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After the break with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, Europe needs new sources of energy and natural resources. It stands to reason that in order to obtain new sources, new partners are needed. The question is: who can be trusted in a world that is becoming increasingly unsettled? A Middle East that is red-hot? A Southeast Asia under siege by China? An African continent where wars are breaking out all over the place? These do not seem like the best options. But… What about Latin America? Latin America not only has gigantic oil and gas reserves, as well as many, many other natural resources, but it is also a region where armed clashes are still conspicuous by their absence… And that is precisely why here on VisualPolitik we have asked ourselves a few questions: Could Latin America be a reliable partner for achieving the energy transition proposed by Brussels? Which countries in the Southern Cone could sustain a strategic relationship with the EU? Would Latin America be able to replace Russia itself? In this video we give you all the answers.
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Australia already supplies half of Eastern Asia, a bit European Investment and I am sure we could supply a good proportion of the EU's needs.
Doesn’t hydrogen have a problem with storage? It’s a tiny molecule that tends to escape from storage. What is the solution for this problem?
How much pressure on the biodiversity on the amazon region for Extraktion of fossil fuel? How much heat can the latin america region take? It looks like the amazon is becoming a desert region. OMG 😢
Oil Reserves That Could Save Western Countries? honestly all this does is prolong the inevitable and go renewable, the clue is in the name.
where is grant? been a while since he last hosted a vid
Lol… save western countries? Save BRAZIL and BRAZILIAN people if energy sources belong to Brazil. The same to the other countries.
Pity that US considers South America as they backyard and would invade, go to war and coup other countries if necessary.
Oil reserves in a world were globalists are stimulating the climate cultists isn’t a key to economic prosperity
H2 is so expensive to transport that its cheaper for most businesses to produce it where and when they need it using the grid/water or from regular gas. Ultimately economics will determine the future energy mix.
What a hypocrisy, another proof there's not such a thing called Western values
After years of spending money to make Nicolas Maduro look like the devil, Europe is now shaking his hand
If EU was less hell for entrepreneurship – they ALREADY HAVE hydrogen power plants. Unfortunately there in Ukraine it is same hell +corruption EVERYWHERE!.. So, yeah. Many people including businesses already tired from it, but only real instrument we have it is rebellion which is not an option in our situation for now, but isn't meant we don't use it if we being pushed hard enough.
Solar, wind and batteries are going to be so cheap that oil, gas and nuclear are going to be obsolete in the next eight years. I don't think that hydrogen will be needed either.
OPEC+ normally lowers prices drastically whenever these countries start to develop energy projects and then they go bankrupt. That used to happen in North America too until new technology made development cheaper.
Who needs oil and gas when you have renewable energy?
Es whol the EU still importants from Rassia
What would happen if the world simply refused to sell their stuff to Europe
What's done is done? no, US will get judged for war crimes against their allies, blowing up the pipeline of EU that is.
THE WORLD IS MORE DIVIDED THEN EVER. IT ALL USA FAULT !
14:46, dose someone know what song is that?
With Milei running Argentina I see him making Argentina rich.
Ukraine war reduced Russia fossil fuel production (market and loss of technology) more green energy in Europe. Latin America can only fill in gaps in market
500 years later Europe still comes back to LATAM for natural resources.
Hydrogen has its greatest future as chemical feedstock
Brazil needs its own João Milei, not Lula or Bolsonaro
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8:39: 📊 Latin America's oil production has been disappointing, with only Brazil showing significant growth.
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16:02: 🔋 Hydrogen could eventually guarantee Europe energy self-sufficiency and solve the problem of renewable energy intermittency.
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Mark and you are addicted to Hawai shirts, isn´t it? xD
Europe has a big problem, because we haven´t any countries arround with huge gas and oil resources.
Only Norway, Italy and GB have a little bit.
North America, South America, Australia have enough for themselfes and for export.
South Australia runs their grid almost entirely on solar, wind, large battery megapacks and pumped hydro storage.
We've had 50 years warning that alternative to fossil fuel dependencies were a problem.
Fassil fuels are from tha past. Our beloved leader believes that everything will electric
P.S. do these South America countries have certificate to be decomcratic?
If its wind solar hydro electric or a battery it is a waste of money and endangering national security
😂when push comes to shove for their economies, the West accepts this climate change game has to take a back seat.
There has been a war in Ukraine for over 10 years. It was in Europe's best interest to find a peaceful settlement but no.
Most Russians and Ukrainians alike wanted peaceful relations with the EU, economic free trade and open borders. This has never been the objective of the EU and unfortunately for everyone that chapter has closed.
I'm still an optimist. If the EU and UK accept that isolationist policies have failed and work to build a more productive and cooperative relationship with thier neighbors and the developing world, the future is going to be less grim for everyone.
"Armed clashes continue to be conspicuous by their absence" while Venezuelan soldiers assemble on the border of Guyana to 'reclaim the Essequibo region' similar to Russia with Crimea and then Ukraine itself.
This should be the topic of your next video in the region.
I would keep an eye for a potential political transition in Venezuela, not only does it have vast oil reserves but also untapped offshore natural gas resources.
The profound sociopolitical transformation in Venezuela's public opinion could help realized that potential, with a public opinion a lot more open and enthusiastic about free market reforms and opening the oil market, in fact, the proposal of privitazing the practically bankrupted state oil company PDVSA no longer inspires animosity.
The chavista catastrophy has forced venezuelans to rethink decades old economic/social dogmas.
It remains to be seen how and when this transition takes place.
Nah….this is dumb. Venezuela has a HUGE amount of oil but it is largely tar sands and heavy oil that are very hard to extract and refine. It's a much better idea to transition to EVs that can be powered with clean, domestic, and DIRT CHEAP solar PV and wind.
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Hydrogen is not an energy source;it is a storage medium for energy produced in other ways such as solar and wind. Liquid fuels are far better for the current transportation infrastructure. Natural sourced of CO2 can be combined in various chemical reactors to provide a wide range of liquid fuels, such as propane, dimethylether, methanol,or perhaps mestylene. The Greenness of the fuel is dependent on the source not on the final form. Hydrogen is notoriously hard to work with and special handling that is required is fine for industrial use, but not suitable for general consumer uses.