Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change
The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology - it’s human psychology.
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"Humans will never care about something until they lose it"
This comment is so underrated.
I’m not sure about global warming but I totally agree with this comment!
Was that Janet Jackson?
I worried that we are losing giraffes and koalas
Man made climate change is now an actual lie. Use to be a guess, now its a lie.
"If climate change is real, why is it snowing outside?", they say. If starvation is real, then why is there an open In-and-Out two blocks down from me?
(nobody is saying that)
weather and climate are different mate
m1ksu I’ve seen many people say that
@steve hammond Climate change is nornal. What is not is recent extreme climate change.
And right now, they can't even say that anymore. I live in Germany where it's usually cold during winter and warm during summer. When I was a child (I'm 25 now) there used to be snow EVERY year. My grandparents live in the alps, they used to have knee deep snow there, now they're lucky if it even snows a little bit. Three years ago I was able to walk around without a jacket and with a really really thin sweatshirt outside on Christmas Eve. I used to have to wear at least three jackets during winter so I wouldnt be cold and I was STILL freezing, now I haven't had to wear an actual winter jacket for years. Right now it's the middle of October and most trees are still green and people are walking around with hotpants and tops. It's been summer from April to October now and god knows how long it's still staying...
Don't say: More people need to do it. Say instead: I'm going to do it.
Ah yes, the person who dosent think that normal people can’t really do much due to them just being a middle class household and they can only do so much
Even better: say both ;)
We can’t do much. Companies make up like 90% of all types of pollution
Yeah sure you can do it, but what matters is the big companies. It’s been found if you take let’s say Amazon for example; they emit more than 80% greenhouse gases out of all 2% lower-middle class people.
@@planetdesign4681 and people buy from those companies and support it
"If CO2 was black, we would have dealt with this issue a long time ago." It's scary how true that is. For... so many more things than climate change...
Was he meaning that as a race issue? I wasn't sure
@@hankthepigeon3348 no it meant that if we could see it in an unpleasant colour like black we would do something about it. But it's invisible so we don't.
I read this as he said that , it was like getting a narration
America want's your number.
if CO2 was black the police would have shot it 743 times already
People are uncomfortable with changing their lifestyle, so they go into denial!
In weld county Colorado 2019: 1-Coldest May on record in 50 years! 2-Latest date of 90 degree temperatures since 1995 3-over 300% of the normal snowfall... I thought global warming would be a little warmer than this!!!
yeah, its so sad. People don't want change so they deny the truth or even fabricate the truth to justify their lifestyle. This also applies to some politicians with their agenda.
Luke M1A1981X M You should realize that global warming makes both cold and hot temperatures more extreme
@@LukeMAXM Climate change means you get more extreme weather. The climates literally change and the average temperature around the world increases.
Dominic Gunderson Where is the global increase? It’s been a cold year here...
And this is why KZhead creators are way better that public television, by simply adding a good constructive solution to a problem and not only stating a problem.
the solution people don't want to hear is: stop eating meat dairy eggs. Animals Agriculture is The #1 Reason of Habitat destruction & Climate Change. 91% of Amazon Rain Forest & 51% of Greenhouse Source : Cowspiracy Documentary. Watch on KZhead or Netflix
Telling is easy. Doing is a whole other story.
THIS
So if we eat more plants and less meats we would have more plants
@@brandonsanchez9043 yeah kinda sorta. We consume more plants by eating animals because of the plants they are eating. And the rain forest that are being cut down are to grow mainly soy and corn, which the majority gets fed to livestock. It's a bit confusing, hope this helps
It bothers me so much that so many older people “don’t believe” or think an economy’s value is relative to the entire planet 😭.
Yeah you're right, a lot of people would be happy seeing a mine established in a forest if it would create jobs and boost the economy. Because paper with numbers on it is more important than the planets survival.
@Punch Down King Wrong, we have degrees in Science, and Math, and understand fuzzy words and distorted graphs, and how easily indoctrinated a Math illiterate youth is..
@@thetimelapseguy8 Wrong, we have degrees in Science, and Math, and understand fuzzy words and distorted graphs, and how easily indoctrinated a Math illiterate youth is..
@@shillgates6664 Ahem, degrees aren't going to save the planet.
Republicans destroyed the world
“Unless someone like you care a whole lot,nothing’s ever going to get better. “It’s not.” -Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss has been cancelled, only racist would use his quote
The Lorax 🌴
Why are humans so bad at thinking in general?
AYANDA VILAKAZI usually stuff like religious Faith's and conspiracy theories are caused by humans over rationalizing and since these ideas conflict with real world data then we get stuff like this. humans have the tendency to find patterns in random things
AYANDA VILAKAZI i don't know, why not ask yourself that?
Because humans evolved to understand small groups with small needs like food and water and small social links, not for massive intercontinental organisations and planet scale problems. People can quickly and instinctively understand small simple things but have a remarkably difficult time understanding how electricity works, despite perhaps using electricity more.
Know any species who's better at thinking than humans?
They are not. You are talking about dumb humans.
This was a warning: two years later we still haven’t done anything
Paris agreement is in 2020
A left wing plot.
Bingo...too much money in fossil fuels
but one question, do you do anything to help stop climate change?
@@jellypaws4484 There is nothing more we can do other than reduce fossil fuel use & raise awareness but I'm afraid it's too late anyway. I don't use gas for heating, driving, cooking or light...I am totally solar so I'm doing the best I can. That and spending many hours spreading the truth online. I'm afraid it's the ones in power that hold the keys to change the world but there is too much greed so Earth will reset the balance.
“Save the bees” the fast fashion shirt made of polyester says
"Save the planet" "Stop the animal abuse" "Deal with climate change" _Continues to support factory farming and animal agriculture which is one of the leading causes of antibiotics resistance, rise of Zoonotic diseases, pollution, biodiversity loss, desertification, deforestation, inefficient use of resources and production, overfishing, and inhumane unethical treatment of nonhuman animals_ "Bacon tho"
@@dh4444 yet there’s just to many people who just doesn’t care it’s like everything humans do come at a cost
@@dh4444 overfishing is mostly a 3world thing now look in to it the usa is at a all time low
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Anyone need the global warming scam debunked ?
“People listened to scientists” Ahh the past, when people had common sense
wait people listened to scientist b4?
Now they listen to your cousin from Boston...
Republicans destroyed the world
@@Ali_zee_x Republicanism has nothing to do with this.
@@Ali_zee_x dont politicise everything
When people say "people aren't good at thinking about climate change," that ignores the fact that young people all over the world are fighting for green policies and trying to lower their carbon footprint. It tend to be older people who won't live long enough to feel the effects of climate change, and who disproportionately impact policy, that don't want to do anything. Older people and massive corporations block action on climate change, and then we generalize to all people not caring about climate change.
Exactly, they don’t care if humanity’s survival is getting worse because they won’t be alive to even experience it! Older people and bigger corporations can contribute a lot to improving our general survival but I guess they are just greedy.
finally someone - because i feel like the difference in the answer i get between asking an adult and a younger person about it is...remarkable. ironic how everything seems to be for future generations to have better lives when videos like these still have to be made.
Kyle older people need to do too. I’m 14 and vegetarian for climate change I don’t drink coffee, and any unhealthy drinks I try to use as little as possible to use plastic. It can’t just be the young generation IT HAS TO BE EVERYONE.
When you say old people you forget that most old people arent "evil rich people"
@@perrolmao so I guess when you're old you'll do the same? or are you generalizing a bit too much?
So basically what this video is saying is that direct guilt tripping doesn't work, but comparing people to others does work. This is really interesting and it makes me think that the next time I talk climate change I should just tell people what I've learned from others
A single life is a tragedy millions are lame. STALIN SAID THAT!
Cause gold stars are "reward" and it reinforce behaviour.
MrFindX right? Super interesting from a psychological perspective
Generic Animater Q
we are very competitive so we have that desire to be the best and beat others by saving energy.
It’s sad that this was posted 3 years ago and the damage we have done in that time has caused many more years of fixing. It’s sad
I must not be human because for the past few months I've thought about it literally everyday and it makes me mad knowing I can't do anything about it and anything I do barely helps, one person can't stop climate change by himself
There are billions of one humans. And during the months past your comment the amount of those who do care and try to do something increased dramatically. So just do whatever you can, make responsible choices, and if you're able to - support those who have bigger influence than personal consumption behaviour
That’s exactly the point. People feel like then can’t do anything about it so they just don’t care.
I've been thinking about going to random places and just put flower seeds there, plant trees and ivy everywhere and humify the soil in my garden. That would put my mind to rest for a bit I think
Wooooow gooood joooob 💯
But one person can tell another and another then eventually everyone is doing it!
When you have to treat adults like babies with the equivalent of making airplane noises to feed them in order to get them to do something obvious
Its like they talk about childern... The humans live in their own illusions.
Sultan Ali are you an alien? Because you're talking like you're suddenly not part of this species anymore.
No, he's he's really not, I refer to us silly humans alll the time.
The majority of people are idiots in one way or another, it's depressing but it's true.
don't forget that we all shae this problem, occosionaly being babies about variety of issues. Adults are still susebtable to fear, guilt and self-defencive distancing from facts and hard trueth, and as it is with babies, yelling and throwing blame will enver help
I feel like saying climate change isn't real is like saying "my room is not dirty" when it clearly is, so you can stall for as long as you can from not cleaning it.
not much has changed? are you serious? What do you want to happen to start acting?
Even if you don't 100% accept what climatologists are telling us, we only have about 50 years of oil left, and about 100 years of coal. If we hold our current path, the prices of these commodities are going to multiply several times as we get closer to the point of running out. Then we run out. Should we be proactive right now, about renewable energy? Or should we react after TSHTF?
That is absolute nonsense. We have enough fossil fuels for generations and keep finding more. As technology increases our ability to extract it, our reserves increase. Over $150,000,000,000 have been put into renewables and they account for next to nothing when it comes to energy output. Technology for renewables was built on the back of fossil fuels and still can't compete with it.
Germany is not 51% renewable. That is hilarious. Show me a source on that and I'll show you fake news.
Like I said, "fake news". Renewables make up higher percentages for short spans of time b/c they are unreliable as sources of energy. That is why they are backed by fossil fuels. Fossil fuels still make up around 2/3 energy for Germany. Germany is the golden child example and you still have to lie about it. You left out the relevant fact that "51" only accounts for, at most, a months time. When the wind stops and there is cloud coverage for weeks on weeks fossil fuels have to save the day because renewables, even with the German gov't prioritizing them, hasn't addressed their weaknesses with diluteness and intermittency.
I sadly met lots of people saying “naaahh, climates been changing since the very beginning, humans have literally nothing to do with it”. Or that plastic in the bottom of the oceans is really not a big deal, as its not on their front lawn. Everytime i want to slap them in the face.
Wonder how you'll feel when I tell you I support current efforts at preventing climate change not because I believe they were caused by human interference but because I want to see humanity actively interfering and controlling the natural climate change that all climate deniers point their fingers to.
Well, I hear that a lot. I just keep quiet. No point in discussing when they have already made up their mind.
@@germanevision Regarding C-Change; seen UpIsNotJump, Hbomberguy, Some More News, and Second-Thought.
No violence, please.
@@michaelsmythe1448What does hate have to do with this? You can’t just throw out buzzwords
I seriously hate this I care about the world and animals so much... I want to help when I'm older and have money... but everytime I think about it I cry. I dwell. I feel defeat because either people arent taking enough action or people deny its a serious issue all together. I dont have the strength to watch the rest of the video. Im sad, a cloud is above my head. Someone fix this world...
Me too! 😕
I feel sad too about it but we don’t need a pity party we need a planning committee we’re the future and we have to make changes and choices were stronger in numbers keep dreaming!
Emily ... the world needs more people like you ... people who care so much about the world around them.
Do what you can! Unplug your phone charger, recycle your household items, don't buy fast fashion, and encourage everyone you know to do the same!!
Same here. I want to do everything I can, but don't know how.
air drying? here I am so poor ive always just thought of it as drying...
Where are you from?
Australia. Land of the hills hoist and cloths horse!
Well it is a lot warmer there so it's pretty smart to use air drying as opposed to a machine.
Same, I've only been air drying for all my life
A live in Tasmania, Its not very warm or dry in those parts. Much more like England weather wise with rain and pretty much always cloudy.
Most normal people are willing to do things to conserve energy. But what personal households and consumers contribute is diddly point squat compared to what the big industries need to do to solve the problem.
it also doesn't help if most people vote for politicians who are unwilling to impose regulations on those big industries.
Exactly, these big corporatiosn have put the responsibilityy on us. we need to BAN fossil fuels completely, along with beef
Your are factually correct. Politically insanse, ethical, but impractical. Hide your power level, we need to focus on converting normies for small gains. Yes I know i Know, I udnerstand the moral and scientific facts as stake. But sadly, our optics matter more than the truth right now. Politics amarite?
@@Impetuss Respect meat-eaters
You’re right in that big industries are the main source of the problem, but that’s no reason for common people to not fight the problem on their own. Sure it’s not much help but it’s something.
Everyone: "hey lets save earth" Also everyone: "we don't care and we will blame ourselves on 2050" Edit: im like the only person who knew about glacial minimums
Did you sleep through this video or something?
People: Ugh yall always say sAvE THe EaRth but dont do anything Me and others, who have taken beef, most one use plastic, and littering out of their lives: um ok
@Awaze “it will adapt to any type of climate” Yeah the Earth will, but everything living on the Earth is a different story.
@Wz We are apparently not, the human species is so young in relation with all species in the globe, we are in earth for a very short time, the earth is trying to wipe us, she is trying to healing herself.
And the ones who are going to suffer from this is the younger generations
How old are you? Im 32 im so scared
"If CO2 was black we would have fixed this problem a long time ago" That's Enviracist.
QB Mac Very underrated comment right here! lol
lololol
QB Mac IKR?! LOL!!! Good one.
Make CO2 black again.
The Ultimate Reductionist CO2 was never black
The issue isn't our use of electricity but rather how we make electricity
You’re right, but the more energy we use, the more we have to make, and we can only make so much energy without harming the environment.
@@ikeworkman4449 Making the energy fron renewables harm even more, plus create power powerty. People are freezing in their homes now in Australia.
Władca Wymiaru Could you explain further? I’m not sure what your trying to say but would love to hear you’re perspective.
Unless you have a patent to produce huge amounts of cheap energy, shut up take action and contribute.
instead of making solar parks we could use existing stuff like roads and place solar panels THERE on building roads not on other land
Students have an essay due tomorrow and they haven't started, but they don't worry. Why? Because it's not tomorrow yet.
Logic
When I watched this video, I felt hopeful, until I realized it was 3 years ago and now things are worse than ever. If this continues, we'll reach a point where killing ourselves might be the only way for this planet to survive.
How are you feeling now
When are they going to talk about animal agriculture?
This video is about how he should approach and think differently about solving climate change in a different way, the main focus isn’t what’s causing climate change...
Here : kzhead.info/sun/obmnerWPhmaPfZE/bejne.html
It's still the same problem, people don't see the issue with meat production because they can't see the pollution
Sweet Potato, BEST POTATO!!!!!!!! Yes
@@sweetpotatobestpotato9893 I can't think of a bigger "think differently" idea for most people than to convince them to switch their diet in a major way.
Never read so many mentions of animal agriculture in my life. I learned today.
Donny Donadio you're not actually learning. Their figures are highly inflated. Animal agriculture is a factor in climate change, but not the #1 factor by a long shot. Don't get me wrong, animal agriculture has greatly increased animal populations; thereby increasing their production of GHGs. These animals use up land that may have once been a forest and they require more land to feed them. Now certain animals are worse than others, especially cows. Per 1kg of meat, a cow requires 20 times more area of land compared to a chicken (both for food and physical space combines) and they produce far more GHGs per kg than any other animal. We don't have to go vegan, we just need to reduce meat consumption, especially beef.
There are quite significant environmental problems associated with the vast quantity of dung produced by animal farming if not properly disposed of.
Yes exactly!
Donny Donadio that's so cool. Awareness is such a big part of doing better ☺️
Watch Cowspiracy! It's on Netflix (:
Climate is the average temperature humidity and rain fall over a Long period of time Which is not to be confused with seasons or weather
THIS is how Scientist describe things, notice the detail and exacting wording.. Exotic Earthworm Invasions in North America: Ecological and Policy Implications: Expanding global commerce may be increasing the likelihood of exotic earthworm invasions, "which could have negative implications for soil processes, other animal and plant species, and importation of certain pathogens "
Climate Change is a Carnival Barker type word...Or a used car saleman.. New and Improved.... Madison Avenue....
We need a radical system change. This individualistic almost irrelevant nonsense totally ignores that. We will never solve this as individuals, we need to change our economic model away from one that relies on exponential consumption.
Thing is that it is just really really hard to change human nature.
That is why I have been unironically advocating for the genocide of the elite. They are the ones who are causing the problem and they won't stop as long as there is a profit to be made. The only way to stop them is to tie them up and set their mansions on fire with them inside.
@@eggverseoffficial7976 bro we did that ALLLLLL OVER THE WORLD and not 1 time has a new most times richer more evil guy to take over and do the same thing but with the army keeping his safe
@@eggverseoffficial7976 then you're not much better than them. You just think you're right.
The sad thing is that coral reefs are most likely all dead by 2050
Well then we will be dead by 2080
Why is that a sad thing? How many coral reefs give you joy?
@@svrona7696 "Well then we will be dead by 2080" There is no "WE". I expect to be dead long before 2080. Your mileage may vary.
@@thomasmaughan4798 i meant most of humanity as we. Like we are all humans, Right?
The Great Barrier Reef: suffering coral bleaching already.
"You don't know what you have until it's gone."
"I mean, if CO2 was black, we would have dealt with this issue long time ago." Well...
there is black CO2...
@@newstartyt3700 yeah but come on he was obviously talking about the co2 that isn't black
This is actually amazing, giving people like a reward or something to recognize their work towards saving the environment should be implemented everywhere, this is what human like, recognition of their efforts!
So who is going to do it?
Saving money can be your reward: Nobody mentions that one good reason to take measures to “Go Green” is to save money. I installed my first energy-saving light bulbs not because they used less electricity but because they lasted longer (I was sick of always having to replace two certain light bulbs in my house because they have a high usage). I installed insulation, double-glazing, heat pumps, solar hot water panels, a double floor in my living room (downstairs) and got my Natural Gas supply cut off all in order to save money. My electricity bill is now half of what it would be if I hadn’t done all these things.
I just leaned the Latin meaning of the word vox-- "The Voice"-- very clever.
Kai Widman vox, vocis
Vox pupuli, vox dei.
For decades I had assumed it meant a very bad case of the pox. Those wacky Romans.
Bono Vox
I only learnt what it meant after playing bioshock infinite lol (There’s a rebellion group in the game called “Vox Populi” which translates to “Voice of the People”)
Damn, the whole gold star rating system for energy consumption is genius. We should have that everywhere.
It's all lies.
You can't change system without changing economics of it.
This was so good!! Thank you for talking about ozone hole. I’m of an age that remembers that...and I’m happy we got that right. I try my best, I’m vegan, and I use wind power. I try to lump my errands together to save gas. I’m always turning off lights and trying to conserve. I’m worried about our millennials and future generations-we need a healthy earth for them. I constantly think of the animals we’ve wiped out with our lack of compassion. It will only hurt us in the end. I want to downsize to a smaller space, also. Somehow we all lost our minds and thought bigger was better. It’s not. 🖖🏽
Things aren't really as bad as the fear-mongering media makes out. By the way, wind farms aren't good for biodiversity, and how do you think the batteries are produced?
Honestly kudos to whomever edits these vids, now HE deserves a gold star
Thanks!
Agreed, such great production quality!
Traitors pushing a global scam. Green is the new color of communism.
I remember in a school discussion we came around to the topic of climate change, and I talked about how we're killing our planet and all of the many issues caused by global climate change. This one kid was like "Man, why you gotta be so negative" and I was like "I'm being honest, we are destroying our planet and it's people like you who chose to ignore the fact that it's happening that cause the problem".
Eleanor Bijeau what did he say?
yeah tell us
Wow you're such a hero, really edgy story bragging about taking it up for the planet
Eleanor Bijeau how was that story edgy, though? is your ego that fragile?
Let me guess, then everybody clapped?
I went around the house and switched off unnecessary things using my electricity just after watching this video lol
Lol fear mongering 😂
You know whats bad for the environment? Being toxic.
lol
Like being a science illiterate and calling people with Science degrees "Denialist" Yeah, THAT is toxic Like Torquemada at the Spanish Inquisition..sorry, whoosh, right over your head, right?
Man I praise this guy - I'd love to have a career linked with climate change
Tristan Robinson You can't stop climate change anything you do ain't gonna do jack. Is apart of the natural process.
Same. My dream school is UC.
So in other words your goal in life is to be as big of a drag to the human race as possible.
psgaming101 Craup If everyone said that nothing would get done people need encouragement
Tristan Robinson you totally could do it!!! i believe in you man!!
We have 11 years, Stop congratulating people, we need action, keep up the pressure on governments
Someone suggested killing off 85% of humanity. A biological weapon with the vaccine administered only to a select group of humans who will dwell in secure vaults underground until the pandemic has run its course.
We dont have 11 years left. stop being so dramatic
I heard that before...in 1970...50 years after and nothing happen. No ice age, no desert age...
@@WadcaWymiaru This guy will "conveniently forget" that he ever made that claim..I remember back about 15 years ago a friend told me that no cars would be on the road in 2018. I don't have the heart to remind him. Problem is with the internet these days , what people say might just haunt them until their dying day
Fraided フレーデッド Your right, we don’t. WE HAVE LESS THAN THAT.
I was like this too until we had the warmest November in 50 years in Istanbul. With the temperature sometimes being around 25 degrees Celsius or 95 Fahrenheit me, as a person who likes the cold, I was very frustrated and anxious about it. Global warming is a real issue and the people suggesting otherwise don’t know what they’re talking about.
But you still don't know what you are talking about. Inform yourself on the subject of "Last Glacial Period". Just look the turbulent sequence of the past 120 000 years. Than inform yourself on the records from the past 400 000 years with the ice cores from Vostok. Than maybe inform yourself on the 500 million years of climate change. And at last - inform yourself that there was a times where in Greenland palms and crocodiles have been living, and times that on the Equator was -20C cold. Oh yeah - and we are still in Ice Age. They have been brainwash you to think that the interglacial period is end of the Ice Age. If you don't do it(and understand what you are looking at leas to some depth) - Literally you are being subjected to brainwashing. Have a nice day.
Jenn smith ah yes, that makes a lot of sense. /s
Yeah it was 70 degrees here in MA in NOVEMBER!
i sometimes feel like i am the only one who thinks about the climate crisis and how we all need to recycle.. sigh
and reduce, reuse
Our current recycling processes *desperately* need to be renovated in many places around the world though. Way too much stuff slips out without the common public knowing, and the actual processing is often still quite polluting. Not to mention that lots of plastic types cannot be recycled anyway.. It really should be the second to last resort whenever dealing with unusable stuff. It's basically the step before throwing stuff away. Reducing, reusing, and composting should be considered long before the recycling step. Seriously though, can people please stop sending recycling waste to Recycling Centers located ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE. All recycling plants should be somewhat local to prevent unnecessary emissions from shipping.
@@sleverlight Yes, those steps are actually significantly more important than the recycling. (Not that recycling isn't important. Let's not go to that extreme either.)
this is well and good but these focus on consumer behavior. what about government and corporate behaviors?
who thought, invented, sold and allowed us to use gas guzzlers, consumer electronics in the first place? people at the top influence the masses
yajAsusZen FoneMax #conspiracytheories
We are just as bad as them for buying their products that help sustain those comapanies with our money
Bullsi1234 Even if you consider all of your vegan ideology, this is bullshit. This is the same as saying "all Germans who were paying taxes during WWII are just as bad as Hitler, because they funded war and the holocaust with their tax money".
Bullsi1234 and even if you choose to live an amish-like life or isolate yourself like a hermit or a tribe from amazon, the government and institutions will shun you for being "outdated", "unprogressive"
"We are hurtling towarda the day when climate change could be irreversable." Climate change IS already irreversable. We just have to reduce the damage we do in the future.
They meant "We are hurtling towards the day when a threshold is passed and we enter catastrophic change". Every natural system tends towards equilibrium (over years, centuries or millenia), largely due to negative feedback loops (checks and balances). + ve feedback loop = C02 emissions > atmosphere & ocean warms > polar melting > reduces albedo > less solar energy reflected > temps rise > polar caps retreat further > exposes permafrost > more C02 & CH4 released...
Climate change has been irreversable for 500 millions years
@@ddoumeche the climate change humans are causing is/was reversible though dumbass
You are wrong. Right now it is reversible...but just that even we stop all harm we are causing to the environment it will take 100s of years to be better by getting lower..
Climate change is always irreversible. It has always been and it will always be.
Idk, Greta told me "YOU SHOULD BE SCARED" and I understood the message pretty well
@ferkemall you must salty for not wanting climate change to be fixed. No wonder Trump is the worst president we ever had 🤦
@ferkemall First of all, its lungworm, a disease that infects dogs. it is completely unrelated to the climate crisis. Second, you just don't want to get the earth fixed. people like you and governments like the Trump administration are doing harm to the planet.
@ferkemall yes, the climate is always changing. however, between 800,000 heard ago to 10,000 years ago carbon dioxide level had always been fluctuating between 180p/m to 280p/m while the past 100 years was a shot up from 280p/m to 420p/m. still don't think it's a problem?
No one is gonna listen to her because she's a kid.
Great video, but it has one big flaw: it makes it seem like we consumers are entirely responsible for the problem and for fixing it. But even if we all reduced our carbon footprint by 95%, it wouldn't even reduce the problem by 20%. Until we fix our growth-based economic system, population growth, agriculture, manufacturing, transportation and deforestation, we will at best make a small dent.
Well put. No one wants to tell this truth.
It's important to see what everyday people can do to help, but I really think the responsibility rests with companies that use most of the energy and produce most of the waste. What can we do to change their practices as that will have a much greater impact.
Thank you I know that if I turn the lights off when I’m not in the room I’m helping but my individual impact is like a drop in the ocean compared to what a corporation as a whole could achieve by doing the same. A company that destroys the environment whether by cutting down trees and the like to build things or by producing massive amounts of toxins could do so much more if they weren’t completely ruled by money making
Well in the end it's kind of our fault too... If we consume less, these companies will have to reduce their waste.
Hope Weiss You realize we're many, MANY drops., right?
We've got to do something that will change the companies ways. They aren't going to change if we keep buying goods from them.
Lauren Heath Absolutely, so glad you have pointed this out, this is why people have an issue with Capitalism nowadays, humans have a disgusting tendency to be greedy and inconsiderate of each other, including their own descendants.
Even if climate change isn't real we should still work to creating a cleaner and healthier world
Awesomesauce Yes
Yes, I definitely agree.
Awesomesauce China should be enough of an example to realize that regardless of climate change, our air needs to be clean enough to breathe without needing a mask
Of course we should........More tax money going to the government isn't going to do it though.
But climate change is real. And yes you're right.
The fact that it was 2 years ago and nothing has changed.
“The world is going to end” is a difficult statement to believe for many. With or without financial interest
Probably your wasteful shopping, selfies and instagram will end and that will be very good!
the world will be here billions of years from now.
Finally an optimistic person
I just caught what you meant. The planet will always be here. It’s humanity that’s at risk of going extinct. I believe with the new technology, humans will figure out a way to adapt and to survive. That’s the best case scenario
@@biancazlotea5000 no everything has an ending someday the world will be destroyed and judgmental day will come
It's hard for me to ignore it since I've been living in China, I was suffocating and really suicidal because it seems like no one care, and watching a lot Americans denying its existence makes me sick.
KZhead is blocked in China. I don't deny that the Chinese government is literally choking it's citizens to death with their smog, but I do question your ability to tell the truth...
Song Maxine Isn't KZhead blocked in China though?...
Toa Tahu You do understand it's not blocked but rather limited
No, it is completely blocked in China. If you know how, it is possible to bypass the firewall, but China completely blocks all access to KZhead, as well as Facebook and Twitter.
Toa Tahu no they only limit certain content from certain countries
People do care. The problem is that it's not entirely in our hands. Huge policy changes must happen. Little to no one that directly benefit from our oil dependency, is going to make changes that will mean certain collapse of their financial securities. Our political system and global economies are so tightly intertwined with the root cause of this issue, that even if everyone wanted to change, policy wouldn't allow it. If they did, its use wouldn't be feasible, easy or even possible. I'm not saying we need a different system, just a new group of people with less financial dependency on our oil consumption.
Andrew Doe It is entirely in our hands
It's a scam.
you clearly didn’t read what I wrote. Clearly the oil industry has a strong grip on our societal willingness to move forward to greener options. They exist. Please tell me why it’s not mainstream. Please tell me why there haven’t been incentives to go green. Not today, but in the past 200 years that electric vehicles have been in existence. Tell me why the first electric vehicle was shelved for nearly 200 years and tell me how you propose we decouple our independence from oil, and the health and well-being of an economy that sits on top of the crude oil refineries. If it’s in “our” hands tell me why you’re still driving a gas powered vehicle 4 years after making this post
@@ashaw1387 You responded to yourself. CO2 caused global warming is a scam. Do you want to pay 3 to 5 times what you do for gas and oil for electric that doesn't save the planet from a problem that doesn't exist.
This hits me in the heart and I’m gonna choose this for the topic for my essay
1:18..The background lol
Lol I can’t
I really ought to stop glancing through the comment sections of these vids, it's degrading my faith in Humanity more than I thought was physically possible. Mostly, it's the occasional caveman who somehow has enough computing capacity to drag their knuckles on the keyboard hard enough to produce "Hurr hurr, global warming and climate change are a hoax," without causing their gray matter to ooze out of their ears. Even if the evidence is somehow wrong, wouldn't changing our lifestyle to protect a planet that is incompatible with the toxins we are mass producing be beneficial for everyone? I honestly would like to better understand the other side of this argument. Are we countering the proposition to fight the "possibility" of climate change with the argument that we should simply continue obliviously with our lives having changed nothing but letting the flood gates open? I understand that there are multiple industries who would prefer their income over long-term stability and would invest and lobby till the end of days to have their way, but how are we as human beings supposed to get anything done if we're little more than frogs in boiling water?
"Hurr Hurr my politician and paid out "scientist" pointed to a computer model and said that humans are responsible for destructive climate change and will destroy the world, there's definitely no cover up of evidence and data that goes against their theory."
Dolan Cleary Wow that frog in boiling water is a powerful metaphor, especially pertaining to this topic.
Laziness I guess
Dolan, until you understand that is exactly how the other side sees you, you are lost in your illusions.
I completely agree. Couldn't have put it into better words
Who are we kidding? Our descendants will curse our names.
"descendants"
yeah for being absolutely gullible and not doing our own research
I wait 50 years from 70s and STILL nothing...beside enormous progress around the world.
What descendants
Yes, your names -- those of the alarmists who have cost millions of lives. Not the rest of us.
And this video is 4years back...And now the climate change is so bad that So many people are suffering ...
Yesss!!! Talking about the progress and the good things happening as well is so important!!🙏🙏😌 We can do it yall!!🙋
"If CO2 was black, we would've dealt with this issue a long time ago" unintentionally can be taken out of context
lolololol That's hilarious
That co2 was resisting arrest!
shibs__ p
shibs__ not really im african americab i know what he means
But for real though, aren't CFCs invisible too?
And not a single mention of animal agriculture.
But obviously mainstream media wouldn’t dare suggest that going vegan could help the environment
It's becuz $$$$$
@@zachjohnson8620 vox by no means is "main stream" media..
@@penguin87904 true..and its all that fact that it would be useless...must pple wouldn't care.
@@penguin87904 doesnt a vegan diet cost more?
Can’t this backfire like,” if all my neighbors are using this much why can’t I?”
As as a marketer, I'd say it's important to not talk in absolutes. Multiple politicians talked about banning meat and burgers, but people love their burgers. Instead the message should be: Eat less meat every week, do good for the planet. Meat production is one of the biggest CO2 emission "provider" globally. So I agree with the video - you need a very simple call to action like back in the days with the ozone hole - use less hair spray, safe the earth. Everyone understands that.
I came here after a video of a polar bear starving. Informative instead of sorrow.
He said it: apathy to action
I suppose it is the video of the starving bear and that apart it comments that it is illegal to feed them.
The polar bear population is INCREASING and has been for a very long time. This is a documented fact. But it makes sense that you're here on this video. You are Vox's target audience, prone to emotion and alarmism over fact and reason.
@@TuhljinTampergauge well said
What is a man in a goat costume doing at a congressional hearing?? 1:19
Jack Militante I think it's meant to be a polar bear
Jack Militante That's clearly a giraffe, are you blind?
Jack Militante I thought it was a bunny.
You joking, it's clearly a cat.
Missed the furry convention I guess.
One of the important takeaways of this vid is the complexity of climate change. We CAN'T oversimplify and say, "the REAL issue with climate change is ..." and insert a single issue or bad-guy. It's a problem with many interconnected issues and we have to be smart enough to treat it as such. Be smart enough to see and tackle it with multiple strategies on multiple levels like geo-political, mass-behavioural, legal, punitive, activist, technical, UX, empirical-analytical, social, media, cultural, educational, awareness, motivational, psychological, etc. that can all reinforce - not compete - with one another. And resist the urge to reduce climate change to a single issue with a single quick-fix that may be easily refuted by others or even oneself.
M. Sanjayan did an awesome job explaining and providing evidence to back this claim. I have noticed this issue too, but never found the words and examples to explain it to my friends. For many challenges that we face in life, we can overcome them by shifting our perspective.
love how they avoid animal agricultuere . one of the biggest problems
but do you actually expect people to stop eating meat? How about a more viable alternative - 2 child policy. If we gradually decrease our population, we save more on pollution than any other policies we can do.
k m I was waiting for it the entire video! Even if the US dropped its meat consumption by 10%, think if the change it would produce. The water that'd be saved, not to mention the cut on greenhouse gas production
This video is about how he should approach and think differently about solving climate change in a different way, the main focus isn’t what’s causing climate change...
Sean Armstrong that would also be good for the job market
Sweet Potato, BEST POTATO!!! Lol, animal agriculture is one of the climate change causes, they could have told about veganism and how it could help to reduce the green house gases. What do you not understand?
I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve been posting warnings and facts on as many “political” KZhead channels as I can and the responses are unbelievable. Most people don’t seem to care or understand how serious and urgent this is. 😰 to the ones who are here, I hope that somehow things change. Best to you all.
Enjoy your life, and try to be kind to nature (while also protecting yourself from it). Don't let the fear-mongering dictate your life. It's not worth it.
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Don't worry, they'll understand once it effects them
@@HawkinaBox Always has been for Humans. Friendly reminder I didn't say "all". Some people just forget that without adding "all" it only meant to a specific number we can't measure but that's not the entirety.
Kinda applies to the current pandemic. Most people thought that Coronavirus wasn’t as deadly as the flu until it started spreading like wildfire. Some people still to this day would not believe it’s real until themselves or their close relatives gets infected
The neoliberal logic of hyper-individualism is how we got into this mess in the first place. I highly doubt it's going to get us out lol
how do you do a video about climate change and leave out *agriculture*?
This video is about how he should approach and think differently about solving climate change in a different way, the main focus isn’t what’s causing climate change...
Moronic drivel. Perfect Trump supporter.
Well the video was mostly about how to motivate people, and less about concrete solutions
The same guy did a video on diet and agriculture in relation to climate change: kzhead.info/sun/obmnerWPhmaPfZE/bejne.html
Andy In it to win Trolls are insecure and are actually intelligent, but extremely ignorant.
why don't you bring up the meat industry? and how much methane goes into global warming?
Pikapetey Animations hug me
Pikapetey Animations either it's not that important or they are bought by the meat industry
Because this video isn't about educating you, it's about manipulating you. They even explained it in the video, "guilt tripping doesn't work". Telling people that eating meat is killing the environment is just guilt tripping and, as they explained, people don't respond to that. Plus, giving up meat is much bigger than just giving up hairspray.
elvio lado most likely the 2nd one the meat and dairy industry usually buy tons of people out they have connections to the cancer research program, american heart association, pharmaceutical companies, even the companies who work in the ocean They are in kahoots with all the fast food chains they are very powerful and will kill anyone who will reveal the truth that's what they did to this lady in brazil who spoke out against the amazon rainforest deforestation due to livestock and cattle
Do you not know how much people HATE vegans? Just saying "we shouldn't eat meat, because..." based on any logic makes Americans angry. America wants meat, so it's hard to convince someone based on their selfishness. But people think they need the things that hurt the environment, if we simply replace the things that we think we need, we'll be ok.
It also all comes down to education. Luckily new generations are more aware, but this education effort is crucial to our survival
Mother nature: "well... so you will stop killing me, heres a pandemic!!"
Humans : yay we ended the pandamic Mother nature : this isn't even my final form Airborne ebola : allow us to introduce ourselves
My science teacher told us that his generation once saved the world because they fixed the problem of the ozone layer. Now he says our generation has to fix this one, he won't help us cause he already "saved the world" EDIT: My science teacher is amazing and makes jokes about stuff, he was just joking. He was just trying to lighten up the day, I found it funny of how he said it, in a funny way like "ye, I already saved the world. now its your turn"
BurningSkele99 yes he is stupid
BurningSkele99 That's sad. Also, stupid because the ozone hole isn't completely fixed yet.
BurningSkele99 it's also stupid considering that it was his generation and not ours that caused the problem
its all stupid... lol when everyone here is old and grey and the temps are still roughly the same and the oceans havent flooded into my house... Just know, I will be quietly laughing to myself still calling everyone here stupid...
Trolling Humanity w/ Memes Eternal 0
I feel so bad for that polar bear in the thumbnail 😢
polar bears are doing great, number up, they have flourished under "climate change" think the like the cold? Nope! Cold kills!!
ufewl ufewlx I hate to say it but you are wrong. Polar bears are, right now doing just fine, but the area which they live on is sea ice. The sea ice is drastically melting because of global warming and if/when the sea ice melts away so will polar bears. They can not survive in forest areas like their relative the grizzly bear. Source: blog.nature.org/science/2013/12/03/what-science-polar-bear/amp/ There are plenty more sources that you can look at though and I highly advise you to
The reason why polar bears are doing fine is due to the fact that they are now on the endangered list and are being monitored and protected from polar bear hunting and such.
Red you should be polar bears are starting to drown! That's right some polar bears swim for 10 hours straight and can't find ice so they drown from fatigue ITS TRAGIC
You know polar bears cans swim right?
Most people will watch this video and genuinely believe it's message but the next week will forget about it
As consumers we can only do so much. The problem needs to be addressed at an industry and governance level before real progress can be made.
40% of the earths wildlife and plant life is gone, the great barrier reef is gone, we have islands of trash, regions all over the planet have had a dramatic shift in temperature change, all plants on earth can't photosynthesize over 104 degrees fahrenheit, which means lower oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen gas in our atmosphere, human populations are growing rapidly and producing more Co2, while we cut down forests faster than the trees can come back, all to feed the massive enslaved species that we consume daily, all the while they produce methane gas which poisons our air further. Open your eyes. Either take care of nature, or return to it.
why don't you watch the first minute of the video again and relate it to your comment ?
Leo Bernstorff why don't you grow some balls and start actually doing something? Maybe start a wildflower garden for the depleting honey bee population? Facts are facts, you're feelings don't matter, the world is "doom and gloom", if you had been paying attention, you'd already know that.
forgive me for letting my anger consume me
Miles Manges I have nothing to forgive, because who would I be to judge you for being angry for a good cause? All I want to say is: the way we humans are best working is not against each other, is not based on negativity, anger and fear, it is together. Everyone is always looking for respect, for acceptance and honour but no one thinks about giving back. Human relationships are based on bilaterality. If you meet the people from one to another, they will listen to you. But will need to listen to them. That way, you will be able to transmit them the motivation and the actionism that moves you, and it will spread.
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This is an *extremely* important video, Vox! Thank you so much for making it happen. I only have two issues with it: 1. It severely glosses over our food choices having a major impact on climate change, specifically how animal agriculture is the leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, ocean deadzones and many major problems the planet is facing today. I'm very tired of this bias. The science is all there. Adopting a plant-based diet is one of the most environmentally-friendly choices a consumer can make. 2. It focuses mostly on widespread consumer choices. In reality, corporations, governments and high-class citizens contribute exponentially more to climate change than you and I. A lot of consumers' lifestyle choices are negligible and easily offset by corporations and the 1%. Theyre the ones we should focus on... and crack down on the hardest.
Politicians and government are afraid to tell people the truth because it means taking something away from the people, it's also asking them to work harder.
It's actually quite ignorant to talk about helping to save the environment and not even mentioning the enormous quantity of greenhouse gasses the meat industry produces. of course it's also important to talk about this but the meat industry actually produces more greenhouse gasses than cars and households
Thank you. I'm growing increasingly concerned that all of these "climate change warning" videos completely miss the worst contributor. GUYS TAKE A LOOK AT THE FOOD INDUSTRY. The cows themselves, the deforestation to give them lots to be on, and then we go ahead and kill the cows and eat them. It's a shame. Look at Cowspiracy on Netflix.
Irek Cz. Yeah you are right that there are a lot of problems but the food industry is the biggest. They are the biggest greenhouse gas producer. Of course you can't describe every contribution to greenhouse gasses but you just can't completely ignore the biggest
They were talking about behavioral solutions and used CO2 as an example... Those solutions could be used in other things too so i dont get why would they talk about the most important problem if this example served its purpose
I was just about to write this...
Irek Cz. You you're right but i think if they mentioned solutions to the food industry that would be better and help a lot a lot more
The debate isn't if it's real, or how much humans are contributing to it, it's how to deal with it.
Climate change is definitely real, but the amount of CO2 we use is very miniscule to the amount nature releases. Nobody even thinks about how the sun(the fireball that can warm things up) may contribute.
Right, but that's been in balance for basically forever. Plants and animals. Human are tipping it with cars, farming, deforestation, electricity, and it interrupts the delicate balance of nature.
One thing to keep in mind thought is dealing with it does not wreck our economy. It results in new winners and losers, with existing business interests declining and new ones developing. "wreck our economy" is an economic myth pushed by a small number of companies that want people to believe that the specific industry's interests are their interests, but it just isn't the case.
Aaron L There's no debate there either. the solution is to stop burning fossil fuels. Achieving that is more complicated.
It doesn't require a massive amount of CO2-emissions to offset the the fragile equilibrium that is the environment. Similar to how CFCs affected the forming of ozone, anthropogenic CO2-emissions can affect the global CO2 cycle. Also scientists are well aware of the 11-year-long solar cycle (after all it is the most studied star) and it does not explain the global temperature increase.
Wish this would get into everyone's recommend section. Now it's the perfect time to be discussing this
I went to a UC and they had a climate competition and my dorm won. It felt nice, but I didn't know why - as we didn't give each other feedback of what we did and didn't do compared to others - so no ideas were exchanged. I think the next step would be to exchange ideas as to why!
8:52 this is about broader change! Broader change is not achieved with individual change but the changing of companies and government! Take problems by the roots
Not contributing to animal agriculture is a better start in my opinion.
But on this case, you cannot change anything alone, and the vegan movement won't ever accumulate enough members to turn down the meat production even by 0.1% because the biggest pro-vegan organization promotes socially unacceptable ideology and supports terrorism.
I disagree, you don't have to be fully committed hardcore vegan to make an impact. We've already seen a drop in meat consumption in the UK alone, especially after the WHO reported on smoked meats being carcinogenic(at least so I've read). Your current approach is an appeal to futility fallacy, but hey man, I believe I won't save the world by myself, but I sure as hell prefer to be one less person contributing to the downfall of it, than to be one more. Also - I highly recommend falafels, falafels for dinner are the easiest way to fight climate change.
Certain animal agriculture has greater impacts than others, with the biggest being beef (disclaimer: not 100% certain). If the global culture transition to consuming more pork and poultry instead of beef, it would lead to significant results (esp. in amazon rainforest). **Reducing our dependence on coffee & love for chocolate would also help the rainforest.
You're an idiot
Any start is a good start. Every bit counts!!!!!
Thank god at the very least the younger generation is aware of this crisis we are the first generation to find out about it and we are the last generation that can stop it
Finally a video about one step closer to recover our planet 🙏❤️
So this relates to the social competition thing, when Im doing a test sometimes I see other people are farther than I am and I try to hurry up.
"Look at me I'm saving the planet by turning off the lights..." *Eats Burger*
will Philip Atleast that person is doing something.
"I care about climate change, until it means changing my behaviour in any way."
Yeah, honestly we can still drive cars, burn fossil fuels, etc. and not hurt the planet. We just need to drop the insane amount of animal exploitation. It's the fundamental cause. Methane is so much stronger than CO2. Being a vegan is easy, and just plain healing.
Not everybody can be vegan for various reasons economic, health-related, or otherwise, and shaming people who can't is frankly ridiculous. If someone is , for example, medically unable to live on a vegan diet but contributes to helping in other ways, they should not be ridiculed for it.
Vegan diets are cheaper; beans, rice, and fruits are cheap and you can live off that. And imo vegan diets are a LOT cheaper than cancer treatment or triple bypass. And only a small minority isn't going to be able to go vegan so using that excuse is just enabling people. Going vegan is easy.
I hate the idea of social competition. While I like the outcome, I think comparing people to others is a recipe for disaster. ...Look at the current society. "[The best person to compare yourself against is who you were yesterday]". Not sure where I heard that, but I think comparing a person against who they were yesterday is a better idea than comparing people against others. Just give a standard to rate people against which is better at being objective in its measurements, and then present that to the public. Like health inspection ratings of restaurants. ...Except, also, give people a way to opt out and reduce stigmas.
I've seen you on Halt and Catch Fire and immediately recognized you!
That awkward moment when animal agriculture actually produces more co2 than the entire transportation industry including all cars trains and planes combined 😬
Kory Mann Another triggered vegan.
Kory Mann you mean educated and informed vegan. you made a typo, or you're a moron.
Where are you guys getting this information? EPA figures place energy production (29%) and transportation (27%) at the top, with agriculture coming in dead last at (9%) www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions
A. Y. This was one of my sources www.worldwatch.org/node/6294 I"ll do more research soon since your statistics are so conflicting. If anyone has any other sources they would like to share I encourage you to do so since I am curious to see how their could be such drastically different reports, even with the time difference.
To be honest, a lot of climate change related data are estimates, predictions or extrapolations, because it is hard to measure exactly everything. While for cars you can make reasonable estimates (I think the overall amount of fuel sold is tracked, so you can get the amount of C02 from that), for animals this might not be very exact. So maybe there is a big variety in the amount of methane the cows produce and some estimates used different values than others for extrapolation. That would be my guess.