The biggest thing you can do is vote and advocate for change on a governmental level. Individuals and their choices have next to no impact, these need to be sweeping changes.
I miss you Robert! 😢😃 Not enough ! marks? I miss you Robert!!! How about: I MISS? you Robert!?!? Too crazy. We'll go with the second option, "I miss you Robert!!!"
2.5 million years ago the planet had the highest co2 levels that we know of. I'm pissed at those people? I hope they realised their mistake and live to this day
Lmao at the idea of prehistoric industrialism The Pliocene wasn't the highest atmospheric CO2 concentration that we know of; there was a spike in atmospheric CO2 during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum roughly 56mya. It caused global temperatures to increase by 5-8C. CO2 levels generally oscillate over large time spans due to natural processes and catastrophic events. However, we have been pumping massive amounts into the environment at a far faster rate than ever before in geologic history. You can probably guess why that's not a good idea.
3:00 Robert, i hate to say this but you are doing a cardinal sin of science education here, which is not having the y-axis start at zero. This unnecessarily exaggerates what is already a dramatic difference when represented faithfully, and gives ammunition to "climate skeptics".
We human beings and also animals produce CO2 in the process of oxidative-phoshorylation. Is there any estimate of how much this contributes to global CO2 production?
Nice video in some aspects, but it's disingenuous to suggest that China and India 'catching up' and having 'so so many people' is the problem. Aside from historical responsibility, today on territorial emissions alone the average American emits more than TWICE as much as the average Chinese citizen, and EIGHT TIMES more than the average Indian. The video does a great job of explaining the link between fossil fuel use and climate change, but unfortunately it plays right into the hands of 'mitigation deniers' and delayers who shout, 'But what about China?'.
Robert et al, this is an interesting 'take' on the problem and you present some interesting scientific 'facts'....But PLEASE don't forget to mention that it is not the CO2 that is the problem. It is the PEOPLE that demand the products/engines (as you say - good stuff) that produce it. People, not government regulation, are the ONLY way this can be reversed. Every person on this globe must do their part. This is not going to happen by luck. Turn down or up the thermostat, re-use or just don't buy plastic, make less garbage, eat less (lord knows that can be done!) carpool, or don't drive at all rather ride a BIKE! Opt OUT of junk mail.....need I go on? When was the last time our 'supposed leaders' on any side actually ASKED something of us? God forbid that may impact their next term. The world is a massive complicated machine that reacts only to the natural processes of science in its many forms... (oh and volcanoes, thermal vents, sun flares, earthquakes, etc). People need to stop waiting for someone else to do the things that are easy to do, and DO them. Try it, it is much easier said than done. How about a making a nice video about 5 easy things to do right now? Everyone should read this report from the Manhattan institute. Or just go buy a boat. REALITY RESET manhattan-institute.org/the-energy-transition-delusion P. Rennick - Professional Geologist/Concerned Citizen/Seeker of Truth
Peggy - ain't gonna happen. individual people taking actions are just not going to happen at any scalable size. not a shred of evidence that 300+million in the US will stop using plastic bags at the grocery store let alone doing something that truly is "inconvenient." i don't mean to be a doomsday, gloom and doom, perpetuator - but, either government needs to do heavy, heavy mandates (and we saw how well that went with Covid), or it's going to get so bad that we will be jolted into drastic, radically expensive action that will only mitigate to some degree the worst of it. At least, given the history of humanity on the planet, that seems to be what's predictable.
Lol "nooooo don't regulate the emissions, that won't work 🥺🥺🥺 You have to use my preferred neoliberal, hyper-individualistic method that will never gain enough momentum!"
What the hell are you talking about saying government regulation won't work? _of course_ it will, in fact it's absolutely the best way to achieve emissions reductions... industry has been and will remain being the largest producers of greenhouse gases, and they will *not* reduce their emissions unless the government forces them to do it through regulations or incentives. This idea that we can save the planet by personally consuming a little bit less electricity is absolutely ludicrous. And asking americans to "ride a bike" instead of taking a car ignores the fact that for a huge chunk of people (e.g rural america) that is simply not possible. America (and many other countries) has spent the last 100 years building its entire infrastructure around the automobile, and GM and other car manufacturers has spent a _lot_ of money making sure public transit doesn't get off the ground (including buying out public transit providers and gutting them). There are powerful forces out there who will *always* choose making a buck over doing what is best for the environment, and the only way to get them to act in our best interest is to force them, through regulations or carbon taxes. Peggy, I see you are a Geologist. Would i be correct in presuming you work in the petroleum industry? If that's correct, perhaps you ought to examine your biases here? It can be tough to admit you are part of the problem, but it's necessary to at the very least not spread misinformation.
This is the best breakdown of global warming I’ve seen. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Robert and team! Any chance you could make a follow up with a list of actions normal people could take today to be part of the solution?
The biggest thing you can do is vote and advocate for change on a governmental level. Individuals and their choices have next to no impact, these need to be sweeping changes.
Wow! So insightful.
A good message, a shame so few listen.
Fantastic!
Possible error in the captions? Captions say Pleistocene but audio says Pliocene.
Dang I miss ya Mr. Kulrich
Jad was a lucky dude
I miss you Robert! 😢😃
Not enough ! marks?
I miss you Robert!!!
How about:
I MISS? you Robert!?!?
Too crazy. We'll go with the second option, "I miss you Robert!!!"
So, what is the solution?
Nicely done. Shoot me now.
2.5 million years ago the planet had the highest co2 levels that we know of. I'm pissed at those people? I hope they realised their mistake and live to this day
Lmao at the idea of prehistoric industrialism
The Pliocene wasn't the highest atmospheric CO2 concentration that we know of; there was a spike in atmospheric CO2 during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum roughly 56mya. It caused global temperatures to increase by 5-8C.
CO2 levels generally oscillate over large time spans due to natural processes and catastrophic events. However, we have been pumping massive amounts into the environment at a far faster rate than ever before in geologic history. You can probably guess why that's not a good idea.
3:00 Robert, i hate to say this but you are doing a cardinal sin of science education here, which is not having the y-axis start at zero. This unnecessarily exaggerates what is already a dramatic difference when represented faithfully, and gives ammunition to "climate skeptics".
We human beings and also animals produce CO2 in the process of oxidative-phoshorylation. Is there any estimate of how much this contributes to global CO2 production?
Nice video in some aspects, but it's disingenuous to suggest that China and India 'catching up' and having 'so so many people' is the problem. Aside from historical responsibility, today on territorial emissions alone the average American emits more than TWICE as much as the average Chinese citizen, and EIGHT TIMES more than the average Indian. The video does a great job of explaining the link between fossil fuel use and climate change, but unfortunately it plays right into the hands of 'mitigation deniers' and delayers who shout, 'But what about China?'.
Do us a favor and shut your mouth
the voice we needed
No one cares.
Robert et al, this is an interesting 'take' on the problem and you present some interesting scientific 'facts'....But PLEASE don't forget to mention that it is not the CO2 that is the problem. It is the PEOPLE that demand the products/engines (as you say - good stuff) that produce it. People, not government regulation, are the ONLY way this can be reversed. Every person on this globe must do their part. This is not going to happen by luck. Turn down or up the thermostat, re-use or just don't buy plastic, make less garbage, eat less (lord knows that can be done!) carpool, or don't drive at all rather ride a BIKE! Opt OUT of junk mail.....need I go on? When was the last time our 'supposed leaders' on any side actually ASKED something of us? God forbid that may impact their next term. The world is a massive complicated machine that reacts only to the natural processes of science in its many forms... (oh and volcanoes, thermal vents, sun flares, earthquakes, etc). People need to stop waiting for someone else to do the things that are easy to do, and DO them. Try it, it is much easier said than done. How about a making a nice video about 5 easy things to do right now?
Everyone should read this report from the Manhattan institute. Or just go buy a boat.
REALITY RESET manhattan-institute.org/the-energy-transition-delusion
P. Rennick - Professional Geologist/Concerned Citizen/Seeker of Truth
Peggy - ain't gonna happen. individual people taking actions are just not going to happen at any scalable size. not a shred of evidence that 300+million in the US will stop using plastic bags at the grocery store let alone doing something that truly is "inconvenient." i don't mean to be a doomsday, gloom and doom, perpetuator - but, either government needs to do heavy, heavy mandates (and we saw how well that went with Covid), or it's going to get so bad that we will be jolted into drastic, radically expensive action that will only mitigate to some degree the worst of it. At least, given the history of humanity on the planet, that seems to be what's predictable.
Lol "nooooo don't regulate the emissions, that won't work 🥺🥺🥺 You have to use my preferred neoliberal, hyper-individualistic method that will never gain enough momentum!"
What the hell are you talking about saying government regulation won't work? _of course_ it will, in fact it's absolutely the best way to achieve emissions reductions... industry has been and will remain being the largest producers of greenhouse gases, and they will *not* reduce their emissions unless the government forces them to do it through regulations or incentives. This idea that we can save the planet by personally consuming a little bit less electricity is absolutely ludicrous. And asking americans to "ride a bike" instead of taking a car ignores the fact that for a huge chunk of people (e.g rural america) that is simply not possible. America (and many other countries) has spent the last 100 years building its entire infrastructure around the automobile, and GM and other car manufacturers has spent a _lot_ of money making sure public transit doesn't get off the ground (including buying out public transit providers and gutting them). There are powerful forces out there who will *always* choose making a buck over doing what is best for the environment, and the only way to get them to act in our best interest is to force them, through regulations or carbon taxes.
Peggy, I see you are a Geologist. Would i be correct in presuming you work in the petroleum industry? If that's correct, perhaps you ought to examine your biases here? It can be tough to admit you are part of the problem, but it's necessary to at the very least not spread misinformation.