it is pronounced 1st. considered as a mystery or a. certain. degree of. the case for innovation couldn't be clearer the world's become a very different place and a pandemic is forcing companies to change the way they do business history shows firms that invest in innovation through a crisis outperform the competition in a recovery if they survive that it's it's a balancing act the challenge is seizing the opportunity crises frighten investors

and what's not to be scared about look at all the bankruptcy's the people out of work i'm happy i'm not in the hospitality sector and then i didn't start a business at any time in this crisis and of any type but what's going to happen to all those empty hotels and restaurants and the people who did launch a new business smack bang in the middle of a pandemic. kirillov least a hotel during the pandemic most of her rooms are empty. no one's checking in today tonga heading has just opened a restaurant but she has no guests are sick a crisis brings opportunities and as a team we want to just seize the moment. and we can keep this up much longer. having her own hotel was a dream come true for kiran and she enjoys chatting to the few guests that come. despite the pandemic lloyd took the plunge and invested a lot of money. but her hotel's occupancy rate is now just $0.12.

we didn't expect things to be this bad and of course we're unsure we're worried about what the future will bring. 'd life partner patrick went into the business together. is now in the middle of the crisis we're a real support for each other i think on our own each of us would probably have given up already. had. together they put several 100000 euros into giving the hotel interior a make over they used all their savings and money from the family to the plan and we obviously didn't plan to open in the middle of a crisis the planning was all done before that but we decided to go through with it anyway. we're just trying to delay the launch as long as possible. or and

we saw our earnings that was the 1st month we thought ok if it continues like this then we can live with it breaking even it will survive. and now we're trying to hang on as long as we can. get henning was thrilled when he was able to rent the restaurant. long dreamed of in downtown. and even though he has no guests right now and take away all that is several out for him it's a huge stroke of luck. this is an opportunity if you look at the place there's just nowhere else like it in berlin and when you get that chance you have to grab it you can't do anything else. in the kitchen only opens at lunchtime from thursday to sunday the other days they just do what they can yeah. we've got to know each other in this time and you know what it makes each other take. the

processes involved in the business and the point of sale system accounting etc it's all been a slow introduction. they're doing the basement tell me how the party. was heading gave up a well paid job as a manager in real estate to pursue his restaurant dream. now he's living off his savings. back to the coronavirus into our calculations we also took it into account during contract negotiations and the owners accommodated this extremely well they 100 of land demick clause in our contract. you sign a contract for 10 years you know things are hard for you $23.00 or maybe 4 months at the beginning that's the blink of an icon to that 10 year contract to do

continue on. is also optimistic for now. we have no regrets about taking this step this crisis in particular has brought us closer as a team we've grown together and taken the hurdles together is a good start. one of their regular guests popped by recently with a surprise and. we were there during a difficult time. now that we're not doing so well with a covert crisis he suddenly appeared at the reception and handed us a box containing little gifts. and a donation of 2000 euros. 5000. that was really a lot of money for him it was very generous and we were just incredibly touched i was moved to tears that someone could be so kind at a time like this and want to support a side of the. 'd partner

say they can hold out until april but after that they may well have to give up on their dream. the incoming president of the united states joe biden says he wants to pump trillions of dollars into clean energy sources for many a ray of hope for others a nightmare like in the western state of wyoming where the coal industry is in freefall it's seen thousands of jobs lost the oil and gas industry is also feeling the pinch and green alternatives like wind turbines well they just haven't had enough luck as far as making jobs go so far at least so is this only a crisis or could it also be an opportunity.

welcome to gillette wyoming the south proclaimed energy capital of the united states the energy. industry has been the backbone of this community for 40 years. but the $30000.00 residents tested a rough patch until just about 10 years ago coal mining here and elsewhere in wyoming made up a whopping 40 percent of the total in a christie makes in the u.s. now it's a 20 percent many tools a former prosperity mere memorabilia these days and thinks i'm not likely to get any better for the state fossil fuel industries to the contrary president elect biden candidate biden said more than once that he intended to move the united states away from fossil fuels we take him at his word and that's going to be tough and we will we will do what we can to fight it but. the gas industry in

wyoming lost a 3rd of its jobs from $13000.00 down to $9000.00 in one year alone the coal industry lost 2 and a half 1000 jobs within the last 4 yes now only about 4 and a half 1000 people work in coal a far cry from what was once i think we're not losers for a coal industry in particular it's going to be a tough 4 years at least on the outskirts of the office for coal miners work and send all of this working in the local fossil fuel industry and they're all worried says office owner jim plates and to be cults he worked 22 years in coal himself before running his saloon. you know why people come and have a drink once in a while because they discuss their economic futures and they discuss their lifetime futures the fears in this energy if your energy prices don't go up we don't have any way to make a living that's the bottom line. or guess that's the bottom one.

but the new biden administration's economic plan locates $1.00 trillion dollars to renewable and clean energy for folks here so this is a nightmare we're not into the renewable energy fossil fuels were. those windmills running down with are not going to save anybody in this country. the new face of wyoming looks increasingly like this when turbine generators as far as one can see we're visiting a pacific or build on top of what used to be the glen rock coal mine 114000 acres $158.00 when turbines are generating clean energy now pacific orifice owned by no other than warren buffett his holding company berkshire hathaway plans to invest a total of $6000000000.00 into wind and solar in wyoming that sounds good but there's a problem clean energy doesn't generate enough new jobs and state tax revenue to

offset the combined losses suffered from the declining fossil fuel industry. the real challenge in the state is trying to find him replacement activity people to make a living. and finding ones that they want to do i mean it has to match with your culture and your identity so that's tough. people here always identified with coal oil gas and ranching rick rand is a 4th generation cattle rancher for many years he tried to make it by just being a rancher not anymore he's not old so. today 15 when turbines on his property generate power for the grid and needed extra income for rick this changes benefited our family greatly this change is given us a steady revenue it's allowed us to be. part of the bigger picture with the war on

coal and not knowing where fossil fuels and what part they're going to play our country in this world needs electricity. that the city is spending on technology and new research that allows coal to become better carbon capture new coal products and hopefully a good working relationship with the incoming administration for the mayor this will make them when there's. any give me the option because we are looking forward we have already been working with department of energy and if you take president biden at his word i mean he just wants us all to work together so i take comfort in that because that's what we want to do. seems like it's not all gloom and doom for wyoming embracing change will be key. climate change will sooner or later force the energy sector to change its ways so

what are some of the sustainable opportunities i recently discovered the power of geothermal energy on a trip to iceland is spectacular and or inspiring knowing that fountain of water old guys could burn you to death it's around $100.00 degrees celsius is a vast reservoir of readily accessible energy right beneath our feet in this climate friendly energy source is really tapped the question is why not. obviously it's not only the senate and stunning. field there one hour makes plans of mice hot and messy. and it makes clean electricity and heating for the isis. but not only iceland is blessed geothermal energy could power the world for generations to come and to best thing is we can find some energy in every place on this planet it's

a sustainable eternity of to fossil fuels for countries around the world. in a shaft it's on the ring of fire and it makes us having the biggest official in the world but it is still largely untapped and most people would never have heard of it and have no comprehension of what you do for a ball if. so how does geothermal energy work and why is so much of it still not being used. it's almost like going to indian planet we want a lot of people from during the break to work out. what a description of ice in fact people did of very proud of how geothermal energy has changed a country iceland has moved to from being a poor country primarily you're seeing the importance of oil and coal issues than we have transformed our energy system and geothermal energy and renewable it's became flies lumped with chocolate and banking office which in the system creates

heating our own life out of 10 houses and almost 60 percent it's just said let's start with a small one no one here what is geothermal energy. heat warms water that has seeped into on the ground reza was you can drill 2 x. is it or at the tectonic plate andris the water breaks through the earth's surface as steam or hot water all by itself. and if you're really clever you can direct that into a turban and generate electricity and after using it the cold water is pumped back into the areas and in inside the ears it's heated again on the way to the producing oil and that's what it's like a cycle of fault and cold water. and almost limitless renewable source that can be used for heating and electricity. like in iceland where geothermal energy has

become more and more important it was pushed in the 1970 s. when all crisis hit the world and shook tiny iceland as well from harlem bombs or. a story from. and it's a crisis of like you sort of use the. speed of. almost. all important. a success story in countries around the world are learning from iceland and a keen to use to technology back home and especially in indonesia this could be a game changer it is nice that is an island archaeological because you can see south thousands are violins deligated along the equator and on top of the ring the effect of will cain the so-called ring of fire. we just say cynically active until now and it makes us having to be just get them up in the world approximately $29.00 go words of potential geothermal power is spread across hundreds of locations on

several islands such as java to love the sea sumatra and bali but how much is that really 29 go words well and back to the future in the eighty's it took 1.21 gigawatts to travel through time a crazy big number back down. point 25. today $29.00 gigawatts can be expressed as the output per year of $29.00 medium sized nuclear power plants or $12340.00 for wind turbines that means potentially more than one 3rd of indonesia's energy capacity could come from geo film apollo plants one day it's now still mostly public by coal. 60 to present a home at the city comes from the poor on bad information we have this week and the sions fund that are called parkland and it makes the air pollution it's going so

badly here that's why we need to change our energy choice and geothermal energy could be a smart choice there is are available 24 hours per day $365.00 days per year in contrast so we're. on cloudy days or wind when the wind doesn't blow and as it is a clean technology it could tell decarbonize the policy not only in indonesia but in other parts of the world the wrong tree to 4 percent of global energy demand by 2050 could be supplied from geothermal estimates say. today just around the quantum of the norm potential around the world is being used one reason is it is not attractive to investors in the short term because it takes years to develop. once the operation is firmly developed and everybody is everything is running well it is definitely

a parish you are making money left and right but it takes a long time and people are impatient and not a problem it's just thermal exploration could trigger earthquakes not just the drilling itself but removing the steam and returning to water can destabilize the undergrowth it's rare but it can happen and in indonesia. is also resistance because many areas a sacred moment people thinking. is really out of their mind if that holy place is being trio you'll get just a minute and since coal is still the top priority in indonesia it is hard to sell the idea of green geothermal energy. the local people who live close to the region all of the just a manager resources they don't talk about the change they don't talk about green energy the issue of green energy is not really despite some technological problems

geothermal energy seems to have great potential not only in iceland but around the world and if we've learned something from the icelanders it's that other countries could start promoting and investing much more into it because there does a great and clean source of power waiting to be used right there. and look to the stars now with thanks to one of the most famous innovators of our time mosque is project starlink promises to bring high speed internet to everyone not just people in big cities all richer economies this could be a solution for far off places all around the globe including remote communities in africa but have only restricted access until now well we visited eastern congo where every upload is a challenge just wait till bugs it's about working. in

some parts of africa uploading files is often a real challenge many places have little to no access to the internet. but. does the solution lie in. thousands of satellites are being deployed to enable high speed internet worldwide by star link and 10 bill. dollar project launched by south african born in long months. jacmel and obama is a documentary filmmaker and journalist he also provides footage to t.v. broadcasters in europe and needs to transfer the images quickly over the internet. but in his hometown of sucking in eastern congo and getting a connection as often a hit or miss affair. he's currently trying to upload his footage by his cell phone . sometimes it's a way it's and some snow to work in good some time you get

a sense or lead to g.w. . much more and the boats can take given a big full day sending just to do that word. is not only sucky is a will village that means into needs but the form called the foo country needs into it so give us 2 struggling is to just come here and the. goods there company here because people need into that. but aren't there more pressing problems here like fighting hunger and poverty. and if the internet is a necessity to any place in the wild it is

a way out it is in africa and never was and it was communities to tap into whether it's education systems that they did not have access to all healthcare systems that they would otherwise have no access to. college so markets because of projects that have no access to. starlink is intended to serve africa to. data and videos will be transmitted to satellites that will be in the material to tracking stations connected to the internet. starlink is currently testing its technology in the united states to get a high speed internet connection users need a device which is easy to install initial reports say the connections are usually fast and stable every day among. them becomes difficult will someone. who are.

maybe for an. operation might be able to. go mach is the closest city in congo to mammas home internet cafes here promise rapid uploads the journalist hopes he'll finally be able to send his video material all 40 kg of bytes of it. when i want to sell it just like to talk to go buy it for just click here. nothing. nothing. 40 gigabytes would cost him almost $150.00 euros here in this big goal for us sitting just money. just dealing because you're going to do nothing with this it did it then it's not so up to. the starling technology could improve speed and

reliability and cyber cafes and allow unrestricted access to the world wide web but that is precisely what the government in congo doesn't want. to. build a militia. operation in africa but there is what the recognition. is this the end of the road for starlink in africa now neighboring rwanda has been using other provider satellites for fast internet for some time now it's seen as a driver for development internet tourists come to gully from far and one night from humber it was a 4 hour trip by bus and motorbike. the speed is good. the upload takes 2 hours his client in the netherlands has finally received the video files the prize 20 heroes i didn't cross the border to border in the other country

just to move forward into. its own city. to move to the poor countries. like. i would. that this was it was a safe corey and that president. we got. this all the way to. the lake. and drew all of these. or make sure i can actually. check melinda mamba is tired of all the traveling around he still pinning his hopes on starlink and its promise to deliver high speed internet to africa. and his cross for jack and all the others around the world would like to enjoy all the information they can get their hands on thanks to the most impressive innovations about time the internet team and me here in berlin thanks for joining

us for another episode of made. good.

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the fight against the corona virus pandemic. how has the rate of infection been developing and. what measures are being taken. what does the latest research say. information and context. the coronavirus of the coded special monday to friday on. whatever we begin to do today will affect get out of c o 2 in the atmosphere and the increase of the temperature in 2050 we have to start that by starting to decrease the amount of c o 2 programs for now this is actually not

a hard problem that just takes will power over there are very important economic interests to all of the lot of coal who own a lot of oil that are doing everything possible to make sure this doesn't happen we have to fight them by 2050 will be well on the way to a lot on renewable solar wind i'm optimistic that. we're not totally safe spaces.

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