The Colony - Creating Electricity

[KadenHawke001]

whereas modern society has grown up with it. Take it away and they're just as lost as the 5th grader in the auto shop.

[12TabulaRasa12]

i'ma use this when my electricity gets cut off

[frisc45]

what AWG is used for connecting the 12v batteries in parallel?

[MrNakito555]

Are you kidding me...i haven't paid my light bill and its been cut off and im fine...a lil chilly but its all good.

[ZombieSlayer1210]

if the economy collapsed globably i can immagine life becoming similar to what it is in the colony

[bryncomeaux]

@ZombieSlayer1210 process , birth, education, service, moderate wealth gain, bankruptcy, senility, death. why work for the gov't? earn less than18k per person and you get your money back. ssi you get back later. Landlord? Don't pay them. Get 20 people, buy land. Divide well drilling by 20. no water bill. Food? Store? Grow it makes stuff and trade with others. Money? Sell stuff or work gigs or part time. Run a bed and breakfast.

[ngcq1811]

In FO3, you only need a bed to survive.

[worzelhund]

this can be very dangerous if you switch the poles.

[Litzen2k]

I would do anything to be in this show!

Problem is that I would be so acquainted with the environment of a post apocalyptic world that I think it was reality xD Mad Max FTW!

[GeorgeNada1]

this show is great... but i wish they would just show us how to 'make' the helpful stuff and save the 'drama' and the fake marauders, and somewhat fake 'acting' and the notion that these guys could actually hold down a place that size and with that much value for more than a day, even w/guns... If the shit really hits the fan, and you dont get out of the city as fast as possible, then your in a world of guns, theft, rape, torture, whatever.. hope for the best... prepare for the worst...

[739199]

Technically, you cannot create energy, only convert. (5th grade science)

[MrPelletsandstuff1]

we dont need electricity to survive. people survived thousands of years without power.

[juki0h]

@MrPelletsandstuff1 ya i know right. but its convinient

[KadenHawke001]

True, but modern people haven't. 85 % of modern society has no knowledge of primitive skills whatsoever, because they depend on the convenience of electricity. It's like taking a 5th grader and tossing him into an auto shop, expecting him to know what to do because people have been building and fixing vehicles for decades. The knowledge just isn't there. People survived thousands of years without electricity because they had no other choice (cont.)

[Klojerk]

i am 17 if i was living in US i was totaly go to season 3 ....respect to the people that they will go

[tyblips]

@Klojerk IM IN CANADA AND I WOULD SO TRAVEL TO THE STATES TO BE ON HTIS SHOW, AND I HAVE NO REAL SPECIFIC SKILLS EXCEPT MABY THINKING OF BIG OVER THOUGHT SYNAROUS IN MY HEAD, lol cant even spell half the time XD but me and my friend think about what we'd do in the appocalyps all the time, recently its been the zombie appocalypa but ya know thats just the basics X)

[Klojerk]

@tyblips i thinking what to do i z day but i think the real deal father paisios say some real deal things that the most of them is true check out about him

[eirikjahre]

@tyblips You are not alone!

[tyblips]

@eirikjahre good to know :D

[einarknutsen]

i like how the camera quality is real. like no fake light and that stuff.

[xxwesdogxx]

what happens when it runs out?

[kuikk3li]

@xxwesdogxx Derp!

[MarkedInsanity]

wow their are some idiots out there, this show is a simulation, the people are volunteers not actors, although i question the black girl who claimed to be a aurospace engineer. honestly they were given what 50 days to survive really not that hard to do. they recieve off camra support when they need it, says to at the end of every episode. but it is a tv show, they cant go around with guns shooting everyone they come across like it would be if it really happens

[juki0h]

@MarkedInsanity it is rreal, but alot of it is scripted

[Dirtboy101]

This season was much better.

[hitman12]

where did they get those connectors for the batteries? the batteries didnt come with them.

[KaiserWilhelmIV]

@Oshmar555 Which completely invalidates the premise of the show. Their is no need to pretend about some stupid end of the world bullshit, rather just say hey we suck shit and this is just "survivors with a nuclear devastation theme" They should have dressed up like Gilligan's Island characters, rather than play make believe prancing about like hobo's with artificially contrived scenarios that they get into. Its a total crappy concept and why it sucks ass.

[knight7fox2]

I love this show, however, the problem with this experiement is that you wont be able to find all those professionals that were given in this experiement is a time like that in real life....

[KaiserWilhelmIV]

The worst show on TV. How the hell can idiots be so stupid as to not bother looking at the cameras, traveling past the stupid fake sets, or resort to killing each other or committing violence if they really figured it was real. I am really sure these idiots didn't have to sign a fucking waver in case they broke a leg. They know that crap is a TV show, because if they didn't it would be like kidnapping and once the show ended the producers would be sued. If it was real they would all be dead 100%

[Oshmar555]

@KaiserWilhelmIV u kidding right? they ovously know its a show. ill give you a reason that they are there MONEY

[Gino4532]

@Oshmar555 i thought they were vaulenteers ?

[Gino4532]

@Oshmar555 i thought they were volunteers ?

[frisc45]

@Oshmar555 i doubt it! most of them are high end proffesionals and engineers

[scrubbler23]

@KaiserWilhelmIV wiki the Stanford Prison Experiment

[KaiserWilhelmIV]

@scrubbler23 The problem is these are ACTORS who eat together at Shakeys Buffet after a days shoot and also collect a paycheck for ACTING. That study has nothing to do with anything here. This show is totally stupid and has no meaning whatsoever. It is not an experiment, its a stupid TV show. Entirely contrived nonsense. They should have added the three stooges in the mix to make it more interesting.

[SpeedyClackster]

@KaiserWilhelmIV Yeah i bet, Thats why they lost 20+ pounds each. Dumbass.

[KaiserWilhelmIV]

@SpeedyClackster They lied to make the show more believable. Its already been established they are actors with a basic outline of script, because if they were not actors and told they could leave it would be kidnapping and lying to people that the world just blew up. Obviously with the cameras documenting the bullshit, they could not be in any predicament and so making up nonsense like "losing weight" is a plot device to make the show more entertaining. In reality they would commit violence.

[rawsheep]

@KaiserWilhelmIV They're volunteers and this is a SIMULATION. Obviously there was no viral outbreak, its a TV show. They know its a TV show, but that doesn't mean they didn't lose weight or have to hunt their own food. Everything they did was real. At the very beginning, you hear them reading the contract saying "This is not a competition and I will receive no prize money. I understand that this experiment may involve strenuous physical and metal activities." Its a fucking simulation, relax.

[KaiserWilhelmIV]

@rawsheep They are actors, knowing they are in front of camera and knowing they eat burgers and beer after 10 hours of labor. Some simulation. Like those fucking bogus "lets hunt for ghosts TV shows" They read the contract because their agent said it would get them proper work on Hells Kitchen or Rehab...as actors. At night they sleet with their wives and fuck and eat burgers... total bullshit show means NOTHING BUT an excuse for commercials.

[rawsheep]

@KaiserWilhelmIV

What evidence do have supporting any of this? Honestly you're just making shit up. Yes I'm sure that if one of the colonists were in real danger, they would receive help off-camera, but as far as everything else goes, they really are sleeping in a garage and eating bugs.

But according to you then, after every episode of cops, the criminals get to go to mcdonalds and have cheeseburgers, because they're really just actors right? Hey, maybe the news is scripted too!

[Ryno706]

@rawsheep The news IS scripted.

[rawsheep]

@KaiserWilhelmIV You've got to be like 6 years old no joke. You're probably still shocked after finding out that people who die in movies don't actually die in real life.

[KaiserWilhelmIV]

@rawsheep No i got over that a long time ago. Now i did see this cast at jack in the box eating tacos last week. They lost weight only because all the food they ate made them throw up, in fact they got real acting jobs on other shows and their talent agent needed them to be in shape for their next movie. Actors usually force themselves to throw up to keep the weight off. Other than that it cant be too soon before the show gets yanked for piss poor ratings.

[Alphamale69]

when do they mate?

[scooterss2112]

This was definatley the most "learning" season. Seems like the 2nd season is tuffer. Yeah it seemed easier, but in real life you have to deal with the hand you get.

[searchinfowars]

SEARCH UP INFOWARS AND OBAMA DECEPTION NOW BECAUSE THEIRS A WAR ON FOR YOU MIND

[travisdoreowns]

and it seems that these people have it a lot easier than the ones from the gulf coast :O

[travisdoreowns]

I just started watching this show lastnight when I found it on demand, but this show rocks!

[ComedyPuppets]

lolwut

[actuary33]

now this is a show...i tried watching this for awhile lost track and it appeared again..its great!

[xxSamuri]

why did they take the full episodes of season one off discovery?

[narutojose2]

lol i was lost for a minute because I have only seen the new seasons episodes

[Anddos25]

i cant believe when the guys that attack they actaully hit them with stuff and draw blood

[Zorn27]

need a dispenser here :P

[MrChinkerz]

i watch the whole season in 7 hours on on demand it was the best show i have watch just as good as man vs wild hope season two is as good

[camlind12]

they should get kipkay on the new season. :D

[brandon052695]

@camlind12 hell yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[XxIceCreamConexX]

@camlind12 That would be epic.

[09vl1603]

I can't get this show in Canada D:

[ShieldWall76]

@09vl1603 Just go too the Discovery channel website, all 10 full episodes are there.

[slicingwater]

Wait there aren't any cars around, so where how did they get the batteries? Where did they get the inverter? Stuff like this doesn't lie on the street.

[hjalmars2000]

WTF is the colony?

[silenthillstudios]

@hjalmars2000 its a really good show about this people that are put in a post apolitical world and they have to survive. its really good a new season is coming soon you should watch it.

[TheSorrowedMan]

that's not really 'creating electricity' now is it?

[arulius74]

You can easily dispute the drama as bogus. They actually will draw a paycheck from this. So, in no way will this EVER capture the TRUE essence of what it would be like. It does show however, what it would take to achieve survival givin such an event.

[tonytone604]

plus you know, if those gangsters fucked with me id chop his head right off! noone touches my peanutbutter biotch!

[schumac6]

whatever this whole show is stupid the ppl know they cant die so if they fuck up watever it doesnt matter they still live thats a huge factor that no show will ever be able to capture

[jdl07]

The one thing that's on my mind is it rained a couple days ago, before constructing the gasifier yet they have dry wood to burn... Unless the wood came from somewhere inside.

[ivanpavaoratincevic]

What's the big deal, easy 2 hook inverter and batteries together; where's creating electricity part?

[hankeybillfred]

They ended up getting solar panels and using renuable fuel to run an alternator.

[bendover2006]

true.. why not find a wind turbine or solar panels .. many in the world available ..even after a nuclear event.

[Qukorm]

they get solar power eventually

[Anothercoilgun]

Still early in the game. All the could haves can still be.

[WutLawl]

i vote that membrane556 go on the show hahah i wanna see him make that crazy stuff XD

[drayco6]

i love this show it is really cool

[Membrane556]

They could have built a wind generator by cutting some of those drums out side in two.

As for remarks if you can't find an inverter you can make one from a microwave oven and some npn power transistors.

Another thing they should have done was get that big brown car going by making a wood gas generator for it.

The old Mercedes though can run on veggi oil.

With transit going out and scavenging becomes easier and safer.

The motorcycle bandits would run away if you try to run them over.

[m2f2her]

After reading these comments I see that djmilan2 is the only one I'd want to be stuck with. The rest of you would be the 1st in line to be eaten if it came down to that.

[RocPrinc3ss18]

i tryed to look on the guid for this show couldnt find it...wanna check it out

[djmilan2]

its a cool show, you might like it

[RocPrinc3ss18]

yea im gonna have to find it and copy it on the box

[ktm637]

this is the best show ever

[C9H13NO3Adrenaline]

IF, they are the only one left.

Then why the fuck choose such a shitty shelter.

Why not pick a nice house or something.

Now i know it´s a show. But COMON man, this does´nt make sence...

[leit117]

Yes. Get a luxury apartment. That way you have to haul all your shit up endless flights of stairs. And you've got no room to work. Excellent plan.

[C9H13NO3Adrenaline]

Did i say that ? DID I ??

Read what i wrote, you fuckin idiot..

[independentskater609]

That would defeat the purpose of surviving on only things they scavenge

[ne0nsurf]

yep

[Anothercoilgun]

I agree but they have a limited area.

[djmilan2]

it wouldnt be a a type of survival show if they are in a nice house, whats the point of that? that would be just a simple reality show

[C9H13NO3Adrenaline]

Dude. Read what i wrote : " I know its a show "

Im just saying, that IF I F.X was the only one left in my city, I would choose a nice house, that still had electricity, water, plumming and so on.

I know there would´n be a show, if they would do that. But im just saying, that it would´n make sence if this were REAL...

[ffdfds]

thats a good idea...IF ur the only one left. if there were other people u would need some defense to protect it

[C9H13NO3Adrenaline]

I´ll find a weapon. Problem solved

[hankeybillfred]

Adrenaline. For fuck sake, THERE ARE NO NICE HOUSES! AND WHAT WEAPON CAN HOLD HORDES OF PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE YOU HOUSE, A PISTOL? AND WHO WOULD RUN YOUR PLUMBING EH? THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY, OR PLUMMING, PERIOD!

[C9H13NO3Adrenaline]

Hankeybillfred.

First of all :

Why are there no nice houses, who said, there was´nt ???

2. Alot of people have a gun or a rifle in their house. So it would be easy to find a weapon good enough to hold people away.

3. About the plumming, and electricity okay, my mistake. i was´nt thinking it through.

4. But I would still, choose a nice house, rather that, than a warehouse.

[hankeybillfred]

The fact that no one has done any renevations and maintenence, the warehouse is the most DURABLE, but not the nicest, where as nice places are small, and weak, with no maintenence, you would get mold and die.

Think, there is a mob of people running at you, a single rifle wont hold them back, you need fortifications, more room, and elevated areas. Which the ware house has.

[bendover2006]

actually you would need lots of booby traps .. perimeters etc. backing yourself into a corner or warehouse when there will be people trying to take what you have in a mob ..is the worst thing you could do.

[hankeybillfred]

Tell it to adrenaline, not me.

[SpinalShank]

Adrenaline, who do you think would keep your pluming working, and the electricity. is there some magical fountain of both in your house, why do you think you pay for it? because people work in the plants that produce it, and guess what if your the last person alive i doubt they would still be working there to give your pretty house pluming and electricity.

[Goststriker]

C9H13, there wouldn't be electricity for long considering there's no one maintaining the power stations.

[historysky]

who da fuck is gonna generate your electric and pump your water?

[67tr876]

how can this show be real ? o ya it cant its fake ! how can they do this ? they cant its sooo fucking fake god dam

[benjoandrichie]

this really looks like fallout 3

[communistpianist]

...I would suggest that they find more pipe or make a water catcher outside.

If they can find a bike and some magnets, etc etc then maybe they would be able to make a generator, maybe even make a way to get water from the river through a pump, idk how.

[Onlinemtx]

nah, no zombie shit... its a FALLOUT copy show... biker gang?=raiders in Fo3... it all looks scripted im just gonna play Fallout3 way better.

[hankeybillfred]

If your gonna play that way onlinemtx, then Fallout is a mad-max copy game!

[thelastspaceman]

Most Post Apoc shows/movies/games share commonalitys, ever single thing that takes place in the post apocalypse has raiders of some sort. Most have crazy vehicles, and cool inventions.

[shorty6321]

this show looks like its gonna be good

[scorpiones103]

wata is this like a zombie shit

[A10tankkiller93]

fallout 3 !

[BaneOfFreeSpeech]

what the hell will happen if smart people die tho. what if NO ONE knows anything about electricity or creating it. example. a bunch of dumb super models survive and me. of course we all have lots of sex. but i cant create a huge battery system. were doomed.

[guga888]

well at least u will die with hot chicks.

[ryan215553]

what hot chicks!?

[deadlybeast87]

well im asuming you have just learned from this vedio how to creat Electricity,So whats the worry?

[ceafexftw]

We don't need electricity to survive...

[Sambucacat]

exactly ceafex, Sure electricity would be nice, but it's not necessary to survive. We've been surviving without electricity for thousands of years.

[BaneOfFreeSpeech]

then why is this show putting it out there,. i know we dont NEED it. but were used to it. so were going to want it back, im just saying the show is silly for expecting a bunch of scared last humans alive to know how to make something this semi complex.

[ceafexftw]

Yeah but we don't realy need it at all.. Our natural instinct to survive would kick in and the last humans would probably just end up living off the land aslong as this virus only killed people.

[NuKa2NUKA2NuKa]

its not that hard Ive made stuff like this before your just some fat fuck that doesn't know shit about anything !!!!

[BaneOfFreeSpeech]

but you need some knowledge of resistors, circuitry, electronics. may not be hard to do. like your also fat mother. but not everyone knows how to. i dont. and im sure the all powerful 19 year old knows how to do everything. and of course insulting others makes you secure with yourself. im sure carpentry is a more useful survival skill then circuitry.

[partyguy420]

you dont need to know shit about circuitry.... just need a battery and a god damn inverter... combine the 2 and your good....

[BaneOfFreeSpeech]

but if you cant find an inverter and you need to make one yourself how the fuck are you just going to shit one out?

[benjoandrichie]

lol

[TheAdriatic45]

I agree but it helps to keep up morale, especially in the long dark winter nights.

[shadowace421]

lol, all they accomplished was lighting up one light fixture, that can easily be my little sisters night light jeez........

[TheAdriatic45]

OH dear there is no toothpaste in the factory!  Their teets will fall out...

[Jasizzles]

WHYY!?!?!?!?!

[TheAdriatic45]

Teets=Teeth. They should also stockpile mouthwash and tooth whitener. Yes if you dont brush they will fall out of your head.

STOCKPILE TOOTHPASTE!

[thelastspaceman]

no they wont...

[Timtrewyn]

First, gun and ammo. Then personal food and water. Then find or make friends. Your model is the Native American. Hunt and gather. Find a farm with a water well and leftover fuel. Start crops. Train for war. Show respect to other respectful groups. Show hostiles you will kill. Respect varying faiths. Deepen relationships. Maintain the rule of law. Work toward larger groups and sustainable technologies. Work toward the city-state.

[jose158888]

Are you from the future? o.0

[Membrane556]

Agreed that would be the right way.

Going it alone will mean certain failure and death alliances will be necessary.

You also might want to add transport to that list as it will help in finding resources.

Other important things rebuild industry and some semblance of infrastructure.

[Timtrewyn]

Agreed that transport would be vital to defense and development. Radios would also be a force multiplier and just plain good for commerce. It doesn't take much power to recharge battery radios, but I agree with you, industries would have to be rejuvenated to sustain important aspects of agriculture and defense.

[bendover2006]

...and dont forget the Big Word dictionary to translate all that stuff you just said. Remember Spock.. these are mere humans you speak to.

[hankeybillfred]

Are you fucking kidding me? You had it up until "Make Friends" DUDE, THERE ARE NO FUCKING RULES! EITHER KILL OR BE KILLED!

[Timtrewyn]

Dude, stay calm. Who is going to guard you while you are sleeping?

[hankeybillfred]

Why are you replying to me? Reply to adrenaline, Im the one who thinks you need to get the people you already know, and help them out, not seek strangers.

[TheAdriatic45]

They are very fortunate to have survived with such a civilised and educated cross sectionof people. Most people would get drunks,loosers and hot headed office workers who can't tie their shoelaces.

[kotk05]

The "drunks, losers, and hot headed office workers who can't tie their shoelaces" are playing the role of the bandits and mutated human-maggot hybrids.

[wearechangenorwich]

wow, those survivalists really know how to link up batteries to a light bulb huh..

[ingesumadre]

COPER & NICKEL BABY!

[golondrinojg]

they should make other actual threats that could also happen in that sitiation like rabid wild animals and things like that

[Honkerpower]

looks like somebody read up on "Nikola Tesla and You" while they were out searchin the wasteland.

[Killaphobiac]

+1/2 to energy weps FTW.

[phenomenon91]

2:14 <- looks at teh camera (

[Goblexter]

0:16 for a second there I thought,that hair was drinking petrol xD

[Kevin32001]

If i made the show i would make them sign a contract or w/e that says if they get injured in any way and etc they cannot sue or take any action because of that. Then i would let dogs loose. Let them actually hit eachother if it gets to that point and etc so it was really real.

[SilentSnipershot]

gonna be a good show

[IHeartbullets34]

They should let wild dogs loose.

[killer2611]

rofl!

[marioluigi321]

but it's about a global disaster. almost all the creatures would be dead and ther would be very few plants so man vs. wild is just a show how to survive in the wilderness

[GundamAngelicDevil]

it should'nt be about electricity, it should've been more about alternative nocturnal lighting, but electricity should do for a couple of nights while they think things through.

[godihopethisnottaken]

if they wanted to make this real, they should have sectioned off a whole town or county.

[DrPepperKid14]

this is way fake, and way unrealistic... i know its a show, but a damaging one.

[FILIPINOCD]

Where's the zombies!!

[MysteryOfCabal]

they didn't make the car alarm go off yet so they are hiding somewhere. lol

[DrPepperKid14]

this isnt about zombies... but it should be.

[firedudejklef]

this got to be an awesome show

[Santiagosony]

nice, i wanna be in this experiment!

[OliRancidTen]

yes, many flaws

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

Gotta find electricity quick! Don't want to end up like those Amish.

[exorcist94]

They dont need electricity that badly, although it is good to have, because man survived without it for thousands of years. For some reason i feel like there are going to be flaws with this show.

[musa0217]

LoL

[benderman5000]

sweet move but now thay need need to find some wat to charge those batterys

[fr0sty]

solar panels!

[benderman5000]

thay hav to find them first

[Psy0pAgent]

they would never tell you that, they want you hooked in the grid like a matrix cashpaying battery.

[ridingisasport]

or they could just keep salvaging batteries . Every car has one.

[marioluigi321]

more electricity to charge the batteries?

[FakeNinja1]

nice