen to take this up). Given the need to on-shore to the US (or near-shore to Mexico) and how fast you're going to have to do it - especially when war breaks out formally - it's a problem you're going to have to solve and awfully quickly indeed.
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  2790. Excellent video. It looks like the Panama Canal is a giant gravity energy storage device. Nature charges the gravity battery when it rains in the lake. The battery is discharged by the locks to raise or lower the ship. Does Panama have adequate wind and or solar to pump and store the discharge water back into the lake? Would this be like pumped hydro or gravity energy storage? During your visit was anyone thinking of this?
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  2791. Awesome video Ricky! More Mechanical engineering content!! 😆
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  2792. Great video again! Love your positive Ideas... Thanks
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  2793. Just found your channel , great video ,new sub ! Cheers !!!
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  2794. Great Video - Thanks -
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  2795. Is the torque curve at 3:14 drawn for power houses that costs the same? I guess you are over estimating about the electric motor figures. Could you compare the torque curve for this price ranges 2500$(Cost of powerhouses used by top teams in FSAE ) 5000$(Difference between AWD and RWD for Model 3) 15000$(How much I think whole setup costs for model 3) 30000$(How much I think it costs for model X P100D) Including and excluding battery costs since engine have to do the work of extracting power from the fuel. Except this good video overall.
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  2796. You say that there is no other catholic cathedral with more than one entrance portico, in Salamanca, the new cathedral has 3, 2 on the side and one on the front, and if you add that the old one is mixed with the new one, 4.
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  2797. Graphene production is an engineering problem and engineers are pretty good at solving production problems.
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  2798. i like very much the way that you make all these presentations / videos !!!!! also in 9:30 is the most important aspect for safety !!!!
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  2799. This is some impressive news. Hopefully this will be very quickly utilized.. sounds like Tesla's already on it too. Wouldn't it be something to see this in late '24 models.?.!!
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  2800. I realise that you're probably right but I hope we look back one day and say "hey, look at what our guy said back in 2023". Call me a dreamer.
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  2801. Great video, very informative
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  2802. Super stoked on your coverage here. I received an order confirmation, that I will be delivered in 2022. I will pick up Lunar Silver dual motor from the factory. Let me know, we can arrive and document together. In time for Halloween, Thanksgiving?? I feel that this video gives Aptera 3rd party efficacy. I ordered with a fully refundable 100.00 in February of 2021. If timeline s true enough, Ventura, CA. will see what I've been "barking" about, so many skeptics. I can't wait to get out of the 5.00 gal. gas trap. Thanx 2bit, another high quality vid. and I'll be sharing your video and hopefully share/help Aptera sell some vehicles. 26 to go and a FREE Aptera is earned. NO BRAINER. Fan boy a bit, FANATIC YES!!! Add a car wrap and its a freakin rollin billboard. Any Insurance questions asked???
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  2803. Amazing video. Thanks for the knowledge.
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  2804. We want to know how long all existing ev batteries can be expected to last, not just for the model 3.
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  2805. Great video. Very informative.
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  2806. ❤ much respect for the engineers 🧠 who make the impossible safe but I also have an almost equal (slightly lower) respect for the hold my beer 🍺 individuals 🥜 who let us know it’s not safe in the first place…😬👍
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  2807. 2BDV- Your roof is a solar installers dream. Only a flat commercial flat roof would be easier. You could have installed the racking yourself if you wanted to.
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  2808. Wow didn’t know this happened, great video.
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  2809. using the pressures from walking rather than just stepping would help to move water around, and even press on solid wastes, so the liquids can be handled in other ways. using the natural body heat along with the desert heat, you may not be able to boil water, but you can still speed up its evaporation. using the cooling system already in the suit, you can return it to a liquid state like dew, and drink from that. even if we only get a few aspects working in a modern version of the suit, more can be added later to better versions. it is well worth the attempt.
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  2810. As an engineer - what is your take on wind noise at certain speeds, with the angular lines on all corners and especially the tip of the roof? I expect it will create quite a bit of hissing noise?
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  2811. Is full self driving possible in places where the gpd signal is blocked by high buildings and towers?
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  2812. Breakthrough* in reference to the title. Btw Love your channel man!!! 💯💯💯
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  2813. I love your positivity, you're well spoken keep it up.
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  2814. I loved this video...!!!! Diplomatic but the hidden message is so clear. Bring on Tesla robotaxi network! Soon to follow will be the crash the 2nd hand ICE market and defaults in car loans for a worthless asset.
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  2815. Hi Guys, I need some insight here. I'm working with large quarrying companies who are really feeling the effects of rising energy prices this year. I've researched many energy storage technologies to be used with solar and wind to reduce energy costs, but lithium prices are rising unsustainably. Our first energy storage project would need a roughly 2MWh Li-ion battery storage system (BSS), but Li-ion only has a life cycle of about 3000 cycles at best. This BSS would only last about 8 years at that rate. We would consider using another storage technology, such as iron flow, ammonia, or hydrogen, but we need a completely integrated system (not a research project). Can anyone share their insights on currently available battery storage systems?
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  2816. I bought a Stealth Model 3 in September, love it. You described it perfectly. Great video.
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  2817. Yes, we must continue research
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  2818. Great content
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  2819. New construction projects in Northern Nevada are seeing more roundabouts continuously. Many older and smaller intersections are being updated as well. Love them.
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  2820. Great video! Thanks.
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  2821. Remember the Challenger accident? Morton Thiokol engineers said not to launch. MT's middle managers waffled. NASA's managers were smart CYA (Cover Your Ass) people and did not go ahead with the launch until MT's management officially overrode engineer's recommendations. It just goes to show you how hubris can kill.
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  2822. Congrats on going all in on the channel brother!!! 👊
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  2823. Great video Ricky. Reverse cycle Heat pumps are preferred here Australia. We are phasing out ducted gas heating (in cooler parts of Aus like Canberra) as it’s getting ridiculously expensive compared to Heat Pumps. Also we are transitioning to heat pump hot water systems as they cost up to 80% less than standard electric hot water system. The advantage of heat pump HVAC in your home is they can run off your solar panels and you can ‘store’ the excess electricity you generate on your roof as heat in your home - makes sense here in Canberra when we have sunny winter days around 11 degrees C (52f) but drops to -5c (23f) at night.
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  2824. Model Y ,😅 EASIER FOR AN OLD MAN TO GET INTO…AND THE SAFEST CAR IN THE WORLD 🌎
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  2825. A great pair of videos... thank you!
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  2826. Absolutely what would this mean for speaker technology if they replaced new neodymium magnets with the new iron nitrate magnets sound quality improve would we finally be able to hear a better quality sound that digital alone has yet to be able to produce compared to analog power consumption in our devices smaller than they already are reduce the crackle at higher volumes on her cheap cell phones prevent blowouts Tesla's new upcoming cellphone they plan on coming out
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  2827. Man I love your work. It's always fresh, well in-depth and not a repeat of other content
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  2828. Let's not distract Elon, he has enough on his plate like Mars!
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  2829. You just earned yourself a well deserved new subscriber. This is a phenomenal video. Thank you very much for taking the time to film, edit and upload such educational content. Much appreciated, thumbs up on the vid.
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  2830. Great Video!
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  2831. Betty White RiP
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  2832. I do have some roundabouts in my area. It is different if youve never used one. But i do think their smooth once people start using them more. Hardly any stopping and keeps traffic flowing 🤘
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  2833. That was fun. I recommend doing these types of videos once in a while
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  2834. Your voice is very good. I like this talk show
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  2835. Scotty:” I’M GIVING ALL SHE’S GOT CAPTAIN!!!”
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  2836. Dude! That laptop to phone transition was awesome! ...and so was that rubber thing. :D
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  2837. It's really just infrastructure. Like you said.
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  2838. Nice video. Along with part 1, explains the details of battery chemistry and operation for the non-expert. I couldn't help chuckle at the vehicle clutch plate template representing an inverter. Just can't find a decent illustration when you want one. 😁Subscribing.
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  2839. I have been following EV vehicles for some time and your video was one of the most helpful on this subject that I have seen. Your advise was to go ahead and buy an EV today and my question is this: If I were to buy an EV today and affordable solid state batteries came out in five years, would the current EV vehicle be upgradeable by removing the current batteries and installing the newer batteries?
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  2840. How about building data centers on the coasts, near wind farms, and use their excess heat for evaporative desalinization? Another option might be Seebeck generators.
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  2841. thanks so much for this info looking at but maybe want to get a new roof first
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  2842. very informative , thanx TBdV !
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  2843. While someone has buying trying to buy a social media company, scientists putting in the real work.
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  2844. My garden soil is slightly high in selenium. I Am eating less mustard greens since I learned that mustard concentrates selenium.
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  2845. $35,000 model3 is here
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  2846. I like that you present the facts in an informative and objective manner. Although your numbers are hypothetical for the most part, I believe they support your argument that Tesla is using higher end models to work towards the end goal of a profitable M3. This channel is one of the reasons I'd rather watch YouTube for news than media outlets who seem to have it out for Tesla.
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  2847. Very cool! When I had my Volt, I purchased a ChargePoint Home unit which I now use with my Model 3 Performance. The electrician didn't upgrade my panel, so I only get about 15 miles per hour of charging, but it hasn't been a limitation so far. Congrats on the Tesla!
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  2848. Very nice and super interesting video. I loved to watch it! Keep on going with that kind of stuff!
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  2849. you make very quality video...love your work.
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  2850. I see this as a critical force that forces the industry to move and innovate to rebuild a modern power infrastructure. We only rapidly change if we are forced to.
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  2851. oooh, bit of a different type of video, i'm going to really enjoy this
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  2852. easy just make more ballons to shoot down other ballons!
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  2853. Check out Aptera. Solar with 30 miles of range per day. 1000 mile range. Looks like a futuristic insect. What more can you ask for?
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  2854. I think the containers themselves could change a little. They could either have solar panels or batteries in them. That way, the containers can recharge when they're on land waiting to be loaded or unloaded. They could have plugs on them that fit into the plugs of the containers below them or into the ship's deck to power it. You can't change their size because every port in the world is designed to accommodate a certain size container. So you'd lose a little internal volume on each container but I think it would be better than having to park the ship to recharge.
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  2855. This is an awesome concept I think there is definitely a place where it will work well. I feel we need to do as much as we can to get consents like this to commercial scale do you know if they have done any testing on cherry orchards would the even work ?
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  2856. Excellent content. Thanks. I clicked like and killed a troll for you. :-)
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  2857. oh so meaning.. drones with motors as small as a phone haptic, lightweight and powerful but consumes less energy. Finally 24 hour flight time
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  2858. Very cool viddy -- Thanks!!
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  2859. I talked to a buddy who is in the construction biz. He's a job foreman and goes to several sites and we tracked his mileage and he averaged 210 miles in a day (avg. gas mileage 14mpg). He carried various supplies (up to 1000lbs) and had about 2 hours of average slow traffic in Phoenix with the AC on. He has an 2017 F250 and tows a work trailer sometimes and a boat (6500lbs) to the lake sometimes. His scenario is about average for people in his field, if Ford can deliver mileage and towing to fit his needs he will buy one. At $3 per gallon average (in Biden's America it could be closer to $5 soon) he spends $45 per day on gas. There's definitely a market for them in construction/field work as cost of gas is a major factor. I just drive to and from work and average 55 miles round trip and average 25mpg so I can definitely save money also. Hell I'll buy one just because it's cool too!
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  2860. Looking forward to this truck, I hope we don't see a 20k upcharge from the dealerships.
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  2861. Great talk. Superb presenter
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  2862. Yours, I would say, is the BEST VIDEO-SIMPLE WAY of explaining such a complex topic as mass producing solid state batteries. Thanks!
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  2863. You know that battery life decrease over time right? That affects depreciation. By year 5, you might only be able to go half the distance as year 1 on a full charge
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  2864. I even can't handle to wait any longer for Tesla battery day ... and you doesn't make it easier 😅🙈
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  2865. Thanks for going to visit them. I have been entertained by Nouveau Monde with the video shorts they do and the calls for Elon to buy their graphite. I'm hesitant to invest in mining generally as I don't get the economics of the industry well enough. Also, having people see mining, like having kids see a cow or a pig (maybe not at an industrial farm...) is healthy for people. Learning about mining and living around it in northern Minnesota as a kid has made me more conservative in the things I buy and in my attempts to recycle what I do buy.
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  2866. Cant wait to see them lifted!
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  2867. Very well made analysis! Joe Scott brought me here :)
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  2868. I absolutely love my Tesla Y LR. I came from a Lexus GS. I later sold my Toyota and bought a 3 RWD. I did a ton of research as an engineer, and these perform as expected or better in every aspect. I've driven in -16 degree weather, driven multiple 2500 mile road trips, and I'm never going back to gasoline. Don't get your news from FB memes.
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  2869. Dam that was a interesting video
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  2870. Great video!
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  2871. Cool
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  2872. Excellent VID ! Somebody who talks where I can understand their voice and doesn't do semiphore (spelling) with their hands and arms! Hopefully? Innovations can help the fly-wheels make a come-back? Batteries just seem iffy to me?
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  2873. I think they are only getting a small cross-section of the wave. Surely a smart cooky could design a multi-junction betavoltaic diode to capture more of the beta wave across the frequency?
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  2874. Just writing a statement to hopefully help your business awesome video
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  2875. The attempts at pronouncing Oerlikon made me smile. The engineering company was named after the municipality of Oerlikon, which is now part of the city of Zuerich.
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  2876. nice video!
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  2877. Woow man! That was awesome! I learnt a lot. Your production level is beyond what I get from any other youtube channel. I subbed already since the first time I found your channel. Thanks man for your efforts into this video.
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  2878. Ooo i love myself a swimming pool series. Techie and efficient!
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  2879. 🔌🔌Excellent explanation. What is crazy is that our government leaders are still pushing for natural gas and nuclear plants instead of wind and solar with gravity or battery storage. I credit SRP in Phoenix for building a 2000MW hydro storage plant. I wish the US would build more UHV transmission lines with cross-grid integration.🔌🔌
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  2880. I originally ordered a LR but changed it to a performance and I’m so happy I did that. It’s just another word when it come to acceleration 😁
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  2881. Eficiency,cost and reliability.
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  2882. Cant wait, this will be my next F150!!!! FORD take my money!!
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  2883. You are darn right, Ricky !
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  2884. I freaking 😍 it!! It looks BadAss!!
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  2885. Me: owns no house Also me: look at all the money I'll save
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  2886. Omg I agree with you with the launch off the ship comparing the Tesla. I had the same experience on the USS Truman as well. (see my playlist video if you want) Love my tesla
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  2887. Can't wait to see these stacking up in back yards all over California.
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  2888. Can't wait to watch your progress. I'm on a similar path with a 20-year-old all-electric, 2900 sq ft house in Central Texas. Started in 2010 with a radiant barrier, additional attic insulation, and two air-source heat pumps. In about 2014 replaced the conventional electric water heater with an air-source heat pump water heater. In 2018, replaced the composition roof with standing seam metal (galvalume) and added an 11.4 kW solar array. The solar array is bolted onto the standing seam metal roof, so there is no roof penetration for the solar. I've replaced most of the windows with low-E, double pane, synthetic frame windows. The next step is battery backup. I'm planning to go with an Enphase system because: 1) already have compatible Enphase micro-inverters on the solar panels, 2) LFP battery chemistry vs NCM and 3) the Enphase system creates a whole-house micro-grid when the grid is down. After batteries I'm planning to add rainwater capture. Ground source heat pump is also under consideration when the current heat pumps need replacement. Re: Heat pumps ... If you are already planning to drill a well you should do a deep dive into ground source heat pumps for heating, A/C, and pool heating. Based on the minimum possible research (Symbiont Service Corp Youtube channel) it looks like you can combine central heat, A/C, hot water, and pool heat with a closed-loop ground source heat pump and a lot of plumbing. Also, no plumbing on the roof. You could even include hot water for the Studio House.
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  2889. very interesting, thanks: can the filling of the bodies of water not generate part of the electricity back (gravity), making pumping the water less costly and/or add extra revenue?
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  2890. Notification Squad!!! :D
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  2891. I just watched this watching your video on the recent fires and ongoing devastation in Hawaii. Talk about a deja vu. Shudder. My heart so goes out to the Hawaiian people. But also to the others who've had terrible fires this year, eg, here in Canada, and others. Then there have been so many floods, and just the past couple of days landslides in India. I'm nearly 70 years old and i definitely notice changes in weather, etc. It's definitely warmer in the winters here in Ontario, Canada, than it used to be, for the most part. Summers...not sure. It seems hotter sometimes, sometimes less so. I think we're getting more cloud cover now than we used to, even before our fires in 2023. Thank you for all the info you pull together and altho it's fast, I can follow it. Really appreciate it. (am typing with broken arm, so excuse any errors.
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  2892. Nice presentation!
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  2893. Just subbed after looking at some of your other vids. Go man, GO. :>)
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  2894. I'm glad CT is radically different than the F-150 mold of trucks. I think it will redefine what trucks can look like as more wrapped ones are seen. The cost and range will be hard to beat. What they do with features and internal design remains to be seen. That being said, I'm glad the lightning is out. It certifies electric trucks, diversifies offerings and pushes all manufacturers to improve. Nice video.
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  2895. Is it just me, or is the audio off on this? Great video otherwise, lots of great information.
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  2896. So where do other auto companies plan to get their batteries from? Are they going to make their own like Tesla ?
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  2897. Awesome narration
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  2898. Why not use underfloor heating? This is more economical and efficient than AC. Heat rises, and a mere 20°C at the floor is more than enough to maintain equivalent room temperature, and best of all it warms your feet first. It’s even suitable for installation under tiled floor in wet areas!
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  2899. Constructive feedback: The camera angle switching feels forced, and it's a bit distracting. I don't want to discourage you from trying new things and honing your craft. Just feedback from a fan of your content.
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  2900. First time viewer of this channel, and I have to say, this was an excellent, informative presentation. Clear, concise, no over the top BS. Excellent information! Thank you. I'm subbing.
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  2901. I just emailed his office.
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  2902. Love listening to you Ricky! Great talk.
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  2903. please do a brief video summarizing total cost of ownership for 5 years - closed end - buy and then sell total cost of ownership of the Model 3 and the Honda Accord or similar please - i'm trying to promote the concept that tesla is the cheapest car you can own (not buy - own) - thanks!
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  2904. AE86 model on the background shelf, with fujiwara tofu shop livery! :D :D :D
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  2905. Great video, excellent presentation, and as always, very informative and insightful. Ricky- you do great work...many thanks I embrace new ideas and change, but many of us boomers do not. I am convinced these innovations will change the landscape, and I can't wait! It is shameful what my generation has done with what was given to us and to our planet... Change--Bring it on!
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  2906. Loved the video, but thought it was a little unfair when you said a hydrogen car could be filled in 5 minutes and that an EV takes hours when cars like the Porsche Taycan will be capable of charging in as little as 15 minutes. As for current cars, Tesla's superchargers don't take "hours" either.
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  2907. Tesla will make this huge! BTW just vlogged an electric industry show in Bangkok and there were several booths with solar roof tiles. also tested electric cars. The future is here
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  2908. Great video. Subscribed. Thanks for not using that typical playful childlike music over the video, and not employing lousy humour like most other tech YouTuber channels.
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  2909. As usual, great job Ricky. I've been enjoying Two-bit Davinci for several months and have subscribed. You talked about "doing the right thing." That's such a huge point and often I think simple changes could enable that. As an example you talked about recyclable plastics. I've long wondered why we make so many different kinds of plastic but recycle only a few types. Why not only make/use recyclable plastic? From the chart you showed it appears different plastics have different chemistries. I assume this is to give them different desirable properties. I get that some things need a stiffer plastic while other things need more flexibility. In my city they used to recycle #2, 4 and 6 plastic (I think I got those numbers right) but now recycle only plastic things with lids (milk jugs, soda bottles). This means they no longer take yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, etc. cups. The reason they gave was because the odd and often squished shapes were hard to mechanically detect and filter and often jammed the machines. And here's the simple change. Change the yogurt containers to use plastic screw-on lids like peanut butter jars. The jars already exist. Machinery already exists to handle them. That plastic is already recycled.
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  2910. Thank you, great job! 👍
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  2911. Excellent, I have always been a flow battery fan. But this method seems novel enough and closed loop to warrant some extra enthusiasm.
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  2912. Awesome video, you covered everything!
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  2913. This was more significant than Bezo's unusable rocket flite to nowhare. We could see in the near future passengers getting to place to place over moderate distanes.
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  2914. Awesome subject! I sure miss mine.
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  2915. I suspect they have no idea how a lot of it will work or come about given humans don't have the level of automation yet. But they could build a mile of it for POC and see how it fairs for a few years and then tweak the design as needed.
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  2916. To reclaim that land they have to build a Gaudi complex that can house these 3000
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  2917. Great graphics and transitions. I have seen a lot of growth in your channel since I started watching. Good job!
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  2918. Also, I've always wondered, why isn't there car-to-car communication yet? For achieving the future scenario of hundreds of autonomous cars zooming by at intersections at fast speeds without any traffic, we need car-to-car communication. This is also the only real solution to traffic.
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  2919. Thank You for this great video
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  2920. such a shame people are complaining about this. So much work and energy put into this video and so much quality content. A bunch of idiots complaining about a conversion error. Look past it and appreciate what you've been given for free.
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  2921. Love the industrial design guest. Good stuff.
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  2922. Ty for the information Very informative
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  2923. Excellent presentation, production is great and the simple clear analogies make sense - great job
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  2924. This could work well on a delivery van that has a larger surface area
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  2925. Imagine if we ever discover the holy grail of fusion power we will be in another level of space travel
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  2926. thanks for this video tbh!
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  2927. Honda and Toyota are Japanese. I do wonder to what extent Japan’s reluctance to embrace the BEV revolution is linked to an ageing demographic in that country and therefore a greater tendency to a conservative outlook on life.
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  2928. If you want an example from history to back this prediction up; there's a reason European cars have much better engine technology than american cars. We've had much tighter regulations governing such things for long enough that the car industry has been forced to respond, whereas america car manufacturers haven't. I drive one of the older (new) minis with an American engine and the mpg is atrocious for a half way modern car - 35mpg!.
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  2929. Truly amazing
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  2930. Great job...glad u guys took a second look. As for me, within the first 2 minutes of seeing this 'Earth Rover', I knew I was looking at my new dream car. Kool this is that starting price makes it more obtainable for me (yes...ordered it the next day). When was the last time we were allowed to ordered a concept/concept looking vehicle?? Tesla makes such things possible & if the competition can't keep up....well bye-bye. Great work on all ya videos. Now use every info u currently have & make a video about how this truck could fit in a regular truck owner's life.....like price, practicality, adventure, FUN, durability, customisation + more. Keep it fun & entertaining.
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  2931. Great review and kids are adorable!! I have booked same colour 7 seated Tesla with Gemini wheels. Have you done full body PPF? It’s so shiny.. do you happen to know if colour fades gradually without PPF?
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  2932. comment
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  2933. There is a worldwide shortage of helium. There is a limited supply of uranium. There is the problem of storing the spent material for many thousands of years. These are just some of the major problems they need to solve to make this better than batteries.
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  2934. Hey Ricky, I'm a new subscriber. Anyway, if we could get this to 3000 miles, and take it in for a "Service", similar to an oil change.. Is be ok with that, as I'm sure most other people would be, too. Very cool video!
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  2935. Great video. I am a subscriber and am a fan of the channel. I found the video on why tesla cars are the safest very insightful and interesting and I look forward to more videos. The only thing I would respectively have a different opinion on is, I think that solar panels are a much better as an investment than suggested at 6:00. In my view comparing it to the Nasdaq (or the stock market) is not a fair comparison as it is much risker than solar panels and returns vary significantly even over 8 year periods. For the period in question the Nasdaq performed better but over other periods the Nasdaq has performed worse (Someone who invested over a 8 year period in 2005 would have lost money (the Nasdaq declined from ($42.28) 2nd December 2005 to ($38.55)13th December 2013. The value of solar panels also does not experience sharp drops of 1/3 to 1/2 in short periods of time. The level of risk with Solar Panels is much more like US government bonds or Bank savings accounts. (I.e. a steady consistent return). It compares favourably to them in the current low interest rate environment (if you live somewhere sunny like California). Maybe you could compare them in a future video. As an investment, solar panels also offer asset class diversification, as they are an independent asset class. The output from the solar panels does not correlate with returns from the stock market, bonds, or housing, reducing risk in a portfolio. The Solar Panels may also add to the overall value of the house. I live in Northern England and would love to have solar payback after 5 years, but unfortunately the payback time if I am at home all day is 18 years. If I am out until 4 most days there is no pay back (i.e. its longer than the warranty term of 25 years), so its very much location dependant.
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  2936. Why don't you work at Tesla?
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  2937. Excellent coverage and I agree with your perspective on those companies that are not producing electric vehicles. That Acura if it were electric would be amazing! I love watching the shift from gas to electric. I have a Tesla Model 3 and as of right now I think it is just the best damn car out for the money.
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  2938. The AIR is Beautiful
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  2939. I'm sorry to comment again, but I forgot to mention in my previous comment that this video was almost exactly what I talked last time when suggesting you to make shorter vids (15 minutes is fine) on topics bringing new things (starship size). Usually on almost all your old videos, I put it in my watch list for almost a month before I get the time/curiosity to watch it, but this one, I watched it as soon as published :) So, I don't know about the views and topic for other viewers, but I can definitly say that's a big step here. Keep the good job.
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  2940. Ricky ... What an amazing video, presented to us in an interesting, fun way. Thank you Thank you. Charley
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  2941. Great info I hadn’t even considered before 👍 thank you
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  2942. Speaking as a truck driver who has watched the Nikolai launch and done a paper comparison between the two vehicles I can tell you that the Nikolai is actually viable as a true over-the-road vehicle while the Tesla would only be useful for terminal to terminal type jobs. It also stands to reason that it be heavy Trucking industry went to hydrogen hydrogen cars would become much more viable if they were allowed to use the same infrastructure. Moreover the author is absolutely correct when he talks about the storage value of hydrogen, the solar panel is going to continue producing energy whether you have a place to store it or not, being able to dump Surplus production into hydrogen would go a long way towards increasing the profitability of Renewables like wind and solar.
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  2943. TB da V = thank you for been part of the Musk's revolution! it is here to stay - This man(Elon) will be remembered for a long long time, as one of the greatest of ALL.
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  2944. THANK YOU !!!!!
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  2945. EV + Solar + all electric house = zero personal emissions. Tie that into an economy which does the same, and you have an answer to carbon emissions. At least the creation of new ones. Note: there is no reason why the complete manufacturing chain for an EV cannot use 100% sustainable energy sources.
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  2946. cheers mate. your script is well written.
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  2947. As per usual great explanation.👍
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  2948. Or even better, merge the 2, like Workhorse will be doing, they manufacture EV step vans and whenever they get FAA approval, can launch a drone for smaller deliveries.
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  2949. Thank you for making this video Truly appreciate it
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  2950. On your idea on how to use the waste heat of an ICE engine. Actually, I had 2 ideas on how to accomplish this about 2 decades ago, and when I looked into the patent landscape to see if they were worth pursuing, they were both already patented many years earlier, yet we still don’t see them utilized in today’s products. There must be some technical reason preventing their adoption that we don’t know.
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  2951. Exactly what I was trying to say...
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  2952. brilliant! thanks for showing us this
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  2953. Good Morning from Australia. It 2.37 am Monday. I've watched your YT channel for about two months, one of my favourites of twelve channel that follow. All of them about EV Vehicles, Renewable Energy and D&C CLT and passive house certified buildings. We are organising an EV and renewable energy event in Lismore NSW on Oct/Nov 2020. An update will be sent at the end of May 2020.
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  2954. You have a great channel. I have learned so much from your channel and you really seem to cover the subject really well.
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  2955. Mr. Da Vinca don't forget to update the videos and pictures to show the starship booster with the lags removed.. enjoying the show...!
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  2956. Also no relation to Percy Charles Pickard, pilot who led the WW2 mosquito raid at Amiens. Bertrand Piccard's grandfather was also a balloonist.
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  2957. A wonderful aircraft to fly in. For me the most comfortable ever, but A350 comes close. B787 less so.
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  2958. Thanks. I’m a technician and I work in the seat department. Grate review. As a company we always want to see how our cars perform in the field. This Information Age gives us direct feed back that we need. We try to always see where we can improve. Thanks from Telsa.
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  2959. They should have sent a dozen balloons . At least it would have been better value for the cost it took to bring it down
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  2960. Another great topic. Excellent channel.
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  2961. I really liked this video, your insight in to this might actually happen!
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  2962. That is so cool. ;)
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  2963. Outstanding, I love this technology, but where I live I’m keeping my nat. gas water heater for now, ( pilot flame, no electricity required) I’ve been through several northeast winter ice storm power outages, having hot water available was a blessing. Thanks for your awesome videos!
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  2964. This type of comparison is why it's Game Over (long term) for ICE cars. Good video. Having said that, there is a HUGE market Tesla will not tap until they get the (all in) price under $30K. For example, I've always driven small cars costing under about $20K, and I am most definitely NOT alone. Many simply can't afford much more than, say, $20K - $25K for a vehicle, and others (I'm one) are able to buy more expensive cars, but don't, seeing it as a waste of money, even accounting for cheaper operating costs, because such buyers look for the most economical way to reliably meet their transportation needs, which is typically not in the $40K+ realm.
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  2965. lithium cornwall uk
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  2966. Great video as always Ricky!
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  2967. Really great info. Love how in depth you go
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  2968. TY!
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  2969. Boom. First to comment again
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  2970. Gyro bus 👍
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  2971. Looks like drawings of an alternator and a clutch disc at 14:00.
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  2972. Great Video. Please keep up the great work.
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  2973. I love your channel! Keep the great videos coming!
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  2974. Lot of good info in your video. I had no idea hydrogen had such a high energy density. However, Nikola MOtors is an American truck company. Right now they are planning a semi for American and European markets. The Nikola One is definitely intended for the American market with 1200 miles of range. They have another truck for the European market that fits the European truck profile with a squat nose. Granted they haven’t actually built any of these trucks yet so we don’t know what will actually happen until it does. But, that’s the plan anyway. I do agree that the semi-tractor trailer will be a market segment to look at when it comes to hydrogen vs battery electric.
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  2975. Great video-explanation, thanks. :) 😊
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  2976. I’m looking forward to taking on one of these Taycans, in my M3 SR+. ;)
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  2977. That's great its electricity and heat both can be used in residentials sector very well ..no need of separate system
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  2978. Thanks Ricky for covering this. You are the best!!!
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  2979. So, I HAVE RESPECT FOR YOU.Thank you for the video. But unfortunately,there is much more evidence., thousands of people who claim contact,dozens of credible whistle blowers and a government that has been caught lying. NASA only studied unclassified evidence. This does not follow the scientific process and incomplete data cannot yield accurate results. There are also extremely credible reporters and Doctors who believe that the evidence points to off-word technology(Ross Coulthart, Dr Gary Nolan) I am more believing in something very bad might be happening and I hope I am wrong.
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  2980. I am a researcher/climate change warrior and Petrolhead, your estimates appear to be spot on however I disagree with your last point that combustion engines tech and fossil fuel production can only become worse for the environment. There is alot of past ICE development that was forgotten about and is now making a come back to solve the problem of inefficiently burning engines. A handful of energy companies are using renewables now to power their refineries to make fossil fuel production cleaner. There is also alot of activity in Carbon Capture research which will eventually take over from fossil fuels and is carbon neutral.
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  2981. As usual a great informative video, thank you. I'm having trouble wrapping my head around the phone app to vehicle interface; for example, where is the advantage of using the phone to open your moon roof vs simply pushing a button in the car? You have to break out your phone, open the app, navigate to the right screen and then open the moon roof vs simply pushing a button already in the vehicle. Also, this vehicle is still too expensive, we need an electric vehicle for the great unwashed masses. Can you say Model-T or Volkswagen Bug?
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  2982. Thank you for your time and updates. You are the most through creator on YouTube. You are Amazing. You break it down in layman's terms. God Bless.
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  2983. Great video. When you are explaining things in a factual way it has a lot of value. When you start adding your subjective opinions & guesswork the video gets bogged down & less interesting. Thx for taking the time to make this ✌🏼
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  2984. Thank you, very educational.
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  2985. Dude I have a bike 🚴 generator that my wife rides it keeps her thin me happy 😆 and we save money 💰 it’s a win 🏆 win
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  2986. Can’t wait to see your Powerwall install video!!
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  2987. Toyota dealerships will love this engine because it has parts that wear out and need service. Yay.
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  2988. Sounds great, Except you talk about nuclear waste but do not mention Thorium molten salt reactors which generate far less or dangerous waste and are totally safe and economical.
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  2989. I love it. Tesla Cybertruck is a BEAST! It kinda looks like a truck version of the DeLorean and reminds me of the F-117 Wobblin' Goblin. The front angle is so steep that if you up-armored the cybertruck, it should be able to tank high caliber fire up to 50 cal. exactly like how sloped armor works on military armored vehicles.
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  2990. When can we buy the stock?
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  2991. Hello from the Midwest! Natural gas is indeed the most common heating source here. A barrier to heat pumps is that in previous decades, the units on the market did very poorly in even moderately cold weather (ie below about 20F). This meant using a ton of resistive heating and very high bills. The problem comes in that most local HVAC people know of the lore and tend to dissuade folks when discussing heat pumps or insist on dual fuel using gas. Today’s really good HPs can operate down to -13F, which would cover 99.999% of time in my area. But if the installer lacks this knowledge, it means that only the most in the know people are going to upgrade.
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  2992. Ricky great video but one part about the evangelist towers the four evangelist are Matthew mark luke and John thanks loved it
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  2993. Thank your for this article. For context, one should also include the massive failures considering nuclear power plant overruns. In San Antonio Texas, back in the 60's and 70's, nuclear power was promised to be "too cheap to meter". Texans paid out the hind end on that one!! Also, with solar, China is installing power plants at a rate of 5 per week. Try doing that with nuclear, given the antiquated regulatory politics in the current era.
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  2994. Grammar Nazi here. I keep noticing that more people (even native speakers) keep using 'less' in conjunction with countable nouns. Like here Ricky says 'using less batteries'. This is incorrect. It should be 'fewer batteries'. Fred from Electrek keeps making this mistake over again too. Make this right for all grammar aficionados out there!
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  2995. THANKS RICKY,🤗🎉🎉🎉CONGRATS ON YOUR MODEL Y,YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND YOUR CUTE CHILDREN 🤗💚💚💚
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  2996. 7:42 Third reason: Cellphones and Laptops don't have temperature controlling keeping the battery at proper temperatures when charging etc.. All in all these information, despite a few unironed spots, are incredibly well-prepared and also well-presented. Calmly, allowing to focus, think and understand. Thank you very much for your incredible work.
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  2997. Thanks for such great information 👍
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  2998. Great episode, loved the animations!
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  2999. If I had the money...I would still not buy a Porsche, but I am saving for a Tesla even though some of my family believe it is a waste of money, of cause it should have FSD that would be the best reason to have a futuristic car!
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  3000. Excellent analysis!
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  3001. Ah yes, but can it run DOOM?
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  3002. Well, im from Denmark and i can tell you they are very worried about what would happen to this island in a war. Just hit the island and Denmark is lights out. I dont think they will build it sadly.
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  3003. Revenge of the Dad Bod! Looks like this is a great way to get you out and burning some calories.
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  3004. If you take atmospheric moisture from one place to water the ground or drink, couldn't this cause drought in another if that moisture was building up to rain in a place down the flow? Many times the rain in let's say Chicago will come from the golf of Mexico and rain across the country, but if the states are harvesting the water from this is it possible that needed rain wouldn't make it there?
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  3005. this was interesting, and about a product i new nothing about. thanks for the video
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  3006. I wonder if the dislikes are from people who disagreed with this video on as many points as I did. Still an interesting video as always
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  3007. Nice, loving the series.
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  3008. The Cybertruck opens a lot of options for Tesla like a possibility of an Cybertruck SUV with 8-9 seat option and an off road capability similar to Rivia SUV. This will sell like cupcakes. Also a lot of people are not talking about the purpose if the Cybertruck being use for the Moon and Mars which will be the Cybertruck SpaceX edition in my opinion. Two birds in one stone 👍👍 its genius.
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  3009. Nice presentation style in the video, i kinda guess you are an electrical engineer? I dont feel like your video was missing anything, you covered it from every angle. Great work and summary, and greetings from denmark :)
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  3010. Tesla doesn't want to compete with a company like Rivian. Tesla needs Rivian to succeed to help carry the EV torch in this race to change. My guess it the reason Elon is doing something strange or niche is because it's just to prove a point to the American Legacy Auto Manufacturers that Elon has the ability to dip into their world and outclass them. I look at it as a warning shot to Ford, Chevy, and Dodge, and Toyota to get off their ass and create an EV truck for the rest of the world who don't drive cars. What's the point in attempting change is your not going to include trucks, vans, and RVs that's on the road more than passenger cars.
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  3011. at least hes actually selling this car, bmw will show u something like this and then say "oh we arent making it"
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  3012. Experts has always under-estimated change. And when it comes to AI, just look at what happened w chess and Go. W enough varied and quality data the progress always surprises on the upside. I agree, competition is going to come from AI companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, CommaAI, Microsoft, etc. Legacy auto will not be able to compete on price w ICE based robotaxis and higher prices solutions added to their vehicles. I think you are missing the cost aspect here. Technology wise, there will be competition. Tesla is following Apples script. And if legacy auto + some AI company is Android, they will be fighting for the crumbs (un terms of profitability). Teslas advantage w EV and Autonomy is more cost than technology. 4680 tabless dry-electride high silicone anode cells and castings w structural pack will give Tesla a tech advantage again. Teslas FSD computer is a specific solution that is efficient, optimal and cheap. The rest if the industry use power-hungry inefficient general purpose solutions from NVIDIA (and possibly others). Their power consumption is too high to work in EVs and their cooling requirements are not practical for a mobile solution. Designing a chip like Teslas is easy and anyone can do it (and they only designed a small part if it). But you need demand for a million units to make it cost effective. No one will do it bcz they think Teslas solution won't work. Once Tesla has proven their solution others will follow. As for regulations, if the cars prove safe enough they won't require more safety devices. But over time there will be changes. The one sure thing is hardware requirements will change over time. However not one regulator makes all the decisions, so Tesla could operate in many places under different requirements/regulations. Cars won't have to communicate like air traffic control. Humans don't have central control today and we drive pretty good Planes is a bad comparison to cars in this respect. There already are 'exams' autonomous cars have to pass to get licensed. The 'eye exam' is another bad example and irrelevant. I think the test requires prove of driving accident free for x hours and y miles. If you can do that, it means the sensors are up to scratch. Humans sit just in front if the B pillar and can manage fine. Yes, wr can lean forward, but you assume Tesla engineers would have made this elementary mistake is reaching IMO. I believe the side-vision issue is more a NN/AI or processing issue (not all the cameras are running on their own NN currently but it is coming w v9) and not a vision/sight issue. Good vid overall and solid roundup of relevant issues/ideas.
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  3013. Good luck with your advertising of electric cars, I am going to buy cars using zero emission synthetic fuels.
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  3014. I subbed!
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  3015. I'm really inserted in buying a share in Tesla, especially now! And electric cars is the future!
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  3016. SSB are being used as excuse for not building EVs today. Legacy car companies are just looking for any reason not to have BEVs, and a lack of an economical SSB is the "perfect" excuse for all the reasons you stated. It's at least 5 years away from mass productions, and at least 10 years away from economical production (cost curve). SSB will doom any manufacture that waits for them before transitioning to all electric. Tesla and the Chinese manufactures are not going to wait 10+ years for SSB to become economical. Tesla/Chinese manufactures will have them every bit as fast as any auto manufacturer. Probably have them sooner. Just ask yourself how many gigafactories are going to be needed for SSBs? What company is going to build as many SSB gigafactories as it going to take? The same company that has gigafactories now.
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  3017. lol You get bonus points for puns.
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  3018. Awesome video! I bought my black model 3 performance used with only 7k miles. Excellent condition, tinted windows, black powder coated rims, with FSD, for only 55k. And no shipping costs required due to locally found purchase. Financed on 72 mo 3.25%
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  3019. Very thorough and well research video. You answered all my questions. Thanks for all the hard work.
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  3020. Got the same dream: Cybertruck road trip
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  3021. Really nice video. Ordered panels and battery from a local guy in Dallas. 33 panels for 14.5 kw, and 28.8 kwh battery storage. This is Aptos 440w panels, Sol-Ark 12kw inverter and Home Grid stacked batteries. I wanted Tesla, but their timeline was too long and I wasn't having a great experience with them. $29k for my panels and $25k for batteries before tax credits. Payoff will be long as grid only costs 12 cents/kwh in my area. Ordered a model Y for September delivery. Hoping everything works out.
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  3022. Very intriguing! I have a wind mill I have not installed! We have 12k of solar! Have not checked with our town for Windmill permit yet!
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  3023. Great video! Suggestion... - I know you don't have much snow/ice in your part of the world. You should mention about it's effects on a solar installation for the mentally challenged people that will have to deal with it. - The effects of cooling the panels and maybe even the inverter. Efficiency gains, pros/cons.
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  3024. This Video is a reasoned and Well considered look at geothermal energy. There are two other technical reasons why it is currently under used. These are 1. Thermal conductivity of the crust and 2. The use of water as the extraction medium.. The first problem is that rock can only conduct so much heat per second. In the 1970's Icelandic engineers discovered that their expensive extraction vents were drying up! The cause was found to be the over extraction of heat from the underlying rock. Subsurface temperatures plummeted and slowly regained their original levels only after extraction was halted. Further expansion of the wells surface area temporarily relieved the problem but to this day the wells have never achieved their expected extraction performance. The problem with using water is that it boils at 100 degrees Celsius and this limits its use in liquid form. This is why steam is used instead. This is less efficient as the higher the steam temperature the lower the vapour density. or put another way, the hotter the steam, the fewer the water molecules per cubic centimetre can pass up a tube per second.. This increases vapour pressure but lowers effective thermal transfer as kinetic dispersion by the molecules via the conduit walls will cause energy loss. The problems can be solved by digging down to within 1Km of the Mohorovičić discontinuity layer and by using molten salt as the transfer medium but this introduces additional problems which the current state of technology is not ready for.
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  3025. Another though provoking topic, well presented. Unintended consequences is on of my biggest issues with 'big government' and more regulation being the 'go to' answer. (Though it needs to remain in the toolbox when deregulation yields the same.) Overall, I agree days of ICE are numbered (at the poles and on the road). It's well know in the markets, academia as well as the Oil Industry. Bloomberg New Energy and countless other have given a timetable similar to what you mentioned. My point being, LONG TERM FOR THESE GUYS IS 5-YEARS. If you can't win, you delay and try to squeeze every last dime out of the current system. Look at Trump's horizon - about 5-years as well without some sort of coup or other political upheaval. (Though I'm not dismissing this as a possibility.) Executives doing things for short-term profits - i.e. their pockets vs. long term health of the company (and in this case is the world), is closer to a norm than an exception. Under the covers and above, expect further support for both autos and fossil fuel to get more subsidies, bailouts and handouts. In a previous reply, I mentioned I didn't expect the 'current regime' to go away quietly - or with empty pockets. Call it confirmation bias, or 'correct call' - readers choice. Essentially, Pandora is out of the box and markets take no prisoners. Beyond the standard transmission high performance cars you pined in past videos, I will shed no tears. Stay safe one and all!
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  3026. Want to know what is really uncomfortable? Dying of dehydration 😂
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  3027. love your vids. could you do one on home wind energy?
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  3028. Great job, Ricky. Even if this idea won't seem to pan out on a global level. On the opposite end of the scale, have you investigated Microgrids and the success at small scale thanks to improvements in switching gear? It would be great if you did a video on that as you are good at presenting complicated ideas in an understandable way. (I subscribed!)
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  3029. Thank You For This Video , It's Very Informative & Educational On Solar.
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  3030. Thank you!
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  3031. Super useful! This was such great content!
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  3032. Even this so called budget EV is still too much for the mass market! most people will have to wait until the other firms start rolling out their EV's before they really take off! i'm sure Elon has legitimate business reasons for these figures but its not enough to make the EV a mass market proposition, only when they are as much or a bit cheaper than petrol will this be the case
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  3033. Thanks, great video.
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  3034. congratulations mate!
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  3035. "The whole scheme of things"...I see what you did there. :-]
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  3036. This will help me present solar to my HOA for approval!
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  3037. Maybe can be used for running a desalination plant
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  3038. Great Video thanks to the youtube algorithm.
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  3039. Legit relevance 🙏
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  3040. What a beer garden, lesson. Very informative, making it clear to understand.
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  3041. Shouldn't this type of magnets also increase the performance of things like windfarms and water powerplants?
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  3042. I want one.
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  3043. I’ve been really skeptical of nuclear energy, however most of the issues seem to be solved here. But how can we guarantee a long term safe way to deal with the waste? With a solution to that and I’m won over
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  3044. Loved it! Thanks for your time
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  3045. Hot boxes are mostly useless and can't provide for appropriate monitoring of the trains. The most appropriate thing is to install a thermocouple on each bearing and monitor and log the temperature for each car in the locomotive. With an emergency stop automatically initiated if the temperature reaches 100°C or a specific safe but high temp. Also require inspection/replacement for any bearing that run above normal for greater than XX minutes. It would not be that expensive either. Definitely less than the cost of a derailment.
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  3046. Yes first lol 🙂🙏🏽
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  3047. Can’t wait on the NMG video! 🙏🏼
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  3048. This video hit home. In the early 90’s, I worked New Zealand coaching alpine ski racing at Mount Hutt Ski Area. Four years, six months per year, May thru October, we’d spending 6 days a week above 6,000 feet above sea level, returning to the northern hemisphere in time for winter. By the second half of 90’s I’d had several skin lesions biopsied from my face, ultimately determined to be pre-cancerous. I always wondered what became of the ozone holes. Back then, it was common to go to work knowing there was no ozone layer above you. Despite using sunblock any exposed skin would get absolutely cooked. I can tell you first hand an ozone layer is a very good thing to have over your head! Thank you again for the update.
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  3049. Great topic! Wish I could have been there. I really appreciate you making this available for those of us who could not make it. Won't be long til we see you making this preso as a keynote speaker at lots of places! One topic of opportunity you might consider with this is the negative feedback loop of gas stations disappearing. Less new cars, shrinking percentage of new cars that are ICE, gas station consolidation, range anxiety is the domain of fossil-gobblers not EV drivers.
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  3050. It can also come from solar panels. Going from radiant heat to induction cooktop was one of the first changes I made after getting a PV systems installed at home. Between that, insulating the house, getting LED lights and changing other appliances at home, I went from having my electric bill 98% covered by solar panels to 112% covered.
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  3051. Your video makes Trump's interest in Greenland seem a lot more sensible.
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  3052. I hate the truck. Elon went overboard with this one. That was me when i seen the reveal. Now I have it reserved and love it! Can't wait to get it. Add it to my Model X and Model 3
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  3053. This is why i want to be engineer
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  3054. Its also fine to look at it from diferent side. Now we use fossil fuels to power electric plants AND cars. If we change ICE's into EV's we kinda erase the pollution comming from cars BUT those has to move somehow so they will use energy from power plants. The question is how we can produce more energy with less greenhouse gases emission, answer is clearly know to everybody i guess so its just time to take care for it ICE's will end them selvs in matter of time it's inevitable.
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  3055. More battery storage and microgrids...
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  3056. Just like public schools, and child support. I will not pay for another persons expenses. Yet I am taxed for things I don't have, or use. The Solar comparison would be similar. If others can't afford it then that is their problem. California has another problem. It is the real possibility of the grid going down from low dam water levels. Places around lake Powell and Mead are going to feel the hurt. I can expect Oroville to go offline this year to.
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  3057. Awesome video. / 1st video I’ve seen, instant sub. 🎉
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  3058. Perfect for camping in the middle of nowhere.
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  3059. Great video
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  3060. I love everything that was described in the video.
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  3061. I was about to lease some panels. Luckily I saw this, the fact that they may put a lien against my property is an absolute deal breaker.
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  3062. Taking it to the next level, well done NTT!
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  3063. Good job! I also used to do sw development for figher planes, so nicely done. 😀⚡️🚘
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  3064. They have more than enough spy satellites to spy on us, lol. They do have giant balloons with hypersonic middle bays…. Payloads. Interesting. What about all of our DoD spy balloons (formerly Google balloons)???
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  3065. We need new blood in the automotive industry 😃 new technology and a new way of thinking 🤔 I’m can’t wait for them 😆 and companies.
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  3066. Brilliant video Ricky, very good info. 👍
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  3067. Very interesting to see the self driving working in traffic and handling all the different situations that occur.
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  3068. best comparison I've seen so far
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  3069. Thank you. Probably the best explanation I've heard on YouTube.
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  3070. Dude your content is always top notch 👌 thank you
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  3071. If capacitors take over the role of batteries then the capacitor is no longer a capacitor. It's a battery.....In many cases you can never interchange the two. Good video tho!
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  3072. Balloons as Weapons What a paradigm changing concept of using a balloon to further political/military strategies and tactics. Multiple waves of balloons, their 3 CONEX containers full of S300 'switchblades' to launch an Island invasion. First wave, drop over the island, absorb/consume/overwhelm the defensive weaponry and exhaust the defenders. Second wave, drop over the island to create civilian panic, disruptions and absorb the remaining defenses. Third wave to target seaborne defenses. Fourth wave to cover the offensive ICBMs and seaborne invasion armada. Offensive benefits: cheap, low tech, hard to defeat, defense draining resources, minimal risk and minimal loss of personnel/materiel, excellent cover for invasion forces Defensive challenges: expensive, hard to target swarm, hard to defend against swarm, exhausting, arms depleting, excellent cover for aggressor. Sun Tzu and Clausewitz would be proud. Not Tellin' - Just Sayin'
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  3073. Another great video, look forward to the next.
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  3074. Subscribed! That was quite an impressive presentation. I will follow your work with great interest.
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  3075. "Hats ... Can't read your thoughts.." Come on, that's tin. Aluminum won't do anything for you. Just ask anyone who has tried both! :)
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  3076. I also ordered one and I’m concerned that the auto pilot feature will be ok to use by the time it delivers. As a 78 year old I’m looking forward to the camping option on my single motor model.
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  3077. Thank you for the explanation you won a new subscriber.
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  3078. It’s Rare to hear such good scientific news for the Earth.
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  3079. Thanks! Very interesting!
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  3080. So informative, I think you should promote yourself to three bits ! OK a buck. ♥️
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  3081. My money is on nuclear diamond batteries
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  3082. I agree, i think you make a excellent point and I think what you're saying will prove to be true
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  3083. I pop sci have the same tech use for firefighter helicópters tô save peaple in building on fire
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  3084. Well there still be at least one or more workers on board in case of a emergency!!
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  3085. Hi Ricky Love your channel. Re the low profile tyre/wheel. As you know the tire makes up part of the suspension and I bet Tesla has tuned the suspension to the tire wheel combination. so be careful changing aftermarket if you can't change the program on the suspension. Keep up the great work.
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  3086. You want a bold guessing i say Toyota goes bankrupt because invest to much into Hydrogen city and cars, 5 Toyota Mirai in Sweden sold 2019 no wants them all want electric in Europe :-)
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  3087. More Moon Shot Ideas! These projects are amazing. Thank you!
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  3088. Thanks for the info..👍
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  3089. I thought for sure you’d bring up geothermal and using hot springs in cold northern climates like Wyoming
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  3090. Comments : -This video was interesting. I follow a lot of things about space, and I still learned enought to make it fun to watch. I did not consider anything about the size, or economies. -Why is the thermal scale (boiling point) from top to bottom ? That's confusing as fuck. You either need to put an axis, or stay with the standard 0K on bottom. I know that when programing usually the vertical axis origin is on top, but honnestly that too is pain in the ass except with good APIs. -The starting thing about gravity and equation leads to wrong interpretation. That's not because satellites/starship are in high in Low earth orbit, so gravity is smaller that they don't have to have lot of fuel. Earth radius is 6300km. LEO is somewhere from 160km to 1000km. So taking the "big" number is like 6300km to 7300km, leading to a decrease of only ~30% (i.e. on earth surface, gravity is 30% more than at 1000km altitude). The key here is being in ORBIT which is moving REALLY fast without anything to push (no air to propel yourself). Thus you rely only on newton's third law, and propulsing your own mass (fuel combustion byproducts) with. That's why when talking about space travel, you are not talking about distances, nor time, but about the speed change you have to achieve (delta-v) for a given path. I don't remember the exact numbers, but getting to orbit a body is like half the power (delta-v) needed to get away from it NO MATTER the gravity, or object mass. Thus, once in orbit, as you jettisoned all conteners and fuel to get there, you don't even have to get the same work to go away. I did some research for illustration purposes, according to wikipedia, LEO is around 7.8km/s orbital velocity. And earth escape velocity (speed needed to escape earth gravity) is 11km/s. Thus, going into earth orbit is like doing 2/3 of the job (delta-v you remember ?) before escaping its gravity (that's why you jettison first stages, and second stages). Fun fact : I did not know anything about this like 4 years ago before playing kerbal space program. That's where I learned that orbital physic, manoeuvers and shit are REALLY REALLY different from physic on earth, even if that's the same underlying equations. When considering orbital manoeuvers, especially if you consider the earth point of view, you are not in a newtonian model anymore. That's confusing, and beautifull. And complicated. Especially when talking about gravity assists.
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  3091. The start of the video made me feel like i went back to the 90s
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  3092. Awesome video. Earnt a sub from me. Just here looking for an honest breakdown of what happened. Finally found actual information, thank you.
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  3093. Forget that , if I'm spending the money for a full system with batteries im going off grid and telling the utility to pound sand as they can't even keep the grid reliable in my mountain town
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  3094. Fewer assembly hours needed...not less. Otherwise, great video, thank you.
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  3095. Excellent video! I had no idea there were so many dams around the world! Thank you for covering this topic. Try getting a politician on board with selling maintenance programmes along with infrastructure projects... Good luck with that! People are remarkably short sighted when it comes to spending money. Especially when it's not their life on the line.
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  3096. Great video like usual :)
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  3097. The car shows in China are very different. More people, more electric. Thanks for show.
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  3098. Love this solution, but have question from a financial point: looks like they are just profiting from low (grid) energy-prices, why did they build it near windfarms and what is in it for the energy-company side of operation (other than a demand that fluctuating with prices). I think this is what we want for consumers also: adapting to the supply/demand "curve", and that's why hourly flexibele tariffs exist (and are on the rise) and even (home)batteries are becoming lucrative.
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  3099. Great Video! Thanks for crunching the numbers.
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  3100. Quality episode. Script, editing, and B-roll all good and delivered well.
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  3101. I call bogosity on the Tesla service costs - everything you mentioned as a Tesla cost is needed by the other two as well - but you let them off for free. Bogus, Man.
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  3102. Real quick…..Ask yourself “how often is the weather on my iPhone correct?” Answer: almost never. If you’re a fisherman/boater etc then you know this reality 100%!
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  3103. Lyle Stavast Exactly, Well said. No fix needed. Besides it's really a multi lingual world and united states is so much multi lingual multi national multi cultural. People are free in USA and other countries to spell anyway they choose, send kids to private schools, home schools, Chinese school, Spanish school etc. Thanks to education, the internet and translators we have our choice to decide what language we will speak. He spells his way, she spells her way. We all have a great day! Things and people are always changing and different and change is healthy.
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  3104. Keep up the good work, very very critical stuff.
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  3105. I have invested in stocks that are dealing with Green energy and battery storage. I am greatly interested in the development and potential for these emerging and new technologies. I will be dead when these industries have matured but the investment in these stocks is for my grandsons. As a beach bum I do not the money because I am rich in sunny days and moonlit nights where I spend them lavishly at the beach.
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  3106. The implications and applications are endless!!
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  3107. Thanks for all the great videos over 2022. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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  3108. sky-brator rofl
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  3109. Please Tesla!! Please build this! All current brands suck! Doesn’t matter how old/new it is, they break all the time. 2 friends of mine have fairly new systems they paid thousands for and have broken down several times already. They’re all junk! Only a person like Elon could disrupt the legacy Hvac brands by introducing a new more efficiently designed system. Hopefully mine holds up until then, I’m a buyer!
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  3110. That sodium / sulfur battery manufacturing could use the brine left over from desalination. Win/ win!
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  3111. Best YouTuber I subscribed recently.
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  3112. If you do a ground source heat pump with a DHW option you can do an electric hot water heater that only uses the electric when the water drops to 110F
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  3113. awesome Ricky, I want one ,minus the steering wheel pedals and mirrors
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  3114. One thing that frustrates me is so many of the new technologies you talk about are experiments in the lab. They look great and sound promising but don't hold your breath waiting for them because they won't be here for another 2-5 years. Please do an episode(s) on what was promising in-the-lab tech 3-5 years ago and did it ever come to market.
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  3115. Great video! This is the first time I have seen any video or photos of this. Thanks
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  3116. Means you can go totally offgrid with large enough photovoltaic system and F-150 Lightning in your garage... something to consider.
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  3117. I hope new ev companies realize to get over the “moat “ of legacy dealerships they also need to have access to service centers in almost every major city in the us. I understand, theoretically, EV’s don’t break down like ICE’s do but if given the choice between a vinfast EV or a Toyota EV I would pay more for the Toyota just knowing that I have a place to get it fixed if and when something goes wrong.
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  3118. Why is the USA not shooting the balloons down with a laser cannon? Good theory you had. I think it was multi role one being costing us a lot of money to deal with this especially if a fleet is deployed. Could be hundreds of million dollars to take them down and costing them very little. Actually the USA should be deploying these balloons also. Also I believe China and or Russia was using them for spying on the USA as the balloon has been determined to be maneuverable. China also wanted to see how we could eliminate the threat.
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  3119. Very insightful. Thanks for the view
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  3120. Well, that was interesting. Thanks
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  3121. it was interesting to watch
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  3122. This was a good one for me. Thanks!
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  3123. Very interesting video, I hope your assumptions are spot on. If everything you say is true, it should be broadcast several times on T.V. and radio. Your presentation was very convincing. Thanks for sharing.
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  3124. I enjoyed this topic. I think this is worthy of more in-depth study.
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  3125. What about bouncing the sun arrays from space down on to parts of the planet by mirrors attached to satellites in orbit .
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  3126. It was great to see you at FC. I remember seeing his car up by my camping site
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  3127. I thought he was Kobe Bryant at first 😮
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  3128. Hi Ricky! Yes, the volume of these batteries is bigger compared with Li-ion kind, but do you know what is their weight proportion?!?
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  3129. Great video, quality other worldly animations and sound 👍
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  3130. Cool video. I'm a truck guy. Haven't owned a car since the early 70's. Data check, you said the Cybertruck had a ground clearance of 16 feet 😜 what ? Lol 16 feet lol. That's one hell of a lift kit. Tks for the video, I love trucks and I'm really glad to see so many choices coming. It's time to live in the future.
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  3131. cool video and lots of info. For me, I'm probably going to trade my m3 for the y. Don't get me wrong, I really like my m3. but. I would really like something that is a little easier to get into and out of. If I was younger, I would definitely stay with the 3. Oh, and yes, I've bought my first tsla stocks with the down turn and will probably my more as things settle down.
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  3132. Fantastic vid!!! Please more content about ebikes. Please reach out to Juiced bikes, they are in San Diego. Juiced makes some great ebikes. Thanks from Woodinville WA.
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  3133.  @davidmccarthy6061  cause he died not because of an issue with the concept
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  3134. Damn! That audience have really good questions!!!
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  3135. As an aviation geek within a family loaded with professional pilots I love the big long-haul aircraft and have been on many (B707, B747, DC10, L1011, B777, B787) for long transoceanic non-stops and I just have to say that the pleasure I derive from being in and around these glorious machines evaporates upon being crammed into a narrow (and I’m a skinny person) uncomfortable seats realizing I’ll be stuck there for 12 to 20 hours. I think the A380 is magnificent though borderline ugly and regret I’ll now likely never have opportunity for a flight.
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  3136. Why use a fleet of fighter planes? Why not just send a drone up to take it out. Obviously, they they thought of it and chose not to go that route, but that has to be a fraction of the $2m they spent to shoot it down.
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  3137. Thank you so much for presenting this in a non anti trump manner. You don’t need to scream “orange man bad” when you actually have logic behind your claims
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  3138. We don’t even need chemicals!! We don’t need toxic chemicals for fertilizers to grow food! This should be a wake up call for all of us that this is serious and that we need to stop using so many chemicals!! It’s scary. I worry about the future of the earth. This is our wake up call.
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  3139. Well done. Very pleased to have found you.
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  3140. Two Bit I think you are a gigabit !!! This was an exceedingly professional, interesting and informative video. Top Notch!!! Great for the novice and as a review for people in the know.
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  3141. But you can't get a Model 3 with a manual transmission.
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  3142. Congrats on the move.
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  3143. Thanks : ) That was a fun update
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  3144. Great video. Thanks for adding depth and dimension to the things we deal with in everyday life.
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  3145. Another extremely well done video. Everything you do is well researched and informative. Please keep up the good work. Thank you
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  3146. Agreed. I subbed a couple of years ago and have appreciated many of his videos. But this one is outstanding! If current events subjects would benefit from technical analysis, I encourage the video author to bring his perspective to them.
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  3147. Be interesting to see how this idea could work in an RTG or reactor.
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  3148. Thanks man...I appreciate it!! 😊
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  3149. Foreo is an amazing gift! Great video, btw, I've learnt a lot!
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  3150. Sir...this is a well done video with outstanding commentary!
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  3151. Subscribed, excellent video. Thank you!
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  3152. ICE Vehicle owners: rust is bad. EV gang: Rusto Reverso bro
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  3153. To me, this technology is like hacking the natural water cycle to our advantage. I'd think of it as an engineered water cycle on steroids.
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  3154. Great video!
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  3155. Wow, well done!
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  3156. As always good info. Keep it up🤙🏻
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  3157. Great studio setup!
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  3158. Go Bears!!
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  3159.  @TwoBitDaVinci  I get that hydrogen might work in larger scale applications just because of the platinum issue for miniaturizing PEM cells for cars. Airplanes and ships possibly might benefit. For trains line power can replace diesel. Trains even did regen braking on the Milwaukee Line in the 1920's with one train putting power back into the grid while going down grade in the Rockies feeding a second train climbing the opposite slopes.
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  3160. Excited to see part 2!!!
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  3161. Excellent presentation! What's the trade-off though. This energy we'd be sucking up... what are we robbing? What are the unintended consequences?
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  3162. not bad not bad
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  3163. Thanks. These videos are just amazing.
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  3164. I drive a Mercedes electric and my driving costs are very similar, i.e. 10¢/mi. My highest costs are tires, insurance and depreciation that drives the TCO to about 25¢/mi. Love the electric car and won’t go back to an ICE for my daily driver.
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  3165. MS and MX will be collector classics
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  3166. Great analysis on a great company! :D Good job !
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  3167. This is an awsum idea I'm eager to see how it will be successful or not
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  3168. This was great. Huge value add. Your perspective was awesome, keep doing that.
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  3169. A ton of interesting info, thanks! 14:40 Will Starship need all 105,000 gallons of fuel (that it can hold) to go halfway around the planet? 15:42 Go Tesla Model Y with 491 PMPGe ! Good even at the national average ridership of 1.5 = 147 PMPGe ! My Model 3 performance has a 107 HWY MPGe * 5 = 535 PMPGe !! I think the Model 3 RWD has a combined 132 MPGe, so * 5 = 660 PMPGe !!!
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  3170. damn this guy explains well
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  3171. brilliant stuff, thanks.
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  3172. Two points 1 RO water is bad for the body, it leaches minerals and vitamins from the body. 2 You can not capture all the water, you need enough(40% I think) to carry away the brine. And what do you do with the brine?
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  3173. Also the F-35 helmet lets the pilot see "through" the jet fighter so he can look any direction and the heads-up display will engage a camera on the skin of the airplane to show up what is in that direction using the heads-up display. Not a trivial thing, part of the reason why it costs $400,000.
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  3174. I really like the way Elon is going verticle to get away from being dependant on suppliers.
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  3175. quality video. Not sure why I haven't seen you before. subscribed!
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  3176. I think the vent wires could definitely be run as a retrofit. Fun video
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  3177. Thanks Ricky - hard to believe the Y is shipping already and great to see the design simplifications going into them.
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  3178. Wow, such interesting topics! Keep it up.
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  3179. Well done, thank you!
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  3180. As one would say in Australia gouse family mate, you're punching above your weight with the misses. In other words, lovely family and your wife what the hell does she in you? Why can't I have one like that.
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  3181. excellent video, we dont see so many long term reviews especially for Solar systems subbed n following ur channel bro
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  3182. You tell truths that I agree with. Must caveat that by stating I've not seen the entire video and may or may not agree with some of your assertions. That aside what I have heard resonates. I was immediately on the heat problem, which you immediately explained in a clear and concise manner. Cuddos Dude! :)
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  3183. I'd go for more modest. Probably a thermal suit for >100F weather. For workers who have to work outside, during heat waves. Probably need to find a suitable phase change material, that would circulate around the suit. A high energy density power supply (lithium metal, exchangeable modules, ..). A very portable heat exchanger. Probably need some technology breakthroughs.
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  3184. thank you for explaining this to me...much love
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  3185. When questioning the environmental aspects of mining an important consideration is that once the materials are on the surface of the earth they can be repeatedly recycled. When the transportation network is electrified mining will be minimalized to make up for the small loses occurred in recycling. We cannot say the same for oil. Redwood recycling and Tesla are working on this now
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  3186. Signed up on the Tesla website December 15th 2020. They contacted me within 3 days and sent the design to review within 2 weeks. There was an issue the design had the wrong address on it. I have a separate mailing address at another home so it created some confusion,. Because of that confusion there was a delay of someone coming to do a physical home assessment. That was done in early January and they submitted for permits in late January. It took a couple weeks for the county to approve the permits and I received a text the permits were ready on Feb 17th. I called to schedule the installation and they gave me a date for 2 weeks later, They immediately called back and said they actually had an opening for the next day. The Tesla install team showed up the next morning with 4 vehicles and 8-10 workers. They had the entire system installed in about 5 hours. Every single worker was polite and professional. Now i'm just waiting for the county to come and inspect and permission from SCE to activate the system. Very please so far.
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  3187. Love your videos - one ask, also quote specs in metric - you are global
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  3188. That’s awesome! How do they hold up to hail? California probably never has hail but other states can have gulf ball size hail.
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  3189. Barcelona is the personification of "if you build it they will come"
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  3190. i bought my shares of Quantum Scape. so. just gonna hold them for 5-10 years. cheers.
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  3191. To All the people in the comments bashing Tesla: Oh Snap! It's almost like Tesla is no different from any other company in that they are trying to make money! Have any of you dipshits ever witnessed the launch of a new high tech product? The most Premium products ALWAYS get released first. Examples of this include: AMD Ryzen CPUs, nVidia Graphics Cards, iPhones and many more. If you can't wait then you have to spend more money as the customers who are willing to shell out the Dollar get preferential treatment. This is true for Tesla and any other company because it makes ECONOMIC SENSE to do so.
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  3192. Great explanation of how this works....Thanks !
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  3193. Thanks
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  3194. Your son is so cute !
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  3195. Man, you're good! I love this YouTube.
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  3196. I think your right on the money. The big three will undermine their own R&D for a short term gain. And get left behind.
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  3197. Great presentation!👍
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  3198. I hate when people change title names. Makes it hard to search for videos in history when you can vaguely remember the title as it is and then it totally changes.
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  3199. Very well done. I agree on stock. continue loading up. Do you have plans for a pre-battery day presentation as a lead in on what we might expect?
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  3200. Great clip man! Thx. Too bad here in the Netherlands it would not be as beneficial as in the more sunny regions of the habitable world. I would like solar panels, but there are trees in front of my house too, owned by the municipality. Besides all that, my roof is not facing ideal cardinal orientatian for solar panels. Cities are simply not build or planned suitable aged 30 years ago. We have a long way to go and politics really don't speed things up. We need a revolution for that.... Probably beheadings as well...
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  3201. This is one impressive video. Thank you. Done by people who really know what theyre saying; unlike those made by 17 year olds who happens to have a car and a youtube account 😊
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  3202. Just to clarify, the Tesla wall charger pulls 48A (not 40A) off a 60A line. I charge my Model 3 at 44 miles/hr. But this is a very cost effective way to set up a charger with pretty decent speed and was a good video.
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  3203. One BIG advantage I see with solar panels on your EV is if you run out of power in the middle of nowhere, you just have to wait a while and you'll be able to go again.
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  3204. Best video of the 7 seater Model Y. Thank you!
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  3205. First - A new white coat for me !
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  3206. Very interesting! Great video !
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  3207. Humidity is at it's highest at night when the air has cooled down. Electricity is the cheapest at night too. Win-win. I do not get the tower idea. I'd make a impermeable canvas float just above the water and collect air from it's center drawing new air from the sides.
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  3208. I have a 9 volt rechargeable battery and it has lasted over two decades. Two bad the company that made them went out of business.
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  3209. Integrate ultracapacitors into the body structure, not the batteries!
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  3210. What do you think of 100kw battery and ludicrous mode maybe coming to Model 3 ?
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  3211. When I see "The Truth About ..." I automatically read it as, "The Lies About ..." assuming that it would be some anti-EV or anti-battery exposee showing strip mines, etc. I suggest a more representative title for future videos like this would be "The Data on ..." or "Detailed Analysis of ..." Well done on the detailed analysis, by the way. Interesting analysis very well presented.
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  3212. Just found you. Glad I did. Great contribution here. Thank you
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  3213. Great video. Thank you for making this! It’s something I have always wondered about AND I understood everything you said😊.
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  3214. your car could become your battery under vpp & vth tba soon by tresla i have 36 lg pv sps with 1 solar edge inverter - toshiba & heat pumps - 4 years next month. doing great!.
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  3215. I think your $3M estimate to shoot it down is low. Try squaring that figure and you might be close.
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  3216. For those who feel it is necessary to shower everyday, for those who feel it necessary to flush after every go, for those that think water is an endless supply that comes out of a tap, as humans we need to rethink! As a teenager I had the opportunity to learn how valuable water is when, by pail it needed to be carried a distance to the house for the necessities of life. It was an excellent lesson on how much we take it for granted.
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  3217. Hey, I have the same shirt!
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  3218. Hi thank you for the video very Informative and by the way I finally got delivery of my model Y
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  3219. There are other reasons why Tesla persists with the many small cylindrical cell approach to building their traction batteries. Initially they took that path because the 18650 cell was produced in large numbers for laptop computers so good quality cells were available in quantity for a reasonable price. In current Tesla cars these cells live in the bottom of the vehicle in a single layer of vertical cells, an arrangement that helps keep all cells at very close to the same temperature when coupled with adequate thermal management. An alternative approach would to be to use a lesser number of larger prismatic cells but heat generated inside the cells is much more difficult to remove than it is for many smaller cells. The larger pouch cells as used in the Nissan Leaf do not suffer from this problem but as configured in the leaf they are fitted beneath the floor so have to be mounted horizontally in layers, the cells in the upper layers get cooked by the heat coming form the lower layers and that is bad (not helped by zero thermal management). So small cylindrical cells are the best compromise when it comes to finding space in the vehicle to house them and providing the best thermal management. The current Tesla design lends itself to robot manufacture (probably a dedicated machine rather than a general purpose robot) so the extra mechanical/wiring complication over prismatic is not a big deal.
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  3220. Awesome video about a beautiful place. Thanks so much.
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  3221. Great video. And thank you for mentioning the dealer mark ups! This is a real issue and happened to me recently. Mach E select MSRP was jacked up 2k not including other "add ons." I walked away disgusted and not looking at working with dealers again. Please keep shedding light on these practices! We need more transparency and hopefully Ford will fix this.
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  3222. Thanks for keeping our imagination going and entertained us at the same time.
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  3223. Yes, the windshield is a chip magnet. There are so many dings that when the sun shines at the right angle it looks like stars. Plus, I've had Safelite repair two star fractures over the last 15 months. What is it: the angle or the quality of glass? That said, I love my 2019 Model 3 performance.
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  3224. DIY I'm off grid for 18 months with no problems. Love it:) Biggest cost for my system was batteries. Every thing else can be bought on sell.
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  3225. Great video!!! thanks
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  3226. Great vid! The ROI will just keep getting larger and larger as we develop the renewable infrastructure and battery technology. I can't wait for the day we make the next leap into solid-state batteries.
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  3227. Very good talk. Your best video so far
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  3228. This is my favorite of all your videos
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  3229. Very interesting, we live in middle Georgia and think this could be a big benefit for us, especially if all we have to do is lay it on top of the current insulation. That makes it a DIY project.
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  3230. Hydrogen and batteries are not a source of energy, they’re just a means of storage. Batteries are more than 95% efficient when it comes to storage and release of energy. Hydrogen is no better than 65% efficient, so batteries wins… unless you want to move heavy things or create heat. QED it’s not an arms race between batteries and hydrogen, they’re complimentary technologies, they do different jobs.
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  3231. Why is there not a system which takes heat from your home’s A/C removing heat from the house and uses it to heat the pool?
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  3232. Don’t forget about sentry mode. The only car with a watchdog.
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  3233. Very capable, very good explanation.
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  3234. I pay my electrical bill in pennies litterly, great investment
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  3235. Make a video about SpaceX!
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  3236. I find it hilarious that people will gladly spend $10,000 on designer appliances (Fridge, freezer, dish washer, washing machine, and dryer), and then demand that their $10,000 on Solar have to pay itself back. You probably won't even get that money back on those appliances when you sell your house. I am using Appliances a little tongue-in-cheek here, but honestly, only a few things we do to our houses will ever pay for itself.
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  3237. Just shut up and take my money. Your presentation has got me sold. Subscribed!
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  3238. Every vehicle on the road has a detector to see if the engine is overheating, most have a tire pressure sensor in every single tire, and many have brake temperature sensors. It doesn't seem to be that far from reality to to add a sensor to each bearing. I'm in seriously a sensor alongside the tracks to see if damn trains on fire. The price that the railway company needs to pay this town Will be much more than a million dollars$1,000,000 is an insult.
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  3239. Great car. I'm a reservation holder as well
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  3240. Great video. If you should review this topic at another time, note that there is LOHC technology available now. LOHC stands for Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier which is a fluid substance that can chemically bond hydrogen and be transported in regular tanks (or even pipelines) at ambient pressure and temperature. It is non flammable and not toxic. This completely removes the efficiency losses through high pressure condensation. German and Dutch companies already started building transport ships fueled with LOHC.
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  3241. Great stuff Ricky, keep them coming. I like your short and fact filled format.
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  3242. Ricky would not do this video if he didn’t think it was a real threat to his Bevangelist beliefs. China,India, S Korea, Japan, Germany, France are all ahead of California when it comes to hydrogen development and infrastructure. Large pickup trucks will probably go to PHEV with H2ICE range extender (maybe e-fuel). Anyway it will be interesting to watch. 👍
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  3243. The Las Vegas comparison is spot on It was a blank desert 1 year then a sprawling city based solely on entertainment
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  3244. Elon wants help from other companies. To bad theyre all asleep on the job. Somebodys gotta lead the herd to the watering hole. They dont even know theyre thirsty yet. lol
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  3245. Tesla’s ability to innovate and execute in the real world is god speed.
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  3246. GREAT video. Really informative. Looking forward to more videos in the near future.
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  3247. Thank you for this video! Very informational! Thank you for taking the time to make this, very helpful
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  3248. I really like your vids, how you mount things and show related to what you're saying. Keep your good job. On your topic, I think there may be lots of changes on long term about commute reduction, work at home and everything. But I don't think things are going to change to point where big oil companies will ALL go bankrupt. I think what will happen is that lots of oil companies will bankrupt, then offer will shrink. It will lead to prices going up (not to what they where like, but up), and then things will repeat themselves, just not to what we were used to. It may even be better : we move to EV, and as oil prices are low, governements can start building oil plants for EVs. Even if that's not totally green, it may be greener than having lots of inefficients motors on cars. (bigger plants = bigger efficiencies, EV = bigger efficiencies). Maybe I'm wrong, but that may be an answer.
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  3249. Thank you for all your hard work creating this.
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  3250. I Highly recommend you get the PUP. The lowered suspension + those 20s with the Michelin 4S tires make a HUGE difference in how it feels and handles the power. I threw 18s on with some really good brand new winter tires, and whenever you push the car, it really makes me miss the 20s already! And the red calipers + larger brakes just look and feel so much better...
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  3251. POS car still
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  3252. I have order a Rivian truck, So I Will go from My 2009 F-150 to Rivian's electric truck.
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  3253. Very interesting! Ty!
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  3254. "Oerlikon" is pronounced "Err-lee-kon". Sorry I had to be that guy 🙈😅
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  3255. Price..... the killer of all hydrogen dreams is not addressed here?!?
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  3256. Sounds like they should pony those up to one of their AMG motors and have a performance hybrid now! Thanks for the videos😊
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  3257. Great breakdown and content. Liked, commented, subscribed!
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  3258. Ricky, you do a good job with conveying information but started to do alittle comparison to the cybertruck but only teased the subject. I know you are enthusiastic about this Ford truck but the down side of this truck is the cost and specs of each Ford variant will be way more expensive than for the cybertruck. My belief is that the cybertruck got one big thing wrong by not supporting v-to-home. And I certainly took two weeks before I ordered one because of the looks and the size. But range is a real thing and the cost of the fully speced cybertruck with 500 + miles range is 20k less expensive. And the Ford has paint, and will really not be tough as we now know what is tough. The other one item you did not talk about is hauling. Ford has Spect 2000 lb and cybertruck will be 3500lb. I know that I have used my truck for large loads and that is a major usability factor. Hey for 20 k I think I can become comfortable with the looks of truck for what I gain. One day tesla will come to their senses and do V to Home and one up the Ford in another option, competition is good!.
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  3259. This is Truly great Stuff TVM
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  3260. Interesting visuals and great research. Keep up the good work !
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  3261. My Range Rover Sport is electric, does about 20 to 30mi then drops back to petrol. Most of our week-day trips are done in pure EV mode....P400E....check it out !
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  3262. A lot of these are things I'd be highly interested in whenever my wife and I build a new house. As it stands, I live in a house where everything - the plumbing, wiring, doors/windows, and even the physical construction of the house - was built/setup by my dad years ago when he was maybe 20-21 years old (my dad built this entire house with the help of his dad and grandpa who was a stonemason and rocked the entire house) - and he was also an alcoholic at the time. He gave his brother a 30 pack of beer to help him build the laundry room in a weekend. I mean, I'm 36 years old now and he built it when I was only a year or two old and it's still standing and I've lived here since 2009 but everything is just built in such a way where stuff is starting to get old and rickety, out of square, floor joists and wall studs are starting to give way and it's just where it would be hard to upgrade stuff. I feel like a clean slate with a new house someday and I'll get back to home improvement stuff - hell I miss doing home improvement projects. I worked on this house all the time when I first moved in. But it's just too far gone at this point. It's a good starter house, bachelor pad, emergency/hard times living quarters, etc. though.
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  3263. What about the cost savings of not having to paint the Cybertruck?
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  3264. 4:15 wow good to see you are the main sponsor of the next moonmissions :P
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  3265. #1 reason as a family car: Safety!
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  3266. I have an intriguing question. Could heat waves coming from the ground be harnessed enough to create rotation for a wind based turbine? You were talking about being on a beach and it got me thinking...
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  3267. That Red Model 3 render was so real than the real world
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  3268. Love learning things from you thanks❤️
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  3269. Amazing analysis and video. I'm glad I clicked on the youtube suggestion. You've earned a sub sir!
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  3270. It's all good... Investments in our future both intellectual🧠 and momentary💰 will provide the solutions for reducing our planetary industrial age carbon footprint 👣. The more the merrier 🎠
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  3271. Love the video, watch you both a lot. The die-cast model is 1/18 scale BTW... Great job!
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  3272. Your well researched video on the battery packs lend context to this quote from Business Insider "The investment bank said its takedown engineers "were crazy about the powertrain, highlighting next-gen, military-grade tech" that appear to be "years ahead of peers." Well done!
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  3273. Great. Real world experience based product recommendations.
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  3274. Love this! Doing much the same thing with my place including making trade offs. Will be following this series!
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  3275. 19:50 - “natural gas is going to fall by the way side naturally” I refused to buy a home without natural gas. When I have power outages in the winter… I can still take a hot shower, eat hot food, drink hot water, strategically heat my home when cooking, or using my gas fireplace. My last major outage was 66 hours. I was able to heat my whole house with natural gas heater & eat hot food by merely connecting an inverter to my gasoline sub-compact car to power half my house. The lights & ventilation & electric ignition worked on all my gas appliances (stove, hot water, heat) with a simple inverter plugged into my car, and my household was comfortable… for a few hundred $$$. A couple full gas canisters in the house provides a degree of extra security. Anyone who has elderly they are caring for where there is risk of winter storms needs to make a basic decision of life & death when purchasing a home… and alternative energy sources powering the home, like electric & gas, is key to that decision. People in warmer climates don’t have the same needs.
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  3276. I just watched a youtube video about solar panel usage for a typical Mongolian familys "yourt" providing all of her freezer, radio & heating & lighting needs for their portable home. Solar has come a long way and I expect it to be a permanent appliance for our energy needs wherever it makes perfect sense.
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  3277. Excellent surge for peak demand times! Great presentation.
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  3278. You're not wrong about the state's hydrology plan. Just as you'd want to make an example out of that drone operator, examples should also be made out of the reservoir operations director/s. Only 1 mile away?? And the snails pace of fixing a reservoir COVER...man. From the bid to the purchasing directors to the company that got the bid and overcharged the state by 41k. Fines and firings should be forthcoming.
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  3279. The best review and explanation of this monumental vehicle yet. Ford is serious, did their home work and at first glance has checked all the boxes and then some. If they get the battery and charging right this is huge. It won't be for every F150 driver, but has a use case that can't be denied and will open a lot of minds to EV's.
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  3280. The roof is not the only place to put them. How about covering your garage door with them or the wall of your house or garage or fence?
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  3281. I’m from Panamá. Thanks for putting this together. If that ever happens the economy of Panama will definitely collapse
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  3282. I’ve been debating either a model 3 or a dodge 1500/2500. Now I’m thinking a Tesla truck is what I’ll get.
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  3283. @Two Bit da Vinci, hey man terrific video! Also, please include why every once in a while we hear about great breakthroughs in battery technology on the news (i.e. charging in mere minutes, or super lightweight bendable batteries) but then never hear from it again? Or how the future battery composition could be solid-state one day with energy density dwarfing the best batteries in production today? Thx, Can't wait for part 2!
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  3284. I remember this story in Popular Sciece.
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  3285. awesome video
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  3286. Super Blood Moon in 11 hours.
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  3287. Brilliant Interview. (&Title) Appreciate the professionalism and detail of information presented. Also the lack of the T Word is respectful to all.
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  3288. This was great! Thanks!
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  3289. nice video thank you !
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  3290. Fantastic job - great information and thoughtful questions & answers!
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  3291. We can not have enough energy so yeah they should do it
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  3292. Combine this with the up and coming solid state battery tech and you onto a winner 😀
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  3293. Ricky, I love your channel, ❤ everything you put out, but saying that “looking at trains in the US is like looking at a postcard from the ‘50’s” & then showing freight rail & high speed passenger rail is misleading at best…
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  3294. Really good explanation and video in general. We are currently awaiting to hear if our triple powerwall installation is approved. 40 kW storage.
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  3295. This is the type clickbaityyy thumbnail I am happy to fall for. Ultimately one clicks here knowing it’s gonna be great content regardless
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  3296. Man, congrats! The best video about the F-150!
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  3297. Thanks, Ricky! I’m not offended by the title of your post. I’ve been wondering about this very issue. I clicked it first thing.
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  3298. Thank you
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  3299. It's awesome that you can afford a Tesla. But please remember that most of the world can't. And until that changes - that common folk in the world can afford a good EV - a green, electrified future will remain a dream.
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  3300. Thanks for doing what you do. The journalism around these topics often uses simplistic assumptions. I like the use of curb-weight in your model as a proxy -- it puts the heavy batteries at a disadvantage, yet EVs and Hybrids still come out ahead.
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  3301. This is amazing, go Danial!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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  3302. Hey Ricky, I met you at Electrify Expo Austin 2 yrs ago, i just just picked up a 2019 Model 3 Long Range AWD which is $10 k cheaper than my 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL RWD (no battery pre-heating hardware). I have no regrets, the TM3 does everything better, wife and kids don’t really mind the road noise, Tesla sound system is way better than the Ioniq 5, and the Tesla charging experience especially now is far superior in the northeast.
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  3303. Who picked 25 years? If they could be made more durable, say last 50 years, that could be more cost effective maybe? Cheers
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  3304. Extremely well put together. Beautiful video, thank you for the hard work.
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  3305. Go Quebec! Ontario is rooting for you! 👍
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  3306. I was there two months ago. The light coming in thru the windows is amazing. Best part of our trip.
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  3307. Normally you can not get me to watch a YouTube video that is over 15 minutes long. Boy I am glad I did. Currently you have 86K of views. It should be 86 million.
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  3308. Make a video destroying The Flat Earth movement. They always blow up. Thanks for a good video.
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  3309. Hey Ricky you can use this technology to heat your pool
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  3310. Agree! And congrats on a great production! Model Y has So much innovation, from the casting machine to the reduction in wiring. Not to mention the efficiency of range and the performance numbers and the leading safety and autopilot features that have become standard. This is the car that masters the market for the masses! This is the modern day Volkswagen Beetle, but better and that says a lot! Thank you I enjoyed!
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  3311. Arizona needs these. We have miles of brick sound barriers and lots of tall glass buildings. Game changer this is for sure
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  3312. Legit episode
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  3313. Variable speed motors are the absolute bomb. My old inground swimming pool pump used 1800 watts. My new pump can go down to 50 watts when I slow circulate at night...huge savings.
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  3314. SKIP TO THE CHASE FFS: WHAT IS THE RATE OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT????????????????????
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  3315. Awesome Video, I need more!! What about Ivanpah solar power plant?? There is like 3 towers out there producing all kinds of energy!! Maybe these towers are not using Molten Salt? I am guessing water from the Hoover Dam and Colorado River! Maybe a future Video on this??
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  3316. I'm presenting a school Project on this very subject TODAY !!!! The universe is talking to me. I guess I know where to buy a second hand Solar collection facility. WOOT WOOT !!!
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  3317. Excellent insightful amd comprehensive video, I havent heard a cogent explanation for the disparity anywhere else
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  3318. Nuclear takes seven times longer to build than wind, and costs five times as much. Use the nighttime wind surplus for green hydrogen.
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  3319. Miles/pear
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  3320. Thank you so much ... I like you. I'm just so busy doing other stuff. I never sit back and try to analyze it ... I feel like I'm more well-informed now. Thank you!
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  3321. Too mathematical but I still love and learn from your videos, big ups guys.
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  3322. Even though PG&E pleaded guilty to 85 counts of manslaughter, some idiots still claim the Camp Fire was started by a Direct Energy weapon. Now, PG&E just hit us with a 25 percent rate hike to bury the lines, none of which started the actual fire. There are still people up here living in trailers and 5th wheels. PG&E is trying to starve people out
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  3323. Great video. Tesla would be committing economic suicide selling the cheapest version with much lower margins while they still can’t build enough of the more premium models. Unlike many of the haters here, Tesla are not stupid, far from it. My heart bleeds for these whingers- NOT! I can’t get ANY Model 3, RHD here in Australia till at least mid to late 2019, but I’m still waiting in the queue to buy one, and thanks in part to our lousy exchange rate, it will cost a hell of a lot more than $35k here even for the base model. You pay for quality!
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  3324. I watched a video early today that said China has invested 9 billion dollars in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now I know why.
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  3325. Two Bit da Vinci - the Main difference between TELSA and the Legacy ICE car markers is Tesla makes performance cars and ICE car makers ONLY make compliance vehicles, they are NOT High Performance. another BIG difference is Tesla makes their own Drivetrain and Battery packs in the Gigafactory, and future Gigafactory will include complete EV manufacturing. GM, Ford, Hyundai , Nissan, and all ICE car makers Don't Make their Own battery packs or Drivetrain. and the Tesla Gigafactory Exceeds the Worlds Entire EV battery production in Just One Gigafactory. Lastly TESLA has the Supercharger and Destination charger Network , all the ICE car makers are Relying on Someone Else to build FAST EV charging stations. even Lame ass Porche is building FAST EV chargers in SOME of its Dealerships, who whants to do to a Dealership just to charge ?
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  3326. Hey Sandy Love the vest! very festive
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  3327. Really interesting overview. Txs
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  3328. Many new technologies said the "future that replace battery", but none become mass production. At least until today. So what the point if all called prototype like forever.
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  3329. I believe you spent time on this. Excellent content. Subscribed
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  3330. Taiwan number one!
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  3331. I wonder if it would not be worth to slap some solar panels on top of the delivery version...
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  3332. Solid AF 👍
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  3333. Guess my 30-06 would not have hit this one it's range is about 5 miles
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  3334. Thank you very much!
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  3335. Great video!!
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  3336. By far the clearest and most informative presentation on Starlink. Bravo!
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  3337. Are you kidding me. This conversation was incredibly informative and interesting. Please more like this where sometimes you go deep into technical stuff in a fun way.
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  3338. Excellent! Well explained.
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  3339. I’ve been to Burj Khalifa and it’s amazing. If you love creative architecture, take a trip to Dubai & Abu Dhabi.
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  3340. Brother, love all your videos but on this one I think we should go I a slightly different direction to get fresh water, I think we should recycle our waste water like on the international space station and create a close loop way of using fresh water on this planet, no need for thousands of desalination plants!
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  3341. I saw the wishbone props on Mark Rober's Zipline video, but I think Zipline dropped that design and went with standard three-blade props. I watched Ziplines latest released video where the go in-depth into the Zipline delivery drone, and none of the drones in the footage are using those props. And those are the most recent videos with the most recent designs.
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  3342. Gas Furnaces don't use a lot of electricity. Just enough to power the blower motor and control circuits. You could use a small generator, preferably powered from the same natural gas supply that you were using to heat the house, to keep the furnace going.
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  3343. I think its good if you have an Electric Car. That would be my first goal with Solar Panels charging the car for free.
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  3344. I genuinely love this topic. Very informative, and well presented.
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  3345. FWIW, I shared this with a lifelong friend who’s an electrical engineer, asking his opinion. You certainly have me wondering…
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  3346. Now this is a "First" I agree with!
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  3347. I think the biggest game changer in battery technology will come from the (NDB) Nuclear Diamond battery! The patent was approved in 2021, with a 28,000 year shelf life, never needs to be recharged and isn’t affected by weather/climate change and is far more stable than lithium ion batteries are!
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  3348. Can you make a video on Tata Nexon EV.... love ur videos.
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  3349. The other riders made fun of Leonardo, he couldn't control his horse. He realized a single bit in the animal's mouth was insufficient and added another. His friends started calling him "Two Bit daVinci".
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  3350. What can I say, really cool channel name my friend. Be safe :)
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  3351. I am on a road trip now. Ottawa to Cape Canaveral and it is great 👍🏻
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  3352. awesome products
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  3353. @Two Bit da Vinci, please stop using “Exact” and “Same” together. Please use one or the other depending on the context of the sentence you are using. This is not just your fault; “Exact Same” has been contagious across all mediums and it is driving me crazy, especially when intellectuals as your self are catching this grammar disease.
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  3354. We've been 3D printing viable tissue and organ structures in a near weightless environment here on Earth for quite some time... in chambers filled with amniotic fluid. Every pregnant woman has just such a project forming inside as we speak. We should be (and are) developing technology that artificially replicates the tissue suspension process as outlined by human physiology. Also, the particulate count in space will be exactly the same as the clean room it was assembled in... on Earth.
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  3355. Love it! Great job!
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  3356. Lucky me - - I just found this great channel!
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  3357. 8 million views in 1 day. 😮
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  3358. Great information. Kudos to you and your team.
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  3359. Love this channel, always producing quality content. Keep it up :)
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  3360. A cool replacement for coils would be an induction plate to plug into the same connection as the coils.
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  3361. Aptera is the number one in vehicle efficiency but the shape or style is not for everyone. Great 👍🏼 information, thank you for sharing!
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  3362. Any news of adding graphene to improve the battery? Maybe in your next video?
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  3363. Welcome to the fold ,nice Xmas box .
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  3364. Holy shit this video was amazing! So much detail and such a soothing voice. I could watch these all day!
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  3365. 18:40 "...but I understand these things get heated." Oh, I see what you did there. LOL. 😀
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  3366. 25 seconds in you earned a sub because of Futurama.
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  3367. Cleverness and wisdom,all the best
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  3368. THEIR PERSPECTIVE?!?! SERIOUSLY ?!? Their perspective is me bent over in front of them with their hands on my hips ! F their perspective! I’m looking at possibility going completely off grid with a property I’m looking at. I don’t want to pay them a dime, much less give them any of MY produced energy.
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  3369. spot on, solid video
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  3370. Good stuff! Looking forward to further modifications. You got lucky with the last sprinkler, however; you wrapped the teflon around the threads the wrong direction. You might want to check with a pro plumber if you have questions.
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  3371. Interesting - thank you. Regards from London!
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  3372. They cannot be used for variable pitch applications. Many ships use VP, most propeller aircraft have variable pitch. It would be a boon to heavy shipping as they are huge fuel consumers and harm the ocean environment with the noise.
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  3373. Of course another killer vid, Ricky! Couple things to consider... you touched on it ever so slightly but we (the masses) will come to understand that HVAC improvement is probably the most important element (besides insulation and sealing up the home) thing we can do for our health - creating a HEALTHY home. In short, there must be a NET POSITIVE AIR FLOW (like an operating room) for contaminants to be controlled. There needs to be a filtered inlet (hepa best of course) that creates a POSITIVE flow to extrude poisons like VOCs, RADON, and controls the humidity (minimize molds, insect and pathogen environments, etc). I see TESLA as being involved with ALL the above if (when) they get into HVAC. I suggest we all need to learn much more about “healthy home” construction to understand more what I’m talking about... anyway, GREAT segment as usual Ricky!
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  3374. Checking out your ad. I loved my water bed in hot and cold weather, but it was unmovable. Thanks for showing this product.
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  3375. My Man! You did a cost analysis! pure gold.
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  3376. Great story about Tesla’s battery timeline. I didn’t realize until your video that acquiring the right person, Dahn, from 3M got Tesla to make the acquisition that they did.
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  3377. Thanks
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  3378. My hardware will arrive tomorrow. I am excited to have download speeds above 8mb on a good day
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  3379. Awesome video and I love the accents; keep up the good work!
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  3380. what about stacking processes, if the 'steam' from the ultrasonic method is less salty, it should take less energy to process that product.
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  3381. I ordered the cyber because of the 500 miles. The trips I could take with the family would be amazing without the need to charge.
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  3382. Great video. I didn't know about Vinfast. At some point they should start advertising, presumably we they can actually deliver vehicles.
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  3383. 11:59 Ohhhhh i didn't knew that, i first thought panasonic could be tesla's competitor in the future, but they are growing together, this makes a lot more sense. Great video indeed.
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  3384. Thank you for sharing this 🙋🏼‍♀️
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  3385. Why not put solar panels on the south facing wall instead of mirrors?
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  3386. Excellent video! Well researched, and I learned a lot. However please do not refer to individual “cells” as “batteries”. The car does not contain 4416 “batteries”. It contains 4416 “cells”
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  3387. Another insightful accurate video. I went through a change from developing legacy code to CI/CD. Not everyone could change mindset. You described the problem perfectly.
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  3388. For boiling 1 liter of water, 4.5 mins, 100 Wh, using a 1400 Watt electric Kettle. WINNER! That's why if I need to boil anything on the stove, I will start by boiling in the kettle and pour into the pot. Saves a lot of time/energy over our Radiant electric stovetop. A savings of 80% based on what is present in this video!
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  3389. Very cute kids!
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  3390. Big Oil is why we haven't spent more time and money on this. The oil magnates know that solar and wind can only cover gaps in the grid, instead of replacing it. Geothermal could be THE source of power.
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  3391. Great reference video ... looking forward to part 2!
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  3392. Home solar is a fools game looking for fools money ..........Lol
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  3393. Sounds like they could reclaim some used energy by harnessing the heat column of those central fan systems. I also wonder what would happen if they were to put the Systems underground instead of on the surface? It seems to me that because of the consistent temperature just a few feet down, maybe 20 feet down, they could significantly decreasetheir overall temperature needs, but still take advantage of the airflow systems they’ve developed.
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  3394. Great video
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  3395. Best video yet! Keep up the good work. Can you make a video about where the USA stands concerning the various different strategic or battery elements mining, and if it's really true that Biden is being a butthead in that regard (listening to fake environmentalists instead of fastracking new American mining)? Thanks.
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  3396. “Putin’s chest” lol 😂 that’s good one!
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  3397. i liked your personal example of the regenerative breaking
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  3398. This is incredibly well produced, see you's in a year when you have a million subscribers!
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  3399. Fantastic! Lots of potential here!
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  3400. Wow great stuff and capable of 18 - 20% conversion that is seriously impressive!. Really speaking it does not matter how much it costs if the cost over traditional materials is less than two years electricity generation, it becomes a bit of a no brainer. Win win win win win!
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  3401. I would say yes to a new video. Thank you for your work.
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  3402. Wow your son must take after your wife (he has hair) lol. Thanks 2 bit your such a kind intelligent engineer, your video is among the BEST on EVs!
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  3403. This VW company poised 💀💀💀 1000’s of people found criminally responsible! Boycott this loser company, support TESLA a cooler product!
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  3404. Great video. Thanks
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  3405. My wife still doesn't know how our All in One works because I've started doing all of the laundry. I really like the technology.
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  3406. Great Video - we have 2 small dogs, 1 large Great Dane and we are trying for our first child. I initially thought this car was going to be far too small but with all the compartments and adjustability the 2nd row gets with this option I am heavily reconsidering. Lol luckily i am only 5’5” so i think i should have it even easier.
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  3407. This is awesome 😎👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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  3408. Great content! Great presentation! Love your videos and all your hard work!
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  3409. VERY COOL REVIEW - good job FORD - USA!
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  3410. So, this product is an alternative for thermal mass.
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  3411. This is what happens when you have electric racing cars the tech trickles down.
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  3412. This was an awesome talk. Thank you!
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  3413. Excellent!
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  3414. 60 to 70% marketshare in 2040? Is that cars on the road or sales numbers? I'd guess the sales number will cross 60% by 2030 at the LATEST. Maybe even as early as 2028. The only caveat I see is that would be for the developed world. While the rest of the auto market is shrinking, Tesla is growing precipitously. They're on track for 20 million cars made per year in 2030. Who knows what other EV's will hit mass production between now and then too. As far as other methods go, Redwood Materials is another recycling startup. Who knows what they're doing, but they have JB Straubel so it'll probably be good.
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  3415. AVIATION is the killer app for aluminum-air batteries.
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  3416. Thank you ✌ I really appreciate the time and knowledge you invest in your videos. Makes for amazing brain fun and stimulates my old tired brain cells. I was taught by my father to never cease finding and absorbing new knowledge. Or your life will become stagnated.
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  3417. IT IS!!! CO2 promotes plant growth. The industrial revolution made it possible for our huge increase in crop yields. Calling CO2 the problem is like blaming the air for knocking down trees. Should we get rid of the air to save the trees? The CO2 schtick is irrational. No criminal.
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  3418. this was the best representation of the third row and answered so many questions I didn’t know I had. Thank you!
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  3419. Smartest guy on the net folks.
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  3420. Even leaving performance out of it though, they sound cool, they look bad ass.... you look like a movie villain everywhere you go, every time you go near the gas pedal it feels the need to drop 6 gears and the exhausts warn those around you and those in the next neighbourhood that you are coming through. Is it necessary... hell no... does it put a massive smile on your face when you do it, hell yeah it does. Sure they weigh as much as the moon and are not much smaller than it in size, they drink like an alcoholic at an open bar but thats adds to the character. Im sure the Tesla is state of the art in features and even performance but it looks very bland and takes itself very seriously.... it just seems soulless in comparison.
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  3421. Excellent insights. Thank you!
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  3422. Super encouraged about this report Ricky!
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  3423. That’s all well and good. BUT.......many, MANY, cities are now making solar panels illegal. They reason is it gives an unattractive presence. Or they say that it causes problems with their electrical grid. Of course these same cities allow solar panels for businesses. The reasoning they offer is that most businesses are in a collective area that drain the grid too much causing brown outs. No matter the reason, it all comes down to not being able to benefit from solar panels. The greedy utility companies will not stand for it.
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  3424. Nicely done. Thank you.
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  3425. Want one!
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  3426. If this battery is light enough it wont be a problem to make the battery pack twice the size, and limiting it to the city use. Specially if you can fast charge every time without problems.
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  3427. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  3428. Bravo Ford!! What a beautiful truck. For 80% of the target audience, this hits the sweet spot. My only concern, and this goes for all electrics is long road trips. I haven’t done one in an EV yet but if the stated range is 300 miles, that means stopping every 280 for a 50 minute recharge. That assumes optimally placed charging stations too. And if you’re towing something, who knows what your range would be? Perhaps I’ll be pleasantly surprised on how easy it is to pull over and charge. But yes, leaving your house every morning with a “full tank” would be amazing!
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  3429. Best video to date. well done
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  3430. It would help if you could add the links to your videos in the notes down here also. Not just in bedded in the original video itself. By the time I finished watching your video the on screen links are gone and it jumps to another advertisement for another video and I don’t see a way that YouTube gives me to go back to the previous video that’s easy. Thank you and thank you for making these terrific videos :-)
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  3431. live in guatemala, here thinks private don't get build half way, and yes, they build fast and the standards are high since this country is in the ring of fire and quakes are usual, so they build things to stand the quakes;
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  3432. The pop heard around the world
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  3433. Thank you for the information!
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  3434. good video but have to disagree about internal CE. Hybrid is the way to go for the next 20 years. we dont have the infrastructure yet to support all electric.
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  3435. Just discover this channel. Love it! Good stuff. Well written and thought out.
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  3436. It's strange that something natural, causes horrible allergies, so thankful non-latex is common now days. Incredibly interesting topic!
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  3437. Seeing how they're anchored in place, I think they should put a linear motion wave generator on the anchor lines, for cogeneration, which will also help level out there highs and lows
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  3438. As an ac tech i would like this
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  3439. So basically there is a good chance nanotube batteries will be available by the time a 2018 Tesla battery needs replaced.....
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  3440. didn't like it at first but now I like it a lot ! Love the features like the tail gate. Liked your comments about it as a subject changer.
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  3441. Agreed! Great commentary!
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  3442. Yes, propane cost, performance and pollutants comparison would be so helpful! Rural cooks like me would be grateful.
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  3443. Thank you so much for sharing this, this is super awesome!!
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  3444. Thank you for a very informative video.
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  3445. Does your wife like it ?
    3
  3446. Use satellites to power solar panells 24x7.
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  3447. Can't wait to see the global interconnectivity, energy markets sound fun.
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  3448. "Just Have a Think" had an item on storing hydrogen as a transport fuel in the form of ammonia. Any thoughts on that idea?
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  3449. I wish you would not label energy/mass as energy density! The correct term is specific energy. It's important because energy density (as in energy per volume) is one of the real drawbacks of hydrogen, it takes 4 times the volume vs gasoline to store the same energy in a small vehicle like a car even after being compressed, and the low energy density is part of why you have to compress it in the first place (costing energy). Low energ/volume is an issue for batteries too though, which is why so much space is taken in EV's by batteries. Good design does hide that fairly well such as in a Tesla or a Jaguar i-Pace.
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  3450. Uh...the past 2 years the panama canal has had shipping disruptions due to climate change induced drought. That's only going to get worse. Did you address that???
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  3451. DYK the Northvolt gigafactory is a startup by a Swedish ex Tesla exec :). VW Inc has to go all in on electric - this car's a winner, they will sell like hot cakes. Definite breakthrough model.
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  3452. Fabulous vacuum cleaner-pet follower, the iron-nitride magnate availability is a great news for all of us who are saving to buy a Tesla as soon as posible.🎉
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  3453. My electric bill is less than that, and I don't have any solar panels. And, I use AC. ;-)
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  3454. Awesome video! Thank you. I didn't know there were so many upstart solutions on the horizon for wind. It seems municipalities, instead of thinking about building just new power plant should also consider upgrading their grid and building out distributed home-based solutions. And instead of charging homeowners, municipalities should just pay for this out of their energy budget, since we all pay for it in tax dollars anyway. I haven't thought through all the economics of it but it seems like it's not only a sustainability issue but it also creates jobs in maintaining the solution.
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  3455. The IGBT is most likely Gallium Nitride, which is known for having extremely low switching losses.
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  3456. Where did you get that rendering of the model 3 at 3:17?
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  3457. We learn the most from failures. Regardless of it failing, it was another solution that needed to be ruled out. These will be costly, but not near as costly has a few extra hurricanes every year or flooding over thousands of sq. miles.
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  3458. I would love to have this truck
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  3459. Polar ice cap melting. That’s scary to think it was a natural block from rest of world. If that goes the shortage of travel time is scary
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  3460. Interesting take about sky scrapers. I would like to learn more about your opinion of them. Regardless, thank you for pointing out the Disneyland astroturfing here. It isn't to much to ask that they set aside 1/3 the residents to median household income and keeping the standard family housing. In mixed use sky scrapers or not. Regardless parking and utilities beneath the neighborhood is slick and has tons of benefits. The absence of overhead lines is great to see. I would love to see that in our cities in the US.
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  3461. Very interesting theory from your side, so is very possible, my only question against that theory is, As you mention the Ballon size was designed to, (and it was ) carry a pretty heavy load if the intention was weather analysis of the Artic or GAS/OIL search you don't need such a large amount of equipment/load, so in my mind that doesn't fit with your theory.
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  3462. I think it’s time for GM motor company got back in the driving seat and build the EV one again
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  3463. Good presentation Ricky. I liked the way you use the distractions and mistakes to liven up the subject. HOW ABOUT FINDING OUT? WHY can't Thorium reactors burn up the waste from the old Fission reactors? No more waste and lots of fuel?
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  3464. Another great video as usual!
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  3465. Really well done and a lot of comments confirming the same thing. Looking forward to seeing more from this channel. A definite thumbs up and added to my subscriptions.
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  3466. cool ....Thanks for your videos
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  3467. If this is click bait, I'm out.
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  3468. Dude, your videos are amazing
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  3469. Get a canopy;) I think the size is a bigger problem. Even in RSA massive vehicles like this is not popular. Hi-Lux is as big as it goes here and even that is oversize in my opinion.
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  3470. Thank you very much! Very complex and professional video. Please keep it up! and when available please make a video about trims, prices and accessories including aftermarket.
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  3471. Awesome!
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  3472. Hi Rick acknowledge me please
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  3473. great insight on why battery change concept is dead.
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  3474. Good Stuff !...Thank you !
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  3475. Brilliant. Thank you, sir.
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  3476. Excellent technical presentation !
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  3477. Looking at the white papers doesn’t tell you how it’s done. But I found a patent from some of the guys in the company, and I think I know what’s going on. First of all, it’s not just software that magically makes ZVS happen. There is quite a bit of auxiliary circuitry. It basically triggers a resonance at the correct time to manipulate the main power device current at the time of switching. So you CAN make ZVS happen if you care to surround the main power components with extra components and controls. Second, new semiconductors (SiC and GaN) significantly reduce switching loss compared to normal Si, and can both be set up to also have no reverse recovery. So that makes the reverse recovery and dc link capacitor size arguments (higher switching frequency = less capacitance needed) irrelevant. Third, ZVS would make things better for EMC. Is all the extra circuitry and control worth it? Debatable. Maybe. Looks like to emphasize the benefits of soft switching they are using some really old Si IGBT technology. Not fake, just old.
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  3478. Great discussion !
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  3479. 1:35 SLS block 1 is not a replacement for the Space Shuttle. The two spacecraft/rockets have vastly different goals. The only two similarities between them is that they share relatively similar or directly derived hardware like the RS-25’s and SRB’s. Other than that, Shuttle was only ever a LEO spacecraft whereas SLS is all about deep space. Orion is a reusable spacecraft that expends its service module but reuses its capsule. The rest of SLS is completely expendable. Orion takes a lot more inspiration from Apollo than Shuttle.
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  3480. His voice is incredible
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  3481. 5% may look like a small uptick in efficiency per cell, but in large quantity usage, it is quite a lot when convert to volt and amp.:eyes-purple-crying:
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  3482. No problem, great video otherwise, and sorry to be pedantic. It's just that these things become widespread and then it's impossible to figure out what people are talking about. In phones, everyone has the bad habit of measuring battery capacity in mAh (milliamp hours), for example, even though that isn't a measure of energy. They're fine until they try to compare their laptop battery to their phone and wonder why the phone has 3x the "capacity". ;) It probably started with some blogger(s) that didn't want to bother learning the units.
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  3483. There are several batteries based on Iron Chemistry Fe like Professor Donald Sadoway says if you want dirt cheep batteries make them from dirt !
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  3484. What is the name of the company and is it publicly traded? I missed it in the video and am too lazy to rewatch. Also I love watching young people be so excited about what they are doing. So refreshing.
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  3485. Thanks for the great summary!!
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  3486. Would’ve liked to of seen the battery extender flattened out & take up the entire bed with a cut out to deepen the storage..I’m # 20,000 & will be going with the dual motor instead of the tri with the extender…
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  3487. Well put together video sir. Bravo. 👏👏👏
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  3488. Great channel but it would be really nice for your viewers around the world to also provide international standard units instead of US-only ones. Thank you!
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  3489. You are the man…. Good research and even more impressive presentation. Thank you
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  3490. A very objective analysis. Sadly, coming up with technological solutions to social/political problems just doesn't cut it. Leader nations have a responsibility to find a peaceful solution to such conflicts. Whereas land was allocated to Jews to have a homeland, so too free land needs to be set aside for the Palistinians, well away from Israel. Eg. The US has lots of land, why not give the Palistinians a little chunk for themselves; say, Staten Island, or New Jersey. -tongue in cheek. It's easy for an outsider to come up with a solution when they have no skin in the game.
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  3491. New sub here congrats!
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  3492. Great video. Very informative!!
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  3493. next car will be an EV maybe not a tesla but no more ICE vehicles.
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  3494. Can you charge your batteries from the grid during super off peak hours when the price is really cheap? SDGE ❤s us soooo much!
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  3495. Thank you - very helpful information. I will sign up for Drone quote now
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  3496. so, This NEEDS to be said. efficiency and what is ultimately better is a much more complex answer than simply switching your stove. i understand the environmental push and everyone wants a greener solution, but please don't mislead the audience on limited facts. ANY electric stove is 100% efficient - but... the electricity getting to the stove is far from it. Generation is usually lower voltages 5-24kv and then losses occur at the initial step up transformer (GSU). voltages are again boosted across TRANSMISSION for distances and lower losses. Then again, its stepped down to a distribution transformer (4-13kv) to be transported by local poles in your neighborhood. At last, its stepped down AGAIN to your common household voltages 120-240 ,by way of pole transformer. EVERY transformer has loss, every connection has loss, and it's exceptionally hard to answer how much, short of all data points. Gas has similar setup, but the actual GAS itself is not lost.(i don't want to get into natural gas transmission) is one or another better for the environment? honestly -i don't think we have crossed that point yet. If your mission is pure green and efficiency then pick up a MICRO Combustion turbine (multi-stage or burn) and use natural gas to generate your own electricity. its a demand as need setup, and burns the cleanest of any fuel. But this is impractical and sadly most people continue to think an electric stove is better for the environment without looking at every aspect that's involved.
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  3497. Great video very clear and easy explanation of how things work, hoping to install some in the next few weeks, bit unsure but this convinced me.
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  3498. I was expecting click bait. Excellent video though. Good explanation that I didn't understand before.
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  3499. Now this video made me click watch! More power!! Great video
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  3500. Loved the calm rational facts to get to a reasonable conclusion.  Just subscribed.  Looking forward to many more informative videos.
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  3501. Ricky, y don’t they use desalination in order to use water from the ocean? Even if increased cost it would be paid beating time n $ around SA
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  3502. Great video but I’m not sure promoting a product which uses energy to speed up a natural process is in keeping with the ethics of the channel.
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  3503. Great video!
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  3504. Thx much! Yes pl. keep it coming I'll look out for it over the wknd! 👌:)
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  3505. Awesome explanation, it will be great if they replace all generators in Rv’s to a power wall type power supply that can supplement the cars towing range and supply power to the trailer when hook up not available.
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  3506. Great stuff! Thanks!
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  3507. high energy weapon would be the only cost effective solution. im thinking the dod should build a balloon hunter using Boeing's Compact Laser Weapon System (CLWS) and a 787. the 787 has a impressive electrical generation capability.
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  3508. Wasn't the sticky note an accident too?
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  3509. Awesome info. Thank you so much for this. It gives me further hope for my child's future...V
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  3510. One key thing i want to point out is that even though a vehicle with capacitors could "Potentially" charge in seconds, realistically it's not possible as such results for typical electric fill up stations would quickly overload the electrical grid and may cause catastrophic damage. Even if you had fully charged capacitors in your home that slowly charge during the day so you can instantly charge your car when you get home, you would need a very dense and heavy and expensive power cable (one too heavy for most people to adopt) to transfer that much energy in such a short period of time.
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  3511. They don't use it on water pipes, they use it to make water pipes (PVC pipes). Once the vinyl chloride is polymerized into polyvinyl chloride (PVC), it is no longer dangerous.
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  3512. Awesome vid!
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  3513. @Two Bit da Vinci please do more e-aerospace related videos !! I think that in the near future electric aircraft will be powered by more efficient LH2 fuel cells, "massless" structural energy storage composites and next gen batteries, could you make a video about those developing technologies ?
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  3514. isnt the room temp super conducter already more or less proven a scam or fake because no other lab could replicate it so far? with like a dozen having it tried already with the same procedure that they proclaimed to be working?
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  3515. This ONLY works in CA where electric costs are so high. CA does this to force you into China solar panels. In Michigan, I'm paying 16 cents per kilowatt hr. My break-even (you strangely call this buy back) would be double what yours is. 17 years??! Also, my home was built in 2020, I likely use less electric than you do, thus it would take me even longer to break even, because if we both used zero, you'd never break even. I promise, if you had put $10k into the stock market 10 years ago, you'd have $30,000 vs saving $10,000. That's a $20,000 difference. Id go solar if it paid itself back in about 4-5 years, not nearly 20. It's neat, but the up front cost is way way too high.
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  3516. An awesome summary. Thanks!
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  3517. It’s about time, a couple days late but apparently no intentions to short change us we hope any way ….. very excited times ahead nice
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  3518. Small correction to video: both copper and aluminium fail to work on induction stoves. You want something that reacts to magnets and the stronger a magnet sticks to your cookware, the better it will work with the induction stove. Stainless steel and cast iron are the best. I prefer stainless steel for most purposes because you can throw the cookware to dishwasher and it will take care of itself. Cast iron frying pan is still the best for cooking but real pain to keep clean if it gets dirty.
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  3519. I hope this has an effect on the cost of flight tickets in the future, increased efficiency and lower overall costs for the airlines will hopefully trickle down to consumers. Great vid!
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  3520. 1oooth Like
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  3521. Please do the deep dive
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  3522. Awesome analysis!!!
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  3523. This is a comment!
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  3524. I bought an EV in 17 and will never buy another ice vehicle again! Got solar as well so im almost driving for free. Except registration and insurance
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  3525. At the start i though oh no another hype video about a battery that hasn't left the lab and might never do so. But i was surprised at the more critical notes at the end. Nice to hear those. I would love a super battery but until it's on the market is all dreams and wishes.
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  3526. Thanks for the vid and information!
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  3527. In reality efficiency doesn't matter much unless you are space constrained. In general we arent. There are millions of hectares of roof space that can be easily exploited, while not requiring any additional real estate. More real estate is available through agri photovoltaics, covering parking lots providing shade at same time, floating PV arrays etc. In short if you need more power, simply add more panels. If you live in apartment or rent, sign up to a community PV plan.
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  3528. Great episode and good job Ricky. I was happy to see all the truck info in one place!
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  3529. world wide solar was my idea ten years ago lol it just makes sense, i even think i commented about it on this channel months ago
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  3530. Great video. I’ll getting the water measure device now. Thanks Ricky!
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  3531. Fusion will be cool
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  3532. I am still waiting for my base $35k Model 3 with some options. Come on Tesla. It is already a year behind schedule. :x
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  3533. Great , thank you, Claire 👋
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  3534. Everything we have now was "pie in the sky" in the past. I may not live long enough to enjoy it but it doesn't dull my enthusiasm. Science fact used to be science fiction. People need to read some the old Asimov's, Bradbury, Pohl, etc. to get an idea about what was and is possible.
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  3535. @207 Are you saying we can become moisture farmers ?!?! Star Wars is true?!? 😂
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  3536. Most informative video on Tesla's battery technology I have come across. Thanks!
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  3537. Great video quality though, on par with coldfusion
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  3538. Best summary I have heard on battery day. Lack of V2G & MMB may be why stock down. Also "we re not there yet" by Elon.
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  3539. recycle baby, recycle!
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  3540. Thanks man for this video. You just gave me more information good information for that too
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  3541. Excellent report.
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  3542. I love the idea of a geothermal powerplant
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  3543. This needs to be further researched for scale!
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  3544. The 3500lbs tow capacity also adds to the desirability.
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  3545. solar panels and mini wind turbines can be installed to power the pumps
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  3546. What an awesome review, thank you!
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  3547. Sick video, keep it up mab
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  3548. Matt, You have THE BEST Intro-Music in the Youtube family! -- Your Media Degree is paying off big-time! Keep up the great work.
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  3549. Excellent video! Love my Tesla even more!
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  3550. I presume they have something in mind to overcome corrosion mentioned by others; however, one thing about traditional wind turbines is they are ugly and intrusive to nature. People hate them and often there is friction when governments try to create wind farms. So it occurs to me that these vertical turbines may be more acceptable to people?
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  3551. The idea about having a "scout vehicle", to assess track condition, outfront of a shorter train containing only the dangerous cargo is brilliant. The shorter train would be so much easier to monitor. It could even have much more advanced and extensive safety monitoring equipment, that way, the normal cargo train cars that make up the bulk of the fleet would not need unnecessary, expensive monitoring devices.
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  3552. Will your local electric company let you go off the grid?
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  3553. New favorite channel.
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  3554. Very professional work! I appreciated the great take on such an interesting topic, with all the remarks to clear the confusion (Starship, Starship, Superheavy etc.) subscribed!!
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  3555. Great time to be alive when you can watch engineers fight over who can build the fastest car you cant afford to buy.
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  3556. Induction cooktops ftw ⚡️
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  3557. It could work, but I'm sure each car manufacturer will use a different battery and your battery will go dead by the time you find the right swap station. Common sense would dictate using the same battery in every car, a worldwide standard. A small car takes one battery, a large car takes two, a small truck maybe two or three, and a large truck may take seven or eight batteries, but as we all know, common sense isn't very common.
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  3558. Amazing video! Thank you for a great professional look into the topic.
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  3559. Latest software added the tire psi back to the left side menu. Also, you can customize and add "favorites" to the bottom menu bar, just long press the apps. I added the seat heater back to the bottom of the menu! Go check it out. Also, tesla added Apple Play to the entertainment system which I thought was nice.
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  3560. looking at replacing my builder grade radiant with an induction
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  3561. Star Trek too as the thumb should be out as well IIRC :D
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  3562. Isn’t Helium a problem as well?
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  3563. Zipline has done an amazing job. You are absolutely correct, this is the start of something really big.
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  3564. Your editing is on point 👍
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  3565. I'm surprised you don't have a million subs already. You'll get there soon everyone needs to start liking your videos for the YouTube algorithm
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  3566. This was a great video!!! Most informative of all I’ve seen!!!
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  3567. I like your videos. Except when you try to convince non Americans that Fahrenheit is better than Celsius. lol
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  3568. what a nice video / presentation !! thank you sooo much about it !!!
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  3569. You are a great explainer Im always informed and never dumbed down by your stuff. Smart, and still accessible.
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  3570. Great video - very educational for me. Subscribed :)
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  3571. Your 90kw EV vehicle-to-load capability would help. Charge it at work lol
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  3572. It just means that with hundreds of thousands of EVs on the road trailers will be adapted for reduced drag and less rolling resistance. look for the difference in efficiency in the Tesla Semi V diesel semi.
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  3573. I just discovered your channel. I liked and subscribed 👍
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  3574. Sweet
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  3575. Thank you, good incite
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  3576. 7:46 pun
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  3577. This is the first video I've seen on the battery day issue. Think you nailed it it one, good job. Gotta give it to 'em they're definitely trying to get it right the first time. We needed this badly. I just wish the price point was in my range.
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  3578. You dont cover water when bringing it to boil? All that energy just venting away...
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  3579. Always great content, I live in tropical North Queensland and due to our rainfall you never have to water your yard as your grass never dies. Have you though about a metal roof they are tougher than tiles.
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  3580. The upshot of all this is that we need a diverse portfolio of clean energy production and storage to wean ourselves off of dirty fossil fuel energy.
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  3581. you r a great man
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  3582. I will never buy a GM product again. Plus....they had a car called EV1 and shut it down....watch the documentary. Also your taxes bailed them out. I'll buy a Prius, or a Tesla, NEVER a GM.
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  3583. Great video ! But I don't think we have the intellect or political will anymore to achieve it...
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  3584. 100+ year old design called a ribbon blade or pin wheel. Blades curved back towards center point.
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  3585. plz add timestamps its annoying to skip all the capacitor and graphene thing when you already know it, some peopls dont know thats why timestamps exist, if you wanna skip a part or go to a part of the video if you already know something
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  3586. Nice, break it down homey!
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  3587. Awesome video, sorry to hear that the company declared bankruptcy and is leaving you hanging. Tired of hearing that story...
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  3588. Amen Brother! Cool family vib with practicality tests like strollers! The Apple Car Play & Android Auto is a must have! Any word on why Tesla doesn't yet have it? We must check the Kia and VW. The single thing that my wife and I are praying for in the Model Y is a rolling update for the Android Auto which we reallllly love!
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  3589. Love this video and how you explained the price of the elements.. now I’m go see if I can invest in these elements through stocks or etfs.
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  3590. It's dual clutch.
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  3591. By the time we get to worrying about too much geothermal heat out we will be pumping heat back in from space travel from re-entering the atmosphere or global warming. Type 1 Civ here we come!
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  3592. Dear freind. Why are you talking about how much consumer americans can save when the same people killed the artics??? Car price!! What is wrong with you. And I see all your videos....
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  3593. Awesome breakdown 👍👍👍👌
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  3594. If I buy a model 3, the main factor isn't going to be cost of ownership, and don't believe that is the main driving factor for most buyers. It would be interesting to poll what the main driving factor is, but for me, I just want to buy a new technology.
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  3595. Congrats on your new wonder-car! Enjoy it. :)
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  3596. Try and get a $35k M3. In the real world it costs ~$56k.
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  3597. [Ricky] We have a video addressing this point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywh_Gyrw38g&t=3s
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  3598. I was just thinking, trying to accommodate all the edge cases and weather conditions will be difficult, but the biggest challenge will probably be handling all the bad drivers on the road. Tesla may need to develop Mad Max mode with pop up stainless steel panels to protect against aggressive and inattentive drivers. 🙂
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  3599. the finnish company doing the sand battery I think is on the right path... you just have to improve insulation around it and then pump as much heat as you can in when the existence of it, or power to generate it, is available... They all talk about excess renewable energy... yeah, they curtail some from the grid but there's not that much yet... sand, steel plate stacks, even crushed rock and molten salts all have some viability as heat sink storage... heat to recover - and in this system to aid in the re-gasification phase... There's a great energy flow map that LLNL puts out each year with flow from raw to end use / rejected heat... any heat source contributing to that 65% waste/reject end point is a potential source ... just under .25 of those points come from electrical generation... trap and store some of that at those generation points and use for space heating, or this sort of re-gasification, or frankly Stirling engines to generate more power from... where there's waste, there's opportunity. But in the end, nothing is going to add more power back than properly insulating, processes, homes, businesses and optimizing to use the best HVAC, motors and pumps... that stuff is all substantial incremental sources of nega-watts that you never need to alter the grid to add back... same with behind the meter solar panels on homes... Such a great challenge out there, and ripe for the picking over a decade of focused effort...
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  3600. What about the pollution? Burning something never comes without pollution.
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  3601. Fantastic video!!
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  3602. Great research and presented with a nicely paced voice! Thank you very much!!
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  3603. I've been saying that for yrs , pumping it from the Great lakes , using USA steel and workforce ,they pump oil further , building infrastructure pump house's pipes matainace landscaping it would be worth billion,s to economy ,the Romans built aquaculture 2000 yrs ago only using gravity to bring water further ,it only needs willpower 😳
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  3604. Interesting topic and excellent production. I can't believe only 54k subscribers. Subscribed!
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  3605. When is someone going to talk about the underwater capabilities of the truck? I’ve seen so many trucks stranded in a river because water got into the engine! I bet you anything Elon’s got this thing waterproof! Have you seen the video of the model X in the flooded tunnel went right through it! Can’t wait to see you get your performance model three!
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  3606. Great Video! Do they already have power stations setup throughout the country? I am assuming that this ties in to the infrastructure bill and likely an ongoing project. I am definitely excited about this truck and have been for the last year. can't wait to test drive one!
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  3607. I like your style.
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  3608. Great one !
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  3609. Beautiful video
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  3610. nice !!! very informative... GREAT..thanks for posting
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  3611. Two Bit da Vinci no but when speaking of operation costs n then margin you can make a much more accurate assumption using their sec fillings.....but that could take some time so i understand that may not be possible... enjoyed the video keep it up
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  3612. Movie white noise came out december 2022 was based in Palestine Ohio and had ppl from there play Xtras there is no coincidence
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  3613. Awesome !
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  3614. Climate change is a false scheme to scam the American people out of money. To change to new electric cars, buy solar systems to do many things!!! The so called green house emissions the ozone layer was destroyed more by nuclear weapon testing than by carbon dioxide. No matter what you do will help change what is happening to the environment!!! A cow creates more hydrogen dioxide than you realize. Trees do ingest hydrogen dioxide and release oxygen which is good. Want to help the enviroment??? Plant grass, plant plants, just any type of plantage let weeds grow!!!
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  3615. Dat market cap now tho
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  3616. It's absurd that ATC and pilots communicate by mumbling ("clattallan") into 100-year-old radio technology. Aircraft are decked out with glass cockpits and electronics galore, but vital communication with ground is by way of ye olde VHFe radioe. All of this could trivially be computerised, with voice and VHF as last ditch backup.
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  3617. best explanation ever. while realism is necessary in EV infancy, future energy improvements will make this video a great history lesson in how we got there. Nice work.
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  3618. This video has made me more excited for the new house I'm building. We are going full electric, 3 phase, not even getting a gas line installed. After the build we are getting a 10.2kW solar panel system with a 13kWh battery. My 2 biggest worries are the induction cooktop and the geothermal heat pump. Wife and I have never had any experience with either technology. But at least now I will not worry about the cooktop.
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  3619. we have been in our house now for fifteen years, it is -19°C outdoors and a comfortable 21°C inside with geothermal heatpump. our! induction cooker I couldn't live without for control, speed and convenience. you won't regret it.
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  3620. Hey 2bit.. I love this idea. But I think there may be a mistake somewhere. You say the world uses 173TWh per year, yet the video shows 173,000TWh which is coincidentally what you say is the amount the sun gives a day. Statista say the world using around 25,000TWh per year. I'm confused. Anyway, they'd still be massive farms! Still a great video. Thanks!
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  3621. In Arizona, our garage is much hotter than outside. Btw. Super cutie kid in the video. It certainly is crazy that you can’t charge from your grid. Wow.
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  3622. Comment made before watching: reminds me of Tiberium from Command & Conquer
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  3623. Not too technical for me. Go Golden Bears!
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  3624. Awesome video
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  3625. Love E-bikes... I got 2 of them. Best investment in my life.
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  3626. An excellent presenter, does he appear on broadcast television anywhere? If not, he should be. He's probably too clever and honest to make it in commercial TV and radio.
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  3627. Great video, impressive truck.
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  3628. Your science of the ozone layer is quite a bit off. First off the ozone in the ozone layer has a half life of about 3 days. If it stops being produced it will be gone in a couple weeks, no CFCs needed. The UVC in sunlight is what creates it, and in large amounts, enough to continuously replenish the natural decay. The amount of UVC hitting the atmosphere is enough to produce way more ozone than we see because the ozone produced in the upper atmosphere is enough to shield the lower layers, it is in equilibrium. The concentration of ozone is directly proportional to the intensity of sunlight, more sunlight, more ozone, less sunlight, less ozone. As a matter of fact the concentration of ozone above you decreases every night and goes back up in the morning. Since the polar regions have months without any sunlight, the ozone completely disappears over the poles every year, a real live "hole in the ozone layer" but it is completely natural. The south pole is worse because it gets much colder (no ocean under Antarctica) this causes microscopic ice crystals to form in the upper atmosphere which act as catalysts ripping ozone apart, thus the south polar "hole" takes a lot longer to recover in the spring, the air has to heat up enough for the ice to melt. This equilibrium of ozone and sunlight is a buffered system, you can increase the ozone decay rate (such as from CFCs) and it makes very little difference. The problem is that if the decay rate gets high enough to be greater than the rate sunlight can create it the system goes out of equilibrium and the entire ozone layer would be gone in a few weeks and there would be nothing we could do to stop it. The amazing thing here is that the response was swift and effective. And probably DID save the human race. Even though almost everyone had (and still does) a completely wrong idea of what is going on. BTW CFCs and cousins are completely unreactive with ozone, the problem is they are so stable they slowly float into the upper atmosphere where the UVC is much higher intensity and that rips the molecule apart freeing the flourine, which is a catalyst that destroys ozone. So we replace an incredibly stable molecule (otherwise known as "safe" compound, you can breath it, eat it and it doesn't harm you) with things that are slightly harmful but get destroyed in the lower atmosphere were the by products can't harm ozone.
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  3629. Modify the design to allow the 3,000 residents to remain in their homes. Engineering is always a compromise :-)
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  3630. So wonderful to hear real reasons for the fire and not the ridiculous conspiracy crap. I do think there will be plenty who will take advantage of these peoples tragedy. Will pray someone will ensure that does not happen.
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  3631. I know a bit about the world, but I learn something in each of your videos. Thank you. Seriously, thank you.
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  3632. Amazing Video !! I am an Analog Design Engineer at Intel and I just applied to US universities for PhD in this exact field (in-memory computing), Hope I get in!!! 🥲
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  3633. I am a patreon subscriber. How do I support you? Great presentation. Very informative.
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  3634. Thanks for this review! Great information!
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  3635. great channel. Love your stuff Ricky.
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  3636. So cool
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  3637. Great video! Love that you're a football fan and that the helmet is evolving. Most under appreciate the importance of the neck brace, which helps prevent the whip lash effect.
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  3638. awesome video!!
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  3639. Now, we will have a new meaning for the phrase "pound sand"!!!
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  3640. You mentioned standing seam metal roofing (SSMR) so I suppose you’re familiar with PowerFit by Sunflare. I am nearing the end of a big renovation on a small house on the Alabama coast and bit the bullet to include a SSMR for various reasons, not the least of which is adding PowerFit panels and a good battery system. I’m hoping to receive the panels and do the installation around June. If you’re interested in covering one of these installs I’d be happy to talk to you. No, I am not employed by or investing in Sunflare, just a waiting customer and subscriber to your channel.
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  3641. Good call on covering this.
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  3642. Very cool cadence optimising. Well thought out..
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  3643. All houses should have an AC and a low voltage D C. System and wiring. All the transformation inverter losses must add up, plus the heat and wasted copper.
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  3644. Wow yes
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  3645. Thanks!
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  3646. Mustang ranchero, not el Camino that’s a Chevy….gesssshhhhh
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  3647. One of the cheapest return on investment is thicker walls, thicker insulations. If you can’t add an extra 4” in to your wall (losing it on the inside of house), you need insulation to keep out the extremities.
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  3648. Delete Me? Is that like Unsubscribe? ;-) Totally kidding! The Earth as well as the Sun lives in cycles. Life has been recycled many times and only the prepared survived as we are the example. The 12KA Solar cycle is near peak once again. There was a Coronal Mass Ejection earlier this Year and fortunately was on the other side of the Sun. A week earlier or later and we would be gone for the most part. I don't intend to diminish your knowledge and skill, but certain things have been hidden from the public. 2030 is anticipated for a Solar Micronova. Betelgeuse, I believe just experienced one. David of Suspicious Observers has details on the science. I like Dutchsence, as his Earthquake predictions are fairly accurate (75%). Analysis is a crucial skill. If you put the former with the later you could predict the results a day or so in advance (maybe months). But watching trends can give a foreknowledge as time is short. The Gov knows, but less mouths to feed is appealing.
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  3649. yes yes yes !!!
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  3650. Great video! Just had a very long discussion about exactly this with a friend on facebook 2 weeks ago!
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  3651.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Already did, on both counts!
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  3652. This is getting exciting
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  3653. Put a deposit down! I love it lol
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  3654. If it is true that this is what Tesla is referring to, then we're talking several years to scale?
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  3655. Awesome is an overused word,but the only one to describe this!!
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  3656. Shut Up And Take My Money!
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  3657. Great Video!
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  3658. Great explanation thanks for the clarity
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  3659. Welcome, how weird, I’m comment 666, suck it Lucifer 😂
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  3660. Well well. Today I learned where the French word for rubber came from.. wonder if it came via Spanish.
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  3661. I wonder how this will all play out?
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  3662. WHY CAN'T WE HARNESS LIGHTENING BOLTS?
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  3663. very versatile car! thanks for the vidoe!
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  3664. Great presentation man
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  3665. Very slick. Time to redesign my equipment room to accommodate this tech. Good thing I haven't started building.
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  3666. Nice job on other video,went to it, subscribed,liked watched them returned. Maybe if it gains time travel he will change his ways away from those rumors so maybe it could survive. Who knows but the future
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  3667. :) another gem video TY
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  3668. Could someone do please tell me how to calculate the power (Solar) that I would require to supply the entire house...items such as rice cookers, freezers, etc.... and what panels I should purchase ??? I reside in Sri Lanka at this moment and my electricity bill strangles me
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  3669. Great video, thank you. One quick comment you said don’t use the heated seats to extend winter range. Not using cabin heating will extend winter range but heating the surface rather than the air I believe is a more efficient use of energy. Again great video and I’m nitpicking a small detail. Thanks
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  3670. Great stuff, Ricky.
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  3671. 11:29 - Groundbreaking... very funny.
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  3672. Yes energy grid video is needed
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  3673. Terrific show, keep up the investigations.
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  3674. Fascinating. So much more interesting than I’d imagined. :)
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  3675. The residual payment left over from Snowageddon is the reason we are going off grid on our farm.
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  3676. thank you for all the hard work in this great series
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  3677. The biggest problem with concentration is heat... and that had not been resolved yet
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  3678. CATL is already building sodium Ion batteries that cost $40/kWh and are capable of 1500 charge cycles, about 3 times as many as lithium ion. Cost, even including BMS and grid tie inverters, will probably kick the guts out of even pumped hydro, without the land utilisation problems.
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  3679. Great idea
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  3680. Good going, I love these kinds of analyses. But I was too lazy to see if the calculations include all the relevant factors, including actual lifetime, taking into account weather extremes, corrosion, cost of money, government subsidies, and less obvious items such as loss of a navigable waterway and environmental costs. Government estimates are particularly prone to ignore cost of money and the last two costs. Tides are usually salt water and it's difficult to get something to last more than 30 years in salt water. Also the device has to be considerably overbuilt to survive storm surges, often more than doubling the costs. Often the devices are NOT built to handle storms and they break down within ten years.
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  3681. Best explanation of Battery Day that I've seen, Ricky. Nice job. You explained why these items are significant, and explained how they organized the material that they covered very well.
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  3682. There's a company called Kaist from South Korea that has developed what they call an Aqueous Hybrid Graphene capacitor. Not sure of the exact details, but the gravimetric energy densities they are claiming are off the charts. Not 10s, but 100s of times that of traditional batteries. So yeah... Those numbers make these claims worthy of a pinch or two (maybe even 100s) of salt. But... If it's true then it's going to change the world. Quite simply just change it. A total smack-down of petroleum the very moment they can scale production. But yeah... Let's see if it's true. If that fails... I know several universities working on graphene capacitors they fully expect to reach +-350wh/kg gravimetric energy density within the next few years at least. That's almost enough to allow for electric commercial airliners already. So the future looks good if you ask me. At least the stuff everybody will want just because they're better are the same stuff that can make the world a cleaner and greener place. And cheaper.
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  3683. We eliminated our natural gas furnace and water heater and replaced both with heat pump and heat pump water heater in 2012 and have celebrated that decision with our 13.2 kWh solar PV system and two Powerwalls operating as a microgrid for ~9 months a year, while charging both Tesla's (MS and M3), and exporting ~ 50% of our excess solar back to grid. We were 350% last year so we are producing much more than we are using in Edmonds, WA.
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  3684. Why not install a wind turbine to supplement the solar power?
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  3685. very good and informative video, you get a follow
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  3686. Only just found you - very impressed and subscribed. I particularly liked the basketball court image - even a space nerd like me didn't realise just how big Starship is! But, I do have one worry about all this. Starship (+SH), amazing as it is, is still 'only' a means of transport, and, as long as it is justified by reference to Mars colinisation, we need to bear in mind that there's a hell of a lot more to simply getting people to Mars, let alone living there long-term. Leaving aside problems like getting Starship human-rated, and developing the massive life-support systems that will be required, there's the radiation (not just on the way, but on Mars itself), the poisionous soil (no growing potatoes in that!), and all the technical difficulties of fuel manufacture, habitat construction, etc, and, of course, the cost (Starlink isn't going to pay for all this!) - never mind the politics! But, most significant of all, there's the gravity - or rather the lack of it. And I don't mean just on the way there and back (although that long in zero-G is bad enough), but on Mars itself. We have evolved over millions of years in a 1G environment, and it's highly unlikely that we'll be able to survive long-term in a 1/3G one. Maybe we'll be able to cope with it for months or even years (although returning to 1G after years on Mars could literally be lethal), but I seriously doubt that we'll be able to colonise Mars because we won't be able to conceive and raise children there. Don't mention this to Musk, because I'm enjoying the Starship ride, but I don't think we ever will be a multi-planet species. We are Earthborn, and, I'm afraid, it will turn out that we also Earthbound.
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  3687. Thanks for an excellent video. Would you be able to do another on Quantum Scape’s technology and their patents? Do you think QuantumScape is close to a breakthrough?
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  3688. Excellent detail. Good job.
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  3689. Bravo 👏
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  3690. Thank you very much for sharing!
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  3691. Actually, I prefer room-temperature beer. Why? More taste. Cold beer is for people who prefer water but want an alcoholic kick. As for heat pumps -- I want one! Gas will get scarce and sooner or later it will be gone. No more gas. But heat/cold differentials will be here forever.
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  3692. Great video as usual Ricki
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  3693. Great video! Earned a sub.
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  3694. Batteries just need to be made more energy dense tbh, that would kinda solve all kinds of issues, and would make things a lot more simpler if you just brute force things.
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  3695. Yo, is this why almost all plants are green? They reflect green light and thus reducing this effect within their own leaves as to not dry out as quickly....they evolved with this as an evolutionary pressure.
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  3696. gotta get used to them, just like anything else, upvoted!!
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  3697. YASA has been around for many years, a great British company
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  3698. Great video by the way!
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  3699. Just a small note: the reason that Tesla did that "fire sale" on FSD at the beginning of the year was because they swapped a ton of features from the EAP package to the FSD package. Which meant that people who already owned EAP got a significant discount on the full price of FSD, because they would gain essentially nothing (at the time) from the purchase. Unlike people who had just base AP, who would gain all the features of EAP besides lane-keeping and TACC, and all the future FSD features.
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  3700. Excellent video, I just signed up for solar, in El Paso, TX...no system yet, in process, but you gave me hope...thanks a lot...keep posting...
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  3701. Da Vinci, The chopper was flying a training mission, and as you see in the video that you provide here at least part of the time they are flying NOE. That said remember on a TRM they most likely were wearing NV or FLIR which cuts your depth perception to almost ZERO.  The pilot may have acquired the JET that was taking off, looked up, and his lens filled with the green fuzzy lights of the one he struck and the tragedy occurred. May God bless and rest their souls.
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  3702. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Always loved the behind the scenes activities of canal locks, and especially the Panama Canal. Would be interesting to see if they are still using the original scada system to control it, a video all in its own. I read a story about it once, it consisted of what looks like a model train layout and moving the components on the layout moved the actual components in the field. Some early power plants operated in the same fashion but have all been replaced with computers that emulate it on a screen now days. I in the article they were saying that the Panama Canal was the last system operated on such a system. Unfortunately it’s probably been retired since then. I’ve often speculated that the system probably got its start as a spinoff of the system they used to use to control old ocean liners that you can sometimes accurately enacted in old movies where the drama is between the bridge and the engine room. The bridge moved a lever for the engines in example and then a flag next to the handle followed his request as the person in the engine room moved there identical lever into position indicating that they received the request and would be implementing it as soon as possible.
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  3703. 35k iss upper middle class car lol. Not middle class. 50k is most deffinatly upper middle class car lol. Crazy. No way I'll spend that much on a depreciating asset.ill wait for the used ones to come on the market
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  3704. Innovative thinking... I like it
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  3705. so what your say about old home ?
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  3706. I am in San Antonio, Tx and it is insanely hot here. Not only are we consistently above 105 and the humidity is nearing 100%. It is miserable.
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  3707. Starship must be a >radius of the Tunnel Boring Machine for Mars.
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  3708. Well done thanks.
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  3709. Yet another amazing review from you! Do you see FUVs dominating cities?
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  3710. Nice ending... 8-)
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  3711. it is a lot easier to listen to you than to listen to Elon. Great explanation! Thanks!
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  3712. I could not afford the cost of an inaugural flight ticket, but I was lucky enough to be in Everret, Washington when the first PanAm 747 made its first landing. If you look at the historical film of that landing you will notice a few people standing on a small dirt mound at the end of the runway. I am one of those people. I did not pay a lot of money, and ignored security patrols several times, but it is a memory I will not forget. The people on the inaugural A380 flight will not forget that day either.
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  3713. Another piece of the puzzle. I like it. I've seen other companies proposing similar combinations of ocean based energy production with energy storage but with hydrogen production, underwater bladders, etc.
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  3714. Interesting how those embers tended to hug the ground as they were being blown forward. That shows how even a low fence made from fire proof materials can help to save the house. Sure, embers will also be blown higher nearer to the fire, but the larger, hotter, longer burning ones will tend to drop to the ground much sooner.
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  3715. Hisoka approves.
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  3716. Ummmmm....coconut cream pie!! My wife is making me one now.
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  3717. How is induction a “new game in town”? I have had Induction cooker from 2006,I live in Sweden houses do not have natural gas, I have used natural gas before in Britain before natural gas we had coal gas. Gas also causes condensation in colder climates. It is so easy to clean induction and use it as a work top when not in use. All cookware sold today here can be used on induction.
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  3718. I am having some success with induction using a cheap hotplate like Rikki is using. My induction cooktop lets me set a temperature. It senses the temperature of the bottom of the pot and then moderates the power output to maintain that temp. This works great when I make spaghetti. But with my skillet it fails completely. I set my skillet to 200 degrees F, but it gets over 400 degrees. I think this is because the bottom of my pans are concave. If the pan does not make contact with the sensor in the cooktop, then the pan over-heats. So I can't use the temperature control setting with any of my fry pans. And I am shopping for pans that are not concave. Have not found any yet.
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  3719. I’m impressed with your persistence and the crew working after dark.
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  3720.  @Diap842IV  Good thinking! In fact, train cars do have something similar, but they are very small and are known as reservoirs. A reservoir holds just enough air to keep the brakes un-engagesd which allows it to be moved around without being hooked up to the master air line. This lets it be put together with other individual cars to form a train, to be rolled up to an industry for loading/unloading, etc.
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  3721. Terrific channel! Informative, excellent presentation, and great topics! Well done!
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  3722. Thx, for the great video. I’ve wondered about this. I had a chance to drive my motorcycle past the building a few years ago and it is quite the sight.
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  3723. ♻️🔋👏💪🔝❤️
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  3724. Throwing in a little styropyro “Pretty cool right?” was not lost haha
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  3725. cool truck!
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  3726. Excellent overview
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  3727. I wonder if the waste from these has the potential to be burned up via other nuclear processing, or if the ceramic shells make this impractical?
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  3728. Would be good if they could also set these up using smart irrigation to green the deserts as well.
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  3729. I’m 76, have solar power and would like to get a Ford lightning as my last vehicle and I need a truck but the chip shortage has Ford unable to meet demand. I’ve been to my local dealer after seeing Ford ads saying the Lightning would be available in late winter-early spring 2022. The dealer took my name and number but told me their EV truck would not be available until sometime next year …maybe - due to chip shortages and those issues are driving up prices now even though they have nothing to sell. Other folks are warning me to expect dealer ripoff surcharges and only having the high end versions initially available. Based on past experience I realize that’s more than just likely, it’s a certainty. Greed in shipping chip production offshore to save a few bucks per chip has caused this mess. Perhaps it’s time for Ford and the rest of these manufacturers to bring that chip production back home to the US rather than having to shut down plants and lose billions in sales. Greed has its way of getting back at the greedy. If I’m wrong about this conclusion I’d like to hear back from you on why you disagree. I follow your channel. I realize you’re working for Ford now but hope for an honest, objective reply …if you do reply.
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  3730. Very informative. Thank you for sharing your solar needs. I don't have to feel intimated by sales ppl.
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  3731. YES!!! 100% on the all electric drive train. Yes on running the range extender at its optimal (most efficient) configuration to generate electricity. I believe this is how the railroad train engines work. Until battery technology reaches parity with the energy density of fuel it will probably be a necessary evil. I don't subscribe to backward moves into austerity for the sake of climate change. We have enough collective brain power to make EVs work as a step forward in capitalistic ways too. I am really glad to see you pumping this concept, and you are good at it. If INN does let you in to see the REX, I'll be your first like.
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  3732. "Curious nerd" lol. Sounds about right.
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  3733. Don't worry, it's coming. I used to live in south Louisiana and even as a kid I thought, wow if we could just take all this extra water and move to somewhere its needed what a "Game Changer". I'm a retired Firefighter so have a little background in moving water. So this is very feasible. We're just not at the the need and or want "tipping point". So many innovations occurred once the need or want outweighed the cost. I recently watch a documentary about air-conditioning in the south, especially Florida. AC was another "Game Changer". In the middle of the 20th century, the population of Florida was less than 5% of it's present population, approximately. People that were there lived on the beach in little cabins and/or shanties and others only visited in the winter months (Snow Birds). What change? AC! Right now Arizona, Nevada and California to name a few, are states poised for water relocation. Phoenix, as another example, it is a poster child of AC and water relocation. As well as Las Vegas. I hope all these smart innovated people keep good notes. They'll need them very soon!
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  3734. Top vid 👍🏽
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  3735. You can also take delta pro to an actual EV car changer to change it back up in an extended power outage. You could the Extra Batteries with you to the EV changer and change them all back up to full and go back home to get a few more days of power.
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  3736. I totally support this kind of symbiotic creative thinking. There are large ancient mapped underground deposits of gravel & sand located along the eastern side of California's Central Valley: Ancient, long-buried river-courses if you will. Geologists have already proposed piping excess Sierra Nevada stormwater runoff into these existing underground aquifers, that are typically depleted, due to excessive pumping of groundwater by agri-business. Piping from the Sierra could be largely by gravity, not pumping. Underground aquifers don't lose water by evaporation & local pumping from aquifers can easily be powered with solar & wind energy located in the Central Valley.
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  3737. First
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  3738. Getting two birds stoned at once I believe was the quote you were looking for. Have a Merry Christmas brother.
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  3739. Thank you. I saw this product a few months ago. Brilliant stuff.
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  3740. Thanks!
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  3741. Came here for the topic, stayed for the salty comments
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  3742. Interesting. Please post more about agro mining.
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  3743. Great video which answered my question l posted on another YouTube short. Thank you.
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  3744. I wanted to subscribe but I already subscribed :(
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  3745. This guy makes a LOT of sense....VERY GOOD information.....A truly informative video And it's REALLY GREAT to have someone going LONGTERM on a situation like this.....Gives true and accurate information on the project over a long period of time ....Very well done
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  3746.  @TwoBitDaVinci  The basic problem seems to be, clean or not that Hydrogen takes energy to liberate from a compound, then convert to useable energy. It always will. Renewables, used directly for EV's can be made even more efficient using microgrid, home generation, etc, to remove transmission inefficiency. It seems this could increase efficiency by up to 20%, whereas fuel cells would improve by single digits at best.
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  3747. I think the most value to come out of this is the lessons to be learned from it. Challenges should start revealing themselves pretty soon.
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  3748. Your explanation of how the New Tesla Battery 🔋 actually works, was the Best I’ve heard to date!
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  3749. Wow i can't believe that in the USA you guys pay a fortune for electricity. Our price is a measly 0.071$/kw/h 24h a day. We don't have any nuclear/coal plants. 98% Hydro power and 1.9% wind powered and the rest solar. No wonder we sell to you guys. LOL. Our government is giving us incentives on geothermal heating and cooling systems they last longer than heat pumps/furnace and also air conditioners and cut on electricity usages (economy of 25-35% on electrical bills). If you want to reduce the cost of electricity on the long term geothermal and solar hybrid systems (with battery) are the best bet. I know the federal government (USA) is offering a 26% tax credit for geothermal and solar; look into your own state for possibly more tax cuts. For example, if your electric usage was 500 kWh during December, it might be 2,000 kWh after upgrading to geothermal. However, without spending any money on oil (which is still on the rise) or propane, your overall heating expenses for the year will be much lower (close to 50% less) and to cool it is also cheaper (close to 45% less)
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  3750. Great video as usual. Thanks much.
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  3751. This is the first punt at an explanation I've seen that makes sense. My first question was why was this coming in from the Arctic if it originated in Chy-Nah (sic)? Fun fact: the Myasichev aerospace design bureau in the Soviet Union built an anti-balloon fighter along the same principles as the U2 because.... Dun, dun, duhn!!! the US sent very high altitude spy balloons over the USSR and PRC in the Fifties and Sixties. As per the US Govt. has its' knickers in a twist because it was egregious in doing what they claim of their "enemies" well before, by sixty year plus in this case, whatever they are accusing those "enemies" of doing. We have met The Enemy, and he is US. /s 🤣🤣🤣
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  3752. How to take them down? Hmm. Needs to be high-altitude, steerable, and cheap. Sounds like a job for a balloon
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  3753. Awesome! In spite of all the hurdles to iron out ahead (no pun intended).
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  3754. Why wouldn’t you use the ocean as a condenser and just pump the water back to land .
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  3755. Consider steel jacketed B-X Conduit in the crawl space. Rodents chew !
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  3756. If you don't have gas there is no chance that it will blow your house up. Staying electric from now on.
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  3757. Great episode
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  3758. The tail end of this video feels unnecessarily poisoned against hydrogen ICEs. Implying its a dying technology because Toyota took on partnerships is a somewhat baseless claim, and to say hydrogen ICE has “all of the negatives of ICE and none of the benefits of electric” feels like a shady way of saying it has the all the BENEFITS of ICE with none of the DRAWBACKS of electric. A combustion engine that is serviceable by pretty much any mechanic in America is much better for longevity and avoiding monopolies, for example. It also feels disingenuous to gloss over the MASSIVE supply chain issues of trying to convert a national fleet of drivers to battery electric - a feat which is virtually impossible with current production and availability of precious metals. And that’s to say nothing of the issues of unethical supply chains needed to supply those metals. I like electric vehicles as much as the next guy, but if we start ignoring the question of battery supply chains we risk losing the forest for the trees. Finally, i think its unfair to characterize the problem of green hydrogen production as a problem unique to hydrogen, as this problem is equally applicable to every electric car in service.
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  3759. Wanna improve company profits? Throw the guy who decided "we'll make more money by NOT splitting up these dangerous wagons from the harmless ones." under the bus. That guy definitely costs more per year than the 2nd train. Even before including the damage costs.
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  3760. [Ricky] Yes good point. So with cracked cells, that you epoxy, you'll lose quite a bit of output, because all the reflection/refraction that occurs in the cracks will degrade the amount of light hitting the cells. But there are overstock panels, b grade panels that work perfectly well. I was tempted to buy some LG 330W cells this way on ebay ;)
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  3761. BRILLIANT VIDEO BROTHER ;-) !!!!
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  3762. Amazing video and explanations 👍 Thanks
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  3763. Thankyou🙏
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  3764. Unobtanium, you are as mega smart guy but nowhere in this presentation do you really explain precisely how it works in a practical world. Ill keep viewing your channel but this is not your best work . please prove me wrong but every day there is another company promising something that seems to break the rules of physics
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  3765. Fascinating, great video
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  3766. 13m 58s: "some sort of copper bottom." Did you mean ferrous bottom?
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  3767. You need a video on the SPAN panel. IIRC, it does intelligent "load shedding" of circuits in the house as the battery gets depleted. Correct?
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  3768. My comment is simple-- I like you and your complete explaination of everything! THANK YOU !!!
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  3769. 1:28 I don’t think this is a fair/reasonable argument that the top three stock holders are the same causes the news to be surprised. Those top three are funds which a large percentage of viewers here also have money in. If you search for any large company, your favorite or least favorite, you will find the same pattern.
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  3770. Dollar tree or General for solar. Cool!
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  3771. First, the Chinese do nothing by accident. Making a mistake is losing face. They are testing the capabilities of the US. And yes one path to the US is over the Artic. They are poor regarding natural resources and view it as money in the ground. So the theory of seeking Artic resources is valid.
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  3772. Excellent presentation about the Law of Unintended Consequences.
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  3773. Just learning, but how would these work on a solar charge? It seems if they charge faster, then solar charging would be feasible to some extent. May not be, but posing a question. Thanks.
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  3774. Fascinating subject, Ricky. Great vid. I've been trying to convince people to do this (pipelines from wet east/mideast to west) for several years. I'm surprised (kinda) that insurance companies haven't footed the bill. It would save them money each year. I was thinking new pipeline(s), but your reuse of existing infrastructure is perfect. I sincerely hope they do this.
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  3775. This is the first of your videos I have watched. Thank you for being both knowledgeable and interesting. I learned a lot. You have a very interesting perspective.
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  3776. Me 20 min ago : This is going to be long and broing Me now: WOW KITE ENERGY
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  3777. I think this topic is beyond the scope of the channel and it is a contentious issue. Just as important there has been and continues to be doubts about the system. It probably never works as well as reported. The numbers you report are fiction in my view. See criticisms by Dr. Postol.
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  3778. You do realize that get tax money to run those line. Dont act like they put all the money up.
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  3779. whart about running it in a vacuum , ans suspend it with magnetism
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  3780. Quality of your videos is incredible! Is it a greatly improved bitrate, or the fact that I view it in 4k downscaled to my native 1080p?
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  3781. We put man on the moon. That took billions of dollars, and was a great scientific achievement, but we need to apply great projects like the moon to do a project like this. Technology, not a problem. WILL OF PURPOSE, that is the challenge! Let's do a cool project like this!!
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  3782. Loved it; thanks.
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  3783. Thank you!! Very helpful
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  3784. I have had gas for 15 years in various houses, this house had Induction installed, I was going to get rid of it during the reno and go Gas again, after using it for a few weeks, I was converted, will never go back to Gas, cleaning is so simple, cook time is soooo quick, BTW: the cheap units make the high pitched noise, the proper benchtop are silent.
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  3785. This is what will make E-aviation get more off the ground Cheers
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  3786. So. Clear. Thanks. 🤩👍
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  3787. This is the first review of any EV that I got really excited about. Paying 45-65k for an EV that is basically a sedan was not something I got excited about. But 40k for this truck?? Holy cow. Ill jump aboard for this. But, as of Jan4, it appears your fears are coming through. Pretty sure I saw dealers are already holding these trucks ransom. That will seriously piss me off and move me away from Ford.
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  3788. Informative and well presented. Good content for sure. I recommend watching
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  3789. First; Great show. B; Looking forward to the next one III; I appreciate all the hard work. Remarkable.
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  3790. Lack of discipline leads to bloatware. Optimization pays off at every level.
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  3791. You will find the batteries for Tesla will only be on the shelf long enough to service the warranty cases, but when these cars are actually needing full battery replacement, there will be little to none in stock. They will follow the mobile phone business model. Is there any more replacement batteries in mobile phone stores for the iphone 1 to 3? True test of a car to me is when it is 15 to 20 years old. Why? This is the area where most people can start to afford without taking out risky, big debts and many ICE cars in this category actually still numerous and and gives plenty of driving pleasure. 15 to 20 year mark is a critical point as this is where manufacturers wish to kill off the second hand car market to increases take on rates of new cars leading to increase profits.
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  3792. I like the new studio set up. It saves battery power for my phone. Good thinking 2BD!
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  3793. Hello - quite strange you did not mention HHO gas as fuel for cooking. You can produce enough HHO gas on demand from a 12V battery using 6amps ! This is 72W and will be by far the cheapest and burning HHO does not produce any toxic fumes ! The cleanest by far
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  3794. I appreciate all your effort thank you.......👍🏽💯
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  3795. I think you give too much credit to Trump, but I am glad you do. Civil discourse is best, keep it up.
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  3796. BRAH! excellent video!!!
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  3797. NEW TO YOUR CHANNEL, AND LIVE DOWN HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA 😀 AND HAVE A HEAT PUMP 🔥 AND DEFINITELY 👍 AGREE VERY CHEAP TO USE
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  3798. There is a school in Portland Oregon that is called da Vinci middle school. Maybe think about doing a special with the school or offer a seminar on future tech to them. The school will love it and very much appreciate it.
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  3799. Your channel bell icon botton is not working. Can't get notifications
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  3800. I've been on solar for 20 months here in Florida, 32 panels with micro-inverters its 11Kw system. I wish I would have done the battery backup at the time of installation but at the point the price was getting up there. Florida's fall is the best time of year for production, hardly any rain or clouds with lower temps that allow us to not use our A/C as much. I do wish there was consumption monitoring that I could to see where I'm using the most of my production.
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  3801. Great video!
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  3802. Super report. Thanks!
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  3803. Ricky you are really easy to listen too. Thank you heaps!
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  3804. Well done 👍
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  3805. $64,000 for 0-60 in under 4 sec, luxurious interior, and ~300 mile range isn’t a bad deal. If I had $35,000 and a chance at actually seeing my Tesla in the next decade I’d consider even the base model (although I might update to the long range battery.) But my biggest gripe with electric vehicles is that they are still powered by fossil fuels, despite the fact it’s indirect. Sure, you plug it into your wall, but the electricity coming to your house probably comes from a plant using fossil fuels. So while the emissions from the individual car are nonexistent, it’s not totally independent of fossil fuels.
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  3806. To encourage more use the US, why not rebrand them as 'Freedom Rings'. Being forced to stop by a red light is a clear interferance of civil rights.
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  3807. During Obama’s first term he signed a bill allowing cash for clunkers get paid a little bit more than scrap value for old classic cars and I Saw Thousands of complete,& running classic cars … crushed!…. That could’ve been converted into electric vehicles… Electric vehicles have less than a dozen moving parts compared to gas and diesel engines that have hundreds if not thousands of moving parts… Electric vehicle stay clean !! they don’t have oil..grease and fluids dripped all over them… (And I know how to recharge them as you’re driving down the road) No plug-ins needed
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  3808. Thank you so helpful 🙌🏾
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  3809. I misread the cover photo as “Hear From Sound?”
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  3810. interesting numbers, i'm getting 2,7kWp system but more than half of the price will be the battery for storing the energy, i don't plan to put anything back to the grid, so that my distribution costs (part of the bill) will be as low as possible, because this cost si now even more than the price of the energy itself
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  3811. Ty, nice enough for me to subscribe.
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  3812. Great segment 👏
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  3813. Can we convert older cars to run on Hydrogen instead of gasoline? I think we should focus on getting our older cars to run cleaner. Then I can boast that my 89 Chevy runs on "rocket fuel"
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  3814. Hi Ricky
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  3815. Wow, Best Buy is still around? Good for them!
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  3816. Thanks Ricky, it's nice to hear about more great stuff from Zipline
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  3817. Definitely seems that adding a battery wall is the way to go!!!!
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  3818. Thanks for the insights. Go Tesla, go Future.
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  3819. Your content is excellent! I expect you will be a 20M subscribed channel in the future!
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  3820. Coo video
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  3821. People are not the largest expense, management is. Big difference between what a conductor makes and senior VP. They are far from the same with their ridiculous salaries and bonuses which I bet Norfolk is going to be handing out when their profits are announced. Norfolk putting your money where your mouth is. Put those bonuses 100% towards the victims of this. No chance of that happening. I have zero faith in the belief the NTSB is not corrupt, Norfolk will not get nearly the scrutiny they should. They will walk away with yet another slap on the wrist, maybe their media outlets will report it. Also not likely and if they do, guaranteed the blame will be the union employees trying to get basic things as the cause like the media always does. My family worked in railroads for the last 3 generations, I decided not to because I have seen how incredibly greedy they are. Thank you for showing me I made the right choice Norfolk
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  3822. If they could last longer , would be great for camping , campervans , mobile homes off grid, but 2 years is far from being good enough
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  3823. I have a similar setup. 16,000 gallons, heat pump, variable speed pump, chlorinator. My research shows you should try to turn over the pool twice a day, so I run mine at 44 gallons per minute for 12 hours, which totals right about 32,000 gallons. I’ve been considering going to a slower speed for longer, and your video just got me thinking it through. I’m excited for the rest of the series!
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  3824. Great vid.
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  3825. Thanks as always for breaking things down. What's your take on Vanadium redox batteries? Are they commercially viable?
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  3826. Thanks for your very straightforward and explanatory video. In my country heating with heat pump is currently the cheapest, cheaper even from firewood heating. My total electricity cost (VAT included) is about $0.13/kWh. At the moment my heat pump uses about 20 to 25kWh per day which costs me about $2.5 to $4. I don't know what will it be with subzero temperatures, but I expect $10 max. I strongly recommend anyone installing a heat pump or converting the A/C to heat pump, to install a water buffer tank and run the heat pump, when the outside temperature is higher and use the heat thru the cold night. If you can invest a bit more, put some solar panels on the roof and heat your home from there (if there is some sunlight, of course). Panels work very well when it's cold and sunny. Heat pump is the way to increase your solar efficiency by at least threefold.
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  3827. I picked the wrong day (week to view this video). It's currently -9 degrees Fahrenheit and I haven't seen the sun in a week. But I do have two 100 watt solar panels and two LifePo4 20 aH batteries with a clean sine wave inverter. It's just a Mr. T starter set. I pity the fool who puts me on the grid.
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  3828. Is it true that you cannot use cast iron on a induction cooktop?
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  3829. More aviation content would be great I am an aviation enthusiast I own and fly an Ercoupe. Thanks
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  3830. Nicely presented video. Britain is really suffering at the moment due to soaring energy costs. Renewables are just far too intermittent. We have a solution to global warming. Nuclear. The so called greens don't really care about the planet. They don't care if we burn coal. Anything but nuclear. I wish geothermal will work but sadly I think it is a long way off .
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  3831. Awesome family, enjoy the Model Y with your boys, they grow fast.
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  3832. By my estimate you would have saved another $1k just by charging at home and never using superchargers. If you did not mess with having bad wheels in the first place you would have saved another $1500 at least. Your savings could have been almost $9k in 3 years. That is value. That is why I bought a TM3LR. In 10 years it pays for itself and after that it will actually make me money! A car that turns a profit. That has never happened before.
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  3833. Good subject for thought.
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  3834. I can't imagine the weight of the boredom in pursuing petroleum exploration at this time in industrial history. While some engineers are figuring out how to remotely fly a helicopter drone on Mars; some well paid engineer is having to calculate the probability of the existence of a pocket of oil. Maybe, because of the pay, it's a life. Otherwise it seems to be a big waste of time and focus.
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  3835. Sick video dude!
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  3836. Fantastic video. Quality presentation. Keep it up.
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  3837. Oddly, this video seemed washed out and also color saturated at the same time. Almost like you applied an HDR filter to SDR content? Anyway, it's distracting, just FYI. Still an enjoyable video though. Edit: the kids are super cute and you're so sweet with them!
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  3838. My first Two Bit da Vinci video. Impressive presentation! Great job Ricky. I'm now a subscriber.
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  3839. Excellent experience, thank you. Very useful.
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  3840. Why not replace water heater with heat pump hybrid
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  3841. Very well done and informative
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  3842. What a great channel. Your graphics department especially
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  3843. Best review this the suv I want it pretty tall (5’9) but I think the kids will be fine in the back but the trunk space does concern me aha
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  3844. Go Bears! I graduated EECS in 2006. I wonder if we ever crossed paths.
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  3845. Wow thats great!
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  3846. Prometheus fuels?
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  3847. You really need to leave the people’s republic of California.
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  3848. Nice video. I like everything that shows how far EVs have come. It will push the boundaries. It also sets the benchmark for the new roadster. Tesla will, no doubt, try to beat it. It's Elon's nature. Let's do it and let's do it better. The whole idea of EVs vs ICE cars is based on that.
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  3849. I think it comes down to safety checks, maintenance checks. I think they need new procedures in place for transport safety & maintenance. Shouldn’t the insurance of the train pay for the damages? Do they have insurance?
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  3850. 100% with you
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  3851. Tesla should buy them out if they are for real
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  3852. Awesome video series. Very informative. Tesla battery technology and management system is so incredible. So glad they came up with it, making all Tesla's EVs a true and better alternatives to ICE vehicles. Thank you for the videos.
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  3853. We need an iron nitrate gigafactory.
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  3854. I fully expect toyota to become a serious competitor to Tesla once they kill the idea of hydrogen again. The board needs to do another round of great chopping to make it clear that investment in hydrogen is a waste of money.
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  3855. superb video sir..
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  3856. welcome to something that has been around for uhmm what? 10? 20? years in europe?
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  3857. Finally, someone who thinks about grid stability and not just "grid is my powerwall and peak generation is everyone else's problem"
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  3858. I have been looking around at real estate and I noticed that nearly every house in the Midwest and Illinois in particular has natural gas. Their grid of pipes is about 80 years old and they need to replace them, or switch to something new, like heat pumps. I’m going to bet they just dig up and replace the old pipes. I had gas in my previous house, but am all electric in this one and have been replacing old appliances with new heat pump versions.
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  3859. Will this development improve the life of inverters?
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  3860. #1 All these tesla "review" videos are always under 100, 000 miles. I would like to see a 150- 200,000+ mile review video after they have to replace the battery at a cost of +$20,000 OR opt to buy a new model. #2 Model 3 = $75-87,000..............Honda Civic Hatchback= $37,000..............Honda Civic Type R = $62,000 (Guessing he paid closer to 80+ because he keeps mentioning that it's a "sporty" model) #3 From my understanding, (correct me if I'm wrong), but there is still no road tax charged to tesla owners who charge their cars at home! Eventually they will have to be charged that tax it they wish to continue driving on the same roads that gasoline vehicles pay for. >Add all that up and I still don't understand how electric cars are cheaper than their gasoline counterparts. Please help me understand! IMO the battery tech just isn't quite there yet.
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  3861. Brilliant, Thank you and your awesome family!
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  3862. nice video!!
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  3863. Since Jeep won't make an EV, I might have to grab an F-150.
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  3864. Thanks for the details man - this helped in our decision for the third row
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  3865. THANK YOU, RICKY! VERY WELL DONE!
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  3866. .... waiting for Marty McFly's flywheel DeLorean!
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  3867. I think the "5 minutes battery pack swap" is the best way (for the moment) to make the electric cars feasable in cities but not only. I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of millions of people like me, who live in a block of flats and use an internal-combustion car for only a few km/miles each day to go to work, shopping and the occasional trip to Anywhere. We don't have a garage, we park the car outside and many of us don't even find a parking spot near where we live. How are we supposed to charge our cars overnight? You will naively say "Go to the gas station ;) and charge it there". Sure and wait for days at the neverending queue of electric cars that are charging there for 1h+? If we want to keep our life styles and replace the Internal Combustion Engine cars with Electric Cars then swaping out the battery pack is the way to go, perhaps the only way. I would open up such a Charging Station tomorrow if I had the money and the suppliers for the battery packs.
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  3868. Elon said end of 2018
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  3869. Ive subscribed coz im a spaceX fan bigtime! 😂👍
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  3870. Rivian isn't as mass market as Tesla though, so they don't need as large of a factory to satisfy orders. On top of that, they also have 100,000 truck order from Amazon, which I assume comes with a down payment, which can help build out the factory a little better.
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  3871. This is not reality, its all big stage promo commercial for a tv show on Netflix called white noise. Nothing to wirry ablut here
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  3872. An example of a balanced analysis of a controversial topic. Thank you.
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  3873. Thanks for sharing this video. Actually, this concept isn't that new. I read where someone used water hyacinths to purify water and even remove low level nuclear waste.
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  3874. So, the vaccum sold out within 22 hrs, wow!!
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  3875. I've always heard that we are required to be hooked up to SDG&E by law. I know you mentioned it at the end of the video but you didn't mention in SDG&E was one that we are required to stay connected to by law. Are we here, required to stay connected?
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  3876. It all about money. About quarterly earnings and not about safety. That's it ... sad
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  3877. Two Bit da Vinci Nevertheless, great video. Very well explained.
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  3878. EV also could have lot longer lifespan than ICE, could costless in services and repair with replacement part easily.
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  3879. Me Likey.
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  3880. you would maybe expect them to realise that long ago. please continue to explore the effect of wavelengths on water and many other things. it got too many uses.
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  3881. Our grandchildren will be amazed and shocked that we burnt such a valuable product
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  3882. I don't think it'll ever be irrelevant, but still, 50-75 years is a very short time frame when you're planning for a completely different future of an entire country.
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  3883. Hell yeah! Tesla would nail it
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  3884. Great video
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  3885. Super - loved your optimization after initial steps insight.
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  3886. You'll love it! Perfect choice, well reasoned.
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  3887. Good job
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  3888. Fascinating!
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  3889. I like Tesla. But I don't like Tesla owners.
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  3890. Very informative, thanks!
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  3891. I was wondering this video would mention Eavor. It sounds very promising.
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  3892. Thanks for the info. I have flown in the 380 4 times and it is the most comfortable plane out there. Your on point with this. It is such a nice long hauler. I was a loadmaster on c-130 but that was a long time ago like over 40 years ago. By the way a 747 is not even close to the comfort of 380. The other real comfort was the 707.
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  3893. Outstanding video helping us understand the depth and breadth of La Sagrada Familia and Gaudi's dream with his successors working to fulfill it for Barcelona and the world. I am traveling here with students in July 24' and we learned so much from this! Thank you!
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  3894. So if you signed your solar contract on April 13th are you NEM 2.0 or 3.0?
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  3895. Most Inventions are accidents. Or at least not planed. Antifragility Taleb
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  3896. Don’t forget, Rivian or anything else, no Supercharger network. Oh- you just added that at the end. It’s a very BIG issue with all the others. Oh, also I nearly forgot, two of our sons have Model Y’s and I am blown away at their efficiency.
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  3897. "We must build those Tatooine moisture harvesters before it is too late!"
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  3898. Great review! I enjoy your low key style... The Cybertruck does everything my P3D can or the Model Y, and way way more. It’s a no brainer! I had an f150 3.5 eco boost, and it was so amazingly comfortable to drive cross country, and tow horses or anything! I am stoked!
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  3899. Now is the time to look at this from an investment perspective. Who owes the patent rights? Is it investable?
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  3900. Great video! Subscribe!
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  3901. Thank you SOOOO much for explaining both your initial project, your system expectations, and- you long term success. Sure, it's been a long 9 years, but- what a gift for all of us with your long term wisdom and experience. Very glad that you chose to use 5 separate invertors, a GREAT way for us to see the more expensive, but- I think a more efficient solution. Very well presented, I genuinely appreciate all of your efforts to share your experiences!
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  3902. thanks for this very well informative video BUT will also be very good to know/explore ways of dealing with the nuclear waste that is the same as in previous reactors. i do concider this to be a nice promo that's only reasoning in such convenient ways
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  3903. I have purchased tickets with Omaze - have fingers crossed 🤞🏾
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  3904. Thanks for supporting some great causes us included!
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  3905. So, did Tesla buy the IPR for Niron, or licence it, or develop their own process?
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  3906. I can not afford paying for Advanced German engineering - especially sad what you get at this price point. For a little more you could get a Tesla Roadster and a MASSIVE increase in performance - yes I know it is unobtanium at this point. Still I would feel cheated paying for the German car. Thankfully, though not the top of the line, I drive a Tesla. Compared to the Porsche it is a bargain. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video. Thumbs up!
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  3907. Very small correction at 10:20: "Every time you use autopilot, Tesla is able to track (and improve)...". Truth is AP is always running in background ALL the time calculating what it would do. Examples of occasions when AP's choices differs greatly from what the human did while driving gets uploaded back to Tesla for analysis. My wife never uses AP daily around town driving, but I usually see some nightly wifi uploads from the car. Tesla cars get collectively better at driving every month - humans are getting worse.
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  3908. Where does the power to charge all electric cars come from? We need more power plants else electric cars are a no brainet
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  3909. Great Video. Have a 2019 M3P turning 30K miles. All OEM. Work and Home Solar is primarily the electron fill sources (free). Nothing has broke. Many that traded in their M3P later had regrets Will Prowse (YouTube Solar tester) is one of them. Battery is at 280 rated, recurrent auto rates it at 92 for range score. Went to Dodge Ridge Ski resort this week. It gained 3% dropping back down from the Mountain on the winding roads. I might get 18 Inch for Winter tires in the future. Just got FSD and have to say it is way better than autopilot. Still need to watch it though.
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  3910. We have a SolarEdge system ourselves - basically we sort of inherited it (we bought the house with the solar already installed). On the whole it works well, but economics and pricing have undoubtedly changed in the 6 years since it was put in. So I can't comment on how much it cost to put in, and I don't have any reason to get into discussions of which is better. The system basically works as designed, and that's all I care. In our case, we have panels facing two different directions. Some of them are SE, some of them face SW. Since we have the power optimizers, we don't take a real hit from this. I don't know how well string inverters would cope with having two different directions - maybe one can make it work (two separate strings?), but this may well be another one of those cases where Tesla just dumbs it down, and only supports panels facing a single direction. That may end up limiting the size for some people. In our case, the only way they could get a 10kW system was having the panels face different directions.
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  3911. Have you heard of the Bessler wheel? That is the perfect answer for an energy hungry world.
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  3912. In many parts of Australia, it is mandatory to have solar panels installed on the rooves of all new dwellings.
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  3913. Thanks for the education.
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  3914. Ha-ha, blow up this video.
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  3915. 1) I can see a market for truck bed batteries to charge tools possibly a good way to repurpose ev batteries. 2) Some one should develope a DC to DC charger for these devices. 3) If you have an electric truck with a large battery to export energy your set.
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  3916. [Ricky] this is "recommended" maintenance from the Model S. Here's the thing, no one really ever does this sort of stuff, for all three cars. But yeah we can try to find more real world numbers soon. we have a lot of videos planned that will help with all this
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  3917. Fun fact: the same pilot who flew this solar plane around the world, also flew a hot air balloon around the world. The balloon was FASTER!
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  3918. Love from india do u think dear moon mission will be fly in 2023 ?
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  3919. only 31k Subscribers !!!! you deserves more subscribers Love and Greetings from Kolkata, India
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  3920. I've already got one, it's great!
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  3921. Or!!! I'm sure greenies will trash me... Start replacing our Gas / Coal power plants with 5G Thorium fail-safe proliferation-free nuclear reactors.
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  3922. ¡Hi! Ask to 3M give you some Boron Nitride or better with an engineer from 3M to do some experiments like putting the product in a CPU and seeing the temperature or in the peripheral water pump and comparing the temperature or direct flame exposition. Greetings
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  3923. The USA would be a great place for a good high-speed rail network.
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  3924. You could also send the waste Heat to a Sterling engine .
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  3925. Hello sir, just dropping in real quick to say I love your unbiased channel. The wildfire episode came up on my recommended and I loved it! I am now subscribed and binge watching. Thank you for the educational and honest vids, keep up the great work!!
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  3926. That was a very insightful video, thank you.
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  3927. Thank You , Your visual at 8:00 minutes in where you represent the concept of an interface in nature between hard changes in material where you play a video of raindrops hitting a leaf ... well ... that was really cool ! Made my day !
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  3928. I have been using a heat pump for the heating & cooling of my home since 1980, the best possible way to go in my opinion.
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  3929. Only suggestion/talking point I want to add is: gas 'goes bad' after some time and would need to periodically be replaced which is a pain; same with diesel, it needs to be 'polished' or replaced periodically. Maybe just use a propane-powered generator or propane powered pump (such as GreenGear).
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  3930. Subbed! Awesome video!
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  3931. Brillant Video... thank you!!!
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  3932. Great, good work🙂
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  3933. 10:22 After 11 years @ 13,500 miles / Pear 🍐
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  3934. 35k model 3 is currently unobtanium and no expectation of seeing one this year
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  3935. In the 8 years we bought our first house we can sale it for double what we purchased it for.
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  3936. Keep making Tesla related videos, people are hyped and searching for them
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  3937. 🤗👍😎THANKS RICKI …FOR SHARING THIS AND I AM GLAD THAT YOU GOT TO EXPERIENCE THIS AND HAD A SAFE TRIP 💚💚💚
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  3938. Great insight 'daVinci' guys . . . I too have been keeping my ears and WIDENED EYE Balls out ever since i first heard the name Nikola (memorized by the cough drop jingle "R I C O L A"). Now with that out of the way . . I can't help wondering how this Con-of-Cons has gotten this far, for so damn long. Earlier centuries, they would've OFF'd his HEAD for selling a mule cart with a chicken instead. So Isn't time we put to bed this type of turd? Especially the many found in highest office known to spew and smother us their poison and diabolical prevarications?!? Ahh, perhaps not. I suppose not until the jury box can be officially filled. Thks again.
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  3939. Great brief summary of fusion. Thanks:)
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  3940. Great overview, Ricky. I think this is a well designed family vehicle which will be a good alternative to many mid sized gas models. Most of the reviews I've seen so far have been quite positive, other than some software and EA charging issues that are continuing to improve over time. Not sure about your video title though, as the "Thing" was a retro flat sided Jeep like VW vehicle from years ago.... an electric version of that would be awesome!
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  3941. One thing you did not talk about was the cost to the planet, the batteries in the tesla's are polutioning the planet to make them in the first place.
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  3942. Supercool! I am wondering: 1) how much organic material is needed per cartrdige and how much m2 a cartridge can print? Cheers
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  3943. Excellent video! Amazing how you covered that much in such a short time
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  3944. 10th is good 👍
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  3945. Your background is awesome
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  3946. Cool thanks
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  3947. Good job. I love my model S 100D.
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  3948. Toyota led the Hybrid drive with their 'Pious'. Now they have hybrid Corollas, RAV4s, Camrys etc. So they like hybrids. I don't, just buy a 'Pious' or smaller sized petrol car with better fuel economy ie not a Hilux for one person. Honda also built a weird Insight (the first one) & now a more sensible one. Hyundai/Kia have EV cars on the road. Tesla might go huge or go bust. No-one seems to know how to analyse them, usually relying on Automotive journalists. But is that right? No, Tesla are more complex than traditional car companies.,
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  3949. Excellent explanation.
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  3950. moon is cool, but let's not forget about the oceans. We haven't explored them either and they are on the same planet.
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  3951. “That’s a lotta fish”😅😂
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  3952. Great presentation! Thanks
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  3953. :)
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  3954. why do you calculate on replacing the all the worlds power? wouldnt it be easier to just make 3 big solar farms that help out? you need to redo your on math and instead focus on if economic feasable to make big solarfarms in desserts.
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  3955. Good overall review. Thank you Rickie.
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  3956. I absolutely love the idea of using solar power to desalinate water. If we use solar panels to power the pumps and the light/heat from the sun to vaporize sea water, we can minimize and hopefully eliminate the need for any other power source to fulfill the needs of the process. Extracting and processing the brine to create sea salt and acquire other valuable metals is definetly worth the effort.
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  3957. You did a great job covering this
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  3958. As someone who lives in Ireland/UK WHY on earth is gas being used to dry clothes . This seems crazy. If Sun out clothes are out drying. Seems like such a waste, resources . Looking forward to your series.
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  3959. I loved the idea of the Chevrolet Volt expressely for the range extender engine. You get 80 - 120 km on all electric, which covers 90% of everyday needs, and if you occasionnally need more, gasoline is here for you. Sadly, they killed it...
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  3960. Wow! First time I watch your videos. I loved it. Here's a comment for youtube's algorithm. Awesome video! Thanks
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  3961. Hi loved the review can you please compare these 2 cars with the 2019 Hyundai EV Kona when it becomes available.
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  3962. Fantastic video!
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  3963. With all due respect, how is anyone in San Diego dependent on a gym for exercise? The weather, even in winter is pretty dang good, I'm biased towards water stuff, but you've got surfing, you've got two beautiful bays plus lakes to launch a paddleboard or kayak, there's mountain biking, road biking, yoga in your backyard! You live in such a wonderful place for year-round outdoor activities, super jealous! I love your city!
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  3964. Very interesting video. Well whoever writes the scripts.
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  3965. I can't be the first person who thinks... bury the dome? It would obviously significantly reduce the (surface) footprint of the whole thing.
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  3966. great episode...very insightful
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  3967. So you are or are not working with Fully charged.
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  3968. I want the truck.
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  3969. If fitted to all cargo ships it would change the world, it would have a bigger impact on our 0.04% co2 problem than instantly converting every car to electric... But it wouldnt enslave people. Hhhmmmm.
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  3970. Awesome video I have been there, and wad amazed.
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  3971. Great review.
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  3972. So basically we are talking about the slow descent of nothing more then a bubble of air surrounded by a super strong protective shield. Now if we were to subtract that life support factor, then this air bubble would be replaced by a super high vacuum or a non-conductive liquid mass. Thus, eliminating this crush depth = implosion factor completely. Truth is i would be totally satisfied just viewing this 111 year old rusting away wreck on a monitor screen aboard a ship floating above it via a small remote controlled camera equipped minisub, receiving and transmitting video/audio and control data via slf band. Sure I understand why so many take the risk of being killed, cuz basically, it all comes down to the thrill of being way down there in the most harshest environment one can imagine, just a few feet from that once mighty ship 😯
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  3973. Redflow is a flow battery company too!
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  3974. This sounds like a good idea. The issues I see is the cost of construction, also, I do believe that at this time, with the political climate of the U.S. There would not be any political or economic will to do this project.
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  3975. I completely agree with your decision to get the new P3D instead of the used Stealth Performance from a tax credit stand point. But the Stealth Performance (P3D-) is an amazing car. I was fortunate enough to buy a brand new 2019 P3D- 2 months ago. I think it is the best car that Tesla sells! It is also cool to drive a unicorn! Since there are so few on the road and so few built, my resale value should be higher in the future (maybe?).
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  3976. I just hope you are right... 👍
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  3977. Loved the honey badger analogy!
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  3978.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Yes I have plenty of guns. Last name is Weatherby. The best price I got was $23k for 13000 kwh (year) I agree that being self sufficient is great. We are debt free, have a food forest in my back yard, harvest rainwater but the last item, solar, doesn't pencil out yet. But I learned from your video. Does CA still have the mandatory solar on new construction starting up this next year? That should help bring costs down. And I never thought of just having batteries as a back up. I'll check into that.
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  3979. How do you land on Mars in the dirt
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  3980. Good job on these vids. Keep it up lads <3
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  3981. Awesome video. Well done
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  3982. Forget powerwall. Get system based on Victron and 48V LiFePo4 batteries. Costs around 1.7k per 5kWh, you can size the inverters in parallel for as much power as you need. Invest 10k and size it up to more and more battery as you go and as you need. The Victron system is on-grid and able to run in "backup" mode - meaning island - if you have correct wiring and breakers/disconnectors. For a price of 2 PowerWalls, you can size a system with 30kWh storage with FAR superior SW.
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  3983. Just a heads up the mustang el camino is more commonly known as the ford ranchero, but hey awesome job on yer video!
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  3984. interesting concept!
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  3985. You convinced me to reserve it lol
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  3986. Hey! Just subbed a week ago or two, and have been loving the content! Thanks!
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  3987. Good video. :)
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  3988. Díky!
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  3989. Pretty awesome to be able to fit seven people and THEN a stroller in the back. Not sure from this video if a double stroller would fit but impressive nonetheless. Obviously you're not gonna put your 6' tall person in the back and, unless you're hauling a basketball team, you should be able to find a comfortable configuration for all passengers.
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  3990. A very nice and balanced review of the issue. I was a bit disappointed that you shifted all your analysis to hydrogen through electrolysis as it isn't being produced that way now. It would also have been useful to discuss the larger amount of energy used by this approach rather than breaking up hydrocarbons. All that aside, a good summary.
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  3991. For heating, cooling, and hot water have a look at heat pump boosted evacuated tube solar hot water with a hydronic climate control system. To send hot or chilled water to radiators throughout your house.
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  3992. Glad I Mentioned IT!🤔🤣🤣👊🏻
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  3993. "Homer Simpson could run this reactor (safely)" ... that is one hell of a bold statement.
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  3994. Ricky4Pres
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  3995. Thank-You Ricky & great show.
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  3996. right. i sit and think how far we have come in just what 20 30 years. imagine what will be available in the next 25 30 years.
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  3997. Great analysis, very informative, now I want to get one. thanks, Ricky!
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  3998. Great analysis.
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  3999. That picture of "all white males" (10:28) sure looks odd today. Still, they all being of same sex and ethnicity should not belittle what they've achieved.
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  4000. Thx a lot, this is very informative and helpful!! Good job guys!
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  4001. You say why starship it's big, I will tell you why Because it's big
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  4002. Joe Scott turned me on to you guys. Do you know if any companies are making Electric and or Self driving CONVERSION packages for existing cars?? I have a 2016 Hyundia Veloster, Stick, It would seem easy to use that car body to support a conversion, OR would the cost be the same to just buy a Tesla? Keep up the good work.
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  4003. How come the Bolt is rated at 200HP, and only go 91MPH? For reference, my Ford Fiesta ST, is rated at 180HP on 87 octane fuel, and 200LB ft of torque, It does 0-60 in 7 seconds, and has a top speed of 145MPH. So while I believe the Torque rating, I seriously doubt the HP rating. HP on a gasoline car is a good indicator of top speed, but on an electric car drops as MPH goes higher. In that sense, they should have suggested that the Bolt has about 70-75HP, as that's much closer to the same top speed as a smart for two... The torque sounds about right. The bolt has a lot more torque, but also a much higher weight.
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  4004.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Pay no attention to Murph. Your speech is fine. Better than fine. Murph probably speaks Cockney or Geordie. He will never be happy with your pronunciation.
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  4005. Do you have a problem squaring a line?📐
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  4006. Which Pound? A Pound is 500 grams in most Countries. Stick with 1000 grams.
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  4007. A great video and a great take on things. Sounds like all the Trump admin officials are saying no balloons came through during their time, so I guess we will have to wait for some proof on that topic. I don't understand why we didn't shoot it down before it entered Alaskan airspace? Does the military need Presidential approval to protect our borders in real-time? If so, pretty scary.
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  4008. Great presentation and GT is something I am very willing to invest in. There's a nut to crack first but I'm confident this will become mainstream in 20 to 40 years time.
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  4009. Great presentation
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  4010. camera man is vry impatient it seems. chill dude, stay steady.
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  4011. If an induction cooktop makes any noises, that's a quality problem. Proper functioning units should be silent and not have any coil whine.
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  4012. Thanks for doing this video.
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  4013. Can't wait to put that new 4680 in a flashlight 😂.
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  4014. In some countries we call tyres "cauchos"... Now I know why
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  4015. Love the video and the subject. Very good job explaining batteries vs. capacitors. However, you have a fact error. Graphene is the SECOND-strongest known material. Carbyne is the strongest known material in the universe, and interestingly, it is extremely insulative. It also is an excellent subjectfor another video.
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  4016. Very interesting video Makes you think.
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  4017. excellent video.
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  4018. You haven't mentioned the cost of inverters and safety elements.
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  4019. Incredible
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  4020. What’s the range hit on max payload or towing? Love the review. Thanks!
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  4021. kiryu nil was just following up on videos comment that Elon packs his batteries differently and reminded you of the real world consequences
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  4022. Roger Starkey links provided
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  4023. Is the pool sustainable? Just wondering, would it be more efficient to not have a pool at all?
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  4024. I wonder why running cooling through the solarcells isn't more common? They get more efficient if they don't get too hot, and you can use the hot water in your house! Linus from Linus Tech Tips got some with cooling, so they do exist!
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  4025. 7:25😊😊Your recommendations make perfect sense.
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  4026. This is so good
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  4027. Agreed, got my Model 3 at the Devon, PA location and through state farm my insurance increased by $350 a year...solely because i went from insuring a 2004 year vehicle to a 2018 vehicle.
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  4028. Fantastic video. Thank you for such great work!
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  4029. Great presentation. I had not envisioned this aspect of Tesla Insurance even though it is so obviously a major, if not the major, reason for it. FSD is a very important part of Elon"s sustainable energy / transport mission because it will reduce the number of cars on the road and those cars will be electric.
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  4030. Ricky? What happens to OUR weather balloons after their job is done?
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  4031. 🙋‍♂️THANKS RICKY ,🤗FOR SHARING THIS …GREAT IDEA 💡…BUT 🥹 NO SOLAR …IS A SHAME 😢💚💚💚
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  4032. Wonderful
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  4033. Important truths. Now how do we find a way to fix it without starting a mini WWIII? In respect of jury duty, HOW TRUE. I am an engineer also.
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  4034. Capture rain water from roof into tanks to irrigate your lawn
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  4035. Nice and informative
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  4036. February 11 Update; the 3rd known Canadian balloon was shot over Yukon. This is really quite puzzling and worrying. I agree with an earlier poster about Ch*na trying to test boundaries, and see what methods/technologies are used in retaliation. In some seemingly innocuous territories, they are forcing the country to reveal their hand so to speak.
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  4037. Great channel 👍
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  4038. Great objective video! I've used all the systems and I 100% support Radiant and Induction. As a kid I had coils, then in my 20s I noticed how slow and dangerous gas stoves were. Now I use my radiant stove, which I love. My realtor can't stop talking about gas stoves like it is some premium feature, but internally I'm shaking my head. Gas is a liability and I'll stick to using gas for just my water heater and HVAC.
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  4039. Looking forward to part 2!
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  4040. I'm glad Tesla gave up on the battery swap idea. Imaging a terrorist putting a bomb in a battery pack then swapping it out for a good one then driving away. Then the next unlucky bloke comes along and picks up the bomb drives on the highway and BOOM.
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  4041. This is a great channel. Keep this up.
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  4042. So green energy still doesn't work.
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  4043. Monthly gas bills being cheaper in the video ignores the extra upfront cost of adding in AC. Air source heat pumps providing heating and cooling have so much less upfront cost that gas plus ac can't win economically.
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  4044. Just what I 've been looking for. I will be ready in two years
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  4045. I saw another video from someone else who just showed highlights of Tesla's presentation. You showed some highlights too. However, YOU IMHO included a much needed explanation that made this more understandable to people who are not engineers like me. Thanks very much for doing this!
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  4046. Great video, really insightful.
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  4047. I know this is tater tots in the grand sweep of thing, but THANK YOU for the new factory video. After watching some of that old stuff for about the 500th time, it was really starting to grate.
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  4048. Thank you, Rickie!
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  4049. Im an army veteran
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  4050. Excellent overview, like your style.
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  4051. I enjoy your content and hope you keep making it, but the stats on birds is misleading. Cats kill way more birds because included in that tally are small birds that are quick to reproduce and generally not endangered in any way. Turbines take up so much habit and are a physical thread both to bats and larger, slow to reproduce birds like the golden eagle and whooping crane, which are endangered. You can learn more from Mike Shellenberger's excellent book, Apocalypse Never. The above info is from about page 182 in the book.
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  4052. I love engineering, I enjoyed this video, as always very detailed. thanks
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  4053. Great video!! Our family is in the same boat as you. I ordered the M3 LR last week and the down was 2500 and fully refundable. Checked a few days later and it’s 100 down non refundable. It was a 2 week wait when I ordered. Now it’s 8-10 week wait. I have 2 Hondas as well (pilot and fit) and a Prius. Can’t wait for delivery. Keep up the videos. Looking forward to hearing about your experiences. Cheers!!
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  4054. very exited
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  4055. You, your content and information, the only word can describe is awesome! Thank you.
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  4056. I'm looking forward to spending 15 minutes pulling 4 Gs followed by 15 minutes of 0 G in a vomit filled cabin and then pull 4 Gs for 15 minutes.
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  4057. Every Breakthrough is important
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  4058. Best part of the video is Ricky groaning when he temporarily shut off the power assist going up the hill!! Hysterical
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  4059. Thanks for this video. My family will fit exactly into this T M Y configuration: two forward facing car seats in the rear, two kids in the middle row without car seats, and two adults in the front. Nice.
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  4060. The red looks badass. I think I'm sold on the Y-Long Range Red.
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  4061. Wherever they make beer, there is a clean, green CO2 supply. Capture it for these plants and call it a day.
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  4062. The Future is going to be Awesome 😁
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  4063. There will be longer droughts. But when it does rain and snow, there will be way too much. Water is the most abundant element on our planet. Besides dirt. Which isn't really an element. But we must design and invest in ways to manage and distribute fresh water. We have the ability to do this. If we can do this with oil , then we can do it with water.
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  4064. HI, Remington!
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  4065. Thanks great video
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  4066. 8:50 To be pedantic: it is not called "degree Kelvin" ... but just "Kelvin" 🙂 100 °C is about 373.15 K
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  4067. very well done,..thanks!!!
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  4068. In Rwanda they stay high above the ground and the packages get yeeted out on a parachute. That probably protects it pretty well against most forms of violence and theft. The zipline package version also stays high above ground but the zipline itself could be pulled to pull it down. But because it brings the package to someone who ordered it and the drone is observed by an observer that probably solves a lot of problems compared to most autonomous drones that are navigating the streets and are unobserved.
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  4069. Great video mate. You covered it all very well. I guess most people want to know about the ROI. With any battery, that's a tough one. Solar only, is the fastest ROI. Batteries are more for piece of mind for power outages, and a side benefit is reduced power bills. I love the fact that if power goes off, and the sun is out, solar keeps working, and charging the battery too.
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  4070. It is always good to see those who profess their faith in Jesus Christ. God bless you for your open expression of your faith.
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  4071. They should make the one side facing the sun with solar panels.
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  4072. Great content, great presentation, clear and concise.
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  4073. 30% on fuel savings is huge but don’t you think in 15 years you could work on commercially viable green energy alternatives where fuel saving can be much higher returns? Why put resources on the same things when alternatives could result with much favourable outcomes. EVs are a good example.
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  4074. I liked the intrepid businessman in the red tesla. I wonder if he will study engineering?
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  4075. Great video! What brand are the floor mats in your friends M3LR and how do they fit? I’ve read that most of the aftermarket floor mats out there don’t fit well on the “2021”.
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  4076. When the distance hits +400miles on a charge. AND recharging becomes FAST in comparison to NOW. Ill consider. GREAT VIDEO!! I may not buy their car but I'll get there STOCK @ opening 😉
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  4077. I wonder what would happen if you grew your beard out👀
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  4078. Great video!
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  4079. i reserved one
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  4080. Thank you. Important
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  4081. Thnx for the info :)
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  4082. Nice decision!
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  4083. Love this well done and well researched
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  4084. The Hyundai Kona comparison
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  4085. Great video, enjoy your channel. The pronouncement of Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe is "Skaah-rinn-ge" Thank you & keep up the great work. 🤘
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  4086. now i wonder when someones gonna pull a Hubert J. Farnsworth and try make a giant flywheel at one of the poles of the earth that's powered by the earths rotational velocity
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  4087. Great explanations !
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  4088. This video has nothing to do with tesla. There isn't a thing said in this video which doesn't affect eletric cars as a whole.
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  4089. Ooooooh yeah, can't wait I can't wait I can't wait!!!!
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  4090. What’s this thing here 08:11 on the roof? I always see them in factories 🏭 and huge old buildings same goes for old houses. Is it a mini windmill or it’s just some “air brick like” old technology?. I have always been curious but I never got the chance to ask anyone.
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  4091. Another AWESOME VID. Where have u been,haven't see u that much?
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  4092. Fantastic analysis thank you
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  4093. This video turned me into a Ford fanboy.
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  4094. Very nice video Ricky, have a look at there hydrogen combustion engine , h2 ice won't beat the ev but at least us car love can still work on ours vehicle without emitting to much
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  4095. The title is click-bait, but the content is very solid. Very thought povoking.
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  4096. Best airplane as a passenger.
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  4097. Yes!
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  4098. Excellent breakdown. Thanks!
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  4099. I just bought into the power home solar system. I wanted a battery backup instead of a generator. Installation was fast and good. The installers were great. The concierge never contacted me till I sent emails to them. That is not near as bad as the next thing. I am new to solar but I was told I would get a 26 percent $14,000.00 (something) dollar energy tax credit to pay down my system and lower my monthly payments. Well that's not true in Indiana if your retired. Your social security is not taxable. You need to have earned more than the energy tax credit to get that amount returned. Which I didn't. To get the energy tax credit. I contacted my sales man. he acted kinda surprised. The system works like it is advertised So If your retired with no taxable income don't fall for this. Unless you are young and have a large income.
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  4100. for all thunderfoot fans: you made me suffer through thundershit video, just wanna ask, what do you know about him? is he a scientist? or just a clickbaiter? does he put any articles or sources in the description? or just his patreon? Does he explain anything scientific or just calls bs on what is convenient for him? really i would like to know what makes you believe in thunderfoots clickbait bs more then in real article from MIT?
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  4101. Do away with roads. Car’s should fly. Problem solved. Just think how much CO2 reduction you would get by not making all that concrete to begin with. Just think how much land we could reclaim back to nature. Just think about all the ground pollution we could solve by doing away with asphalt road surfaces. All the oil and tar mix that we lay on the ground every year. VTOL vehicles are the answer to many of these problem.
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  4102. Great insights young man. Subscribed!
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  4103. If you are lucky enough to be solar off grid with enough resources to support induction, the price of electricity becomes irrelevant. Just in process of migrating away from gas for hot water, heating and cooking requirements.
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  4104. Great video! really good info!
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  4105. It is interesting to think what the next generations will be able to take advantage of.
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  4106. Always a great show and getting better as time goes by!
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  4107. Nice property, especially the garden & the plants(greenery).
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  4108. Thank you!
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  4109. If electricity can power skyscrapers it can power a truck. I’m sold..
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  4110. Suggestion for a video: Tesla Model 3 depreciation - SR+ vs AWD LR vs Performance and is upgrading your Tesla at Tesla a good idea? PS: I have a 6 months young (5000miles) SR+. Many thx from Belgium Ricky ;)
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  4111. First view of your channel. Excellent content, presentation and production value. I’ll return often.
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  4112. I think you are absolutely correct! Elon Musk and his know hows would be perfect! Great insight on your part for figuring out a good path forward for Tesla and Elon musk!
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  4113. Overall, cool. However, every product has tradeoffs. Covering them would make an even better video.
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  4114. Quite fair explanation/hypothesis on the different concepts. Good to hear your fact based and neutral way of reporting, and your appreciation for solutions that might not be your personal choice. That's what we need. So thanks for that.
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  4115. We will NOT see a fusion reactor in my lifetime. Maybe 50 years. we need to be careful were to spend money. in the energy sector. We do need to spend money in population reduction. This will bring the CO2 under control.. Less people Less pollution.
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  4116. wow this is an amazing informative video!
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  4117. Excellent Report Electric Mining Equipment powered by SMRs is the (un)limiting factor.
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  4118. Thanks for posting this. Like hearing real world examples that aren't from sales people Is there a type/brand that you've heard of that may work better in lower light? Also I was told that since I live in WA state, I need to find panels that are made in WA to obtain maximum tax benefits
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  4119. I was about to call you out on the 20 railcars of LNG equaling the Hiroshima bomb....but the math checks out (energy vs explosive capability is a different story). LNG is roughly 10x the energy per kg of TNT which is how bomb yield is typically calculated. It would be about 151 railcars of TNT to equal Hiroshima....only ~20 of LNG. Wild!
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  4120. GREAT TEACHING!
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  4121. Point-to-point rocket trips on Earth was never a serious proposal, just a quip from Musk. SpaceX is not "abandoning" the idea so much as making it clear that it never seriously considered in the first place. Safety is obviously the main concern, there is no way Starship would get to the reliability of air travel in any reasonable amount of time, nor does it need to. The conditions for rocket launches are also extremely restrictive with launches being scrubbed all the time due to weather. Are you going to delay a 1-hour trip by 3 days waiting for the skies to clear? This never made any sense.
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  4122. Love how I've said it for 6 years balloon drones would be next step in warfare if I had to bet it was test of effectiveness with intention of figuring out if it is doable to carry payload big over a rival country.
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  4123. just picked up a 2020 Stealth, red color, 6k miles, FSD enabled for $53k! Thank you CarMax for screwing up and listing the car as a long range and have NO IDEA what FSD is and how much it cost :)
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  4124. Thanks for the great content! Can you look into producing water with dehumidifiers. Pumping water from a humid place to other areas free of contaminates while hopefully not changing any environment it is taken from. Moving flood waters the environment could not take that volume of water without serious effects on wildlife. Maybe moving a snail that is poisonous to local wildlife. As dehumidifiers produce sterile water it's more safe all around.
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  4125. The mark of a great manager is someone that listens to their engineers, especially in the face of critical issues
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  4126.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Yes you did. Love your videos. Cheers.
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  4127. Wow man you did a great job with this clip. I do have one criticism but also I think you are outsmarting the algorithm? You used the word "anarchists!" if you used the real word YouTube/google would probably defund you.
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  4128. thanks for the video! this really helps me my choice, this is the right car for my family
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  4129. Thanks Ricki. :)
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  4130. Nice presentation for the general public. Thanks
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  4131. I think for high value cargo, that is not time sensitive, this would be a great alternative. Also, HAVE. To have multiple routes going each direction… Could see tunneling to help protect cargo from elements, extreme weather and pirating (criminal activity). Maybe batched shorter trains, like theses 32 containers need to be on a ship that is leaving first, so they have to get going now, while these thousands of others are not leaving for a few days so can be used to fill the short trains to capacity. AI or some algorithm should be able to optimize this. The straighter and flatter the train route, the faster and more reliable, again suggesting tunnels…
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  4132. How can you get out off the grid?
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  4133. Great vid! Very informative!
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  4134. I CANT believe that 2012 was 10 years ago !
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  4135. I was thinking about this yesterday.
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  4136. Ricky: I have enjoyed all of your videos that I have watched. I guess you could call me a frustrated hippie, I graduated H S in 69 but became an engineer. However, I have always had this Mother Earth News side to me, thinking about how to do things better. Elon has the drive and the resources to do what I would have loved to. He has a company that can quickly put together needed items like the ventilators. Very admirable. However, don''t ever think that the old U S industrial giants can't do the same thing. I was part of that for many years, there are a lot of forward thinking highly intelligent people working for old school companies ran by bean counters. The fastest way to drive innovation out of a company is to put a bean counter (Roger Smith) in charge. However, rewind to WWII, the arsenal of democracy. Ford, GM, Chrysler, and the rest of the industrial base of the US won that war. That get it done spirit is still there, as witnessed by the call to arms issued as a response to our latest crisis. Tesla was not the only company that jumped on the bandwagon. Living near Detroit, which was the center of the arsenal of democracy, that same spirit was alive and well in Michigan's commercial and industrial companies. With the right leadership, these organizations can perform equally as well as Tesla, we need to clone Elon to lead more of our companies and get government out of the way and let these companies fly. Challenge them, they will excel. I don't blame you for your admiration of Tesla, I'm with you. Just don't count out the US industries, I know what they can do.
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  4137. Great video, Thanks again!
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  4138. Subscribed! Thank you for sharing! We have similar solar projects here in Idaho on our Lucky Dog Farms channel.
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  4139. What a great video!!!
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  4140. why not cover every home, parking lot, and commercial roof with the panels? and they could supply batteries that could sell back power across the world? can we start there? whats the math on that?.
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  4141. This is why my TT project is so vital, civilization needs to be mobile.
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  4142. Not sure where you guys are from, but here in NZ, we've had those 3 kinds of recycled bins for decades now. No car cities are fantastic, that's been the case for Melbourne city in Australia for years and why it often gets voted one of the top cities in the world.
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  4143. I really enjoy solar panel and battery news! Mahalo for bringing the latest info!
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  4144. Excellent presentation, thought provoking, factual and excellent graphics. Have subscribed, thank you.
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  4145. 4:40 i thought i was gonna get rick rolled
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  4146. Very good video as usual. Great details as well. I love my Tesla Model 3 and Model X and working on getting the Roadster.
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  4147. Great content keep it coming you da best ma man
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  4148. Think of the reduced cost of windpower.
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  4149. We're they still allowing you to climb all up through it? I spent nearly a day there- as an engineer, getting, to do that and viewing it from so many angles, was just incredible.
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  4150. well done
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  4151. I'm waiting for the REVERSE ROSWELL explanation ....IT WAS A U.F.O. Lets call "Balloons" low altitude satellites ! The Russians already determined an elevation and launched a rocket based satellite that placed into orbit and was detonated to create a debris field to poison an ORBITAL to other satellite systems.......weaponizing SPACE in response to thee STARWARS DEFENSE SYSTEM of Ronnie RAYGUNS..... BUT it is also a consequence of the Space Program and cluttering up orbit with man made debris and WASTE.....what goes up....MUST COME DOWN......at some point !!! PEOPLE DO NOT THINK THINGS THROUGH !!!
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  4152. I am so sorry I love fishing where the fish are real and can be eaten too.
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  4153. Thanks for this introduction to TPV. Eventually a viable technology will be developed that we can actually use to capture the abundant energy that hits the earth for routine use. Keep us informed!
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  4154. donated to a great cause. I wish this video was played on the big tv networks. It would save having to contradict all these barroom experts who know f*ck all. Very informative, but preaching to the converted. Great show Ricky. Keep em comin.
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  4155. Man I have thought about this sonamny times over the years it's is possible even if we just run new pipes along oil pipelines
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  4156. This is actually what i want to work on
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  4157. thank you. exactly what I wanted to see.
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  4158. This basilica is a wonder to behold. A visit is a must.
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  4159. Keeps the kids busy… … and when the government comes & tells you that public swimming is illegal for months [like the crazies & whackos did during covid], you can still get non-impact exercise & occupy your time!
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  4160. Awesome Content
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  4161. So when does Tesla buy Niron Magnetics?
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  4162. This is how Tesla is different than every other car companies once they have built the best car in the world they Pull it apart and look how to do it better other car companies rest on their laurels and get interested in making money and so they are static and don’t really advance more power to Tesla
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  4163. Great video and great facts! This is very eye opening, and I can't wait to see more EVs on the road.
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  4164. It would be very nice to have a gasoline powered battery.
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  4165. Really like watching your videos. Lots of really great information. Maybe I heard it wrong but it sounded like you said "nobull" prize instead of "nobell" prize. ...Just an FYI
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  4166. The US shot down a satellite with a jet launched missile... almost 40 years ago. Why do you think it would be difficult to hit a balloon at 120k feet if the US, China, Russia, and India have already demonstrated anti-sat weapons?
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  4167. Twenty cents per kwH in California is high. I'm in LA and pay 18 cents. But night time rates are lower.
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  4168. Love this Ricky!!! Thanks again for your straight up analysis.
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  4169. Thank you for this video and the very detailed break down of the information. I live in North Dakota, and I have been a little concerned about my LR AWD Model 3 order due to the often brutal winters here. This video provided great information that I can use once I have my Model 3, and how to optimize it for use during the winter. As the video points out, here in ND standard 120V 15 Amp outlet chargers are common in most of the parking lots here, and I will be able to use them to help keep the battery a little warm when the wind chill or temp is about -5 to -30 below 0 (Fahrenheit). Great job, and keep up the hard work!
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  4170. Thank you again Ricky for your fabulously thought-provoking videos, the Iron-Air batteries seem ideal as base-load supplies, the exact area where fossil fuel plants still find their place, even with solar & wind. However, the low power density is a major stumbling block as your 1MWh TeslaWall with room to spare in your garage analogy brilliantly illustrates.  Well, unless your garage is 1.3 acres. 😉 The Tesla-based Hornsdale energy storage in South Australia has a capacity of 194MWh, so even with the denser 3MWh/acre Iron-Air batteries, it's going to need substantially more real estate. In any case, transmission losses from large remote storage incur losses & the length makes them vulnerable to damage/failure. I'd be very interested to know the capacity of the washing machine-sized modules & how many would be needed for domestic storage.  The price might be right, but I fear that they may be too bulky, as the popularity of high-density living will be problematic for strong Iron-Air storage uptake. Perhaps install the modules underground before pouring a concrete driveway? 💡
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  4171. Thanks! that was super helpful to see especially with the kid stroller.
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  4172. Well produced and informative video, forwarded to my friends and family.
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  4173. I'm a 25 year veteran trucker. Accidents like this is why I refuse to haul hazmat.
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  4174. Great info, great presentation. The depth was just right for me. I'd also be interested in an even more in depth 200 level presentation.
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  4175. Tesla Model 3s are currently being delivered within two weeks after ordering. I have two friends who both received their Model 3s within 2 weeks of ordering (November, 2018)
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  4176. You have a new subscriber. Great channel
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  4177. Great video! This is exactly what I was looking for. I wish you should your double stroller fitting, but great video.
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  4178. Mega! Great explanation and graphics!
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  4179. Liked and new subscriber! Eventually, there will be no carbon footprint! As long as solar, wind, hydro and geothermal can energy pay for themselves, their buildup to the inverse of their capacity factors and their energy storage. Granted, they can work together, especially with longer powerlines, reducing the need to build up to their inverse capacity factors, which would give higher overall E-ROI. What would be really cool, though, would be space solar power... and lots of it! We will be able to, once again, not worry about our energy usage.
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  4180. Amazing!!
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  4181. If you want to experience rocket building and orbital maneuvres first hand, try "Spaceflight simulator" on android.
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  4182. Really great presentation👏👏
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  4183. GOOD VIDEO!
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  4184. Thanks Ricky, learned a little.
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  4185. The insurance cost on telsa is because it has so much safety features, and a good safety record. All trims have automatic emergency braking, 5 star crash rating in every category, and tons of air bags.
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  4186. Once Solid state batteries go mainstream and production ramps up massively hydrogen will be obsolete...at least for cars. For cargo ships and cruise ships it will be the future with solar power for local production of hydrogen from ocean water.
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  4187. genuine question couldn’t we dried out the salt water brine and use said salt to eat and season food with?
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  4188. Awesome video
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  4189. iluv the ending !
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  4190. Nice video!
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  4191. Bring back slide rules!
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  4192. TY
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  4193. Awesome work! And inspiration!
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  4194. This video needs to be fact checked and run on a television show for the entire state to see. Great job on this. 🇺🇸
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  4195. The reason the CCP is using “balloons” for spying is that they have a “civilian excuse” if discovered, but in China NOTHING is “private nor civilian” literally ALL & EVERYTHING is state controlled!!! (We simply tend to forget this and compare china with western countries..)
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  4196. Eavor said even if we use geothermal for ALL of humanity’s needs the Sun will go cold before we effect the earths core
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  4197. This finding may have some relevance to photosynthetic efficiency!
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  4198. Over 15 minutes is a long video for ONE question....
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  4199. Thank you for a solar video even I can understand. You would be a great teacher.
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  4200. We don't need or use AC in Vermont.... It's only hits 90 or over once a year if we're lucky.. Much more likely to be below freezing for months on end....
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  4201. THANKS RICKI …🤗 WE LOVE ❤️ YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND SHARING THIS INFO. LIKE YOU SAID SO MANY POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE 🤗👍 And TESLA WILL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL…WHEN IT MATURES …IMHHO 😁💚💚💚
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  4202. Aluninium and not Aluminum, that got my attention also, hearing it as well as seeing it spelt that way! Great insight and research. Cheers!
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  4203. Thanks for this video! I have a wife and 4 little girls so I needed to know what it could do!
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  4204. Good introduction video to SSB
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  4205. Awesome video & really enjoyed the animations / graphics!!
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  4206. Since the base model $35k M3 comes with all the Hardware for the Enhanced Auto Pilot and full autonomous mode Too be Enabled if the original owner or secondary owners could pay to have the option turned on down the road. You must include cost of hardware into to base vehicle cost. As part of the assumed $2,000 profit. when you choose to have one or both features turned on it becomes 100% profit. Btw: if the 400,000 reservation holders are truly waiting for a model (T) 3 base vehicle we will see a crap load of black model 3’s on the road next year. So while the price for base starts at $35K a very small percentage will actually be sold in model (T) 3 configuration. Almost everyone will add options. I figure the real base Model 3 price at delivery in about $42K-$45K range.
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  4207. Fantastic summary! Thanks
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  4208. Nice job. And I agree about the stupid naming. . . As GM did with the Bolt.
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  4209. Amazing video. It could be in a college course.
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  4210. Hey, the title of the vid says What This and I think you meant Watch This.
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  4211. Can you do a video on fuel vapor systems
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  4212. Awesome. Can't wait to see this new series.
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  4213. Great video - thank you!
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  4214. I will replace my system with a heat pump… thanks for the research 🧐👍🏽
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  4215. I've had 6KW of solar for 15 years. My Sunnyboy inverters require replacement after about 8 years but easily pay for themselves. Have saved thousands of $ over the years.
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  4216. Great video. Glad you covered this. I am a Nuclear Scientist and have been trying to speak out against the false claims of these nuclear battery companies. There are ways to extract energy from high level waste where it can "theoretically" become more energy dense than lithium ion batteries, but it's just theory right now. Still, companies and individuals (including myself) are working on it. When using anything but mono-decay radionuclides like H-3 and C-14, shielding always becomes an issue. It's not impossible, just a challenge. A lot of pieces need to come together for these to work (semiconductor physics, material science, nuclear waste cycle, regulatory environment, etc).
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  4217. Interesting. Thanks! Potential pilot project: move water from East Kansas to West Kansas.
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  4218. Question for you.... im considering some of these units with a smart panel. Would you consider this a great alternative to a tesla power wall for energy reduction?
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  4219. When you said @Fully Charged is one of your favorite channel => wooop pak, click subscribe to this channel as well. Keep going BOYS!
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  4220. Awesome video and lots of good info... but you lost me after two min...:-( to many numbers and I felt stupid. lol great job
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  4221. It is good to see a youtuber that knows how to use a spreadsheet.
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  4222. Interesting thoughts
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  4223. Like full self driving cars, the devil is in the edge cases. Being 99% reliable is great except for the 1%. Elon is fond of blissful notions that help him get out of bed but reality is often quite different. Perhaps we will fly around the planet in a hour reliably someday but I doubt Starship is that platform.
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  4224. wow that's cool... Really cool. Almost superconductor-cool.
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  4225. I applaud your attitude about looking into heat pumps. I question the idea of multiple individual units. What is really needed is a centralized heat pump system that can supply all the needs in your home thusly taking advantage of load diversity between individual units and assuring that no one unit is fighting against any other. Sort of like you find in large industrial building that have centralized chillers. Another subject you might like to investigate are the absorption chillers that can run on thermal solar or excess heat. I remember a few years back there were a handful if that of companies trying to bring a residential unit to market. Those combined with hot and cold storage masses could really be game changers.
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  4226. Excellent & fun review Ricky!
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  4227. thumbs up for the details.
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  4228. I've considered a switch from gas to induction. There's more than getting a 220v outlet installed. You should remove the gas piping too. This means not only an electrician but also a plumber. The logistics are quite complicated.
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  4229. You pay HOW MUCH per kWh in San Diego?! OMG. I've paid on average like $0.07/kWh in TX for the last 7.5 years. I think the last contract I got was $0.09/kWh. Would this be a smart thing to get in TX? In CA it seems like a no-brainer, but where I live it doesn't seem very smart financially-speaking. Any advice? Solar seems super interesting and TX has a ton of sunshine year-round as well.
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  4230. I love cooking on gas, but my house of 20 years only has electric. I finally gave in and bought an induction range and I love it. It's the closest I've ever used to cooking on gas and it's SO FAST.
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  4231. Thank You! Awesome video.
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  4232. You're assuming gas doesn't jump by 30+% at some point in there. Gas prices can be very volatile. I'd be interested in the cost in Europe where gas is like $15/ gallon. Maintenance wise, owning an EV myself, I'd say the costs for the Tesla are inflated by a lot. I've spent nothing on maintenance in 25,000 miles in my Leaf. (I rotate the tires myself and I'll change the cabin filter on my own this fall.) but even at $20/rotation I'd be at $100 for the year. Much cheaper than if I needed 5 oil changes in the same amount of time.
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  4233. I find it funny how Tesla didn't get any positive media attention here in Michigan, but the F-150 lightening was suddenly being advertised as the greatest thing in the world. Ford even paid to have Biden check one out.
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  4234. That so weird! I just learned something new! Weird but interesting!
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  4235. Perhaps a simplified version that can be applied to anchors and winches?
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  4236. Thanks you so much
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  4237. Congrtas bro
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  4238. Love this content. Keep it up!
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  4239. I recently heard an expert in International Law that sovereign air space does not go on forever and infarct the upper limit is around 60,000ft, any object above 60,000ft is considered no-mans land and as such destroying such object could be classed as a breach of international law. But then again, when has the U.S ever felt obliged to obey any laws.
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  4240. Dam dude what a awesome video 👌👍
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  4241. Just wondering if these new magnets may be applied to nuclear fusion, too...
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  4242. Your subjects and information are terrific…however, one suggestion may I make…I’m a senior…my hearing and comprehension aren’t what they used to be…so I find it difficult to absorb all the phenomenal information you present, without having to press pause…because, for me, it’s a combination of your speaking fast…and your sentences which seem to have a ‘blend in’ tone throughout the presentation …but I enjoy your channel…just saying…
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  4243. What do you think about the AuREUS Solar cells which are made from aggrarcultural waste
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  4244. You are such a Great Dad! ty!
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  4245. Awesome info .. TY for sharing..
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  4246. great video as usual. I hope Sony finally kicks you some of that PS5 or PS6 $$$
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  4247. How about including LPG (Propane) cook stoves in your comparison? Here in Chile only major cities use natural gas...all other areas use "Gas Licuado" (Propane) delivered in various sized portable tanks... the most popular being 33 pounds, which one can have IN THE HOUSE for cooking and portable space heating (as well as on-demand domestic hot water.
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  4248. Excellent balanced video
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  4249. 👏
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  4250. Thanks for the video. Super, super helpful!
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  4251. The picture describing stage separation and starship going to space is very misleading. It should be circular and very close to Earth because it will be going to the low Earth orbit (LEO).
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  4252. But couldn't you just light a candle and place solar cells around it...
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  4253. Just to be clear, this was a joke...
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  4254. great informative video - love your enthusiasm -- subbed.
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  4255. Great video, very informative 👍
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  4256. Gracias por la información.
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  4257. That was a step back for sure when Tesla removed the cards at the bottom left of the screen. But! They brought them back! And the seat heater icons are back on the bottom row too. Also I was fine with just AP except for the occasional Phantom Braking which scared me, y wife and the guy that was tailgating me. But with the latest version, I'm hoping it's gone but we'll see over time. I took a flyer when I ordered the YLR but back then it was $53,990 and now that same configuration is around $65K! You'll love the extra room and you may not even need the Performance version as I usually smoke anything going. Cheers.
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  4258. Nice relaxing vid
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  4259. I'm in a very similar situation as you. Both vehicles paid off, don't drive a lot, and detest the traditional dealership experience (nightmare). I've wanted a new car for a while, but haven't gone through with it because I can't stand stealerships. Now I'm to the point where I need a new car because my current one is no longer reliable. I've also never driven a Tesla, but I ordered my Model 3 just last week. I subscribed so I can follow your Tesla journey. Here's to getting assigned a VIN soon, and taking delivery in 2019!
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  4260. Not ugly OR cool, but ugly AND cool. I think you are right in your assessment
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  4261. Great explanation
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  4262. Great video. The closest 3-wheeler available right now that serves the same purpose of commuting is the BRP Can-Am Spyder. No cabin or airbags or a/c but it gets you there! Helmet and rider jacket highly advised.
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  4263. GAF solar shingles???
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  4264. I agree about the grid is not a battery you should always get battery with solar when upgrading your house to alternative energy.
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  4265. I love the Freakonomics books!
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  4266.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Customer Experience and applied for self driving research next! Thank you for the great content, I may be able to refer viewers to work with me soon, will verify! 🌞
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  4267. Thank you for the explanation, even as a non-engineer I found this interesting and easy to follow. My biggest question related to ALL experimental vehicles is this; why don't they test these things remotely instead of placing a human pilot inside? Especially with a submersible, couldn't they just attach a steel cable from the boat and run a wire down for remote control (I'm pretty sure radio waves don't travel very well through water, but could be wrong)?
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  4268. Great video! Thank you!
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  4269. We have a first gen model 3 bought July 2018. We also have solar and Powerwall. The experience has changed our lives. It gives us power independence and the cost of using a Tesla is near zero. I just checked and over the last 15 months, my wife has spent $84 on supercharging due to numerous trips for work out of town. The rest of the time, we charge at home and the solar provides most of that. My monthly electric bill is $20.54 only for a meter connection. Like you, I was a gear head and have owned Jaguar XK-E's and Datsun Z cars with manual transmissions most of my life.. The one pedal driving of a Tesla is an incredible change and makes driving really relaxing. The safety features also make you feel good as there have many accidents where people in Teslas literally walked away where the other driver didn't. You won't be disappointed. Welcome to the Tesla family. BTW, I teach computer science at a local college.
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  4270. I imagine the place where these are made looks like level in Titanfall 2 where you're inside the house factory.
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  4271. AWESOME VID
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  4272. This was really informative but somehow not boring, thanks for this!
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  4273. I'm so glad that I got off the grid. I have had solar panels for 3 years, and they have paid for themselves. I didn't need but 300 watts and a good generator to back that up.
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  4274. What about a steel factory!? It makes a lot of heat.
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  4275. Good video Ricky
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  4276. Nice video but your conclusion is incorrect based on history and similar tactics Japan utilized to fly balloons into Montana during WWII. Check out our video on this topic.
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  4277. Great video 👍🏻
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  4278. I like it but integrating a blimp and wings will increase payload and reduce power needed in propulsion. This is a blimp with wings as part of the gondola.
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  4279. San Diego represent
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  4280. I allready subscribed to Matt channel a few weeks ago.👍
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  4281. Great job.
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  4282. Lovely & informative video. Thanks
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  4283. I watched to the end because you made it so interesting. You didn’t even need to ask and promise it would be worth it. It was!! Even the commercial break was entertaining :)
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  4284. I like the way you think..very well put
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  4285. go science!
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  4286. Dude I love your ch. BUT you do not represent 99.9% of us . Most of us love the outdoors but are not on trails/roads like that. and we like our 2A rights. please try and incorporate.
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  4287. Man... your framing is making my OCD goes nuts! The only thing that really matters to me is you...and your content, your background is beautiful but I kind of don't care if it's perfectly photographed ... so what about put yourself in the center of the frame, look in my eyes and have a conversation! Ps.: I love your content!
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  4288. one huge issue - NOX emissions
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  4289. I don’t think the people if “Inner Earth” would like this idea.
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  4290. Thanks.
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  4291. Will the zipline lowering cable be made of graphene so it's super strong and light? Gotta including graphene in your promises.😸
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  4292. Great episode. Never thought of a nuclear battery but now when you described it, pretty interesting concept. Thank you.
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  4293. Your statement about road tripping with a non-Tesla is exactly why I sold my F-150 Lightning only a month and a half after delivery last summer and bought another Model Y. The charging network even around town was terrible and with the battery pack so large it took forever to recharge (48hrs on AC, 10hrs on Pro Station if it doesn’t overheat).
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  4294. great info!
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  4295. Love this - very informative!
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  4296. Got me thinking now
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  4297. Wow what a great video! Way more spacious than I thought. Definitely persuaded me to go that route when buying my wife the model y this year 🔥👏🏼
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  4298. You have thoroughly expressed my concerns being a FSD owner. What will it really be, and what about regulation? If it becomes political yikes! Keep up the great work
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  4299. Thanks for sharing this 👍😀
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  4300. Carbon capture is another potential thing that could be combined with this concept to make it more economic and capture carbon
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  4301. Very thoroughly researched and well explained. From that perspective it’s easier to understand Porsche’s choices and results. Kudos to you...
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  4302. Really nice balance from an enthusiast, non-engineer view. As Toyota among others seems to always be looking at hydrogen fuel cells as an end goal, would like to see an in depth pro/con comparison looking at technical/scalability/safety/cost etc. Think it was Sandy Monroe who said Toyota was way out ahead on energy density re fuel cells, so how does that figure at this point is a piece of the discussion. Like your show and thanks!
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  4303. It boggles my mind that in 2022 we still pump poisonous gas into our homes.
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  4304. Two bit da Vinci “This is not political so I don’t know why people are blaming Pete buttigugde” also two bit da Vinci “It’s trumps fault. Thank god for Joe Biden”
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  4305. Loved this video 😊!
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  4306. Pass the shavings on to you. 📉😎📈
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  4307. More and more cars have bolt-in kits available, with everything you need to install yourself. Beetles, Minis, Fiat 500s, Porsche 356, a lot of cars. When you consider how much it can cost to rebuild an engine for a fairly rare car where parts are hard to find ... I can see how going electric can be a good choice.
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  4308. Subscribe..
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  4309. I’m worried that the same irrational scolds who stop nuclear will find a “reason” that this is unacceptable.
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  4310. These engines can burn green ammonia, for net-zero transportation. 🤓👍
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  4311. GREAT review!
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  4312. Excellent video. Something I have been wondering for a while.
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  4313. Thanks for this one....your thorough walk through has made me a little more interested in getting one next time I replace!
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  4314. Two Bit da Vinci if the second video is anywhere near as good as the first I definitely will.
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  4315. Oh but we do have a plane that can get that high! It’s called an sr71 blackbird. They are in storage now, but the fighter version can be ready in a few days, and can get right up next to those damn balloons.
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  4316. The best video for tesla 7 seater
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  4317. Horizontal velocity is a massive part of going to orbit, and getting out of the thick atmosphere. Distance from the surface is only one small part of the equation.
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  4318. Dang Ricky. You asked great questions
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  4319. I cook a lot and I’ve come to hate my gas range because it’s such a royal pain in the butt to clean especially if something has boiled over or grease or food has gotten into the burners.
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  4320. 13:27 Holy shit. I was complaining about 11 cents a few weeks ago... Good god man!
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  4321. “if you can sell excess power” is the key phrase you said, to make one of the main cases of CCAs, community choice aggregation.
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  4322. This felt like a Tesla advert, considering we are really talking about Panasonic battery technology, but the company Panasonic was not mentioned once.
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  4323. sub'd. flywheels rock. mech eng here
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  4324. This is very interesting please keep us informed with their progress
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  4325. Love the practical video and the finish was really cool. 🙂
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  4326. Great Great video!!...The best!!..Thank you
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  4327. Your cameraman deserves a raise for filming that on a one wheel. Do you have great insurance as well? 😅
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  4328. @TwoBitDaVinci let’s get them thinking about this beaut on a Trike! 🏍️
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  4329. A "Mr. Cool" mini split would be perfect for that room.
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  4330. The Sharrow prop and the MIT prop are based on two entirely different concepts operating in two entirely different fluids, which explains why the results are so different. I keep on seeing them mentioned together, without there being any technical reason for that.
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  4331. Why can’t they just use rusty old men to store electricity ⚡️
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  4332. Been waiting for this video and I'm glad that you guys did not disappoint! Well done!!
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  4333. I reserved one. It’s the future people. Also, made in the USA!
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  4334. It's funny you think the airport industry is any different than the railroads. They're currently having issues due to data or electrical outages. Planes are almost running into each other. Pilots have talked about being overworked for years.
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  4335. Thumbs up for content and those sweet swords.
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  4336. I'm researching going solar and have been watching peoples videos about there experience with solar. You have good videos with a good experience for a beginner- novice. Thank you
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  4337. Another fantastic and informative video. Keep them coming guys, the world needs to know this stuff!
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  4338. in your first video you mentioned you would be showing us about battery recycling in the Part 2 video. Is there another video coming that has it?
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  4339. another job well done! Thank you very much. I love my Model 3 :)
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  4340. Thank you.
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  4341. This is the first time I've encountered this narrator. I'm impressed.
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  4342. Great video. I am checking out your second channel. Are you doing anything on battery day?
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  4343. Amazing what could be built all those years ago. I hope to see it one day.
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  4344. Your channel is definitely one of the best. Keep it up.
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  4345. Insulate, insulate , insulate . Cool in summer warm in winter reduced energy requirement ... passive house .
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  4346. I would love to use solar but don't know if it makes sense in the Northern US. It would be good to do a study on where it does and does-not make sense. Thanks for the great video.
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  4347. Once you get water to run out of one end, you get the siphon effect, and you won't need to continue to run the pump. If the pipes are always full, then they just need to be primed for the water to travel in the direction needed to flow. It is good that someone is finally talking about MY idea.
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  4348. This was excellent!! I'm just starting to plan an off grid system to power the water well and refrigeration. I will definitely look into Eco Flow. Thanks!
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  4349. Desalination Plants are the way to go...just capture the salt...not pollute the ocean!
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  4350. Start building the Geo Thermal Power Plants NOW. Let's not wait until we have to.
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  4351. i think molten salt reactor would be a safer bet. what you think?
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  4352. Your air conditioner is a heat pump? Spoken like someone who lives in California and assumes almost everyone, almost everywhere, has an air conditioner, I guess? I live somewhere with a mild climate year round (typically mildly warm in the summers, typically mildly cool in the winters), and I know lots of people with heat pumps. But they all got them to replace their heating systems (usually oil furnaces, very few people use natural gas for.... well, for much of anything around these parts). They consider the cooling as a bonus, as most of them didn't have any kind of cool air conditioning before replacing their heating system with a heat pump. The life assumptions of your Californian perspective showed through in several comments in your video. Not a criticism, just a caution/opportunity to genericize your videos a little to a wider audience. :) I am excited for this video series, as I know tonnes of people with heat pump systems for centralized heating, but I know no one with any heat pump appliances yet (but I've been looking at them with curiosity/interest!).
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  4353. cooking water without a lid on doesn't seem very efficient... anyways I've lived in a camper the last 7 years and therefor have been using a gas stove and are also using the gas for heating, and now I love using gas, and as you said, it's very cheap! I have a induction stove like you do but got mine as a Christmas present, I only use it if I run out of gas. The high sound pitch does annoy me quite a bit and also I noticed that it doesn't work with all my pans because they aren't magnetic, but I think it didn't even work with my stainless steel ones. Pretty annoying. I recently had to move in with a friend because I found mold in my camper and had to get used to using a stove that I suppose is a radiant heat. Because all pans work on it, it's just a glass top. But I had big problems with getting used to how long it took for it to get warm. I don't see myself changing away from gas anytime soon. Btw, I live in Sweden so I believe we have butane gas here instead, I don't know what difference it makes though.
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  4354. Your speech rate and voice quality is on point! great video man, I appreciate your hard work and effort put into this video.
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  4355. Outstanding presentation! Thank you!
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  4356. Enjoying the new series!
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  4357. Excellent video! Thanks for that. My question is, you said you have a Cybertruck reservation. Are you going to follow through in buying it or are you now leaning towards the Electric F150?
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  4358. If you do a video in 10 years, you may have lost some hair
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  4359. Excellent review of where we stand right now in March, 2020. Thanks
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  4360. Ford really got serious here…. Nice first attempt.
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  4361. Ricky 2 bit DaVinci thank you for a great update on graphene in batteries and the great work in China by the GAC group with 1 K range EV’s
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  4362. I go through your videos and just can't decide what I want to watch because the stupid clickbaitey titles give so little information about what the video's actually about. And I really want to watch your videos because you go really in depth. You have the exact same kind of wanting to know how something works I do.
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  4363.  @TwoBitDaVinci  can't wait!
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  4364. I remembered when those lithium button cells first came out. I thought they was amazing.. 10yr storage life. Loads of mA punch for it's size compared to the old AA zinc carbon batteries.. It was used in those small portable Japanese handheld arcade games.. The batteries then was expensive for me as a kid.
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  4365. great video
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  4366. Sounds like it work here in South Florida. In fact, they could probably surround me with one of those towers on a summer day and collect 10 gallons. 😅
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  4367. Rouge is said like kangaroo... “roojh” it’s French for Red. Because Detroit was initially French.
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  4368. @Two Bit Da Vinci — Without a shadow of a doubt, purchase the gas or propane water pump with the HONDA engine ! Don’t skimp. Second choice is one with a Tecumseh engine. Honda’s always start. Also consider one with a 12V electric start as it’s easier, but there’s still the pull cord.
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  4369. Glad to hear you covered this in an accurate way…, perhaps you could do a vid/ update on Gen4 / liquid thorium fuel & LFTR…
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  4370. 👌
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  4371. Great informative video. I feel uplifted with the way things are going in the ev and wind and solar world
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  4372. No not the end it’s just getting started, nice video
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  4373. Thank you for another great video
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  4374. This should be made reality this is the future!
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  4375. It's disappointing when I calculate my break-even point in the Texas economy of cheap gas and cheap electricity. It's 13 years here where I'm paying $0.10/kwh. Also hybrid and electric cars compared tog as-guzzlers have a really long break-even point too of around 5-6 years 😢
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  4376. Nice great video!
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  4377. Agree!
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  4378. I'm really fucking lauging on the method of producing graphene. I was wondering this week about hydrogen production from methane and hydrocarbures if there was a way to "force" the carbon atoms into coal or something instead of CO2 and then getting the hydrogen. If you can use this to make graphene, you could hit 2 birds with one stone : producing clean hydrogen for hydrogen vehicles, and using it to power electric cars through batteries. You could even get a way to cleanly use hydrocarbures in power plants without even emitting CO2. That could be a really good way to use "natural gas" into a real green energy source instead of burning it, or using carbon captures techs. I'm amazed by this process. I hope this could lead to industrial graphene production.
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  4379. Great job schooling those yahoos!
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  4380. Totally agree. Probable answer: money
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  4381. If you rate this channel then please join me by supporting him each month through Patreon. I pay a fixed amount a month. Alternatively you can pay an amount per video.
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  4382. The city of Eilat in Israel has gotten rid of all its traffic lights. Nearly every corner is now a roundabout.
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  4383. I’m not sure why the solar professionals don’t offer people solar tracking. You can see some of your panels can point directly most of the day.
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  4384. Well done. I have the original reservation from Mar 2019 for the Performance 7 seater, but Tesla contacted me a few days ago to change to Performance 5 seater or LR 7 seater. So, I have a LR 7 seater on the way. I wonder how many in my position picked Performance 5 seater vs LR 7 seater. They lost money because I picked LR 7 seater.
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  4385. I like the rest of the video though. Also, many many people (like myself, and SpaceNerds like EverydayAstronaut etc) have made the same mistake regarding orbit.
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  4386. Hi ,just a small update about the Tesla and it capturing "mistakes" in it selfdriving system. With the new cars (the ones with the dual cpu from Tesla) the car (or Tesla if you want) is ALWAYS recording and compairing the prodicted driving to the acual driving by the human. If autopilot is active it will report intervetions from the driver; and when not active it will deteckt differences and if they are big or "strange" enough it will be reported as well. That is how Tesla is trying to tackle driving in the city, or in towncenters. Every kilometer driven in a Tesla is data gained by Tesla. That is why I think Tesla is so far ahaid that no matter what the competitian does it will always legg behind on selfdriving. BW Thanks for a great video.
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  4387. You meant ranchero!
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  4388. Are liked comments monetized on YouTube? Because I'm saving for a model 3. Like and subscribe! 😂😂
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  4389. TwoBit, given your large online presence maybe you could help lead a movement or help an existing one that has california referendum/amendment signature collection campaigns that want to repeal NEM3, or make a california amendment essentially creating an NEM4 ? Or perhaps just forcing utility companies to credit for outages etc. Thanks for making these videos, would not have known about this issue if it weren't for this video.
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  4390. Very fine and closely reasoned, spoken like a numerate person. I hope you and your wife enjoy this car as it seems like you will and i look forward to your further analysis.
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  4391. I'm moving to Hawaii this year and will be putting in a solar system myself (OMG) want to put a backup generator to recharge system automatically. I will be using a tesla powerwall 12kw. Suggestion on what type of gen to use? I'll be in on the big island southern end on the dry side lots of sun.
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  4392. Great presentation. I am excited to see this new truck.
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  4393. My stove is wood/gas combination. Thinking about setting an induction cooker on the wood side to try it out. My kitchen is mostly antique - cabinets, pots & pans, etc.
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  4394. My gripe with EV's will always be the system concept, and the charge time. Internal Combustion Engines can be run with renewable fuels, and they eventually will be. This has four implications: 1: Only well-maintained vehicles and long-range vehicles will be I.C.E. 2: Ev's will do everything else, simply because it's easier that way. People don't take care of their cars, so the switch is reasonable. 3: Electric "service" vehicles and trucks is a challenging design effort that currently isn't cost effective. they need huge batteries, more than 100 KWH. Volvo intends to have a "car subscription" to fix things like this. 4: Total electrification is threatening to increase the cost of electricity. That can have some negative effects. Have you ever looked at the cost of electric heat?
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  4395. You remind me of Kobe Bryant, a little bit
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  4396. nice videography. & narrative.
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  4397. Very awesome. Heat to electricity, peltier device. I use it on my hydrogen engine to run the fan to cool it and power lights.
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  4398. North Carolina site just broke ground
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  4399. this might be silly but i loved the drumroll at 3:20
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  4400. Thunderfoot is the same person who said the NASA Mars Ingenuity helicopter wouldn't work, he was wrong. He tends to go round YouTube channels that typically aren't huge yet and debunk (or at least attempt), often using caustic language. He like a good portion of his audience isn't there for friendly debate, he's there to punch down. There's a mention of him in the now suspended 'Our Ludacris Future' podcast making erroneous statements involving Everyday Astronaut. Thunderfoot was also the same person who ironically left YouTube for a while because he was being bullied too often. Anyone who cares about foots toxic behaviour should politely remind that he's not always right and he came from the "Skeptic" (claims he left) community where being belligerent was and still is his business model. Or to put it another way skirting YouTubes terms of service is his bread and butter.
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  4401. History is littered with serendipitous discoveries.
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  4402. I SEE TRITIUM NUCLEAR BATTERYS
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  4403. I subscribed thanks to this video. Amazing job and am even more enthisiastic about getting my very own solar pannels. Great content!
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  4404. Hope he contacts solar surge site, the build show, and epic Gardner yt channels. A lot of what will be done has been covered there as topics but not put into use. Would be great to see it all cone together IRL. We can't rebuild every outdated house but this is a great way for people to see what improvements can do.
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  4405. a serendipitous discovery
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  4406. I installed 5.2 KW system 2 days ago. I am using tubeler batteriea 🔋 suggest me best batteries
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  4407. amazing...very informative video.
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  4408. Fantastic information in this video. Thanks for sharing it.
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  4409. Sound like you nailed it.
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  4410. Employing all the aluminum trash floating around is a great idea in oh so many ways. Thank you so much for all you bring forward.
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  4411. Hey! That wheel is really nice…. Yea it’s fly…😎
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  4412. butttttt alternative energies are practical now and forward as the peaks and troughs get evened without graphene as the field is in infancy and gets more efficient
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  4413. I have a Model S because I could not wait for the 3 two years ago. I love it and loved these 2 videos. All in on EV's and want another, probably a 3 based on the technology you're presented. Fantastic cars!
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  4414. Shine on you crazy diamond!
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  4415. How does this not have more viewers
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  4416. Excellent video.
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  4417. EV are not just about batteries. Any news about a new motor technology? Something like this? "This tiny Koenigsegg EV motor makes more than 300 hp The "Quark" weighs in at under 30 kilos yet can turn out 335 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque" (DrivingCA- January 31, 2022)
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  4418. I'm in San Diego too. My 7kW solar system is 8 years old now, it's big enough to cover all my energy needs (except in winter). I don't have a battery yet, but I modified my Tesla Wall Charger to dump excess solar production into my car. It works great, so long as my car is in my garage during the day. I'm waiting on a Power Wall so I can make my evening energy needs cleaner. Glad to hear your setup has worked for you!
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  4419. An even better way for American car companies to lose market share. Build gas guzzling behemoths that you can only sell in one country. Brilliant. The real glory with electric vehicles is that you can build one vehicle that meets emissions standards in every country. Reason being.......there are no emissions. Some day the idiots running the big three will figure this out.
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  4420. Waste heat is easy to use. Heat a swimming pool, commercial laundry, heat battery, bakery, hospital, etc
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  4421. Great video!
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  4422. Thanks this was very good, in-depth, useful information!
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  4423. In December last year I tried to buy Bolt in Canada and didn't due to very long delivery time. Now I am glad I didn't. I ended up leasing Corolla for 2 years. I still beleive that Bolt would be a good choice from many aspects. It has many good things going on. Electric performance, equipment, built quality, availability, service and other details. However I can't get over design, doesn't matter how hard I try. Also seats are quite bad. Too thin, too small with plastic frame that cuts into the sides. Why electric car must look like small, dinky, somewhat futuristic vehicle? Yes why? Also I am afraid of small cars because I consider them unsafe. Any crash or collision with regular sized car must produce wrecked small car due to shear lack of size and metal construction. For that reason I wouldn't use Smart car under any circumstances. Back to design. Why manufacturer can't take let's say BMW 325 vehicle and convert it into full electric car? GM for that matter has a "regular" looking cars that could be a huge success given conversion to full Bolt technology platform. But no. They had to take side road and created unlikable car. GM makes cars long enough to understand that person will not buy a car that he/she hates when approaching every day to go somewhere. BMW had to make i3 with similar results. Not selling at all. Not based on being a bad car but based on freaky design that nobody likes. While writing this in YouTube there are several other videos suggested on the right side. Some of the cars are even worse than Bolt. One I see is actually in a tricycle shape with 2 wheels up front and single in the back. Needless to say I wouldn't get caught dead in something like that! Technology may be a top notch but design is total failure! Price point is totally irrelevant. For those reasons when you see both cars side by side, like in this video, Tesla 3 and Bolt there is no contest what buyer will get. Tesla wins hands down every time. For approximately same money why would I buy an ugly car? Something that I have to force myself to like and use? Why they didn't simply take Cruz which will not win beauty contests but is decent looking car and loaded it with Bolt technology? I hope Tesla will improve build quality and delivery times by the time when I am ready for the next car. It will be a model 3 for me.
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  4424. Why could the flight not go around, go through the checklists? Seems that the pilots shut down the wrong engine, as can be seen in the video. Conjecture of course.
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  4425. The claim, that the balloon was prospecting for oil and gas should be easy to check: The suggested method works with infrared extinction, i.e. an infrared laser is shot towards the ground (better sea or ice) and the reflected signal checked for spectral sign of extinction caused by hydrocarbons. The method is also highly sensitive to anthropogene pollution, which causes a high background noise over the gas/oil signal. That's why multiple passes over an area are desirable. It should be very easy to see, if the payload had an infrared laser on board, once the entire wreckage is recovered. Such a laser would also explain the need for the relatively large solar panels.
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  4426. Nice work!
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  4427. Come and do a comparison between the Panama and the British 18th- and 19th century canal systems... 😉 We still have about 3000 miles of them in operation.
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  4428. as someone who lives all the way north, I need those
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  4429. Love it
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  4430. fascinating discussion and tech!!
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  4431. Brilliant Work Ricky! Thanks for the great video! Wow, I'm geeking out over the outstanding job you have done! I am in the US as well, in the Virginia area (snow today, haha), not your beautiful California. It looks like your home is new, so did you build from the start with solar and make optimizations? Since winter production takes such a drop-off, I was wondering if: -- you oriented your home and roof angle to optimize the winter production... -- perhaps a steeper roof pitch and maybe rotated the home 5 or 10 degrees off perfect south-facing to better catch the winter sun setting further northward? -- I love all the real data for the solar panel production on each day... It looked like you had some kind of app in the video (about 12:01mins)? -- Ricky, you said you no longer needed UPS for your computers and electronics... so is the Tesla PowerWall truly instantaneous? We lose power all the time here in rural VA but it takes my propane generator about 15 seconds it to kick in, so I still need UPS's on all my electronics. Since I am looking at building a retirement home and have never had solar panels, I am wondered what kind of production could be expected... or who is the Authority on the subject. I suspect the payback in VA is much less than San Diego. haha, I'm geek out a bit on planning. I am free to design my roof any way I want and can also orient my home any way as well. Cheers, Eric
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  4432. Excellent presentation
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  4433. Great video, knowledge and theory. You always show how very smart you are! The problem with your theory however in MY opinion is there was another balloon tracking across South America.
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  4434. another great video. thank you
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  4435. Great video guys, thank you for sharing. Snow ? winter sun ?= lots of sun in winter in Alberta, Canada . Cheers, DK
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  4436. From a 3 month old Model 3, long range dual motor owner, we really appreciate your channel, sincerity and intelligence. A great resource for Tesla owners. Look forward to watch more of of your segments.
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  4437. I think these companies are gonna be big in the future but I’m thinking 5 years from now since there is not enough electric vehicles circulating North America at the moment…not to mention the life span of these batteries are long…
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  4438. 10:05 I see the new Mercedes Vision 111 :virtualhug::yougotthis:
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  4439. Amazing, thanks for making it easy to understand.
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  4440. So long as it has air-con then why not! It's now time to ditch the big engine motors and use small cars if cars are needed!
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  4441. Balloons… Who would have guessed. We could be defeated by balloons. So let’s just say… So if the balloon cost $100000 Sidewinder missile cost US$381,069.74, plane cost &220,000,000 If they released 50, 000 balloons how soon would we run out of missiles? Once we ran out of missiles what would prevent them from sending aircraft in??? The Chinese are brilliant!!!
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  4442. I love your music choice in your videos. It’s embracing, mellow, warm, soothing, slightly sad but not depressing, something out of hans summer in inception... it’s quite engaging and makes these videos pretty awesome to watch
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  4443. I think you're being a bit too naively optimistic about it, these endevours never go smoothly...
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  4444. When is the Pickup truck event? I really want an electric pickup made by tesla.
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  4445. Excellent presentation. Subbed and commented, hope my input helps you grow. Thanks.
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  4446. Great info, great conversation and great guest! Thank you, Ricky. For someone like me, super fan early adopter of new technology in Peru, South America, videos like these are gold. I even have a better idea for my next conference about EV over here. Great job!
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  4447. Thanks💻
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  4448. Interesting lo ve your recommendation
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  4449. More Arcimoto videos!!!
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  4450. thank - you .
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  4451. i wonder how would this new principle affect the production of hydrogen since, Hydrogen bonds are broken. Layman asking.
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  4452. Man, build a battery system and charge it at night and sell the electricity back to grid at peak!!
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  4453. Love your videos, but you are hilarious ambassador for Keeps ;-)
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  4454. You forgot to factor in cell life. batteries are only good for a couple thousand recharges, while hydrogen would probably be 100's of thousands
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  4455. great material
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  4456. So correct, every thing said. Thanks.
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  4457. Love this!
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  4458. As a farmer living an off-grid life for a long time I've been watching revolutionary battery technologies. I'm really curious about when these super tech batteries will be ready for conventional use for ordinary people like me.
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  4459. great video
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  4460. Thought this would be just another Tesla fanboy video, how wrong l was. Very well explained & with facts too.
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  4461. Heat pipes and oscilliating heat pipes are very efficient for that !
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  4462. you should move 2 hrs. east to Yuma az. In the 18 years I lived there it only went down below freezing a couple times
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  4463. I agree with the author that it sets a tone (as the first tesla truck) for what is possible. Tesla has always started with the most extreme vision of what they intend to do for the purpose of breaking loose of any predefined narratives about EVs. They first make it cool then they follow up with the more conventional. This truck sets a tone that I think is very effective and it also demonstrates amazing cost control implying huge gains in efficiencies.
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  4464. not the biggest fan of the design, but big respect for making a daring choice!
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  4465. WOW! Thank you so much, It's really a great game changer!!
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  4466. The F-15E can reach that altitude...look at the ASAT(Anti-Satelite) Operations.
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  4467. Is this why plants reflect green light? because it would increase evaporation?
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  4468. This is a really excellent video! It is interesting, logical, packed full of information, very watchable, and extremely informative. Thanks and congratulations!
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  4469. We had gyro busses in Toronto when i was a kid, hooked up to the same power cables that street cars used.
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  4470. What about thorium-based fission? Isn't it supposed to be safer than Uranium or Plutonium, produce less waste and thus partially solve most of the drawbacks of existing fission in the shorter term?
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  4471. Keep up with this
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  4472. Love the new camera angle!
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  4473. I am going to build a home. I own land in West Texas. Something that can be done relatively cheaply is Geothermal. And once it is installed, it can be almost free to run. This version will cost literally pennies per week to operate. Pumping water about 10 feet underground and bringing it back at about 55 degrees, year around can be a true game changer. Of course there is more to it than that but that is the basic idea. I would love to discuss it with you.
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  4474. The only constant in this old world, is Change! Laissez les bons temps rouler!
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  4475. The race is On! Battery Day will reveal all I guess. It does seem that Tesla's new dry electrode cells could rival current gen solid state batteries for energy density whilst far outstripping them for charge cycles. Also Tesla have that experimental Lithium based battery capable of 3,650 miles per charge which sounds pretty amazing, well it does if you can stomach the 75 Charge cycles it can handle currently... although I am thinking one of these packs could power the Cybertruck on it's Baja 1000 race later this year (I assume Elon has not changed plans on this?). That 75 charge cycles before significant range loss is still 273k miles ! and honestly losing some range from a pack with such Huge range is not such an issue perhaps. Well, I will be looking forward to the next gen solid state batteries even though they have not yet made it into production cars. (they also still need to also improve their energy density for next gen from what I have seen). I think these near future Huge range batteries are actually really important for 4x4's where people want to be able to adventure away from charging points. Certainly a good time for EVs =)
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  4476. Very good review. I have not seen another Model Y review which took the time to slide the 2nd row chairs forward to see if your feet can actually fit. It looks like it is doable but not very comfortable. Still great option to have for kids
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  4477. Are there any plans to use the canal to generate power? This is essentially pumped hydro, minus the pumping.. so staged dam? Why not alter the locks to generate as they empty and provide real power to the country? Hoping for a follow up, thanks for your great work!
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  4478. Great video. For me, the over-riding point is that there will always be that new idea. The tech we have now will keep getting better and better!!
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  4479. Tip - use different background wall color. Great work tho.. telling friends.
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  4480. the older suction cleaners also cause stress on the concrete/gunite, that leads to cracking. Resurfacing a pool is real costly. Vinyl liners are the alternative, and they rip, and can "float" in a heavy rain. seeing a pool floating on top of a soaked lawn is a real treat. It is cheaper mentally and monetarily to fill it all in at that point.
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  4481. Hey have a glass top or we call them ceramic top cooker bought one in 2009 and it is still working well. My brother has a gas cooker he cooks be smoke alarm when the smoke alarm goes off his food is cooked lol
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  4482. You shouldn't let the gas flame lick round the edges of the saucepan. That contributes to your low efficiency and you're not using the hottest (blue) part of the flame effectively. You really ought to turn the gas to the point where all the flame is heating the bottom of the pan ONLY. It heats just as fast, really. Why not try running that efficiency test again to check ?
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  4483. Thank you for the very informative video. The explanation of the battery cooling system was highly educational, though I cannot help but feel that it would have been possibe to cut out at least three minutes of praise without diluting the information one bit.
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  4484. Centralized energy is proving over and over to be a big mistake in many ways. Smaller diversified and localized generation systems can generate more power more efficiently with less loss from long distance transmission!
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  4485. Best video I’ve seen in some time.
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  4486. Wonder if it works for wells.
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  4487. Why can we not move the light itself via massive optical fiber runs? Is that even practical? Why can we not simultaneously integrate wind and hydro power into this model and see if it becomes any more practical?
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  4488. maan , this video is perfect! make more!
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  4489. Thank you! I love videos like these that give hope and excitement for the future!
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  4490. Completely 100% agree. I too had to go through brain metamorphous at first. Now - I think it's brilliant and I pre-ordered one! This will be much more successful than anyone imagine. The cost of ownership combined with utility is unparalleled.
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  4491. This is just the first iteration. You KNOW there'll be improvements and efficiencies added to make them far better than this study has it.
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  4492. TESLA M3 > BMW M3
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  4493. Amazing video
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  4494. Awesome episode... Learnt so much...can't wait for them to roll out full force.
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  4495. You should check out natural swimming pools/ponds. They are specifically designed for swimming, but mimic and utilize natural water cycles. They have a sandy/wetlands section, with plants and even wildlife set aside, where water flows thru and is naturally cleaned. They often use very cheap air bubble filtration to move the water thru the wetland/sand filter. No chlorine, or other chemicals, and very clean water.
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  4496. Great idea. Let's do this !!!!
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  4497.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Already shared to physics and chemistry professor friends in addition to my Facebook feed. Trying to contact a friend who was an employee of a venture capital group. I live in southern California. 👍
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  4498. I suspect something burning as hot as this seems to would have pretty high nox emissions.
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  4499. Hi, I was wondering if you were able to help. I am currently doing a uni project regarding an electric vehicle and the tesla data you produced regarding the battery was extremely useful. I was enquiring to see if you had a website for the battery recommendations stated between 7.52-8.45 of this video. Many thanks, Ollie
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  4500. I thinking in getting a Thule combi hitch carrier. I want to take the wife to look at the MYLR7 to see if she likes it instead the model X.
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  4501. Awesome. Looks like fun.
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  4502. I think it is cool. These line city designs have been around since the 1960s or so. Engineering and finding stuff for people to do is always a good idea. Of course the "More Dollars than Sense" factor... The "mirrors" if Mylar see through would be nice to look upon the coast. All civilization needs factory which is always messy. China built a bunch of cities that never saw takers. But the average Citizens always just sit in front of a television and drink beer... Right? ;)*
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  4503. Ricky maximizing those "business expenses" like a boss.
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  4504. great as always!
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  4505. I think that is an awesome idea!
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  4506. Fantastic video with great examples
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  4507. I AM A ROBOT I totally forgot that i did that as a kid
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  4508. Bienvenidos a España Ricky.
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  4509. As a mechanic I am looking forward to the demise of ICE's. No more leaking oil and anti-freeze from overheating poorly serviced engines. ICE's are disgusting. Love the roar, hate the mess.
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  4510. Exciting stuff! Can we send the waste to mars?
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  4511. Let it rust
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  4512. I live in Ohio, and I just found out today. I don’t have Twitter. I’m in Facebook jail. I canceled cable in 2015… I have a 9 year old child. I’m a single mother…I live on the Ohio river… Palestine is north of me.. But they’re saying our water is goin to remain safe? There’s no way…the air? No way… Two other train derailments … coincidence ? No. Chemical warfare from WW1? Worst Disaster of our recent time? How do chemical weapons get transported so loosely? I have no faith in the government, the Vanguard Group, it’s the government, the media… I dk, I’m just a single mother, in Ohio..worried about her child
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  4513. How does this work, over half a million views in less than a week but only 152K subscribers? Hope you make your money on views and not subscribers.
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  4514. Been arguing for inland water storage, abundant nuclear energy, desalination, advanced water treatment/recycling, hydro-engineering, hydrology, soil engineering, and public permaculture for ecosystem building and greening for years! Glad even one of these being spoken about makes me exited. Now if only we can hear about electrosis and other filtration methods for fighting pollution as well as other issues.
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  4515. Can you cover AST space mobile
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  4516. I just subscribed to Mark's channel. I can see why you like him so much.
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  4517. Great coverage 👍 I like the badger and cyber truck
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  4518. Didn't think of it that way. You're absolutely right
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  4519. It should be easy enough for someone (a University?) to do a small proof of concept for this to see if it is feasible.
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  4520. Could you let me know where the link to the power wall payback calculator is located, please? Thanks.
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  4521. What a great video. Well done
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  4522. Excellent video. Perfectly informative. Thank you. I subscribed.
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  4523. You put solar in to eliminate the need for the grid , so if you can eliminate the grid then who gives a crap what they want to charge , if you disconnect from them, you don't have to pay them
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  4524. Man, a cyber truck with folding panels would be rad for road trips in a pinch.
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  4525. Pretty cool stuff. Thanks!
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  4526. Everybody research Thorium Energy. You will not be disappointed.
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  4527. Very nice 👌 good information
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  4528. Excellent Analysis, Deployed Worldwide Through My Deep Learning AI Research Library.. Thank You
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  4529. Truly excellent video.
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  4530. Excellent review of the considerations of Long Range AWD VS Performance. Likewise I settled on the Performance. I has been 6 months with the Performance Model and I am super pleased with my decision.
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  4531. Your wife is smart!
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  4532. I will give you tech people a million dollars to stop putting "this changes everything" in every other video title/thumbnail.
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  4533. Is there a monopoly on tax collecting?
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  4534. great concept but 30 min run time is practically not useful during an actual outage, that will probably drop to a few mins if you load an AC or fridge/freezer.
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  4535. A smart news network would have you on to explain so stuff
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  4536. Great Video.2 minor issues. Even in sunny California, nearly 50% of electricity comes from Natural Gas. So a comparison of efficiency should include the 35 or 50% efficiency in converting natural gas to electricity. It obviously is more efficient and less expensive to burn the stuff directly and not make electricity, then make heat from electricity. Maybe you have another video on heat pump installation, but more info on practically and cost of using ground as a heat sink would be useful.
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  4537. Thanks for a very interesting video! Bravo!🌞
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  4538. The cat was the star of the show
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  4539. You talked about planes and leaded gas and somehow failed to mention that fuel for piston aircraft is still leaded. It wasn't until recently that the first unleaded aviation fuel was approved, not made mandatory, approved. Not even sure how many airports it can be bought at.
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  4540. I'll hit the "like" button when I "like" the video!
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  4541. Wasn’t the paper published in 2023?
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  4542. there's the Iron air batterywhich is very similar but rechargeable
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  4543. This is a HUGE topic. Your content is very mind expanding. My interest in EV technology is exploding. Very interested in GM's Ultima battery technology. What do you know about it?
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  4544. our boy's gonna be a star with that voice!
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  4545. yes, yes, yes
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  4546. The water issue is concerning , I'd rather they found a way not to lose too much and use some sort of closed loop solution.
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  4547. Very cool! Though I wonder if you can find problems just using the meter? I'm cheap! LOL
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  4548. Great Info!
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  4549. Great video 👍
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  4550. Drink more beer. After drinking 1L of beer, I pee 2L. I send out more water this way, lol
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  4551. I like this very informative video👍👍 and the way of your calm, peacefully analysis and explanation...
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  4552. one of the best videos I’ve seen enjoyed as much as the Snyder cut!!
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  4553. I have one more question, can you fit in car seat?? Just kidding! haha Thanks for the great review.
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  4554. What a cool video. Subscribed!
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  4555. I play and upload War Thunder videos almost every day.
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  4556. Saw you at the Summer Showcase... wish I would've said hi 😅
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  4557. Loved your video. Very informative. Any research on payback and viability of going totally off grid?
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  4558. has anyone thought of using the PV panels to run air compressors which, in turn, would pump air into tanks and store it there under pressure for future reverse conversion into electricity? There wouldn't be any need for batteries then.
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  4559. So now that sodium batteries are finally coming to the market, will you be reviewing this new tech?
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  4560. Nice video
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  4561. I've really enjoyed your take on things for a long time. Your wit and intelligence have made me an admirer. I really love your courage and judgement in prioritizing your daughter. Someday, she'll be an amazing person, appreciated by everyone around her. This won't compare in any way to the legacy of your old YouTube videos. Count this one comment as a million likes and 100k subscribers -- and even that doesn't do justice to the value of your decision. Don't feel even the faintest pang for us -- we're cheering you on, and thank you for what you've already brought to us... 😀♥️
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  4562. This tech is neat I'd like to hear more about weird climate tech like this in the future.
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  4563. Hey Ricky This must be your coolest video ever!
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  4564. Liked your presentation. Well done and informative.
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  4565. I live in SD and SDG&E has the highest rates in the country and we have the most moderate climate. There is no reason for SDG&E to gouge their customers. If you can invest in solar and batteries as an individual SDG&E could do it easily at low capital expenditure and industry rates
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  4566. SDGE costs: Electricity generation 23%, Delivery costs: 65%, Taxes 12%. So the problem is delivery. Delivery should be the lowest cost if not near the Tax amount
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  4567. Sandy is right about current government, but I’m as old as he is and I know it didn’t used to be this way! I watched the Republican Party slowly destroy our once brilliant civil service. I helped reengineer the DoD process of reengineering so that it became a collaborative process that included all stakeholders including process owners with experts. Republican administrations undermined it because it was so successful. And the Democrats don’t get a pass. They were the anvil for the Republican hammer!
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  4568. glad you covered this its amazing and a real feat and testament to God and man! not only as a Catholic but as a person who loves history i really really hope i can make it here one day 🙏 things are way too expensive now tho smh
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  4569. Did he say “I’m Ricky with 2-bit DaVinci?” Damn man that was fast.
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  4570. They’re really not batteries. They’re fuel. It’s like burning gasoline in a tanker truck to deliver gasoline to a station then burning gas in your car to go get the fuel from the station. To say nothing of drilling and refining the gas/or aluminum in the first place. But when energy flies at the speed of light from a power plant to your car, there’s some line loss yes, but the whole electric drivetrain, from energy provider to your car wheels is fast, efficient and flexible.
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  4571. awesome, hope they succeed
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  4572. great vid thanks.
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  4573. This was a very informative video. One thing that you kept going over was the reserve of resources used to make the EV batteries, and in the end that it would still be able to supply battery packs to 500 million EV cars. But there seemed to be zero calculation for the same available resources which are being used for other batteries and other manufacturing lines which would diminish those figures quite considerably.. Thanks for the great video, good job!
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  4574. Great Video! I had the exact same experience at the Las Vegas V3 charging station. It was disappointing because I had gone out of my way for the faster charging.
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  4575. I like and agree with your analysis.
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  4576. The best video covering the lighting F150 to date. Bravo!!!
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  4577. i was in woburn yesterday
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  4578. Dude, the focus on your video is way off. Gives you a headache to watch it a bit.
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  4579. Another great job by Ricky and two bit DaVinci. One thought about the Model S. Compared to the Model 3 especially the performance version, it feels very ponderous. When I first drove one many years ago I wasn't sure I could make the transition from a tight feeling Sports sedan to a car that felt that big and kinda sluggish - at least in its handling, although its acceleration of course was anything but sluggish. I'm really looking forward to your experience Ricky in the Model 3 which is much more responsive and much more a driver's car. Especially once you start tweaking it. I do think that the Model S could probably benefit from an updated drivetrain, and perhaps a styling refresh while it gets more power. I'm not sure if the Plaid drivetrain will overcome the ponderous feel of the car though. And I suspect you are absolutely right that the car does not have a bright future. For sure the Model Y and to a lesser extent the Model X will continue to be the high demand items. The Model Y is going to be a screaming home run and take over the middle and upper-middle crossover market.
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  4580. GREAT CONTENT, KEEP KEEPING US INFORMED.
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  4581. [Ricky] We are planning such a video! so subscribe, and we'll make it in the coming months!
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  4582. i am just an every day joe, so i dont know shit.. but i wonder, would it be not better, to build a dry dock like frame in space, and then send up attachable parts, to build a larger ship? just asking..
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  4583. Great Commentary I love Your seeing the Car Show without leaving home and paying admission. Again GOOD JOB RICKEY.
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  4584. Thank you! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!! I have been needing to hear something like this for a while now, and this video puts a lot of my thoughts into a wonderfully concise package. With all the Tesla hyper bulls out there it's really easy to get caught up in the hype and forget that we know nothing about the autonomous transportation marketplace because it literally doesn't exist yet.
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  4585. I had this vision 10 years ago...and I'm working with NTT..😄
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  4586. Has anyone ever pounded the side of their vehicle with a sledgehammer and left nothing but a smudge or thrown a hand grenade size steel ball at the side window of their car? I'll bet it didn't bounce off. Or, if it did, the next one would sail right through where the safety glass used to be. This disruptive technology is making the corporate press reach for their brown trousers! GM needs to end for killing the EV1. It was love at 1st sight for us. Ordered the dual-motor immediately. This is all the vehicle we will ever need here in rural Canada or on road trips. Range anxiety will be zero because the infrastructure for charging will catch up very quickly once everyone notices that there are already power lines running along the side of almost every road in the country. That's what those telegraph poles are also used for folks. I will be very happy to pass the gas station. That will be almost $400 a month (@ > $4 a gallon) of dough paying for our vehicle and the solar panels powering our home that would have been blowing out the tailpipe. Do the math over 25 years. Also, I can'i drill and refine my own oil, but I can put up solar panels and wind turbines to charge at home. I can also make enough ethanol to run an emergency generator that will easily fit into the back of my truck along with the promised solar panel package. A trailer for carrying 12' long sheets of drywall is a stress-free solution for me now because I could never back up a trailer without crunching something even if my life depended on it. Hello auto-docking! Order now before it's too late to get yours in this run.
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  4587. Thanks as always Ricky!
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  4588. Reading all of the numerous and very well informed comments here so far the arguments are beginning to diverge into two main groups: one group appears to be seeking cheaper energy solutions and the other seems to be seeking greener energy solutions. If they ever do converge, (which I don’t think they will) - then the energy crisis will be solved!
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  4589. Really good show! Great explanations!
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  4590. 1:26 after 11 Years @ 13,500 miles / PEAR ? . Pear? Should I be feeding my tesla fruit? . . P.S. Great video
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  4591. Geometrically it would be an "arc" so maybe it's an "ark" and they are being covert about it.
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  4592. So what's driven the entire development is catering to the wealthy, which has created open spaces for everyone. Then the down side is the spaces created just for the wealthy...... yeah the bottom line is no matter how much you do for people, they will always want more. Pretty sure all those construction workers being paid to build those high-rise condos aren't complaining about how it's just for the rich. No, they're just cashing their paychecks and enjoying the fruits of their labors- most likely in the open spaces that were also created for everyone to enjoy.
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  4593. The heritage foundation is driving everything The Trump administration is doing. If you look up mission of the Heritage foundations goals you see they align with what’s happening. That think tank has been fucking up this country with there policies for decades. If only clean energy and environmentalism had a think tank with that much pull! My conversations with co workers about my EV have resulted in several EV purchases though, so hopefully that’s happening on a larger scale!
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  4594. Thank you for sharing the updates in California. The biggest surprise is the excess in CA is a set arbitrary amount, and California seems to be a few years ahead of other states in terms of regulation. In Michigan we have distributed generation meaning you are credited for your excess at production cost (excluding transmission cost) according to the time of use pricing schedule.
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  4595. The film panels can fold out or up when you need it
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  4596. Electrical heater have a 100 % efficiency
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  4597. Good job 👍
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  4598. I would install that in a nano-second.. pending price of course :)
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  4599. Wonderful and thoughtful insights. Thank you Ricki May the Schwartz be with you
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  4600. Great presentation
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  4601. ALL trains for the last 50+ yrs have been diesel / electric.
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  4602. order now - may get in 3 years - 200,000 back ordered... Won't make enough soon enough. where is the demand ?? /s
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  4603. Great work Ricky! Scooby snacks for you. My allegiance is to Liberty, the Repubic and Democracy.
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  4604. i read US spy planes were above the balloon getting all the info that the balloon was gathering so basically a waste of time
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  4605. I missed the part where it was explained why it was necessary for the data center to be co-located with the wind farm. Or was it just because it was convenient and land prices were low?
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  4606. Update to my rant. VW just broke ground on an 800 million dollar factory in Chattanooga Tennessee, that will Produce EV cars available to the US, perhaps early 2022. I think it will be the US version of the ID3, and will be called the ID4.
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  4607. I know exactly what Homer Simpson would say to Neom, “DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME”
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  4608. Great video !
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  4609. I can almost guarantee this was the US submarine screw design for the last 40 years. The one that was scrupulously hidden during the Cold War.
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  4610. I think they budgeted at least a factor of four on the power. It needed enough power to run all the equipment and charge the batteries during daylight. Then, for another 16 hours a day, it would be draining the batteries. Still 1KW is a lot of power for weather monitoring equipment. Otoh, it's what you'd need to maintain satellite links relaying a ton of live data.
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  4611. Lots of houses are white in Oman.
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  4612. Awesome video! How did you do the graphics?
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  4613. Bout time anyone said it. I don't know why but so many videos have been about how the majority of the earths water is ocean and therefore undrinkable.... But evaporation makes ocean drinkable yay....
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  4614.  @TwoBitDaVinci  The water cycle is literally our life. Whether you are just thinking sustenance or you think of how everything even human life just goes in a circle.
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  4615. I subscribed immediately! I have been really contemplating solar on my home. But the subject is quite confusing. You did a great job of clearly explaining the options, pros and cons, and systems. GREAT VIDEO!!!
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  4616. this was so helpful, ty!
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  4617. Step to right direction, but far from commercial grade.
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  4618. I was adding a feature to a codebase with this playing int he background. I needed to understand why another feature was implemented as it was. It was easy to look at the git commit messages to see who and why it was done. We need all of our rules and regulations to be backed by source control. Sandy was talking about how lawmakers do a stint in government and retire. They might put more thought into theirs laws if each change has a law makers name on it. Fully source controlled laws would help the people understand how and why laws were made and updated. Does anyone know how to start a movement to make this so?
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  4619. This is great! Do more stuff like this and your channel will blow up big time! =)
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  4620. :washhands:
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  4621. Great info. Thanks.
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  4622. HELP THIS IS SO COOL
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  4623. excellent content a hug from Portugal!
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  4624. Cool Video! Thanks Could you please do a video about hub electric motors?
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  4625. I like the reasoning, it sounds very intelligent and it's educational, but I have to say it really undermines your credibility to have so many mistakes and misspellings. Ie. Mis-spelling Graphite on the same page where you already have graphite spelled correctly.
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  4626. Great. Someone finally LISTENING TO MY IDEA and made a thought provoking video about it.
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  4627. I like you,,, SUBED
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  4628. Ricky, Nice Ecoflo follow up! I bought an Ecoflow Pro for my grandson for a Christmas present and will be sharing this video with him to get him thinking about options for how he can put it to use. Keep up the great work my San Diego neighbor!
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  4629. Great video. I have a model 3 SR+ and found a huge difference in range on my commute. I get 100wh/km driving through town (26km one way) vs the ring road at 140wh/km for 42km one way. Energy used is double taking the freeways.
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  4630.  @TwoBitDaVinci  That’s a pretty good price! Haha. If it needs scheduling, it shall be scheduled.
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  4631. The amount of research put into this video has won you a subscriber. Woooooow
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  4632. Great decision and great video. I, too went from a paid off Honda to a Tesla Model 3 - and couldn't be happier. Liked and subscribed.
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  4633. Honestly i looks forward to solid state batteries and more electric cars but as somebody doing contract work and needing a truck bed. (not like a i need a lifestyle truck, like i need to pick up wood to build decking and cabinetry often type need. I am still unfortunately on the side lines waiting for things to come to market. I like the cyber truck but am waiting until they re out to see how reliability is before pulling that trigger. also probably waiting till the electric f150 is out to cross shop em.
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  4634. Ricky I've had the Rheem heat pump water heater for several years now. Your savings will be more than the graph. Ours showed using $100 per year but according to the water heater stats we only use $70 per year of electric. Oh and my opinion is you need to ditch the pool heater. That is such a freak'n waste no mater how you heat the water it goes right into the ground or air. You're pissing money away ... just my $.02. Love the channel.
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  4635. Just found your channel so on the basis of the quality of this video ,I've subscribed and rung the bell.
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  4636. Great video man!
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  4637. Great video and information. Greetings from Munich, Tom.
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  4638. thank you very helpful.
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  4639. Thanks again Ricky, great content, keep it up.
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  4640. very well explained
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  4641. What if they would stick them, between two glass panels? They should last much longer, no?
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  4642. Amazing video content. Great channel.
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  4643. Soooo,...it was loitering ,you explained that question I had ,thank you 🖐
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  4644. Great presentation, interesting material.
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  4645. Excellent video, there are obviously balances to be looked at but the water retention is interesting. Note, the human population with stop increasing in ten years, it will then begin to fall.
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  4646. I don' really understand all things you says, but i love it to hear, especially about ev and fuel cell vehicle, Can you make a video about hydrogen vehicle vs ev?
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  4647. Awesome presentation. Thank you!
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  4648. Sounds like an amazing idea. I hope the politicians can come together and make it happen
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  4649. This video is awesome. Leaving this comment only halfway through, I've already learned a lot more about the starship program.
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  4650. Very well done. Exactly what we needed to see!
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  4651. If we did a cost analysis of another mass produced car from a new startup company over three years, we would likely see far higher numbers. When the likes of GM and Ford introduce new models, the recall rates and repairs that are fixed under warranty make the Model 3 really seem like the engineering marvel that it is. And no, I don't own a Tesla. I'm not prepared to drop that chunk of change until the retirement is funded over the next few years. A used off-lease BMW i3 for now, without that god awful range extender.
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  4652. 124 thumbs down?!? WTH is wrong with those people?
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  4653. Tell aptera right now
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  4654. But if you're cleaving away a cluster of water molecules then how do you prevent say an arsenic atom from ending up in that cluster and ruining the purity of your distillation? And if your water is polluted then how can you expect the photo electric effect to work the same way or at all?
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  4655. Thank you for the info and taking out the time to share your data.
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  4656. Good video, thank you Ricky
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  4657. Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍
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  4658. Thanks for bringing this SAFE act to the light. I think that you are correct this will put the traditional auto companies behind in EV tech.
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  4659. Hi. What you talk about is that the object, the car is responsible. It is actually always like this. Always your car there is involved. I agree that insurance should be from tesla. Tesla can make a smart move. Give Fsd togheter with the insurance.
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  4660. I live in a pumicecrete house in the bottom of Baja and my power bill is $5 a month and this last summer I did not have AC 2 foot thick pumicrcrete walls and roof Warm in the winter And cool in the summer
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  4661. Might this somehow explain why leaves evolved to be green? There was a time they were mostly purple I think.
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  4662. 0:03 - AWESOME!! Great video as usual.
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  4663. Thanks for the great breakdown of Google's power plans. The one thing that I've been pondering though is what the consequences will be if we start extracting heat from the ground at larger scales? Won't that have an effect on the local ecosystem or climate as a whole even? Haven't heard anything about that so far apart from that they seem to be happy with skiing slopes in Scandinavia where they also have geothermal energy.
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  4664. "Sandpiercer"? with it being in the middle of a desert.
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  4665. A good time to be alive!
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  4666. Your knowledge has obviously ballooned with this one. You posted a video full of hot air here(basically what all talking is. The ballon has now missed where the rubber hits the road? I expect this video will help the channel blow up, steadily rising above the algorithm until it hits a peak height. Careful those raptors don't get a lock onto ya man. It would've been very funny if you did a helium voice over at some point. 😀
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  4667. @TwoBitdaVinci Ricky, irrelevant comment but you should know someone with your picture but a different YThandle "Two Bit da Vinci" is posting spam comments with WhatsApp numbers in them. Already reported
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  4668. This is pretty cool! Keep iterating!
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  4669. Had a heat pump installed last year to replace our gas boiler for hot water. We were spending nearly $1000AUD annually on LPG cylinders delivered to our door on a replacement basis every few weeks - which nearly everyone does here where I live in Queensland, Australia. The heat pump uses a maximum of 1kwh run entirely from our solar/powerwall set up with a negligible impact on our energy use as, like in California, it never gets cold here (minimum winter nighttime temperatures are 5C, about 40F). So this heat pump will pay for itself in less than 5 years. Didn’t actually understand exactly how it worked though until I watched your video. Thanks.
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  4670. If you can store 1 megawatt (1000 KWH) at a cost of less than $20,000 you could use summer solar surplus for winter use . Way better if you could get the price down to $5,000 / megawatt. The last I heard 13 terawatts(worldwide) of alternative energy are curtailed each year and growing .$5,000/megawatt X 13,000 megawatt hours=$65,000,000 or $240,000,000 (@ $20,000/megawatt Hr.13) . Elon has $20 billion at the higher number of $20K/megawatt he could build 52 terawatt Hr. / $1 billion X 20 billion=1040 terawatt hours. thats 80 times more then the 13 terawatt hrs. the world is curtailing now.Or 240 times more at $5k /megawatt hr..
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  4671. I think this is the further. I look forward to the video on the plasma drill.
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  4672. Great video.
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  4673. We need to start mining asteroids for these materials!
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  4674. You could deliberately evaporate the water to clean it just captor the vapor. But things would still get really stinky.
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  4675. Energy is a commodity. Take home: don’t pay too much for your batteries. There’s a reason you don’t include pricing in this video, because while your theory is headed in the right direction, ecoflow batteries are not price competitive. Way too expensive. Much better options. See signature solar eg4 batteries and mpp inverters, and follow Will Prowse
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  4676. The balloon missle doesn't need heavy incendiaries. It can just pop out a big "hand" as it approaches, and simply run into the bag and drag it behind the projectile. Getting it to hit the balloon 60,000 feet above the planes max ceiling just seems like an engineering issue, not a problem with the laws of physics. Speed and power are not important, accuracy and impact face are all you need, that and the propulsion to get up there.
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  4677. Congrats on hunting down those leaks. When I lived off a cistern with water delivery, water use was a very serious matter. The next question is how much water are you losing from your pool per day due to evaporation?
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  4678. Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
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  4679. your kid is too cute! Great co-presentor
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  4680. Not to mention unless you remineralize a water, distilled water is pretty much useless for drinking
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  4681. Thank you for this video. I've seen a lot of SpaceX /Elon bashing lately. 🤷🏻
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  4682. You firmly believe Fahrenheit is better, and cite unfamiliarity/ignorance of Celcius as evidence for F's superiority over C? Uhhhhh.... OK. The advantage of F is larger numerical jumps between how one day feels to the next, if you like that sort of thing (some people seem to, though you really do get used to smaller jumps in numbers feeling substantially different). Personally, I'll take the logic of C (zero is freezing, 100 is boiling, and in between is in between) any day.
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  4683. USING A JASON STATHAM VOICE; Ricky here has forgotten more about dispensing pain than you and I will ever know.
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  4684. 4:17 - G isn't actually constant (:p) You only think it is because of relativity. <mic drop>
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  4685. You can solve the issue by mandating batteries at each home to store energy for later use. Instead of the retarded grid tied systems.
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  4686. Fantastic and informative video.
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  4687. Got a better idea. Use wind and solar power generation located in oil fields to power the pumps.
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  4688. Ricky, you are so wrong with your rain comment. You can watch real time satellite imagery of afternoon thunderstorms building up, or storms sweeping in from the coasts. As a kid, my dad was stationed in Okinawa, an island off Japan. We actually got hit by a surprise typhoon! No warning. Yeah, the forecasts aren't exactly perfect, but folks get tornado and flood warnings nowadays. As penance for your flip disrespect to the thousands of meteorologists out there, you are to say ten Hail Marys and then interview some meteorologists and do a show about modern weather forecasting! And stop aid Ing and abetting the science haters. Just stop!
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  4689. Your little induction cooktop is not a true comparison. Go look around for the pricing of high quality stove tops with multiple heating elements. These are much more expensive than any other stove top replacement system in the USA. Strangely enough, these have been available in Europe for decades and are the same price as gas counterparts.
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  4690. Beautiful voice great content
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  4691. Greenhouse type building over a brine pool... Double whammy, salt and water. Add a fan to drive moisture rich air to a condenser. You can control the pressure inside this building to make it evaporate at lower temps. Make the building out of focusing lenses. Have water that is brought in, run over a surface that is heat absorbing, or some sort of radiator circuit that stays warm possibly in the same way that focused solar does. A taller building would naturally condense the water. Use baffles to let water collect, then run down into gutters carrying it away. You wouldn't need to wait for morning air, or stop producing when conditions are not right because you could control them.
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  4692. Great video, Best wishes from Thailand. You need more sun? We have lots!
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  4693. Great stuff!! Keep up the good work!!
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  4694. Love your review! Your thoughts and estimates about the batteries are close to my own. Mine are a bit less efficient due to the larger cross-section as well as higher weight estimates. I would guess from 200 to 250 KWh for the USD 70K tri-motor model, so closer to about 500Wh per mile. Viewed as a battery, BMS, inverter system, the energy cost is USD 280 - USD 350 per KWh, and I find this price point irresistible! Might just be my own wishful thinking, but I do hope that the cybertruck will be made with the next-generation million mile battery, too! Attachments for securely hauling lumber and 4 x 8 feet plywood sheets would be great. Can hardly wait for the future announcements!
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  4695. I do agree with you thanks for good presentation!
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  4696. I just demolished and filled in my pool as the first step of my current remodel. The 17K-gallon kidney-shaped pool was too small for serious swimming, and too large to use as a hot tub. Over the decades I had replaced the pump and filter, with the filter being grossly oversized to reduce backpressure and thus allow a smaller pump to do the job. A fiberglass liner was added to slash chemical use (by 90%!), later shifting over to a "salt pool" with an electrolyzer. When the liner was being installed, I also replace the pool lights with color changing LED units, which was another energy gain, plus fun for parties. Also tried multiple cover systems, from bubble wrap to a trampoline, each of which had major tradeoffs. Despite all the time and money invested, I wasn't ever satisfied with the results. Plus, due to a hill in my back yard (starting to drop away just 10' from the back door), my pool was in the front! It essentially consumed 80% of the available yard, largely preventing many other yard uses. One reason for my remodel is to make my home and property pet-friendly, and I'll want my future dog to have a great yard. (I'll get a kiddie pool, if needed.) The inexpensive bubble-wrap cover did a fantastic job of heating the pool, but aged quickly and was a hassle to take on and off. The trampoline cover was safest by far, but was even more of a hassle to take on and off. A simple tarp cover on a wide spool was the compromise that worked best overall. Best moves overall were the fiberglass liner, salt system and big filter / small pump. Plus, I live in San Diego! It takes me 20 minutes to get from my front door to feet wet in the ocean. Way, WAY better than any pool, and is one of the main reasons none of my pool solutions ever seemed worth it to me. YMMV, for sure.
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  4697. There are 2 reasons why your idea about China's motives due to newly naval passageways in the north pole is preposterous: 1) If that was the case, Xi Xing Ping could have picked up the phone and called Biden warning of the wayward balloon and pre-emptively apologized for the situation to quell tensions. 2) Why do we have an identical balloon flying over South America? They couldn't have possibly lost 2 balloons in this manner (losing control). Moreover, China took two unbelievable and obnoxious actions, first after the aftermath of being found out, telling the world that the balloon was civilian, then being outraged that it was shot down. No government would feign that much outrage over a civilian craft unless there were people onboard.
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  4698. This sounds like a great plan 👍 Which means the government won't do it 🤡
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  4699. I haven't scanned the comments so what I will refer to may have been already mentioned. A while ago I come across a video featuring a hybrid Toyota Yaris, however it was using a flywheel instead of a battery..
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  4700. Very well. Time to make a true comparison. Model 3 vs Bolt vs New Leaf vs Civic(ice). 72 months (the time of some finance). Also extrapolate to 10y because longer you keep EVs, more sense it makes, even changing the battery pack. Thank you!!!
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  4701. You are right in that our pattern recognition is making us think that this is ugly because what we see looks like a four door car to our brain. If you keep telling yourself, this is a truck, this is a truck, it looks really good.
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  4702. People need to stop complaining about how hard this is and get to work. I thought this was America ⁉️🇺🇲
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  4703. thank you for making this video
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  4704. Masks don’t do anything.
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  4705. Great content. Thanks
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  4706. Surely the price of these will drop like a stone rapidly. And there will be knock offs etc.
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  4707. Great job keep up the good work 👍
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  4708. mhd propulsion video please!
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  4709. Subscribed
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  4710. Bring back the SR21 or if we have the aurora project!!
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  4711. Depending on location, you can get a Bolt Premier for $37k and a Bolt LT for $32k -- that's before any credits. With the new Kona EV and Leaf e-Plus coming out, it will be harder to make the case for the Tesla. The only advantage Tesla with have will be it's charging station network. IMHO, Tesla is not a viable company so I am likely to choose a non-Tesla EV.
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  4712. I'm really glad I subscribe Ricky It's been a year or two and I haven't watched all of your videos. But I can honestly say I've never been disappointed. As a matter of fact you're kicking ass!
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  4713. For places with high electricity rates like here in the Philippines, going with electric coil is a horrible investment as it is very inefficient and costs way more than LPG/LNG. Induction helped bring the costs lower and stopped using the gas stove when LPG prices skyrocketed due to the invasion of Ukraine.
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  4714. Awesome video man 🔥👊
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  4715. You don't need a geothermal heating system in Southern California. I design and sell residential HVAC systems in Washington state. Even with our 25 degree to 45 degree winters an air sourced heat pump is all you need. Unless you are going to dig and trench yourself for Geothermal it's going to be way too expensive. If you want efficiency get a Trane XV19 Heat Pump and ducted air handler or a Mitsubishi system. It's even better if you go 100% ductless with the wall mounted heads. Then you avoid all the losses from ductwork running through an attic or crawl space. Insulate and seal up the house and then use a good Solar system. I love what you're doing. Once I buy a home I will be getting Solar, a ductless heating system, and a wood stove. I love the idea of a self reliant home.
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  4716. Great breakdown. Very easy to understand this complicate issue. Thank you
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  4717. Good stuff.
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  4718. Sunflowers are phyto remediators, I'm told if you grow and remove it 4 years in a row it will remove almost 100% of heavy metals. Pretty cool for brown zones.
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  4719. Great video. Good science!!
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  4720. Clear summary of Battery Day. Thanks.
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  4721. Love aviation information, go for it
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  4722. Vinyl chloride causes cancer. The high concentration of vinyl chloride due to this accident will be terrible for your health in the future, it's a time bomb. If you live close to the accident, please find a way to get away for at least 30-40 days (this is the decay period at which 30% of the vinyl chloride will break down and the place will become quite safe). Look at the wind map of your region and beware of where the wind will move. Do not drink tap water, do not buy products without plastic packaging. Take care of yourself and your family. P.S. sorry for the google translation, for me it was the main thing to convey the message
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  4723. 2BD- Another outstanding video. Well done!
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  4724. Do you think HFC's can be a solution for electric aviation? Electric aircraft can be much lower cost of maintenance. But the batteries are not quite there, other than for short city hops. HFC's can be the "killer app" for this application?
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  4725. Why don't you get a horizontal wind mill
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  4726. Th main problem is moon dust. Every piece is as sharp as broken glass. Also in the heat and radiation, 3very particle has a positive charge and sticks to everything. A suit would last about a week before totally wearing away. Any bearing exposed will clog. Mars would be easier to live on.
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  4727. Great video, really appreciated the visuals on E-ROI. Would like to see more detail on cargo shipping and planes (Nikola is on their 3rd variation with 0 deliveries, they’re little more than serial inventors) I’d just quibble with your statement at the end; Hydrogen isn’t going to improve with time like batteries because there are not the massive market forces pushing for greater density. Phones/tablets/laptops, data centers/grids, cars all seek greater capacity and/or smaller sizes. Demand comes for denser batteries from a dozen sides, nothing like that for Hydrogen Fool cells, the fuel of the future since 1980. A good case could be supported that the sole reason we talked about it came from Exxon/Shell stealth efforts in CA and later Japan to “green” their Nat Gas, which as you demonstrate, was not green at all. Unless Hydrogen is viable for planes and ships, it seems like a massive sunk cost we should all forget about
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  4728. Just to be clear, the death knell of the petrol car has already sounded, and game changing advances are not required for the switch to electric to continue. Mass production alone brings prices down and even moderate declines in price will make electric cars a significantly better value proposition than the alternative. It just takes time to replace the manufacturing facilities and then the fleet, but it will happen without any new advances. The Tesla Model 3 is already the best selling in its class.
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  4729. Thank you, Ricky; two enthusiastic thumbs up! How do you see the role of supercapacitors?
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  4730. Anyone who trys to come in and buy any part of Lahaina be it government or private should be ashamed. The people need help to recover not bought out by some greedy investor or Government official claiming to want the best for residents.
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  4731.  @TwoBitDaVinci  its ok, that configuration isn't the actual, that's all. You made a beautiful model
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  4732. I’ve thought about this for years. And building a house out of concrete.
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  4733. As always great vlog!
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  4734. Brilliant video. nice work
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  4735. Are they not harnessing the tidal energy? The water is moving whether the wind is blowing or the clouds are the blocking the sun. The tidal action is always present. The towers would likely be built from the sea floor up so it is going to have surface areas that are subject to tidal pressure. Not to mention being able to install additional generators that would power the structures. It is totally renewable...
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  4736. If you want to get a water from air (dehumidifier) system, you are better off capturing rain water from your roof into a giant cistern. A few winter showers, properly captured, can cover you for most of the year. And get rid of the pool. That’s a drain on water and energy. Empty it and use it for skate boarding.
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  4737. Really clear explanation. Making technical stuff easy to understand. Very good
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  4738. Ricky - I think your analysis is spot on. Good job.
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  4739. Awesome video, thanks .
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  4740. you are the very best presenter I have heard and watched.I am from South Africa so we hear and see world wide presenters - truly you have a GIFT for explaining complex topics in an extremely interesting and easy way to understand - I predict that very soon your following will be in the tens of millions!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  4741. Ok nitpick here... why not put the Shure SM7B back cover on, to hide the settings control? Love the videos, just calling out the details
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  4742. You ROCK DUDE! GREAT INFO! Thanks for info about this device! Lots better than some of the stuff from the National news feeds! Put some great science out there!
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  4743. Sorry! But fix your fill light! Always enjoy your production. 🙃
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  4744. your channel is most excellent. Thanks so much for doing this.
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  4745. People are sleeping on Nouveau Monde Graphite as a serious investment to there own detriment. Time will prove this out. 2022 should will shed major light on the impending graphite shortage.
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  4746. People people people...we do not need more than one commenter to point out pound/kilo conversion errors. Concentrate on the main message and check previous comments before you add yet another comment about that which everyone else has already commented upon.
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  4747. Well done research this helped me a lot
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  4748. I don't need a new truck as the one I have works just fine, but with what you have said about this truck almost have me wanting to put in an order for a new one.
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  4749. I use the condensate from my central ac. to water my garden. I have the condensate pump tube going to a plastic 55 gallon drum. It doesn’t take long to fill up, essentially during high humidity.
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  4750. Nice vid. Thnks mate
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  4751. Great video. Enjoy your Tesla M3! You will love it. Looking forward to your upcoming video content.
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  4752. Great video. Never understood why people felt the need to say that it was for tiny people to ensunuate Tesla did not know what they were doing not to mention folks that said they needed to be rear facing even though they showed 7 average size adults coming out of the vehicle and you are six feet sitting back there.
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  4753. Would you consider taking a walk on the wild side and doing a video on the pyramids in Egypt. They can't possibly have been built with hand tools. There are signs at the build sites of cuts in granite that could only have been made by drills and circular saw blades. Then there is the mystery of how the unfinished obelisk was being cut out of the surrounding granite with strange scrap marks in the stone. If they were using power tools, they had to have a source of energy and it couldn't have been fossil. Come on do it. The research alone with drive you crazy once you open up that rabbit hole.
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  4754. Seriously wonderful video. Thank you!
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  4755. Ancient electrical service from the '70s. What??? This channel is bs.
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  4756. You are the best source for a Gigafactrory interview preparation)))
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  4757. Greaaaaat Vid
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  4758. I love this video Ricky. I live in San Diego as well on top of the mountain. I think right near you. I’m in La Mesa and honestly, I get a crap load of wind up here because I’m on top. Things in my bathroom also rust because I get that ocean breeze. I would love to try something like this out in the future to offset the night energy usage. Great video man keep up the great work. Everything you said at the last part of the video is exactly what I want to do. Also is capture energy at night and sell it back to the grid or give it back to my batteries, etc..
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  4759. If the 747 was the " Queen of the skies " what was the " King of the skies " and most importantly what was the " Joker of the skies " ???
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  4760. i would have used a thick layer of plaster, clay, or concrete bought from nearby and absolutely covered my house in it, homemade total coverage temporary wet stucco
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  4761. Good stuff
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  4762. I love my Mustang Mach-E. After 1 month of driving it. Very well made solid car. It's a great upgrade from my Chevy Bolt which is a very good car as well. Ford is on the right track and I am glad to see their commitment with adding the F150 Lightning. If I needed a truck, it would definetly by my first choice. The Tesla Cybertruck is just to gimmicky looking.
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  4763. What makes me go against the argument that China is telling the truth, and that the wind blew it off course is the fact that China was not forthright about that when it would've been going off their intended trajectory. If I were in China's shoes and I was intending to explore the arctic, to follow your theory, and my balloon was traveling into another country's airspace (in this case America's airspace) I would want to be forthright about this to maintain integrity, relations, and to avoid any potential conflict; as any country would not know the motivation behind such a balloon. I too don't think the balloon's main utility was to gather intelligence, though that may have been an incidental ability of the balloon (if China is going to release a balloon over America might as well possibly attempt to gather some intel), but I think it was intentional due to China's lack of transparency. To put it bluntly, I don't think they're that stupid—they're just playing stupid. I think the balloon did exactly what China intended it to do, but what that is I'm uncertain.
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  4764. tatooine moisture spires, are becoming reality.
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  4765. I’m concerned about battery range (230-300 👎🏻) and charging time 👎🏻. I still get better gas “range” from my 5.0 V8.
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  4766. Hydrogen passenger cars equals pure stupidity! However H has many other uses.
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  4767. NASA tends to support these efforts because it is part of its mission statement. Boeing is just the largest aerospace manufacturer in the US, so it makes since they would work together. That being said, both Boeing and NASA had been working on this separately, so essentially they are just pulling their resources.
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  4768. Depending on how they manage to get the plant working, there may be ways to get deeper : selecting plants with deeper roots, or even digging ourselves after everything is depleted. I mean, if you remove the low metal dirt, and manage things properly, that dirt could be some use on farms or just be disposed elsewhere temporarily, then put back into place after mining operations. this would be a win in all situations.
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  4769. You are absolutely right! Thanks for your dedication for this subject!
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  4770. this sounds like it would be great for electric cars because you could bring a roll of it and unroll it in a field pin it down and let it charge for a few hours.
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  4771. Great work.
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  4772. Ope, just answered it
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  4773. Right from the outset I said this was both sinister and dangerous, and it was a mistake to ked the balloon drift across Canada and the US. What it revealed to the world was the path of the Jetstream. Now rogue nations like NKorea and Iran know how to diver lethal weapons to the US and Canada, which could consist of a Hiroshima size nuke to be exploded to create an EMP which would wipe out our electrical and Communications grids. Or worse, dispense Wuhan Vitus 3.0 across the US and Canada, and we'd be powerless to stop it. In WWII, Japan launched such an attack on the west coast of the US armed with incendiary bombs to start forest fires. This is low tech, inexpensive but highly effective warfare. I was in the Canadian militia in the late '60's and we were warned about the potential danger of germ warfare back then. Looks like we've ignored the warning to our peril.
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  4774. now it's obvious why Trump offered to buy Greenland from Denmark...
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  4775. Cool. I mean "hot". Whatever, awesome tech.
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  4776. Music to my ears ^_^
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  4777. ♥from Canada ... Ive been screaming this for 2 years but no one listens LOL ... he's full of Shit between refitting refineries to use domestic oil .... plus the Jones Act your screwed how many zillions are you going to spend to build a US flagged oil tanker fleet besides your oil is worth more for export than what you import
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  4778. Thanks for the showcase, it is very helpful. You kids are adorable man, enjoy your time with them.
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  4779. I have a reservation, can't wait for totally free fuel!
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  4780. This is goddamn well made video. Thank you!
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  4781. Synching Gestures, Quantum Cryptography very interesting
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  4782. Hi Ricky. Nice talking to you at the Fully Charged event. I've ordered my 2021 M3. Will use your link. What's your opinion on LR vs SR+, also on black vs white interior?
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  4783. Well done 👍
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  4784. Great vid👍
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  4785. Amazing video! Great info - fantastic demeanor. Thanks!
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  4786. Well presented
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  4787. Your reasoned and calm competent delivery are first rate. Using logic and history to support conclusions is what I like.
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  4788. ...as a fellow Californian I can totally appreciate how this tech could help transform ag (and energy production) in this state. Id love to see us at the forefront...now let's see if we can make it make sense to the central valley growers.
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  4789. It is not just protection against fire, but also protection against earthquake. Wood is to protect against earthquake, while concrete is to protect against fire. How to choose?
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  4790. Most objective guys , Ive come across
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  4791. Yes, I agree. I think it's a very good idea. Your example looks good too. 👍🏻
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  4792. Still waiting for the future
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  4793. What amazes me is how anyone can afford to live in San Diego. Ironically you could run your business anywhere in the country.
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  4794. The breaking system on this train relies on technology from the 1860s. Not to mention this train was not considered to be carrying hazardous materials because of the regulatory bodies being captured by owners of these rail companies. Obama passed laws to upgrade our rail system and then Trump killed them because such upgrades were "cost prohibitive" for these BILLION dollar companies. It's cheaper for them to kill and disable thousands, maybe millions, of people and animals because who's going to hold them accountable for negligent homicide and ecocide. Not our corrupt government. As long as these owners are immune from all responsibility their greed and negligence causes what reason do they have to change. We're literally talking about companies that are so greedy they refuse to give their workers paid time off in a BILLION dollar industry. Yet, we expect them to care about the safety of their trains? That's just naive. PS Nevermind the mainstream media's complete refusal to treat this as the disaster it is, let alone to cover it properly. Why should we expect real journalism from companies that are bought and owned by the very people they are supposed to be investigating and reporting on? This will turn into another Flint, Michigan where noone was ever held accountable and the people are still suffering. Mark my words.
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  4795. This truck is THE EV truck we all want. I can't wait to get one!
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  4796. I really enjoyed the video. As feedback, I feel like there's a few too many "More on that later", and it distracted from the flow from your great pacing and timbre
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  4797. Excellent Suggestion👍
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  4798. Great overview, Ricky (and your partners in crime) you have an awesome family! This looks like a good solution for families with young children, preferably out of car seats, as they would he fairly comfortable in the back seat, as would smaller adults. Also a great option to switch between cargo and people hauling ability, not bad at all for a midsized vehicle. Wonder if they'll have a removable glass hatch so you can stick your noggin' out, like some of the early illustrations? ☺️
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  4799.  @TwoBitDaVinci  thanks Ricky, that would be great, something to look forward to as COVID subsides. Congratulations on the investment channel also, what a great idea as many people are looking to invest in green technology companies, plus many of them have incredible growth and income potential.
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  4800. I work for as company that manufacture metal products, and we need to be very dry. During the summer we can extract around 9/10 gallons a day with our dehumidifiers. I’ve often wondered why there wasn’t a better solution to be able to have that water readily accessible to us for drinking water.
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  4801. wow! amazing video thanks!
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  4802. Great information. I am going to get optimizers thanks to you.
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  4803. Yes please do a deep dive video into MHD.
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  4804.  @kkarllwt  Well yes, I assumed that would be a given and some kind of mechanical filtration method would be employed on the collected condensate. The difficult part was getting the water separated from the salt, which is accomplished by this method, dust and stuff is the easy part.
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  4805. @8:45 "87 degrees, pretty hot out." Oh you silly San Diego. 10:00 p.m., and it's still 95° here in Phoenix... Should be close to 110° F here all week lol. Granted you have humidity, which makes you contemplate suicide... Still though, hah.
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  4806. Wall Batteries and/or smaller systems. Like it! Thanks Ricky!
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  4807. really good thinking!
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  4808. Contact Elon Musk about this idea
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  4809. Close but not quite what you actually want is a long greenhouse floating on the ocean and you pressurize air to bubble up underneath, oxygenation of the ocean around it well also creating pressure within the greenhouse which then leads up pipe to a mountain top with natural cooler atmosphere, condensing at Hight allowing you to pump down using gravity the whole thing is way more energy efficient. Would be even better if it was done by the government and the water is just added to the natural environment backing up naturally formed waterways that already exists
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  4810. Ricky, great research , analysis and presentation. We need that base generation of renewable and this controlled power source seems to do just that. Fascinating, Eamon
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  4811. MN for the win
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  4812. Lol. I just watched another one of your videos talking about the $1bil thermal energy power plant that was not profitable maybe 2 days ago. Then I watch this and see that they have taken the idea and applied it to desalination like I suggested on that video. Glad they are applying it like I thought it would be more useful and went further to address the the brine issues as well.
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  4813. What I want to know is whether Toyota will join the agreement when it finally starts making more EVs. My parents are very attached to the Toyota brand.
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  4814. Super super helpful info!
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  4815. I like that lamp in the background (the bendy-looking metal one on the shelf). Is it made from old pipes? i saw a cool TV show in the UK where they took people"s junk and turned it into things that retailed for a lot. Things like old metal shoe 'stays' (I forget the name but they"re like little anvils) and other bits-and-bobs became unique lamps, etc.     I like your Japanese things, too; I lived in Japan for four years, though now live/work in China. I am hoping the I.D. 3 comes to China before long (though Beijing is already urging local companies to get into the market and so the US and others will be playing catch-up). EVs are quite common, at least here in Shanghai.
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  4816. Oooooh man. Now I know what paint to use in a grow room 😆
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  4817. I code iOS too... mostly slot machine games. Do you create graphics too? That’s my Achilles heel. I am only a fair artist and I want to do RPG games ☹️ Excellent video, btw!
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  4818. great show
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  4819. I'm impressed I I need to get one of these flow batteries because it sounds a lot more sustainable then conventional batteries
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  4820. Sign me up. I already have solar and the PowerWalls. Can't wait for their HVAC too. :-)
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  4821. Thanks!
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  4822. Really enjoyed your video. How have I not see you before? Technical with a great storyline, and it’s about Tesla.!
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  4823. ive just had 17, 5.5kw panels installed on my roof 👍
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  4824. GREAT VID!!!! Just subscribed. I hadn't heard about this but that is understandable considering the papers are in a publication I don't read and didn't even know existed. Thanks so much!!! This could be the game changer we need to take a quantum leap in technology. Very exciting!!!
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  4825. Brillant FUN Ford truck easly out pacing a Ford Mustang noisy toxic ice 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🌍💚
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  4826. Ricky, Another extraordinary review, thank you. My 2nd reason for commenting is to plead with you to PLEASE occasionally STOP FAST enough to make certain you are actually using the brakes, even if it's only once each week. Please for you and your family's sake keep them "exercised" ... this will ensure the metallic rotors and semi-metalic brake pads are mating effectively. Additionally there are sliding and mating surfaces that need to slide across each other to remain in safest working order. San Diego has lots of Marine Layer moisture and salt in the air and that adds to the urgency of taking at least once a week some stronger braking excursions (perhaps when you're driving alone sporting through the hills)! God bless you and your family. Cheers Eric
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  4827. You truly have done a superb job explaining this subject. Bravo! Tony Williams Quick Charge Power LLC San Marcos, California USA
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  4828. More in depth. Ready to take a deep dive into batteries. Thanks.
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  4829. Is 2021 now. What’s changed?
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  4830. As a power industry professional, I know that global warming is an existential threat to life on earth as is the future of human life, as we know it, without electrical power. Wind and solar do not directly have the large spinning rotors that are essential to operating and controlling the synchronized power grid. Only nuclear power can keep our society running and our planet alive. In the next 20 years, thousands of small, cost optimized nuclear reactors need to be up and running in the US. In China, action on adding massive amounts of nuclear power is in progress. The US is moving way too slow. Read about the time line for Terra Power.
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  4831. You pressured me to subscribe!
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  4832. Sadly, I think Ricky is right. Conspiracy theories (right or wrong, and IMO, most are wrong) are the result of a deep-seated distrust of government. IMO, this is because both parties represent bosses, not workers and both parties have grotesquely failed to deliver any bread and butter benefits to the bottom 60% of Americans who are furious because their poverty is brutal. And the top 20% are clueless about the pain and suffering of people who live on the other side of the tracks because their lives have been great. We get the conspiracy theories we deserve. Detractors often cite high salaries as evidence that I am incorrect. But this omits the fact that bosses can and do abuse and make workers miserable despite the size of their paycheck. Just ask any corporate secretary.
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  4833. Great video!
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  4834. Try beryllium it will react to water braking it down quickly do to berylliums electro magnetic properties also the beryllium will not break down not in my life time I dare you to try!!!!
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  4835. The health considerations related to natural gas stoves can be mitigated somewhat by a range hood that actually vents outside. That's what we have. Many new homes in our area have range hoods that just disperse cooking fumes back onto the home - just shoot it up higher on the kitchen. That's sorta worthless, IMO. For those homes, indoor pollution may be a problem. Building codes could be changed to mandate venting outside (>$$) for gas stove installations. But that could possibly drive more builders to put in induction stoves IF it saves the builders money. By the same token, that'd likely make those homes harder to sell as so many people in our area only want gas stoves.
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  4836. Honestly I thought the video title and thumbnail were to absurd, so I waited to watch this, but it’s actually a great video. I was wondering if there is a plant that mines lead, because Kent and some other US cities should probably look into that. More seriously tho, these plants sound like a cheaper form of battery recycling if we shred the used batteries, mix them into dirt and harvest in an industrial greenhouse setting.
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  4837. Great content thanks very much.
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  4838. Bro, great video! Keep it up. As a contractor you did a great job. Well done!
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  4839. Well yeah let hope for a better future
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  4840. Tesla is a "can do" company that is just amazing! Thanks for your presentation!!!!
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  4841. Hi Ricky? My first time here . . . I subscribed . . . excellent vid . . . intellegent, logical, no hype. I liked i!
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  4842. 👍👍
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  4843. You think you'll have to change the pack at 250k? Are you kidding me? Theres X's out there with 400k miles on original battery with 13% degradation and all signs point to the 2170 holding up even better.
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  4844. I think that tesla doesn't want independent mechanics to work on their cars just in case their work causes an accident and makes tesla look even worse.
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  4845. COOL info Ricky!!!
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  4846. Today, your channel entered my feed after I watch ur friend’s video on building a net zero house. In under 2 minutes of watching your video a subscribed to ur channel. That’s a record. Awesome job to you and your team. But, in this video it seems that there might be a problem you overlooked. Flow rate. A rainstorm’s flow rate is just over googolplex x tree(3). Pipe flow rates are a bit under googol x tree(1) in comparison. Maybe. But, I love your thinking. Comments about wetland were abundant. It’s easy to say that from an ivory tower, but I lived with wetlands right behind my property. It is impossible to be outside during mosquito seasons. It’s even worse when dying from eastern equine encephalitis or contracting the many other mosquito borne diseases. I’ve read that in Alaska one of the biggest pressures on moose is mosquitoes. Sorry for the bad news, but honest feedback build better ideas. — merely a 62 y/o industrial engineer. Ps: Good luck with your channel, but given the quality you won’t need luck.
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  4847. You're having too much fun here, not a real job. LOL!
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  4848. I was ready to really be disappointed by this presentation until the script flipped and revealed the reality of the place. Well played 🙂 That place looks like nothing more than the next level of a shiny, new, American suburban open-air mall. Very modern, immaculate, and clean but, nevertheless still private property. This is the corporate Disney version of a walkable shopping district. The takeaway here, IMHO, is that old-style pre-auto city design was walkable and compact, and more people-friendly by design. That should be the goal and not high-end enclaves for the rich to enjoy the facade while they live segregated from the rest of us peons who are only there on a day-pass.
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  4849. Excellent Channel
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  4850. Good point to make about the MPGe - Efficiency of an ICE motor is around 30%(note different motors) , Efficiency of Electric motor 96%... drop mic.
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  4851. Too bad we still end up w/ nuclear waste to confound non-proliferation efforts.
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  4852. If you don’t want a dystopian future where wars will be fought over clean drinking water, then you need to stop being neurotic today and quit being an activist that stops new nuclear power plants or water desalination projects from going up. Build, or else we will suffer.
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  4853. This is the best news i've heard in at least four years! This feels like a tipping point for the ancient tech of the ICE engine, and i am eager to see the day when we have clean air, clear skies, and the only, functional ICE engine left on this planet is the one sitting next to the steam engine at the Smithsonian Institute. It's time to move forward and do better, and there's just no way combustion engines can compete with the power, performance, and reliability of electrics. Even the most stubborn Neanderthals out there will not be allowed to deny their girlfriend's right to enjoy instant torque and rapid acceleration. Thrilling! Hooray for Ford! They are really trying to make America "great" (better late than never).
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  4854. Great info thanks!
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  4855. You could add the effect of shading to the benefits of the solar system - a lot less heat input to the attic resp.the house = lower air conditioner consumption plus a lot longer lifespan of the roof material.
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  4856. Very wise guy talks about interesting things. I enjoyed watching this video.
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  4857. Man it’s been winter in SF all summer so far!! Waving Hi from SF.
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  4858. I see this Model 3 battery as a big improvement over the Model S and X batteries, as the cells are larger, have better cooling, better construction (fewer cells per pack or brick), and local BMS housed inside the battery pack (the Chevy Volt and Bolt EV has this years before). I hope this new construction will prevent spontaneous battery files as in several Model S vehicles. A fully charged Lithium cell holds 4.25 V, not just "over 4 volts", and a fully discharged (but still rechargeable) cell is 2.75 V, not "just 3 volts". The user adjustable top rage is good if the user does it correctly but many will set it at the top. The LG battery for the GM EVs are factery limited and will never charge up to 100% or discharge down to zero. This is safer (no user mistakes) and makes a longer lasting battery with a lesser range.
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  4859. I’m not an engineer but I think conscientious engineers just got a lot more respect and appreciation!
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  4860. You have created the most succinct informational video I've seen to date about the current battery technology applicable to motorcars. There's a lot to learn regarding Lithium battery technology, and it's clear from your two-part video presentation that Tesla and Panasonic are worldwide leaders in the evolution of battery technology and electric cars.The future is promising, and it's exciting to be a small part of it. Kudos to your efforts and easy to understand videos!!
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  4861. Awesome breakdown! Thanks. Subscribed!
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  4862. Would this type of system work in South Florida?
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  4863. great video! one little thing, getting to space looks a little different, essentially once you´ve escaped the soup (atmosphere) at around 200 km you'll turn horizontally.
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  4864. Actually there's a difference "nada" means "nothing" and "la nada" means "nothingness".
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  4865. The Omni Wind Turbine system seems awesome!
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  4866. Excellent bioinspiration
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  4867. Science and technology improvements require this kind of risk and occasional failure. The only way to avoid the failures is to do nothing.
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  4868. Very good video
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  4869. I was so excited about the solar roof and Powerwall that I put in a purchase for a 12.04 kW Solar Roof and 3 Powerwalls. Signed purchase agreement back on 1/24 and having been waiting since. Got an email today saying prices have gone up and if I still want it I have to agree to the new purchase price. THEY RAISED THE PRICE over 30% on me! What a bait and switch scam. Completely betrayed by the company I loved.
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  4870. New sub. Love how you explain the engineering side The nuts and bolts of it as well cause and effect
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  4871. Brilliant and very informative .. .
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  4872. Toyota have partnered with yamaha since the 80s on engines. 3sgte, 2jzgte etc etc
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  4873. 🙋‍♂️THANKS AGAIN RICKI …FOR SHARING THE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES 👍😎💚💚💚
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  4874. This F150 is awesome! It is number 1 on my wish list not far behind is Chevy's Silverado or Hummer electric.
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  4875. Awesome video, so chock full of great info. Wish we were neighbors to share a beer and talk about our panels😊. Great point about a battery being the environmental choice so the grid is less stressed at peak times. That’s a good reason for the government to subsidize battery packs at an even higher rate than the panels. I have a home near you in Encinitas with solar panels that work great. We have net metering there (I didn’t hear you mention that) so even though we are using the grid when the sun goes down at the high rates in evening, we pay zero as long as we met positive production for the year.
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  4876. Sort your grammar. Stop saying “What does it mean for you and I”. It is “me” not “I”.
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  4877. "You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war." How Australia's four news behemoths cover China balloon: The Guardian: China 'spy balloon' wakes up world to new era of war at edge of outer space. BBC: What it takes to build a balloon for 100000ft. THE AUSTRALIAN: Past mistakes make us a 'spy balloon' weak spot. 9NEWS: US restricts six companies tied to Chinese airships and balloons.
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  4878. Wow think of a place that has sun across the year. A island like this in the sunny and windy Mediterranean sea would be even better
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  4879. A fair and balanced review..... Solar carport and Ev for me.. Cheers
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  4880. Interesting - more on this topic would be great. 👍👍
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  4881. Western United states needs desalination. We're dying up like the Sahara.
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  4882. Superb video, seemed pretty balanced representing both sides.
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  4883. Great video— It would be interesting it estimate the cost of powering the entire US with tidal energy, which is consistently 24 h
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  4884. Alabama and most of the southern states get back more in Federal Money than they give to the GOV. When you gonna pay back the Dem states that are more likely to be a net positive effect on Gov. Income ? I have lived in the South most of my life. The moochers are the South. Low wages, cheap housing, low taxes means you take more than you give. Don't bash others until you have a positive effect. Going Solar ( even partially subsidized ) helps lower CO2 and takes some strain off the grid. Considering the R's just gave 1.7 Trillion to the top 1.5% at the cost of now wanting to cut medicare and medicaid, your statement is just ridiculous. My taxes pay for wars I don't approve of, separating children from parents and the huge costs with that, or Paying for F'n Donald Trump to play golf ( more in <2 years than Obama in 8 years ) on his courses and charging the taxpayers. Get the mote out your eye before you worry about the mite in mine. Oh, Roll Tide.
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  4885. Excellent write up!! Well done!
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  4886. Very informative and explanatory.... good job
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  4887. I turned my potential energy into kinetic energy by liking and subscribing
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  4888. Hello Two Bit da Vinci, Very interested in learning more. Your payback at ~9 years included increase in cost of utilities and that fine. What about the time-value-of money? If you had to finance at, let's say 6% how much of a difference would it make on the payoff? PS: Understand cost per KWH should be dropping with newer technology. Thank you in advance, Mr .P
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  4889. you did a really good job on this. Broke everything down, and made it really digestible. Earned a sub right there
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  4890. Economies of scale…10x ballon rate won’t equal a 10x $ amount to the US. Also the military is working 24/7 so I’d allocate maybe a 10% at most to your total military cost.
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  4891. Phyto remediation.
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  4892. Makes me wonder what Ford will do with an EV Raptor. I'm guessing that'll be ridiculous bordering on ludicrous
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  4893. Airports in the US are severely dated. I’ve lived in developing countries even recently….and public transport to the airport and said airport is much more sophisticated than most I’ve seen in the States😢
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  4894. Excellent idea 💡 this would be good for the world everyone has to band together to get this done aswell as energy storages
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  4895. Heated steering wheel! I just bought a Y crossing fingers but I doubt it’ll happen. Glad for the bonus supercharging though.
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  4896. I thought several years ago, if I had the money and lived in a remote sea coast, I would like to create a tidal energy company to power myself and all the cities near by.
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  4897. Best informative from this channel 🦅🦅🇺🇸
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  4898. Very informative. Fracking in Pennsylvania has caused some serious environmental consequences with fouling up well water and aquifers. Can't wait for all electrics to displace the need for so much oil
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  4899. ♻🔋👏💪🔝❤
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  4900. The Sagrada Familia foundation and the city if Barcelona had come to an agreement in regards to demolition of these buildings in front of the building. The city agreed to purchase these properties and demolish them relocating its own3rs and for that the Sagrada Familia foundation has agreed to pay 50 milion EUR. The thing to remember is that when the first buildings were build and properties sold, they were very cheap as there was a note in the papers that these will have to be vacated WITHOUT a right to a compensation when Sagrada Familia will be finished. Since it was so long ago and most people never really believed it will ever be finished it was ignored and forgottten, this note in documents. Now, actual owners demand compensation as they have paid a lot of money for these properties, but someone has made a killing bying a cheap property and selling it expensive.
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  4901. What a great video. Wow. 😲
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  4902. This is brilliant. Thank you
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  4903. That is what I was going to do if I won the powerball when it got over 1 billion bucks here in the US. Build one in Texas or Cali and charge states like AZ and NM to pump water there. To me this is the next big thing and if countries would get their head out of their asses they would see this. However, I think countries, especially here in US, worry more about being in charge than actually helping it's Citizens. Also it opens up a ton of jobs with all the things that come with that. It's really a win win.
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  4904. Great video and very informative!
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  4905. Thank you
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  4906. Go Bears! Indeed.
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  4907. 💯
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  4908. I look forward to this series!
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  4909. Thank you for sharing!!!
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  4910. I’ve been telling everybody about Zipline! People think im crazy 😂
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  4911. The more energy storage capabilities the better.. dunno if this is the most efficient.. but if any companies choose this vs some other method because it works better for them.. great.. we need all the energy storage for the renewables, that we can get.
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  4912. RV awnings
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  4913. I think there are two places Maxwell's technology will come into play. As you mentioned the new Tesla roadster - to get those ridiculously low 0 -60mph times they're going to need a lot of power fast. another guess would be the new Tesla semi. Fast charge and discharge will be almost a necessity for a semi hauling 40 tons around.
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  4914. I ordered it as soon as I could !!! I loved it as soon as I saw it. I was sad that the 500 mile Trimotor isn't ready right away. I settled for the dual motor for now. I can GUARANTEE that there is more development coming before production. Like Elon said ... " ... there's still room for improvement ... " Mr Musk doesn't seem like the kind of guy who likes to be embarrassed. Those windows WILL be actually bulletproof by the time CYBERTRUCK is in my driveway. XD
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  4915. I travel for work. Longest commute is 149 miles each way. Sometimes leave car parked for 3 days in parking lots with no charging available in sub zero winter. I think 400 mile range will overcome all my obstacles and I will be able to join EV market. Won't be long now. Can't wait for autopilot to assist those fatiguing highway miles.
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  4916. How about light to turn water into hydrogen fule.
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  4917. living in the Philippines I see "vulcanising' everywhere but no one could explain to me why car shops have that on their signs ! Thank you :D
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  4918. And here I had planned to go all day without thinking about vulcanized rubber. Dang it!.
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  4919. Great video! Thanks alot
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  4920. I appreciated the engineering details and the math formulae.
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  4921. Great Comments from you , things look very bleak for California. I fear for my state, Oregon, as well.😮
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  4922. If you have city water I doubt they're gonna give you a permit to drill a well.
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  4923. I still hope I get the chance to fly on a 747... Could care less about an A380
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  4924. Nice video, thanks for sharing. I saw another video where that false floor ledge section can be turned around to make it more of a level trunk area.
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  4925. 20 mile is huge, think of it this way... California, 15 million cars, if all of them are electric with solar panels, you get 300 million miles saved each sunny day... otherwise will be pulled form the grid... Think about how many people that don't dive that long every day, peaple live near work, Mom mainly having a car to take kid to school.... peaple live in small towns, That's hunders of million of people around the globe, and solar will cut thier need for charging by 60 or 70% each year... You don't need solar in cars to eliminate the need for charging to have a significant impact. 20 miles is Huge...
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  4926. Excellent video, love the content, Keep it up
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  4927. Let gas companies build pipe lines and when the fossil fuels.... the pipes can be used for water across the country. Dinking water, flood control, water conservation.
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  4928. Just subscribed to the channel thanks to this Keith Richards analogy :D
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  4929. Decreasing charging time is the key to EV success and it looks like Tesla is investing R&D dollars to make that better. Ultra capacitors can help with this by being a buffer and supplying charge to the battery when not hooked up to a charger.
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  4930. Love your show
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  4931. Getting there. Not there for me yet but maybe by 2022 when i buy again. Both should work well for urbanites with a garage and dedicated high amp charger. I live very rural. For me i get 42MPG (USgal) at $2.10/gal. $21 gets me 420 miles or 5c/mile in under five minutes. Car is a base model Ford (comfortable but not flashy) I bought for $10,000 with dealer incentives and rebates. I have had no drivetrain problems in over 100k miles. I looked at EVs in 2013 and they were still just toys. They are maturing though. Currently these cars are great for many buyers looking for use economy and sorta luxury instead of buying a BMW, Volvo or Lexus. Currently still a novelty, there is a status snob appeal which can help with the sticker. As tax rebates disappear/shrink next year(s) i assume the pricing will adjust. I got $3500 off my car for mfg and dealer incentives (and haggling), which was better for a $13k car than a 7% tax credit a year later and set in stone pricing. I think i made the right decision for now. There are no Teslas in my county, and one or two Bolts and Leafs. Others must have made similar judgements. No superchargers within 50 miles, a couple of public chargers about 50 miles away, but plenty of chargers on main interstates near big cities.
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  4932. Living in Arizona garage gets to 120 degrees. The Volt if left plugged in, cools the battery automatically. WILL THE TEALA MODEL 3?
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  4933. Keep recording outdoors!
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  4934. I usually dont comment on videos, but I really wanted to show my appreciation this time. Very well done and I like how you go into details. There are tons of videos that explain superficially how great EVs are but never dig deeper. Keep up the great work!
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  4935. For me more than my house is worth. Unfortunate, hope the price drops by 75% or more. Will say the video is five stars and very well narrated.
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  4936. I’ve said this before, but they could hire, or buy the tunnel mining equipment from Elon Musk, to place a series of tunnels across the US, to pipe it to areas that are in a constant drought, … create, and build water treatment facilities to re-facilitate, a disbursement of flood waters, from storms and snow melt, flooding , … in order to refill, and replenish the needs of the regions that the pipelines will establish, and reestablish, in areas affected by drought, … storage of water, ie: freshwater supplies that can be found, and done in underground reservoirs, … And to utilize aqua farming techniques to allow siphon transference of waters across the country, instead of having to rely on electrical pump stations to move the waters more effectively, … and having the creation of moving mass amounts of water over weeks, we could effectively move the same amount in a matter of days, … theses underground pipelines would have to route around any natural, disorders in the continental plates like by passing Yellowstone, as we will have to mine tunnels at least with a 6 foot, compliance shaft, and with effective ballast plates, & panels to adjust the flow rates in order to achieve a longevity to the wall structures of the pipelines, as with any type of material, being pumped through a line, the integrity of wall materials will be under the stresses of some forms of pressures, and the movement of any materials through such conveyances will have an imposed limit of the co-efficient, of friction, … as travel through such materials will congregate forces of water, versus unknown, wall materials, … so to achieve a maximum volume, a standardizing of wall materials will need testing, & maintenance, even if it is only being monitored by relay sensors, … with a visual inspection in order to maintain, a constant flow projection, and if manned, visual inspections are required, then lock out procedures must be followed thusly, as to avert any type frame, &/or form of catastrophe, … and waters from the source shall be required to be channeled to different areas/regions, with the beginning of a lock out situation, … prior to entry by manned inspectors, …
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  4937. Energy X has the best membranes that I know of.
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  4938. Battery day! Great insight Ricky! Thanks
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  4939. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  4940. yea a good report , thnx ,
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  4941. All these facts, should be a slap in the face to half our country that thinks immigration is a huge problem, it's not. Diversity is our greatest strength. Almost everyone of those countries that is collapsing has a homogeneous population (1 race) or horrible government so people don't want to move there. As far as poor, desperate, low skill people that come here, they usually end up being the hardest working and contribute the most, versus those that feel entitled to everything and feel threatened by someone who does not look like them.
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  4942. Logically thinking those engines can't produce lot of power because they operate on small temperature difference, unlike internal combustion engines. I'm wonder how big such an engine would have to be to produce let say 1000 watt of power and What kind of energy would it required ...
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  4943. There was an article in POPULAR MECHANICS magazine {or a similar publication} about flywheel batteries at least as far back as the 1980s. It might have even been in the 1970s, I am not certain of the date.
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  4944. Fascinating. Thank you.
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  4945. Great video!
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  4946. Thank you!!
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  4947. Congratulations for your high quality graphics and the accuracy of your physics. In the coming months you will have more EVs to compare...one to another and with their ICE counterparts. In Europe the model X competitors are now appearing (Jaguar I pace, Mercedes EQX, Audi e-tron SUV. What is the aerodynamic effect of Audi's sideview cameras vs. the Tesla mirrors. Are the cameras a marketing "gadget" or do they lower drag significantly? The cameras are legal in Europe, maybe not yet in US.
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  4948. It would render great service to those that follow your videos if you could be more quantitative about the reduction in drag coefficient if the cameras were substituted for the conventional side mirrors. I live in France, and from what I hear the Audi e-tron will be commercialised here with the cameras as a legal option. Are there any advantages or disadvantages to the cameras aside from drag reduction...night vision or fog vision, or blind-spot reduction/elimination/detection for example. I think it would also be a good idea to discuss at more length exactly what the drag coefficient numbers mean physically...where do these numbers actually come from. You did a great job on the center-of-mass...I'm sure you could do as well for the drag coefficient.
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  4949. I can see , that actual clean energy will continue to be ignored and thrown aside as difficult or expensive. So i will do it for myself. None of these energy solutions is an actual solution for the betterment of our environment. Stanley Meyer and Moses West inventions can be combined to make a self refueling hydrogen combustion vehicle . Or the Namibian inventor that use radio wave technology to power electronics and electric drive train technology. This planet is our home , and we don't have another one despite what so called smart people Say. We can't colonize any of the planets in our solar system, nor can we reach even the closest inhabitable planet .
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  4950. Love this video!!! Thank you so much!
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  4951. Love those lamps/pendants where did you get there from?
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  4952. Fascinating. Will definitely want to keep one eye on them!
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  4953. So if these balloons can be controlled it's not a simple weather Balloon of course, it's moved on purpose. So by definition it is being monitored and controlled, so it is spy related. My guess is it's assessing communication abilities of our nuclear assets, this tells me they are preparing for a EMP attack and want to assess if our assets can communicate to launch a response after said attack.
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  4954. I've loved this video, man! Really good work! I've seen the Everyday Astrounaut's video too. The amount of details are just insane! You're so awsome doing videos about the Starship! Keep going!
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  4955. Should power these by tidal power and ocean based wind power
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  4956. I’ve noticed not many ships fill the full length of the lock. By simply installing a set of lock gates half way up the length of the dock. Could massively reduce the amount of water required. 🤷‍♂️
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  4957. Very good video! As a former programmer and econometrist, I can relate to anything Two Bit da Vinci says here. It is 100% accurate and really hits it on the nail. Volkswagen is producing EV's for storage in the hope it can put software in later. Its CEO said in March 2020 (Bloomberg) his US$55 billion commitment to EV was just to keep up with Tesla and may not even be enough. Other car companies are conducting huge Public Relations campaigns to show they are on the ball with EV but they are miles behind. There are also THREE OTHER FACTORS THAT WILL MAKE TESLA WIN. 1. Tesla has been integrated with other advanced companies like Spaxe-X, the Boring Company, and Solar City. 2. The third factor is that Tesla exists to create a better world. GM and Ford exist to earn big bucks for its board members. (Proof? Try to listen to the lunatic anti-Tesla rants of Bob Lutz, the biggest big shot of GM.) 3. And the fourth and possibly most important factor is that all Tesla's cars on the road sent data streams to Tesla HQ where Deep Learning systems with Artificial Intelligence are processing everything in order to learn and detect anything that needs improvement. That massive fleet with its Niagara waterfalls of daily information is not available to any other motor car company. Tesla's insight in what is happening in the world of automotive transportation is second to none. And all these things are INVISIBLE to the naked eye which means that old school board members like Lutz do not pay attention to it much or think it is not important. They see a car, not a highly sensitive computer on wheels. Lutz makes a huge mistake.
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  4958. It is not insane at all tbh.
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  4959. My house was built in 1993, so I have 6" well-insulated walls and ceiling. I run my AC at night, and I cool it down so it's almost as cold as a meat locker. No matter how warm it is outside, the AC doesn't start to run again until very late in the afternoon. By doing this, I'm not trying to compete with the sun on cooling the house down (outside temp drops 10 -20 degrees overnight). I had a guy from the local electric company that this is the perfect way to cool your house for the cheapest cost and it helps save the 'grid'.
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  4960. Fantastic video. thanks for raking the time
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  4961. if you can run a stirling engine on a cup of hot tea i reckon you could run one using this battery to turn heat back into electricity...
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  4962. 4:56 what if you put the film on the outside instead of reflecting it back through the double pain. Just as a experiment?
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  4963. Go bears!
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  4964. Great video. Thank you for sharing!
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  4965. Great info and episode, Ricky!
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  4966. great video! thanks :) I appreciate more in-depth overview of the topic. I feel like it's meant for enginners to watch, unlike most of the tech channels. GJ
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  4967. [Ricky] I think inside 10 years we'll have a seriously awesome EV Truck :) yeah I agree that would be awesome.
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  4968. Nice to see this technology used to save lives and not take them.
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  4969. Vertical axel… for the win!
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  4970. I don't give a s*** about cars but I enjoyed your video!
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  4971. what about the conch shell kind of small scale wind turbine called Liam F1 Urban Wind Turbine. Supposedly With an average speed of wind of about 5m/s, the turbine generates about 1,500 kilowatt-hours of energy. It's a Dutch company. less than 100kg (or 220 lbs). So if a person could stand on your roof, so can this wind turbine. combine this with solar and for a lot less money, that should even out that solar sine wave.
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  4972. Your cost analysis is highly flawed. The cost associated with the military fuel, equipment and manpower cost exist every day. This money will be spent today, tomorrow and all week. Your cost list included the Admirals and Generals who signed off on this single mission. These same people made dozens of other decisions during this time that had nothing to do with the balloon. People like to make false economic equivalencies by assigning the cost of a continuous public service in the same manner one would create a bill to remodel a bathroom. This false narrative needs to be called out. For your channel to help create these falsehoods undermines credibility.
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  4973. Very entertaining video, thank you.. I love the topic of ss batteries
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  4974. wicked video subscribed
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  4975. After a long day at work, I was falling asleep sitting in a chair watching YouTube. Until I started watching your video. I love your videos. As well you did great on fully charged! Please keep making content !.!.!.
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  4976. I live in San Diego. Sdg&e cost a lot. I have no gas at my house and it cost me $300 a month and I don’t run heat or a/c all day. I run heat/ a/c only 10 to 15 days year.
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  4977. Great video thank you 😊
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  4978. Some of the new desal plants could also extract Lithium from the sea water.
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  4979. The best detail vehicle reviews for normal folks, no complaining about minor stuff. Swapping my daughter's 2020 Buick Encore for the Bolt EUV, thank you.
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  4980. we need new infrastructure, major supply transport (for free), The Venus Project for United World YouthOrg, free the old
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  4981. 6:50 30-100wh/kg aint enough.
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  4982. Super informative :)
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  4983. Sorry commented before the video was over
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  4984. Another great video! Thanks!
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  4985. Great video. 😎
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  4986. Thank you!
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  4987. This was on BBC "tomorrows world" in the early 90's I always wondered what happened to it. Seems like a good range extender tech.
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  4988. Serious good stuff.
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  4989. Graphene filters + perovskite solar PV cells = infinite water for almost £0.
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  4990. It'll be interesting to see a typical fender bender repair cost for Tesla. Nobody talks about a good possiblity of Tesla going out of business and you're stuck with an unsupported machine. Also, can US really support electricity demand once we all go to EV? We have as many cars in this country as the number of people. Will electricity still be so cheap? Guess how we generate 60-70% electricity today? Fossile fuel. The irony is non-trivial here.
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  4991. haha the Keith Richards of power storage devices
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  4992. Vf8 55 K with battery 10 year warranty or 125k , no oil change, electric cost about 50% less than that of gas. real deal
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  4993. Awesome update - So exciting - Thanks
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  4994. LOL! Couldn't resist trolling the ICE Mustang- could see it in your eyes as you blasted past him;-)
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  4995. Because it’s a starship, just like naval ships are big
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  4996. Another great video, love the work you do, keep it up. 😊❤ The year this was build is just amazing engineering 😊😊
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  4997. Maybe they will be able to find different chemistries in new iterations that make them last longer and more efficient as they make them. Still early.
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  4998. Said it once, Say it again. Your videos are AMAZING! Love the topics and the information. Love the channel and Love you. Thanks for making my day happy and my future brighter
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  4999. very good.
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  5000. Wise analysis
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  5001. I bought a $50 induction cook-top for camping with the EV I ordered for next summer. No propane or pumping a Coleman stove. And very light also. With that cook-top and a portable electric fridge, toaster and maybe a microwave, cooking will be easy. Could set the whole kitchen up in the frunk of my Silverado EV. Take out the truck window and it would be air conditioned under my topper.
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  5002. I would like to see your comparison of Tesla Model 3 vs BMW i3s.
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  5003. Thank you for promoting Made In The USA PPE! I will be sure to check out Lutema
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  5004. So I'm thinking about going solar. I have a 18.9 KW system designed and the cost will be close to 60K, but the monthly payment at current energy prices will save me 600 in the first year alone. My question to you is: Given the current economic uncertainty in the next several months - e.g. we are most likely going into a recession - IS NOW THE TIME or should I wait. What do you think. Yes, I own a 2021 Model Y LR. That accounts for my usage as does the hot tub. My current price per KW is .13 here in Florida. This is projected, as far as I have been told, to go up 5-8% year over year. Will the cost of my same system most likely be significantly lower in a economic downturn or would it be higher. Any insight you can give would be MUCH appreciated.
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  5005. What was fhe cost to install the variable speed pool pump? Shouldn't that go into the payback calculation?
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  5006. Great review I learned more from your video than ford provided. They called me because I had reserved one i went to an appointment at the dealership and I still didn't learn a lot.they did know much more than what is rumored. I went with the xlt version it was hard paying 14,000 canadian dollars to upgrade to the extended range battery and a home quick charger. The range is still speculative and I'm worried that it won't really be the range that ford as predicted. Dropping 93,000 canadian dollars on a vehicle that you have very little information about is unsettling. So your review has helped me with my decision to order the ford Lighting.the cheaper base model is only available for fleets
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  5007. Excellent video as always, agree that the ICE is on the way out but there is a need for more electric charging along interstates as it does no good if you can not charge your electric car or truck
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  5008. How tall is your wife? You mentioned your editor is 5'-2" and you are 6' and your leg room was ok , foot room a bit odd as they couldn't fit directly under the seat in front of you and head was hitting glass so not good. But great comprehensive video, with a practical approach to the 3rd row review. I have a 2017 Hybrid Highlander with very little storage behind the 3rd row and no frunk! Also the additional storage under the floor is sweet great for groceries etc. Nicely done video! Thank you
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  5009. USA FORD BABY great review
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  5010. Wow and I'm blown away that's incredible if true ...just wow
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  5011. Thanks for sharing your family with us
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  5012. Great job Ricky! I'm in Michigan and have natural gas at the curb. I heat with a 95% efficient N G boiler which also has an indirect water heater attached for domestic hot water. I do have a gas log in a fireplace which will actually heat the upstairs, the house is a ranch with 1700 square feet up and a basement of the same size. I live in the country, so loss of electric is a concern, so I have a 13 KW NG generator which will keep my house and all appliances going, including the water pump. I'm in good shape unless the natural gas supply is down, which I have never experience in over 50 years as a homeowner in Michigan.
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  5013. That's a nice Vertigo fx at the beginning.
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  5014. Would like to get these for my boat. I have twin 375hp turbo diesel engines. The fuel savings would be worth it. Just found your channel, great video…..subbed and liked….
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  5015. Thanks!
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  5016. At one point, EVERYTHING was pie in the sky, wishful fantasy...... however, humans love to create.....
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  5017. Really nice review - good job!
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  5018. A coo-coo clock wound up by the wind
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  5019. Thanks for subtitles. Now I can use translate for my language.
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  5020. Great content, scripting, editing, and delivery Ricky!
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  5021. Great presentation, very informative, comfortable to watch and listen to.
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  5022. Residential electric cooktops are often used during high electrical demand segments of the day. Utilities routinely use on-demand natural gas-fired turbines to generate electricity during such peaks. Doesn't this often make our electric cooking devices natural gas devices by proxy? Perhaps this is good for people with asthma but does moving the gas combustion from the stove to the generator reduce the use of gas, cost, or emissions? This demand for electrical generation will only get worse as we move more and more towards electric-powered everything. Yet another good reason for residential solar.
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  5023. Why dont you run the numbers on how many Kwh's of power would have to be generated to power all personal vehicles with electricity and you will discover just how much nonsense your statement contains. Unless you're ready to build say 1,000-2,000 nuclear power plants in the U.S. alone, than I will stand by my statement that EV cars are a gimmick. I have done the math and you're talking about needing to generating somewhere on the order 15 TRILLION Kwh's to power cars with electricity in the U.S. alone. We currently produce less than 4 trillion Kwh for electrical demand in the U.S.. Please clue me into how we increase electrical power generation by 400% ??? Not just replace existing power demands with renewables, but replace and QUADRUPLE current output ! ... It's a gimmick. Next up you're going to explain to me how we can all install $50,000 worth of solar panels and Tesla power walls on our homes to power our $50-80,000 EV cars, but not going to explain to me how the average family is going to afford $100,000 to buy and power said EV car...
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  5024. Now delta can overbook my flight on a cool Star Trek plane 😮
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  5025. Nice👍🏻
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  5026. hey Ricky, what about small scale installations? for a single house or a few? a farm, etc? could that be done in an efficient way?
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  5027. Great job with the down lo on this. It is wonderful time to be alive.
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  5028. FYI, you’re better off watering your yard at night when the sun has set. That way you lose less to evaporation.
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  5029. I have been doing some research on nuclear fusion and fission and its very interesting. This is a very good video , thank you.
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  5030. Do a more in-depth
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  5031. I love this video, but in the space trash I saw a tie fighter, why don't we just use that. OK it doesn't have a big pay load but I'm sure it could do a few trips to mars in a day right?
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  5032. Putin reference…priceless
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  5033. Never give up on new tech...
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  5034. How am I just now discovering this awesome channel??!? Subbed. How many miles driven per year did you use for the chart? Maybe I missed it in the vid.
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  5035. 📙💯
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  5036. My parents' house was built in the 1950s and did not have grounding. So when they turned the 1 car garage into a living room and tacked an additional side entrance, an main floor laundry and a new 2 car garage on the back they added grounding to the whole addition. And of course the main panel was relocated and replaced.
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  5037. When is it coming to Australia? I want one...no two.
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  5038. @Two Bit da Vinci. Please do a video on inverters. Is it true that this is actually one of the most expensive pieces of installing solar?
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  5039. Awesome info! Thanks
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  5040. Awesome video!
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  5041. The planet… come to BC. 0 water issues.
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  5042. Simple: Put solar on each roof plus batteries.
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  5043. Nice vid👍🏽👍🏽
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  5044. I live in Montana. Electric COOP is 5.8 cents.
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  5045. ❤❤❤
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  5046. Fantastic ! I understand Thermodynamics !! So, I can't wait for the next 2BdV ;o) Thank you
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  5047. Great facts, and well narrated,
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  5048. Great review! Answered so many questions! Beautiful family 🌸😊
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  5049. Brilliant and interesting informative Video,what a long we we have travelled from the Le Clanche' Cells of yesteryear.
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  5050. A bit misleading to incorporate rending time. Most people don't understand what that time means, and you grouped it with 3D modeling time. I feel like you want to be honest and open, and I totaly appreciate you sharing the costs and hours in your work. Rendering is taxing on your system and takes time that can stall work on improving to the final product. It's not completely unfair to factor that in, but it is a bit misleading. Still liked and subscribed and belled. I am thankful for your work and dedication and persistance.
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  5051. Any followup on this? This is fascinating and the way you explain things Is very very good !!
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  5052. Ive seen other videos explaining why EVs have a hard time towing. But after watching this, I get it now. Nice job!
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  5053. Alternative title: China Make Big Hole
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  5054. love this Ricky
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  5055. You need to do a more in-depth video about this system and what failed. Awesome video and I can’t wait to see some of your other videos
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  5056. When do you upgrade to 8-bits? 16-bit? 64-bits? and 256-bits?
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  5057. Thanks for the great video. I did the Tesla online solar home consultation with the photos about 2 weeks ago. I haven’t heard anything back about the home design. How long did that take for you? Thanks!
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  5058. Your video is the only one that gave me practical information that these panels could come into commercial production in 2022.
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  5059. If this turns out to be real, you can bet that Tesla will fast-track a new Gigafactory in Korea ASAP. ;-)
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  5060. theyre becoming way more popular in the US now
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  5061. keep this type of videos ... ;)
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  5062. Porsche 918 RSR also used a flywheel as energy storage and boost. Look it up 🙂
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  5063. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.
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  5064. Are our laser systems developed enough to bring these things down?
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  5065. Thanks!
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  5066. The war on natural gas cooking is being waged by the big microwave food lobby ! Lol
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  5067. Rather than fixed structures I would suggest a fleet of solar powered ships
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  5068. By the way, 25°C is quite nice. And its the international system unit. :P 0 is freezing 40 is too much! Your body is at 37°C. Simple! :P
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  5069. Looks very promising, but you should not say it is a “clean” solution. It is “cleaner”, but anytime you need to mine anything, you are damaging the environment at large scale and producing large quantities of CO2
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  5070. Good job keeping a straight face with all the phallic references.
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  5071. great video! instant sub! for me Trolleybuses are the best
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  5072. another awesome video, and super good to see no mohawk this time :-)
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  5073. This is the best video I have seen in this accident. The man explained the whole problem as well as what could have happened. First class, Trump, have a good look before making those ridiculous comments.
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  5074. Good stuf as always...thanks. I thought it was good news when Mercedes bought Yasa and jumped into the AF motor game. I just hope they don't stall development or keep it in a limited ranges of exotics. The YASA Story - Axial Flux Motors: The Future Of Electric Vehicle Propulsion YT vid is some pretty interesting background.
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  5075. it could be my lap top but it looked like the audio was off from the video give you a heads up other then that i like how you formatted the show goos job
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  5076. Thanks, for the good presentation
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  5077. If ever i get the dough to buy a TESLA , i will use your link. Great job guys.
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  5078. I sub bc of usa product pitch.
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  5079. Direct energy weapons, and space lasers are a distraction from what is really going on
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  5080. I grew up in Australia and almost no one owns a clothes dryer 😂 outdoor drying all year round. I’m surprised that in California that’s not the norm. Living in Denmark now, heat pumps are just the standard for everything. Clothes driers, house heating and hot water.
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  5081. I hope Tesla's share price continues to dip so that I can load the boat before battery day. Best wishes to all Tesla shareholders!
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  5082. Ricky, hyper-interesting stuff. I have subscribed and thumbs up!
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  5083. Good video. My main take away is your son is adorable
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  5084. Interesting video. Hopefully you can provide updates on progress. Capturing hydrogen in the process is also very interesting prospects. Thanks
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  5085. I have heard of nuclear-produced hydrogen being called 'pink' hydrogen. Is red the correct term?
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  5086. I totaly agree with Kobe, excellent simple explanation! thanks for the video!
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  5087. An F-15 shot down a satellite with a ASM-135 ASAT. It could easily shoot down a balloon. Do you know what an EMP is? If the government is unwilling to shoot down a balloon, the Chinese could easily take down our power grid with EMP blasts. The Chinese do not need an ICBM. If our weak government will not shoot down a balloon.
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  5088. Great channel concept -instant subscribe!
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  5089. Where did you find an electrician to install smart panel? A lot of electrician near me say they don’t do this kind of work
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  5090. Go Bears!
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  5091. Excellent video, Rickie. Thank you!
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  5092. Darn it, I didn’t buy enough Tesla stocks. Amazing company and CEO.
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  5093. Excellent explanation of Tesla’s
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  5094. I cant wait to see an EV future!
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  5095. That rock produces oxygen for all sea creatures living in the ocean, and by removing those rocks, all sea life will drown, but not by water, but lack of oxygen in the sea water! When sea life starts to die, our seafood industry will die as well! Our atmosphere will become a stench that we can only breathe, which sickness, and disease will overcome the world. Leave the rocks where you found them, Please!
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  5096. I watched SPACE FORCE (I dunno, maybe I'm a Steve Carell fan), but 'what they were doing in space' was only a set-up to put the players in the situation together ('it's not the destination, but the friends we make along the way" or whatever ... "It's Good to Be Black on the Moon." :-P )
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  5097. This was a n awesome show...keep up the good work
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  5098. Great video!!!!
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  5099. I agree, we need smarter people, engineers (and other STEM people) active in politics to deal with the problems of climate change and late stage capitalism here in the 5th largest economy in the world.
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  5100. Thank you so much ! I am a vet and you have made my day
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  5101. Hey. This is kinda wrong - (I'm a physicist). You talk about how the hardest part is to get off the ground, and how gravity drops with every meter etc, which is all technically true, but the effect is very minimal. The radius of the earth is 6,371 km. At even 200 km, when it jetisons Super Heavy, the gravitational pull has only dropped about 6% - practically nothing! ( 6371^2 / (200+6371)^2). So the purpose of Super Heavy has nothing to do with trying to get out to where gravity is lower.
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  5102. Great Presentation on F150 Lightning! Ford needs to go solid state batteries ASAP. Removing the fire hazard of lithium is a big plus also. Quick Recharging and exceptionally long battery life, along with the infrastructure to support it. Tesla, Ford, Rivian, all need to have the same recharging stations...and get the cost down to where everyday folks can afford one.
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  5103. This is a very well put together video besides some mis spelling I don't give a shit about and I think it's cool as fuck that an American pronounces Aluminium properly 😎👍 Quite enlightening. Can you do a video on the true harm the mining of materials cause please, there's a lot of biased bull shit on the web if you try and find out.
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  5104. Hi TBDV! I have FSD with by Cyber truck 2M reservation. But I got it at $7K. If I purchased a Tesla today (like a model Y), I would hold off, to see if the subscription would be better value $ than $10K up front. Good things to consider, as I have wondered if FSD from Tesla is sooner rather than later. When I reserved by Cyber truck, I seriously thought FSD would be solved by Tesla by 2023 (maybe only Level 3?) and I got the deal of a lifetime. Have I? We will see!
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  5105. 5:57 question answer: no, because my bev can already charge at home on my current much cheaper solar system and a 4 min recharge at home is usless when I can already charge overnight with the exact same or less effort.
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  5106. Thank you for bringing it up (Down to us simple minded..) Ethics must taking into account when aspiring to that level of Coding One's brain. Voluntarily or Not.. It's a Rabbit hole Thanks
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  5107. Just like with quantum computers, and in contrast to popular misconceptions, the goal is not to fully replace digital computers, but rather find more optimal means of solving problems. It's always exciting to see that there could be a different computer structure that does it better than classic digital computers, and a giant breakthrough in computing.
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  5108. I got mad when they increased my rate to 14 cents a kw.
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  5109. Hey Ricky, I drive Tesla's cousin the Chevy Volt (2015) which is another very safe car on the road, will Tesla insurance cover my car? Currently with AAA...However my next car will be a Tesla...both my Son's drive Tesla's and they love them.
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  5110. I got one few months back and it’s been awesome. We always left clothes in the wash to move them to the dryer but now everything comes out dry in one shot.
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  5111. When riding down hills, as Ricky does, it would be nice to have some regen braking in rear hub so potential energy isn’t wasted as heat.
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  5112. well china gathers data for russia(this is known), The japanese used these ballons to drop explosives before wwii
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  5113. GREAT video! Livestock is such a huge contributing factor to CO2, this will help a lot more than most people realize
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  5114. Tesla have thought of everything...
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  5115. Spot on! Great callout
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  5116. We heat water with a heat pump water heater. The current draw while running is almost too small to notice. Insane I know. We also have off-grid solar, so cost is not even an issue, while efficiency absolutely is. After adding an induction cook top (also insanely efficient) I was able to turn off the natural gas to the house. Our only outside utilities are now water and sewer. We have arrived.
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  5117.  @TwoBitDaVinci  We have gone way off the map in the process of going solar. In the process now of rebuilding the house as an "earth ark" to deal with issues from global heating and climate change. I feel like I'm ahead of the curve, but only by a decade. The future is already very much here.
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  5118. I get excited every time I drive my Model 3 Performance. I actually peek out into the garage sometimes to check it out. Haven't been like that about a car since I was a kid, and I've had some pretty cool cars. I think a lot of Performance model owners feel that way. How could the sales figures not benefit a lot from that factor?
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  5119. i always learn something here -thankx
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  5120. First time on the channel, great work. Will sub and notify
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  5121.  @TwoBitDaVinci  I’m a team space kind of guy. I love most of the content about space craft, rocket engines, missions, futurism, etc. there is a dearth of live rocket coverage but less so when it comes to this type of video.
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  5122. Well done sir 😉
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  5123. Great video, here! So beautifully done with incredibly crisp and delicious sound throughout. Beautiful use of CLEAN and STABLE b-roll and supporting visuals. I also appreciate your backdrop shelving blue-ish/turquoise gelled lighting. Really great touch here. 🤩 I’m grateful I stumbled across your channel in YouTube creator studio’s data analytics on “top videos” suggesting my Atlis Motor Vehicles - Battery Day video. Thank you, thank you....for inadvertently helping drive traffic 🙏 to my channel, specifically my Atlis Motor Vehicles Battery Day video! 🙌 Just subscribed and hit that bell! Looking forward to more content!
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  5124. Awesome...!!!!!
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  5125. That little guy is so cute :-).
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  5126. Great presentation! I'll take it!
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  5127. I hope they're watching your video oh, you should be working for Tesla
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  5128. Great ideas Ricky.
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  5129. Mr. Fedrickson! You have very thorough research personnel. I also think it's awesome that you didn't edit your surprise in his name. We all at least learned one fact from your video!
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  5130. Let's go!!!
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  5131. a battery doesnt mean chemicals. it can mean inertial too
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  5132. Why not use nuclear power for space travel. I guess if it explodes it would be bad seems like nuclear would be more effective for long travel without having to refuel.
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  5133. Love this video
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  5134. Was in your fine city back in April. Saw the Zoo and Sea World. Universal Studios and Knotts Berry Farm were closed to non-residents at the time. Drove to SD instead. Hope these things take off and are technologically and commercially successful. I remember the old Peter, Paul and Mary's 60's song "The Answer is Blowing in the Wind." So true here.
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  5135. Amen Brother!  As always... A great and fun video (not too controversial)... Choices Abound. Interestingly my immediate (Model Y) and 2-5 year horizon (new home) are tied to Tesla... so the Stock choice offer "some" flexibility and investment consistent with who and where we will be spending our home and car money. Like you, we have a new home/Roof meaning SolarRoof is not a wise option.  But since the Tesla SolarRoof is the ONLY SOLAR OPTION "with an appearance my WIFE APPROVES" ... I'm now back to the drawing board to design a new Solar Home. Sooo... for me and my house... we're going for the non-self driving Model Y! AND... we also just 2 weeks ago dipped our babybtoes into the volatile "buy TSLA stock camp" using our Model Y downpayment haha!  FSD or Stocks, either approach is a step of faith. Now we're in wait-mode till Feds bring back tax breaks.  Ricky, with my lil toe in TSLA stock I have another Choice: -  do I pull the money to buy the Model Y when tax incentives occur (cuz those funds were the down-payment) ... OR -  stay long term and get a bigger loan for the Y hoping the stock will do great things in next 3-5yrs??? Any thoughts? Yup, Choices Abound! Cheers, Eric
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  5136. sick!
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  5137. Great videos! I love this 2 series :D
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  5138. I’m just curious about what we are going to cause as side effects of changing the natural order. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea, have we considered everything else that would change and maybe for the worst. I’m hopeful otherwise ❤
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  5139. Fantastically comprehensive view - from the perspective of a real family. Brilliant. Subscribed.
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  5140. great video
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  5141. Woow, thanks for making this video 🤯
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  5142. Ford F150 is a nice truck.. Then, Its not as bullet proof as the Tesla super charger network.. That's when I'm back to *Waiting" for the Tesla CT.
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  5143. ELON ROCKS.
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  5144. I appreciate your in-depth review :)
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  5145. Great video. I am researching building a system for my home. One thing you didn't cover. The average person moves 11 times in their life.
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  5146. Great Video! Would love one from you on cleaning up space debris.
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  5147. SMR with Thorium would burn all that waste.
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  5148. Great video! Thanks.
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  5149. update. we your show & love spacex & we just got our S dual motor fsd while the tri/4? motor fsd cybertruck gets here. i'm all in TSLA & i love all Elon Musk does & will keep doing..we've drove from California to Boca Chica to see the Star Ship & it was so awesome to see it getting built in person!! we have LOTS of SOLAR & backup battery system to charge them both
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  5150. You were gone Too Long!!!, glad your back.
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  5151. Fantastic video, well done. You have earned my subscription👍
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  5152. Nice video 👍
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  5153. Great Job!
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  5154. This is great competition for consumers
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  5155. Love the things you do. However please I hope you do not mind me saying: - You need to slow down saying "Two Bit da Vinci" It's spoken so fast it's hard to understand as a new subscriber what you said.
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  5156. put me down for buying at the kg rate and selling by the pound, easy money!
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  5157. I want to say I love the YouTube channel I really do cuz me we need to get more renewable energy and I never heard of this when you just got to talking about you know whether you got water turbines underneath the water turning like windmills this first time I heard of them but I have heard of what you got these the license for sits on the water and as the waves come over it it generates energy from that and I heard of that but man I'm telling you whatever little bit of extra money I get I'm going to have to start investing in some of this stuff you take care keep doing what you doing bro
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  5158.  @TwoBitDaVinci  ah I guess I missed that bit! Great video, I've been following this vehicle for a while so it was cool to see some in depth analysis on it.
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  5159. I can't wait Mars to offer Complimentary soft drinks and Ice cream service for crews landing on its airports..🐏😁🤙
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  5160. Bro they are building for super rich 🤑,after climate change disaster,world economy is going to collapse,eg the movie,hunger games, maze runner,the last of us,etc Climate change disaster is increasing day by day ,soon we could have food shortages,flood , drought, Connect the dots🤔😁
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  5161. Complaining about gas prices in the U$ is like we say in germany 'complaining on high niveau'. Germany's natural gas prices are around 13 euro Cent per kwh in may 2022. Thats double what you pay in the U$. Similar are energy and gas prices.
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  5162. We've been obsessed with delivering nuclear missiles at hypersonic speeds. I've always thought a planned first strike capability could take its time to set up. Rather then spend trillions on missile systems, what if a low tech country like North Korea simply Fed Exed their nukes to US targets? Stupid? A country could ship nukes in pieces disguised as appliances or machine parts through commercial shipping. The only detectable red flag would be the nuclear core, that could be heavily encased in say something the size of a wrecking ball. Agents near the target could assemble the weapons and transport them by truck anywhere in the country. They could be kept in storage or safe sites until needed for use. You could take years to infiltrate dozens of warheads and preposition them at key command and control centers. That makes the response window zero to an attack. The first idea of an attack would be the loss of DC, Langley, Norad, all the key bases - crippling our ability to respond to missile launches in a second wave. It creates a tactical superiority on the cheap for backward nuclear dictatorships.
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  5163. You want 100% energy independence ? Zero-carbon footprint system will work like this in the future: PV-cell on the roof > electrolyse water generating H2 > store H2 in safe form (powder, inventer: Gerard Lugtigheid) > use needed H2 powder for warm water & eletricity, (whole Wintertime!). Done.
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  5164. i've ordered the tri motor fsd cyber truck last April & i may also order the dual motor or the S Plaid model as well? i love space X too..
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  5165. I wonder, if Tesla would have focued on their main ability of designing electric cars and battery management and team up with a car manifacurer with more know-how in manifacturing, would they propably have been better off? There are many car manifacturers out there, and they even had some limited cooperation with Mercedes to my knowledge... I guess its very hard to catch up all those years of know-how, the sales and leasing networks and so on... Especially if they now want to break into the Business market... But I admiire their spirit.
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  5166. You were expecting some twisted conspiracy theory, weren't you?
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  5167. When it comes to the use of Gas and Electricity the debates have been many and Heated (No Pun Intended) my issues for the BAN of Natural Gas Stoves initially was the enforcement of changing over to INEFFICIENT Electric Stoves, which in turn also puts an extra strain on our current Electric Grid Problems. With the Induction Elements that would help relieve some of that strain. Technology is a TWO SIDED DAGGER, where the initial design for it benefits us as a Society it also is a detriment of unforeseen effects and problems, that need to be seen from not just one item at a time but to add in the encompassing effect of all tech when united on the grid. I firmly believe that our Legislators are overregulating and interfering with the natural progression of science and technology. I can list many examples that are oblivious but it isn't necessary. Thank you for an informative and least biased explanations of the different subjects.
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  5168. First my thanks for these informative vids, have just found your channel and have subbed. For those of you interested ‘Just have a Think’ has released a vid about ‘Solar PV film roll’. Not photosynthesis but of interest.
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  5169. Your show was TIP TOP;
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  5170. You spend too much time in your introduction. I'm halfway through and I still don't know what new technology you're talking about.
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  5171. i want a small car, why r all teslas so huge!
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  5172. Great video! So well put together and interesting.
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  5173. Great info! 👍
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  5174. What a happy family, love it!
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  5175. Absolutely fantastic show
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  5176. Just discovered your channel. Keep up the good work!
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  5177. I heard of this video on a Warren Redlich livestream today. This video is much more rational and non controversial than I was led to believe by the random commenter. Seriously enjoyed your perspective!
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  5178. Awesome
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  5179. You look like the step dad of oliver queen from Arrow
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  5180. I think the timeline getting from now to level 5 will be measured in decades and may not happen in my lifetime. Way too many physical, legal, economic barriers for it to happen in 5 ot 10 years. That said 👏 👌 excellent video. Lots to consider. I want lvl5 bad! Would pay 50k today if i never had to drive again and the car could do it all for me.
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  5181. Couple notes on your strategy just in case you are not aware of. First of all I am in Spain and therefore our electricity is 230V. Anyway, I do have heat pump water heater and just installed a heat pump dryer. The HPWH consumes very little except if you use the resistive supplemental element, otherwise my 50 gallon peaks at about 600W which would not require 230V. Also, the dryers just remember that they tend to be smaller and have long cycle times so suggest you talk with your wife prior to committing.
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  5182. it's funny to hear you say the words "new" when talking about induction cooking. my parent's had induction 30 years ago. it still didn't matter coils or induction my mom would still burn diner....
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  5183. my brain is insisting on making a plasma jet airship
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  5184. Great video and information! I want this new truck now!
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  5185. Comment #666 👿
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  5186. Awesome video.
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  5187. Ricky, love your videos. However, you need to grow out that beard. I bet it would look amazing after a few months.
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  5188. yeas, i newer was in first 10 viewers for any videos before..
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  5189. Thank you for the honest and diligent feed back on your car.
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  5190. Excellent findings! Thanks for sharing! It's such a no-brainer nowadays (if you've got the cash, anyway). Just gotta get a house.
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  5191. I've watched a lot of your videos, but had to laugh at your closed captioning at the start of the video (0:22)... Oops, I'm sure you didn't mean for that to say: "I'm Ricky and this stupid DaVinci" :-)
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  5192. Gotta love it. Very scientific term: pee pee hehhehehehheh
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  5193. This is not the same product as a ridged traditional solar panel, maybe we shouldn't be using them the same way we use solar panels. This might work better as a solar awning, or even a patio umbrella. What about a solar pool cover in the winter. With these is that they have to be replaced more often than traditional solar panels, then put them somewhere you can more easily reach If the problem
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  5194. Good job ;) Was just going to comment about the kg pricing, but i can see You've got that covered already :D
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  5195. Can't wait! Subbed ofc! Keep up the good work and greetings from Poland ;)
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  5196. I totally agree with you Ricky. This truck is going to redefine the segment. It comes down to performance, and when it gets its foothold in the market, having a non Tesla truck will be like walking. The stakes have been raised my friend!!!
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  5197. Don't forget you can extract heat from ground water and deposit it again once cooled into a different well... As well as using it to help cool your home in summer... Well damn you just introduced it
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  5198. No Solar Panels??? what would be the point of removing the Natural Gas Lines .... I'd keep the Natural Gas Lines since you are not installing Solar panels or a wind farm
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  5199. What an accomplishment!👍🏻
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  5200. Just out of curiosity. Which percentage price/weight of EV cars is the engine responsible of? I presume it's pretty small compared to the battery. Not that getting a better/cheaper motor isn't great, of course.
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  5201. Great Video!
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  5202. My mom had glass-top electric 26 years ago, my sister had induction 13 years ago. California with the coil electric and gas is half a century behind the world.
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  5203. This is a year old, but really interested in your heat pump appliances. Working on an off grid home that runs on solar
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  5204. [Ricky] Agreed, this is the "recommended" maintenance from the dealer, which no one really ever does.
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  5205. Learn how to install yourself ! I installed my own grid-assist system here in California.
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  5206. WOW! what a vehicle!
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  5207. Absolutely brilliant video...the amount of scientific information condensed into this 12 minute video is incredible. The pacing, clear explanation and on-point animation are outstanding. I walked away from this video feeling like I learned so much more and richer for it Thank you for your research, time and effort that goes into these gems. Keep up the great work and I look forward more insightful videos.
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  5208. I may be ignorant but wonder why many animals, salmon as example, can live in both salty and fresh water. If science can create something for human to adapt with either salty or fresh water like salmon. My fantasy, LoL
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  5209. Big problem is government combines with utility’s to REQUIER CONNECTION TO GRID removing all personal control of your power generation/usage . Monopoly at its finest they show their total disdain of an independent citizen . States and municipalities won’t give certificates of occupancy without it. A big screw you to home “owners”.
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  5210. Great comparison for right overall choosing as electric car maker that don't like as this will educate future buyers to get better buy.
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  5211. This is a great idea
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  5212. Very informative, good job!
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  5213. Two thumbs up!
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  5214. Great video! Thank you, but you at 5:09 minutes in you showed a Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter instead of the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. That’s all.
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  5215. More!
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  5216. Your beard is bad...BADASS ammi right? Just kidding around.
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  5217. Great goal. Much luck going forward. Peace.
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  5218. I hope they have gun turrets installed cause this sort thing will make pirating have a comeback.
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  5219. Very good review.
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  5220. Vehicle balance is a matter of design intent and preference. Taking Rear Midship Rear (RMR) drive cars for example, the bulk of the operating mass is toward the rear to make the front of the vehicle much more responsive for maneuvers. We will see a LOT of this comparison when the RMR Corvette comes out and is compared to the C7 Corvette, which has its engine in the Front Midship (FM or FMR) position, to that end. Having an evenly spread out weight distribution reads as advantageous and in most vehicles, seeking stability, it is. The Vehicle is much less apt to twitch change direction with a perfectly distributed weight. So any such car is not going to be the best at cutting corners. Even Front or Front midship cars have the ability to use their often somewhat lighter rear ends to induce over steer that makes harder maneuvers ever. I say "often" as the Dodge Viper, for example, was actually "tail heavy" its balance was more like RMR sports car. In fact, most sports and GT cars today, while more closely 50/50 balanced are still either lighter to the front or the rear allowing more dynamic driving techniques and strategies to be used... just not to teh same weaponized degree and more deliberately unbalanced cars like the Porsche 911, Ferraris 488, among others. The Lower Center of Gravity (CoG) is always desired, but in practice there is such a thing as too low, as it makes it harder for the vehicle to "dig" into a corner to better use its tires for grip and handling. Finally, a higher curb weight is NEVER better. More weight stressed suspension and chassis parts. It taxes the tires and brakes more. It also demands MROE weight to support more weight. But on the up side, a heavier vehicle is somewhat easier to setup of a more comfortable ride, and you have more weight on the tires top facilitate more grip from a standing start, great for drag racing. Future Sports cars will be very reluctant to use large amounts of batteries if they can actually avoid it simply because of the weight. If anything we may see more cars like the Koenigsegg Regera, which has one of the most evenly blended and stunning effective Hybrid drive systems currently in existence on this planet.
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  5221. I live in Canada now but grew up in Zuerich, Switzerland and I did ride on that bus. It was on a relatively short run with a charging station on either end. Why it was only for a short time and did not develop any further I don't know, I was a kid at that time.
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  5222. Another excellent video. Well researched and presented. Thank you!
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  5223. I would like to see the heat pump clothes dryer and heat pump water heater be able to work together with the refrigerator. Waste heat from the refrigerator could be used to dry clothes and heat water and waste cold air from the dryer and water heater could be used to cool the refrigerator. Why doesn’t someone come out with a “system” like this? I think if Elon Musk ever gets into appliances this is one thing he would do.
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  5224. nice channel subbed !
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  5225. Wow. What a research effort !!
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  5226. Inspiring thought
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  5227. Really enjoyed your video. The graphics, and especially the use of the applicable equations, were first rate. Much appreciate the amount of effort you must have put into this.
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  5228. Great video, thanks. Is it possible to integrate a wind generator into your system? With some of the newer roof mounted models it seems it would be possible? And would diversify the power generating capability. Thanks again!
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  5229. slow down for speed bumps!!! amazing!
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  5230. We have mining tailing waste galore in this country. This could even help with this and various superfund cleanup projects I would think. This is huge!
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  5231. Helium shouldn't be a problem once we are permanently on the moon!
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  5232. Have you looked into a Sunamp heat battery hot water heater?
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  5233. so its a giant vape
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  5234. Great choice. We have the same but midnight silver and Gemini wheels. I absolutely love it
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  5235.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Thanks for your concern!
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  5236. That is the most sound theory so far. It makes sense that there was a lot of cooperation with Canada. Right now the U.S. does not have many arctic vessels and no arctic ports. It will need to buddy up with canada to stave off the chinese and russian incursions into the arctic. Donald trump offered to buy Greenland for this reason. They guy saw what is coming.
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  5237. Awesome video!
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  5238. You are very good!!! Great!!!
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  5239. This is a perfect video to make the case for an integrated whole house heat pump. You have a low efficiency gas furnace and a low efficiency gas water heater right behind the washer/dryer. You can get a heat pump for each but you have to pay for three separate heat pumps. How cool would it be to have a whole home heat pump for multiple appliances?
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  5240. You make better engineering and science related videos than adventure blah blah videos. Sorry, I am an engineer, I like to see more of those type of videos 😊
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  5241. The fourth is strong with this one. I’ve been using electric for decades, first was radiant then induction and can’t even dream of gas stove. You can program when to start, how long you want to cook, even if for some reason you forgot your pan on it, it will turn off automatically. it happened to me once.
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  5242. Get those walls insulated!!!
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  5243. Excellent video. Great family.
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  5244. I fuel my car in the driveway with sunlight.
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  5245. 380 is a great plane and great design which will stay for next 20 or more years and its real career havent even started yet. You will see.
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  5246. calculate rainfall and reqirements and do a catchement system... ref youtube channel Life Uncontained
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  5247. Best selling truck since 1977, best selling vehicle since 1981.
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  5248. I think you are correct. But I certainly hope they don’t get rid of my X doors. I can tell you (I have an X and 3) that you will love the 3. Although my X is better or more versatile - I love driving my wife’s 3. More fun. You can’t go wrong with any of them but I would suggest you would love the 3.
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  5249. Which stroller model in the back?
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  5250. Excellent video, great delivery!
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  5251. I would have purchased this thing instantly if it would have came out in 2014 like they were originaly supposed to. Now...... no way. Saving for my Tesla.
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  5252. That’s it!! That is the kind of engineering analysis that I expect from Two Bit. This design is not all about styling, much of the design stems from function, not form. I’d like to see your group thoroughly analyze the manufacturability of this design. This truck is using very high cost materials, but yet is selling at a low price. How did Tesla do that? Does the unibody structure and angular styling more than offset the higher cost materials? Also, how are they gonna build this thing without stamping the sheet metal? Are they just using shears and press breaks? Keep digging, dudes!! Good stuff, thank you!!
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  5253. In a sense... Tesla is selling security
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  5254. Grateful for intelligent people!
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  5255. Those "billions of dollars" spent on fusion research equate to few months' worth of subsidies to fossil fuel industry. If were were serious about fusion research, commercial reactors would be working all around us by now. In the meantime, fission is good enough.
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  5256. Informative and thoughtful speculation. Thanks
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  5257. Gotta be technical here I guess. So a heat pump does create a very modest amount of heat through "heat of compression". Excellent tutorial!
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  5258. You are a great space teacher 👍
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  5259. Just imagine the battery cathode to be sodium & the anode monoclinic sulfur, how cheap batteries are going to be?!!
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  5260. Again great video!!! Thank you Two Bit da Vinci.
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  5261. Very Well Done Video...
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  5262. Could you shred old electronics, mix with sacrificial soil, spread in contained location and plant these to extract specific waste metals?
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  5263. Thank you a great report! 😀✨👍🎉🌷
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  5264. Loved the Keith Richards anecdote
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  5265. VERY INTERESTING info you showed us in this video 👍🏼 Thank you 👍🏼
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  5266. Great explanation . First time view on your channel will subscribe
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  5267. bro star wars uncle owen is coming true hes gonna really work on a moisture farm!!!
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  5268. Shout out from Northern Alabama. Loving hydroelectric
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  5269. Great video. I wish Tesla offered micro inverters. 🙁
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  5270. Great video, thanks, keep up the good work
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  5271. super helpful. thx for putting this together. it would also help to see a summary of total $incurred without the sale price, since not everyone is thinking of selling their cars.
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  5272. NSC is Blackrock's 175th (give or take) largest holding. Implying they're manipulating the media based of their financial interest seems far-fetched. If they did that to protect all their holdings there would be no news.
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  5273. So glad I've subscribed to your channel!👍👍🏻🔥
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  5274. Rickie. Good job. Love it.
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  5275. Great video. I'd never thought you'd ever cover anything I'm actually familiar with. My two cents on it. You state It's a gothic construction. It's not. By no means. This is modernisme 101. (You may want to deep dive in the trend, I personally find it fascinating). I remember visiting la sagrada familia familia when I was a kid, back in the late eighties. It only had the towers, nothing in the middle. They had no clue how to continue as the blueprints had been lost (as you very well stated). The "plan" back then was to make something sort of "plain", Notre Dame height style, just rectangular. Since then, the speed of construction skyrocketed. That's because it was open to visit for tourists (they said 'the japanese love it!' back in the day). The tourism money made all the difference. Later on, to decide on the center construction, they thought that Gaudí's late 'capella de la colònia Güell ' was a training exercise for the sagrada familia. So they decided to go for that design, adjusting for size and grandeur. On Gaudí's death. It is said that he was a very stubborn man and he thought that the streets were for the pedestrians. He strode every day, doing the very same path. Ignoring all traffic until some day he was just ran over. He also used to say regarding sagrada familia 's delays: "el meu client no té cap pressa". (My customer god is by no means in a hurry).
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  5276. @TwoBitDaVinci Some advice for you on the salt cell, you’ll get a more life out of it if you chose to clean it with a less aggressive acid to water ration and spray it out with water. As soon as the calcium carbonate is loosen from the acid mix is a good time to start rinsing it off just be care at first for the spray back. The percentage of output doesn’t mean it’s making more chlorine, it just means it running more. An example we always give is at 100% output, your cell is running 60 seconds of every minute and at 50% output it’s running 30 seconds of every minute. Every manufacturer has their own timers, but that’s the principle it works on. Also, I’m not sure at what stage of this that you’re in but if the deck is still pulled up, you have a Really Great Opportunity to increase the size of your plumbing. There’s math involved in determining what size you’ll need (I’m by no means an expert on it but we are a repair contractor in Florida that does work just like this). Anyways, when you increase the size of the plumbing, you decrease the resistance which means you’ll increase your flow rate at roughly the same amount electrical cost. It’s something called Total Dynamic Head, or the friction of your entire pool to include from your pool to your equipment pad and back again. Reference The Experts at @aquastarpoolproducts9092 Steve Barnes is the expert there, guy’s a genius! Thanks for doing what you do, we love watching your videos!
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  5277. Please do a video on ways to save energy that most people don’t think of, like cleaning the coils on your refrigerator or combing-out dented fins on an air conditioner condenser. I’m surprised your views are down. I love your content (and delivery). Always a thumbs up from me.
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  5278. Is it all going to LINE up in the end? 😆
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  5279. Great presentation Ricky
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  5280. Great Info and explanation.. Their are parts of world that ''Water Wars'' will happen..China is one country..PLUS ,PLUS expanding deserts can be reversed increasing livable land.ECT.. YOUR THE ABSOLUTE BEST ! ! ! ..
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  5281. Excellent!!!
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  5282. Wow...very impressive presentation. Subbed.
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  5283. Ricky, make an update to this video. Things have changed on Porsche side.
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  5284. Woot! 🐧
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  5285. I now understand why the Fossil Fuel and Motor Vehicle Establishment so much hates on Elon and the Tesla. Apparently the media too, but when you think of where the corporate sponsorship originates, that really should be no surprise either. Looks like Elon will end up eating all their lunches.
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  5286. Heat pump water heater for sure
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  5287. as we know renewable energy needs storage & sodium is an abundant mineral so why not desalination plants join the forces with battery manufacturers to produce Ni-ion batteries from brine?! because i'm seeing Ni-ion batteries tech is improving & it's more suitable for grid storage because space is not a problem like EVs & devices
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  5288. Great video
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  5289. Hands down the best and most comprehensive Model Y 3rd review yet👍🏻
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  5290. Thank you for quality content. New subscriber here.
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  5291. Thanks for all the videos, Ricky.
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  5292. The bed looks VERY short, but it is otherwise impressive. I keep going back and forth between it and the Cybertruck. I NEED 4wd where I live and getting that at 40K is highly impressive, but getting a truck that will not rust like everything else around here does really appeal to me. I want to see them both in person before I get either one of those loans.
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  5293. Great video. I have 1,000 Nio shares and people say im crazy because i didnt buy Nikola but guess what Nio sales cars lol Nikola hadn't sold anything lol i don't feel sorry for Nikola investors dont buy the hype. You want to make your money back buy NIO or Workhorse or Plug or tesla they actually sell a product.
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  5294. I've wondered for years what happens to batteries once they reach end of life. Not just the new batteries. Good to know some are working on the problem. And it is a problem. I am one person, yet I have several battery operated tools and devices. No EV yet. I think the technology for batteries and recycling will get better. I wonder though if there might be a better alternative. Maybe some sort of small modular nuclear reactor. Really small. Small enough to be in a car. Would run for the life of the car and maybe beyond. But that's science fiction, for now. We can't even do that for generating energy for the power grid yet. Fusion? Hydrogen? Air or water? For now, we have batteries. Great video.
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  5295. Well done vid, thanks for all the info. Very well organized and presented.
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  5296. Sanden (Sanco) CO2 Heat pump water heater would be great to see here. Great video!
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  5297. Well worth the money and effort, thank you.
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  5298. New question there are places in Europe that no one can go because of world war 1 i assume thats because of heavy metal and mustard gas is there any plants that can be used to clean up that kind of mess and Chernobyl is another place thats a mess
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  5299. Nevermind, saw the description now :)
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  5300. Great explanation
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  5301. Ha! I had this idea nearly 40 years ago, when I was like 12.
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  5302. Great video
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  5303. Cool!
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  5304. 6:28 Im not telling China how to do better. In fact i hope the CCP falls. That said why do they not paint or color the balloon light blue to hide it from day time eyes? If i were on the project that's what id do. Id want that bag to match the color of the sky as directly as possible at the altitude its due to aprox.
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  5305. Pssst when you were talking difference between energy costs, you forgot to mention about GEOTHERMAL electricity, which we are using a lot in Iceland...it is very cheap.
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  5306. Perfect thank you
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  5307. Noticed the change in the 2nd part video. Sorry if I jumped the gun. By the way, great work/info specially on the environmental issues. Keep it up.
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  5308. Missiles launched from ships or fighter aircraft can shoot down satellites in low earth orbit, so it is equally possible to shoot down balloons, even if they are at 130,000 feet. As you point out, however, balloons have very little signature, so they are hard to target. Figuring out how to get an electronic signature for a helium filled bag of polyethylene, however, shouldn't be a big ask. One of the reasons the US took so long to shoot down the first balloon might be that the sensors and guidance system hadn't been trained to hit that kind of target. If you have something flying around you can see, you can use it to train your targeting system.
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  5309. I would love lower range over much faster charging
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  5310. Tremendous solar shopping tips! Great 1st person interview. Presentation by Drone Quote outstanding. ThankU.
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  5311. great audio, awesome analogy
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  5312. . 3:01 that chart makes this Video a keeper. 👍👌👍
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  5313. Your videos are waaaaay too biased towards battery electric vehicles. The environmental costs of producing a battery electric vehicle are very well known yet they are never discussed in your comparison to other technologies. The charging infrastructure is still lacking outside of the big cities yet you never mention that yet slam the lack of hydrogen infrastructure in every one of your videos about hydrogen. Your video slams hydrogen on it only being clean if green energy is used to produce the hydrogen yet a majority of battery electric vehicles get their charge from non green sources. I find your videos interesting but am losing interest due to your severe bias in several areas of technology and green energy.
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  5314. Hi Ricky, nice video. Let us put aside that the future will likely be BEV's. Europe, China, Japan, Korea, and many other nations are rapidly increasing the clean air standards. If GM & Ford do not innovate hard, they won't be able to sell ANY cars in these markets. Where as much cleaner gasoline cars would be able to be sold for several more years. If they decide to go all in on highly polluting cars, they are putting all of their eggs into a single market. This is going to result in massive loss of sales world wide, at the very time that they need lots of cash to innovate. Warm regards, Rick.
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  5315. ♻🔋👏💪🔝❤
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  5316. Leonardo da Vinci himself made mistakes. It's par for the course. I once got chewed out for noticing one of his. Hopefully that won't happen here... ;-) Just wanted to bring your attention to an ambiguity at two points when price per gallon is referenced (examples 12:47 & 13:29), because the numerical representation provided onscreen does not match the narration. It (the numeral) is one decimal place out of position. It represents HUNDREDTHS of a penny, not TENTHS of a penny. Usually when encountering such discrepancies, the stats are correct more often than narration, but one shouldn't assume this. The pricing may be a factor of 10 (cheaper) than stated, which of course is quite relevant.
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  5317. This is a natural collaboration and great to see you guys working together. We love both your channels individually, but you're even better together!
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  5318. Enjoyed the discussion and a good analysis of disruption. Thought it would be good to add while the auto manufacturers may go 'quietly into the night', don't expect the fossil fuel companies to do the same. Part of why I'm hell-bent to go electric on my next vehicle is because I expect a bubble in pump prices as part of the demise of ICE vehicles. The oil they own and is still in the ground will become a 'stranded asset' and they will seek to make-up the write-up as well as falling demand from those left. You can also see an exodus of institutional investors away from energy companies heavily slanted toward fossil fuel. (Not because of environmental altruism, because of risk management.) You guys have great coverage on relevant issues - KEEP IT UP!
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  5319. fleets of rentable deliverators in India would do awesome(money saving transportation that is safe and reliable)
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  5320. Thought this was a great detailed overview of the stove wars. Done in a hilarious Star Wars style. 😂
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  5321. this is great please tell me more and get me the information please
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  5322. What would happen if you added a Vertical Wind Turbine to the outside of a EV? Harnessing the Force of Aero Dynamics to spin a Charging Generator as you Drive. Would that extend the range?
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  5323. This was really high quality video
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  5324. Congrats that is so awesome.
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  5325. What a great summary! I would not worry too much about the V2G stuff. I suspect that at some point in the future EV owners will receive income from DSR.
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  5326. Great video, we need to fund and consider more research into fusion, the potential is enormous if we can crack this problem!
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  5327. Awesome video
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  5328. Great content. We saw some of these operations come and go here in Atlanta over the years. We continue to farm in the ground and under the sun using regenerative practices and heirloom varieties. Thanks for this info!
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  5329. They've made quite a bit of progress since I was last there in the mid 90's!
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  5330. great video. I share you foresight.
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  5331. You look like Kobe Bryant.
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  5332. Great analysis everyone. I own a 2011 BMW 335d and I love the handling, performance and highway mileage vs power torque. But my 100k warranty is running out and I know I am about to get boned in repairs. I drive long distances and an electric car just isn't doable for me. Can you do an in-depth comparison of diesel vs gas models vs clean fuel or hydrogen? Which fuel is better and which models would you include?
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  5333. Nice video ... 5 to 10 days sounds crazy are we just charging cellphones , tablets and led lights , lol
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  5334. Crazy to me how high your water pipes are in the ground.. we bury two feet underground to prevent freezing…
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  5335. I think the Ecoflow generator deserves a video of its own: is it fuel-cell or combustion?, cost of fuel per hour?, CO2 emissions per hour?, maintenance costs?
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  5336. Fantastic video
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  5337. 6:20 "Celsius".. not Celcius Please forgive my pedantry..I can't help it.
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  5338. ,Very informative...Thanx! 🙂
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  5339. Great video! Thanks for clarifying Battery Day. There was so much misinformation about Panasonic’s relationship with Tesla and Battery Day. The other misconception is that Tesla buyers should wait for Battery Day before buying a Model 3 or Model Y because of the Million Mile Battery. The new Tesla battery won’t be showing up in the Model Y or Model 3 for several years. Tesla’s priority for a more energy dense battery is for the Plaid models, the CybrTrk and the Semi. Customers can enjoy a new Model 3 or Y now and upgrade or trade-in in three or four years when the new batteries become available for these models.
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  5340. Here is an idea: reward people with more money in retirement for having kids.
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  5341. I think you should contact "Our Ludicrous Future" and at least collaborate with them. I think they would be a good fit for you.
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  5342. Actually, the first engine/transaxle (P1) was to be supplied by McLaren. I built the first P1 prototype as VP Engineering.
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  5343. Whoever buys a premium model from BMW, Audi or Mercedes probably does not expect that he will have to pay for expensive repairs in the first few years. Surely there are also good guarantees on those cars?
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  5344. Roll on you Bears!
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  5345. Wow - what a great video .. so informative and entertaining! Thanks 👍
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  5346. Things like this are GREAT to further mans non-dependence on fossil fuels. Compared to spending BILLIONS on going to Mars. Go and poll 10,000 middle class people and  ask them how going to mars is going to benefit them? I will never understand this huge waste of money and manpower. Especially a ship crashing because of OOPS, we cant convert metric. And I cant imagine the waste that we don't hear about. Little off topic here. Lets use the money for our benefit and not to find little green men.
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  5347. Very insightful! Really enjoyed this one.
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  5348. It is a great idea to use the most abundant material Iron for grid energy storage.
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  5349. I keep thinking why don't we tap into the Yellowstone caldera? Free geothermal. Build something similar to a nuclear plant, but instead of a dangerous, wasteful pool of fuel rods- just have a network of piping near the magma. The constant flow of coolant would take away the heat, reduction orifices, spin up turbines. Hawaii, Japan, Alaska, Java, many plants could be constructed on the Ring of Fire. Slant drill into the mountain.
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  5350. When they get within 5-10% true break even, It'll be just down to engineering, no new breakthroughs needed. Not to undersell this but we still have over 99% to go in terms of energy in vs out on a total system viewpoint. I hope for a few more breakthroughs like this in the next couple of years. I'm cautiously optimistic we'll get there in the next 20 years.
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  5351. the true values from ownership over long term does help many see the great value. you have done a excellent job gathering data and sharing. thankyou very much
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  5352. Two Bit, I am very impressed by your non partisan view on this. You are a rare person who looks at the issue from a neutral point. At one time Elon was on one of his boards or committees. Trump was for the most part helping the economy like you said by making cars more affordable for the short term. I don't think though that Trump sees Electrification as inevitable as you and many of us out here realize. He is kinda old, and may be set in his ways. If the old companies choose not to electrify and go out of business, that is due to their shortsightedness and hopefully someone like Tesla or an old company that does electrify does buy them out and keep them in business.
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  5353. thank you for the info, if you get a Y or have access to a Y with the 3rd row, I would really like to see that. take care
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  5354. Clicked on this video out of curiosity, how on Earth has so much content been fit into 18 minutes? Man should be a teacher
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  5355. Should check out General Fusion in Canada :)
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  5356. In Spanish, rubber is called caucho, obviously derived from the native word(s). Oh, it's also called goma, a cognate of gum.
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  5357. I am an investor in Nouveau Monde Graphite. Cant wait to see your video on them. So if they dont use graphite, I'm not a fan. Just kidding we are gonna need every energy storage solution we can find to get us off of fossil fuels. Ive often wondered about the old Edison nickel iron batteries. Do they have a role to play in our electric future?
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  5358. Awesome Info.Proud to say that We have reserved our Lightning!!!
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  5359. Damn Dude! Your channel is wealth of information.
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  5360. You're going to love it! Got mine in July 2018 and it's been amazing every single day!
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  5361. Looking at that design they intend to use mirrors to reflect away sun heat and prevent sand storms and probably earth berm to provide insulation. One of the biggest problems facing the ME countries will be cooling their homes and businesses and that is getting much worse as climate change progresses. I would prefer to see them use the examples in Israel and Egypt for replanting and greening the deserts and using solar and wind to desalinate water but maybe that is included in their plans.
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  5362. you must have heard me and my wife talking in the car this morning
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  5363. For less than HALF the cost and HALF the distance, we could pump the water ONLY as far as West Texas and Eastern New Mexico, and turn THAT huge area into lush tropical farmland double the size of that in California - with finished product now only HALF the distance to East Coast market (saving TONS of fuel/finished product transport costs!). Cali can turn their empty/dry farms into Solar Panel farms - and import their avocados and almonds from Texas&NM! - Besides , they're gonna need every square foot possible for Solar panels to charge all their EV's when they cut the oil spigots shortly off! 🤣
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  5364. Any Meet Kevin subscribers here?😉👍
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  5365. Very useful info. Hopefully you will bring more to us in the future. Great showing us different ideas that can be utilized.
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  5366. Great information sir!!
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  5367. For some reason I think that hydrogen is the future. Why, because I think there are not enough elements on planet earth to sustain battery production for the next 100 years let alone for the next 1000 years.
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  5368. I'm game... I'm still wanted to have them flip our Solar Panels to a Solar Roof seeing we are already leasing our system from Tesla!
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  5369. Yes, please. Amazing
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  5370. gaudi been dead for a hundred years and the detail plans are lost, no reason they have to use that side as the main entrance, no reason they can't use that side as the "main" entrance but just have a flat entrance off the sidewalk. look at the front of the cathedral in mexico, it's essentially flat. surely they can find another archetechual student to finish the work in a creative way 🤣
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  5371. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks for the comprehensive review
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  5372. So I'm over here in on the other side of the pond where induction has been common for 30 years listening to an American talk about induction like it is something new... It used to be the other way around: we used to get new things that were common in the US for at least a decade, like microwaves and dishwashers that appeared in most households in the 90's. This feels... wrong.
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  5373. Here is a flaw in your theory, it loitered over the area of Montana where our nuclear missile silos are then it left only to later loiter over Missouri where we keep our modern nuclear bombers, sorry but that is no coincidence. As for supposedly "spy" balloons during the Trump administration everyone denies it happened including the Sec of Defense and every Intel Agency head, the rumor started with one anonymous Pentagon employee and so far I believe only one other person has backed that up, not to mention the original anonymous source stated they had only skirted the US in places like South Texas and South Florida and there was no evidence they were spy balloons, other media later embellished the "facts" of the story which I believe was originally in Bloomberg, a publication owned by a possible 2024 political rival.
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  5374. Judging from my Tesla Model S, the Model 3 is more sophisticated than the Chevy Bolt EV. But the 2018 Bolt I drove recently has one-pedal operation, which means the car comes to a stop at a red light or stop sign when you lift off the accelerator or slows for corners when you lift off only partially. That regenerative braking also adds range. My Tesla Model S also has regenerative braking, but doesn't come to a full stop and I don't think the Model 3 does, either. The quality of the 2018 Bolt is better than the 2017 Bolt I drove, which had a cheap, econobox interior and hatch area. The materials used in the 2018 were much better. Another difference is that the Bolt is bombing; I am sure you can get a great deal, but make sure to buy the Premium level to get all the active safety features and quick charging.
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  5375. Excellent teacher
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  5376. It was the invention of the gyro bus that lead to the development of the pizza train.
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  5377. I drive a nissan leaf.. I average with careful driving about 4.4 miles per KW. How does the average Tesla do for miles per KW at freeway speeds.. and at town speeds? I am fully committed to EV's.. I will always drive one as my daily driver.
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  5378. I AM THERE 👍🤗💚💚💚
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  5379. Do a MrCool mini split earthed 120v or 240v version up to you. Easy install and no need to vacuumed lines. Heating and cooling of course.
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  5380. Jesus Mary and Joseph! 07:12
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  5381. Excellent Video
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  5382. ist
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  5383. Really good vodeo with accurate technical explanations. We are converting from oil to heat pumps this year
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  5384. Great video!!!!! No matter what, I think it's time to get rid of oil.
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  5385. Great video! :)
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  5386. should retitled this, "you won't understand gow this works"...great production, voice and enthusiasm but like the Sand battery, im just not connecting your dots man. another channel explained the sand battery so much clearer, no offense but I think you could do better
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  5387. I hated it last night. I love it today. Can't wait to get one. The roll out cover for the bed is genius. Built in ramp too. Don't have worry about scratching or dinging. Endless storage. Cheap to operate. Thank you Tesla!
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  5388. Maybe the line will have a turn someday
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  5389. I appreciate all of your insights, investigation, theories, etc. But, this has and is being covered by all major news outlets. At least NBC, CBS, and ABC have videos up/on YouTube that I viewed before yours.
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  5390. Fascinating video! Thanks dude!
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  5391. Yeah it's fantastic!!!! Great work!!!
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  5392. The future is bright ! Continued exploitation of the environment. It seems a better choice compared to fuel cars. People in city's will be better off, less direct pollution. Thats a really good thing, I'm all about easing unnecessary suffering. I'd like to make sure everyone knows individual human consumption is whats destroying the planet. Consume less, build things to last.
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  5393. Nooooo, don't shave - you're just FINE !
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  5394. what about toroidal windmills....?
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  5395. Just subscribed, excellent vid on the solid state batt! I appreciate you talking about how difficult it is to make the ss batts but that chemists and engineers will figure it out, soon. In the meantime, Tesla will announce their dry electrode batt tech and use that tech until solid state becomes commercially viable.
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  5396. This product has not shown to work because it gets clogged really fast. It’s to hard to clean. I have wondered why we don’t just put grates in that let water into the soil.
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  5397. Nice seeing this episode.
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  5398. Awesome. Thank you for sharing. 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾😘
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  5399. Very well done video, Ricky. Excellent. One minor item... At 0:12, couple of acquisitions in "last quarter of 2019". Maxwell was in Q2, Hibar was in Q3. As far as introducing new Tesla-made batteries in Model Y, or in a new Model 3 or new Model S, Musk's MO is to bring new features into the production line of existing models at any time, not caring about model years or product cycles. Since the Models S and 3 have different battery form factors, the new battery may not be in the Model S until the S changes from the 18650 to the 2170.
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  5400. Fantastic day when this gets made
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  5401. Premo video guys well done!
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  5402. You forgot a small problem due to their low voltage and that they are capacitors and not batteries: Stack 2 of them in series, you will get 2 times the voltage BUT, also only the HALF of the capacity of ONE capacitor... where with batteries out still get the same Ah!
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  5403. Fe16N2, been waiting for these for 10 years for my audio speakers! Improve performance, lower weight, and lower cost!
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  5404. What a smooth voice and presentation.
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  5405. Great video. Company looks great 👌🏻
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  5406. Nice video and very good explaining. Thank you.
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  5407. really well made video! great job!
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  5408. Beautiful video
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  5409. So, would you say that we're on a Hunt for the Room Temperature Superconductor? Doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "Hunt for the Red October" lol.
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  5410. I agree ! Bravo
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  5411. Thanks again for bringing something new to light :)
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  5412. Great video - thanks.
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  5413. Love this video really cool. My next car is going to be a model Y I think. Thank you.
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  5414. Two Bit da Vinci - There is no LIE on part of TESLA. the $35K Model 3 is Right Now, considering you can buy the Model 3 ER with 310 Mile range for $44,000 and with a combined CA and FED tax credit you can get $10,000 refunded, giving you a net of $34,000. or you can wait until the END OF 2018 and get the $35k model 3 with a possible full rebate or more than likely a Half Rebate.
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  5415. Great video
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  5416. Will Super Heavy come back to Earth or will it add to the rest of the already too much space junk orbiting our planet?
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  5417. Love the video... but in what universe would you get a car with white leather seats when you have multiple young kids? LOL! I don't even buy white CLOTHES cause I can't stand them showing every little stain.
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  5418. Agree Trump is giving them a bit more rope to hang themselves with 😔
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  5419. What makes the existing poroblems worst is Boeing management seems to be more interested in the skin color of its employees then address these problems. Boeing also has the problem that a good portion of its suppliers could soon go bankrupt due to Boeing foring them to take bad terms on their contracts.
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  5420. amazing technology presentation; imagine having these motors for replacements in classic internal combustion powered vehicles? I would love to do away with the engine and trans in my 1951 jeep 4x4 and replace it with one small motor/controller/batteries; awesome.
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  5421. Please use also WORLD WIDE STANDARD Metric Systems for rest of the World! Thank for understanding. Nice greetings from EUROPA 🤗
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  5422. This was just another day, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away
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  5423. Cool! Love these videos!
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  5424. Cool to see you even got a interview with the guy 👍👍
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  5425. This is a really excellent video. Great, detailed information. Very, very nice!
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  5426. nice photoshop.
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  5427. great video,thank you!!!
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  5428. Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍
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  5429. Thanks, Ricky, been a while, good to hear from you.
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  5430. This motor development could be why the Roadster 2 has been delayed?
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  5431. I drive a hybrid Chrysler van the engine had gotten gas line freeze-up. It wouldn't run but the electric motors did. I was amazed at the power they had! I tramped on it thinking the engine would kick in but it didn't. Had to turn around and go back to the garage because I did not have any interior Heat. Next day it started up and was just fine. Of course I had a gas line antifreeze.
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  5432. 16:10 wow, imagine trashtalking Yamaha regarding engine design and collaboration. lost all credibility with me the second you said that lol. Yamaha are responsible for some of The best engines ever produced - either on their own or via collaborations.
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  5433. Thanks for providing options to preserve someone's home.
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  5434. How old is the AC, and how does it compare to newer solutions? I see folks happy with mini split heat pumps down there. Damn sure nice up here in the pnw.
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  5435. Congrats on the new wheels. I know it was a tough decision to spend 50k on a Tesla being a frugal person. But the new vid content will hopefully pay for the car with more subscribers.
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  5436. Just started watching but been talking about this for years....
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  5437. All this complaining. Oh this isnt perfect , that isnt perfect. Like if it's not perfect it's not worth it. Look at cars now they are mostly all pieces of sh*t. Automotive shops stay full all the time. They are gonna break down just like other cars. But once you factor in the cost savings and the environmental impacts, the choice is clear. Not to mention the amount of convenience that will come with them. Change is GOING to happen. And just like always, those screaming and throwing a fit wanting the past technology to stay present will get left in the dust. I dont know how many people I remember saying " I'll never get a smartphone. I dont need all that on my phone. Its stupid. The govt can track me." And on and on. Look around- everyone's head is down looking at their phone. Times they are a changin
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  5438. All about this data 🍲*yum*
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  5439. Great video well done, answered all my questions. More functional than I was expecting.
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  5440. The golden era is over. Being a country boy, I don’t like tall buildings. I’m afraid of heights so I avoid ultra tall buildings. I think the tallest building in Connecticut is Mohegan Sun resort hotel at 38 stories. My house is a 2 story house 21 feet above sea level.
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  5441. My first thoughts, computing. BIG CPU & GPU die sizes and mega power input without heat. 😁😁
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  5442. Politicians are usually lawyers, not engineers. This explains most problems with government.
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  5443. Impressive series! Thanks!
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  5444. hey there '2-bit' - @ 8:38 you spelled Chloride totally wrong :) you forgot the H ... you can't spell salt without the H :P don't ask... lol - I SAID DON'T ASK! - STOPPIT!!! STOP ASKING!! STOP!!
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  5445. Great video 👍🙏
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  5446. Loved the video but one thing is that the base will be made first. Then then dual motor and last will be the tri motor. It’s reversed for manufacturing.
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  5447. great video!
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  5448. Whitest paint?… you should see my legs
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  5449. Use one of the new military lasers to shoot down the Chinese balloon. It would be less than $1.00 per shot. That would save millions. I respectfully disagree with your theory. If the Chinese only had a weather ballon off course they would have went through diplomatic channels to inform US and other countries about the issue to avoid any issues like this. The Chinese are smart enough to understand the implications of invading another country’s airspace. Since the US Military was tracking its communications, they should be smart enough to determine spying communications vs weather balloon communications. Instead the Chinese were hoping it would go unnoticed.. That makes it seem more nefarious then just a plain weather balloon to me. This is my humble opinion.
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  5450. Interesting information.
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  5451. My Model 3 is awesome!! Go Tesla!!!
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  5452. I will share your video with my colleagues
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  5453. Excellent presentation of some very interesting information!
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  5454. You have to start with making enough high quality samples for the labratory to experiment with and validate ideas. I'm not sure I understand how the experiments will be run, seems a more efficient solution is to spawn a reef of commercial labs off the ISS, that full time scientists could work out of and hire NASA for station upkeep OR find a couple lab guys that can hold their stomachs in zero-g, shoot them to orbit with a 3D printer and some other lab equipment and tell them theyve got to build a space elevator to come back home!
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  5455. Great video, liked & subbed
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  5456. I'm from Oregon where we do not have a lot of NG to many of our homes which are rural or in small towns. In that case, propane is the gas of choice. How to NG and P compare to one another? Also, I worked in rural West Virginia for three months many years ago. There was a wetlands between where we were building log homes and the main highway (39.0927342509748, -80.39212187973239) on Google Maps. I walked down to the area one day when there was quite a bit of standing water. I was surprised to see several places where there was quite a stream of bubble coming to the surface of the water. I went back and asked my friend what that was and Tim said, "Oh, that's from NG leackage. Hell, it's all over West Virginia. That is from all of the old, failing black iron gas piping that they used hears ago. A lot of the lines still have pressure because they couldn't find the shut off valves." I have NEVER heard anyone talk about this and how it impacts out issues of GCC? Someone you know might find this a very interesting topic to do some research on. You can message me if you want more information. Thanks for all the great videos you produce.
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  5457. Great channel, great info! Seems like a nice guy. I have watched this channel before. Nothing political that I’ve seen yet & then you come out with the wokeness of everyone being All white , all men out of the two handfuls of men that have set foot on the moon. Why? What purpose does that serve order than showing people that order than being smart & being good at providing entertaining information, that you can also be brainwashed & racist & sexist. Lets send a frog to Mars first so we can quit crying about how many whites or men have been somewhere or done something. It’s so old & so ignorant that you’d think it would be done by now but hey, I guess dumb color comments still sells & get’s views. Hopefully that’s the first & last issues you have with someone’s skin color.
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  5458. Subscribed :)
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  5459. Thanks for the well-explained video. In today's world, with a belligerent Russia, I would be concerned with having this island as a SPOF. IOW, in a peaceful world, this is a great project. Also, what's the likelihood that this project will actually provide the designed level of output? Don't wind turbines have a life cycle? Has sea level rise been taken into account?
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  5460. The only deaths on continental US during WWII were 5 American civilians whi came across a Japanese balloon which landed in an Oregon forest which exploded when the found it. See youtube doc.
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  5461. They are mad at Pete Buttigieg because he’s the head of the transportation department and A.) he hasn’t visited the site B.) he didn’t make a statement about it until a day or 2 ago-2 weeks after the fact C.) the statements he has made have been about how it’s racist to have white construction workers in inner cities D.)when he did make a statement, it was downplaying the severity incident saying that “there have been over 1000 train derails per year” so that’s supposed to make us feel better? Also this was not JUST a train derail, it was a massive chemical explosion and leak. E.) when the government is complaining about my plastic straws but then they are so incompetent to let this happen… and then light it on fire, snd then deny FEMA coming to Ohio…. Yeah I’ll stick with my plastic straw
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  5462. This truck LOOKS amazing, I just NEED to know the real world range before I buy one.
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  5463. Two Bit da Vinci Not in 2075. I was thinking about 2040. It'll take time. The technology needs to develop & become way more cheaper. Let's hope for a better future. Great Videos. Keep up your good work.
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  5464. 12:18 I think I know what the upcoming video will be about. LASER DRILLS!
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  5465. In the (soon to be) future, will be see "Biplane Jetliners" with triangulated trusses to minimise "flap" but add more lift?
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  5466. I'm for sharks on balloons with lasers! Though, a little more seriously, I do think lasers able to slice a thin membrane should be considered.
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  5467. Dude, I don't know what it is, but you do such a great job of explaining everything you discuss. It's like you make sure you know all details about every topic you will touch. Keep up the good job guys!!
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  5468. Please keep us up to date -Thanks
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  5469. You look identical to Kobe Bryant. The resemblance is uncanny.
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  5470. Most detail on this topic yet cheers.
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  5471. Why would the cost of solar panels really enter into it utilities are not accepting you you going on your grid with solar power and they are taxing people if you don't use enough of their electricity if you generate too much Why don't you mention that cause it doesn't fit your narrative
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  5472. You’re channel should have at least 4 Million subscribers, your to smart tho you’ll never get it, smh 🤦🏽‍♂️
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  5473. Extremely interesting explanation...
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  5474. Totally agree with you Ricky! Thank you for all your great content, you rock!
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  5475. The aluminum foil hat/lizard people comment along with Mr. Lizard himself cameo got you another SUB! Also great presentation.
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  5476. This show is great: They start by saying the solution exists. But then concludes it is a few years away.... Same thing every show....
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  5477. Wouldn’t efuel (synthetic gasoline made from renewable inputs) be a simpler solution than switching to hydrogen?
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  5478. Hi all happy holidays
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  5479. It is not intended to be an argument. It is simple to point out some potentially missing information that can skew the data if not taken into account. Believe me when I say that I want both technologies to succeed and to be developed further because I am very concerned for this beautiful planet and the human race as a whole. Earth clock is ticking and we need to act now and talk less before it is to late to do anything about it.
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  5480. You're welcome and sorry for my harsh comments before since I didn't intend to sound like I was attacking you. Also, thank you for repling back as well.
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  5481. Canada shot down a ballon not far from the artic today (Feb 11, 2023). So yes China is looking at the artic.
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  5482. A little feedback it’s an old concept so I was hoping to hear more detail I guess the company wouldn’t provide it but didn’t learn much this time still I’ll wait for the next video Cheers
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  5483. So, this is similar to the initial concept for Walt Disney's EPCOT?
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  5484. LK-99! Let’s Go! As an electrician, I can’t wait to see the new products soon to be developed as a result.
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  5485. Agro mining + CRISPR. Mining and environmental decontamination will be staggeringly huge in just 14 years or so. Both Agro mining and CRISPR are on a sigmoid curve (the hockey stick) and that is going to be driven by $$$. The potential for desalination, decontamination, locking carbon into the soil AND extracting nickel, copper, etc is… breath taking.
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  5486. Wow, great speaker.
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  5487. Once my off grid system is finished I will be Disconnecting from the grid permanently.
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  5488. not sure if it's been said, but frunk is smaller because of the HEPA filter. Model 3 does not have that, even new ones.
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  5489. Excellent video! You knocked it out of the park with this one, Ricky!
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  5490. This is a high-quality video! The way you talked about supercapacitors was really insightful. As higher power density becomes more ubiquitous, it will allow us to increase energy density per kilometer (or whatever metric you want to use) and will result in more possibilities that we are manifesting for ourselves. Possibilities that can solve global problems and instill grander platforms that we can interact on. A protopian approach I suppose. Just like all of history for us has been: technology. However, this time is different, because of the orders of magnitude. Very exciting stuff! Thank you for the video! :D
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  5491. Excellent again 👍
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  5492. I might have missed it in the report, but are there details on ideal distance from coasts or does it matter at all?
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  5493. Definitely saving this for when I get a home
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  5494. Thanks Ricky. You explain all things so concisely! 🌟
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  5495. I'm in love with flywheels
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  5496. Love the fast and direct information. Really enjoyed this, thank you!
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  5497. Which camera is recording this? It looks amazing...
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  5498. "I understand these things get heated" Yeppppp! 😂
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  5499. Ive done my fair share of research on Nikola this is a very well put together condensation of the state of affairs of the company. You earned my sub.
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  5500. Living here in southwest Florida on five rural acres I am considering going with ground mounted panels. Plus, if a hurricane decides to visit (11 miles from the coast) I can put a shield on the panels. This will also improve ease of maintenance and cleaning.
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  5501. I like to verse climate change as atmospheric anomalies. God bless America! Thanks for the video.
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  5502. most new trailers are much lighter than 10000lbs
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  5503. Like ur new'ish format where u show ya face. Your content is up there with the others.
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  5504. I'll freely admit that what I am about to mention isn't truly important in the grand scheme, but I recently learned that reentry heat isn't caused by friction so much as by the compression of air under the craft.
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  5505. I like the presenter, but please use subscripts and not superscripts in the gravity formula : NOT m¹ x m² !
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  5506. I am a long term follower of your excellent channel. However, I think this video is only valid for an absolute newcomer to the discussion on interplanetary travel and encompasses too much "basic" content. I doubt anyone really interested in "going to Mars videos" would NOT already know the basics, so you could cut out the first 10 minutes of this video without effecting its great contribution to the discussion!
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  5507. love it, thanks for this informative video
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  5508. Hmm, why the decision to use a clutch as a symbol for an AC-DC Inverter at 18:00?
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  5509. thermoaccoustic? did they just watch Fire Force and steal Lt. Karim Flam's whole schtick
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  5510. Nice video. I have a model 3 (m3lr) too and completely agree with many of your points. Yes, l loved the experience of buying too. Ideally though it would have been better to hear your opinions as an owner....your perspective would be much more believable....at the same time, I appreciated your thinking and prep before your decision. I know a huge driver for going EV for some people is gas prices, but I personally love that I am not adding fumes every time I need to get in my car and drive somewhere. I love not having to go to a gas station...which actually if you don’t visit very often...will notice your sense of smell is heightened again to how stinky gas stations are.
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  5511. This makes me hopeful
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  5512. Agreed about the Panamera, it's always been atrocious.
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  5513. Wow excelent video that gonna be my next 🚚 f-150 thank you welcome future!!!!
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  5514. Just some common sense questions here, if trains take so long to stop in an emergency situation why don't they use a shorter-length train? Especially, with hazardous material cargo and lowering the speed limit of trains with hazardous materials this really isn't rocket science people!
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  5515. Hey brother! I'm also in San Diego. I would love to meet up with you. Anyhow, there is one thing I haven't heard you talk about in this video. The more water you suck out of the air, the less moisture will travel inland, thus increasing water scarcity(a.k.a. less rain) in many regions, including many mountain ranges that get snowpack and feed into our nation's rivers. Even if we do this out in the oceans far away from shore, it will still reduce the overall humidity of the Earth, thus leading to increased desertification. Saying all that though, I am looking into these technologies to help my family in the near future. To anyone paying attention, California is already strarting to run out of water, as are many other regions. Mexico is having many cities in crisis right now, like Monterey. The only sustainable solution for the world is desalinization, or if we are going to pull water from air then we first need to add extra moisture into the air through boiling ocean water.
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  5516. Great job, Ricky! Loved the drone footage, too!
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  5517. I'm a retired industrial designer who has been wishing/waiting for this tech for fifty years, watching the old car companies do everything to avoid it, in the same way that tobacco companies worked against the science that showed that smoking causes cancer. These companies are inextricably bound to the oil companies, and are still trying to disrupt Tesla's progress with fear, uncertainty, and doubt. I think they have recently lost their grip, and they're going to fall off their cliff. It's a cliff of their own making. I feel sorry for the good people working under those managers, but not for any part of the ethos that drove those companies. May it end in oblivion for them.
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  5518. I like the video, but this is a very complicated subject for a short video. The entire cultural history goes a long way into explaining how the Japanese use buildings and how they view them. I can’t write an essay here, but the Japanese have always had a strong understanding of the impermanence of the physical world.
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  5519. We need large pipelines for water. And we need reservoirs. We need to be able to pump enough flood water to water crops, and fight wildfires.
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  5520. Need fewer ignorant fools in political positions.
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  5521. Yes, I am a Tesla fan. However,both the F150 lightning and the Rivian R1T1 are better than the Cybertruck because they exist. C'mon Tesla, get your act together!
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  5522. Great video! Glad I found you! Great content! Cheers!
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  5523. Excellent video - nice clear explanations, with examples. You're doing fine work here.
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  5524. This should be for every EMS search and rescue. I can tell you that a lot of dirt bike riders and hikers would benefit from something like this to find them disabled in the dirt.
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  5525. F1 used It for their KERS Kinetic Energy Recovery System.
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  5526. Anyone know why 7 seat model y is not sold in Europe? Is it coming to Europe?
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  5527. You , Love Coffee ? Try , Coffee Bean Direct..I,Would Put One Of Those Generators In My Yard .. Like , This Video , Keep Them Coming ..
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  5528. Nice one chef! I just found your channel because of the "The truth about Tesla" 2 part series where you said you were going to talk about the environmental impact as I didn't found it, I saw all other videos, very interesting content by the way, many congratulations! Anyway what I was saying is that it is an odd coincidence that you uploaded this video now when I was looking for it. Many thanks.
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  5529. I thought about shipping containers as well. Those vertical canals containers have on the walls could help direct the wind upwards even more. Also, anything on the coastline would work well. As in, at the edge of a cliff or something similar.
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  5530. Brilliant video. Very clear. I think now thay all responsibility is on the design of the airport. You've got a new suscriber. Regards from Chihuahua, Mexico. By rhe way, I've got family in San Diego
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  5531. Freaking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  5532. Just found your channel, instant subscribe. Fantastic content.
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  5533. Thanks for the clear explanation. Still not happy about it.
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  5534. 1st time on your channel and congrats on your PM3D. I’m sure you won’t look back at ICE vehicles.
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  5535. No doubt this could work its time for action
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  5536. Informative. Thanks!
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  5537. As I sailor, I’ll take umbrage of the comparison to handling like a boat, but otherwise, good job.
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  5538. Was shocked, yelled WTF!? 1 hour later I ordered one, kept looking at it till midnight and felt good about the buy and see the beauty in it now. It's simply something new the senses have to get used too. Also the angle the Tesla event cam showed were not good to see the size of it all. Looking forward to it all.
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  5539. We use our pockit + all city much more (folds up and super compact with the ability to take it onto a plane). Our nuna mixx just sits in storage collecting dust.
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  5540. It's not pronounced Gyro Bus, it's "Euro" Bus
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  5541. Sorry but I thought that is why we have Governments. The people we put in charge are supposed to fix this kinda stuff. We give Billions to other countries, why not spend that on infrastructure in our own back yard?
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  5542. Lucid is going to give Tesla a run for their money. Competition is good.
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  5543. 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling. You can figure out the rest
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  5544. Very nicely done. Whats your aerospace background that you mentioned?
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  5545. Great video, Two Bit Davinci ✅ with energy prices continuing to rise, it makes sense to invest in SOLAR 🔆 the more energy prices rise, the quicker your Return On Investment!
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  5546. lbs to kg conversion is very questionable :)
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  5547. Thank you for making such a concise and detailed analysis, I always look forward to watching your videos
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  5548. Awesome, thanks!
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  5549. More in depth please 👍🏻
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  5550. These balloons could be used to deliver biological or chemical weapons, or even a nuclear warhead for creation of massive electromagnetic pulses. They are legitimate targets for destruction when they enter U.S. airspace. As for taking them out, LASERS already in service with the military should be able to burn lots of holes in these balloons, or surface to air missiles would be able to reach it even at 120,000 feet
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  5551. Would be nice if you use both unit system (imperial and international). This way we could understand as well. 👍🏾😃
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  5552. TBDV’s speech at the FullyCharged event is great — must watch.
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  5553. Thank-you for your insight Ricky. Very interesting to hear code issues from an actual software engineer. Cheers.
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  5554. So far the best and most transparent information about solar energy. This is the way to sell solar! Awesone video guys ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️❤
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  5555. I just subbed & hit the bell. Great vid! I had no idea you could do so much with flywheels.👍
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  5556. 💯💯💯💯😇😇👍👍🙏🙏🙏
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  5557. I had a 1 kw system installed 10 years ago and just had a standard sma inverter installed. Honestly you really need micro inverter installed if you want to expand in the future. With changes with laws and also the technology itself it ends up being cheaper and less of a head ache to remove the old system and install a new and bigger system. Please note l am from Australia so these comment may not apply to your country. We also have similar problem with replacement inverter. Assuming you can even find a replacement inverter the 1kw inverter will likely cost you the same or similar price new 5kw to 6.6kw system. This is due to fact are rebate paid per panel per kw and the inverter technology has changed.
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  5558. Great and accurate presentation. In Northern California, I added to solar panels a 20 KW whole house generator (8K total including installation) including automatic switch instead of batteries. PGE offers rebate after 9 months, maybe, on batteries for what would have been 21K outlay for 2 batteries and extensive rewiring to accomplish a critical load setup. Only caveat is that you don't want the generator power to restart the inverter when the grid goes down. I accomplished this by isolation of the generator system from the solar system by putting in a subpanel so that there is no crossover. Interestingly, the installer was unaware of this issue, but honored their original bid. I am told that Generac was talking about an add on to their generator setup to accomplish the same thing. Get the EV first, if you have enough roof space, as that would figure into how many panels you are allowed (at least in California). Loving every minute, including the Tesla Y. There are still $10,000 rebates and credits on Volvo XC40 EV and other brands, so that the difference in price is recovered in 3 years.
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  5559. Well done Ricky!
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  5560. I like your videos but for this one especially for this long ones, I really wish you had your TimeStamps.
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  5561. A good summary and well researched! I will happily eat meat that has nothing to do with a live animal being killed.
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  5562. Great info.
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  5563. We did films on windows for Middle East buildings n reduced the load on internal cooling
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  5564. Go Bears!
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  5565. Greta video, I’m also in San Diego and have spent time making my carbon footprint smaller. Solar, house battery, ev and just last week a heat pump water heater. It’s insane. It uses maybe 17W a day to keep the water hot and noticeably cools the garage. Thanks for spreading the good news
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  5566. How much did you spend on that 3090?
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  5567. Thank you, informative and very nicely done.
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  5568. This channel speaks my language & reads my thoughts
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  5569. Nicki Minaj should perform "Starships are Meant to Fly" at the ultimate launch of this rocket! Who's with me? K'yeah!
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  5570. Awesome presentation. 👍
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  5571. Nice breakdown! ✌️😸
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  5572. Good video, thanks! Touching on the realities of agricultural subsidies is essential when looking at the future of technologies like this. Yet most other channels won't go there.
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  5573. I think and hope you are correct.
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  5574. So you don't put them on roof tops You carpet the desert with them. Australia has a lot of desert.
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  5575. Vapor farming sounds great, until the jawas run off with your droids and you have to try to repair your vaporators on without an R2 unit.
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  5576. Yet another another careful and thoughtful treatment of critical issues, issues which are often treated with far less scholarship to support myths about the ICE-based transportation system, to discredit EV technology, and obfuscate critical choices confronting our technological society. I have to conclude that the 187 negative votes could only reflect the widespread inevitable trolling around these issues, rather than any real problem with the authors' work. Great work TBD!!
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  5577. And I thought that the question was if this ballon was a plain weather balloon .....
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  5578. your voice is goog
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  5579. If I could afford it I would wrap my whole house, no more painting the house would mount it an inch from the wall for insulation. And get electricity wow.
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  5580. Great video. Forget the haters. Its hard to find info like this but for the data whores out there we love it. Taking detailed notes and excited for your next vid. One thing I was curious about is does Tesla have proprietary access to these 21700 cells that Panasonic is churning out in giga 1 or could anybody get their hands on them?
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  5581. Awesome video! Keep them coming Ricky!
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  5582. Nice video. Thank you
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  5583. vid was perfect ...peace out
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  5584. And do the birds get to live?
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  5585. Hmm... I thought all you describe was obvious!
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  5586. GOOD NEWS~ just what we all needed. thanks!
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  5587. 2 strings of 4 in series then parallel them. 148 volts at 15 amps = 2220 watts But I see it can only take in 1600 watts so yes 3 is the way.
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  5588. Both of you individually, and now together, might be the two most likeable presenters on youtube - reasonable, intelligent, engaging, informative, but beyond so many others, you are simply pleasant, respectful people...So rare to not find someone being annoying, annoyed, or simply not funny. You are just real, in addition to professional. Thank you!
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  5589. great idea
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  5590. Great analysis.
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  5591. That's why you need a Tesla truck!👍 Thumbs up and subscribed!
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  5592. I'm trying to get the courage to jump on the EV bandwagon. Just sold my Toyota 4Runner because we just don't go off road anymore and no need for that. Other than that, I'm also a big Honda fan, cars and bikes. Two main things holding me back. First, the Tesla is slightly above what I was hoping to pay for a new car. I can swing it without too much sacrifice but it's a little unnerving. Second, I usually keep my cars a long time and I'm apprehensive about a Tesla after the warranty period is over. I know I can get a 10 or 15 year old Honda serviced at lots of places but what if I want to keep the Tesla a long time? I'll be following your channel, thanks for video.
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  5593. That all looks familiar! ;-) Great job!
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  5594. great video - thank you.
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  5595. Merry Christmas Brother! I hope all is well in your 1st Christmas at the new home! So yes, I see great opportunity here, especially for local Small Farmers, if Gov't will get out of the way. We need a pilot program at several locations around the USA. Obviously, CA/Southwest but also further north, Texas, Mid-Atlantic, and Florida... this seems like a perfect opportunity for USDA & DOE and other departments to pony up funds... but it would likely come with too many strings as Tesla learned. We need a farm program privately funded study: - what is proper height and spacing of panels so that adequate sun passes between the panels... But ALSO allows farming machinery to fit? - can structural frames be produced efficiently and cost effectively to hold panels at spacing needed? - what types of crops would thrive in this more shaded environment? Very exciting! Alsobsave water, especially in CA by adding solar panels over all the water management culverts bringing in CO water but also flood management culverts. I wonder if anyone has calculated the water delivery system water lost due to evaporation that might be reclaimed. Cheers, Eric
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  5596. Another stellar video. Good job!
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  5597. Good thought but a bad deed to hydrologic cycle. How are you going to save the inland? Tq
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  5598. 👍
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  5599. you are awesome!
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  5600. Hi Ricky, loved the vid... could you compare the heat pump to the sterling engine I learned about them in hs about 100 years ago 🤣
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  5601. When and where will there be changing stations?
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  5602. Wow, after watching this video, I now understand why Porsche converting all its cars to electric vehicles. but I'm probably going to have to watch this 5 times to understand all the complicated math you put out there. Good job man.
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  5603. I feel the love for Tesla like you guys and I understand, that you stay true to them, for doing the heavy lifting, but LG-chem and BYD are big and going to blast in the market. I think it’s great that competition is starting and we’ll see where’s going. Right now there’s to less storage (at last here in Germany) due to regulatory reasons and taxes... I think the electricity Tarifs and refund system for net Stability would turning the tide for PV, storage and more important charging and bev‘s
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  5604.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Thanks for the reply. I'm going to remove the last two sentences of my comment because they come across as rude, which is not my intention. I do appreciate your analysis, though. I don't make videos, but hopefully I make a small contribution towards bringing more rational thought to the world through intelligent YouTube comments.
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  5605. @ 7:52 as you were describing rotating your tires for maintenance, there is a pic of EV1+ wheels, do you own a set? If so, how are they? Also, perfect timing on this particular topic. You explained everything I tried to explain to some of my coworkers in way better context and I've shared it with them now. Thnx!
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  5606. I think the Y will be important and successful for Tesla. But I predict Cybertruck is really going to have much bigger impact on this decade. I think it not only have a big impact on the truck market but actually grow it’s own niche of buyers/segment that didn’t exist before. It really could be a game changer. Where as the Y is a progression into an existing market.
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  5607. Good info.
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  5608. i always feel like i'm watching with millions of subscribers so i never suscribed but i just realized you're actually at 400k! just subscribed
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  5609. 👍
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  5610. Wow Vietnam looks really nice.
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  5611. Amazing product!
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  5612. Not all induction stoves whine. It's called coil whine and it's caused by coils vibrating in the in magnetic field. Some manufacturers do the extra work required to stabilize the coils to avoid the audible noise. And amount of coil whine depends on your individual unit. If manufacturer doesn't consider coil whine for the QA, units from that manufacturer may or may not have audible coil whine depending on your luck.
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  5613. It's so exciting to see where Tesla is bringing the world right now.
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  5614. So where's the link to the Hiroshima video that you told us to go watch?
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  5615. great content thanks
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  5616. INCREDIBLE 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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  5617. I just stumbled upon your channel because I love hearing different perspectives on Tesla's future prospects. That being said, I think you just became one of my top sources for this kind of knowledge and I just want to let you know I appreciate your work.
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  5618. Interesting video as always. thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 👍🙂
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  5619. Rickey I love your videos but you look very tired in this one! Ive never seen you look so tired or out of it! Take care of your self and love your show!
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  5620. How about having flywheels in space spinning in opposite directions and then microwave the energy to safe areas on earth ?
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  5621. It is my understanding that for more than a decade we are able to use f-15s and I'm quite sure newer military aircraft to fire a spy satellite killing missile why couldn't this be used against a balloon. And why not a laser?
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  5622. Very good video. Thank you
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  5623. When will Elon Musk become President of the United States? I will vote for it! ... a lot of things would be easier to solve ... isn't simplification the point?
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  5624. Did you say 300 miles for Long Range version?
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  5625. Very interesting and big project! Looking forward to seeing the results. For the 2nd house, if you only need hot water for a single sink, an under-sink tankless electric heater would be fine. They are available with as low as a 20A breaker (e.g. Chronomite). I'm investigating doing this for each room, to eliminate lag - without needing a recirculation pump.
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  5626. Great vid! Also, as an audio geek I really appreciate the care you put into your audio production.
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  5627. Our Bosch induction is so nice man, not just the cooktop but also the oven. We just use Ikea pots/pans, but they make a line which allows you to program for what you're cooking... I've never heard of anyone using it, but the instruction manual section about it is wild. From what I gathered, you could dial in the type of food and its mass, then basically walk away and come back to it finished (minus stirring and flipping ofc.) But we also have one of those little hobs and those I'd recommend to anyone. Really cheap, and they use normal outlets. You can even bring it on the run and power it off your EV or whatever.
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  5628. Great synopsis. New subber here!
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  5629. 🤓
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  5630. Great video! Very informative!
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  5631. You has a video about a new prop design from MIT that offer greater reduced noise and efficiencies. I wonder if Zipline are looking at these.
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  5632. The Graph at 13:50 is Pretty 😎 👍 (Very thankful to be able to pause) 😊
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  5633. I’m buying a Pro the summer for $47K loaded
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  5634. Thank you, you have done a wonderful job of trying to be fair to Trevor Milton and Nikola, I am just not convinced that Nikola isn’t just a big fraud on it’s investors and everybody else. I look forward to Trevor Milton proving me wrong, I just hope he can and does prove me wrong.
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  5635. It's fine. Just don't lay on top of the stove when it is turned on.
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  5636. Sure. To attack a balloon, you need…. Duh… another balloon…
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  5637. 6:37 the music in the backround sends a chill down my spine. and i really wanna know the name of the music there
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  5638. I test drove a Bolt and while it was peppy and fun, the seats were horrible. No contest for driver comfort. Have a Model 3 ordered. BTW, if you order a RWD Model 3 deliveries are pretty quick now.
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  5639. this is a really good video thank you I just found your video and this really gave me and my husband information that we could wrap our heads around and understand what was flying over us all.
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  5640. A great lesson here, I usually don't subscribe to Elect. Power teaching, but your detailed information made me to subscribed.
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  5641. This guys are great
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  5642. Really good analysis. Crisp, clean, succinct.
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  5643. This whole balloon fiasco makes no sense. US, under the Project Genetrix, flew more than 500 high-altitude balloons over China and Russia territories, and around the world. US insists that it is within its international rights to do so. National air space is usually around 30K feet above ground. And these high-altitude balloons fly 60K feet above. Granted, they are flying way lower than the low orbit satellites and the international laws are vague about this. But the real point here is that US is, in practice and in statement, accepts this as concensus. In fact, China and Russia routinely fly these high-altitude balloons over US territories. During Trump administration, China flew 3 balloons over to US. And US military, politicians and media did not raise any concern. After all, US is doing exactly the same to the world. So this sudden rise of "outrage" by American media is puzzling. Is US turning back against its own practice? Or is it that US government wants to create tension between US public and China, so to distract its people from social unjust and economic stagnation at home? Or worse yet, is US Military Complex trying to create tension with "scary foreign enemy" to extract more money from its own country?
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  5644. I wish all media did the job like you do ! You do a great job! I love it ! Keep on keeping us informed!!!! Hand salute to ya!
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  5645. Solar is a great combo with ag, no need to separate the industries
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  5646. When are we going stop hearing that there is no sign of slowing in world population growth? Just not true, and Two Bit should know better.
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  5647. 1/2 price solar panels....I like that.
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  5648. Tesla screwed this up... spitting in the face of its customers. Nazi salute sealed it.
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  5649. Excellent vintage Ricky! 👍
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  5650. How far we've come.... Including the legal work, i can get 4kw on my roof for $3.5k And if i diy expand it later, i'm looking at $650/800w
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  5651. If only everything worked as nicely as the Montreal Protocol.
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  5652. Every household could be harvesting free natural gas via anaerobic digestion. Power companies would never allow.
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  5653. Good information
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  5654. The cost...? It isn't a matter of cost in dollars, but a matter of security. Do the communist Chinese personify trustworthy attributes and belief? No, not if you factor in their thefts of intellectual property alone, their known military expansion and to say nothing of their forcing down of our military plane back when W. first entered the WH. Honestly, I don't know a single country who could flyover another's sovereign territory without that country rightfully taking a shot at it. Now had the Chinese volunteered to land it here for inspection, maybe this could have been avoided all together. But that would have never happened. So I say "tit for tat".
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  5655. Extremely interesting and informative! Good stuff! Luv it thanks for posting 😊
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  5656. Another place to fire safe your home is your roof vents… several homes were lost because the hot embers made it into the attic… the bird screen in older homes are a 1/4” or 1/2” screen… this is too wide… stops birds but not fire… I live in orange county and have just installed a much tighter screen. Once the embers get in the attic it is much harder to fight the fire and the attic is typically unprotected dry lumber and insulation…
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  5657. thank you for awesome video
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  5658. Good presentation but my brain exploded at ”super position“. Thanks anyway
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  5659. In support of your theory China has been building ? 9 ? nuke powered state of the art ice breakers ...and it does not have an arctic port
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  5660. One of the most useful informative video. Love to watch more on Graphene production and use in transportation, communication,healthcare, education etc..
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  5661. Agree. Tesla killed it with the Model 3 in a market where sedan sales are dying. Really the only weakness it had, besides irrational fear of electric vehicles, was the fact that it was not a crossover. I can't wait to see how the model Y does, and what it does for my 15 shares!
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  5662. Never seen your channel's videos before, but this was fascinating, and your presentation was excellent. A good mix of informal and professional. Subscribing, and looking forward to more. Really interesting topic. I'm sure the answer is "it's not cost effective", but I wonder if anyone considered the idea or retrofitting the heliostat articulators with Photovoltaic panels. That way at least those sun-tracking mechanisms could be put to use maximizing the panels' exposure. Of course at that point, it's probably more effective to remove-and-rebuild the whole complex with that photovoltaic approach in mind. (the salt core and such would be completely unneeded, and electricity storage on-site would probably be a better use of the land). I've seen some suggestions that combining photovoltaics with farming that functions well in shade can be a great 'two-fer' in terms of space usage in traditional 'panel' builds. Also seen some great ideas concerning putting cells on covered parking and other flat-roofed retail and commercial builds.
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  5663. thanks it's really informative
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  5664.  @TwoBitDaVinci  It was just for humor, I never meant that for real, please dont take me seriously. My intention was, since, being an relatively early comment, was hoping to get some decent number of interactions, but never expected Uploader Himself to react! . You have a great content mate, keep it up :) I liked it.
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  5665. In a sea of extreme partisan reporting, I enjoy your level-headed, relatively objective approach. The hydrogen ICE seems like a step backwards for the latter reasons you mention. It is still dependent on 100+ year old tech. Hundreds of moving parts requiring lubrications and maintenance. That’s antiquated. BEVs replace all of that in favour of simplicity. Plus, lubricants pollute as well.
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  5666. Great video - thank you for the thoughtful insight. Hope you're right that it's strategic!
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  5667. Great use of stock footage
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  5668. SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME...and no one EVER goes to PRISON!
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  5669. thanks for this. Just doing initial exploration on solar and this had lots of good info
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  5670. The future of fuel is no fuel. Laws of physics says internal combustion can’t be saved. You only get about 15-20% of the energy in fuel at the wheels of the car, at best. The battery electric cycle can be upwards of 80% efficient, even above 90%. Getting four to five times as much work out of a given unit of energy is transformational. Jet engines are external combustion and won’t be replaced for longer, and niche applications will remain.
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  5671. Option: Congress passes a law requiring any transportation (train, trucks, air) of very dangerous chemicals shall be protected using the same rules as for transportation of spent nuclear fuel rods. Retired PE, MN, electrical. ex-NNS.
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  5672. love the white board :)
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  5673. Still it’s my dream to have a solar equipment to save me for high bills of electricity....
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  5674. Good explanation! 😀
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  5675. My roof has south facing side with solar pannels, and north facing side that could benefit my home with skycool improving the efficiency of my AC.
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  5676. Two Bit da Vinci, fantastic! Thanks.
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  5677. Great video
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  5678. Very informative keep up the good work and keep us informed.
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  5679. Appreciate your journalistic investigation on this one!
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  5680. Great report
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  5681. Very impressive presentation 👍
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  5682. Why not use CO2 from wherever and hydrogen from water? You have to put energy in, of course, but that's just where the excess energy from intermittent renewables could be used. Once you've made the conductive polymers, the 95% recyclability and 20+ year life would seem to remove any need for oil in their future manufacture.
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  5683. Model Y will get all the rav4 hybrid owners 😎😎
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  5684. Loved the video as always,but since I can't afford a solar system right now due to financial reasons I use arcadia for now. However I'd like to buy some panels for small scale use and work on building it overtime. What would ypu recommend and a starter kit just to learn more and get used to it? Thanks if you reply back,if not stay awesome and keep up the great videos.
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  5685. Great video!
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  5686. Good style in your communication.
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  5687. Fascinating topic. Thanks for your work!
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  5688. All of Spain should donate $10 apiece to give extra compensation to the families being bought out to expand the cathedral.
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  5689. Great Job!
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  5690. I am a Dane, and I have the same thoughts. Why not use the Isle of Bornholm first? One word.. Politics.. 🤣
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  5691. i love the item of solid state batteries however I can help thinking for cars the current battery tech is more than good enough and will outlast the car by a decade!
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  5692. There's a saying which goes: “Generals always fight the last war.” ICE people use yesterday's data to refute tomorrows predictions. They are fighting a losing battle.
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  5693. Excited about Aptera in 2015 - still there! Thanks, Eamon
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  5694. Very well done video, I will follow. Your explanations are of great quality.
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  5695. Good show. I subscribed. Keep this kind of content coming.
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  5696. Great videos.
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  5697. I just wanted to say that I've clicked a lot of these kinds of videos recently. I thought this was just another click bait. I was so wrong, I loved the video and learned a ton. Fantastic work.
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  5698. Subscribed!
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  5699. So did they built the road and residential buildings on a private land then?
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  5700. Have you done a video on flow batteries? It’s another good chemical storage choice.
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  5701. nice video !
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  5702. Love the content and production quality of your videos. You have a lovely calming presence as an added bonus. Watching your videos is like a warm hug. Keep it up 😊
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  5703. What if a large battery pack was added to the trailer and a Tesla charge port added next to the tow hitch?
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  5704. Great Stuff Da V, Keep Them Spinning !!
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  5705. Another awesome video! Kinda reinforces the notion that we Americans (among others, of course) push logic aside and go with the pure visceral excitement when buying a car. And nothing wrong with that!
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  5706. I saw what you did there with the lizard people 4:51
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  5707. Here in Sweden, most people have had induction for many many years. I’ve personally had it since 2003. We do have a fireplace for heat and a gas BBQ in the backyard for those times when we have power outages, but I haven’t had a power outage longer than an hour in my entire life, so that’s really just in case.
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  5708. Y'all space scientist types need to start your own entertainment website, called ""Space Tube!"
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  5709. Hi all at Two Bit, This is is a slight deviation from your exact thread but is still EV and Green energy-related. I was wondering why no one is talking about TE$LA and Wind turbines. With Elon and his company's engineering expertise, I am sure they could design and build The most efficient turbines and towers on the planet. With their knowledge of motors (and that is all a generator is, a motor being pushed rather than driving a shaft) coupled with the aerodynamic design of the blades ( remember they have some of the best drag coefficient numbers of any other road car due to their in house designers and fluid dynamics engineers. That along with Elon’s Materials expertise used in designing the towers, and his ability to scale up production at lightning speed, I cant see how this would not go a far distance to accelerate his change to renewables and away from fossil fuels in the prime directive. Can you honestly think of a better company for this job than TE$LA ???? Eddie in Scotland
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  5710. Great job! Thanks
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  5711. Thanks for this type of information and knowledge
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  5712. Well done. Subscribed. 😁 🔔
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  5713. The cost per watt figures.. over what span of time are those numbers spread across? Or could you possibly elaborate on how those numbers are calculated. Thanks in advance! I appreciate your time and effort.
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  5714. Incredibly detailed and informative video. I love my Model 3 and now I know all about its battery. 👊🏻
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  5715. I massively appreciate the Youtube channels that produce educational content, I always find it really interesting and helps me feel positive about the future, but please consider not having the in video adverts mid video, Youtube already throws 2 adverts in the beginning of the video and it's really disruptive to start getting into the core of your content to then have something completly unreleated pop up..
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  5716. this is excellent!! great video from all aspects!! thanks!!
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  5717. ELONgated windshield ;)
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  5718. Congratulations times 10! Delayed gratification at this level is beyond words or comprehension. Timing is everything. The impact on you, the people you work with, and the people that know what you do for a living, are about to see a transformation the day you pick up and drive for the first something that has now become a part of you. From now on it will all be through your eyes and ears, not something you read about something you heard about and I believe you will no longer have to go to the source, because from here on out you are the source. I've been watching you guys for a while you guys been doing some really good work but this is going to be a big change, a really big change. Here's just a bit, something to think about. Set aside piece of paper and a pencil and over the next 7 to 10 days write down everything that comes to mind everything that is good about Tesla. And at the same time whatever comes to mind, whatever you or whoever thinks or feels something bad about Tesla. Write that down too. And know that in time, all the things bad, that people have the said and thought will slowly disappear and will be forgotten and what will remain? Is Tesla. That is who they are! And once again congratulations times ten and enjoy the ride! You've earned it and well deserve it!
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  5719. A 2 axis solar tracker doubles the output of solar panels,, its generally better to just buy more panels though
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  5720. Very informative video. Thanks a lot and waiting for the Tesla stock price analysis video.
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  5721. Another good, informative video. Maybe this can be added to all the above types of energy, including oil and gas. Remember, without an all the above energy policy, we will Never transition away from oil and gas.
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  5722. interesting concept. devil in details. I am an all of the above kind of guy. everything has its niche. not one size fits all.
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  5723. I like your theory but I wonder how the South American balloon would fit in with that theory, did a pacific oil and gas project monitoring device get blown away too? Spy balloon sounds wrong to me, but I wonder if it could have been launched by the US in order to get more money for the military. See China is invading, give us all your money so we can "keep you safe" from this "real" threat
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  5724. I dont care about the GMs and Fords.. they can do what they want. I am all in for EVs. They are just so much fun and easier to maintain. More and more people get this and we have more choices like Tesla, Rivian, xipang, neo; SAFE and such shits will not matter..!
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  5725. I live in canada where the eletricity is state own in my part of country. Our electricity is notoriously cheap, but everything your saying for your own benefit should also be apply to a state monopoly. Even more so I think. We should all have solar and battery in these time of climate change. It would benefit everyone with redundancy for the grid, eventhough it would take major updates on it. That would be great if politicians could acte for things that are more than 4 years ahead. Another kind of problematic monopoly.
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  5726. A fantastic video and even better voice! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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  5727. Greate Video.
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  5728. One of the best ways would be bringing water from the Mississippi River to the Colorado River. This would stop run fresh water into the ocean and allow Lake mead and lake Powell to fill back up and take pressure off of flaming gorge reservoir.
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  5729. Wouldn't it be bringing the price down logorhythmically? Big growth would be exponentially. :) Good show, thanks.
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  5730. Awesome insights. Very well thought through. Wish this video was an hour long. Yours, TeslaDan4Freedom aka DanielHall4Freedom .ws
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  5731. Ship becomes a Bruce Willis or Steven Seagal movie, after hackers take over ship and prepare to run it into New York.
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  5732. You make excellent videos. I'm really glad I found you're channel. I subscribed!
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  5733. Maybe collecting the air from a higher level to get hot and humid air and pump it down to a cold water inside basic heat exchanger will get us almost free water
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  5734. Nice, thanks for the info. Was about to buy a used 2017 100D and instead, just ordered the 3 with Stealth mode and this helped us to know, this was the best choice. Thanks for the video and keep making them. Thanks!
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  5735. Kinda like what Steve said in 2007 after launching the iPhone ''we're going to succeed because a software company and they're hardware companies''
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  5736. Being inside there on a sunny day is a memory I will cherish for the rest of my life.
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  5737. Great video, thank you to give us info like this,we need more youtubers, and divulgators like you and Undecided
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  5738. So in building a sustainable home....are you going to talk about all the construction waste?
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  5739. That was a pretty good video. Well done.
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  5740. Amazing work, nice voice!
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  5741. win win - good technology brings the greatest amount of good to the greatest number of people (Utilitarianism philosophy)
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  5742. I'm amazed you didn't talk about perovskites for solar
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  5743. Another great show Ricky.. Thanks.. Oil is still going to be used to make plastic but I have no idea what percentage of output is used in this sector.. And plastics not flavour of the month either.. I think you called it about right..
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  5744. I really enjoy the video and the explanation, I have a more in depth understanding now, thanks!
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  5745. One minute and fifty seconds, my fastest subscribe ever.
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  5746. If you think the oil wars are complex? Wait for the water wars. Little longer timeline.... How do cities get water?
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  5747. Excellent Point
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  5748. Wow, what an episode! 100% agree we need a big goal to focus on as a civilization. I remember the late 60s and 70s, school stopping so classes of students could huddle in one classroom sitting on the floor watching the small TV as the astronauts prepare for launch or splash down. EVERYONE wanted to be an astronaut! It was a magical wonderful time! Even the space shuttle was an amazing program in its time. Now it is definitely time to go back and explore. It forces us to grow as humans and hopefully work together. Love your channel and will become a member. Keep up the great work. Thank you! 😃👍
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  5749. Well done
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  5750. very well thought out explanation, thanks!
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  5751. that is a bad ass temp control vape mod. oops wrong video... nice research and dedication!! thanks
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  5752. Esthetics is great, universal adoption better.
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  5753. I can't be the only person who watched this and immediately thought of Warhammer 40k's clockwork cyborgs and analog thinking machines.
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  5754. Great video! You’ve earned a new subscriber.
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  5755. It is well known by true honest road traffic engineers. Even documented in the HCM produced by the US DOT.
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  5756. Net-metering was always meant to die. It’s not the correct way of operating a distributed energy system, it was always just a bridge solution until the inevitable advent of energy storage and a transformation of the grid to a more decentralized system. This is no different to cell phones disrupting landlines with the use of batteries and other technologies. This is just another very predictable technology transition, it just so happens that it is targeting the largest industry worldwide; energy.
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  5757. Ricky, I’m a bit confused. You seem to be saying that you are sitting in your house and the corroded gas pipe came from underneath your house. I am looking through the window behind you and I can see over the tops of skyscrapers. Just how tall is your house? How many stories?
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  5758. Ngl I can listen to you teach anything. Voice and levels are perfect. Keep up the good work
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  5759. [Ricky] Why do you say that? Tell me, what's a great car in your opinion?
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  5760. Great deep dive. I hope it OK to take some inspiration for my German video about this topic that is in development 😉 Especially this company needs a deeper look from my side 👍 Thanks
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  5761. 9:10 - We use heat from data centers for heating the water in water pools.
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  5762. Nice day to binge watch son da Vinci
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  5763. Thanks Ricky - great show and info on the cybertruck. I couldn't agree more with you on all points.
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  5764. Hi! I was wondering what would be total annual electricity consumption in Your house? Before and after modifications? Thanks for a good video, very informative, very thorough.
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  5765. nice one gent's
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  5766. Send me that pool vacuum bro I’m getting our pool in soon. I deleted YouTube again but I’ll catch up on your videos this week. Great stuff as always. So excited about this project
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  5767. Mostly I wonder if soot would build up on your light source or solar panels, so you'd lose efficiency once the device exits the lab. But if it's efficient enough, it could make a decent range extender for an electric car, boat, or plane.
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  5768. prety usless video.. scip to part 2
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  5769. Great content !!! Good job guys 🙌🏻
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  5770. Fantastic video, I'm picking up my m3p todsy and will keep in mind your comments on the tyres
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  5771. good video as always. i was also checking out this company when they first started, neat idea.
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  5772. further if Starship can get to Titan methane would virtually be free available as lakes and oceans
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  5773. Sir, I love your channel!
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  5774. I've never been a Ford guy but with electric coming to the front I may be buying one soon.
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  5775. Awesome animations! Very slick man!
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  5776. Merry Xmas dvinci 🎉🥳🥳 and all
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  5777. Great video and a quick change to a dark t-shirt for the conclusion 😎
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  5778. OK, Love your Content. But today, you got 👍 after the Intro 😄 Bravo infotainer.
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  5779. Love your channel. Have not seen a follow up on this washer dryer combo but I’ve got one now and I can see there’s a real problem with the lint filter. GE knows it and they have not done anything and it’s been a year maybe with all the power you have with all the viewers that you have maybewe can get them to wake up and get some kind of fix for this problem. I hope you can help. Thanks in advance. Love your channel.
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  5780. Washington and Oregon state get way too much rain and often flood. A pipeline from there to California sounds like a big Idea, but we already do that with oil.
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  5781. Great share. Many thanks
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  5782. I learned about it long ago, thanks to Alan Parsons.
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  5783. A better idea for using the deep ocean . Get an old ship , fill it full of scrap steel ,iron concrete and tether it to the bottom of another ship another ship that holds winches /generators. When you want electricity let the submerged ship sink and generate power from the generator connected to the winch. It will sink all the way to the bottom ,say 5000 meters then when you want to store power just winch it back upto the surface , The cables will be big and heavy but will increase the weight and storage capacity.
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  5784. Also should incentivize marriage as multiple studies show that 2 parent families have much higher levels of those children they have succeeding.
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  5785. Great video well explained definitely sub.
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  5786. Great content and knowledge -subscribed
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  5787. Thank You !
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  5788. Really great video!! You can really help people with this information.. 🤗
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  5789. The exciting breakthrough is not efficiency, it is low cost per watt, which has already happened. That's what enabled home solar systems, not aerospace grade cells at 10X price. More efficient, but higher cost cells is interesting, but not in a practical deployable way for home power.
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  5790. Got a like for me 3 seconds in once I heard it was a commercial-free video!!
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  5791. A deeper dive into Neuro Networks would be great :)
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  5792. I got a front row view of the fires in Kelowna, BC. Till you see it with your own eyes, you will have no idea how fast these fires can spread. Evacuate if your told too!
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  5793. Several years ago China completed the World's largest Ice breaker - the head of China's navy said that since China had one fifth of the World's population, it had a right to one fifth of the Arctic's resources.
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  5794. Good work Ricky! I got some insight out of this! Thanks More about battery technology would be good but I personally get lost a little lost but I’m learning
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  5795. Great video! Thank you for your efforts. I had no idea about any other truck than the CyberTruck.
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  5796. Thanks for the video! PS. Ur kid reminds me of my son lol 😆 👍🏾 ✨
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  5797. Thanks for sharing. I am also a MP3D owner and owned a model S. I did test drive the Taycan 4S & the RWD (93.4kw) I have to say the Taycan handles unbelievable and the build quality was great! In my opinion, the RWD drive is the way to go starting at $79,900. In regards to the EPA Porsche does get a lot more than they state. Should be close to 295 according to other videos (Kyle- out of spec motoring). Woulda.ove to see a video for the Taycan RWD 😎⚡️
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  5798. Me like..😛
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  5799. Very cool episode!!
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  5800. Deeper dive please, back feed?
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  5801. the company carios is really far in using bacteria to return plastics into their original state... so basically plastic can be recycled also to high value products at a much lower price point than new plastic.... So I believe that is possible. Use carbios method to gain materials mined from landfills and oceans... turn them into home batteries.... that can work and would be awesome.
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  5802. I wonder if there is Asbestos in that wiring. When I mess with that old wiring I start coughing and my lungs don’t feel right for a few days. The stuff you are running into with that wiring reminds me of how my house was.
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  5803. I've watched this a few times, and can't wait to see this done all around the world. Counting the money means nothing if you don't put the cost into consideration.. Just do it and worry about the money fallout later...
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  5804. This man is my spirit animal.
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  5805. I don't know ... I'm not feeling the changing camera angles back and forth like that...
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  5806. I really need to know what kind of microphone you use for this video. It's so good
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  5807. Two bit, are you growing a beard or you just have 5 o'clock shadow all the time. At any rate, I bet you could grow an awesome beard!
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  5808. No joke :)
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  5809. Rick, what does a heat pump do? Exactly? It moves heat from some where it is that we don't want it to a place where we can deal with it. You cannot make heat, because the term cold refers to the lack of a thing- heat. Cold is the absence of heat, not a thing in and of itself. But the system sounds cool, pardon my very bad pun. This sounds like the solution the American market has been looking for for a long time. One of the reasons we are here is that Dupont and others no longer refine CFCs of HFCs onshore. the Chinese haven't quite figured out how to "co operate" or lobby system and not start a war- yet. These sound like onshore products that will be the next change out of current generation residential AC equipment into something onshore- that would be good also. Smaller variants that could do the same for residential refrigerators as well as the hundreds of tons of it in grocery stores. Huge market- if it drops in, it's better than sliced bread. It's not, so next gen it is.
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  5810. Good session.Your questions about costs per mile range of the new 1,000 charge batteries were very thought provoking. The is a growing number of Tesla pundits on Youtube now. Not all of them add value but you certainly did with this piece.
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  5811. WOW! Well thank you for the knowledge trip!!! We really appreciate that! Keep up the good work!!
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  5812. Ricky. I like the idea. But I’m surprised you don’t just do it. Why not do it and prove it’s successful then sell company to Tesla yourself?
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  5813. The video released by Rober was amazing, I hadn’t heard a whisper about the Zipline drones. What an amazing story.
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  5814. Rickie, You the man! I'm sure your family appreciates having a nice pool to cool off in at a somewhat reasonable maintenance cost. Great job!
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  5815. Friend I am all for Space 2.0 but...we need to spend on the earth and cleaning up our industrial mess before we go anywhere. Good work though!
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  5816. Had our little 6 panel system 12 yrs not even been cleaned, still giving us free electric 12 hours plus worth at the right time of year.
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  5817. That's a mighty compelling presentation. Beyond the environment, it's all about performance and utility. I'm sold! totally.
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  5818. Thank you for addressing those conspiracy theories. I actually know people that are feeding on them. Reason and education prevails, thanks to you.👍👍👍👍👍
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  5819. I built a home made of concrete boards, that look like wood but it's actually concrete. That's probably what that house has on the front of it. You go through a lot of saw blades using it but it worth every penny.
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  5820. love your content I'm a mechanical engineer myself a older one at 59yrs old and dont see EVs taking over the world, even though everyone at the moment thinks they are clean one would need to go from the creation of the battery which is more toxic to produce than is told to us. The byproduct of the EV battery is toxic by far and there is no recycling method for them other than burying then and polluting the Earth and they seem to combust at will all over the world at the moment, as for the cars carbo dioxide it helps trees grow and in turn produce air for the planet to breath?? In the end i maybe wrong but maybe not. HARD core petrol head
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  5821. Why not put the solar cell on the road and transfer the energy while travelling on the road by indiction technique
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  5822. I love your channel. 💥
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  5823. Excellent video 👍 Interesting stuff. Keep it up. BR, Per (Denmark)
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  5824. Great insight. Well done!
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  5825. I bought an inexpensive Induction cooktop to take over some cooking. I found the high pitched noise goes away with greater iron mix. When I used cast iron there was NO whine, some of my stainless steel whined like crazy when I put the power at full.
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  5826. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  5827. 10:23 .... I had one of those AHA moments.. Never fully understood the difference between series and parallel and you sir just BLEW MY MIND.
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  5828. Good stuff!!! Thanks!
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  5829. +2bit "Heart" BOTH sides of a "conversation"?
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  5830. Two Bit da Vinci I was partaking in a an "enthusiastic" conversation with another poster who was (is) championing the "all teslas catch fire" narrative. It seems you approved of both sides of the argument.
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  5831. Very interesting first I've heard of this type of battery.
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  5832. One of your best videos! I was stuck in so. Cal. until I retired 5 years ago. Lived in Santa Clarita in an overpriced townhouse with taxes over 4k a year, hoa fees almost 400 per mo., Moved to somewhere in the southwest to a manufactured home that cost me a whopping 23k! Rents are now about 400 per mo. Why should anyone buy a tiny house when manufactured, modular, are available with less restrictions than a tiny house...
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  5833. Would great for aviation and laser techs.
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  5834. I give you thumbs up for effort. But some of the comments below make more sense. Please continue to do more research with more accurate info. I believe there are Brilliant Minds that can give you good information from these comments below to help you with your research, it would do you well to find out if these comments are correct. Remember there are many opinions on the subject of which you talk about, I too, am a Believer in the new technology of electric energy, it's a very complicated science but it can also be mastered and simplified. Keep up the good work. Your information in this video is very useful which Sparks conversation about this subject. Keep Them Coming.
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  5835. great video!
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  5836. The problem is with the battery degradation. Most people who buy a second hand car will usually buy one that’s 3 to 5 years old. The battery degradation for a 5 year old Tesla which had done 100k miles compared to a Tesla the same age but had done say only 40k miles would be an interesting comparison. I just can’t electric cars being affordable to many or a better sustainable product. Especially the lithium we need to extract and dispose of.
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  5837. Great detail and presentation. The rollover data is commonly mentioned, but not appreciated. Excellent illustration and this will help people understand. Add up all of the safety & tech that Tesla includes and you can see how their direct car insurance offering will be ultra competitive. Perhaps when the Tesla energy & home division is fully established they’ll even include home insurance for bundling. ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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  5838. Love EVs!!!
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  5839. How about a hint? How long will my 2170 model 3 battery will last. Can you also explain what should the charge range I should try to say at? I been trying to keep its between 40% to 60%. Lithium like to be in the middle? What about charge cycle. How does that works?
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  5840. Nice video
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  5841. Great video!
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  5842. Awesome video thanks
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  5843. In New Zealand many of the older cities didn't maintain the natural gas infrastructure resulting in piped gas being replaced with bottled LPG. I have always has health problems when living in or even visiting a house cooking on natural gas, but I now live in a house with a LPG cook top with fan forced extraction which doesn't cause me any asthma symptoms. There is talk in NZ of LPG being replaced with hydrogen, I would be interested how efficient hydrogen would be when used for this purpose.
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  5844. Thank you. Nice.
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  5845. Anything short of a perpetual motion machine would help!!
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  5846. Darn you! As a retired savant black box mainframe tester I don't like your brave new world. Sadly you are correct about the difference between Tesla and legacy automakers. Harrumph!
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  5847. I may have an unpopular opinion but i do like conventional wind turbine design
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  5848. Cool video! Subscribed. Thanks.
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  5849. Yo it’s Carlsbad where I from
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  5850. I was arguing with people about the room in the model Y since the reveal day specs about how you would be able to fit people back there. No one seems to understand the concept of a sliding second row and assumed there would be 0 leg room. The way I see it is you could semi comfortably fit a 5'8 adult in the driver side 3rd row spot and a 5'2 adult in the passenger side 3rd row. The reason I say 5'2 for the passenger side is because of the actual foot space. 5'2 person will have smaller feat and be able to make it work where as someone with a size 10+ will have issues. Thanks for this video, now I have something to point to. I refuse to use bens content because he seems so slant negative on tesla and elon and ive had enough of that.
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  5851. Wow! What a great video!!
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  5852. Love this vehicle. Love it!
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  5853. I have 2 induction hobs that I have had for the last 9 years, I use one for my still and I find it excellent. You say about aluminium pans, but you can get a steel plate that allows you to cook with any pan. I have one, but it's not as efficient as having a stainless steel pan.
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  5854. If this is the best F150 one can buy. Then who wants the ICE F150?
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  5855. The Keith Richards gag was very funny 😆
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  5856. More on graphene. Thank you for the info so far.
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  5857. Mechanical failures and legislation that allows the the transportation of of these chemicals aside. Why on EARTH light these things on fire?!?!?! Couldn't these tanks be pumped into a secondary containment vessel to "depressurize" them? We have the capabilities to fight wildfires but our infrastructure can't handle putting out brakes on a railcar? And why isn't ANYONE on the state level of Ohio's government stepping up and protecting these people until some concrete answers come to light as far as air and water quality?
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  5858. Great video!
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  5859. Good content. Very informative.
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  5860. This was extremely useful and informational. Thanks.
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  5861. if you think about it, tidal is moon powered energy...Sun and Moon
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  5862. Great news
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  5863. i just figured out a way they could fix the gyroscopic effect, they could instead of having 1 flywheel they could have 2 flywheels stacked ontop of each other each spinning in the opposite direction of each other, you then cancel the gyroscopic effect
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  5864. Always fun to hear americans talk about geo thermal. Over here in europe it's been a staple for warming our homes for decades. Still a great video though, learned a lot about the eletricity generating variations, that part seems bizzare to me from a cold country perspective but yea.
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  5865. 👍
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  5866. Great video man!
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  5867. Wow. thanks.
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  5868. oh fuck miles. but I love your videos. subbed. maybe can include km for future videos.
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  5869. Interesting differences between the USA and Germany. In Germany Gas is a niche for home cooking, normaly you've a radiant electric and everyone want's an induction one if he buys a new one. Only in restaurants gas is normal.
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  5870. A pity Dronequote is only in the USA. I wonder if they have something similar in Europe/Italy.
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  5871. great videos :#
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  5872. I'M SOLD I WANT ONE😆👍
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  5873. I'm totally going to 3D print a design now based on my jetski impeller dimensions and then do a lost recovery cast method see how it goes
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  5874. I wish the cultists would watch this video i have been saying this for years but they only believe there orange leader
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  5875. Why didn't Canada shoot it down?
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  5876. totally off subject but could you do a vid on Efuels aka synthetic fuels? I love how you do your vids and would appreciate your input on the subject.
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  5877. Great content
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  5878. 07 OCT 2022 NEIL MARTIN Team from UNSW (Australia) Engine Research Laboratory has developed a new Hydrogen-Diesel Direct Injection Dual-Fuel System that cuts co2 emissions by 85%.
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  5879. What if the lightest material at the center of the flywheel was not a material but Air? Air at center flowing out from a vertical pipe that rotated all other parts of the flywheel. And what if we had the lightest components of air to further rotate the flywheel from the center from a vertical pipe inserted from the certer and air blowing out from a few holes from its sides to rotate the flywheel. And what if that lightest form of air component could be reused and was non combustible.
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  5880. Sign me up!!
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  5881. haha, so lets 3d print it!
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  5882. A few points. Two things to note regarding the Porsche battery. The large buffer is due to the smaller number of cells. If, as seems to be the case with the pouch format, the cells aren't as resilient as the Tesla cylindrical cells, they will need a certain number as backup in case of failure(?) I believe that the pack contains approximately 400 pouch cells, meaning a single reserve cell is 0.25% of the pack. The pack is reduced by a greater percentage both by the buffer, and if cells fail, than a Tesla pack with (at least) 4000 cells? 10 cells for the same effect. Also, with more cells, the stress is more dispersed. Gearbox. As we know, the advantage of EV's is instant, maximum torque from zero motor speed. Their failing is a drop in torque at higher revs, and since the drive is essentially fixed, high wheel/ road speed. I suspect Porsche worked out that there was more to be gained by gearing the rear motor for higher torque at launch, then as it's revs reach the ideal peak, using a high gear to drop the motor back to its high torque band and freewheeling the front motor when cruising. Side note. When Tesla tried gearboxes, they blew them up. That was then, this is now(!) They have the development resources and time available (!) Gearbox in the "Plaid", roadster? Could be a component towards the range?
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  5883. I love learning about different technologies! Thanks for sharing this and making it easy to digest. Keep shining ☀️
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  5884. G'day, Ricky, I love your open and creative mind if you haven't noticed already. 😉 A positive & questioning mind brings results, I've found that nutting something out, no matter how many fails, is always extremely rewarding.  On reading through this thread, I see good contributors who have experience with Stirling engines in service, especially the bloke who mentioned existing systems that use banks of small units, but then there are the pedants, nitpickers & a Tesla fanboi. 😉
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  5885. got a new sub.. keep up the nice vids buddy
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  5886. have you considered adding geothermal to your home energy efficiency design?
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  5887. I went from gas to induction to avoid summer heat in the south (Tennessee). Then I stayed on induction due to improvement in the quality of food produced. You have to have gas as you can not char on induction, and gas ovens have 2x power for baking.
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  5888. Batteries degrade over time. How long do they last?
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  5889. Cool
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  5890. For maximum profit one must shut down safe pipelines. Oil spills by train is 10 to 1 in the past. So any environment disasters by Train must not be coverd by media.
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  5891. Great job guys n thxx a million for your time n efforts.
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  5892. Hey Ricky, love your videos and thoughtful content!
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  5893. This is Sacred Land and we all need to make sure the local native people retain it at all costs ❤❤❤
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  5894. People didn't buy the original roadster but now it's gotten cult collector status. This might be the same but with over 200k reservations, it might make a crack (sorry, couldn't resist) in the industry. Even if it doesn't, the ramp and air compressor/220v power will be a desire by the next buyers due to this and the legacy automakers will cave into the demands. Definitely not going to "shatter" sales tho...
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  5895. This is very promising for aviation
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  5896. Great video!!!
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  5897. awesome video!
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  5898. They should put taxes on non-solar, not the countrary ! For the planet, not for the money
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  5899. Really enjoying the channel. Feeling the Fully Charged love here in the UK 😀
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  5900. mmm, 5000 metric tons lifting off a floating platform with 74MN of thrust assuming that the engines will be going into the water, making some assumptions in 10 seconds starship would flash boil 2440KG of sea water. Not sure how much those oil rigs weighed they bought but flash boiling 2.4 tons of water to steam from around a floating platform whilst also removing 5000 tons off the top would make for some interesting conditions on a floating platform.
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  5901. 4:02 Did you really say "Build something on a small scale [and] sell less of them at a bigger margin?" While showing an Apple Logo? LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! You're out of your mind! As if Apple just supplies a niche market? LMFAO!
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  5902. WOWW THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE BAUGHT our home 1 or ago and couldnt install Any solar UNTILL we were here 1 or. I learned a Ton of Great information.. Really, your a God send.Blessings🙏🙏😃👍👍👍👍👍⚘
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  5903. Ammonia is another way to transport hydrogen.
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  5904. A slight correction. When you feel a draught it's the denser cold air rushing into the less dense warm air in your house. Much like how wind works, cold air rushing to areas with warm air in search of equilibrium. Otherwise all is true 👍🏼
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  5905. Great infromation!
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  5906. Great video!
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  5907. We changed over to induction years ago as a household with young children I never had to worry about all the things that happened to me and my siblings while growing up with gas. I don't know why insurance companies don't ask what kind of cooktop is used in the home. Health insurance and home insurance should be charging more for gas burning homes.
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  5908. All theses step lead to the future. It’s the only way breakthrough’s happen
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  5909. Cool Ricky... Fun project
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  5910. What a nice... PIPE... dream! Ba dum chee! 🥁 🤪🤣😇
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  5911. So downsize the oscillating turbine and mounting it in place of the antenna on a vehicle would then charge the batteries of an electric vehicle moving at 70 mph to the point of perpetual motion? Or multiple units hidden under the frame?
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  5912. So... can we strap 3 together and call it the Super Duper triple shot express!
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  5913. Nice. Great idea. It would be cool to see the thermodynamics and economy of it
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  5914. This is an amazing breakthrough.
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  5915. Molten salt reactors can even be set up to burn conventional nuclear waste too !
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  5916. Very nicely explained the benefits of having solar energy at home.
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  5917. Have you any ideas how sky cool can better promote themselves in areas like Texas California Arizona. What about residential users cost? I really appreciate the depth and visuals for your sky cool episode. It does sound like a great product for high sun areas.
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  5918. GyroBus episode: Yes.
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  5919. And nice to see your videos in short duration.. keep it up ..
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  5920. Great video!! unfortunately, Utility GREED means arbitrage is still long way off....
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  5921. i have found gold. space gold your videos are amazing
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  5922. Pull the CO2 out of the air and just use it to power the turbines. Just a thought not sure how practical it would be
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  5923. understood now fully the concept, THX
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  5924. Excellent videos !
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  5925. nice!
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  5926. A colleague of mine today informed me how “horrible” my Tesla is because of all of the energy used to make the battery and how it is worse than an ICE car. I immediately thought of this video and counters his claims. As I’ve continued to think of this topic, I wonder if money spent on energy could be another way to debunk this myth. Based on some rough math... if my Honda Odyssey uses 10,000 gallons of gas over 200,000 miles (potential lifetime) the fuel cost would be approximately $27,500. If the battery in my Tesla uses more energy to make how could my battery pack cost around $10,000? That $10,000 includes the raw materials, manufacturing and profit. Even if industry has cheaper energy costs by the scale of production, how could $27.5k of gas create a $10k battery? Tesla would never come close to making a profit. If this sounds plausible, I’d love Two Bit da Vinci to make another version of this video using energy costs as the basis for comparison between EVs and ICEs. Love your channel!!
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  5927. Wonderful, another positive feedback loop for global warming. As the planet warms, there's less ice and so we can find more fossil fuels to burn, putting more CO2 into the atmosphere, further increasing the greenhouse effect.
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  5928. 146 K reservation for Cybertruck. Specs might rule. Pick up with backward and forward summon mode on the job site. Fully autonomous driving when regulators approve. Wow. If you showed me picture before the event my reaction would be think that no one would ever build it. Go Tesla!
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  5929. Let's see how the helium problem will be addressed. I guess they can try the same trick as modern aircon systems - use CO2... Let's see...
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  5930. You’re welcome and thank you for the enlightenment!
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  5931.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Absolutely. :^)
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  5932. @twobitdavinci would you consider an all encompassing video on the advantages/disadvantage of America converting to 220v?
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  5933. You did a fantastic job covering points that have largely been excluded from the countless other Tesla videos I've seen. Thank you!
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  5934. Still a relevant video. Only thing is that now, Enphase's iQ8 microinverters made it possible for a solar array without battery to power a house during an outage... so long as the sun is shining. Though I believe it does add a significant amount to the setup, from what I understand.
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  5935. So you guys all tell Dad jokes?! 8-P
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  5936. Double the capacity at 50% more size? When are model S/X getting a retrofit to 21700? 2019 refresh... here comes the X P150D
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  5937. The chrome delete might be nice. Depending? All the praise? Com’n. What would be really nice is CHOICE. Choice on where to repair might not be to bad 🤔 probably be the only way to maintain any real value. Didn’t these changes happen months ago? Do they separate the years now? Other than order manufacturing date? Of all people, you should definitely attend these events.
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  5938. Rad ! Thank you
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  5939. It's a jump seat. On those occasions when you have to take all four kids with you, the little one gets the back seat and won't care. The rest of the time the seats fold flat and you use the storage space. It's all good.
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  5940. I conduct ALL my business riding my e bike, ( from Radbikes ) , hauling a cart, do this in the San Gabriel Valley, and love the riding !
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  5941. Why start a church when you know you will not see it done? Faith. It's a church, a house of faith.
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  5942. I am a retired computer consultant. You hit it out of the park. CORRECT! I started with the paper tape age and ended up with super computers (256 bit).
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  5943. I found my future 7 seater.
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  5944. What would you tell someone interested in solar, but the roof orientation isn't perfectly due south and/or roof angle is not optimal? I realize it depends on how far from optimal, let's say 25 degrees +/- from south and 10 degrees +/- on roof angle.
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  5945. We have these also. The biggest drawback is the limit to solar power that the Ecoflow Pro will take in. The added batteries have no input for solar, so the system cannot grow as much as it could otherwise have done. Other than that, this system is amazing.
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  5946. Workhorse Group Inc. have some patents on drone zipline delivery. They're just waiting on FAA approval for their HorseFly. Then companies can start buying HorseFlys and doing deliveries like this.
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  5947. Awesome video. Part of the reason I haven’t pulled the trigger on solar yet is because of the constant improvements being made. I don’t wanna be outdated the day I install them. But I guess that goes for most current technology
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  5948. yes!! i love these videos!!!!!
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  5949. Dear Dicky, excellent presentation and thanks for presenting these topics.
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  5950. This was a really great video with ideas I hope someone in-charge can make use of.
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  5951. huh .... i think the whole world could benifit from this, although it needs to be much cheaper. maybe you can make a diy version ... doesn't seem that hard ... probably.
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  5952. Awesome video. Thanks much for making it!
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  5953. pack a catalytic converter w/Na, there's a lot of heat in a catalytic converter.
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  5954. In a warm to hot climate why not look at solar water heating ? I live in Brisbane Australia and have solar vacuum tube hot water system, with an electric backup (turned off for 9 to 10 months of the year) plus 6Kw of PV panels and have not paid an electric bill in 10 years. Although I do not have AC or a pool. I switched all lights to LED and run ceiling fans.
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  5955. Amazing video! Honestly I have not seen your channel before but this is one of the best videos I have seen covering this awesome topic. Really fun and informative watch!
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  5956. Two Bit da Vinci I'll send you some in exchange for your San Diego weather:)
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  5957. Rick E. Dat was another good one! Great factual info, yet independent. One might think you work for Tesla? Ha ha. Another might think you did your homework? And your focus and firm beliefs in Tesla, seperates the narrative from an opinion. You go to the source and drink from the well, as others drink from a bottle of water. It's just water or is it? You, know the difference between the two and they don't. Maybe one day they'll drink from the well and as I watch more episodes of you and maybe it dozen others who like you are original, focused on the facts and believe. It's what I call "a conceptual formula". And that came about after months and months of watching Elon time after time coming up with a concept, and then surrounding himself with great a bunch of brainiac people who believe and come up with a formula that works. and I can't wait and I look forward to the day that is hanging out and playing with his five boys and slowly starts to conceptualize the education system in this country and starts looking for a formula that works. and in the meantime you just keep doing what you're doing because you ain't got much of a choice haha! and I'm holding you to this what you decide to post it or not, when you show up to pick up your car, there are two people with you with cell phone cameras that record you walking up, climbing in, firing that thing up, looking out that windshield to a great future!!!!!!!!
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  5958. Here in Miami it seems like there's a charging station on every block, so it's definitely not far fetched imo that in the next couple decades charging stations will be nearly as widespread as gas stations, if not even more popular.
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  5959. Excellent presentation! Best of it's kind. Thank you.
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  5960. The F22 taking out the balloon was a political statement, not a response to a threat. You spent a lot of time tallying up the operational costs of the DOD response, but consider that the DOD burns vast amounts of cash just remaining operational, and a couple mil is pocket change in terms of relative DOD expenditures. China is very hydrocarbon poor, and Russia may be an increasingly unreliable partner, so your theory on the motivation is a good one.
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  5961. Didn't hear mention of Inflation Reduction Act which will rebate $840 towards a new induction stove. Since States are in charge of implementing the IRA, when the rebate is available may vary. In Washington state, it's supposed to be available end of 2023. FYI, we already have an induction stove and it's wonderful, superior to gas or old electric, just a bit more upfront cost which the IRA should remedy.
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  5962. How about IR photos of the 2nd house, with some parts insulated and some parts with nothing? It would be great to illustrate the effectiveness visually, not just stats later.
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  5963. Finally I can heat my room using my fire mixtape
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  5964. Very cogent presentation
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  5965. another 2 years later. Update please! :)
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  5966. 7th
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  5967.  @TwoBitDaVinci  It is not. I am just trying to spread the word about ecosia .
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  5968. I was Electrified by Your Nonstop Demonstration! Would welcome More 👍.
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  5969. I actually came here to have a disagreement on this topic. I've heard so much 1 sightedness. BUT... You did a great job. You covered all the bases. I appreciate that.
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  5970. Fantastic video.
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  5971. Great videos AI in cars will be a game changer
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  5972. Future is solid-state sodium batteries.
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  5973. Does the new motor provide similar power generation during braking?
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  5974. Love your channel. Great topics and simple explanation but please speak measurements that the rest of the world uses….metric. No idea sometimes when saying sizes. There are people other than US that loves your channel! Keep up the good work …. But in metric
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  5975. Liked and subbed.Great video!
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  5976. Not that you don’t know this but your beard hairline is sick bro some men dream for that I would like to see you with about half an inch of growth I bet you got the best beard on earth. And I am 99% straight Anyway nice video Ricky thanks big thumbs up
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  5977. Nice video! I find myself thinking of Crooke’s Radiometer. That set of little vanes balanced on a spindle inside a vacuum bulb which spins when light hits it was a source of fascination to me as a kid. It’s evident at the coarsest level that light can transfer energy to a surface. Most people have learned why those glow-in-the-dark stars one puts on children’s ceilings give off light after absorbing light. A lot of people have a basic understanding of how a solar panel turns light into electricity. It stands to reason that if one can transfer energy to just the surface of a volume of water where it interfaces with air the resulting evaporation will be more energy efficient than distributing the input energy throughout the entire volume. I am not sure that the concepts being discussed by the group at MIT are really counterintuitive. Their work seems to represent a shift in thinking about the application of known physics, engineering rather than novel discovery or new theory. I hope that we can exploit their conceptualization in design at scale to improve efficiencies in a number of areas.
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  5978. I'm a big fan of your videos thanks so much😀👍⚡💨🚙
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  5979. Thank you from Germany.
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  5980. My god man grow that beard out!
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  5981. ur kinda a genius. this idea should really come to life.
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  5982. THANKS. This. Information has been so informing. I am considering going solar 2022. Now I know who to contact and the right questions.
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  5983. Subscribed. Waiting for the Tesla 👍🏽
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  5984. Awesome! This has been a dream of mine for 20 years. I hope to build my ultimate off-grid, susustainable, net-zero home someday.
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  5985. I hope the reliability of the Tesla Model 3 is better than that of the $110,000 Tesla Model X.  According to Consumer Reports, the Model X is in the "worst" category when it comes to reliability ranking it right down there with the Ford Fiesta, and any Maserati or Land Rover.  And the Model X's overall score is 53, placing it alongside the Jeep Compass, Chevy Trax and Fiat 500 - three cars whose combined price is less than half of one Model X.  On the other hand, the Chevy Bolt has a high reliability rating and an overall CR score of 77 and cost the same as a base Tesla Model 3.  Of course, Bolt owners can never say, "That's right.  I drive a Tesla," which seems to be the driving force that makes the Model 3 worth the wait and expense.
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  5986. Great Video, thank you
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  5987. So excited to watch how this adventure unfolds!
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  5988. How do you stay out of the car? 😂😂. Cheers!! upvoted!!!!
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  5989. I just built a 6 cell 12v starting battery for my vehicles from 3000f Maxwell Ultra caps. It will start my semi truck or diesel tractor with ease. I put welding quick connections on it so.I can transfer between vehicles. It was expensive, but only needing 1 "battery" saves about $120 per vehicle.
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  5990. Random comment for channel interaction.
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  5991. I'm sorry, but you have greatly underestimated the Tesla Cybertruck. For that price, it means it would be mass produced, and it will indeed be a hot seller. This is because their target market with this product is definitely the young generation. Elon knows they would go crazy for it. It would be in Tesla's best interest to put solar panels on the garage door style lifting cover, as well as have that ATV as an optional accessory.
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  5992. Great video 🎉
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  5993. “ they were incentivized to burn as much natural gas as possible……”. And there’s the biggest stinkiest turd in the middle of everything. Engineers rule thank you !!!!
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  5994. Brilliant scene where you switch off the assist, would have been even better if you had a normal cyclist on a road bike doing the same thing!
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  5995. Helium scarcity?
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  5996. Okay, Really good discussion. The prismatic battery represents the 1964 Ford Falcon of efficiency. The next move should be a Tesla Kit Car where the battery arrives separately from the auto body and chassis unit. Many mechanically inclined buyers would love to be involved in bolting up the batteries on a frame from underneath the car. If that could save the buyer and Tesla some money, it's a no-brainer. Like you said: profits can be made in buckets via the volume of sales. I don't have a car at the moment I need a car, I want a Tesla but cannot afford 25/k for a car. Have been a mechanic all my life. Did I mention I want a Tesla? Keep the autonomous stuff; I like to drive.
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  5997. Aren't we running out of construction sand? Maybe desert sand would be better?
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  5998. Great summary and analysis! The national press did not get it. Wonder what the rest of the competition gained. If they are not scared, they should be.
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  5999. Hey Ricki, where do I start.... HVAC for BMS/BAS might be a good one. ( heat-piping the motors heat signature into hot water tanks, ( think heat pump sans compressors), to increase COP ). Step-down and Step-up transformers... go big here... Substations.... going further, Hydro electric dams, diesel generators. Insulators for High-voltage power lines.... I digress. There are too many things for me to list that could benefit from a good tweaking thermodynamicly.
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  6000. Ordered the Triple motor right away!
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  6001. propane is the "sweet spot". All the convenience of gas. None of the uncertainty of the grid. Anything else is speculation on my end. I think the flame burns a little hotter (10%). Price per liter is about the same (I think). I'm pretty sure it depends on which day it is, as that goes back and forth like the stock market. But the one constant in the mix is the price it cost to be "hooked to the grid". That is a monthly fee (right out of the gate). I have a tank in the back that I fill once a year for furnace and stove top. No grid. No "unexpected gas outage for Michael". Propane is the "sweet spot".
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  6002. I'm trying to write a proposal on basically everything in this... and I had no idea this video existed. Not sure if I should say thank you or shake my fists at the sun?
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  6003. Can you post a link to the wheels/aero caps you have on this car? They're way better than the OE aero look, and I am considering downgrading from the 19" sport wheels on my LRDM to the 18"
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  6004. Kinda more pumped about Ziplines prop design.
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  6005. Your channel is a must watch glad I found you
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  6006. Well done on the edit, script, and delivery! Earned another sub, looking forward to the next video
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  6007. Amazing video first time I ever heard of Plasma Kinetics.
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  6008. Nice video, thank you!
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  6009. You bet it is ! Hey everyone happy Utility Independence’s day !
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  6010. Energy consumption and pollution are two factors. It's also very expensive.
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  6011. Great analysis, Two bit da Vinci!
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  6012. There is only one small tiny problem with charging a huge ultracap in 4 secs : the gauge of the wire needed to carry all those amps . Totally impractical unless you use massive cooling . Let's face it , once you can charge a battery at 350 Kwh (and we are not far from that) , that's enough to get very significant range (300 miles) in a mere 15 minutes , which should be fast enough to satisfy everybody .
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  6013.  @TwoBitDaVinci  I agree that the "do it all EV" today is a bit out of reach for a lot a folks , but make no mistakes , classical battery tech is evolving fast enough to make that a reality in less than 4 years . No need for revolutions or miracles , evolution will do nicely . Within less than 4 years , ICE cars will just seem the stupid thing to buy
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  6014. Just checking out this video, great information. I’m new to solar and your channel, signing up today!
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  6015. That is a good looking kid!!! Props!!
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  6016. Damn I only pay $0.077 CDN/per Kwh.
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  6017. The third seems more usable than even some bigger SUVs. It just goes to show with excellent design you can make a smaller car more functional than a bigger one.
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  6018. Merci pour votre vidéo. Cordialement. Jean Jacques 57 printemps. France. Sézanne
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  6019. This is a way better preview of the truck than MKBHD's video I just came from. More details, more comparisons to other things on the market and such. MKBHD's was like a 15 minute advertisement and he even threw in a complete number-out-of-you-know-where estimate on the battery capacity of "140KW to 200KW" (what a nice big range there!). You've got yourself a new sub.
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  6020. Someone really needs to come up with a Tesla Supercharger to Chademo, or whatever, adaptor. Maybe Tesla should; get some of that gov’t money!
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  6021. I'm a big, long time fan of Thunderfoot and nothing you are saying would warrant debunking.
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  6022. Found you today and you are the smartest analysis I have seen so far Rob is good but you are better Elon should employ you for market communication
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  6023. Does this mean we figured out how they power bender in futurama?
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  6024. Thanks for this, very helpful. M
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  6025. Great overview Ricky, the age of the electric "ultracar" is really only beginning! Even traditional exotic car brands are seeing the benefits of electric power, as hybrid now, but full EV powertrains are inevitable. Your son is adorable, and he should have his own channel soon... Until then I'll head over to your other channel and learn about the DeLorean.... Great Scott! ☺️
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  6026. We did a $50,000 renovation on our 60 year old home ( 6.2kw Solar System, added insulation, double glazed windows, rainwater tanks for garden use.) here in Australia. We are now a net zero home. Its such a great feeling.
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  6027. Great info herein. Bravo!
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  6028. I love your videos but it would be great if you could include metric measurements for those of your viewers who live outside USA, Liberia and Myanmar (which is quite a few places in the world).
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  6029. Very well done—well organized, comprehensive and pleasantly articulated. I would guess that you are a professionally trained, and/or extremely gifted communicator. Thank you.
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  6030. I'm 70 years old, drive a 2003 Honda Pilot. I want to only buy one more car in my lifetime, and it will be definately an electric. So many of my friends my age are also biding time now waiting to buy a new car, but the day will come when the electric vehicle market will explode. Maintenance will be so much easier and cheaper. Cost per mile driven will be much less. Filing up at home eliminates virus concerns. No way ICE cars can compete. Existing car companies have to change over, or be left in the dust.
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  6031. Thanks for the great info!
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  6032. It's funny , I thought KIDS were baby goats!
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  6033. Very interesting topic, and well narrated. Great video all round, and the the Keith Richards reference was funny!😄👍
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  6034. It's spelled like cau from `caustic` with that elongated U unlike in `macaw`, and chuck from Chuck Norris.
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  6035. The problem with the statement was it implied, strongly, that future production of gas stoves should be banned. Many homes that use gas stoves also use gas heat. And as you said, gas is way cheaper. So $100 extra for cooking may not be much, but a doubling of a heating bill may be death to a lot of people. for heating. And the language used in the statement just seemed to be that same type to be what some may describe as 'woke', but also government speak for we're doing it for your own good. ie the incandescent light bulb debacle. (Though yes, I am also all LED now, but the CFL in between was horrible). Personally, I am building an off-grid home, and will be using induction mainly because I don't want to go through the hassle of running a gas line inside the house. The house will have an ACH50 rating of about 0.5, which is nearly sealed. I will have some gas, for an outdoor fire pit, grill, patio heater, and pool/spa heater. But all those lines are outside the house. And let's not forget induction ranges are at least double the cost of gas ranges. On top of new pots and pans.
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  6036. What about graphene as a conductor? Mmm, ok expensive at the moment but better than raping more of the world's resources, we have plenty of carbon (too much!)
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  6037. I wonder if the energy cost can be mitigated by using the earth's natural cooling by burying the lines to the condenser units to reduce the air/water temperature before it reaches the final system.
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  6038. Looks like a worthwile investment. Don't mind if I do. Thanks for sharing. :-)
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  6039. The Tesla solar roof is a lifetime roof. Asphalt roofs need to be replaced in 20 years so the cost doubles. Solar energy saves you money month after month, year after year.
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  6040. Thank you! very good job
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  6041. The composter is cool, but in my honest opinion a bucket with some worms does the same job if not even a bit better. No need for 500 bucks machine what uses 1KW energy. Of course the machine looks better on the kitchen counter :)
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  6042. Great analysis and overview Ricky, I agree this will be an important car for Tesla and the industry in general. I wouldn't be surprised if standard range and 7 seat configurations are available earlier than expected, based on the quick ramp up. It will be interesting to see if a 2 door coupe version of the 3 will be produced at some point, that would be awesome! It was great to hear Anthony's design insights also, thanks for featuring him. I wonder if the body design and metal composition will change for the Y, Elon's tweet suggests it may.
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  6043. Until you said San Diego I kept thinking this could be my utility company you were talking about. And then you said their name, and was like yep. I hate the them more than you do bro. They are the worst.
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  6044. nice work
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  6045. Great video - good explanation with visuals.
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  6046. You cared to tell the methanes boilling point but not the one of the hydrogens. Makes sense. I dare you to heart my comment but still, great work.
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  6047. When I saw the video title, I thought that it was going to be about ultra-deep geothermal using the new Quaise technology. If it works, it would make coal, gas, nuclear, solar and turbines obsolete anywhere with a power grid.
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  6048. How dose this effect bees and other insects? Is the nectar, sap and pollen toxic to insects? Mono-cropping is vary bad for the health of any given environment. Especially the insects that depend on them for life.
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  6049. Don't need the big battery pack. I like a small drink with unlimited refills! With as many charging/SC stations, why? Have to stop for a snack/refill (in more senses than one) anyway. It'll take care of you and the car in one brief stop. Yep I'm fine with it.
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  6050. Excellent video Ricky !!!
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  6051. For me vinyl is about the ritual. It's all a very deliberate process. It's for when I want to really sit down and get inside an album.
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  6052. First sight: ughhh its hideous! After some time digesting the new reality: f*ck I LOVE IT!
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  6053. Congratulations, finally a good thumbnail, (as opposed to other's click bait rubbish), "a picture is worth a thousand words"
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  6054. I had salty attitude about this whole idea but I sea its merits and I will try to filter out my downer opinions in the future. Cheers!.
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  6055. This is a very good video
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  6056. My father always pushed us to get a bird if using natural gas appliances.The bird will die before humans during gas leak.
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  6057. Have you explained thorium salt reactors before? I think itd be a good topic for this series.
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  6058. *Child bearing age, not child rearing age. A healthy active abled woman in her eighties might be able to raise a child if she needs to, but she can't gestate and birth one.
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  6059. Fun cost analysts, however, guess what those aircraft would have been doing? Flying, yeah, out flying anyway, doing training. Enjoyed the episode
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  6060. The electronics . The battery packs. The computer system. The motors. This is a really unique car design. No one else seems to have been able to do what Tesla has done. I was very critical of Tesla cars when I first began to study them. But the more I learn about them, the more I love them. I think Tesla has a lot of work to do expanding their service network. And also they are very poor at dealing with customer cars that are out of warranty. They are not hard to work on. Your presentation and amount of information is very impressive and exciting! Thanks for doing this great video. LIKED SUBSCRIBED and BELL RUNG. Glad I fount this channel today.
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  6061. Great video Ricky! I’d like to know more about medical device use of solid state batteries. Why wouldn’t one of those companies simply scale up their battery operations to provide batteries for others and leverage Economies of Scale to improve their internal profitability rates?
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  6062. Thank you for this video!!!
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  6063. Good information. Thanks you
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  6064. Looking forward to this project. Although, the amount of roof space you have looks like its equal to the amount of land my house is on. The size of your house and land seems crazy. Sure it means more utilities to produce to keep the house running but it also has heaps more space to implement solutions. Still, I cant wait to see how this goes. I am in the middle of building a new house in Australia and getting the base semi decent for sustainability costs heaps (double glaze windows, 3 phase power, electric AC and Heating, Induction stove top). I hope to eventually get Solar Panels to cover the electricity used and get completely off natural gas and maybe even an EV and House battery. As for getting money from me, I'd like to do it through merch. A tshirt with your logo, or a diagram of a sustainable system that you are going to install in this project.
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  6065. the US Navy, with the AEGIS platform, has an anti-satellite capabilities, this is with the SM-3 Block III and IV missile. Such a missile can intercept a Satellite in orbit or an Indipendent Reentry Vehicle from a MIRV warhead out of an ICBM. Provided Raytheon can "tune" the missile sensors to spot the scope it is not an issue to take it down. Now, why china sent a balloon and not a satellite? it may be linked to the kind of sensors on the 250+ satellite they have in orbit...but this is just my speculation
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  6066. as lame as it sounds, im just waiting for tesla to come out with minivan. hopefully the can innovate to where it actually looks cool and has plenty of room to easily get in and out of it.
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  6067. I have been saying for a long time now ever since they started with the Global warming that they are trying to heat up the atmosphere and cause the Greenhouse effect so they can get to the hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of minerals in the Arctic ! We watched documentaries about it In grade school back in the early 60's they also mentioned that they could grow enough food for the whole world in the Arctic circle !
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  6068. See movie: White Noise Some E.Palestine residents were fillers in the film …
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  6069. I Absolutely love the way you approach topics. Keep up the great work!
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  6070. The more costly running of induction can be mitigated by using solar panels.
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  6071. This is a beautiful expose my friend. Thank you very much.
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  6072. Super good! Thank you!
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  6073. I love my induction cooktop. It boils water so fast that it's taken some getting used to. I've had to start over multiple times because I don't know how much water has boiled off lol. The only part I don't like is the (I don't know what to call it) through the glass controls. Give me knobs please! They don't always want to work and I find I have to clean the glass over them before they will work. I also accidently turn the stove off regularly because I touch the glass without realizing. But having said all that I still love my induction cooktop.
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  6074. Explain why China was scanning Hawaii with green lasers if they were looking for resources in the Arctic
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  6075. I'm excited 😆 want to be the first person in my town in Mississippi to buy the Electric Ford EV F-150 😍 WE are Ford crazy 🤪 can't wait 😜
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  6076. Okay ... so this is a small nitpick, but ... Doc Brown's Mr. Fusion wasn't the engine, it was the power source. You got it confused with the repulsorlift units in the wheelhubs.
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  6077. So yes of coarse powered with the sun Awesomeness Will be greatly needed because of eternal water needs ! Wtg awesome video
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  6078. Really cool invention 👍
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  6079. Will probably purchase this unit. Did just read the reviews on Amazon...good reviews but just an FYI there is a $50 subscription fee per year to get all the features of the app.
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  6080. All my Home Depot electric tools are wonderful and I don’t drive my neighbors nuts with noise pollution.
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  6081. 50c/KWh, thats huge, a nobrainer to install panels...
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  6082. Don't know if you get time to read the comments , but I'm new to this channel and really enjoying it . Great subjects interestingly and professionally presented and put together Great job 👍
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  6083. thanks bro, my second video of yours , and again if i had two bits to give you i would, but at the moment i can just give a like, hope it helps...
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  6084. Amen to more maternity and paternity leave!
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  6085. I think this is the best explanation why Tesla is so far ahead from a software engineering perspective. Only people who work in this space can grasp how massively difficult it is for a legacy car company to 100% switch to ci/cd for their development process. Well said in every way.
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  6086. Super Fantastic Work! TY ;) A
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  6087. Nice job. Lots of good information. Thank you for your efforts!
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  6088. This was very helpful. Great information especially about saving space on the panel
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  6089. Great review that relates to people who will actually buy the Y with the 3rd row. Thank you for going detailed!! Hate seeing videos from single (or non family) YouTubers giving tutorials that don’t fully paint the picture that families are looking for
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  6090. Great information thanks for your time and video
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  6091. I had a large 4 pad swamp cooler on the roof for 25 years until I built a house with HVAC. When I was home, I would open windows where I needed to cool. When away, I wanted the windows closed for security. I installed 2 flapper vents in the cover of the hole for attic access. With the cooler on and the windows all closed, the flappers would rise up and vent air through the attic, cooling it off as well. You could feel the cool air coming out of the gable vents on each end of the house. It was totally automatic and kept the humidity from building up in the house. I ran the swamp cooler on a timer, so when I came home to a cool house and a cheap electric bill it made me smile. I also had a by-pass on the pump that dumped a small amount of water down the sewer vent and brought in more fresh water which kept the salt buildup in check. I also painted the pan with the tar stuff made for that to keep it from rusting out. I have never seen a swamp cooler last 25 years. The guy that bought the house ripped that all out and put in refrigerated air. I guess he liked high electrical bills.
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  6092. Got your link from Dillon Loomis’ YouTube from yesterday. Well done!❤❤❤
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  6093. Go get 'em TBdV. Statistical Process Control won't help anyone if it isn't even used. We need to go back to 100% inspection. We can only afford that if we fire the Boeing bigwigs and their toadies.
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  6094. ICE Vehicles grills are more an affectation of styling and shockingly do not need to be so big. This is not merely about trucks, whose grills have mostly become ridiculously, cartoonishly, huge and ornate. To be fair, the new RAM Grill looks great and is not at all overlarge. Probably works great aerodynamically as well. If you recall, just as an example, early Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable sedans. These did not have very large grills with only moderate sized lower opening, not any larger than what is seen on BEVs now, for cooling. Teh Famous "blocked grill" look. If you look in the engine bay of most modern vehicles, the air intake box is often positioned and opened very close to the front (or outside) of the car. This is so it can get the most outside air and be free of ambient engine temperatures inside the engine bay. As a result, most of the grill is NOT needed for engine air or cooling.  The lower intake often seen on most vehicles now is more than enough and a small grate or slot is more than enough for engine air intake. Tesla's lack of a grill looks awful because it looks like someone forgot to remove the protective cover. It looks bad, generic as a white can with only the word "beer" on it and is easily to most unattractive part of a Tesla's exterior. Next, Drag is misused by seemingly everybody, even trained experts of aerodynamics. Drag is essentially the vacuum force generated by an object exiting a given volume of air or space or air. This is the force of the air trying to get back to where it was or filling in the vacuum space behind the object. This force of drag increasing both with speed of the object and the size and shape of the area creating drag. In regards to the Grill, you are thinking of Wind Resistance (WR), a somewhat figurative name that describes how much the air or wind, felt as movement through air, resists being moved out of the way and/or increases the difficulty of and object to move into or through a given volume or space of air. Grills create a good amount of WR. However most grills, even huge ornate ones, often produce far less WR than their visible area entails. This especially as most grills have slats and grating that block and deflect so much incoming air as to reduce the effective area. Modern aerodynamic theory and practice actually has the fairly frequent habit of rendering huge, gaping, "fish mouth", grills as near zero impact on the vehicles aerodynamics at speeds the vehicle would not try to take flight at. Grills are largely retained because unless you just like having utterly generic looking vehicles (looks at Tesla), then grills are not going completely away, if at all. "When all vehicles have the same features and capabilities, the remaining defining attribute is design." - Peter Delorenzo (Paraphrase). Yes, people are still attached to them, the car makers and the people who buy them. They are needed for various functions, but do not need to be so big. But in the end People want their car to look like something, not like nothing. Tesla gets away with it best they are the only ones doing it. Leave the to it. To Everyone else, find their own solution. It is never simple or easy, it only looks like it because it has been so developed over so long a time, it is taken for granted.
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  6095. Very cool it really does make sense.
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  6096. Great video. Thank you
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  6097. lets get elons boring company to make the pipes
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  6098. awesome video awesome product ARCIMOTO
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  6099. Damn. Great real world review
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  6100. I think things look very strange. The sparks first fly off the end wheels of one car. The the wheels on the second car ignite after the wheels of the second car pass over the same location that generated the sparks for the first car. It looks like something on the track caused the wheels spark and maybe catch fire.
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  6101. Thank you, finally we can see one 7 seat model, very informative!
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  6102. Great job!
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  6103. He must have been making Chem experienments in his kitchen WHILE preparing himself a grilled cheese sandwich!
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  6104. Instructive !
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  6105. Seems we would leapfrog from super capacitors to ultra capacitors. 🤓
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  6106. There have been two other train derailments since this, they just didn't cause explosions and release toxic chemicals. Regulation is needed
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  6107. Elon musk want to chip in or buy into this he would be helpfull to have with this?
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  6108. Great video Ricky - a practical and family friendly review! 👍😊
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  6109. Brilliant! Thank you!
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  6110. very interesting. thanks for this video
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  6111. Wow. Awesome video. How did you learn all these stuff?
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  6112. Very interesting and educational. Thank you for this excellent video.
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  6113. The Great lakes contain 20% of the fresh water on the planet.
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  6114. Dude, grow a beard already. You know your face wants it.
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  6115. Great video with very specific data. Thank you for making this video.
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  6116. Best homeowner solar video I've seen to date. Tks. Moved to the Caribbean and doing my research before I do a solar install. Tks again.
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  6117. Spot on... you nailed it. I would add that it will be getting much worse, sooner than expected. Look to harmonic resonance failure as a predictive measurement. Factors to include: Low sperm rate. Environmental atrophy. Inflationary causality. Social influence. Hypergamy. Now, you will get a better understanding of what is coming. We passed the "Go-no go point" 10 years ago.
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  6118. Well that was good.
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  6119. Really good episode thanks
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  6120. Aww sweet family beautiful kids
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  6121. Have been part way through this journey. Any time there is a major project, look to ultra insulate. Just adding insulation between framing doesn't really cut it. I have an older house with 2 by 4 construction. I added a layer of foam all around the house to add r5, then resided. Windows were upgraded at the same time. On the inside whenever I did a project, I furred the walls out with 2 by 2's making them essentially 2 by 6. I then add R-24 roxul replacing the terrible r8 original insulation. Instead of vapour barrier I used an inch of foam that also acts as a thermal break. In the basement I put a layer of foam on the cement floor and a 2 by 4 wall inside the cement pony wall, which was also insulated with r5 foam. Before I did this I sealed where the original framing met the pony wall with caulking. You could feel the breeze coming through. The basement was basically uninhabitable in the winter and is now cozy, as is the rest of the house. R19 near the pony wall and r50 above it. Think about these details first, then proceed with the fancy technology.
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  6122. Many good points and ideas. You lost me at solar. 😂
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  6123. I agree that Dyson was right to pull the plug on full car production. The robotic car production lines I have seen are awesome and demanding. They will probably do well wth the solid state battery as it is likely to be lighter and offer up to double the distanc; look out for some interesting partnerships.
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  6124. Awesome video! I'm a fellow San Diego resident as well, If you ever want to see some cool Electric converted cars I'm over at EV West. Cheers!
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  6125. So Wise , Thank You . i hope that we can find a way to make them Efficicent
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  6126. Pretty cool!
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  6127. After market companies will handle things like carrying lumber. This truck is what i I'm buying, tri motor for sure!
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  6128. THANKS SO MUCH FOR HELPING US CELEBRATE!!!;)
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  6129. You are a smart man. Well-spoken. Even -I _ can understand.
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  6130. @Two Bit da Vinci I agree with everything you said, with just one small exception. The "idiot" you argued with on Twitter, may have posted a pic of the wrong kind of mine (haven't seen it), but lithium isn't ONLY mined from saltwater brine pools. It is also mined through rock and hectorite clay (I assume dried up brine pools). Keep putting out great material. Tesla is the greatest company of our time.
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  6131. I think the way we invest might be a little bit broken.
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  6132. Guy has sold me. I have a '66 Corvair and I may get it converted.
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  6133. this was a great video. well done!
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  6134. Bravo!
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  6135. What about other emerging battery technology like NiZn from EBL? EBL makes a 1.6v NiZn AA rechargrable battery that seems to work great
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  6136. Excellent video, thank you.
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  6137. Where is the Helium going to come from now that almost all our helium has gone up in party balloons?
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  6138. Nice one!
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  6139. Wow a whole 1k for families meanwhile they made 10 BILLION last year
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  6140. My wife doesn't like glass top ranges of any sort. It has nothing to do with efficiency, but rather durability. The first time you or your teenager drop a pan or pot on the stove top and have to now spend hundreds to replace the whole thing because the glass broke from a short fall from slick fingers, you'll understand why so many electric ranges still to coils or even solid resistance burners.
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  6141. Good video
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  6142. So Las Vegas does have real plans for underground transportation tunnels, so I’m surprised you didn’t mention that. or is it too “boring”
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  6143.  @TwoBitDaVinci  ok. Agreed.
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  6144. Did I see that there’s no cargo cover included for 7 seater? I think there’s no lip for a cargo cover compared to the 5 seater?
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  6145. What about battery backup?
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  6146. I would like to create a model
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  6147. if you can do the same explanation to the Model S would be excellent !! thanks for the video !
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  6148. I gotta be honest, I still don't understand how this works. This is just one of those things I need to watch a second time to fully understand.
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  6149. Bravo! I almost passed on by this video/channel. Now, I have subscribed.
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  6150. I am thinking about how this coulld apply to electric generators and windmills...
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  6151. My dream of an electric motorcycle is slowly coming true
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  6152. I Think it is possible to save 30% off cost from inflation reduction act tax credit. Which applies to heat pump appliances, possibly to this machine…
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  6153. Please release this video again every year! It would be a great comparison point
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  6154. I've been up Mt. Helix Dr. many times. You parked right in front of my friends road lol. I didn't know live in SD.
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  6155. Great video..
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  6156. Nice video
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  6157. Thanks for a really great summary of the Tesla Battery Day event. Have only just found your channel, but have now subscribed and look forward to future updates. 👍
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  6158. Fantastic, thank you for sharing. :)
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  6159. Hey Ricky, love your channel and content. I just wanted to point out an issue with your general statement that a Powerwall doesn’t make since if you have a single rate tariff. Here in Australia where rates are 30-40c/kWh, and feed in tariffs are (soon to be) 6.7c/kWh, it makes more sense to store the energy in a battery that sell it back to the grid at 16-20% of the cost you pay to buy it. In other words the differential between import and export rates can make a Powerwall viable even if you don’t have a time of use tariff.
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  6160. Great video once again!
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  6161. It would be pretty pointless spying on the USA from a balloon. Just log onto Google Maps, select satellite view and you can see whatever you want. You can count the cars in the Area 51 parking lot. To me, the high power suggests a microwave source because magnetrons are power hungry beasts. Microwaves can detect water within the ice caps and predict where the ice pack will break.
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  6162. Hi Ricky, I don' like the assumptions made in this video. First thing, we may never go to 100% solar even in year 2100. We will have base load coming from Nuclear+Hydro+Geothermal+Biomass etc. Assuming this base load is more than 25 to 50 percent which is not solar. Assuming the humans will increase power consumption to 250 Twh by the time we connect the grid with other countries. 1. We would generate more than 60-80% of the current requirement locally, the rest may be imported from other countries during your countries peak demand. 2. Transmission lines need not go these thousands of kilometers. Each country will have a central grid and you need to connect from your grid to your neighboring countries only. 3. Exchange of power through electricity grid between countries will be similar to how there is current import/export of fossil fuels. I think lot of people said transporting large amount of fossil fuel across long distances is not possible, we don' t have ships large enough, we would need 100 years to build the number of ships required, we don't have ports that can dock them and if ships maybe in danger from piracy etc. but now we are doing it because we have to and its profitable. We will do it with electricity too but not the scale Ricky is assuming here.
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  6163. Very enlightening, thank you
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  6164. Great video and information.
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  6165. >^..^< Vary Interesting, Thank You..........
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  6166. I simply do not understand why, in all of the videos and reports I have seen on the subject of toroidal propellers, I have never seen or heard mentioned that the major difference between the mediums of water and air is that water is non-compressible and air is compressible. This certainly must affect performance.
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  6167. nice breakdown
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  6168. Great video bro... Im looking to buy a home and this really did help
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  6169. We are old folks and my wife has had knee replacements. The MY is easier for her to get in because seat height is higher and is great for her. The M3 is too low for her to get in and get out easily.
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  6170. This video is more in detail than others I seen !
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  6171. Digital is so vastly superior to analog... Never say that to an audio vacuum tube enthusiast/audiophile. Vinyl for audio 💯
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  6172. Love my panels
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  6173. Great review
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  6174. So many good points, you should be the head guy for our energy department!
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  6175. Brilliant. Very well made thesis
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  6176. Wow, great. From Sweden with love ❤
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  6177. Thank you sir! Very helpful.
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  6178. It ain't over 100% eff but the conversation ratio is higher & you explained really great. Had great time
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  6179. Please keep this format of a show
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  6180. Excellent video
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  6181. cute little boy. :)
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  6182. Thank you so much for the deep explanation of the politics of ice car companies....and Tesla way to go!
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  6183. Great job on this video.
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  6184. Good video! Thanks!
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  6185. Hi, such a great video, thank you! I ordered around the same time as you (10/27) and also made changes to my order, twice even. I was told by multiple advisors that since my VIN hasn’t been assigned yet, no adverse impact to my place in line. Hope that’s true!! Was wondering what mods are you planning on making? Specifically any thoughts on electric trunk, frunk and homelink? Also, what made you choose over Model Y considering your growing family? I know you have the Pilot but am still curious to know since I myself struggle btw the two choices. Thanks in advance for your input!!
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  6186. Great episode. Thanks.
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  6187. Great Video as usual Ricky. Thanks.
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  6188. FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!
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  6189. Can't b OVERSTATED.....
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  6190. The Sound is not matched to the video. It bothers me.
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  6191. does the truck have aspare tire & jack?
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  6192. This was excellent and I think your theory is very sound and plausible. Great video.
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  6193. Anyone do their own solar? I'm pretty handy but don't know shit about installing solar. The company I called said $85,000 for a system with 3 batteries which would be a minimum for me. I am in Phoenix and have a flat roof.
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  6194. Ran across the short on TicToc. Came here to watch the full video. Great analysis. I disagree that a 7,000lb payload would not have a radar cross section. The balloon itself sure, but the solar panels alone would have great radar reflective properties that modern day radar would be able to detect it. Also before the balloon crossed the west coast landfall the electronic emissions would be detectable.
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  6195. you explain things so clearly. i appreciate it.
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  6196. I love how easy you made it to understand the entire starship program
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  6197. Very great video, good work!
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  6198. Man, just found your channel. Excellent work!
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  6199. Congratulations Ricky. I also own a Model 3 and you and your wife are going to LOVE that vehicle
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  6200. What about gravity? Use electricity from photovoltaic or wind power turbine to lift weight and then gravity is going to give the energy back! Of course I am talking for something that is not going to move around like a car or a bus! 😁
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  6201. Excellent video thank you!
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  6202. Closed caption shows but does not progress with video.
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  6203. Great video!
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  6204. I am always worried about my Government wasting money and certainly it does; regularly. But it is more palatable when we try something new in an attempt to determine if we can, should or to experiment and find the best method. Hopefully, we learned a lot and it will improve our knowledge for a more useful sources of energy as one source is not a good idea. The battery is the thing; we should not jump on the EV banned wagon all together but ease into it and not vilify those who can't use EV now (long, short haul trucking for instance). Thank you again for your video and helping me to understand this tech.
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  6205. YES IT ITS A SCAM JUST FUCKING COST ME 50,000 BULLSHIT ASS SCAM YOU CANT EVEN GET YOUR DEPOSIT BACK FUCK TESLA IM SELLING THIS TESLA IN VOUPLE PF YEARS
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  6206. [Ricky] Frankie, I have some advice for you, there's a button your keyboard called "caps lock" do me a favor and hit that button for me. Speaking of annoying things... so Making Cars is VERY HARD... when you agreed to buy a car that wasn't ready to be produced, you have to assume some level of risk. Just wait, they'll have the car soon.
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  6207. Other than the mistake with the lb to kg conversion this has been a really interesting pair of videos, well done 👍
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  6208. Sounds awesome!! But getting Any government to do this or even incentives it for farmers Is a nonstarter the only way Any World Gov would be willing to try this is the yield would have to be Huge and anyway they Don't want the environment to heal if they Really did like they say certain actions that was impact the environment would deal out such heavy fines and sanctions we would not be in this situation in the first place
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  6209. Nice video and great enthusiasm! I just can't agree with the heat pump from the attic idea though, in practice it would just cost more to heat your home as this is effectively like having a badly sealed attic which bypasses one of the layers of insulation. 1st layer of insulation being the ceiling, 2nd the air between the roof and 3rd the layer in the roof. Your just partially bypassing layer 2. How about a heat exchanger on a chimney instead that powers a primary air fan assisted by, a seebeck generator to get it started and a low start voltage buck boost converter hooked up to a supercap to store the energy? Cheers
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  6210. Now I know what the replacement for my explorer is going to be. PS. I bet his mars rovers are going to look like this.
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  6211. Awesome content . New sub here
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  6212. Good video Ricky (but all of yours are!), but when you said there was "one more optimization" (11:09), you took a different direction than what I was expecting. In Europe and/or Japan (IIRC), they use CO2 (R744) for the 'heat pump fluid'. And then the HP works well below freezing more efficiently. Keep up the good work!
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  6213. Wow that's awesome! I'm heavily debating on this or the S, since i'm the market for a new car. Decisions decisions lol
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  6214. Hot water solution… solar hot water. Panels are roof mounted like PV panels, but are either open loop where water to be used is circulated through the panels, or closed loop and the “water heater” thermos serves as a heat exchanger. Not too expensive, and essentially unlimited hot water as long as the sun is shining, even in winter.
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  6215. Great video!!
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  6216. This is an excellent video! Could robots have an impact?
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  6217. Porsche 912 EV 😍
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  6218. Interestimg and excellent stream Ricky, thanks 😊 Like you I hope all these dreams become reality in my lifetime.
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  6219. The problem with solar power is the government being involved in solar energy.
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  6220. yeah baby
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  6221. the vertical axis are my favorite! at 12:25 the helix ones !
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  6222. If only the US government would focus on pushing the obvious future, instead of trying to protect old school profits. The world would follow and maybe even look up to us again.
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  6223. Love it! Love that is higher and all the extra space. :)
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  6224. Wait so it's not powered by greek gyros?
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  6225. Great video. You realy explained & clarified lots of details very well. .... I'm sure u could included more details. But this is great, the way it is.
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  6226.  @TwoBitDaVinci  and smashed that bell👍
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  6227. Thanks for giving multiple sides to the issue. Viewers only get one from Who Killed the Electric Car. The EV1 was a temporary solution. So foolish not to have continued developing it, what GM spent $B on. Good job.
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  6228. Good information...👍
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  6229. eMustang + e F150 = eRanchero . I had two in the 70's. Favorite cars.
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  6230. SoCal here 7.6Kw system, with microinverters One tesla One power wall One custom build water generator (AWG) and one Electrical heated pool Equal= $650 Credit annually (yes, the power company owes me $650). Solar is a no brainer. Just go with the largest system you can afford. DO NOT LEASE or RENT. The use of microinverters allows you to expand as you see fit. So start small and add if you need. And a Telsa powerwall is nice and seamless with a Tesla car. But there other brands that are more cost effective (LG, Enphase, Bosh, ect).
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  6231. Great to see! We are just starting this journey as well but in frigid Saskatchewan! Super jealous of your heat pump advantages. I’d also recommend more natural landscaping instead of lawn to reduce consumption! Thanks for the great content, we will be watching and learning as you go.
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  6232. i have had my fiberglass pool in Central NY since 1999....i use a sand filter and chlorine tablets....I recently purchased an electric cleaner (Dolphin by Maytronics) and LOVE it....i only use the regular vacuum 2 times a year now, once in the spring and once in the fall....the salt water conversion is my biggest decision and have stayed with tablets since the price of the unit scared me having to replace it every 4-5 yrs.....I only run the pool 6 hours a day and use a solar cover to retain the heat even though I have a natural gas heater, which I have only use a few times since the summer has been very sunny and hot...I keep the pool at 84 minimum too!!!.....like someone stated in other comments though is the CYA, cyanuric acid, which is a stabilizer for the chlorine and it can wreak havoc on your pool after yrs of using tablets....the common remedy is draining half the pool and re-filling which is 7000 gallons PLUS with a fiberglass pool, it is very difficult because dropping the water too low can cause the walls to buckle...i appreciate all your info as it is good to see other sides of the equation and the experiences using different ideas...what works for some may not be feasible or economically sound for others but it is nice to get constructive ideas on how to enjoy a pool for yrs like I have done
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  6233. That was really interesting. I hope this proves out.
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  6234. With Aerodynamics you forgot the inherently flat bottom/undertray and from there you can design a super effective diffuser/Venturi effect with little drag downside vs say a wing or bigger spoiler. Most cars in order to get OEM flat undertray have to be on the higher end of sports car. Center of gravity wise, the Model 3 I believe should be the best given compared at same 4.5” ride height vs Air suspension Model S.
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  6235. SPAN + FranklinWH are truly a power couple! SPAN Panel integrates seamlessly with FranklinWH for smarter home energy management that helps you save more and extend your battery during power outages. Thank you, Ricky for showing us how to enable ultimate home energy management system! 🔋☀⚡👏
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  6236. They can make water from the air too.
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  6237. Dude that was perfectly put. Well spoken and easy to understand. Great video. Sincerely.
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  6238. I really appreciate your video. It was extremly informative. Thank you.
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  6239. Great Information! Thanks Guys!
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  6240. Just build a brick house
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  6241. I work security at the world's largest inland desalination plant, in El Paso, TX, which is capable of producing over thirty-two million gallons of fresh water per day from the saline aquifers beneath the city and surrounding areas. A planned upgrade in 2023 should increase that capacity by 20% with the addition of a sixth filtration unit.
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  6242. excellent presentation , thank you.
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  6243. I would love to have a garage door that can generate energy.
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  6244. Jest revers the pipelines of oil or gas
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  6245. You didnt mention that that balloon had a propulsion with a rudder? Had capability to lift 1.2 tons. The solar array was the size of a bus?. Never seen a weather balloon need to lift that much weight. And a second showed up. And shot down. The first was seen flying over allusion islands? and nothing was done. There was others mentioned at other countries? Study weather? lol. Right. It invaded our country. Over out ICBM. China? A country that hates us? sends a balloon over other countries? If we did the same? the outcome would be different. Invasion of a countries borders? lol.
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  6246. Nicely done many thanks
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  6247. Very good points . Great information. But after 3 more objects shot down within days of each other I do believe the Chinese or Russians are spying , testing our alert and radar systems . If the 1st one that had blown off course ,then shortly there after they should have been able to recover control and not cross the entire USA . Very good discussion. God Bless.
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  6248. This is where wave action energy needs the greatest of attention, using waves to pump air seems like an inovation completely overlooked here.
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  6249. The tech sounds awesome! Hopefully it scales well!
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  6250. Starship will be able to carry 100 passengers for fairly short flights, such as to the moon and back, but there is just no way it could carry that many people and their necessary food, water, and air for four months or more to get to Mars. Even ignoring the necessary supplies, that many people, in that amount of space, would be at each others' throats before they crossed the interplanetary void. I think 25 or 30 is a more likely number for that voyage. Of course, knowing Elon and SpaceX, I bet they have the 18 meter Starship 2.0 operational by the time they are ready to go to Mars.
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  6251. Nicely done, thanks
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  6252. Amazing video
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  6253. Great Video
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  6254. Wow. Amazing 😃
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  6255. Interesting to think that combustion engines will become more of a hobby to people like steam engines are to some now
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  6256. Instead of an oil change you do a battery change. Also credits for recycling would help offset costs. 2 packs on board to help with 1. Range 2. Swapping them out while other is being used
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  6257. 1959Mercedes 190sl my dream car and it would be better if it's electric
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  6258. I like the content but the delivery is a bit muddled here and there. Please try to articulate a bit better.
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  6259. Very interesting!!
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  6260. We switched to induction in preparation for making an all electric, solar home. It is easy to clean and efficient.
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  6261. Solar bed cover?
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  6262. I just subscribed. This presentation and others like yours will make me understand more. I own a triple black convertible 7 speed 2017 Z06. I am more than I was before. As the what if like health of me some day may require a lot better daily driver than my race car. Keep up the great pushing for a better understanding of unknown.
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  6263. Great thoughts. Great show. Thank you.
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  6264. This video perfectly shows Amperage and resistance. I2=R
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  6265. Superb technical summary guys. Great job
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  6266. I would like to thank you for the vedio it is very informative straight to the point didn't skip a second despite my short attention spame. Thank you again and pleas keep the great work
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  6267. MSM did not cover thurs story for political reasons, because it happened under Bidens watch, Biden has reversed many laws changed under previous administration, you're being very biased
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  6268. technically, heat pump generate heat as the compressors heats up.
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  6269. A re-design of towed vehicles should be considered i.e. the inclusion of batteries in the towed vehicle plus electronic drive wheels, all interfaced with the EV control system.
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  6270. That temperature range, means this material would be good for the interconnecting circuit traces inside a CPU or Motherboard, where it's the Silicon that limits the range of operational temperatures. In that use, the savings in power use by not turning electricity in to heat,... it'll surpass Moore Law, and be more similar to jumping from an early 90's 486 PC straight to an M2 Ultra Mac Studio.
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  6271. Well done Ricky Amazing
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  6272. Loved the video and you have an adorable family. It was very generous of you to share that with your subscribers and viewers. Thanks
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  6273. It's a damn good idea if you get the politicians on either side to agree on it
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  6274. Your favorite word in this and other videos seems to be COULD. Just because some form of science discovers something they did not know does not mean that it is a viable concept to make a cost effective processes. The green light refereed to is only .9% of the light emitted by the sum. I am glad that they discovered something that they did not know. But like most of these discoveries it will only be a very small chapter in a giant book of never used information.
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  6275. Mr. Cameron was not the first man to dive to the depths of the Mariana Trench. Navy LT Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard did that in 1960 on Trieste I.
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  6276. Well done sir. You explain everything easy.
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  6277. Get rid of Citizens United and there's no telling how far you could go. It would help Congress to think right.
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  6278. lots of good thinking here. you could also use elon musks boring machine to go thru mountains, rather than having to pump up and over. just a thought. youre onto something. keep it up. the cost could be weighed against crop loss, if we dont do this, not to mention the cost to people in general, and business.
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  6279. I have it better.
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  6280. Loved watching every minute. Stay blessed.
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  6281. Thanks
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  6282. If Apple built an EV, you would have to flip the car upside down to charge it
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  6283. Hi Vinci, do you like the Tata Nexon EV?
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  6284. Did you watch the novie: Oblivion?
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  6285. This is why I wanna be the like the 30th ship to Mars 😢
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  6286. You had me until you got political. Im a conservative but im also for energy i dependence but also most importantly, personal choice. .
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  6287. Any idea if sand stores energy better than dirt? Does wet sand transfer energy faster than dry sand? Whatever we come up with I think we need to be moving away from grid systems and towards self sufficient homes. That alone would be more efficiency than these old grids.
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  6288. The best f150 lightening video. Thanks!
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  6289. Way cool!
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  6290.  @TwoBitDaVinci  Thanks!
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  6291. VHS vs BETA, BluRay vs HDDVD...It works it's way out. There's a new row of Tesla chargers going in a quarter mile from my house, but I don't see me using them when my Aptera comes in. Charge at home with just it being outside! Whoo! But it will be nice if I take it for a 300 mile road trip to know I will have access to a decent charging network, if I need it. Was probably going to just go for the 400KW pack.
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  6292. Really good episode! Thanks!
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  6293. My M3P has been doing the”stopping in xxx feet” for a few months now and I do not have the beta but I do have FSD. I think it started when the software roll out of recognizing stop signs came out
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  6294. Yes the tesla model 3 is a myth by elon musk. It's a hoax made by elon musk. The earth is flat and cthulu is alive.
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  6295. Thank you for this down to earth video, very informative and structured.
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  6296. I remember this location, I visted it in Fallout New Vegas.
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  6297. Good stuff!
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  6298. Spot On!, Splash Out!.. I have been arguing this point with a lot of viewers on why star ship should not be Earth point-to-point transportation. Leave that for the airline companies that are progressing in emissions, and dynamic production. Starship should only be for space exploration like in the title. Traveling across the world in 30 min is not Xploration, it's just helping the damage of the deterioration of the world. I get it! but trust me, they need to just focus on making it past the "G" line, and not creating a fire for effect," strike every time they launch. Loved the show and I literally wrote some of the same topic we are all talking about in my scripts.
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  6299. No. BS battery breakthrough again
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  6300. That was great this might be one of the first videos on one of these battery thingies that I might and consider buying because of your professionally produced videos that I enjoy every other one. No really great channel interesting product. Thanks.
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  6301. You mention Helium. Where are you going to get it when the world is running out of it?
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  6302. Great info.
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  6303. Excellent review, best I have seen so far as it gets to the real reasons and comparisons most people need to determine if this truck is one they would like to buy. I placed my reservation for this truck on the same night it was introduced. Look forward to seeing it it real life and to test drive it. Range and Charge time are big issues as with most EVs but I look forward to having a better infrastructure in the very near future to support the vehicle. We’ll see!
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  6304. Thanks for the video!!!
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  6305.  @TwoBitDaVinci  ..... sell sell sell....😉 The bubble will pop again.... 2008-2012 was a buyer’s market .... ..... I’m a builder/developer.... I got caught with 8 complete homes Plus 8-10 more that were in various states of construction..... when the 2008 crash hit..... but that another story.... Have a great day/night...!!!!!
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  6306. Dude, You Have Great Videos!! Well thought out and informative; yours are head and shoulders above many content providers. Peace!
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  6307. Really want to see the results of your heat pump heater. Surprised nobody in SD recommends them. My home heat pump works great.
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  6308. this was an attack. guys this happened in EAST PALESTINE.. how many things are we really gonna shake off as coincidence, cmon
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  6309. I think the US military could have taken down the balloon more cheaply by numerous means, including ground, vehicle, and satellite mounted lasers, ship mounted railguns, high altitude drones, and hacking the altitude control systems of the balloon. However, they didn't want to reveal their actual capabilities, and they didn't want any chance of the public getting to the balloon first if it landed on the ground.
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  6310. Some additional items... 1.) Build using SIPs panels, 2.) white roof, 3.) heat water off roof and store in pool (storage pool, not swimming) for heat exchanging to heat house water, 4.) use excess heat from storage pool to drive a sterling engine for 24/7 electricity generation, 5.) use a dehumidifier or industrial desiccant (humidity absorber) to remove humidity (note, swap coolers are not great in humid environments and will add humidity to the air... good in dry climates, bad in humid climates).
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  6311. Thanks for the presentation!!
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  6312. You should check out Matt Risinger 's channel for construction stuff. That wall insulation isn't installed correctly. Also, if you are replacing your roof anyway you should get a solar roof if you can. Otherwise an upgrade to tile or steel would be best if you are going to have panels over the top.
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  6313. Love your videos. Dream big and keep on dreaming 👍
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  6314. This is a cool idea, but boy oh boy do they have an uphill climb ahead of them to be cost competitive with onshore wind, Solar, or nuclear. Fingers crossed they’re able to make it work!
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  6315. Hey Ricky, Pretty cool work - My brother told me about your YouTube site! Awesome!
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  6316. great video, I am wanting to get into solar for stability because my power is very muddy my lights will flicker and I want to help the environment everything tells me to get a battery I thought that when the grid is down your pannels would give your home power all this time.
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  6317. great video to wet one's appetite for solar. i've always loved the idea of it but have always been leary given just how little direct sunlight we get here in michigan for 9 months of the year. also, since i very rarely see these on the roof of any homes/businesses, the collective decision has been that it's not worth the effort/cost/etc. all that said, i'm still geeked about the idea in theory, even if it's impractical here w/ current technology. anyone in michigan or a similar northern state that has got this to pay for itself in 5 years or less?
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  6318. I truly believe SpaceX can get us to the moon and back no problem 👍🙂
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  6319. 7:00 how much are you paying per kWh? 10:00 while that is opened up maybe combine all those roof penetrations? 13:00 110v heat pump water heater for low demand is a perfect solution. In fact, most heat pump water heaters only have 220 for the backup coils.
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  6320. YES this can work, and will work. I have thought of this for Over 20 years !
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  6321. Using tidal power would work well too.
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  6322. I will be following this project. I have solar electricity but no solar panels on the property. The small city I live in, New Westminster BC Canada, created a community solar installation with solar panels on municipal buildings. I paid for a 26 year lease on 15 panels. The electrical output is measured and I receive credit for my share of the output. The pay the same as they charge. The city takes care of all maintenance and repair and when the solar panels reach the end of their useful life they take care of recycling, not me. I now have a credit of about $300. They have increased the cost of electricity but that is a positive for me because it reduces the time it takes to get my money back from my investment.
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  6323. This could make cleaning the oceans and waterways financially a no-brainer as well as an environmental one!
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  6324. Awesome ! Technical enough and objective. Thank you
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  6325. We've had heat pumps since 2010
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  6326. Very exited for this new series!!
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  6327. I'm all in let's GO! I'm converting my 1965 home as close as I can to Net Zero.
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  6328. Looking forward to this series!!!
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  6329. Great video
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  6330. Good report
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  6331. how much would an EMP device weigh? a typical w-50 warhead weighs between 700 to 800 pounds so carrying a few nukes would be no problem for these balloons
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  6332. In theory, the pipeline could be turned into a siphon, and once it 'kicks in', you can move the water forever, without cost ..
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  6333. I bought a townhouse shortly before retiring. Now I wish I would have stayed in my house. I would have solar for sure. More & better insulation and eventually a hybrid or EV car to get around with.
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  6334. his new video highlights heat pumps usefulness even more especially now that natural gas prices are going up and are unfortunately controlled by very greedy companies.
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  6335. thats how you earn a loyal subscriber. Thank you brother for your work
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  6336. Thanks!
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  6337. We need attack balloons to take out Inc balloons. I guess trillions will be invested in attack balloons now lol
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  6338. This is something to learn from not celebrate with glee. Solar power didn't make sense in the 80s because it was so expensive but now you find them on parking meters.
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  6339. चांगल्याला चांगले म्हणा.
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  6340. Thanks!
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  6341. I have solar on and in my house for about 8 or 9 months now. I paid cash for it. It was installed by Tesla, 10 Solar panels and 2 power walls. I own a model 3 car. Next year I want to add a 3rd power wall and a Tesla Cyber Truck. We have a huge amount of sunshine. My power bill went down from on average about $150.00 per month to about $10.00 a month. I love the plus side of solar but what happens to the solar panels that have to be replaced? They only last about 15 years or so. Can our land fills handle this? I don't think Wind Mills are going to work. They take up too much room and the wind is unpredictable. I am now in favor of Nuclear power but the whole country has to be on board. Like France.
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  6342. Keep discovering better things 👍👏
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  6343. Enjoy the videos but why not dry your clothes outside in San Diego they should dry just as fast as they do in a dryer (Mine did when I lived in Georgia) then just run them in the dryer without heat for about 20 minutes. Currently live in Wisconsin and hang them up in the basement in the winter and outside in summer seldom run the heated cycles of my dryer
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  6344. I saw this in my feed tonight after work and you sound reasonable and are intellectual about this, I did get caught up in the video I saw last night of the lady with the tube top on that said it was started by the US government with energy weapons...but listening to you break this down was awesome, thank you!
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  6345. 9:20 What you forget is the fact that natural gas is heavily subsidized, so it's unfair to call it an equal comparison, so it's something to consider
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  6346. Sooner we get this technology into operations the better it will be for the planet and for the humanity, Great presentation
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  6347. I'm going to quit complaining about electricity prices in TX now. You pay over 4x as much as I do.
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  6348. What's a fidget like in space?🤔😏👋😬
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  6349. Wish list: solar panel roof for battery charging in an emergency and when camping in remote locations. Gooseneck trailer hitch.
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  6350. Water cool your solar panels. You get hot water plus more electricity. Also, I just noticed YT unsubbed me, fixed.
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  6351. "No piece of equipment I have has lasted ten years." . I have a 1973 Harley Davidson, a 2002 Ford F-150, and a 2004 Toyota Avalon. Just saying...
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  6352. Ooops one more, Enphase has demonstrated a batteryless, system to provide energy while the sun is shining up to the output of your array. They are only selling it with a battery but should see soon.
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  6353. we should pump cold air from the mountains down into the city, it would serve two purposes, it would dilute pollution and use the cold pumped air to create water using condensation! Creating water from air and not actually hurting the earths water resources. we could even create high towers and bring cold air from above to make water from condensation. this could be done on any country regardless of climate! cooler wet air is above every country
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  6354. Seawater also has a lot of gold, so it really is a gold mine.
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  6355. Please do more in-depth videos on the most practical, and most Green (non-Chemical) Mechanical Power Storage solutions, and also Botanical/ Biological Power Storage (and Carbon Capture) solutions.
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  6356. Mahalo ( thank you) from the big island of Hawaii for your calm and vary informative video. Love and light for the people of Maui!!!😢
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  6357. In Romania 🇷🇴 is called cauciuc. Pronounced the same.
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  6358. Costco has a great deal on the Pros right now so I finally broke down and bought
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  6359. Brilliant well Done...amazing well balanced presentation
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  6360. Almost 1M views ! Cool vid btw ^^
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  6361. Typical California mindset. Instead of reducing and downgrading. Always trying to get more, more, more. There is no chance that Green energy is going to replace fossil fuels. Greed is why California is in the shape its in now. They should have never drained the Sacramento valleys natural lake that was the second largest lake in America. Better start building those desalination plants. Oh but they won't want to do that either because it takes way to much Fossil fuel to run the plants.
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  6362. More watts for less land/ maintenance could work out to a use for the panels in comercial applications.
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  6363. Heat pump dryer first please!!!
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  6364. Your leak is more than what our house of 4 adults uses per day. Good on ya getting it solved!
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  6365. Love red Model Y
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  6366. THERMO-VOLTAICS ?
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  6367. Yes, Elon work on a great HVAC system with great energy efficiency, please!
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  6368. Thanks for the explaination
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  6369. the cool thing about all this tech is the niches it will work best. man ... remember the first laser. now look at all the cool stuff lasers are used for. it is a great time to be alive. nevermind what the news says. greener days are coming faster then we think
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  6370. Make that video
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  6371. Now I know why Tesla dealerships are not allowed in Texas
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  6372. I thought of this idea it would be great for airplanes.
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  6373. FWIW - My home installed off grid system installed about the same time, 2012, is still performing flawlessly. 4kW array, forklift battery, Midnite Classic charge controllers, my old Prosine inverter. All still work, though I replaced the fan on my inverter and infact replaced the inverter while it was still working to the 4kw inverter I had originally spec'd. Also about $10K installed before ITC, with a lot of labor and good deals. Now cost effective with the power company increasing the cost to around 30 cents a kWh for a minimal user like me. I did switch heating to a wood stove (carbon neutral).
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  6374. Pump water inside, outside? Don't you do this talking thing professionally? Also it would have been nice to hear why there's salt water. ;) Love your videos bro!
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  6375. sigh I'm praying there's no weird theories or fringe science in this video
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  6376. I have a sailboat that I live on about half the year which is totally off grid , and a house in Tucson that produces more power than I use even with charging a electric car, with 9kwh of solar on the roof of a all electric 1250 sqft. 1977 home . I replace the central HVAC with high SEER inverter mini splits replaced all the appliances with new high efficient ones , heat pump water heater, and high efficient 2 speed pool pump . I still need to pull power off the grid during the winter months, but on a yearly basis I make more power than I use. It take time and money to do these things but if you are going to stay in the house its an investment that will pay off in many ways . best of luck to your project . P.S. my thoughts on heating my pool, I just installed a heat pump hot water heater for the house major improvement over old watt sucker but for the pool I am thinking about a vacuum tube vented system I noticed Home Depot selling them in Mexico ,a 15 tube 40 gal tank system for 350$
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  6377. great content thanks
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  6378. Thank you for a clear video. Thanks.
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  6379. I stumbled upon you videos and I find them very interesting. You seem to take a more holistic approach than most. It seems people who advocate for one technology or another often leave out the down side. I like that you didn’t ignore the issues of impact to wildlife. On another video you didn’t ignore the economic impact. When we understand the impact of a solution from cradle to grave, we can make better decisions
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  6380. Interesting , Thank You. an interesting gadget .
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  6381. Hi. I love your videos because it's fantastic. I'am also learning english with your videos.
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  6382. i love your channel and your red shoes
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  6383. my second video from this channel. This is one of the most promising solar technology I have seen, so far. subscribed.
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  6384. You used over 1 MW in a MONTH? DUDE!!!! I thought you were big on efficiency & conservation. I use <300kwh in a month for a family of 9.
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  6385. You covered sources (water, gas, electricity), what about waste output (sewage)?
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  6386. Great video!
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  6387. Just think a passive solar water heater for your pool might be a better solution than a heat pump.
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  6388. Hey Ricky, why didn't you consider a solar hot water system,? Here in OZ they are very popular. I have a split system where the tank is on the ground and the collector is roof mounted. A small pump circulates the water. It has an electric booster if needed. Usually in summer I leave the booster off as it is not needed to heat the water. If we get a run of rainy days then I use the booster to heat the water, then turn it off again.
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  6389. For once the world came together for something good or at least to avoid something horribly bad. I think Ricky's point about there not being lobbyists screwing everything up in their own self-interest is a major part of the story. I'll bet they would've gotten a group of "scientists" down to the Arctic to measure ozone levels during the warmest summers just to show people how there's no hole to worry about. Then they would go all in finding dirt on all the decent researchers that have ever published anything on the hole in the ozone layer. That would be a different plot for a science fiction movie, don't you guys think? What would have happened if big oil had stepped in to push back on the Montreal Protocol. A dystopian 2020 with a raging pandemic spreading from underground city to underground city because the surface is too scorched with UVC rays.
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  6390. Man it put a smile on your face...... Good job Ford 👏
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  6391. OK I'm a little confused on the comparison at time index 3:00. Why compare an Electric Tesla Sudan with one of the worst gas guzzling vehicles that probably only gets about 20 mpg and weights far more than the Tesla. You should be comparing it with a Tesla Truck no the Sedan. The two vehicles shown have totally different purposes, a Sport Utility doesn't have to same role as a Sedan nor it intended to. If you're going to compare two vehicles at least rate it by vehicle interior space, passengers and cargo carrying capacity in weight. per MPG. Why not compare it with a Toyota Yaris that gets 42 mpg and has about the same interior space as the Tesla? Don't forget Hybrids too, they charge while you drive and don't take 40 minutes to fuel at the 300 mile stop. It seems you're comparison is comparing the best with the worst. Also how about figuring how much Fossil Fuel it takes to generate the electricity to charge that Tesla into the MPG as well? After all that electricity didn't just appear out of thin air, even if it was Solar, that currently only makes up a very small percentage of electricity put on the grid. Now I'm all for EV's but if we're going to do some comparisons let's not compare a Diesel Locomotives MPG to a Toyota Yaris to prove our point. Comparison should be based on similar models, purpose, range, weight and occupancy per mpg, including the Fossil Fuel MPG figured into the Kilowatt used to charge an EV at home for the average person's ability to charge one. Good video though and I enjoyed it. I look fwd to the day we can fuel them at the same cost per mpg and time as a gasoline vehicle. Currently as a WHOLE the electric vehicle is nothing more than a novelty in it's ability for everyone to have one and be charged by the current electric grid. Simply meaning if everyone had one and charged them based on what economically available to the public, we simply couldn't afford it nor would the Electrical Grid be able handle it right now. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
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  6392. When will we get a combined refrigerator/water heater? :-)
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  6393. I don't like debt. Then finances a tesla
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  6394. Cool project in every respect.
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  6395. Pumped for this series
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  6396. Cool. I know that this a subject that strikes a cord with me…
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  6397. No spray foam insulation? From what I can tell it would work so much better. Air seals and insulation.
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  6398. Great news
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  6399. @16:40. Thank you for talking about Rain & cleaning the panels. In Michigan, we get snow, I can only imagine having to get out on a roof in sub-zero temperatures on an icy roof, to remove snow that has collected on a solar panel. Hopefully, they have solar panels with built in heaters (think car back window).
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  6400. Love you son 👍
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  6401. This was a great and much needed video. It really brought things into perspective.
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  6402. I've been reading about the use of bio-accumulators in regenerative farming. Sunflowers and hemp are both popular choices. Fascinating stuff. ✌️💚🌲🌏☮️🕊
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  6403. Nice, Thanks. Another news that lifted my spirit was 'The Interceptor' it has the mission is to prevent the plastics to go into the sea. it is 100% solar powered. same message: We Can Save Our World. 🥰
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  6404. I have a Heat pump waster heater, it's been great. I live in South Florida and it's in my garage. I can't comment about how it will work in colder environments.
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  6405. So you’ve paid to be self sufficient, but when you’re all stored up you’re charging the grid in which you’re still paying for and not saving any money. There should be a monetary kick back if you’re pushing power back onto the grid when you’re not in need of it.
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  6406. P = ρ A v3 / 2 = ρ π d2 v3 / 8 where P = power (W) ρ = density of air (kg/m3) A = windmill area perpendicular to the wind (m2) v = wind speed (m/s) π = 3.14.... d = windmill diameter (m)
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  6407. Really looking forward to your mission. I live in the UK and have done most of the things you said your going to do. It took me 10 years to get there and a 100 grand. I am just waiting for the power wall 3 to come out the last piece we need. Be interested to see how much a new freezer would make and the water meter sounds cool too. You got this 👍
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  6408. I would love a plastics based Tesla Home Battery to replace my two lithium ion batteries for home backup storage. Just wonder how long this will take to get to market.
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  6409. Love that dr stone reference at the end
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  6410. A fun and informative adventure
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  6411. Love them 👍😁
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  6412. I am on much of the same journey here in Tucson Arizona... I replaced all the insulation in my attic with sprayfoam, replaced all of the AC/Heaters with mini-split heat pumps for each room controlled by my self built home automation system. I have solar pannels to put on my house once I replace the roof. I have a well that I am going to put on solar with a huge pressure sotrage tank to store pressurised water in when the sun is not out. I just purchased the large Whirlpool heatpump clothes dryer. I already installed a heat pump water heater. I still need to replace old windows and upgrade the insulation in the walls of our house. Our only utilitiys at this point is electricity and someday I may start experimenting with offgrid solar with an automatic transfer switch to run my minisplit heat pumps.
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  6413. who needs to do anything, anyways
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  6414. It sounds like a bold plan. Let's hope it doesn't end up being a huge failure like literally every other similar attempt to use soliar on a grand scale. It probably will though, as the sun is not as easy to harness as people think it is.
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  6415. Yep, that house needs some serious upgrades. Absolutely beautiful place, and everything it needs done your running a channel to do. Sounds like a perfect fit
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  6416. I am interested to see what comes of these projects. I have already started my journey to make my homestead more resilient in the urban environment. Rain water for irrigation done and off grid backup power in the works. Keeping natural gas makes sense in my plan as the gas still flows when power is out. Also, I prefer to cook with fire. Maybe in the future when technology improves, the switch to electric heat sources will make sense.
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  6417. I don't have a tesla yet, but I do invest in Tesla, which is how I found you.. You make me wan tot get a Tesla, thank you for your informative videos.
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  6418. Great video. Really good
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  6419. Are you imitating Undecided? Or is he imitating you?
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  6420.  @TwoBitDaVinci  That's cool to hear. I had never seen one of your videos before, but literally within like 10 seconds all I could think of was Matt.
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  6421. Awesome video man. Really enjoyed it
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  6422. Are there any rebates for the heat pump
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  6423. Wow thanks for sharing
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  6424. My understanding is that 120V heat pump water heaters may be hitting the market soon. Might be a good option for the 2nd house.
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  6425. Interesting , Thank You . This will be an interesting adventure , especially in hyper regulated Ca.
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  6426. In SOCAL we have 0 excuses for water shortage....all that 🌞 sun....I can't see why we're not using industrial devices like magnifying glass for desalination and even power generation...oceans tides....it's just nothing more than a failure of our current economic model....that's what I think 🤔...🤷‍♂️
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  6427. Very well organized video, appreciated
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  6428. Elon Musk should patent this in order to lessen the amount of CO2 emission every year!
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  6429. Don't shave in November
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  6430. (I know you are focusing on the battery industry.) Shouldn't all raw and production industries (as well as recycling industries) be encouraged to think in terms of closed cycle, and so making use of as many materials/resources as possible?
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  6431. Great info !
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  6432. God speed on your earthship
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  6433. You obviously don't live in a northern climate where you'll get more use out of your snow shovel than you will your snow covered solar panels.
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  6434. Sweet.
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  6435. One of the best channels! BUT, please stop swallowing your words at the end of sentences!
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  6436. I've been waiting for this topic to be presented! I have for some time now seen the mixture of geothermal and heatexchangers as the best way to heat our dwellings and work spaces, not to forget hot water. Electricity is best from hydroelectric sources. Iceland has electric power from their volcanic activity. It's not very effective all places, but if you have a heatexchanger, you can store heat in rock formations in the hot periods when you're cooling your home, and use it for heating when it's cold.. Etc , etc...
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  6437. Just after watching two of you video productions I think we should have a talk. About agility, scalability, and future sub zero energy supply. 50 per cent of daily energy consumption will origin from stored energy inclusive X to power if to reach the timelines and milestones agreed on by the Paris Agreement. Oker Energy AS harvest surplus and idle energy/power from all energy sources in real time. Converts it to potensial energy and deliver it on demand with a round trip efficiency beyond any other technology. 100% ecological and renewable using deep sea compression and atmospheric pressurized air. We are a triple ZERO company.
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  6438. The reason many don’t believe in global warming is because there is not complete worldwide collaboration on stopping it. The reason is if it was a problem everyone would do something not just some people.
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  6439. Aloha from O'ahu! Thanks for adding some common sense and clarity to the story. So much shit talking, conspiracy posting and just utter nonsense on most of the social media sites. After having viewed a large amount of aerial footage of Lahaina in the aftermath of the fire, I completely agree with your assessment that the fire was caused primarily by downed power lines and was exacerbated by the abnormally high winds we were experiencing due to Hurricane Dora passing to the south of us. Thanks once again!
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  6440. Spokane WA here. I’m really looking forward to this series. I’ve done the math on replacing my electric bill with solar and can’t make sense of it at only $85 a month. But my NG is also $85 a month so maybe replacing my Heating system with electric and my cooking with electric could shorten the payback timeframe. It’s just a math Calc so I’ll do that and see.
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  6441. A terrible electric water heater and electric stove in a college apartment traumatized me away from electrical appliances for many, many years. I've recently realized how much stigma I've attached to them as I've learned about how they were just old, terrible units to begin with and there were much better options then and amazing electric options now. Excited to watch the heat pump and electrical appliance options expand across the US over the next decade.
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  6442. 12:00 This is skeuomorphism. Later generations of this truck would probably follow your advice as people get used to EVs.
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  6443. Great, pretty objective and informative presentation. You have a good onscreen presence. On thing about your position of burying all the infrastructure. Having lived in California through several major earthquakes, the power system with above ground poles and wires stretched and flexed and continued to deliver energy without a blink. No easy answers, just thoughtful alternatives for consideration.
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  6444. New metal roof
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  6445. Only issue I see is the commercialization of water. Imagine bottled water prices to bathe.
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  6446. Neat stuff!
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  6447. the heat pump hot water tanks are 110v. They are designed to be drop in replacements for gas, not 220v electric.
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  6448. Miele make an awesome HP dryer that we have in our off grid house.
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  6449. 👍👍👌👌
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  6450. Love this subject! Thanks for doing a video on it.. Couple of thoughts: check out dandelion energy in the northeast…
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  6451. Crazy thought for hot climates… using swimming pools as heat sinks rather than ground loops… I used to live in El Paso and had to constantly burn a giant gas heater to heat my in ground pool… why not heat the pool with heat we don’t want in the house?
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  6452. awesomesaaauce!
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  6453. Net zero and off-grid with utility backup have been a dream of mine for a while
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  6454. I didn't know insurance for EV's was so expensive. No one talks about this.
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  6455. Want to follow you with challenge to see how this would be seen feasible in India
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  6456. For the studio, look at the Rheem electric heat pump water heater. I put one in a year ago in a pool house that has a 60 amp subpanel (like yours) and no natural gas. It uses about 1 kWh/day - providing hot water and showers as needed when people spend the night (or week) there. I live in Los Angeles, so a bit warmer than San Diego, but it works well.
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  6457. I'm really glad you're doing this, I'm fascinated already. It's been a dream of mine to see if I could convert an old apartment building into a net zero multi-family home. I will definitely be following your channel very closely!
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  6458. Install GAF solar shingles.
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  6459. Your solution is spot on.
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  6460. You were almost breathless during this video. Clearly this is your passion. Your dream is infectious!
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  6461. i love driving by this thing.. looks magical i feel like they can make it work if they just automate everything.. the mirror cleaning etc
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  6462. If we can build oil pipelines from Canada to the Gulf , then we have the manpower and technology to build this
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  6463. Thanks for the video. I can tell when the hose spigot is on, but the hose end if off (the hose connection drips). The, um, "beauty" of having your water pump under the stairs is you can hear it turn on in most of the house (we have an artesian well). I'll wonder why the pump is running when I'm just sitting there, then I go find out. At least the 'new' one is much quieter than the original. My next water challenge is repacking the resin in our water softener cylinder, and I'm not looking forward to it.
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  6464. I'm looking forwards to this series. I'm very interested in Heatpumps. Go Centigrade. Freezing 0 deg, boiling 100 deg. Nice day 25. Easy.
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  6465. Warm beer is a staple in the UK. Actually, it can be very good.
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  6466. Thanks. Great topic
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  6467. Is your next video about the plasma cutter?
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  6468. Liver your videos and your yard!!
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  6469. Thank you for that, I'm looking at a hybrid heat pump water heater to replace my gas one right now. I've been hesitating about the cost.
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  6470. So cool 😎
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  6471. Great video, thank you!
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  6472. awesome project !
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  6473. The house will be full of grit. 😂
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  6474. Dude - Who is your spouse? They must be friggin awesome!
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  6475. Wish Elon would buy Boxabl or start his own and use that machine-that-makes-the-machine brilliance to build homes with built-in solar roof, powerwall, & super-octovalves that provides whole-house heat pump capabilities--HVAC, water heater, wash/dryer, dishwasher, fridge & freezer.
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  6476. Show us 1 year of utility bills so that we know what you are up against.
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  6477. Sorry, what was the genius feature? The fact that it has one plug? Anywhere outside the US this isn't a problem. And surely not a heat pump - I'm on my second heat pump dryer it's been that long.
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  6478. Another excellent video sir.
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  6479. Love it, really looking forward to your journey. A lot of the things that you have on your list are also on mine. I'm a couple of thousand miles north of you, so the considerations will be different, but the goal is the same: reducing our carbon footprint to zero. Looking forward to learning from your experiences.
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  6480. Finally - someone is talking about this - no matter what your political positions are, we all can get behind this - come on America!
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  6481. Even it this system only breaks even or become costly, it must happen. You don't stand around discussing whether Grandpa is really worth that transplant, do you? The Romans and other ancient cultures did this and they are stunningly beautiful structures, bound eternally to the beautiful laws of physics.
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  6482. Thanks Ricky! I'm thinking the same analogies don't work for gas fireplaces. I can't see gathering around the induction fireplace for a holiday event.
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  6483. At least my induction hob also has a "boost" mode for rapid short-term heating at 4.6kw (max normally is 3.7). 2l of warm water is roughly a minute to a boil.
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  6484. If you live in San Diego and in the city limits, you will not be allowed to disconnect your power from the grid and its that way for all cities...
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  6485. I spend $40 to $60 per month on electricity. It may be a little higher now, I haven't checked. Of course, I rarely run the AC. The way my house is set up, I sleep on the second floor at night when it is cool, with the windows open. During the day I am on the first floor, which stays cool. Through the use of blinds (someone I know called this passive solar). The front of the house faces south, so when it hot I am on the north side. It is very comfortable. I only turn the AC on when it stays above about 70degrees at night. In the last three years this was four days. A one day event one year and a three day event the next. Last year it didn't happen.
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  6486. Good insight. Bummed I missed you while I was in san diego
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  6487. thank you
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  6488. Oker Energy AS will solve storage from industrial to large scale offshore with zero environmental impact. Please have a look into it. Thank you!
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  6489. As of April 2022 only Rivian is delivering pick-up trucks, and it's going to be years before real competition hits the street. By then Rivian may be able to create a loyal following given all the great features and performance.
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  6490. Well on the bright side sounds like a lot of tax deductible renovations are coming! Lol
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  6491. I don't buy the land grab narrative. I get called all the time by random investors to sell my land. Been happening for years.
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  6492. Very very helpful analysis. Thanks for doing all the leg-work!
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  6493. Can't wait to see how this project goes! Lost a little credibility at around 13:30, but he stuck the landing! Liked and subscribed.
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  6494. Oh this is SUCH a great idea!
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  6495. You earned a subscriber! I've been watching your channel for a while but this took it to the next level!!! I live in Chula Vista, so many of the things you do will (could) apply directly to my condo. I went solar a year ago (loving it!) but I look forward to seeing what else could be done.
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  6496. I wish you lucky in your venture. We now have 24 solar panels on our 1959 home. So far it pays about 75% of our electric bill. We also just recently got a KIA EV6. No more gas bill. We got the EV6 the very day that the gas started going up. So far we haven’t bought any expensive gas. I figure that this is the year to get rid of you ICE car.
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  6497. I’m loving this new project of yours!! I’ll be watching your channel closely in the coming months.
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  6498. There needs to be more architects and home builders / remodelers that understand NetZero and passive house building techniques. An energy efficient home or business is more comfortable and saves money in the long run. Solar energy on your roof combined with battery storage can make people more independent from the grid and natural gas supplies. Add solar and supplemental electric heating, infrared heating or a heat pump for home or business heating.. All big box stores and manufacturing sites can support solar energy on their roofs or parking lots. Added insulation, double or triple glaze windows, energy efficient doors, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, energy efficient appliances, LED lighting, smart thermostats, solar panels combined with battery storage and a electric vehicle charger in the garage or car park. People are too focused on the short term costs and miss out on long term savings and comfort. Blower door testing and air sealing are under appreciated tools.Even if you have money to burn you should not waste it. Climate Change will impact everyone. Leave a better future for your children and grandchildren. Join in and speak up for the future of the planet
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  6499. earthships are net zero homes, net zero homes are not earthships. this should be interesting.
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  6500. That large white dome is crying out for an artist to turn it into something absolutely breathtaking. Win win
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  6501. Great idea for a series
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  6502. Prayers 🙏🙏 to family that lost their life prayers 🙏🙏 may God be with All that may it though stay strong together unite together prayers 🙏🙏🙏
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  6503. I wonder how heat pumps stack up for energy use against solar batch heaters?
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  6504. I don't know if anyone has said this yet but the "Helios 1" location in the video game "Fallout: New Vegas" is based on this place. If you take on the side quest that it is involved in you have to actually get it working again. Fantasy is so much easier than reality. LOL
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  6505. Thanks!
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  6506. Scientific failures teach more than successes.
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  6507. great voice, great treatment and great designer stubble. Always did wonder how the erm... ''intelligence'' of desalination plant designers dried up into brine when they came to think about how to dispose of the salt. A bit like supermarkets and plastic eh. Also how come in a sunshine country like Spain they use electricity and reverse osmosis instead of mirrors/evap? Guess people just get shamed when they can't show an underbelly of stuidity whatever their ''intellect'''. Saudis showing the way, nice work. Great vid and no damned muse-sick that always gets in the way on vids like these. Subbed, natch.
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  6508. I like it , I’m not sure it would alleviate flooding but I believe it definitely would help the dryer states with droughts, this is doable, Mulhern has already proven it we just need to evaluate city’s worth saving, California has a major exodus of the population now mostly do too government policies not dry out. But with water these states could become farm land to feed the world’s population
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  6509. Hello..... believe it or not but I just got a dryer today looking at it in the box as I was watching the video. Living in Ireland have made the move on upgrading a 80s house. External insulation.....as it's dam cold here thanks to all the rain. .6 to .8 u value windows Airtightness tape on the windows to stop draft's Floor installation to stop cold coming up into the house Attic insulation with a airtightness membrane Air ventilation with heat recovery Pv panels for power Heat pump for heating All appliances are a min A+ to A+++ rating. In winter when there is very little sun and it's cold the house can use about 30kw to max of 35kw per day most I have seen is 40kw. One thing I did see when doing research was Ireland house's have a average usage per year of 4200 and US House usage is 11000kw. Just mad to see the power difference between countries. Best of luck with the changes
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  6510. interesting!
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  6511. Does anyone realize that in California you pay more per kilowatt if you're a homeowner versus an apartment? My wife told me that when we were living in a house and when we moved into an apartment I looked at the price per kilowatt was 5 cents LESS! THEY PENALIZE Homeowners for a simply owning a home. The infrastructure has already been cost factored in decades ago. It is part of their agenda in California to push people out of home ownership. Why do you think that property taxes are so high?
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  6512. Because it’s not sensational enough for the Media to report on and they have moved on to other things…
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  6513. Great video
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  6514. Great Video great information!!
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  6515. you are the only logical presenter in the news. Good job.
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  6516. I learn a lot about advanced battries by watching this show it is very informative.
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  6517. Hi, love all your videos and your new project is super exciting. I have been trying to conserve electricity for a couple of months in preparation for our solar install. So far I have managed to reduce our daily usage from 52/kWh a day all the way down to 26-28 /kWh a day. The two biggest savings were switching to a heat pump water heater and a variable speed pool pump. Both of these upgrades saved around 10/kWh a day each. My pool pump now runs 24/7 and uses under 2/kWh a day. Something else you mentioned in this video was the hot water for your studio/house. Our water heater only draws under 400 watts and uses 1.5/kWh a day. You could definitely get rid of your gas.
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  6518. hi should all try to help the people from Hawaii to rebuild their homes their lives, if we all pitch a little bit here and there so they don't remain homeless, God bless you all in Jesus Christ's name ~
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  6519. Impressive truck, but it doesn't take much effort to make a 90s Mustang look slow
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  6520. Here in Australia plenty of us own a clothes dryer but most of us only use it on rare occasions during inclement weather - hanging the washing out on a clothes line is free and considered the norm. Thanks for the video, I'm enjoying your channel.
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  6521. Cool Video Ricky! I work in the airline industry, and we are right in the middle of replacing our handheld Halon 1211 fire extinguishers for what is branded as HALOTRON fire extinguishers, which is a non Ozone depleting alternate fire extinguishing agent. The chemical formula is 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane mixed with Tetrafluoromethane... Whatever that is LOL! According the Montreal Protocol, which was adopted by the ICAO unchanged, we will have to replace all handheld Halon 1211 fire extinguishers before the end of 2024. 3 extinguishers per Boeing 737, that are a lot of extinguishers to replace! But imagine the worldwide fleet of commercial aircraft, that are tens of thousands of extinguishers that need to be replaced the coming 2 years. We already have replaced all tiny fire extinguishers in the lavatories, these are to supress a fire in the waaste receptacle. For the fixed fire extinguishers in the engines and cargo holds we still have some time to replace them, in new aircraft they are already banned. Btw, did you know that Halon 1211 and Halon 1311 are already forbidden to produce for decades? Since 1995 or so Halon is no longer produced and all Halon in scrapped extinguishers is recovered and hold in Halon Banks at many places around the world so it can be reused in new produced extinguishers.. At some point these Halon Banks will start to destruct this halon into other chemicals, used in the chemical industry. The Airline industry has had an exception of using Halon, because there were no alternates that worked as good as Halon. but the coming years this will also come to an end and good enough alternate fire extinguishing agents have been developped.
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  6522. We solved whale oil. We fixed the Ozone layer. I expect us to solve CO2, but I have no idea how costly it will be. Not sure if the sperm whale population has fully recovered yet either, but it's good to know the Ozone layer's on track.
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  6523. Thank you - I agree, and that was very well spoken.
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  6524. Damn... my yard's water level is usually between 1 & 3 feet below ground level... it is at or above ground level from Halloween until mid-May... come on water well... lower that water level!!! I would like to have a cellar!!! And I am tired of wet shoes and feet when I walk my dogs (wide feet so hard to get galoshes my size)....
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  6525. I loved this video! It is obvious you try to be a voice of truth...not propaganda!
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  6526. Oh yeah I grew up hearing about that.
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  6527. Haha "I hate when news becomes political ", next: "orange man bad, confused man tried to reverse him for two years but was stopped by dementia" (ok I added the last part bcoz his biden tried was just so ridiculous.. heard of executive orders? He did more than any president the first days.. he could have made one more!
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  6528. There are 264 gallons in a m3 ... well a 400 gallon a day leak like you had in Belgium where I live would be at the minimum €7.27 per day, or $8.00 a day, over a period of a year it would be $2,920, but it would be WAY worse. that base rate of €4.5163 euros per m3, is the base rate up to 150m3 for a family of 4, so you would pay the much higher excess water rate, which is double, so you are paying $16 a day in reality, or $5,840 a year for that simple leak. Man US water rates are so cheap. FYI, our guest house, which has a family and up to 12 people at some points living here, uses in the 350m3 range on the high end, closer to 280m3 in normal years, your leak was 553m3 of water in a year!
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  6529. Since you are in San Diego and have a lot of sun, why not replace the water heater and dryer with electric units? Also do a search on passive solar water heating (energy dot gov calls them passive solar water heating systems), it was something that was really popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I remember a lot of our neighbors installing the 'active' solar water heaters that were basically what they use for swimming pool heaters now and none of them worked. We installed a passive solar water heater, which was basically a 100 gallon steel tank inside a reflective box with a plastic cover on our roof and water pressure filled the tank and it gravity dropped heated water down into our regular water heater. When we moved in 1989, it took a year to find another of this type of system, so we were able to see just how much of an impact it had-- the passive solar water heater cut our gas water heater's usage by nearly 80 percent. It's simple, no moving parts to break- just gravity and city water pressure. Literally place it almost directly above where your water heater is located and it's a simply line up and line down with some cut off valves.
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  6530. Been looking for a panel like this. Right now I am gathering data just using Vue clip on in my old panel. This should integrate nicely with my Victron components.
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  6531. Basically the planet is just a big nuclear power plant.
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  6532. I am looking forward to this series.
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  6533. Ricky....You are Correct.
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  6534. So... I had been thinking about this. Even nuclear fusion has the same issue: it needs a large ammount of energy to start working, so fission will still be nedded.
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  6535. Very interesting
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  6536. I think it's a great platform for short trips and vacation destinations. I love it.😍😍😍
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  6537. Some heat pump water heater provide air conditioning. With how much air conditioning you need there it would be nice to get at least some of it as a free byproduct.
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  6538. I wonder if we could harvest lithium from the leftover brine somehow? Solves a couple issues and brings the costs down for both and reduces the environmental affects.
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  6539. by the way, i am really interested in changing my whole house into solar system
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  6540. I think we should view things in aspects of the survival of humanity as a living species, enjoin things that are evolutionarily superior, and forbid things that are evolutionarily inferior. So things that result in lower birth rates ought to be forbidden by the law, some things may seem like progress in the short term, but may be evolutionarily detrimental in the long term (think overuse of medicine resulting in anti-biotic resistant super viruses) or how we do not have natural selection to weed out bad genes and due to industrialization even those with lower quality genes can reproduce and kids born with those bad genes are at a huge disadvantage in life (compared to someone who has genes for being taller stronger attractive). And Let's not forget how many strong empires throughout history went through this exact same phase and no longer exist, Roman Empire, Greeks, Abbasids etc...
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  6541. OH! We don't have the electricity to power the desalination plants!!! Well start building Thorium LFTR reactors all along the coast and then run the desal plants with the electricity from those. Commiefornia should have at least half a dozen LFTR reactors running desal plants 24/7 and they'd never need to extract a drop from Lake Mead... But do they do it? Hell no. They'd rather drain the Colorado river dry before they take responsibility for their own water management mistakes.
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  6542. Great work and ideas as always!
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  6543. This is a very good movie. Thanks for clarifying simple stuff.
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  6544. You missed one awesome project called "Harmony Turbines".The crowdfunding phase is now complete I think.
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  6545. It's about time someone actually acknowledged that there are merits to the US system of measures, especially temperature.
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  6546. Answer to your question at 11:12: Yes, most solar panel companies are more likely than LG to be in business 25 years from now. Big shame about LG.
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  6547. Fantastic feedback, many thanks !!!
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  6548. I really appreciate the whole video and your desire to share but, in order to learn something fast and effective, you should have made a list of pros and cons, then made a balance, some recommendations and finally a conclusion... you see, a video is something you show not something you say. To watch a video of more than 22 minutes is like watching a movie or a documentary (it has to be very interesting and mind-blowing) and to watch a person telling me things instead of showing me things... my point... make it short, make it concise and tell something that I can use right away!!!
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  6549. Sounds absolutely awesome! Will definitely be signing-up to your Patreon when I return from vacation!
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  6550. Wow... the project your doing is very interesting to me. Best of luck to you and hope you will succeed with it.
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  6551. Following
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  6552. Solar stand alone; Yep! Totally off-grid is the real answer. This is what the utility companies want - Really. Shouldn't the power company start compensating me for their wires going over my property?
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  6553. U know what I think!! Those moving mirrors which Reflects the light should have changed to Solar panels... In this way we can still get energy from Solar powerplants with very little adjustment.
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  6554. A good video, the water device is pretty good. I would look to see if they allow you to catch rainwater.
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  6555. Excellent video. A pleasure to watch you.
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  6556. Dude, love your videos. You asked for suggestions? OK. As to economics and engineering of cars, electronics and the HD DVD vs Blue-Ray format war. You're comparing Apples and Rubik's cubes, let alone two fruits that at least both grown on a tree. FYI. I drive a 14 year old 4.3l V-6 full size pickup. Ford C-Max Energi went away after lease. Why don't I drive a new more efficient vehicle? Too expensive. Laying off the regulations eases pricing pressures putting newer, more efficient vehicles in reach. Would I Love and prefer and electric pickup? Yes. Is that what I'm going to get next? Nope. Been waiting, but the required factors have not come into place nor will they for 10, more broadly, 20 years. Regular improvements over time is always the best case. Next a 2.3L Ford Ranger. Nearly halved my displacement and 40% better fuel efficiency still does the same job as the full size rig. Since I'm retired due to a... er uh uhmmm a car crash... I"m thinking a 2nd hand Nissan Leaf for my run around. Basically what the POC Zap car/truck I bought in 2007 was hoping to be. The ICE is dying out all on it's own via consumer choice: The ultimate arbiter of everything that succeeds in the consumer market. Big leaps forward don't happen overnight.... At least not until: 1. Prices come down to mainstream affordability. 2.Models gain broad mainstream market acceptance 3. Infrastructure is fully built out. This is from a guy who bought a SLA battery powered ZapTruck in Portland OR in 2007. Biggest pieces of crap ever, but consumer demand was there. I might humbly suggest doing a lot more research into automotive, economics, electronics and history before making such broad statements. Nothing any POTUS does is going to help or hurt Ford, GM, Tesla or anything else in the end. Never has nor will. ONLY the consuming public decides with their wallets. EDIT: PS. Read Tim Ferris's books. Solid dude. I suggest Freakanomics I & II by Levitt & Dubner. Two favorite geopolitical analysts: Check out Peter Zeihan (righty) and Mark Blyth( lefty) Those two guys lectures say it all. Go back a decade or so. See what they were saying. Cheers.
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  6557. Check out a variable speed pool pump if you have a single speed pump. They pay for themselves is about 18 months (after rebate) in Los Angeles.
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  6558. For 2nd house: toss the natural gas and buy an electric “on demand” water heater unit to be mounted under the sink.
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  6559. When are you getting some solar on that house? I gotta figure that out at my house. I also want to buy an electric motorcycle now 😬
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  6560. Thanks!
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  6561. Wow I can not believe it has been that many years gone by keep up all the good info thanks
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  6562. Lots of similar storiea about new battery tech, yet the best we have is still lion.
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  6563. Probably one of the best solutions would be flow batteries at the substation level and battery packs (lithium ion, or equivalent) at the premises level. Then could take solar and wind energy and store it for when those sources are not active. I have passed many wind farms here in Illinois where the turbines were idle even when there was plenty of wind. I expect that this is because there was no need for it on the grid. In the Chicago area, we get the majority of our electricity from nuclear (I have heard up t 70%). The rest generally comes mostly from gas fired peaking plants. With a good battery strategy, we could run the wind farms flat out, store the power and eliminate the peaking plants.
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  6564. This should be an amazing adventure. Looking forward to your reviews and progress.
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  6565. Seems like tearing everything down and starting new is the way to get the best results. These old "walls" don't cut it.
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  6566. @Two Bit da Vinci really good rundown, Ricky. I thoroughly enjoyed your test drive of the F150. (Can't wait to try it out myself ;-)
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  6567. How about a 120 volt 10 gallon water heater for the second house? It will work for shower and sink. It is good if you don’t use a bathtub.
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  6568. I'm just going to throw this out there...If you are not from california, and you 'need irrigation to farm, then why are we not growing high profit food on these inexpensive lands? the midwest is where we should be raising many high profit crops, yet our solution is the government should just pipe more water to you? how about moving some production to places that could use the economic stimulus?
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  6569. What if they mix graphene in there! Could help efficiency
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  6570. The Architect who built Earthships from scratch may have been in camouflage and looked like a hippy, but I am very impressed by the sociological and technological sophistication that was used to deal with NIMBY. (But if you are down on mind-busting substances, ..no objections there)
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  6571. Like you I live in SoCAl. An incident with my 25 year old gas dryer, where it ruined a load of clothes smoldering, caused me to make it into a heat-pump dryer and rip out all the gas parts around 10 years ago. I used a dehumidifier and built a box (plenum) attached to the dehumidifier input with door foam insulation gaskets I hooked the damp exhaust into the box and arranged the dehumidifier output to get back into the gas heater through the access port it had to service the burner tube. Closed off all other make-up air into the dryer so that it worked on a loop. The dryer had a air fluff setting and a timed dry setting that worked for its part and I wired the adjacent dehumidifier to start and stop simultaneously. While it does take longer, the recirculation slowly gets the clothes warm, but not hot. Very gentle.The consumption is 470 watts, and since it is a full sized American dryer it takes our load sizes too. I do have to pump the condensate water out and clean the accumulated lint in the plenum from time to time, but I no longer worry about a gas flame or have to depend upon the overtemp sensor when the belt starts slipping again, the original problem I faced which propelled me to D.I.Y. many years ago when I read about the heat-pump dryers in Japan that were not being imported here at the time. Thanks for reminding me.
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  6572. Good report
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  6573. one for the algorithm nick fury
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  6574. This is crazy
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  6575. Thanks!
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  6576. My fuel oil furnace died and I used space heaters in January. $997 for electric that month. Not fun. Heat pump inbound!
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  6577. San Diego climate is good for solar and wind, I think water and gardening should be moved up in priority and find ways to make the pool water potable/aquaponics. Good luck on your Earth Ship/land yacht project. Never a dull moment checking off the to do list, next...
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  6578. WOW, that is getting me excited, and it's coming from a trustworthy source instead of the low life BS Hype generators (about 5 of them, even with Tesla in their names and Elon in others names?) The money from Google for views must be amazing because the BS Hyper Generators have no scrupples about what BS they promote for the last 2-4 months. I would have thought Elon wanted truth to prevail, now I'm distrustful of his BS tooooooooooo! He is as Hyper BS as his pushers of BS! I am considering his competitors over his Tesla brand due to the HYPER BS klingons who make a living spreading BS, that is completely BUNK! (NOT ONE CUSS WORD, ???? IT WAS CHALLENGING!)
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  6579. Nice can’t wait to see the conversion 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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  6580. an Ev enthusiast song to the ears
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  6581. What about a Sunamp PCM water heater/ heat battery?
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  6582. This may be a dumb question, but doesn't wiring your battery bank in parallel increase tha bank capacity without changing the charge? And for a smaller setup, can't a charge controller work to maintain the right size electricity flow? Amazing set up btw!
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  6583. All that amazing environment saving tech... massively overbalanced in the wrong direction by the inclusion of 2 words that should NEVER be used together outside of movies and computer games. Robotic dinosaurs. Nice knowing ya Earth.
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  6584. Thanks for this very clear and interesting explanations.
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  6585. Great idea have always thought. Just pump the water where needed. We do that with oil.👍🤔
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  6586.  @TwoBitDaVinci  sure, I sent an email a little while ago if you wanted to meet up over a beer, happy to show you around our work at the house if it helps
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  6587. Here in Florida, having AC is a must unless you're a lizard-person. All I wanted to do was install Solar to help offset the energy required during the hot part of the day...6am to 10pm during the Summer. Powering the house would be nice, but didn't have the cash to do a huge system. Any unused energy is stored in a homemade battery bank to run LED lighting at night. Fortunately, I have a very technical background.
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  6588.  @TwoBitDaVinci  looking forward to it.
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  6589. We need everyone’s ideas. These are fresh, groundbreaking, and very exciting. All amazing inventions required dedicated people who believed the world could be better for their work and to try it. Let’s try this.
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  6590. Interesting video - plus I’ve never seen dense spelled so creatively! (2:26)
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  6591. And when the power goes out, it's cold sandwiches. Not to mention the price of these ranges!
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  6592. Hi All @ 2Bit yes to fly wheels! Small Medium or Large! If but on a gimbal the turns would have not been as Big a problem or in the Rear of the Bus on a c Track an if stabilized by Springs or Shocks letting them move would help the Turn! If Carbon Fiber I can’t see them getting near 3000lbs or 4 small ones on each corner of the vehicle Your talking about no Fuel to operate What are you waiting for? Bob Vandivort
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  6593. Why even have a water heater for the second house, especially if you never take showers there? I’ve been off grid for 4 years now, living in a warm climate like San Diego. At some point I realized that taking hot showers is overrated and not necessary. You could easily get luke-warm water by storing some in a container outside. Just having a black 50 ft hose laying in the sun would give you a few seconds of hot/warm water. Anyway, don’t forget that sometimes you could just do without or perhaps think completely different. Love your channel, keep up the good work!
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  6594. you have a great presentation skill set. I would love to help develop content for your channel....
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  6595. Shadow on your face looks just great my friend. I love the idea of just batteries. Have enough battery power to run house plus HVAC for a week or 2, times 2. The grid being used to charge one bank while other bank is being used to run the house.
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  6596. I know some people that are "accidents" lol
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  6597. 6.5 foot bed (half a foot longer than Tacoma long bed), 100 cubic feet of storage space, it tows 14k pounds, 3500 pound payload, 500+ mile range, 0-60 in 2.9 seconds, quarter mile in 10.8 seconds, 130 MPH, 16 inch ground clearance (most of any production truck), adjustable air suspension, seats six, doesn’t scratch or dent or rust, option for solar roof that will charge between 15-45 miles a day, 110 and 220 plugs and compressed air attachment, and starts at 39k dollars... for starters. Plus super unique brutalist design cues? Yes please!
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  6598. For a sustainable future in my opinion the solution should not be a 3000 square feet house with pool, 20kw solar panels and 40kwh lithium batteries. Resources are not sufficient for 7 billion peoples living like this… A better project would be to build an off grid small house with the latest and greatest technology
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  6599. Great informative video about the grid. I would love to hear more about renewables and their effect on the grid. Thank you for the hard work you do here.
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  6600. Perfect timing for me, I have never heard of Earthships being described as Net Zero houses before. I have always thought of it as a desert based architectural style. Why are you growing grass & cutting it short. As a demonstration tool that you can "tech" your way to a classic green lawn in the middle of the desert it has a value, but as a use of space & resources its barking. A far better choice would be to look at the work of Geoff Lawton either with his work in Jordan or at his home farm in Australia where you can learn about the creation of food forests so that you may never have to buy food again, as a constant stream of food is available to both your family but also to your animals that can in turn contribute to your freezers. If you want grass, switching the grass your using to a deep rooting, high growing nitrogen fixing grass would be a good start, preferably one that has San Diego local wild seed spread amongst it. You ideally want to be growing as diverse a set of wilderness seeds you can, so your lawn can adapt to whatever the local conditions in that few square foot/inches see. There are grasses that are good at punching down through layers of clay creating deep tap routes up to 10 feet long, this means they can also grow upto 5 - 10 feet tall i.e perfect for cutting & dropping, which then will rot into deeper/thicker soil. Even better would be to keep chickens or if you have the space - pigs that you can feed on your kitchen waste. Chickens & pigs are great at completing the symbiosis with grass that forms the basis of carbon filled soil manufacture. Why do you want carbon heavy soil? Because the more carbon that is captured the closer to peat it becomes & what's as so good about peat - its constantly wet year round due to the amount of rain water it captures. And if your land is constantly wet even in summer, your garden remains cool & pleasent year round. This results in reducing the energy bills both in the summer & in the winter. Why? Because water retains heat in the winter (water stores heat much better than dry soil) but in high heat evaporates off cooling the land. This then creates an environment around your house that leads to lower use of your whole house heat exchanger that gives you heating in winter & air conditioning in the summer. If your looking at rebuilding your home you really want to be talking to Matt Risingher & his YouTube channel & external Build show website. Matt whilst based in Austin Texas goes all over the country, he is generally focused on the building Trade & knows a lot about Building Science, such as perfect Wall & achieving almost total control of emissions into & out of a house, whilst using air & heat exchangers so your house is constantly filled with fresh air at the perfect temperature 24/365. If you want further recommendations do ask, their is an immense amount of YouTube resources & Creators available. We as a planet have the ability right now to stop & reverse climate change to where we were before the start of the agricultural revolution in less than 30 years. We already know enough that in 30 years time we might be opening up coal based power stations due to a lack of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere!! Looking forward to learning & sharing with you over the years to come, will Matt be joining you for a Boston perspective?
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  6601. Ad a 20% more power output and 20% more batteries than your maximum consumption and you will never need the grid again.
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  6602. Thank you so much for such great information. You have been so helpful.
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  6603. Just brilliant!! Thank You!!
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  6604. THANKS RICKY 🤗 for sharing this option, and many more people are doing this as well
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  6605. I wish i could get solar, we have massive trees all around our house, so yeah.. impossible to use panels.
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  6606. I'm very impressed and interested, provocative.
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  6607. Love you vids dude. Keep up the good work. God's speed.
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  6608. don't water the lawn in the middle of the day, it just evaporates. water after 6pm. cover the swimming pool to keep in heat, keep it clean and secure it from children falling in. solar hot water heaters for the house and/or the pool. get rid of those janky plastic things on your roof and get/build a proper system.
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  6609. Fahrenheit better! Celsius for the win, at 0°C water freezes and at 100°C water boils, easy peasy. 20 good inside, 30 Nice outside, 40 too hot. Totally getting a heat pump hot water tank after your video though.
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  6610. Wow. I want one. Each one. This is what I’ve been waiting for! Utah!
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  6611. How would a heat-pump pool heater compare to the solar kind? That is the ones that pump the pool water through collectors on the roof of the house. Neighbours I have in The Great White North use them eery effectively.
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  6612. I had a heat pump pool heater 15 years ago. Saved me a TON on electricity.
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  6613. Fantastic conversation again 👍
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  6614. it's better to water the garden in the evening or the early morning
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  6615. I like it! I’m glad I’m a patron. I’ll let you know when I get the Metacycle.
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  6616. Ha, so fun! Your new project is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks for taking the plunge and sharing the story with all of us. Our family will be both watching and wishing your family the best of outcomes.
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  6617. Buying solar panels for your house is something nobody should ever have to do. When new properties are built,they should have...a grade windows installed,oil filled radiators(electric),the wiring shouldn't b copper,it should b that new super conducting wiring that doesn't lose power,like copper does and they should all have solar panels put on the roofs. They should b slowly implementing all this stuff,for free,on old properties. The reason is simple: it'll help the environment and for me,it's the future. Every house that doesn't have these are wasting power and burning alot of gas. It should b a new law for properties to have all of these. Properties that don't,are just burning fuel in a bad way and it needs to stop.
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  6618. You make so much sense. Good job!
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  6619. Shave your face. It’s not supposed to be that high. It’s disgusting.
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  6620. Just discovered your channel. Love it man! Keep it up!
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  6621. Rickey. Thank you very much. This was very informative for those of us who are learning.
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  6622. Look carefully maybe mr. fredicksen's house is still up there.
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  6623. I will be watching to see how things go. I live in NE AZ, so I have an abundance of sunshine and plenty of space for panels. However, when I price the cost of solar, based on current utility cost of 0.15 cents/kwh, the recovery time and payback doesn't make financial sense. Obviously other benefits. Good luck "blazing the trail" on energy efficiency.
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  6624. Best wishes for your adventure! Along with the science and tech, consider changing some behaviors too: Here in South America we just hang the clothes by the sun and they get dry very fast and... For free! 😉 So, the silver bullet: first reduce, then make more efficient.
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  6625. old idea
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  6626. Super interesting Crazy that your videos aren’t getting more views Must be shorts and TikTok mentality
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  6627. You nailed it!!! CALL IT A "NET ZERO HOUSE RETROFIT"! Not an earthship. Even though "Earthship" might sound more interesting it takes special people willing to exert that much effort over that many years AND special locations where it's actually legal to build and get residency permits so you can legally inhabit the structure once it's built. Earthships have been around for many decades and people have had plenty of exposure as to what they are so don't try to rewrite that history for your project which I will look forward to watching.
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  6628. This video should be number one on trending great content +1 Sub
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  6629. Your new home looks really good/interesting.
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  6630. shorter video would have been nice lol
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  6631. 10:49 That eyebrow movement is a sure sign of confidence 🤣 Absolutely looking forward to following this journey!
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  6632. You had me at the liquid hot magma.
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  6633. BALLOON WARS. !
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  6634. This balloon one assumes it must have been higher and drifted down. Up at 100k they would out of the way of everything.
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  6635. hi Ricky, would you ever consider doing a meet and greet here in San Diego? like a potluck with EV’s or something would be awsome! thanks take care David
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  6636. Thank you so much for breaking it down! I've been catching bits and pieces here and there, but you've provided the full picture. 👍
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  6637. California last week had a day where renewable energy produced 100% of consumer demand. The US should be leading in green energy after all we have the tech and the economy to make it happen, and the rest of the world is gonna need it pretty soon, before a lot of these viewers on this channel reach middle age probably. What we don't have is the ability to get our s*it together though and connected interests feeding into the corruption and disinformation machines rather than risk an unprofitable quarter trying to shift their business model (to be honest the system we got makes this type of thing quite hard) so that's what's stopping us.
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  6638. If we're going offshore anyway, why not use tidal or wave power? Wind power is not predictable or constant so it can't offset baseload electricity. Tidal can.
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  6639. Picard says "Make it so!"
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  6640. good video. thanks.
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  6641. Talking about self sustainable houses, are you going to take into account the right to repair aspects of these products?
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  6642. Upstate New York with open loop heat pump (artesian well) -- love it. Add some solar panels and it's cheap to run. Never worry about being hot/cold to save a few bucks. One correction is the 50/100 year lifespan on heat pumps. The ground loop likely will last 50+ years, but there is nothing special about a ground sourced heat pumps compared to air source heat pumps/air conditioners other than being protected indoors. Our house is 40 years old. We are on the third heat pump -- First was 1983-2002. Second was 2002-2021 and now third is 2021-??. Setting a 50-year expectation is a no-go.
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  6643. We absolutely need new energy storage solutions. While it is complex, it may just be another arrow in the quiver of fixing climate change.
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  6644. I find it strange, some people seem like they are happy when green fails. That's really sad. There will be failures....but green will prevail.....it has to for the future...not for us.
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  6645. - Hmm, I have been asking these questions for almost 20 years. Can we do it? WILL we do it?
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  6646. With a pool a variable speed pool pump uses over 80% less energy. I just upgraded to a 65 Gallon Heat Pump hot water heater also.
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  6647. What is the voltage and amperage being fed into the pool robot? Water and electricity can be a very dangerous combo. 3000 sq ft house. lmao I am 875 sq ft. And looking to downsize that. Natural Gas - You may not be able to produce that on site, but what about hydrogen? Geothermal ++. Great way to go, if you can afford it. :) Great video!
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  6648. Interesting? Yes. Practical yet? Nope. It's good to see people trying all kinds of things, but so far most of this stuff, which shows up almost every week, is just "pie in the sky," Hard to get excited about it.
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  6649. Great, easy to understand explanation that most people make extremely difficult to understand. Great speaker.
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  6650. Great video. I’d be in for more on how renewables are used in the grid. Large renewable farms and just the residential.
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  6651. YES, HVAC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I'M HOLDING OUT ON CHANGES UNTIL TESLA HAS IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  6652. We learnt something from it
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  6653. Great project! Suggest you eliminate the grass in your lawn. no reason to be wasting water in Southern California for green lawns.
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  6654. Tesla owes you big time, do you know how many minds you have changed? Mine included. Many thanks! Brilliantly done, I can't think of anything you left out, you covered practically everything and even more ")
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  6655. fingers crossed sulfur works to be safe and ready for prime time soon.
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  6656. I tried to purchase heat pump driers in the US recently, both came broken and would not dry. I think they’re more fragile and prone to shipping breakages than standard models. Worth considering.
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  6657. Sounds very exciting! Looking forward to following your journey… 😀
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  6658. Amazing, I'm convinced, lets make it happen
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  6659. You need to be talking to Elon Musk about his Boring Company. He can run tunnels from east to west for water transport.
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  6660. Thanks for the information, I’m in the beginning stages of my New EV Mini truck build and I was thinking of adding a solar part but didn’t know which battery style to use. Now I have some options.
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  6661. The navy does it my carrier converted salt water into fresh water
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  6662. I am a subscriber and da Vinci channel is great. Here's the problem. I have seen the report twice. Paul Jay's channel was the best. So I have been looking for a couple of weeks and no one is even mentioning it. My thinking is that we MUST HAVE a total population that is pushing to actually STOP CO2 emissions. So I am now leaving my comment everywhere hoping that channels, like da Vinci actually find out about the report. At our current situation, we have 10 years ONLY to change, it is mind boggling, sad and scary.
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  6663. Totally independent off-grid solar power. As a middle finger raised at the big power companies.
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  6664. I would not be spending 10K in 10 years on my power bill so how cost effective is this BS
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  6665. pull water out of the air.....the technology is here already..use it Israel is using it .
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  6666. I'm looking forward on seeing your adventure, progress and most important, all the evaluation. Good luck!
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  6667. One of the best explanation I heard so far. Can't wait to see what the government will tell us once they gather all the intel from the ballon.
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  6668. If you produce more then you use and the excess goes to the grid and others use it do you get paid for the power you're producing to the grid?
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  6669. Watch sand battery
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  6670. Very Nice Information. We Need This To Get Rid of Gas ⛽️. Very Good Review 🍀😋🙏
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  6671. Thanks!
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  6672. Ricky, Happy to see you focusing on water issues - very timely! We installed 3 275 gallon totes we picked up several years ago along with a half dozen 50 gallon rain barrels that are capturing rain water from our roof gutters that we use to water plants nearby. I also re-plumbed one bathroom to collect grey water but haven't got that project finished yet. My wife is so water conscious we shower with a 3 gallon bucket to capture water while it gets hot... which we then use to flush the toilet🧐 Keep up the good fight!
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  6673. Love this very cool
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  6674. Honestly I don't think it is a spy balloon. I mean it is a balloon, you can't control where it is going to go. Second we already know they have satellites in space capable of much more intelligence analyzing at a higher resolution then from a balloon. Third, anyone could have scanned the object to see what RF it was broadcasting and at what Frequency. Can not be any of the high frequencies since their range is pitiful, so it would have to be an AM band to transmit back to China. I would like it if they provide photos of the items recovered, that would definitely give clues if it was a spy object or not. But I'm somewhat skeptical we won't see those.
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  6675. With cheap green electricity, once they figure out the automation, I think it will work
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  6676. This new series is going to be hudge! Great work with this content!
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  6677. Love what you observed: "Japanese turn everything into an art." So true! So wonderful! Re the USA, I notice that tourists who visit Disneyworld Resorts in Florida are fully safe staying in their Disney hotel rooms during a hurricane. Meanwhile ordinary Florida homes are torn down by the hurricane winds. Which points to the fact that hurricane proof houses should be the building regulation norm in Florida, and also points to the fact that ordinary homes are far too weakly constructed. While the Japanese constantly improve their home construction standards. How wise the wonderful artistic Japanese, and how brilliant and wonderful Disney is! Just many building laws in the West - Europe and America - need to catch up. My house here in England was built with about a million other very similar homes by the British state between approximately the 1930s and the 1950s, and this one in particular should have had ten foot of hardcore compacted above ground level to avoid this house, and thousands of similar homes, having damp floors and walls downstairs. Pretty well my whole street has had collapsing downstairs floors due to the homes having been built too near the clay of the foundational alluvial plane here. And in modern times, have we learnt? Of course not! We continue to build tens of thousands of homes on land that can flood, land that should be raised above the highest flood level with modern earth moving machinery. Simple. Thus, another factor of Japan's awe inspiring and beautiful approach to home construction and building laws is that of Japanese pragmatism. For example, if the Japanese ran Florida they would make sure that all the buildings were as safe as the wonderful Disney hotels are in a hurricane. And, if the Japanese ran the UK they would make sure that new buildings were built on ground that had been raised above the potential flood level. Too beautifully simple for us to imagine. So obvious for the artistic pragmatism of Japanese vision.
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  6678. awesome video, question: you said your highest price per kwh is 4-9PM, can you set your house power (not sure how to word this) to draw from your battery at those times vs from the electrical grid? are the batteries programmable in this case. Can you shut the battery off so it only charges and you still use grid power? I have solar now but I do not have a battery, I am considering it but it's still 6+ months away. Thanks
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  6679. We do it with oil why not water
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  6680. Been saying this for years. I even have a plan to pay for it
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  6681. My guess is that it doesn't matter which one is better. The one that will win is the cheapest one.
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  6682. I pray for the lawsuits, its time for anti life companies to go down. GREED KILLS
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  6683. yes give us the wind and solar grid video you mentioned!
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  6684. Excellent presentation with clarity for causes that ring true.
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  6685. This video gives me hope for the future.... YAY!!!
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  6686. I'm very excited for you!
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  6687. sound good but scary.
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  6688. This will be interesting work to follow. And your relaxed and realist style is refreshing. Great work!
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  6689. Are you using a mesh wifi system? You mentioned an issue you were having with the wifi connection point, which makes me think you have an extender. The mesh systems (while expensive ugh) make connections very easy anywhere and allow additional satellites all on one network. Whereas the extenders are actually separate networks. But somehow I think you may know that already, and this is just a legacy system.
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  6690. Heatpumps work great at heating/cooling your home, even in snow country, but a water heater is a stupid application, they still have electric strip heaters in them and you get the fun of making the same repairs as you do to your a/c, this is a feel good appliance in my experience with no money saving and almost guaranteed it will end up in the landfill on the first breakdown. As for your pool heater....er, most pool heaters are gas because it takes usually 200k+ btu/hour to heat and maintain the temp of a pool, even in mild weather, the largest capacity HP you can get for your home will probably top out at about 60k btu/hour. Plus refrigerant leaks are a massive problem in the HVAC/R trade as manufacturers have to make coils and tubing eggshell thick in order to make the govt efficiency standards, so I expect refrigerant lost to the atmosphere to go up about 100x if not more as the transition occurs. Love the video as usual!
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  6691. He guys can you update this video with more accurate numbers, most of Model 3 owner reports zero maintenance cost over 2 years, and the 35.000$ car is available, thanks!
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  6692. A canal system should be built from the east coast to southern California. Then I can take my boat to Florida from Cali.
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  6693. heat pump toaster!
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  6694. I hadn't the faintest idea that 'Home Solar Panels' don't work when the GRID IS DOWN! I knew you could 'plug into the grid' to offset electric costs but I didn't know that a 'Battery' is required to keep your lights on in a 'Grid Down' situation. Thanks for this video.
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  6695. Thank you.
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  6696. You could get a bio degradable fake lawn. It would not need to be watered nor cut and your kids would still be able to play in it. It would also bio degrade dog poop and pee. The last time I looked into it, I think it cost around 8 grand for a typical yard though. Also I’d definitely collect rain water from the gutters and store them under ground in some huge tanks. I saw a video where they used a specialized pump that would pressurize the the water and filter it at the same time for all of your water needs.
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  6697. Excellent video. Thanks
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  6698. I'm planning a passive house build in either MN or New England. I don't know if geothermal +/- a heat pump is going to be necessary because of the level of insulation and the tight building envelope I plan to have, but it's definitely going to be considered!
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  6699. Oh Boy! Can't wait for all this information! Will be watching it all.
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  6700. Great video, the F-150 lightning seems like a compelling vehicle
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  6701. That sounds like a lot of fun, and work, and money. But I’ll be gear for the journey.
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  6702. The answer to this question is much like saying a restaurant is better than another. It depends on you the user and how you use the vehicle. What are the important features to you.
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  6703. Installed a 4 KW solar panel system eight years ago - 16 Kyocera panels - PowerOne Aurora inverter. System paid for itself in five years, reduced our annual electric bill by ~80%, which is greater than the design goal of 67% reduction.
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  6704. we have two lg batteries....second one, got it at cost.
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  6705. We live in Australia and Airconditioning is a must, three years ago we purchased a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries heat pump AC......We love it, so cheap to run and very quiet as well...🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
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  6706. Something for Elon Musk who’s trying to Marsform the Mars. More useful project
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  6707. You live in San Diego. Why don’t you heat your water with solar?
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  6708. Frequent Lahaina visitor here, so saddened and concerned for Maui. I own two properties in CA and OR and I get calls or texts almost daily from wannabe buyers. Not surprised at all they would look for opportunities in tragedy, hopefully they fail
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  6709. That was a great visual explanation! Well done!
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  6710. Very good video!
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  6711. Your discussion misses a few things. You are not talking about the.Ukraine war which showed us how a nuclear plant can be weaponized. Also the Ukraine war revealed a flaw with scientists. They never tested the safety of nuclear power during a war. What else have they not tested the safety depending on real events. You also do not mention that there are log term costs to dealing with the nuclear disasters. Unlike a car or airplane, a nuclear plant still needs to be maintained many many years after the accident.
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  6712. Zero emissions, isn't that like a perpetual motion machine in the sense that it does work but produces no emissions like used fuel.
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  6713. I think this guys beard grew thicker by the end of the video...
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  6714. The reason I clicked is because of the cobdoms
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  6715. Rick I had an idea that would use the hot attic air to dry clothes and cool the attic space simultaneously. By placing a furnace blower inside a box with filters in the sides to transfer the attic air into the side of the dryer. Yes this only works best during the daylight hours but you will be cooling the attic as well. If drying clothes is needed at night the AC element is put back in circuit with an added switch. Also the blower and drum motor can run on solar power. Food for thought. Russell
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  6716. Now this is the future!
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  6717. The Franklin system can handle electrical input from either the grid, solar panels and ICE generators. I would like to know if it can also handle a vehicle to house system. A lot of EVs have 100 kw hr. battery packs which would would increase the amount of electrical storage or even eliminate the need for a Franklin battery.
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  6718. I have been looking at the Bosch induction stove and integrated cook top, but it's a pricey girl...
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  6719. No Grass. Natives. I live in Perth Western Australia. We have no lawn any longer.
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  6720. A solar powered stirling generator. That im still looking for. I see them on utube but I cant find any for sale
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  6721. Took you guys long enough to figure this one out I've been thinking of it for 25 years and simple terms if you look at a couple of easy structures one is following railway lines take the Chicago to California main line the gradient on that you know exactly what it is to a fraction of an inch pumping can also generate electricity on the way down as the hydrostatic pressure needs to be slowed otherwise it'll blow everything to hell up the other end the same token let's keep it simple so if you turned around and redirected part of the Mississippi through or for that matter will take lake Michigan direct it through across Nevada into lake Mead how long would it take to fill it up.?? The next thing is we look at the waste gross waste of water portable water in Arizona approximately 17 years ago I suggested to a salt River project power company engineer that instead of having evaporation ponds why don't you put it under water into cisterns to save it all it does is cause more humidity in the summertime when you don't want it you'd save the water it would be easily filtered for potable water thankfully I think it's two years ago now they started putting in the large cisterns in Gilbert and areas of Phoenix but like you guys are 20 years behind the time here I would guesstimate that 45% of the toilets in residential use in the Phoenix area are 5 gallon flushes! That means when someone goes and takes a wee in the toilet they flush 5 gallons of potable water into the sewer system. The problem is the majority of the population don't even think twice of that when I was building houses in British Columbia next to a rainforest I started installing low flush toilets in the 90s that is the last century for conservation purposes and easing on the septic systems/sewerage processing place. To construct a pipeline even if it was temporary a basic rudimentary fix to the drought that plagues California Nevada and Phoenix and also by the time the Colorado gets to Mexico well it's a creek! Sadly , The Sea of Cortez used to go all the way up to Palm springs......yes it did. There are tens of thousands of swimming pools , and was clear witnessing and understanding I know that most of them aren't used every day! One of the excuses for draining the pool is it will crack my surface another reason for not putting a cover over the pool and sealing it down is I want to see it it looks pretty the most horrendous one is the people that want to have a water park in their backyard so once a week they invite their friends over have a crazy party so they can show off their incredibly expensive water park pool which is used for several hours evaporation is a lot worse than these and these are all just in the Phoenix area who's having evaporation rate per day (which is unbelievable! Phoenix is also one of the largest areas of fountains and water features going into developments etc University grounds. Rather despicable when you think about it what about using a very thin liquidated cooking oil with antifungalow in it
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  6722. i have 36 x 270watt panels with batteries but i am still grid tied, because not only does solar not produce enough power every single day but its also a good back up, my power bill went from 350 to 450 per month to 30 to 40 dollars per month and 10 dollars of that is connection fees, it cost me about 20k all up, this is NZ dollars too
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  6723. Well done holding pose at the end of the vid for so long :D !
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  6724. As a previous person said this is not an earthship, but, why not incorporate some of the ideas from an earthship? Why do you need such a big lawn to water? Downsize it and find a more sustainable way to water it. Create a water collection system and then you won't have to spend any utility bills on watering what lawn you have left. These are just a few ideas on ways to make your home more sustainable. I'm sure there's a hundred more.
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  6725. The price will come down, eventually.
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  6726. This is the third time Ive' watched this revue. I'm a ford guy from wayback and I'm sure this new electric truck is going to be a real winner for all of us and I think it will be really huge for ford!
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  6727. Cool I always wondered how that worked
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  6728. Great Video and very educational. Thank you.
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  6729. can't wait until people start using their trucks to steal electricity from work to partially run their homes and save money
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  6730. I was taught in school that Dunlop was the first to create vulcanised rubber. It’s just like the English say an English man created the web, while the American say they did. The English say John Logie Baird created the first working TV while the Americans say they did.
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  6731. i wish i had this info last year when my water heater took a poop on me in winter... would of been a great investment!
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  6732. For those worried about the battery going bad. Tesla's chemistry is likely to last 1 million miles and 90+% of the battery can be recycled
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  6733. Truly amazing
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  6734. Thanks for the great information...just subscribed to your channel...keep up the good work!
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  6735. Great Topic! ++Kitten. My wife may watch this now!
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  6736. I see lots of palms. How much date and coconut do they produce? Why the lawn? What could you save on food with a "food forest"? Is there a trend to switch to DC, e.g., appliances?
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  6737. Thanks!
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  6738. I agree with you with F vs C but Celsius makes more sense for freezing and boiling 100 to boil 0 to freeze. Just saying
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  6739. Love it. I’ve been thinking the same thing. Just did know how to do it.
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  6740. What a fantastic video presentation you have put together. I commend you for the incredible amount of data points you provided. Maybe you covered this and I missed it, but I’d be interested in knowing to what scale this technology would have to be implemented in order to achieve the amount of CO2 reduction that is needed to curb or reverse the effects of global warming. It sounds like a very promising technology, but I don’t see any urgency in implementing it unless it can make an environmental impact. Thank you
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  6741. Please do not respond to the whatsapp scammer in the comments below.
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  6742. I'm a fan of the project but the title is misleading. Earthships are a very specific design of house, not a currently existing home being upgraded. It's the kind of thing that damages a channels rep and causes folks to tune out
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  6743. You misspoke. Pots & pans need to be Ferro-Magnetic to work with an Induction cooktop. Copper won't heat in a magnetic feild.
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  6744. Imagine Flooding and Drought being history; not future.
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  6745. I had this idea years ago, but didn't think it was workable. I think there would be a problem with the EPA due to runoff contaminating the water.
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  6746. Thank you for the great content and hope!
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  6747. "That" was interesting. Thank you.
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  6748. This is why leaves are green. to conserve water. Nature is lit!
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  6749. Entry and exit ramps would be a good area with earth water exit toughs off to the sides... ? AI might be helpful in the Urban planing of where thirsty concrete can go also?
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  6750. Try and stay positive as this project is bigger than Ben Hur. You will get to the stage where it all seems uphill but keep going and film everything, big things small things, mistakes, bloopers, the lot. Get you home valued before and after.
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  6751. I imagine that solar adds quite a bit to the value of a home. Any input?
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  6752. 1. Haha, the metric discussion made it all the way into a video ;) 2. I like the graph visuals, just make sure the animations don't take away from the readability, like at 2:16. 3. Looking at the title, I almost thought this was a video by Technology Connections. 4. I liked the practical calculations and considerations. Also, I have always wondered: heat is usually waste, couldn't we let a machine or so do something useful and get the heat as a by product? Idk, like mining crypto to heat water? 5. You were mostly obscured by the end cards.
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  6753. I have been off grid 5 years now in California. 16000 watts of panels, 56kwh's of chevy volt batteries and 21000 watts of inverters.
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  6754. Good Morning Happy Mother's day to all . Now I have always wondered why we don't use salt water but this makes complete sense to me. Hopefully some day man kind can figure out a good way to use water 💦💧
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  6755. I watched this video while drinking my RO water made on my boat. We spend months at a time living off-grid, relying on our RO watermaker, and I often ask myself why RO isn't more widespread. I suspect one day it will have to be, but if those additional minerals can be extracted from the process then it's a no-brainer, surely?
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  6756. Great deep dive. Thanks !
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  6757. Ricky, you should do a program on the 1st nuclear power plant in the U.S. that was built at the Idaho National Laboratory. The coolant for this plant was not water! it was cooled, if memory serves, by a sodium based material. This power plant predates the advent of our modern nuclear navy which makes the story quite interesting. Admiral Hyman Rickover made the decision to cool nuclear subs with seawater. The problem with using the sodium material on a sub is because the sodium, when combined with saltwater, becomes explosive. Thus there is a tie between the proliferation of our nuclear navy with the growth of water cooled nuclear power plants. The sodium material would be much safer than using water.
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  6758. Very impressed. I think it could make sense as a community battery--say for a neighborhood. If you had one in a number of nearby neighborhoods then a single maintenance guy could just make his rounds regularly for checks and maintenance. However the nerd that I am, I was more interested in if this might be a good energy storage mechanism for a martian colony. The regolith is rich in iron, salt, and water. I had just considered water batteries (water tanks flowing through turbines by means of gravity). However, this solution is perhaps more interesting. My main requirement when thinking of a martian colony is that every technology must be reproducible in situ, on a practical level. Maybe this battery is. The excess hydrogen can also be useful for burning off excess oxygen from plants (enough vegetation to feed a population will unavoidably also produce too much oxygen for that same population). Burning hydrogen will provide heat but also destroy any CO (carbon-monoxide) build-up that might otherwise silently kill everyone in their sleep. I haven't seen any study address the CO problem. Mars has trace gases of CO at a deadly level. Coming in and out of the airlocks and especially bringing in regolith for material processing will release it and, at some point, it will be too much in the habitat. There are also a number of processes that produce too much hydrogen so, burning it off makes sense for many reasons.
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  6759. Thanks!
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  6760. I really enjoyed listening to your talk with Robert at the FullyCarged channel. Nice to see both channels collaborate. Starting off with this video I missed you have linked 0:14 campers tent to Charles Goodyear's discovery of rubber? Rubber was used prior in other applications and in 1823 Charles Macintosh was known for his method for making waterproof garment material by using rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha for cementing two pieces of cloth together making a waterproof raincoat and tent fabric. Also used in many other applications such as wellingtons, Boots, Gloves The Olmec Native Americans first invented rubber sometime before 1600 BCE. They developed methods to extract natural latex resin from the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), and cure the latex resin into stabilized rubber using the (sulfuric compounds) of the morning glory in order to create some of the world's first waterproof textile fabrics using cotton and other plant fibers. Sorry but again I doubt this to be true 0:39 "Without his critical discover in 1839, Rubber as we know it today would never have existed!" After 1839 and until now humanity would still be using tireless wheels, Sole-less shoes and countless other products wouldn't exist without Charles Goodyear inventing rubber? Someone was bound to have had the same thought process as has been the case with many inventors not knowing anything about their invention had already been discovered sometimes decades before I steer well away from history claims with so many deviations in recent history and humanities unknown history before records began. Everything we know today could have existed many times before, Maybe even more advanced. Knowledge becomes uncertain and fades away over time, We probably know very little of anything that has existed in earths history According to some archives in 1839 Robert William Thomson used his knowledge of chemistry adding sulfur to rubber to make the rubber more durable (Sulfur vulcanization) which was demonstrated on wheels at the time of Charles Goodyear's first tire patent application. History is filled with smoke screens, So called trusted websites with our world's history are never providing the same information which is immoral not only to the inventors but to everyone. People should be thankful to all inventors and their contributions big or small but sadly that's never the case I have been watching your channel for many years now and love your content so thank you
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  6761. Fantastic Video
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  6762. This is the way.. We need desalination in mass scale on the west coast.
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  6763. Very nice visualizations of heat transfer. Well done.
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  6764. If they can pump oil out of the tar sands in Canada and send it to Houston through a pipeline, then it’s a no brainer to build a pipeline from the areas of high flooding to the drought areas. This has been obvious for years.
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  6765. Fantastic video as aways😊😊😊
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  6766. How exciting. Looking forward to be following your journey of converting your home.
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  6767. Congratulations on the new house. Always exciting. Sometimes daunting. One of the comments you made near the end was demonstrative... about capitalism and innovation. Implies you think anything that is not capitalism means there is no innovation. Perhaps you mean people need stability in their lives to have the time, space, and freedom to innovate. One really effective way to do this is to fully fund all education and provide healthcare for all (to name two of the hot button issues). This can easily be done through the existing tax system and getting rid of the for profit education and healthcare systems. Those things have been branded by the MSM as "socialist", but to me they just make sense. Imagine if people could move freely throughout the employment system without the fear and uncertainty of being tied to a job they hate because of the "good" health insurance they have. Getting rid of the for profit healthcare system actually increases personal freedom and employment mobility. The less time people have to spend on healthcare issues means more time for everything else in their lives, like innovating. Right now we have unknown people at all insurance agencies telling you which doctor you can and cannot see, long lines for all types of doctors, a big PCP shortage because there is not much profit in being a PCP as compared to specializing, and a myriad of intentionally confusing healthcare plans with an endless web of paperwork. It's a catastrophe, marketed under the guise of "freedom" and "capitalism".
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  6768. Now your thinking
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  6769. That’s what I said they should have them everywhere would solve the water problem in a lot of regions
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  6770. Be interesting to see how this works for you. However, I hope you look at payback and financial and viability comparisons with current or alternative methods. What works in Southern California will probably not work in the upper Midwest or other extremely different climates.
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  6771. Thank you. The best tech video because it's here and useful.
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  6772. Why don't we sell the brine as table sea salt?
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  6773. Just build the World's largest aqueduct from the Pacific Ocean to Death Valley. In doing so you get hydroelectric power and fresh water from evaporation that will change the climate of the Southwest from a dessert to a subtropical region. This would also reduce the storms in the Midwest
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  6774. Nice digging, great job proving the bias of corporate-owned news organizations.
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  6775. steel roof & totally ditch the gas
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  6776. I'm very hopeful for a better future.
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  6777. This idea has been documented and discussed for well over 3000 years. It's either too smart or impossible.
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  6778. Hi Rick. You do a really great job with your channel. I enjoy it thorougly. Thanks
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  6779. Pump...pump....pump..,.it up!
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  6780. It won't be a "1500 mile battery" It will be a smaller "400 mile battery" (Remember the mission.... More units, better charging)
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  6781. OMG! I love this Ricky! Can’t wait to see the results.
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  6782. Also if desalination plants were powered by solar and wind wouldn't it be worth it
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  6783. Really good video! Yeah, you should do a couple on pneumatics. One as a storage of energy, and another, on use in tires, and shock absorbers, and actuators. Please include the Tata motors pneumatically powered India car.
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  6784. heat pump water heater yes. heat pump clothes dryer no. With a family there isnt anything sized big enough or fast enough for loads to keep up. heat pump furance/ac yes.
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  6785. innerdasting.
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  6786. Love your channel!
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  6787. Love your channel... so educational and interesting. Would love to interview you remotely for a featured story broadcasted on our radio station. Please message me if you would be interested ... or not. Any case thank you for your channel.
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  6788. make the switch to clothes line drying for washed clothing (summer outdoors, winter indoors and undies and socks indoors)
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  6789. I have a $50 induction cook top and the only noise it makes is the fan. I love it, it's so quick and easy compared to using the solid hot plate electric stove, which is THE SLOWEST cooking system on the planet.
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  6790. ❤️
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  6791. I'm using roll-on deodorant. I fixed the problem, right?
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  6792. Not enough torque from them tho :(
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  6793. REALLY looking forward to this next step!
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  6794. Great overview
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  6795. I've been thinking about this. I'm not sure we should be drawing heat away from the core of Earth.. Not on large scale anyway. I guess it's not something I should worry but - the depletion of that energy will solidify the core ( after a long while) - killing our magnetic field and frying us from cosmic rays and solar radiation. So It's ok if just a few people use it but if it is over done we will probably shorten the Earth lifespan.. That sounds ridiculous!
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  6796. Well the infrastructure there could be reused so scrap the mirrors, replace with solar panels :)
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  6797. If you wanna talk about tech disruption look at meta material companies I.e Meta Materials Inc Next Silicon Valley
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  6798. Amazing content as always!
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  6799. I've always wondered why they built gas pipelines but not water...It seems like they would have figured that out long ago.
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  6800. This “insane” plan has been obvious for decades.
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  6801. Looks awesome!! Great job Ford
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  6802. Step one… Get rid of the lawn and install a food forest.
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  6803. A very worthwhile plan. Would love to be able to do that as well.
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  6804. I said this, bury the power lines asap!! Forward thinking always helps!! Prayers for all involved!! 🙏💜🙏💜🙏
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  6805. Also, it will be the world’s largest wind tunnel.
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  6806. Cool vid 👍🏽
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  6807. Good luck man I’ll wait to see how that work out for you I will be watching your channel
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  6808. Housing a side note to my last comment. I am an off-grid installer Building Systems from scratch.
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  6809. love it!
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  6810. I am excited about the potential of LFTR's. I believe about the same amount of what the C.C.P. propaganda machine tells us as I do in Santa and the Easter bunny. We'll see.
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  6811. I loved the video. A very interesting subject to explore. Thank you
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  6812. 8:47 that’s the top view of an Aptera. I have 2 on preorder.
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  6813. What about solar pv t a lot of heat is lost there?
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  6814. The idea of pumping water from areas that flood often seems a bit unpractical. The idea needs to be more on water redirection. Take the Mississippi River watershed and use AI to divert river flow upstream of the Mississippi delta at specific locations to lake Meade. I grew up in the wetlands of Louisiana, there needs to be some action on coastal restoration. It is incredibly frightening to see how fast the inland swamps are being eroded away.
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  6815. You were born for this. Love your insight!!!!
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  6816. We could pump glacier water from the Alaskan pipe line.
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  6817. Love this, seeing other options and a realistic approach is awesome!
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