Tier List of Energy Sources Explained

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[amirfitri]

I love how it is transitioning from the usage of methane gas to harvesting energy from a fvcking blackhole

[phaiz]

The anti-nuclear crowd has always been a weird thing IMO. Coal plants pump out lots of toxic fumes and plenty of radiation on their own.

[nobleman]

*Demon Engines powered by human Souls and suffering*

[aztecs__]

Awesome tier list Sciencephile, but I need to ask. Can the energy output of yelling into a microphone really loudly at 3am provide enough energy output to power an introvert?

[DasMaurice]

I still despise my countries past and present government for getting rid of nuclear power. And the worst is, a lot of people are still in favor of that action (Germany)

[lief]

Dams are more nuanced, in low quantity they are very good since the reservoir is already a positive by itself. The more we scale it, the less efficient it becomes since we build less and less needed reservoirs. Basically we already dammed the best spots, any new dam will be inferior unless we are smart and restrained.

[PossumReviews]

The problem with antimatter is, even if we found a way to obtain it cheaply, it annihilates upon contact with matter, which makes it extremely difficult and dangerous to store. You basically have to suspend it in a vacuum using magnetic fields and prevent it from touching anything, and this would require constant power, and if that power ever failed, you have what is essentially a nuclear bomb.

[cyrilio]

Love the Tom Scott references throughout the video. Great job

[HeyDaki]

As a Factorio player, I see this as an absolute win.

[kirillnikonov]

- Ranks energy sources by efficiency
- Puts the ones that carried our civilization through industrial revolution to space age and still account for more than half of energy today in F tier together with hamster wheel

[planellas]

Hello, researcher here. One tecnology I wouldve liked to see on the list is perhaps betavoltaic cell, it is able to use many of the beta emitting byproducts of nuclear fission and generate energy from them, It is also used in electron capture detector gas chromatography to detect the presence of halogenated compounds, ketones, and nitro containing compounds. Sure it cant be scaled up like some of the energy sources on this list, it shares a simular carbon foot print as nuclear energy, but without the risk... This technology coupled with nuclear fission could allow us to extract an additional 10-18% of the energy contained in the nuclear material over time, and for that reason Betavoltaic cells are a good honorary mention in my opinion, as it is currently being researched to increase the energy efficiency of thorium plutonium molten salt reactors, and even existing plutionium uranium water cooled nuclear fission reactors. Just some thoughts as I dont imagine many people watching this video had heard about this technology but it certainly is something fascinating, and it is just one of those things where it could help convince people more of the possibilities of nuclear power, it would be the future most certainly if fissile material wasnt so scarce

[NikitkaDreamer]

Would love a tier list on alternative power sources tbh. There are so many wonderful technologies that avg people never heard about and don't know their prospects and downsides.

[keepitclean]

Sciencephile is trying to figure out which energy sources to power his AI uprising

[titaniummechsx]

Nuclear Fission is really underrated, also if you think deeply solar energy is just nuclear fusion from a really long distance

[NoOne-yvei]

“So, we’ve finally built the epic Dyson sphere! What now?”
Power industry: TURBINES! Just like all the other sources we’ve know so far!

[Ari_Rari]

Perfect timing, eating poptarts and watching sciencephile is the best way to start my morning

[tomm]

Sadly, the potential of nuclear energy won't be realized until the people who were alive during the Chernobyl disaster passes away. The ridiculous amount of misconceptions and other similar stuff due to fear made sure of that.

[tejas]

5:35 Has gotta be the most aesthetically pleasing fan I've ever seen

[LightningQ]

I hate Germany for shutting of every nuclear power plant while opening new coal plants. Just why??

[Jokoko]

I feel like the nuclear panic did more harm than good for the world.