Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "DW Documentary" channel.

  1.  @sonyatishkovsky828  Not all though. Russia is a big place with a lot of diverse opinions even if they're not always started in public. Look up some of the Russian YouTubers, it's quite interesting.
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  2.  @genuz  They might not change the government, but they're reducing the military capacity of Russia and its economic capacity. It's essentially removing the fangs from a snake. Not something you'll do if you have another choice, but better than being bitten yourself. Sanctions have nothing to do with "feeling good". It's a economic war. I'm sorry that ordinary civilians ends up suffering from the collateral damage. But it really can't be helped.
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  3.  @genuz  Their tank factories etc has closed down.
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  4. Hum, my thoughts seeing this is that he should have a better system to carry stuff, padding for his back, straos around his waist and shoulders etc. And also, that's a way too low a wage for that job as well as too high a load pr trip... I can see a scarf with Norwegian flags on it that he's wearing, so I'm assuming that he has encountered Norwegians at some point, perhaps even worked for some... If he fid work for some I hope they paid him well, because this isn't good enough.
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  5. ​​​​ @SeattlePioneer Actually if you can produce enough renewable when it's available you can use power storage for the rest of the time. Norway alone has enough reservoirs to provide all of Europe with power for 12 days if my calculations aren't too far off if they're all converted to pumped hydro storage instead of used for electricity production only... The main problem is a lack of power transmission infrastructure and that they're generally without any pumps to pump up the water to begin with... Add the Alps and the various other mountain chains of Europe and add other forms of energy storage... Also, here in Norway we actually have negative electricity prices when there's a lot of rain and wind meaning that anyone producing say hydrogen would actually be paid for pulling power out of the system during our peak production when water has to be released for safety reasons to avoid a reservoir collapsing etc... Hydrogen made from water that can be used in natural gas power plants if they're designed to handle the intense heat. It's not as efficient as a hydrogen fuel cell, but given that it can use both hydrogen and natural gas it provides the flexibility and reliability that fuel cells can't just yet. As for nuclear power plants it takes too long to build new ones that's safe and they're too expensive when you factor in safety, certification, and managing the waste and also just the decommissioning afterwards, and the reliability of that power is a problem in itself for the transition to renewables. You need the peaks to have a high enough power price to justify the power storage, and that allows storage companies to pay enough during the peak renewable production to make those viable in the capacities we actually need. If nuclear power covers that power it's the renewable power that's removed from the grid when there's a excess power, not the nuclear power as they need to have deals with the government or the power companies with guaranteed purchases to be viable and they can't easily be shut off and on again like natural gas or hydropower can. And the nuclear power creates the excess renewable power during peak production, because it's there even while the renewable power is also there, making it less economically viable... Also, nuclear power is only "green" when you look at systems that has existed for a long time. Creating new ones creates a lot of pollution... Also, while the current girl might last a long time with current production, if we where to ramp up production the currently usually used fuels wouldn't last long at all. There's alternative fuels and nuclear technologies, but those require more research. Nuclear power is not an area where you should experiment in the field given the high risks involved... Anyway, investments are needed regardless of of what we choose to do. In the case of Norwegian pumped hydro we don't have enough power transmission capacity to deal with transmission even within Norway, let alone to Germany and the continent.
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  6.  @SeattlePioneer  Actually separate species in different rivers is common for fresh water species. Rivers and lakes are essentially like oasis or islands, separate from other fresh water by distance and a environment that's hostile to the species in question causing separation as you can see in the DNA. So that statement that they have no clue just isn't true. And removing old dams is justified, however you can make new that's compatible in some cases and create separate paths for the fish, like salmon stairs.
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  7.  @SeattlePioneer  They don't reproduce in the ocean,nor can they cross backwards and forwards freely. And yes, occasionally repopulation can happen. But that doesn't mean that this should be taken lightly.kpk,p As for speciation... That takes time. But yes, eventually they'd develop into a new subspecies, and possibly with time, a new species. Adapting to the slightly different conditions.
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  8.  @167mm167  I'm a green voter too, but the world is more nuanced then that. I agree that building new nuclear power plants is a bad idea. But keeping old ones for the time being is actually sensible. And gas power plants capable of using hydrogen isn't a bad idea either. Saying that green energy can't cover our needs is obviously wrong. Existing reservoirs in Norway can already provided the whole of EU with power for 12 days when full, meaning that if they're converted to pumped hydro energy storage they can cover most of the storage needs of Europe. When it's raining too much and some water has to be released in order to keep the reservoirs from bursting the energy prices sometimes goes negative and production of green hydrogen is actually viable. It requires high energy prices when there's no wind or sun to make providing that stored power profitable, but it's absolutely viable. Add better infrastructure, power from Morocco, Norway, Ireland and Ukraine all on the same network and we can adapt to most issues. The Alps and Pyrenees can also provide some pumped hydro. It's not ideal, but it does work.
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  9. 5:22 And that's just wrong... Energy storage exists. And we already have enough water reservoirs in Norway to store all of the EUs power needs for 12 days, just with pumped hydro and no other power production at all, including renewables. Add hydrogen production during our peaks when there's too much precipitation and we have to release more water and you can easily add a few more days to that equation. There might not be enough sunlight during the winter but add in wind and you'd need quite a bit of time to empty our storage capacity entirely. Yes it does require investments in power transfer infrastructure, pumping infrastructure etc, but the actual reservoirs are already there for 12 days of EU power use when 100% full. Add in storage elsewhere in Europe like the Alps etc and add in more power transfer infrastructure in general to exploit the renewable production that's there and you'll easily be able to produce enough excess at times to pump up that water to last through a winter I'm sure. And sure, maybe occasionally the gas power plants might have to mix in a little natural gas with the hydrogen to make sure it lasts long enough, but this is doable even if it's not easy.
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