Energy Impacts on Land | Energy Switch Season 2, Episode 7

All energy facilities must be sited somewhere. All energy requires extracting something from Earth– fuel must be drilled for and materials must be mined. Transmission lines and pipelines cover many miles. What are the impacts of energy on land, and how could we reduce them? Discussing with Dr. Scott Tinker is: - Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute - Gurcan Gulen, Principal at G2 Energy Insights Chapters: 00:00 – Teaser 00:36 – Intro 01:41 – Topic 02:09 – Guests 02:45 – How does energy impact land? 03:57 – How do we analyze these impacts on land? 05:37 – Energy density 08:39 – Oil land impacts 09:25 – Coal land impacts 09:50 – Natural gas land impacts 11:03 – Solar panel land impacts 14:16 – Wind turbine land impacts 15:56 – Hydro land impacts 17:00 – Nuclear land impacts 17:37 – Land impacts from transporting power 18:33 – Highest and lowest land impact forms of energy 19:00 – How do we reduce land impacts? 21:06 – Balancing impacts on climate and land 22:36 – Meeting energy demand with minimal land impact 24:51 – Discussion summary 26:10 – End credits Originally aired 06/04/2023 on PBS. FOLLOW ENERGY SWITCH ▷ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/theenergyswitch ▷ TWITTER: https://x.com/theenergyswitch ▷ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theenergyswitch/ ▷ WEBSITE: https://energyswitch.org/ ▷ PODCAST: https://energyswitch.org/podcast FOLLOW US ▷ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SwitchEnergyAlliance ▷ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/SwitchEAlliance ▷ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/switchenergyalliance/ ▷ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/switchenergyalliance ▷ WEBSITE: https://switchon.org/ About Switch Energy Alliance: Switch Energy Alliance is a 501(c)(3) dedicated to inspiring an energy-educated future that is objective, nonpartisan, and sensible. With over 300 energy education videos and resources, Switch Energy Alliance engages students and general viewers in a positive conversation to work collaboratively on energy challenges. Learn more: https://switchon.org/ https://www.youtube.com/c/SwitchEnergyAlliance