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was ah, the global hunger for energy is only increasing with every passing year. the united nation believes that our journey towards a climate disaster will continue steady unless we make an urgent switch to an efficient and renewable energy in all sectors. but renewable energy comes at a cost deal, nico india, and it's critically analyze this alternate. hello and welcome on some of that. ok. the latest soviet, by the government of india, reviews that 13 percent of it's 1300000000 citizens don't have access to crude beast electricity in the last decade, states and the he malia histone to hydro power, to close the gaps in electrification. with many liberals criss crossing this region,

hydro power potential is huge, but this clean energy narrative is now being challenged on the grounds of adverse environmental effects. the breathing thing is angry with the government and its promise of and one mentally friendly energy. he lives on the same street, a small tributary in marshall prodigious state. within 20 years, the state built over 800 hydro electric power stations. 2 of them on the things don't get time to watch who may not talk to begin to greatly benefit and develop a lot. but when the vote was under, basically didn't turn out to be the job than food. why? just because they've got to, you know, what in the entire money, roads, god, environment to be caught on land. everything has been destroyed lobo, we have been left. nothing to eat yet. in scott,

we've got plenty of the got me seems ready as it and see they were promised compensation in jobs and if they lost it, and di livelihoods, which were traditionally based on agriculture, not over the 2 hydro electric plans on the fence ship that is nowhere near enough pharmacy and do more of our plans under construction gala tom tom, i got your partner before this dialogue who depended on the coach and we never had to purchase anything from the market will be on money by selling. i know that our land is not anymore, but we did multiplexing basic amenities like ward and this has been a huge although the 2 carlin didn't hear the name from mac or will kick came up as an environmentally friendly bob, a source, hydro electric lungs have become an important generator of electricity around what

in 3rd place behind cole and gas. and that also makes them a lucrative source of income. and in much per dish, the state government breaks in over $9000000000.00 ruiz that is $100000000.00 euros and electricity revenues annually. and one mental active, it's not a god hydropower boom. with the skepticism go bouncing research is the effect it had on biodiversity and people to live in the region mag applied. yet we may have a negative effect on the environmental delay has been expropriated in some was in water that mean in the horses of livelihood, like nickel and destroy, that is largest in the section. and he said something about the and that or for the environment to make the part of it sometime on top of that,

the region is brown. dime, breeches of lunches and lance lights would be catastrophic. but the people living here, as recently happened, neighboring with the rock indistinct. the river beaten lies only 40 kilometers away from the st. valley and other small tributary, but it flows through untouched nature is one of the few in the region, but no hydro electric plant. that tanks to renew g party in 2000 and do a number of hydro electric power stations along the river, given planning permission party teamed up with other village and went to court. everybody was brought up projects, all the politicians and all the bureaucracy. also, i will see anybody there unless he's accept officially the department,

no benefits comes to the look in either lead. this was all private investors. would have taken the electricity to the nation, read to their own establishment wherever in the plains the villagers, one day case though it took 3 years, the homeless and livelihood have been preserved on the still lives of agriculture and fishing. i'm in recent years, they have also established a sustainable to this industry that inviting travel to their own home will be will, who will be really didn't. there's not a lot of deviation that took place. and we all this talk to people that buddhism is, has to be treated as an alternative income generation activities. you know, and thankfully, they're also grown up to us, right?

because they did not leave their orchard. we are all part of what we said, look at convert your houses because montana's is, are usually big. you know, to was the word them into home. but don't leave your original. you know, source of income to know 20000 people are visiting the pete and valley annually that residence on much more of a than the hydra plant operate. as promised them in compensation anglers hikers birdwatchers in the study mostly from india, come to see the media and a species in the environment the villages defended so rent. ah, it's not just in india where there's a problem just with a 5th of the energy used in heating and cooling in the european union comes from

renewable sources. and like an india, this share is set to go in the coming years. but when it comes to wind turbines, some citizens in greece are reluctant. construction of hundreds of wind turbines are planned on quick island environmentalist and local residents. have some serious concerns. said that the greek islands of tino says hand made because of his centuries old walls and path and the architect you want to talk to is absolutely determined to protect this unique cultural asset. so here we can see a typical foot bus of the most made out of the i phone was 50 plus used to do foxes will be ownership surround. and it's something that we are trying to take advantage of. now, in order to develop, looking to reason, the wind mills and the so called pitch and houses built by her ancestors 300 years ago, are know supposed to give way to wind turbines. they want to shows us the site where

private investors have just completed the foundations for 3 large turbines. with another 15 planned you want to and many other islanders fear t nose could lose its typical character custom decide what to do. and we're going to present the fastest on to next generation or you're going to the most most for more than construction for other projects. like wind turbans cardeana not far from the plan turbines. his home to sculpture maravella, his family. he fears to future at greece's cultural heritage of several muslim, if i got to the mountains used to always be the seat of the gods. and now they have been supplanted by money author hoping everything is about making money for experience. he has the ability to show us the videos of protests. he helped to

organize a special police unit needs demonstrators, including him with night sticks a shopping experience 2 hours away by ferry. the island of the country is best known for its unspoiled nature. its mountains include protected areas, teeming with rare plant life. here to the a deal exceed could end the private meeting. the nails group is planning $110.00 wind turbines to supply electricity to athens. environmentalists are alarmed. it is all in their protected areas in special areas. and this is really just, there will be a disaster. the whole mountain is going to be leveled. so it is really transforming korea to an industrial zone. although the plans are not yet final. elliana is

already informing the islands, residents about their potential impact. korea has had its share of bad experiences with other large scale projects. a once lush valley resembled a moon scape like this, after a hybrid power plant was built. erosion on the island is already extreme again and again entire hillside flood, especially in areas where large road so constructed the mountains, their home not only to goes but to many beekeepers as well. if wind turbines are built here, galas will have to move away with his fees he says, see what it would be been for the be in the plot up only yet the this couldn't put their boxes near the wind turbines because of the electromagnetic radiation makella. look for them because each could make them lose their orientation. this is

due to the mayor's office is aware of the concerns it met with farm investors 9 years ago, a little avail. the activities on neighboring islands worry, the mayor. a few small wind turbines might be tolerable, but $110.00. and then they committed if medical, we would protest on the policy and that's not just my own personal opinion. both i shouldn't or not all the officials in the municipal council and local administration. a great, you know, the 1st turbines are standing by 2025 because he is meant to be connected to athens by an underwater cables. now the investor is supposedly revising the plans to make them environmentally friendly. but few believe that in korea, they fear that landscapes like this could soon become a thing of the past. it is a dilemma. on the one hand, people are protesting because of the problems caused by renewables and on the other

needs to dramatically cut down carbon dioxide emission. because climate change is causing the world's temperature to rise. that's a fact. we need to move quickly if you have to keep the rise to around 1.5 degrees tells me to limit its impact. some scientists see that we also need to actively suck massive amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. but carbon capture and storage is going to bush and it's really a wible option. let's take a look. we knew we got to keep bumping too much carbon dioxide into the air. but wouldn't it be amazing if we could find a way to suck it all up and send it back deep, underground climate scientists and seeing that without such technology, we won't hit our climate targets. the don't loud. this

seemingly cutting edge idea to capture carbon is actually decades old. the u. s. navy use capture as a way to clear the inside submarines and space shuttle that filled up. what's your to from the breath of soldiers and you may remember that seeing the movie apollo 13 were suddenly they had to build a c o. 2 scrubbing system for c o 2 levels are going to get him toxic, as well as just the gentleman and then where to put a square peg in a round hole and they dumped all the stuff out of the table and said guys, we have 3 hours to figure out how to make us feel like they have the technology already on the press like we know how to do more than carbon capture technology is basically this c o 2 scrubber on a bigger scale like this blonde in south india 1st the polluted is sucked into the industrial system through antonio, fans after being cleaned for impurities, transported towards the absorption plant where it is pooled, and then sense to fall into an absorbed c o 2,

which is then move further into the plan for processing while the clean air, which is mostly only water vapor is now released the few days later, stripped out of the solvent and can be used to make other products next to dash o it is used to heat greenhouses, don't even as a fuel you can cap to see you to right. the source of the pollution, like the indian factory, where they burn corn and strip the c o 2 out of the images small and diverted to the adjoining for the ash factory. this is called points for capture. hundreds of pilots and small scale facilities and over 50 large scale plans around the world are currently doing this. then there is direct capture where big fans suck large amounts of polluted air directly out of the atmosphere. 15 plans are currently doing this worldwide, but experts say the potential is huge. even if the c o 2 is emitted again, like when the fuel is bond, it is completed,

carbon neutral as it has an added to the c o 2 that would have entered the any way . the better thing to do for the environment, of course, is to prevent emissions from ever entering the air. so companies now working to inject carbon deep into the ground in a process called sequestration. that can preserve the indefinitely. this is considered carbon negative as it actively removed from the atmosphere. and this also has pretty ironic consequences. but more on that later, we know from the arithmetic of climate, if we need all of these things and we need as much of them all as we can get to the next 30 years, have to start removing about 10000000000 tons of c o 2. every year, julio friedman is one of the foremost experts on carbon capture, who served in the u. s. department of energy. he says massive c o 2 removal needs to start now. and the leading climate body, the i p. c, c agrees. in the latest report,

they declare that the world will not meet its climate target without active carbon capture and remove the original carbon suckers, a can play a role, but considering the space and water needed and the fact that they are always the risk of being cut down anyways, exploits believe they can only play a fraction. so the focus is now on the tech version of cheese. direct capture machines that are springing up around the developed canadian company carbon engineering plans to launch the biggest commercial chapter plant in 2022 where they were being upon capable of removing 1000000 tons. it's coming to me currently direct capture companies worldwide capture $9000.00 tons of c o 2 per year to carbon engineering goals of the effects and made it it's

a solution that works with different technologies available. but it's the question of how we scale the market right now. i think that brings me back to what carbon engineering is, the main them, which is making policy incentives. and that's the reason not everybody is already sucking carbon out of the air all over the was estimates very. but at the moment, it's cost of $200.00 to remove a ton of c o 2 to direct capture. to scale up the industrial companies that need to be better financial incentive. these can come, i don't the form of credit offered by the government in exchange for removing the harmful substance from the air. all in captured, carbon can be traded at a good price on the market that could also come from taxing companies that allow their carbon outfit fumes to escape. and that is a place where combination of these measures has. 4 no, we introduce

a jackson position 30 years ago, which is now incentivized a number of large companies to capture that carbon, setting them on a quick boss to us carbon neutrality. sequence solution has also been carried out in monitored in iceland for over 20 years, allowing explodes to conclude that the process is safe for all practical purposes. and the space available underground is virtually limit to this other companies in europe as well as canada and the u. s are catching up, but it's early days and this brings us to the not so climate friendly consequences of sequestration. in the absence of large incentives from government, all capture and sequence ration companies are collaborating with paradox. big oil companies. what do you need to see frustration? you need someone that you can store the cars and one of the best places to store that is owed oil. and i'm aware the asset

can be oil and gas companies. well, that's a very strategic rate for them to go down to this thing asset at the same time, putting the captain c o 2 into the ground builds up pressure and makes it easier for even more oil to be extracted in a process called enhanced oil recovery up to 88 percent of carbon captured and requested and the moment is used to extract more oil. and this makes investing in carbon capture financially viable for these oil companies. certainly worry about the big oil roll and carpet capture done come in as an expert and teen energy who has spoken out about big problems with this kind of modern fossil companies can continue to admit and we just suck up some of their pollution ways. there are many other problems with fossil fuel industry in addition to their local air pollution.

water pollution is permanent justice and so finding a way to extend the life of fossil fuels, it's essentially finding a way to continue poisoning in the science is clear and then we need to actively remove carbon from the air. but without drawing public support or government incentives, these technologies remain in the hands of private investors who will only go where the profits are. to keep the technology going, we need to ensure a clever combination of incentives for non oil companies, jackson polluters and pricing, c o 2, hire a scientific solution there for a human made problem, but not all of sure. have to be like that as humans. we have an immediate connection to me to something that's perhaps been lost through the pre concrete and been prequalified architecture. but there are those who are trying to change that

in amsterdam, architect. so going back to our roots with biofuel designs, what does that really mean? let's take a look ah, would instead of concrete curves rather than hard edges, assign the architecture that loves the results of building according to the principles of bias. philip architecture yet cannot garcia know if the architect of the 3 booter or book beer in the depth of amsterdam, one of the key elements of the bi felix approach, is to create a direct connection with nature and recreate it by using natural materials that that simulates or are connected both visually and experientially to, to nature wooden slats, run around the entire building,

ensuring optimal lighting conditions and privacy. the movement was monitored for a whole year, so that last could be aligned perfectly. another fundamental concept of bias to live architecture is that interior and exterior space to merge into one. as soon as we, we wake up in this, in this room, we can really open up and have a direct connection to the terrace into the natural element of, of the water. ah, the free booter, a special construction method, only cost about 10 percent more than a conventional 1. 2 families live here, each with 120 square meters of living space. they enjoy a special indoor climate at a house with close to 0 energy consumption. the state of the art technology

especially like this room because the sun move around to how's your day at the end of the day. it ends here and the lights are beautiful in this room. it's not just the light that special. the house appeals to all the senses. when people come and almost everybody wants to touch this part, it's curved, it's moot people love it. ah, the concept isn't only finding favor. now. these days greener buildings are built in many places using wood and other natural materials. owners and architects try to integrate the surrounding nature into their construction even if not always under the label by filling architecture. garcia and i was already thinking on a much larger scale. as with this current project,

might it involve living units that can be extended at will it has so many benefits. yeah. there's a high demand for these kind of the building. so i really foresee that in the future there was, there would be more and more buildings designed with a biofuel approach. the free residents have no doubt that their quality of life has improved. moving in life changes, spaces, change, and they're so much more curving us. so the whole experience is completely different. i think more calming, perhaps, and more playful. playful. i feel like architecture provides a green and holistic approach to living things. an architectural concept with

a future ah. like in every other relationship, we have a relationship with the environment must be quality driven and not quantity driven . if we treat renewable energy as just another cursory to do underneath, without understanding its impact, we may have to solve more problems than we signed up for. think about that and i'll see you again next week from our entire team in india and germany, goodbye me . ah ah ah

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when great apes get sick, they tend to medicinal plants for cancelling stomach eggs or parasites, or even to treat malaria. researchers want to get to the bottom of these medical mysteries before it's too late. the pharmaceutical industry has always relied on nature's medicine cabinets more than a 3rd of our medications are based on plant based ingredients. one permanent example is window box, which contains a substance that led to the creation of aspen. and here are 3 more classics from the plant, sage, garlic and turmeric. how effective are these medicinal plants really eating? just one clove of garlic, a day is said to have health benefits. if you waited raw,

that is. the most commonly known, active ingredient is the sulfur compound. allison, an isolated cell cultures. allison attacks, viruses, bacteria, and fun guy. even attacks healthy cells that triggers an immune response, which strengthens the immune system. said is another well known medicinal plant. the hairs and the leaves contain aromatic compounds, known as turbine. these turkeys are volatile, and can be easily inhaled. a stage solution can be used as a mouth spray to relieve inflammation. something that has that effect because the turkeys inhibit messenger substances in the immune system and that in turn reduces inflammation. phase also has anti virus and anti bacterial qualities. you can drink up to 6 cups of stage t a day. then there's turmeric an essential part of many curry

ditches. experiments on the main active ingredient kirkman have shown that it stimulates the flow of bio, that in turn promotes digestion. timmery also captures free radicals. cell cultures and animal studies indicate that kept them in my protect ourselves. one study and humans proves that kirkman olivia pain and off the arthritis patients . they ingested 1500 milligrams of kirkman every day. that represents 30 grams of turmeric powder or 10 times the recommended daily allowance. a lot of research still needs to be done. that has 3 plans. the international nature conservation union estimates that up to $70000.00 plans have medicinal properties. natural medicine has 4 more pillars. in addition to close, hydrotherapy is based on the healing power of water,

temperature, and mechanical stimuli, mobilize cell feeling and the mean system. physical and movement comprises exercises for strength, endurance, or believing that can use many symptoms or even eliminate them and all without a single po. nutritional therapy include fasting or drinking kids and focuses on fresh and natural food with all the key nutrients. finally, mind body therapy, where the aim is to restore your sense of balance in life adherents learn to tend to their own well being themselves. so natural healing is more than just medicinal herbs and plans. although they are important 5 years ago, michelle simon was diagnosed with lupus, an auto immune disease where the body attacks its own tissues, limbs, and organs. on some days, he was practically a mobilized despite taking strong conventional medication. eventually,

his doctor recommended he take medicinal cannabis. i was up to say, but why also i tried different varieties over a period of 2 years. some i didn't tolerate, while others made the loop as rash, worsley, with them almost like bundle. but other types did have a positive effect ended. and after 2 and a half years, the therapy i found the right to to because i'm optimistic, i'm still on the phone with michelle against his cannabis, by a prescription at his pharmacy. he can vouch for its effectiveness even though the empirical evidence is not yet conclusive. in school and if we don't have that much scientific proof of its effectiveness yet it's been a lot of tumor patients use it on a complimentary basis. it might stimulate their appetite and provide some pain relief and relaxation, which is a help for a lot of patients. intuition is for michelle, it's him on it has been a help. he has now found his natural medicine

hallman, who is the director of the center for complimentary medicine at the university of fryeburg. he evaluates the effect of herbal substances and toys when demand alternate. if a medicine involves the use of natural treatment, these treatments have an effect. attrition therapy is effective and exercises therapies effective with a range of illnesses. so far from being conflicting complimentary medicine is also part of traditional medicine. among gorman hoboes, patients and the clinic is supposed murphy limburger. she's been suffering from migraines and other headaches for 20 years. now. skiing last saw with an option because it was the 1st signs of menopause and got worse than was just the act. i'm from bonham. i was just regular headaches for a day and then i started going to migrate into the bas rather than to the

questions and everything. your vision hearing and sense of smell. and when you meet about you feel every heart beat, hitting your head, the cop call summer. he spent a long time and specialists, pain therapy, and also took strong medication. even then she often suffered from headaches for about 20 days each month. she now has coming therapy on a regular basis, have to slip cuban earth sets. i was laying that cups on them and it was like a cool popping with this if i'm with them. cooper. suddenly my head felt free trial that when then have a discussion with and i don't doing coming to repay him with them with me because it really is as i described this important up and her migraines have since dwindled to it most. 16 a month on tapping therapy is related to acupuncture, a pillar of traditional chinese medicine. it's based on the idea,

but stimulating specific acupuncture points, releases energy, blockages allowing energy to flow properly through the body and correcting imbalances between organ systems. western studies say that acupuncture is highly effective in treating headaches back pains, asthma and menstrual cramps. capping has also been practiced for millennia. one subside, the heated cats created vacuum causing the patient skin to be sucked up into the vessel. like acupuncture cutting stimulates very specific points in the human body. spin pink house is a professor of natural to see, and it's been 2 years research in the effectiveness of traditional he methods in accordance with modern standards. in addition to the classics,

last history is also used. devices that can treat larger areas of the body. copying says the professor is a highly effective treatment. where does that method originally come from and what was it use for that's an very old. busy extradition or 3rd party farm coming from from asia. for example, in china, china, you have to but also in the old traditional medicine. it's used in the old creek medicine in the central european medicine and in other medicine forms like in the u . v. to me to see in your research, you looked at the effectiveness of copying therapy. how did you go about that? and what did you find out? we performed to randomized controlled, tries on copying one with a copying therapy and the low back pain. and one in the title of the patients and what is your final conclusion?

the work capping is, is a good therapy for pain diseases except for, for low back pain and also, and also the need with good results and the results of our systematic review. so that there is the evidence that copying might be powerful in chronic pain patients. are you also able to explain how capping affects the body? we do not know at the moment how cupping works, bearer different i purpose this about this that may be copying is working through local mechanisms for changing fibers that transport the pain and also the cupping have an influence on the spinal cord, especially in the big in imitating fibers for what kind of health issues would you recommend having you mentioned a few already. yeah,

we use in our own patient clinic here. sorry. i'm coming especially for chronic pain diseases and especially in the low back pain. low back pain. also in the neck pain, also no sort of life is of the knee, but you can also use it in acute diseases. for example, if you have the flu and already have a bronchitis, you can use it. the coupling. so it's a good therapy for a lot of health issues if i'm interested in trying and as a patients, are there certain things i should consider? i think the most important issue is that you select very carefully the, the, the treatment provider or the, or the doctor because she, he or she should be well educated and experienced. you are she so exactly know where to put the cup and glasses on. and it's also important to mention that

cupping has treatments effect, but also side effects. for example, you can have an hematoma, and finally, it's very important to mention that you have to be careful for contra into indications. for example, if the patient use a blood thinner, the patient should stated to the, to the treatment provider and discuss if the company is the right treatment for this patient. thank you very much for all these very interesting information on coming therapy. you're welcome. for centuries opportunists have promoted miracle drugs for everything from hair loss and bruises to tumors. safety, there's still with us talking crystals, magical incense, cosmic energy, and transcendental immune boost is as effective for kansas hepatitis h i b m to but but what really works and how can you tell if a healer is actually a class also own well, isn't well,

she hopes, alternative medicine can help her there's a wide variety of treatments to choose from. but who can she trust? and who should she definitely avoid? there are indicators the alarm bell, number one. you should be cautious if the therapist promises a 100 percent certain cure. no therapy can guarantee that alarm bell number to therapists to only tell it's one approach and won't allow questions or criticism is not credible. patients should be alert if a healer advises against getting a 2nd opinion or demonizes medical practice. that can be life threatening healers and physicians who work together closely to treat illness. in the case of

herbal therapy, for example, they can communicate with each other to avoid interactions with medicines. that way is the best for their patients. ah. alarm bell number 3 conspiracy theorists promote a secret and patient world conspiracy. 0 lay by the pharmaceutical industry. based on allegedly scientific data, they often propose risky, primitive treatment. the the denies scientific findings and reject conventional medical therapies. all because of the suppose inside effect. they praise their own therapies though as guaranteed free of side effects. which brings us to alarm signal number for any therapists claims that their methods have no side effects are proving their

ignorance and can be dangerous treatment. cent work can have side effects. anyone who denies that can be taken seriously. the alarm bell number 5 definitely has unpleasant side effects for the patients. wallet, anyone who has to pay large amounts in cash should be suspicious for some alternative healers, even soothing words. cost have a fortune. reputable alternative therapists have transparent therapy contents and prices that way patients know what to expect and knowing all that as really helped us. how do we add a bit of fire to food and really good things cooking? that's right. person spices are vital for the taste sensation but they can do more than just enhance cuisine. many of them have great health benefits and are good for

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