The answer to the energy crisis is staring us in the face
The world is on track to get 50% of all its electricity from renewables in five years. Iceland has done it in dramatic style by harnessing the power of its volcanoes and glaciers, which help provide 100% of its electricity and almost all its heat energy. But what about most other countries that don't have Iceland's volcanoes to rely on?
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Josh Toussaint-Strauss finds out how the world is reaching this impressive milestone and how other countries such as the UK are making this energy transition happen, despite a distinct lack of volcanoes
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0:00 Introduction
0:19 How Iceland harnessed the volcano
2:56 How the rest of the world is transitioning to renewables
4:25 How the UK plans to build a virtually fossil-fuel free electricity grid
5:34 Will this actually make our energy bills cheaper?
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