Pylons are ugly and nobody likes them! Filling up our countryside with thousands more of them to facilitate a massive electricity grid expansion is proving to be a very tricky challenge with lots of local opposition. But what if you could build your electricity grid out at sea and just bring cables to shore where they’re needed? Help support this channels independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com/ Reference links China’s MILLION VOLT Energy Superhighway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThkjp-bp8M UK Holistic Network Design https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/262676/download https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/262681/download UK Offshore Transmission Network Review https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-transmission-network-review/offshore-transmission-network-review-summary-of-outputs The Great UK Grid Upgrade https://www.nationalgrid.com/the-great-grid-upgrade UK Emission reduction https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-greenhouse-gas-emissions-fell-54-2023-government-data-shows-2024-03-28/ Hornsea Wind Farms https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/wind-farm-approved-will-power-33-million-uk-homes Michael Barnard on the Future of HVDC transmission https://medium.com/predict/future-of-electricity-transmission-is-hvdc-9800a545cd18 Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: null Climate Adam: null Kurtis Baute: null Levi Hildebrand: null Simon Clark: null Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Rollie Williams / ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: null Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ Engineering With Rosie null Ella Gilbert null Planet Proof https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtF58iBRQ2C3QPeKKzxwiA Our Eden null out Agora Energy Technology https://agoraenergy.ca/agora-growing-operations/