I have been a fan of YouTuber Alec at Technology Connections for quite some time now, and I expect more than a few of you have been, too. For those who don’t know him, he’s a 30-something young man who looks at aspects of technology he finds interesting, ranging from how pinball machines work to why heat pumps are the most efficient way to heat and cool our homes.
He has made 227 videos over the last ten years, and has more than three million subscribers.
He just posted a video about photovoltaic solar panels, pointing out that they are now the least expensive way to generate power. His main point is that the country and the world should be moving rapidly to an entirely solar- and wind-based energy system and addresses the mostly disingenuous arguments against that. For instance, the claim that solar farms take up too much land. If all of the land currently required by law to be used to raise corn for ethanol to be added to gasoline was converted to solar farms, it would generate almost twice the electricity needed by the whole country! He makes very good points countering the most common objections.
But that’s not the reason I’m posting this in P&E.
Two thirds of the way through the 90-minute video, he wraps up the case for renewable energy, and even starts rolling the credits. He then begins to explain why he made the video, the life experiences that brought him to his weltanschauung, and then launches into an amazing tirade against the Trump regime and its crimes.
The entire video is well worth watching, but if you want to jump right to the rant, here it is:
And check out the top comments. Moving and funny as hell.
It’s easy to take a stand when you put nothing at risk. These content creators … take a risk when they ‘come out.’ They are to be respected, commended, admired, and emulated.
I’ve learned a lot from his channel. He has a couple on how to make best use of your dishwasher, and they’re fantastic. I never knew that you should run the kitchen faucet until hot water comes out before starting the dishwasher, but it makes sense.
I tried switching to powders. My water is so hard and rusty that even the using all of his suggestions, I found them online in other videos, I had awful residue on my glasses and plastics. I used the prerinse stuff and to no avail. I went back to the over priced pods. If I can get my hands on that powder and it works and is cheaper I’d use it. I’m a bit skeptical, but I’d give it whirl.
I have tried to do this many times in the past. I am usually lucky just to get a video to post much less jump to the timestamp I want in the video. (to be clear, I know how to copy a YouTube link with a timestamp…just has never worked here)
Is this easy to do now or is there some trick to it to make it work that I am missing?
And yeah…great video, great channel and excellent rant. I don’t even want to call it a “rant” since that seems to demean it. It is well done and everyone should listen to it.
In a computer browser it is easy, on a phone, not as much.
In Youtube, right click on the time bar at the point you want the video to start and choose: Copy Video URL at current time, then just paste this link directly into the edit window here.
In case Preview does work, this is Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about Trump’s targeting DEI.
Sorry, I got distracted mid-post. If you’re on a phone and can’t make this work, just include that wonderful phrase. Rant starts at the 7:14 mark or in my example Starts at the 74 second mark.
