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Viable and more friendly to the environment. so lets accelerate that. thats a focus in the next few years. francesco, as we know, youre trying to oversee a very ambitious refocusing of enel into a major player in renewable energy. and im wondering, has this global energy crisis, has it been a catalyst in terms of unlocking both the necessary funding and government support to to move away from fossil fuels? i think if there were any doubts, i think this crisis has wiped it out. i mean, it clearly...

I think it will take years. it will take two or three years before we start to see the big acceleration on renewables, denting the demand of of the generation of electricity that today is using gas. and during this time, all we have to do is make sure that we dont compromise the economic performance of europe and keep the lights on at the same time. so its a big challenge, honestly. diversification of sources is important, but also reduction of gas demand wherever possible, is needed. there are ...

Teenagers being teenagers. this is significant, and the acceleration of the aging, we think about maturity and maturation, and we think about that in an emotional sense, which is good. but maturation at an accelerated pace of the brain can have long-term significance, right? >> right. i mean we dont know yet what thats going to look like for this generation when theyre young adults and when theyre older. what we do know is when your brain matures quicker, you start experiencing issues with brain...

Issues. that number skyrocketed during the pandemic. were seeing teens being isolated, withdrawing from their social communities, feeling depression, anxiety, sadness, issues with concentrating. they werent doing their home work, completing assignments. it was a tough time for them. >> and these arent things one wants to be dismissive of saying teenagers will be teenagers. this is significant. the acceleration of the aging. we think about maturity and maturation and we think about it in an emoti...

We will say, where did it all happen? it happened in 22, 23 when this incredible mess took place and their everything started. i think we will see this acceleration retrospectively taking place across these couple of years. now that we are in the middle of it, we complain that its not fast enough. so with your big push into renewables, let me ask you this, francesco. back injuly, the iea, the international energy agency, warned that china has an 80% share of the solar panel manufacturing industr...

To the environment. so lets accelerate that. thats a focus in the next few years. francesco, as we know, youre trying to oversee a very ambitious refocusing of enel into a major player in renewable energy. and im wondering, has this global energy crisis, has it been a catalyst in terms of unlocking both the necessary funding and government support to to move away from fossil fuels? i think if there were any doubts, i think this crisis has wiped it out. i mean, it clearly is difficult to sustain ...

Going to take to to get them back i think it will take years. it will take two or three years before we start to see the big acceleration on renewables, denting the demand of of the generation of electricity that today is using gas. and during this time, all we have to do is make sure that we dont compromise the economic performance of europe and keep the lights on at the same time. so its a big challenge, honestly. diversification of sources is important, but also reduction of gas demand wherev...

Well. i want to show you what some of the changes were. what was happening is there was a study that was ongoing even before the pandemic, they were imaging adolescent brains from time to time. then when the pandemic happens, they continued the study. they had brains images before the pandemic and in the pandemic. what they saw was pretty stunning. if you look at the brain overall the cortex, which is sort of the bark-like outer layer of the brain, that was greatly thinned in these children who ...

What does this fresh debate mean? is this a potential change in u.s. strategy? >> i think its a change to some degree. they have seen the success of the himars which allows you to hit a specific grid coordinate with a missile from long range. the new systems would expand that range but keep it to a low level munition. its not a massive explosion or detonation. it can be used precisely. it would extend the range more. because theyre seeing the effects of, hey, russian headquarters, russian ammuni...

Mar-a-lago documents that were seeing. when i found was interesting. i think a lot of its kind of saw this in our feeds over the thanksgiving. jack smith issuing this letter. working on a thanksgiving holiday. essentially to point out the 11th circuit court of appeals this inaccuracy he feels as it was laid out by the former presidents attorneys. what does that signal to you about jack smiths role in this whole thing going forward? >> it seems like he is room to disappear very quickly. it does n...