what a i can do and for committees of oversight boards to determine whether a guy is moving in the direction that people it is under rather than a controlled and surveilled upon width. so we're looking at the possibility of a i turning into as a state assisted as a tool for state control. that's why i don't believe we can trust the guy and an oversight. i think that they have a vested interest in using a i to their advantage in terms of controlling surveilling and, and effectively dictating over human behavior. and that's been the, that's been the role of governments throughout history. a coming back to t, v j to do it in the prospects of slowly or tournaments where both is something we should expect in our lifetime. and if you know there are dangerous and risk stemming from the use who should be held accountable? say this?

so technology is not verified at the very develop and start taking place. the software is not a bullying of a camera. our technology, the sensors are improving whatever. and we have order number stars, then we're getting them into a robot. on the other machines is not that difficult. so technology is on every level in the market, it this assembly and doing it on separate the issue. and here comes our business thinking, a very simple example off. as i give you example of nuclear technology or biotechnology . what exam is there a larger? yeah, and that's what i'm saying. that has to be there is a concern to design and concern to operate or concern, but he lives in the market. then it has to be a really big oversight body, which has to look at it, whether it is useful or not. the classic example has been talking about gm towards know many times is allowed, you know, foods many countries don't allow gm foods, which is much simpler. that's damaging compared to what you have to dig a holistic view. yes. meant even say that it was good news for the band with dave

longer. dave or the level of new vaccines medicine seeds in so many things. yes, but this is a lot of it has to be a trade off between on the road. when you don't cited defends versus snow, but control to double up and so it does it play it off with society? is boozy walker's bend information guns level then nor told her they lloyd just so you can kind of run it. like for example, computer viruses. what are you, i'm going to confirm, i'm going to do providers on it on board. every computer is that single infected. so like this, it gave me something else as well. so what, what has to look at different technology is so powerful. it has which certainly a step backs and see that i will manage it before the other thing is them as to those id and really big. so the dog has to be very, but she doesn't mentally said so here's think i did on high impact. perfect villages coming back to you, michael. just one last question before we leave it that i'm the, obviously, the whole area is to benefits to benefit people around the world to,

to use them in a way that works for the people was and they gave some. so let's talk about the ways that a, i can actually benefit us the positives. yeah there's, there's a definite, the possibility for a and i to, to do all kinds of things like augmenting human cognition. like adding to the possibility for a was technological advances in terms of communications and, and even traffic control and so on. there's so many things that i can do. the question is who's hands is going to be in and what are they going to use it for? me and there's, there's the possibility of hands of a total of terry and regime. thank you so much for joining us on the program. it's such a fascinating subject. then we could talk about this for hours, i'm sure, but thank you for now. these are cut down the advocates on technology experts and michael rex, involved full met professor at new york and invest

a really appreciate both of your time. thank you. thank you. thank you and thank you for joining us. hey, on the international as ot dot com to check it out with the back of the top of down the the solar energy is a hot top us, wonderful source of energy, the sun holes in norm as promised as a clean and dependable way to power our world, but we 1st needed the technology to make the conversion, to turn uv rays into electricity. christy, and you're watching the cost of everything. and today, we're going to be looking at the power of solar energy and how much it costs to implement the

there are $4.00 main components that go into producing any solar panel, which determines your panels cost. you have the glass covering the junction box, textiles for wire. now the solar cells are responsible for converting sunlight into electricity. so much of the cost of cells and how efficient they are solar panel, the photo low take cell turns that light into direct current electricity. also known or then converted into alternating current or a c, which is what most of your devices at home use. there are 3 main types of cells available for that celine poly, crystal lean, and then film panels, model, crystalline panels are the most efficient, but their price point is high due to their complex construction. they are cells made from a single crystal a silicon, and they cost a dollar to a $1.50 per watt, meaning that out city,

a 6 kilowatt solar panels system would cost between 6009000 dollars. then you have poly crystal lean solar panels, and these are less energy efficient and thereby cheaper as they're easier to produce as well as they're made from many silicon fragments that are melted together. and finally, simple and tv cells are cheapest and least expensive to produce. but also the least efficient, and once you have yourselves, they must be wired to wire. that is then kind of covered with a protective metal sheet. junction boxes must then be inserted between each cell for protection and then covered with glass or plastic protective layers. and the average price of a solar panel today is around $3.00 per watt. the bulk of the cost is in the cells . approximately 40 percent. 25 percent of the cost is spent on glass, which has an average cost of a $110.00 per square meter. and then the junction boxes and wine will also be 25

percent leaving 10 percent for the frame that fast since all the components together. the costs for renewable plan production of solar equipment, search and technology improved. and in large part those things to government subsidies and offset incentives. but the supply chain k all is caused by the pen demik has ended. those trends costs have now normalized and solar could potentially gain even more with economies of scale. and it's cost per watt down further from the current cost us $4.06 per kilowatt hour to $0.03 per kilowatt hour by 2025. although solar panels cost a lot of money upfront, they can actually save homeowner money in the long run. of course, this depends on the hours of direct daily sunlight available, and the size and efficiency of your panels. they are the parts that wear out over time, and they have an average life span of about 25 years. so now let's bring an error occurred in an energy expert and the author of the solar patriot. so eric,

is there any future for the development of solar energy, or is the technology already pretty settled as well? it's been getting better. the worse this technology wasn't better than the 1950 these and the solar panels back then. in fact, there are some that are still producing energy today. the efficiency of solar panels has increased by multiples since their invention. today, the average solar panel is between 15 to 20 percent efficient, which actually compares very favorably with um, with plants. which also convert about that much sunlight into the energy. but solar panels are getting more efficient even so. and there's not only does the average solar panel stand sunlight that it takes in. but there's a couple ways that that solar panels could be even more efficient. number one,

if you connect them to batteries, then they can store the power that they produce when the sun is shining for use at night, or on a cloudy day, or when it's raining when the sun isn't shining. so that makes solar energy use them. but the other thing is it sounds kinda crazy kind of science fiction, but scientists are working on space, the production. and some people estimate some experts estimate that a solar panel placed in outer space orbiting. the earth could produce 40 times more energy than the same solar panel on the earth's surface. and this energy would just be beams back to the earth. of course, there's no night in outer space. the solar panel can always be pointing at the sun . there's no clouds, there's no rain right now, it's a big f. but in the future space space solar power could provide us with a lot more efficient solar then today. and what kind of raw materials does it take

to create solar panels? is it polluting to gather and mine all these various raw materials? they're very simple. they're made primarily also some metal. but the challenging part of solar panels is that they do use what are called some heavy metals. and not only or rare metals, not only are these expensive and hard to find, but they are toxic when put back into the environment. and so one of the challenges of solar panels is they generally last new solar panels these days will produce at a very high level for a continue to produce this every year a little bit less or 40 or, or in some cases, $45.00 or 50 years but at some point, every solar panel will need to be replaced and something will have to happen to the old solar panel. today. it's very expensive to recycle the materials that are in an old solar panel. but as with the solar technology itself,

the recycling technology is made future perhaps in 10 years or so. it will be canal unlikely viable to take out the heavy metals and uh, some of the other stuff in solar panels that are useful, cheap bows out of landfills and keep those out of the environment. in the meantime, solar panels needs to be disposed of just like any other e waste. sometimes people act like solar panels are uniquely dangerous thing for the environment, but they're just the same as your iphone or your laptop is elements that are dangerous for the environment. and has to be disposed of in, in a careful way. and so if you treat solar panels like you treat the waste, it's a temporary solution that will protect the environment. experts say that the recycling will get better and better to which countries are pioneers in solar panel, technology and implementation. so i'm an american and i wish i could say that the united states was, but unfortunately we have let ourselves fall behind solar panels just as it is out

of so many manufactured goods. china mix high quality solar panels and a very good price which explains why most solar panels in the united states installed were made in china. now the american government is trying to change that they're trying to offer incentives for manufacturing to occur and more in the united states and of it can demick when supply chains were disruptive. and american solar installers faced the shortage of solar panels because the chinese couldn't send us what they've been sending us previously. so this process has hurried up the government to try to encourage more onshore manufacturing and solar panels in the united states. and i think it's the same in europe and in other countries is number one in producing solar panels. and also in installing solar panels, i think 75 percent of the world solar panels installed in the last few years were installed in china. so the chinese government deserves a lot of credit for being

a global leader on trying to de carbonized their energy system now. and they are not stopping that their economy is growing very quickly. and so they're increasing both solar and coal. but the chinese have led the world in solar. you may not know that the biggest solar farm and the world is located in morocco. it's got a lot of sun, very few clouds, very little rain. and so to north africa is an excellent environment for solar panels. so i would expect solar energy to grow in that area in dust, dirt areas of africa and asia. solar panels are also an excellent application, as the government of india can tell you. and india is another country that is committed to the carbon isaac, it's electricity. so system, and i believe the prime minister of india under, under emoji, has made it a top priority, has many solar panels as possible and for manufacturing capability. now unfortunately, india has not made as much progress as they want,

and they're still far behind china when it comes to making solar panels and even installing solar panels. but india has the emission, they have the land, they have the sun shine, they have the need for india to follow china as being a world leader on sor, where has there been the greatest successes for solar energy and which nations or communities? unfortunately, for a long time, the united states was even though we claim to have invented this technology back in the fifty's as part of our space program. it took the united states so long to install any considerable amount of solar panels. we're still behind when it comes to manufacturing american companies is that they're always looking for the cheapest deal. and so we've off short so much of our manufacturing in every area, including solar panels that we fall in very far behind on manufacturing. and frankly, we're not as good as we should be on installing solar. it's only been in the last few years that we've taken, contrive to de carbonized our own energy system,

but the power of the fossil fuel lobby and the nuclear lobby in the united states. it has has slowed down a process, a great deal. so i would not say that the united states has a world later. we're trying to catch up. the european union has done better than we have, especially some countries in europe, particularly germany, which has tried to de carbonized its energy system to clean energy. and so germany, i think, as a leader, when it comes to solar panels in europe, some of the other european countries do pretty well. but of course also fuels is probably not a leader, which is very unfortunate. for example, for australia, they have a lot of sunshine, but they also have a lot of coal. the coal industry has a lot of power, politically. and so they have slowed down the implementation of sol country that should be one of the world's best countries for solar power. they don't have much um, another place that doesn't have much of saudi arabia. again, it should be

a wonderful place for solar energy, but this country is highly reliant on export and crude oil. and so they haven't put the resources into building out solar that their climate would uh, with the jump today the oil will run out. and so they have, i've been pushing for the country to get much more solar. and so i think we'll see saudi arabia solar are not the leader that they should be. and then finally, i'm going to point to russia. russia is a country that doesn't have the world's best solar potential, but when you consider that germany produces a lot of its energy from solar electricity, russia is a bit about the is some of the south of there. and so russia could produce a lot more solar power, it's a big economy, but most of all, it's just a big country and they're right next door to both the european union, which does pretty well on solar and china, which is the world leader on solar. but russia again has been held back by an old fashioned energy policies, level,

and gas. and so they haven't put as much investment into solar as they should. thank you so much, eric curren officer of the solar patriot. and when we come back, what countries are pushing to have solar play and increasingly important role and its energy needs as an alternate renewable source of energy will have the answer after the

hi, acceptance. and i'm here to plan with you whatever you do. do not watch my new show . seriously. why watch something that's so different opinions that he won't get anywhere else. welcome to please or do the have the state department, the $1000000.00 corporations, choose your fax for you. go ahead. i changed and whatever it is they main street because i'm probably going to make you uncomfortable. my show is called stretching time. but again, we don't wanna watch it because it might just change the way the welcome. many countries are now pushing to have solar play and increasingly important role. and as energy needs, as they recognize the world need to find alternative renewable sources of energy.

india has a high hopes for solar power, as they have a target to install $100.00 gigawatts of solar energy as part of it, a grid. but only $63.00 gigawatts were ultimately installed last year, as they have struggled and delayed and paying for necessary components. germany is europe, largest solar producer was installed, photo will take power of over 58 kilo google watts in 2021. given the energy price increases as a result of the rest of the ukraine war, solar adoption in germany has accelerated as installation of solar system in the country rose 22 percent year over year in 2022. japan hasn't installed photo voltaic power of over 7 accounted for about 10 percent of the nation's total energy generation. japan hopes that solar capacity will account for 14 to 16 percent of its total electricity generation by 2030. and then the u. s. rank 2nd largest producer a solar energy in the world with 93 gigawatts,

thanks to incentives and subsidies. the department of energy announced in 2021, nearly a $128000000.00 and additional funding to lower solar costs. and to improve the speed of deployment a solar technologies. solar is america's fastest growing power, sort of all new electricity generating capacity in the country. and then finally, at the top, we have china with over $300.00 gigawatts, which represents 36 percent of the world's total solar capacity for the year. china leaves the world and solar energy given the government has also subsidized industries, growth over the years. and china also has a huge demand for electricity to fuel this growth. solar energy was found to be the fastest growing sector and renewable energy in 2021 and provide a 4300000 jobs workforce in the sector. se asia countries are becoming major solar will take manufacturing hubs and biofuel producers. while china is the pre

eminent manufacturer and installer of solar panels prices during the cold. but pandemic countries are seeking to strengthen their energy security. global solar p . the capacity is set to almost triple by 2027 as countries to reveal their long term sustainability plants for the future. and the author of climate change observed impacts on planet earth clinical psychologist specialist. so trevor, is it polluting to gather in mind raw materials to make solar energy and solar panels? recycling? it's a major issue and, and it is being tackled the e, the european union has got to very strict rules about this. and america has yet to not an issue at the moment, but europe is coping with ending section the well and is showing the will to our,

to recycle liza. but this of the new ones that each one will have its own recycling technology. so yeah, it's, it is in hand and it, it, it is going to be a problem, right? there is the lithium batteries. that is a major problem. we've not with the out to, so to up the how to recycle the lithium batteries this early in this. so little kind of booked in the battery that it, it just didn't. what happens and what probably is going to happen is if we go into sort of these lithium batteries on to, on to the landfill. and guess what? they catch a lot because they have 2 lithium batteries do given of insurance. what percentage of the global power source do you think will be solar by 2030? i think i can only speak for my so it will be is very strong and that that is, is a stopping to develop into renewable energy. so the great thing is that it is

a non polluting thing, but not i've been writing books recently and chapters for books on the dangers and the, the, the, the, the disasters coming from we may be drawn up by tanka. and that's, we've sort of that out there haven't been any major tank explosions recently. we move it around by rail and you know what, you have, what happened recently in the united states, you having these, these, right, these trains and your trans can be 3.8. and can you imagine that driving through your, your sub and, and the, the train, the rails can you imagine is then dissolved as a feel by road is probably be the most dangerous. and that has caused a teen accidents around the world focused on tooth and other countries, some of the sort of figures so you know,

so that is safe. okay. save safe, federal oil is not safe. a more growth in the developed world. and how does that benefit those living in these countries in the developed world, it's in the develop? well, china, in particular, united states coming up once heavy to this country because of, i'm living in the united kingdom and we have very little son. that's we have a huge go to houses with solar panels. it benefits some up to a point. but if you were living in south africa, you'd have even in a much greater efficiencies and much the sun anyway. it depends where the money is . if there's no money in the country, you want to have it, and that's the, that's the money is what it is, what costs always unfortunately, thank you so much cover letter author of climate change observed impacts on planet

or while solar energy holds a lot of promise there are also some disadvantages to consider as well. for one, it is expensive upfront. the initial cost to buy and install equipment for industrial or residential use is not cheap. a 2nd solar energy storage is expensive and on bad weather days with low solar energy, you need battery that has excess solar energy slow from our previous episode. lithium ion batteries are very expensive. in fact, batteries are one of the most expensive components do wear out a need, careful maintenance to length and their lives. there's also the fact that solar can be unpredictable and not dependable. like if energy is needed at night or during storms and time of the day, comparing solar to wind power, wind will keep generating electricity at night and during storms as long as there is enough wind. and so until such time that technology advances and become better, more efficient and cheaper for consumers, solar will control energy rather than

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