Neil deGrasse Tyson on Sending Electricity Through the Air is Possible?⚡| #physics #jre #shorts #fyp

JoeRogan Podcast with Neil DeGrasse Tyson #1347

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Dive into a fascinating conversation with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson as he evaluates Tesla’s revolutionary idea of broadcasting electricity. He explores the practicality, potential risks, and the science behind wireless power transmission.

[wtfftw]

Flammable objects: 🌚
Tesla free energy: 😏
The whole f-ing city: 🔥🔥

[BackYardScience]

This is why high voltage power lines are way up in the air and far away from even each other.

[UNSCSpartan]

Yeah look into super high power and just being near it and how dangerous it is. From working on power plants doing overhauls and upgrades we had to be very aware of just how close equipment was getting to certain lines around the plant, as getting say a crane or forklift even 60ft away from some of them was enough for it to potentially arc to the equipment on the REALLY high power lines.
If a line came down on your equipment or you somehow managed to hit the lines you had to stay in the equipment unless it's literally burning down around you. At that point you don't step out you hop out, letting completely go of the equipment and landing on both feet then don't take a step but shuffle with both feet planted on the ground 6in at a time until you are at least 30ft+ away. Just taking a step when near that line grounded through the equipment meant you could connect the waves grounding out through the ground like ripples on a lake.
Yeah high power is scary and it leaves little to no room for mistakes at all. So having enough that it can radiate for miles is insane. Directed energy has some feasibility but in very limited situations as it's not nearly as efficient as a hardline.
Take phone chargers for example. A wired and wireless phone charger shows just how inefficient it is. The wireless charger will at minimum use something like 50% more power to charge the phone and that's with the phone right on top of it now imagine the phone is across the room 10ft away. The wired bleeds a minimal amount across that 10ft will the wireless from across the room would need exorbitant amounts of power wasted to charge the phone at that point.

[karlwade]

Ia everyone gone mad. Electricity is extremely dangerous. Has no one here seen electrical accidents. I am an experienced electrician. This video is common sense to me. Also do some research on Tesla, you might have a different opinion afterwards.

[mgriff]

I use to work at a 50, 000 watt am radio station...I would hold a fluorescent light tube close to the transmitter coils and it would light up unattached to wires.

[chill_future]

As these comments illustrate, Tesla is every dumb guy's favorite smart guy.

[andrew]

He actually wanted to transmit power through the earth, not through the air. During his time at Colorado Springs he experimented by oscillating standing waves through the earth essentially creating a power reservoir using his magnifying transmitter. Instead of the air, he used the earth as the conductor, thus enabling power to be harnessed at any point on the globe.

[vanjahruska]

To all the people talking crap about Tesla in the comments --> Tesla is literally the reason why you can read this comment on a device you can fit in your pocket. This was all built on the shoulders of giants and Tesla is the biggest giant of them all. Give the guy some credit.

[Mark]

They are currently working on a wireless, cordless, chi free charger to charge cell phones at a distance.

[eze-takes]

Tesla was a genius but even geniuses can have a flawed idea every now and then

[nathankeller]

Tesla's idea was actually genius. His idea actually was to eventually tap into the earths magnetic field and draw energy from that. Warden cliff tower was a large scale experiment to find the frequencies required for that. You would be surprised how much power the earths magnetic field can generate.

[the_joshmarks]

The Boston Museum of Science had a testla coil demonstration. We were children sitting no more than 50 feet from the mechanisms while the demonstrator explained things like lightning and being grounded in a car. He sat in a metal cage the whole time

Alternating current electricity is bound to the laws of physics just the same, but comparing wired power infrastructure to wireless power is like comparing nickelodeon movie boxes to movie projectors; one makes more sense to the rich investors and the other to the average entrepreneur.

AC "bounces" between poles and relies on equilibrium to push the power along the lines. Technology and knowledge protect us from frying ourselves more often than not.
Similarly, Tesla wireless power relies on other technology to function safely and efficiently. This would include technology within our own homes. The primary difference is how profitable AC power is compred to "free" energy. Once all the technologies, infrastructure and knowledge is distributed, it simply needs to to maintained. No fossil fuels to buy. No $ tick for the power company to siphon.

[Johnny-Torres-Cedeno]

The Key is in the Frequencies... gut feeling and something I think Tesla had said once.

[nickm.]

Didn't realize there were so many reality-denying Tesla fans till reading this comment section 😂

[rdel]

Tesla understood enough and was pioneering enough to contribute revolutionary technologies. Had things gone differently, he may have very well contributed even more revolutionary technologies. But, every genius and thinker has thresholds from where they go from thought experiments to provable and applicable advancements and technologies. Neil is a self-admitted “science educator.” He understands enough to convey science to the layman and is well-versed enough and credentialed enough to speak upon what we currently understand. In his defense, I think people put too much upon him to be the “be-all-know-all.” I think most academics and himself realize he’s not going to win any Nobel Prizes. Just take him for what is. A smart man, that’s a good communicator and educator to the general public.

[PlagueOfGripes]

Tesla had a lot of ideas. Most were terrible. But that's also how most good ideas get started: a mountain of bad ones. That said, wireless energy can be done but it absolutely will kill you if it's powering anything you care about.

[MartinGasparini]

you don't need to send energy to the air... but if every home could generate enough energy using combination of solar power wind and geothermic... you have more than enough energy basically for free

[allenbrumbelow]

Real Free energy that you're not allowed to have because it can't be taxed

[Tonyrg]

Power is already broadcasted through the air. Its called lightning.

[vivavaldez]

"Jamie, pull up the clip of that bear flying through the air!"