USA’s Future Megaprojects
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2 жыл бұрынThe $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the biggest investment in America’s physical public assets in decades.
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The $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the largest investment in America’s physical public assets in decades and the biggest commitment ever by the government of the USA to fight climate change.
The bill expands the Buy America requirement for infrastructure materials, which will boost the American manufacturing sector and industries like steel production.
Its core is an expansion of the 5-year transportation infrastructure law known as the FAST Act, passed in 2015.
45% of Americans lack access to public transportation and for every $1b spent on transit, 50,000 jobs are created. This bill will provide the largest investment in public transit in American history.
Almost 40K people died in motor vehicle-related incidents in 2019, and unsafe road infrastructure is a major risk factor for these fatalities.
On top of traditional infrastructure spending, the bill invests an unprecedented $550 billion over five years on dozens of innovative new programs.
The bill builds out a national network of 500,000 electric car (EV) chargers to ease range anxiety and accelerate the switchover from gasoline to electric.
$500m to electrifying school buses, $5b for zero-emission public transit buses, and $2.5b toward electrifying the many ferries on our extensive waterways.
To make sure these vehicles are powered by renewable electricity, the bill makes the largest investment in the energy grid in American history. Hundreds of substations and thousands of miles of new high-voltage transmission lines will bring green electricity to cities as wind and solar are now the lowest-cost sources of electricity.
With 45,000 bridges in poor condition throughout the country, a new program will oversee $40b for repairs and rebuilds.
The largest investment in Amtrak's history will modernize the passenger rail network for our transportation and economic future.
Airport and port delays jeopardize over 1 million jobs. The bill will fund repairs, improve logistics, reduce congestion, and increase electrification to reduce emissions.
More than 30 million Americans live in areas with no high-speed internet infrastructure and are still suffering seconds-long waits to load pages and constant video buffering-or they have to go to a library or restaurant just to get something done.
This historic investment will guarantee that every American has reliable broadband internet access.
10 million households and 400,000 schools lack access to safe drinking water. The Biden administration detailed its plan to try to replace every underground drinking water pipe in the country in the next ten years. About half of the children in the US have detectable levels of lead in their blood.
In 2021, 20 weather disasters of $1b each 688 people no alive. To build resilience to extreme weather, $71b on:
Flood mitigation and waterway management by the Army Corps of Engineers;
Water storage, recycling, and ecosystem restoration to help California and other western states deal with drought.
Wildfire fighting like clearing dry brush and trees fuel blazes.
Inside the $1.2 TRILLION Plan to Modernize US Infrastructure
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@R_Lexis 2 жыл бұрын
The infrastructure program on paper looks very promising however execution and assurance that no wasteful spending is my biggest concern along with corruption. Seeing this much money being spent on infrastructure will also play a role in our economy hopefully all of my concerns will be alleviated and my positive hopes realized.
@SimonNZ6969 2 жыл бұрын
Well, better it go to infrastructure than the military. Corruption and wasteful spending is rampant there.
@uzziya6392 2 жыл бұрын
That sounds about right. As a bit of a train nerd I can tell you that $90 billion for nebulous "public transit" spending and $66 billion for Amtrak sounds promising but when you take into consideration how neglected America's railways are it's not nearly enough. Amtrak has individual upgrade programs that it wants that cost more than $66 billion, so it's obviously not solving any of those problems, and these projects take a decade or more to build because of how bloated America's bureaucracy and political system is with corruption. Add to that the fact that the bill "provides the largest investment in public transit in American history" but very few specific projects are named and things get pretty suspicious. There's no reason to believe state and local politicians won't blow it all on gadgetbahn in exchange for kickbacks or use it to widen already overbuild highways under the premise it'll provide space for buses.
@R_Lexis 2 жыл бұрын
@@SimonNZ6969 though corruption and wasteful spending rampant we the citizens have to show concern of where the money is being spent and not aimlessly, billions and trillions of dollars spent correctly can reshape this country and jump start the economy from the inflation laden moment that we are now, this would force job growth economic and massive hiring the likes of which we have not seen in decades.
@R_Lexis 2 жыл бұрын
@@uzziya6392 Agreed.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
I share your concern, not necessarily on corruption so much as on inefficiency. I didn't get a chance to get into it in this video, but the bill has a significant amount of reporting and oversight requirements for the agencies in their distribution of these funds to help minimize waste and fraud. Also, Biden and his right hand man (current Chief of Staff Ron Klain) were in charge of the '09 stimulus (Recovery Act) and they got it done with record low levels of waste...more on this in my next video.
@cw4019 2 жыл бұрын
truly insane how they dedicate so much money to cars and largely ignore public transportation
@quasi8180 Жыл бұрын
I rely on public transportation i cant afgord a car or a liscence.
@MrMountainchris Жыл бұрын
Like it or not, it would cost less to electrify our cars than to get rid of highways and start fresh with trains. It's just not how America was set up, unfortunately.
@bigshotaviation8570 Жыл бұрын
66billion being spent on rail is a large improvement
@Szcza04 8 ай бұрын
@@MrMountainchriswe have to think long term though we are extremely short sighted about overall goals
@badgoat6926 7 ай бұрын
@@Szcza04we are young and dumb
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That means a lot, thank you! I am so sorry I took a few extended breaks without cluing you in. I know that feels like I take you all for granted, but I did it because I'm constantly trying to figure out how to make the most meaningful videos for you guys I can. Sometimes I can overthink it or put too much pressure on myself, but I'm in a great place now and trying to steadily build something bigger and more sustainable.
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@Joanyuh 2 жыл бұрын
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@mark1h2023 2 жыл бұрын
This deserves way more views!
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@zachfox7771 2 жыл бұрын
more money should be going to public transportation than roads. bike lanes is lumped in with two other things and that whole piece is only 7 billion‽!‽
@josephwonderless1258 Жыл бұрын
The bad thing about bike lanes is that not everybody can ride a bike, due to physical reasons.
@jazzcatjohn Жыл бұрын
@@josephwonderless1258 Those who can't ride don't have to, but plenty of people can and will if the infrastructure is better. And let's face it, people need to get out of their personal vehicles and get some exercise while getting from point A to point B. Bike infrastructure is a win win.
@miles5600 Жыл бұрын
@@josephwonderless1258 like what?
@FGH9G 2 жыл бұрын
9:02 Well I for one am very glad that Nuclear Energy is getting recognition and its fair share from the Infrastructure Bill. I am also very relieved that they acknowledge that premature decommissioning of nuclear reactors for political reasons and other irrational fears is completely and utterly misguided, and will ultimately INCREASE our carbon footprint. Good to see nuclear energy's inclusion, I just wish for more investment in more new reactors, next gen nuclear power, as well as maybe even Thorium reactors.
@josephwonderless1258 Жыл бұрын
The US Navy ship I was on during the mid 70's was nuclear power and it was safe as long as profit wasn't involved.
@evilgaymagic7481 Жыл бұрын
Thorium? Like - The Molten Salt ones?
@40klegion78 Жыл бұрын
smartest person on the thread. Not a big beliver in the climate change spending because it seems to just be lining pockets but if we switch to nuclear we will be much more self seficiant.
@yuvrajkumar5441 2 жыл бұрын
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@NoobsofFredo 2 жыл бұрын
I honestly have no confidence whatsoever that all of these goals will be met in five or even ten years, much less for only 1.2 trillion dollars. That said though, if they manage to accomplish even a third of what they're setting out to do, I'll call it a win overall.
@barneycarparts 8 ай бұрын
There is plenty of public transportation Busses n Taxis and Uber. Most busses I see are mostly empty. Why do you want America to look like Europe? Because its romantic?
@FlyingMonet 4 ай бұрын
@@barneycarparts I carry both US and European passports. I don’t think the US has to look like Europe per se, but I think things could be so much better. Look at how tremendously China and the Middle East have developed modernized cities within the past 20-40 years. America is capable of so much more and better, it’s really sad. I believe your comment is just another example of how we have become too complacent. We give billions to other countries but aren’t taking care of our own soil.
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@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
More to come!
@CurtisLow28 Жыл бұрын
Lol at lowering energy bills my energy is up 100 percent in Kansas since 2020
@pollutingpenguin2146 2 жыл бұрын
Isn't the plan over 10 years? And doesn't it just include previous allocated funds to it which means that there is hardly any new money added to infrastructure?
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
I understand your confusion because I too was confused until I dug into it. The media and dems did a terrible job explaining this. Half of the funding is reauthorizing the five-year transportation plan known as the FAST Act (which is itself a big deal instead of 1-year funding bills as it allows localities to plan and budget for bigger projects), but also beefing its spending up by +50%. That is all new spending, but into programs that were already created so people don't consider them "new" per say. The rest is all new programs, so a lot of money is being invested in a short amount of time. I'll explore this in-depth in my next video.
@Lildizzle420 2 жыл бұрын
there is a lot of cognitive dissonance among democrats, investing 3X as much in highways than in transit. they say "one of the biggest investments in transit" It's also one of the largest investments in highways. public transit use is suppose to double by 2030
@Ncloud 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah they're basically making it so car companies can sell more cars. American car dependency will never stop.
@MrMountainchris Жыл бұрын
Americans love their cars, our cities were built with cars in mind. It would cost more to scrap all that and build railways everywhere. I for one, do not want to share a train car with a bunch of the crazy and violent people I've seen on trains. But I'll happily switch to an electric car.
@bigshotaviation8570 Жыл бұрын
@@MrMountainchris it would cost much less in the long term and would have many economical and environmental benefits.
@josephrivera1679 2 жыл бұрын
They just said half of all children in the US have detectable levels of lead in their blood. I’m sure it’s far more since half the children haven’t been tested and this is only an estimate. How this country treats regular people and the way it prioritizes money is not okay.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. I was reading a lot of critiques on this in my research and did some math that I'll be laying out in an upcoming video, but basically ~100x more miles were travelled on roads than on transit in the US in 2019 before the pandemic--so getting the funding ratio down to 4-1 in roads-to-transit seems a fairly balanced win for transit. Also, with electric vehicles of all sizes soon on these roads, I think the case for an even more drastic shift toward transit is weakened (obviously, though, people should use transit whenever feasible).
@MrMountainchris Жыл бұрын
It's really gross, isn't it? We need a cultural shift as well to prioritize human lives and dignity. To prioritize healthcare and education regardless of how much it costs!
@alowais32 2 жыл бұрын
Quality over quantity
@TheOfficialoddity 2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the old style of videos
@bigshotaviation8570 Жыл бұрын
Back when they were actually informative
@jamesledbetter6107 Жыл бұрын
1.2 trillion means 100 trillion including half of it as pure waste. Politicians should never have let our country get so bad.
@TheMorris360 2 жыл бұрын
11:36 Surely wildlife crossing aren't receiving 1/4 of the total budget?
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, you're right! $350 Million, not Billion. I double-checked those graphics and even stressed the first letter in bold to help people, and I still somehow missed that one. Thanks for pointing that out.
@babo2303 Жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks! Love to see these future plans. Hope America can get back on track with other western countries.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Жыл бұрын
I hope so too!
@FlamingoPulse 2 жыл бұрын
Another thing that was left out, but somewhat important, is the regulation of cryptocurrencies by the IRS, requiring people to report transactions of digital assets (including NFTs) above $10k in value or face felony charges starting in 2023. As someone who's seen many creators been hurt by NFT weirdos stealing their creations and minting them without their consent & knowing the negative impact it and crypto is having on the environment, I welcome that addition.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Definitely will be covering the impact of crypto on the environment. If you have any resources to help in that research, I'd love to check them out!
@jimhughes5255 2 жыл бұрын
I bet most of the projects will "need more money" to complete and we will just get a bunch of traffic cameras and crap nobody wants.
@lokingbob Жыл бұрын
I wish you made more videos
@peterhickox9137 Жыл бұрын
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@Tampertownmediagroup 5 ай бұрын
Right now if you are a pedestrian walking in the street your gonna need a hard hat. If your driving on a bridge your gonna need a life vest.
@osmanhossain676 Жыл бұрын
Get California High Speed Rail and get California High Speed Rail now from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim and Sacramento to San Diego.
@johngodoy2929 Жыл бұрын
THIS VIDEO WAS AMAZING!!
@mihastih 2 жыл бұрын
In the USA you think you can produce even more electricity with solar but i think you need to focus more into other renewable sources of electricity production. Currently you need coal and gas power plants to produce electricity at night when solar is at 0. Solar panels also doesn't produce electricity when it's cloudy, rainy and such. I think you should focus more into building hydro storages/dams and nuclear power plants to produce electricity when needed not dependent on weather.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Good point. Diversifying the clean energy mix will be made easier with an electricity grid that can move wind power from the plains to California at night, etc. Advanced nuclear, batteries, and innovative energy storage will all help too. This bill invests in all of this.
@jorgerivera10 2 жыл бұрын
Does dis plan include Hawai and puerto rico?
@joedelira2337 2 жыл бұрын
It does include Hawaii, but I’m not so sure about Puerto Rico
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Yes and yes.
@osmanhossain676 Жыл бұрын
Build California High Speed Rail and build California High Speed Rail now from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim and Sacramento to San Diego.
@silicalnz 2 жыл бұрын
Ive alwats wondered how a country (government) can leave fundamental points of success to its economy lie in such neglect. Hopefully this is a recurring thing that sustains growth.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I'll be looking at this a little more in an upcoming video.
@Ares__ Жыл бұрын
This bill has a lot of great things in it but I hope after a few years we don't just go back to ignore the most important things in our country. The budgets for these things need restructuring and constant funding if any of this will be achieved.
@zacharydavis4398 Жыл бұрын
5:06 - 5:39 Lol growing up, we didn’t have internet/tv access until around/within the high school yeas when Hughes Net became an option for us 😂 oof was basically like not having internet at all. No internet until college university years wasn’t that bad, except when you’re back home and you have internet based work to complete 😅had to be creative 😂 Miss the days of no internet and tv, ignorance was significantly bliss those days, at least until it wasn’t (i.e. 😅why am I the only one of my friends who gets pulled over repeatedly.. what a coincidence… oh wait I’m the only one with a dark complexion in our region, wonder if “when they see us”, having a different complexion draws attention or something… no idea I live in the middle of nowhere, without internet, and tv … it’s probably just a coincidence I get pulled over and my friends don’t while driving the same roads the same way, at the same frequency, etc.. what a coincidence lol smh). Going back no internet might actually not be so bad for awhile every now again lol there might be serious detox benefits to such a thing 🤷🏾♂️ lol 5:06 - 5:51
@TheLiamster 2 жыл бұрын
This infrastructure bill is great but I wish that more money was put towards nuclear power and older plants should be upgraded with new reactors.
@Dragonluna69 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed but it does mention SMR and advance nuclear reactors @10:21 ....I'm happy to see these initiatives layed out under the Biden administration which I thought Trump was going to focus on since he was suppose to be a "great builder" and make great deals happen and be ahead of schedule...blah blah blah....
@orthrus4490 6 ай бұрын
@Dragonluna69 to be fair to the man, he was constantly having to fight through pointless political battles (thanks democrats for wasting 2 years of a presidency with russia gate) and had some bad advisors that he didn't get rid of until late in his presidency. If he had slightly better staff and a congress that would even occasionally work with him, he may have gotten a lot more done. Unfortunately congress, specifically the house, writes the checks and the Democrat controlled house outright refused to work with him or agree on anything with him, moreso than any other president has had to deal with in living memory. Would he have done more if congress didn't outright hate him? Who knows. But a lot of his attempts to do things were blocked by tribalist democrats and swampy/corrupt/TDS Republicans in congress.
@jacklancaster8622 Жыл бұрын
On today's episode of things that will never happen
@ForzaJersey 2 жыл бұрын
@TDC Anything on Advanced drop-in Biofuels? Solar-Wind-Battery power with BEVs will take at least 30-40 years to achieve carbon neutrality and are economically impossible to achieve meaningful carbon negativity. This is all nice but, basically worthless if it doesn't have advanced biofuels front and center.
@neeljavia2965 2 жыл бұрын
Another oil lobby idi*t spotted.
@Akhi_Iyad 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid bro
@loganqueenan4937 9 ай бұрын
We need to seriously retract our reliance on cars. I was walking around Brooklyn, constantly cut off by roads, impossible to walk around and looks abandoned with shattered glass and vehicle parts everywhere. Our transit system in NYC is completely garbage. The train feels like it’s going to snap any minute and throws people around constantly. You get nothing out of the cost of NYC. Everything in America is completely trashed and hasn’t been updated since the early 90s. Our airports smell and look like grandpas basement. Bridges are falling, roadways are torn, train stations look rusted and abandoned, it’s really a shame what’s happening here
@jacobbernard1393 2 жыл бұрын
Great coverage; we need to be doing a lot more to decarbonize, but it's a very good start, and it's something about which to be excited.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree!
@osmanhossain676 Жыл бұрын
I love California High Speed Rail.
@lancewood1410 5 ай бұрын
So after a year, what are the progress??? and how much from that 1.2Trillion has dissapeared hahahahahaha
@osmanhossain676 Жыл бұрын
Yes and yeah California High Speed Rail.
@juhyokang2571 Жыл бұрын
Okay 👍 okok
@ayushaish1478 2 жыл бұрын
If only Americans do something more like this bipartisan support to end big pharma monopoly. People would had lived a more better life.
@Primoz.r 2 жыл бұрын
Why are coal power plants used as footage when talking about nuclear?
@bigshotaviation8570 Жыл бұрын
Great to see that a lot of it is being spent on rsil
@osmanhossain676 Жыл бұрын
I want California High Speed Rail.
@chickenman9059 2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos !
@vinny7114 Жыл бұрын
1.2 Trillion dollars worth of infrastructure in the U.S. translates more into 150 billion of actually infrastructure, the rest is swallowed up by Designs, Licensing, fees, kickbacks among its local, state and federal government's, when not even including the waste or when outright stealing funds. which is why in my city we have a temporary bridge with a life span of 10 years while they were designing official one, well, that 40 years ago. Did I mentioned the life span of said bridge was 10 years? this bureaucracy will be our downfall.
@neeljavia2965 2 жыл бұрын
Atleast better than doing nothing. Even if corruption and inefficiencies exist, or unions waste time, it's still better than just sitting and letting everything go to waste.
@johniii8147 9 ай бұрын
If well managed, it will be the biggest achievement of Bidden's.
@FalconsEye58094 Жыл бұрын
we could have done this 3 times over for what Afghanistan cost
@socomxx 8 ай бұрын
If we wouldn't have sent $125 billion + on Ukraine, we would have a lot more to add to this bill.
@imhimdk1785 7 ай бұрын
You gotta think geopolitically we are the big brother and most countries and poor countries look for our help
@socomxx 7 ай бұрын
In my opinion we shouldn't anymore, the whole world dislikes us anyway, focus purely on trade and defense at home. We got big problems in our own country right now that we have to fix.@@imhimdk1785
@lilybertine5673 Жыл бұрын
The more you sprawl, the more you crawl. The Issue is more fundamental than that.
@docjaramillo Жыл бұрын
Look what we can do, when we think about the greater good.
@oo--7714 Жыл бұрын
Wow I thought you were younger, your voice is very soft
@HKChineseCanadian Жыл бұрын
Where is the funding for infrastructure coming from when Americans are sending more billions to Ukraine to support an unwinnable war against Russia.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Жыл бұрын
Seems like the Ukrainians are winning the war.
@normanquach4655 9 ай бұрын
May be another 5 or 10 years 😂
@Hodaka_ai 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👍
@michellehu8264 Жыл бұрын
The federal government has now started to fund the modernization of our infrastructure, next, what's most important is how to get the job done effectively and efficiently nationwide
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Жыл бұрын
Indeed. The newly-made-law Inflation Reduction Act [Tax and Climate Bill] will also give a much needed boost to our Electrify Everything strategy.
@lindokuhlemthembu3015 Жыл бұрын
This is possible if only you stop wars around the world
@Caldaron 2 жыл бұрын
500 million for school busses divided by 500.000 school busses means a whopping 1000$ for a bus. WOW! that's absolutely how much that'd cost. Bridge funding would at most fix 4000 bridges in the whole of the US. But it has 46,154 bridges that are structurally deficient... again: WOW!
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
The $5 billion investment in clean transit buses will also help create these markets. The bill doesn't need to pay to replace every diesel bus on the road. It simply needs to lower the costs of electric vehicles enough to be cost-competitive, or better, then the market will take over. On bridges, I agree that on paper it doesn't seem like enough, but "structurally deficient" doesn't mean the whole bridge needs to be torn down and replaced. Many just need retrofits that cost a fraction of a new build while extending their lifespan by decades. Plus, federal money isn't meant to cover the entire cost of many of these bridges, as state and counties have plenty in their budgets to do most of these repairs, they just need a little extra incentive to undertake the project. This bill more than does that.
@osmanhossain676 Жыл бұрын
I pray for California High Speed Rail.
@angiebervinkle9542 Жыл бұрын
they need to fight crime not this it's so simple
@quasi8180 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if all the states were connected by rail we wouldnt be so.stuck
@jnwilliams1986 Жыл бұрын
Wow what a good future that never happened due to political infighting
@davidbrown5185 Жыл бұрын
I wonder where they are going to get all the money from. I thought America had a massive debt.
@gonzalol4157 2 жыл бұрын
So... 120 billion per year for ten years, you guys can do way better
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
It is $200b+ a year for five years. The 10-year cost is a CBO accounting technicality. Vast majority of funds go out the door by 2026.
@blackunitsound 3 ай бұрын
Why those people always having problems to spend their own money on their self you can spend on East Asia
@creatorofgods1668 Жыл бұрын
All because the World Cup will be held in the U.S., Mexico, & Canada in 2026.
@zacharydavis4398 Жыл бұрын
0:00 - 13:33 💙🤍❤️🇺🇸
@lakshyavarshney9942 Ай бұрын
Western world is falling we hv to cut down on our materialism in some ways to make stuff better
@maximwermke3517 2 жыл бұрын
From a german perspective it's surprising to see, how far behind the us partially is. The last 4 years only explain little parts of this. I guess in a very liberal system many things I see as basic infrastructure are deemed "personal responsibility" (or state responsibility with lack of proper cross state exchange - fe texas power grid)
@ChatGPT1111 Жыл бұрын
Wow, your comment aged badly, now that we know how completely reliant the Germans are on Russian energy. At least we still remain the nation with the highest proven energy reserves in the world. Also, your autobahn is 1/7 as extensive as our interstate system with the population ratio being only a quarter of that. Plus, we protect you from invaders, not the other way round and that eats the budget we would've used for these amazing trains you all are obsessed with.
@gebbygr7932 Жыл бұрын
and who will capture Germany?) Russia? If your American terrorist government had not climbed into Ukraine (NATO is a red line in Ukraine), nothing would have happened. Germany would bypass you in the future by decades. your bases in germany were forcibly established after the second world war, learn your imperialist history
@maximwermke3517 Жыл бұрын
@@ChatGPT1111 that just sounds like your ego has been insulted... A nations accomplishments/ state has little to nothing to do with you personally. Also a nation's Energy reserves have basically nothing to do with that nation's outputs either. It's mostly about what can be found in the ground.
@ChatGPT1111 Жыл бұрын
@@maximwermke3517 nein, there’s actually a stage or nuance between neutral and ‘impact to one’s ego’, which is called ‘setting the record straight’. Hey, have you noticed how the Euro is doing compared to the dollar lately? Nicht so gut.
@markw-s5734 6 ай бұрын
Bipartisan? Hardly. Most Republicans voted against it and are not trying to take credit for it.
@y2k21 Жыл бұрын
LOL that's not allowed.
@andreujuanc 2 жыл бұрын
Money printer go BRRRRRRR
@price724 10 ай бұрын
Stop believing this is Your money…it ain’t personal…but it’s Americans money…be realistic
@bevbee9372 Жыл бұрын
Let's hope that money is actually being spent on fixing the infrastructure
@miles5600 Жыл бұрын
it will, they've even passed laws with securing the funding for project use only
@billbissenas2973 Жыл бұрын
Zero impact on climate.
@siuchen7140 Жыл бұрын
USA is falling down ..4get it 😂
@cynthiapeller2195 Жыл бұрын
Of course, our illustrious transportation secretary first statement after being appointed, was to tell Americans we have racist roads. I’m asking, how much money will go to removing racist roads? Second point: With the largest infrastructure investment since Eisenhower’s federal highway program, why no national fanfare? We have been told zippo since this bill has been passed. One would expect Pete’s face to be on television announcing one program after the next, unfortunately not so. The proof is in the pudding, tells me government graft will pocket most of this money. 😡
@arishemghoul9571 Жыл бұрын
lol racist roads wow thats a new one.
@cynthiapeller2195 Жыл бұрын
@@arishemghoul9571 you can watch the speech on KZfaq
@AsAbovesobelow952 Жыл бұрын
With all due respect, while you did an amazing job introducing the projects, in paper they all look good and I hope they get implemented, but Is clear as day that you are bias and that's nothing wrong with that. My only concern is how this administration is coercing thr American public to go full Electric by keeping the gas prices extremely high. I don't think is right, I hope that we transition toward a clean e energy and transportation industry. I think your party will loose horribly if yall are not sincere with the American people, the coastal elites are not the only people that your party should cater to. I'm an emigrant myself, I hope yall heed and listen to people and don't be so smug and arrogant. Politics is about listening and comprising your party refuses, otherwise you did an amazing job with the video.
@franwex Жыл бұрын
But the administration is not keeping gasoline prices high. Energy prices are high all over the world too. It’s not just a Democrat thing to push a clean energy agenda. It’s the responsible thing to do because even without climate damage, oil will run out.
@vdub7090 2 жыл бұрын
The view amount of this video is the problem with America
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Жыл бұрын
😕
@uncle_saag 2 жыл бұрын
america or usa?
@alexb1839 2 жыл бұрын
america
@joedelira2337 2 жыл бұрын
US
@uncle_saag 2 жыл бұрын
both shite anyway
@joedelira2337 2 жыл бұрын
@@uncle_saag nice spelling
@uncle_saag 2 жыл бұрын
@@joedelira2337 your second name looks like a typo
@kuazexin 2 жыл бұрын
Lol none of these will be done any time soon
@johnthorton1709 2 жыл бұрын
This would be such a better video there wasn't so much bias leaked into it.
@rogerheuckeroth7456 2 жыл бұрын
$66B to Amtrak... what a waste of money.
@neeljavia2965 2 жыл бұрын
Why?
@rogerheuckeroth7456 2 жыл бұрын
@@neeljavia2965 In the US travel by rail is most used by commuters that are traveling from their homes in the suburbs to their job in the city. In most metropolitan areas the local rail system normally out competes Amtrak for this commuter service. For long distance travel, its a slow way to go, and not very popular. Also, the Amtrak organization has shown that it is not a good investment in their waste and inability to stay competitive. The $66B will just keep them alive fr a few more years. They need a fundamental reorganization and we should be looking at something like the Hyperloop concept for frequently travelled longer distance travel.
@neeljavia2965 2 жыл бұрын
@@rogerheuckeroth7456 Fair enough. I think long distance routes are not used more in USA because of lack of density. Hyperloop suits better for the country. Maybe you guys should just invest into that and convert the freight network into electric.
@OBSMProductions Жыл бұрын
@@neeljavia2965 by now you probably think Hyperloop is a dumb idea and maglev tech has been shown to be more viable. People like Elon need to focus on making it cheaper to manufacture
@neeljavia2965 Жыл бұрын
@@OBSMProductions Every new technology had boomers like you hating it just because you don't have enough braincells to understand it. Whether it's the tech or the economic feasibility behind it. HSR are not at all economically viable in USA.
@bnbcraft6666 Жыл бұрын
Even tho I really dislike Biden I love that he sees importance of passenger trains
@tonypuga2502 2 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen your face since trump won, we're getting old bud
@FuckNewWorldOrder 2 жыл бұрын
Wow I dint know money changes climate. We shud do more budgeting of digital poof fiat to control a made-up poof emergency. See how much we can do when we put our poof heds together?
@7373robin Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget 10% for the big guy!
@mikemclean5815 Жыл бұрын
Found the MAGAt. President Biden and congressional Democrats invested in America’s infrastructure, while nearly every single Republican voted against it. Worse yet, those same Republicans still claim credit for infrastructure projects in their own districts… that they voted against! Cope and seethe.
@justsomepersononyoutube9271 2 жыл бұрын
Joe Biden is diving into.a ocean
@Dragonluna69 2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome...I like the path we are going with this Biden plan.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Жыл бұрын
How are you feeling about the new climate bill that just passed (the Inflation Reduction Act)?
@chickentoucher55 2 жыл бұрын
this is nice and all but how much is this actually going to help the climate the truth is it wont having some ev buses and using public transport wont do anything the USA only produces 13% of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Change has been completely over feared by the public we are not going extinct in 12 years. the best way i think to get out of the "crisis" is to let developing countries developing bring more and more people out of poverty which then increases overall education levels substantially which will then boost technological advancement even faster which means better and faster advancements in climate technology which then fixes the issue. the wrong thing to do is slow progress and go to socialism which would destroy humanity into depression. the answer is continuing to use capitalism to bring humanity away from poverty and have a richer more prosperous world.
@drwalka10 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds great but don't celebrate before anything is actually done. This video was lowkey sponsored by the Biden administration. At least show some realistic pessimism on any of the programs. Instead, this video is a complete jerk fest.
@peachezprogramming 2 жыл бұрын
This video is wrong in so many ways. Electric vehicle myths, road safety myths. You really don't know much about this topic
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Please enlighten us then, Matt.
@peachezprogramming 2 жыл бұрын
@@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel Okay. 1. You said that 40,000 roads deaths are contributable to roads not being maintained. This is not true. The deaths are contributable to poor road design like wide lanes and fast speeds. Repairing potholes does not fix this. I would look up the KZfaq channel Not Just Bikes on safe road design. 2. You said that EV adoption is hindered by the charging network. This is not true. EV adoption is hindered by one thing: battery supply. Tesla produces most of the EVs in the US and they sell every single one they make. They are production constrained, and have been for 10 years. Adding more chargers does not increase adoption, because there are not enough vehicles to adopt. 3. You didn't mention how the suburbanization of the US makes infrastructure must more costly and less efficient. This bill may help today but this problem will just continue. There is too much infrastructure per person for our economy to maintain because of terrible zoning laws. Single family homes and cars have destroyed this country, and nobody even realizes it. Lastly, I apologize for the rude comment. It's not constructive to word things so negatively. It is frustrating though to have well respected, high quality channels like yours spreading myths.
@TDC_TheDocumentaryChannel 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your thoughtful comment, Matt. 1. I think both of our statements can be true. And thanks for the channel recommendation. 2. I pulled the map showing gaps in 50+ kW EV chargers from PlugShare this week. www.plugshare.com/ There are towns and even small cities all over the country at least an hour away from a charger that can juice up an EV in under an hour. 3. If you're interested, I covered how urban design and transit cut emissions in my interview with policy expert Robbie Orvis from a year ago here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ms6DfrSl2trehYE.html Thanks again for engaging constructively.
@christianjaycabamungan314 4 ай бұрын
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