Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "World Solar Energy Network... Could this work?" video.

  1. A costly venture but when you think about how much the world is spending on fossil fuels, which I think I heard is 11 trillion per year, the idea sounds less crazy in an ideal world where the world is united and that for me is where the real problem is, the world is too divided with political and economic games being played out across the world that would make it highly risky to have the world's energy source from three locations and a lot of countries wouldn't trust their energy needs coming from those three locations, especially with everything that's going on with energy security right now. Personally, I think it makes a lot more sense to work on the battery capacity, we can already produce a lot of energy by renewables if we could store weeks or even months worth of energy and for example, I checked on my home, a 9 kilowatt solar setup, I can generate around 2 and a half times more energy than my house uses in the UK, the problem is, a lot of that energy is in the summer months, if we could store that energy, I could power all my electric needs, plus a EV car and a bit of heating, but it won't be enough energy for all the heating and cooling but with solar getting cheaper and better all the time, that can change or if they find ways to produce more energy on cloudy winter days, that would be ideal. Battery tech is the real issue that needs to be resolved, once we find a cheap solution where we can store weeks or months of energy, that's when the game changer begins, even with the current renewable tech we have but by the time that problem is solved, renewable will be better and cheaper by then. Personally, I think the future is going to go with more localized energy where households, businesses and so on produce their own energy, something that should be doable once battery tech is a lot better, doing it this way is also a lot more secure and likely cheaper as it's more localized which would lead to free energy for us all. But in any case, say we do go with the idea in the video, why limit to three locations, why not 20 or 30 locations around the world or even more? It would be a lot more secure and likely work out cheaper on the cost of power deliver, the amount of solar or wind needed won't change but it would be a lot more secure to have energy being generated in a lot more countries than just three locations, with that, have a interconnected grid, something the Europeans are already doing around Europe and it sounds a lot more feasible.
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