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Thrive II: This Is What It Takes

What really happened ismaybe a hundred miles away, there's a large generator producing...

What really happened is
maybe a hundred miles away, there's a large generator producing enough electricity for
hundreds of thousands of houses

Full Transcript

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What really happened is maybe a hundred miles away,
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there's a large generator
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producing enough electricity for hundreds of thousands of houses.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:19
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
documentary, sci-fi
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Brings viewers behind the scenes with the people and inventions that have the power to transform life for everyone.
It comes out of that generator - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:11
It comes out of that generator
Then it goes into your house, through your breaker box, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:16
Then it goes into your house, through your breaker box,
That requires an enormous amount of maintenance - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:07
That requires an enormous amount of maintenance
So now we're contrasting it to a house - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:06
So now we're contrasting it to a house
That means in the utility room, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:09
That means in the utility room,
And you also have a connection to the grid. - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:04
And you also have a connection to the grid.
So when you throw that switch, it completes the circuit, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:07
So when you throw that switch, it completes the circuit,
It immediately has access to the energy from its batteries, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:11
It immediately has access to the energy from its batteries,
The grid's importance, all of a sudden, has been demoted. - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:06
The grid's importance, all of a sudden, has been demote...
[soft rousing music] - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:11
[soft rousing music]
[Foster] Heart's work is the best example we've found - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:05
[Foster] Heart's work is the best example we've fo...
His technology takes solar, wind, geothermal - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:16
His technology takes solar, wind, geothermal
[soft music] - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:22
[soft music]
Now we run two houses with a number of refrigerators, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:09
Now we run two houses with a number of refrigerators,
So our electricity bills now run at about $10 a month, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:09
So our electricity bills now run at about $10 a month,
[rousing music] - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:08
[rousing music]
So it's capable of sharing with its neighbors - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:10
So it's capable of sharing with its neighbors
The core thing is the individual home, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:08
The core thing is the individual home,
And then those clusters communicate with others, - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:07
And then those clusters communicate with others,
[Nathan] We can't move from where we are today - Thrive II: This Is What It Takes 00:07
[Nathan] We can't move from where we are today