Real Engineering — Best Videos According to Hacker News
Real Engineering videos on HackerTube, ranked by how often Hacker News commenters recommended them. HN mostly shares this channel in threads about renewables, batteries & storage, space exploration & spaceflight, power grid, heating & buildings and nuclear power & fusion.
- videos on HackerTube
- 12
- best all-time rank
- #592
- recommended on HN
- 2018–2025
Most recommended Real Engineering videos
Each card shows the HN comment that sums it up best.
explainerZipline - How Rwanda Built A Drone Delivery Service
Real Engineering
“this video by Real Engineering that does a great job of explaining how the whole thing works”
9 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
explainerThe Truth about Hydrogen
Real Engineering
“This video gives a good breakdown on how the inefficiencies in hydrogen fuel cell based cars add up.”
5 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
explainerA New Way to Achieve Nuclear Fusion: Helion
Real Engineering
“I recommend you watch this excellent video by Real Engineering”
5 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
explainerThe Problem with Solar Energy in Africa
Real Engineering
“A very good video from Real Engineering explains that no, not really”
4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
explainerAre Electric Planes Possible?
Real Engineering
“did a detailed analysis of the current operating limitations with electric planes”
4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
explainerWhy SpaceX is Making Starlink
Real Engineering
“the whole video is worth watching”
4 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
explainerCalifornia's Renewable Energy Problem
Real Engineering
“Walks through the numbers on what it would take to run California on renewables + storage alone.”
4 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
explainerThe Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope
Real Engineering
“For some context around what makes this deployment so remarkable, watch this[0] video”
3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
explainerThe Economics of Nuclear Energy
Real Engineering
“This excellent video delves into the economics of nuclear power plants and compares them with the alternatives.”
2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
explainerThe Material Science of Metal 3D Printing
Real Engineering
“Great Real Engineering video with a lot of discussion of the issues with material properties, crystalline structure, and fatigue cracks”
3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
explainerCan We Terraform the Sahara to Stop Climate Change?
Real Engineering
“I recommend watching the video - it explains it better and goes into detail - it cites its own sources.”
3 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
explainerThe Problem with Biofuels
Real Engineering
“But watch the video for the full story”
2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
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