How Geothermal Power Plants REVOLUTIONIZED Iceland - ICELANDIC BANANA SAGA

Ep 600 PART 4: Icelandic Banana Saga
Location: Iceland

In Part 4 of my six-part series on The Icelandic Banana, today we're going big and talking about how geothermal energy has transformed the country... oh and we'll talk about berries too!

A big thank you to The Agricultural University Of Iceland. For more information about them and what they do, visit the link below. For tours of the facility, please make an appointment.

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[ariariaris]

“And then, bada bing bada boom: You watch wheel of fortune. It’s as easy as that.”

[suzannax]

I'm enjoying this Iceland series. It's interesting to see how they've adapted growing in the harsh climate

[Stupha_Kinpendous]

Ha! Your chalkboard animation killed me. This series is just fabulous, man. I'm loving it.

[barrett]

JAREDD the stop motion though bruh STOP MOTION

[lapatron]

Hey one point! The condensed steam is practically never used for heating, rather it is put in a heat exchanger with cold groundwater on the other side which is then used for house heating.

This is because the steam still has a bunch of minerals in it like the blue lagoon water and will clog any pipe quickly.

Most hot water for house heating in iceland that uses geothermal energy is still just pumped hot water from low temperature zones (temperatures less than 150°C at a depth of a kilometer) and that water is not suitable for electricity production at a large scale.

Source; I work in the Hellisheiði geothermal power plant

[michaelperrone]

Fun fact: the massive amount of hydropower was introduced due to lobbying by the aluminum industry, because most of the world's aluminum was made in Iceland due to the cheap cost of electricity, until the Aluminum industry outgrew the geothermal power available. By that time, institutional momentum meant it was easier to further increase energy production, rather than to move the aluminum plants elsewhere.

[anne-droid]

Best educational film-within-a-film since "The Moon of Earth".

[tawneehaven]

I can’t believe YouTube algorithms. This series is amazing.

[sharonromero]

I’m really enjoying the videos you are doing from Iceland. Quite educational & fun. I always laugh when you come to explain something, you pause & say, “I don’t know.” Great job. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe. Blessings

[EvanBoyar]

I loved the Beakman's World homage!

[alandonaly]

I like this series I haven't watched much on Iceland.

[StuffandThings_]

I love how you're storytelling in this series, following the whole saga on how this ridiculous thing can even be possible. And branching out to related subjects is really cool too! In the future, it might be worth looking at other features of the local landscape when trying fruits, and how it has influenced them. Like a nearby volcano providing incredibly fertile soil, or surrounding mountain ranges cutting off an area and giving it a unique evolutionary history.

[joshlipp]

Wonderful banana animation at the end.

[Bluedini]

Just wanted to say that I’ve really enjoyed this series so far. It is VERY well done. You should be super proud of this one. It reminds me of something I’d watch on National Geographic.

[sum_rye_hash_]

hahaha the professor voice over was killin me lol! also that chalkboard animation must have taken forever! im impressed with how well the banana kept its shape through out the whole thing!

[FishPlinko]

Oh my god, I love the geothermal informational section haha

[butterfingersman]

this is honestly super interesting and i love your energy and presentation style

[chrisconte]

Reverse psychology worked on me i guess — after I heard you announce on your livestream that you wont be uploading the last two parts on schedule I decided to watch the first four parts and I’m pining for the conclusion!

[TealCheetah]

I like that you're including other things

[MrWalksindarkness]

for some reason youtube was not showing these in my feed until I watched your livestream about the videos not performing well