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Alternative Energy & Renewable Energy for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the different innovations in alternative energy and renewable energy such as solar power, wind power, geothermal power, and hydroelectric power, and how they are changing the world today.
TMW Media
Creating Greener Cars: The reason for alternative fuels
What are some examples of alternative fuel? What is peak oil? Creating Greener Cars, Part 1
Curated Video
Living Green - Episode 76 - Alternative Fuels
In San Diego, California, American consumers who visit the Pearson Ford fuel depot, can choose from eight different fuels. Customers can fill their cars with the usual regular or premium petrol s. Or they can go with any number of...
TED Talks
T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas
The US consumes 25% of the world's oil -- but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out onstage, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our bridge to an oil-free future? After losing $150...
TED Talks
Donald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy
What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Energy Resources
This video introduces the Energy Resources series. This program explores the wide range of energy resources including: crude oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, moving water, biomass, solar energy, wind energy, and geothermal energy....
The March of Time
1943: SWEDEN: FUEL SHORTAGE: Man dumping bag of coal into barrel on front of converted car, alternative fuel source, no gas. Sign 'Retortkol 5.25' (gas coal). MS Male dumping bag of coal into bin on back of car. WS Modified cars moving up road. WWII.
MOT 1943: SWEDEN: FUEL SHORTAGE: Man dumping bag of coal into barrel on front of converted car, alternative fuel source, no gas. Sign 'Retortkol 5.25' (gas coal). MS Male dumping bag of coal into bin on back of car. WS Modified cars...
The March of Time
1943: SWEDEN: FUEL SHORTAGE: Man dumping bag of coal into barrel on front of converted car, alternative fuel source, no gas. Sign 'Retortkol 5.25' (gas coal). MS Male dumping bag of coal into bin on back of car. WS Modified cars moving up road. WWII.
MOT 1943: SWEDEN: FUEL SHORTAGE: Man dumping bag of coal into barrel on front of converted car, alternative fuel source, no gas. Sign 'Retortkol 5.25' (gas coal). MS Male dumping bag of coal into bin on back of car. WS Modified cars...
The March of Time
1940s: SUMATRA: RESOURCES: * WS Oil mining rig on top of hill, silos (R) frame, car driving down hill. VS Workers operating drilling rig. HA VS Oil silos & storage tanks. Oil well, natural resources, renewable energy, alternative energy, drill
MOT 1940s: SUMATRA: RESOURCES: * WS Oil mining rig on top of hill, silos (R) frame, car driving down hill. VS Workers operating drilling rig. HA VS Oil silos & storage tanks. Oil well, natural resources, renewable energy, alternative...
The March of Time
1947: CLEVELAND ELECTRIC POWER: OHIO: WS Electric power transmission lines. WS Power generator grid. WS Various materials superimposed over power lines, 'Plywood, aluminum, glass, plastics, bronze, brass.' Consumption, alternative energy, OH
MOT 1947: CLEVELAND ELECTRIC POWER: OHIO: WS Electric power transmission lines. WS Power generator grid. WS Various materials superimposed over power lines, 'Plywood, aluminum, glass, plastics, bronze, brass.' Consumption, alternative...
The March of Time
1947: CLEVELAND POWER PLANT: OHIO: WS Power plant, smoke stacks. INT VS Males working, checking electric panels. DRAMATIZATION: VS Two engineers talking about increasing power. Power station, electricity, generator, Global Warming, alternative energy, OH
MOT 1947: CLEVELAND POWER PLANT: OHIO: WS Power plant, smoke stacks. INT VS Males working, checking electric panels. DRAMATIZATION: VS Two engineers talking about increasing power. Power station, electricity, generator, Global Warming,...
Curated Video
Exploring Alternative Fuels and Technologies for More Efficient Vehicles
In this video, engineers Peter Nortman and Greg Hansen showcase innovative ways to improve fuel efficiency in vehicles, such as enhancing the Toyota Prius with plug-in batteries for ultra-efficient performance. The use of alternative...
Curated Video
Exploring the Future of Alternative Fuel Vehicles: The Ninth Grove Fuel Symposium
The video showcases a variety of alternative fuel vehicles displayed in London's Trafalgar Square during the Ninth Grove Fuel Symposium. The focus is on educating the public about the potential of fuel cells in everyday transportation,...
SciShow
How Engineers Are Turning Wind into Protein Powder
Alternative energy is great, but our infrastructure isn't exactly equipped to handle it. So scientists are coming up with other ways to use it, including turning it into food.
TED Talks
Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy's future
Physicist Steven Cowley is certain that nuclear fusion is the only truly sustainable solution to the fuel crisis. He explains why fusion will work -- and details the projects that he and many others have devoted their lives to, working...
Curated Video
Renewable Energy Resources: Advantages and Disadvantages
In this video, the speaker discusses different types of renewable energy resources including hydroelectric energy, wind power, solar energy, biofuels, tidal power, water waves, and geothermal power. The speaker explains the advantages...
Crash Course
The Future of Clean Energy: Crash Course Engineering #31
This week we are exploring alternative energy sources. We'll look at how biomass can be burned as a fuel source, how hydrogen can be used in a fuel cell to generate electrical power, and how nuclear fission provides power to the grid....
Professor Dave Explains
The Future of Renewable Energy: Becoming a Type 1 Civilization
What challenges does humanity face in the 21st century? Where will we find the strength and the ingenuity to overcome them? One huge challenge is centered on the ways we produce energy. Current methods of extracting fossil fuels from the...
TED Talks
TED: How China is (and isn't) fighting pollution and climate change | Angel Hsu
China is the world's biggest polluter -- and now one of its largest producers of clean energy. Which way will China go in the future, and how will it affect the global environment? Data scientist Angel Hsu describes how the most populous...
Physics Girl
Can you power a house with a ShakeWeight?
Using a ShakeWeight, how long would it take to produce enough energy to power a house for a day? Are we making progress toward clean and alternative energy sources? PBS Digital Studios is grateful to Bill and Melinda Gates for their...
TED Talks
TED: Thorium, an alternative nuclear fuel | Kirk Sorensen
Kirk Sorensen shows us the liquid fuel thorium reactor -- a way to produce energy that is safer, cleaner and more efficient than current nuclear power.
TED Talks
Amory Lovins: A 40-year plan for energy
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy innovator Amory Lovins shows how to get the US off oil and coal by 2050, $5 trillion cheaper, with no Act of Congress, led by business for profit. The key is integrating all four...
MinuteEarth
America's Energy Future - MinuteEarth At The DemDebate
YouTube and NBC invited us to make a video for the final Democratic Candidate's Debate before the US Presidential primaries. Here's our video (about climate change & energy), Lester Holt's question, & the candidates' responses. Want to...
TED Talks
Jennifer Granholm: A clean energy proposal -- race to the top!
Kicking off the TED2013 conference, Jennifer Granholm asks a very American question with worldwide implications: How do we make more jobs? Her big idea: Invest in new alternative energy sources. And her big challenge: Can it be done with...