Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "Engineering with Rosie" channel.

It'll never happen because the rich are selfish, and corporations are structurally designed not to care.
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It's fascinating but it amazes me that there is not a simple formula that you can plug the variables into and derive a result. I wonder what the deciding factor is in how large to go as well?
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It blows my mind that ANY human being is saying "On one hand what we're doing will guarantee the extinction of all life on Earth, but on the other hand NOT doing that will temporarily make a tiny percentage of wealthy people less profit for a while." Why the hell is the rest of humanity tolerating this?!
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How is it a strawman if it happens?
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@bartroberts1514 Bravo.
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@EngineeringwithRosie When you cover how large to go, I hope it will also cover boat propellors. I guess they are limited by how much they can intrude into the hull of the ship. Look up "Titanic propellors" and you will see something truly fascinating. I wonder why they made THAT choice?
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@ Goodness, me it was three years ago. My memory is not that good sorry.
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Great video Rosie. Ultimately, whatever the cost, it's cheaper than killing the entire planet. The massive problem is, the political support of donor/personally invested fossil fuel industries.
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Does the cost of maintenance increase or decrease with size? Is it likely that alternate sources of energy are already, or will become more economical? With climate change, will stronger winds create complications for these systems? Also, 181cm tall - you could install some of these turbines manually! ;-)
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The one thing I took from this is that you are a closet Aussie! :-) Perhaps it will never be possible to achieve carbon neutral bio-energy, but surely, LESS carbon is better than high carbon? Also, considering biofuel plantations as potential food is perhaps as illogical as considering land in the Hebrides as potential for low cost housing. Would ordinary people be using that land for affordable food otherwise?
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@EngineeringwithRosie Ahhh, but that's what I would expect you to say Rosie. Fiendishly clever! :-) In seriousness, your accent sounds kind of rural English though. Have you spent time here?
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@EngineeringwithRosie Tom Jones eh, that's not unusual. Either way, you have a lovely accent and I continue to enjoy your thoughtful content. Be well Rosie.
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Never underestimate the willingness of ultra-leftist governments to spend billions of other people's money on projects whose immediate benefits are unproven. The PR benefits are a factor beyond the mere superficial profitability of such technology. I suspect that the explosion of artificial intelliegece, both in design and control of such systems also has the potential to be assist them greatly. This planet needs innovative solutions, and whether it comes now or in 1000 years, there come a point where ANY cost is acceptable compared to the alternative.
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@EngineeringwithRosie Did you know that solar power was one of the fastest growing industries in America Rosie? Then the fossil fuel industry lobbied their senators and a TARIF was placed upon solar power, whilst aid was given to the oil companies. This goes way beyond a selfish reticence to change Rosie - these people are evil. Corporations, by their nature are evil. They are ruthlessly immoral. All they want to do is maximise profit, and they don't care what the cost to lives or the planet. And they are aided by greedy politicians. I love that you are out there designing solutions that are cheaper than the alternatives, but at the core, corporations are ACTIVELY opposing you. Just this week, we learned that a green exhibition at the Science Museum was sponsored by Shell, who then demanded that a whole bunch of stuff was removed from the exhibition. You know the old wive's tale about the car companies buying up hydrogen fuel technology. Do you doubt for a second that they WOULDN'T do that if such a technology appeared?
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@brianm8846 Population DECLINE is the likely problem for the future, not growth. China has gone from a one child policy to urging couples to have more, and across the western world, the rate of growth is deccelerating, and will soon be declining.
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@brianm8846 "The population will stabilize because... " The population will NOT stabilise - it will decrease. One huge factor is female education and autonomy, although education in general decreases populations. A decrease in religiosity, and more recently, a decrease in living wage and places to live all contributer to population deecrease. In the 3rd world, children were seen as a way to increase family labour, but as people become upwardly mobile, that "necessity" disappears.
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@anderslvolljohansen1556 I agree that we should not stop trying, but corporations have a greater hold over governments now than they have EVER had. And HAVE we saved the ozone? I hardly think so or climate change would not still be the issue of our time.
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@chainesciences7125 "A population decline is very painful" This is a failure of the welfare state. Old people should not be dependent upon the young to support them. Nor should they go to their graves with vast personal holdings in money and property. Companies are permitted to pay less in real terms, and everybody expects to own their own homes. Then when they retire, they expect a comfortable life. Meanwhile, the underlying financial structures are manipulated by the wealthy.
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@Tamizushi Such as whom? And how?
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@anderslvolljohansen1556 I'll have to defer to your knowledge on that Anders.
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@chainesciences7125 Old people have FAR more disposable income than the young, and that money can create wealth by investment. I HATE the attitude that sees old people as a burden, and the young are maintainers. The old have spent 50 years investing in the system that they go on to withdraw from. By the same token, the young are NOT slave labour to support to old!
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@Tamizushi In Britain, we have literally zero control over who becomes a lawmaker. In America, they have the illusion of choice.
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@chainesciences7125 Perhaps the government needs to give young people more incentive to stay...
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@chainesciences7125 Of course free money exists. No currency on the planet attaches to actual wealth - it's all just fiat currency. Sure, if the government just printed a trillion dollars worth of lira, the economy would go into free fall, but the point is, there ARE solutions. Right now, every single government has spent trillions it supposedly doesn't have. So now what? We all work for nothing until it's paid back?
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@chainesciences7125 Sorry but I don't unerstand what you mean
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Sounds like someone is trying to justify their mountain biking waste! 😉 But seriously, this doesn't have to be a single solution problem. A million cycle sheds across a planet seems inconsequential, but burying all the blade waste in cement, seems like an easy solution with China alone producing 2.4 billion tons in 2020.
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