Bjorn Lomborg: Climate Change, Poverty, and How Governments WASTE Your Money

Environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg says we waste money in the fight against climate change.
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Governments spends trillions to fight climate change, but Lomborg says many of these policies are “not an efficient way of spending.”
For saying this, Lomborg has been called "the devil." The Danish government even targeted him for his views on climate change.
"I'm not trying to do something that's immoral or anything," he tells me. "I'm simply trying to make sure that we get it right."
Lomborg says there are better things society should spend money on. He says we should spend on the “best things first,” things like maternal and newborn health and improving education, rather than squandering billions on pointless gestures toward stopping climate changes.
You can watch the full interview above to learn more.

[@jarrod752]

Rich people fly private jets to climate conferences to tell me I need to burn less gasoline. Rich people tell me sea level is rising while they buy millions dollars + beachfront properties. Rich people eat lavish meals and tell me I need to give up meat and eat the bugs. I'll take climate change seriously when the people telling me it's a problem start taking it seriously.

[@kyleweeks2941]

The WEF are the biggest hypocrites when it comes to this. "You will own nothing and be happy" Klaus swab

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

Agree

[@charlesbosse9669]

Yeah like Gavin Newsom our eating at a fine French restaurant when everyone was ordered to shelter in place as they say.

[@SoloRenegade]

yup. Don't you go lifting one finger to solve a "problem" before they do.

[@hotdogg268]

I take it you burn less gas than you need to, avoid beachfront properties,eat bugs instead of lavish meals and take hypocrites seriously? @@SoloRenegade

[@beerrun7968]

They forget we been hearing their doomsday hysteria for 50 years.

[@Coldpack13]

I remember the Ice Age is coming in the 1970s.

[@freedomrings1420]

I'm 64 , it's been more like 60 years .

[@jaytang4954]

i remember 2005 people warning us the oceans would acidify and kill all life in the oceans by 2010-2012

[@dionrau5580]

They've been claiming we'll run out of oil since they started refining it. So the climate cult should have nothing to worry about.

[@CharlesGraham]

AP reported Miami would be under water by the year 2000 LMAO...

[@KBeMaybe]

Bjorn is a much needed voice of reason to counter the hysteria caused by the cult of Climatology.

[@goofyfoot2001]

Except he thinks there is going to be 3ft of sea level rise. Same beach I played on 60 years ago is in the same place and nothing has changed.

[@mikeholmed7029]

​@goofyfoot2001 how many feet above sea level are you? I can agree that climate zealots push a bad argument.

[@DettenbachDe]

by substituting it with other international threats…

[@CSWRB]

No he’s not. He’s basically saying don’t give the climate cult money do so what THEIR “experts” say , instead give it to me to do what MY “experts” say. He’s still planning on taking YOUR money and imposing regulations.

[@Apistevist]

Climate change is exponential, not linear. @@goofyfoot2001

[@TWiumph]

This video summarizes the current situation so well. For me, censorship is our biggest problem. Thanks, John.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

True, as those who cannot possibly defend their indefensible position, must resort to censorship to silence evidence which proves them wrong.

[@digger105337]

The truth refutes their argument, that's why censorship is so important.

[@garysarela4431]

Bjorn Lomborg's analysis has very low scientific credibility.

[@user-uy9gp3rm7e]

@@garysarela4431 Because his detractors are bought and paid for.

[@artdarnell]

⁠@@garysarela4431it’s dangerous to be right in matters in which the established authorities are wrong. Voltaire

[@capitalallocator]

this video highlights the importance of free speech. when we censor people we lose out on the potential of good counter arguments

[@dionrau5580]

That's they're Point, in the current world of BS.

[@MrRabiddogg]

and it is also very telling as to who wants to censor free speech. Even You Tube has their propaganda banner on this one

[@MrVvulf]

Indeed. It also brings to mind the maxim of Dr. Thomas Sowell - "There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs."

[@capitalallocator]

@@MrVvulf that’s one of my favorite quotes from Sowell. might have to get it framed

[@JoeZorzin]

@@MrVvulf and those trade off have to be honestly, openly, discussed- which ain't happening in America and many EU nations

[@gordonspond8223]

I have Bjorn's book (False Alarm). Very good read, very insightful, chockful of data, not assumptions, no alarmism. Bjorn is to the global climate change hysteria what Thomas Sowell is to history and economics.

[@chrismiller5198]

Good analogy

[@dawnelder9046]

Sounds like I need to read it.

[@winstonthedino1909]

Man I love thomas sowell. Great analogy

[@gordonspond8223]

@@winstonthedino1909 I think we read a lot more books and are 100 time better informed than all the screaming and protesting leftists...

[@winstonthedino1909]

@gordonspond8223 they seem to be good at regurgitating information, what they're not good at is looking whether or not that information is true, valid or even gives merit to the context of the conversation they try to use it in.

[@groundedinhex7057]

How people are still discussing this topic like it’s a legitimate concern and don’t see the obvious agenda ….think critically

[@medic1937]

It's beyond me

[@fareshajjar1208]

Why? Because of Google, Microsoft, BBC, CBC, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, every newspaper in the world, 90% of the world's universities, the Democrat Party and Leftists across the globe, 500 nonprofit foundations and NGO's and most of all the UN. All these entities either make money off the scam or are true believers in a cult.

[@tog4867]

That's because there are still people that only get their news from one station and still trust their governments...

[@zyzzer]

I saw the scam 20 years ago and took a lot of crap from friends (mostly ex friends) who thought I was a lunatic for not bowing to the fascist garbage being spewed.

[@medic1937]

@@zyzzer I'm still waiting for acud rain to melt my skin off.

[@CameraMystique]

John Doe says "Humanity will colonize other planets" (where the temp is different from the Earth by dozens of degrees, and another 1000 factors are different). The same John Doe says "if temperature on Earth changes by 2 degrees, we are dead". Crazy times.

[@lawrenceallen8096]

Yep. Just listen. REALLY LISTEN to what people say. "Stop" and "Climate Change." So what do they want to do? "I want to stop the climate from changing." That's the plain English. No, it's not a contraction of an idea to fit into a newspaper headline. They REALLY MEAN "We Are Going To Stop The Climate From Changing!" Go deeper: "Follow my commandments, give me money, and I promise you a perfect future." Are they a religion or are they "climate scientist priests" of a new religion. Meanwhile, if you say: "Hey, 10 rivers in China, South Asia and Africa dump 93% of the plastic floating in our oceans." They scream: "Racists! That's because of European Colonialism! We made them do that. Now stop driving your car and take public transportation or the climate gods will punish you!" Yep, the greatest force for diversity of life on our planet for 3.5 billion years, climate change, and these people say: "STOP CLIMATE CHANGE." The truth is we are surrounded by mentally ill people.

[@gordonspond8223]

That's a great observation. Never thought about it that way... 🤣

[@Life.adventure.photography]

Right. We literally have the ability to survive in outer space (the ISS) yet we won’t survive 2C

[@CameraMystique]

@@Life.adventure.photography A few months ago the weather channel had a short video about fossils found in Northern Greenland, from a time when Temperature was about 26 degrees higher over there. Thriving life everywhere. Meanwhile though, we' re currently approaching a much colder period - much colder than the "theoretical 1.4 degrees" that scientists predict (IF we're still burning coal with the current pace 80 years from now...). The whole thing is blown out of proportions. Let's get rid of the carcinogenic chemicals first, and then deal with the "1.4 degrees".

[@leonidfro8302]

@@Life.adventure.photographyNobody is saying that every single human will die. But war for resources going nuclear, and human civilization might take a break. "We" on ISS are dozen of people in controlled condition for limited time, not reproducing. You can't come up with more irrelevant example.

[@TheMusicscotty]

Stossel: last of the real journalists. The only one who asks everyone tough questions and makes you think! Love this man. Great interview with a widely misunderstood man!!

[@jarrod752]

As rare as they are, real Journalists are easy to spot: The MSM and government *hate* and *attack* them. James O'keef and Tucker Carlson come to mind, but there are others. Somehow Stossel seems to fly under the radar, and good on him for it. I think he's just not enough of a _household name_ to really get their attention yet.

[@kevinkerr9310]

Laughs in Assange

[@travisprugh6347]

tucker?

[@marathrites]

+ Glenn Greenwald

[@mathboy8188]

LOL. Stossal's "tough questions" are to real journalism what _"I was skeptical at first..."_ are to TV infomercials.

[@msromike123]

YES! Thank you so much! The biggest threat to humanity is having an agenda that does not include a cost benefit analysis of the best use of finite resources.

[@davesitarski2310]

Thanks John for bringing another great interview to the world.

[@1RockieRacoon]

Alarmists are more committed to their vision than they are to flesh and blood people. Dangerous.

[@SoloRenegade]

they are a death cult, after all.

[@user-ut9fq6bd6u]

Depopulation is one of the "Elite's" goals.

[@Despiser25]

Show me ANY Socialist Govt in History whose vision wasn't BLOOD? Socialism in all of its forms is the most dangerous cult in Human History.

[@stephenmatura1086]

It's a wonder the whole Dutch nation hasn't been censored for having the temerity to show you can actually live below sea level!

[@jodiplock4784]

So good to hear someone that makes sense. Thank you!

[@ronhamm]

I laugh my butt off every time I hear someone say they think we can fix the climate!

[@user-ut9fq6bd6u]

Absolutely! Which climate in our planet's history is the right one? Ha!

[@mathboy8188]

@@user-ut9fq6bd6u Which climate is best for us? Hmmm... maybe it's the climate that the entire infrastructure of human civilization is based upon - where our agriculture is, where our people live, where our cities are, where our industry is, and where our transportation systems are linking between all those locations. Maybe the best climate for us is the current one, and so maybe the best kind of climate change for us is NO climate change. Whatcha think, genius?

[@jaydunbar7538]

@@mathboy8188 hey genius, we’re actually better off if it gets hotter. Crops grow faster and more bountiful, more of the world becomes inhabitable to us either by warming up or by deserts getting greener do you the higher carbon in the atmosphere. There is a upper limit, but it’s a long ways to get there. A few degrees may kill the polar bears, but it makes the world far BETTER for us not worse.

[@mathboy8188]

@@jaydunbar7538 *hey genius, we’re actually better off if it gets hotter.* That's absurd - just ignorance and/or ideological dogma talking. Hell, even Lomborg in this video points that you're wrong. *Crops grow faster and more bountiful,...* One of the dangers of feigned values in the service of a partisan talking point is that you put yourself in a pickle if, like here, the reality is the opposite of what you claim. The reality is that global warming we're causing leads to greater global food insecurity. This is an extremely complicated matter, but essentially the increased agricultural disruptions from weather events via climate change more than offset any gains from global greening. Moreover, what CO2-caused increases there are crop yields don't correspond to significant nutritional increases. Moreover, long term changes aren't like-for-like... if the US breadbasket dries up, but Canadian tundra and permafrost thaws and becomes available for agriculture, it's not an equal trade... the new soil doesn't have thousands of generations of growth cycles generating rich topsoil like the soil that was lost, not to mention that any infrastructure to farm and transport crops from the new inferior farmland has to be built from scratch. As climate change, people will adapt with changing choices of crops to grow to best use the land, and this makes projecting impacts a very complex matter. Finally, it's not just about global crop production, but the economics of its distribution that matters to humanity, and weather disruptions don't merely lower output, but spikes prices above what many poor nations and people can afford - and those are obviously the ones most vulnerable and who most desperately need reliable access to huge harvests. Thus even when weather events lowering output but still sufficient output exists to serve global demand, it can still lead to malnutrition or even famine because the economic consequences. Anyway, as you can see, it's complicated. I've read a bit about it, but I'm certainly no expert, and instead am relaying the findings of those who do study and analyze it carefully: the dramatic global warming were causing is damaging to humanity's global food security. So since you pretend to care about this food production issue: _Welcome Aboard!_ You're now someone who's eager to reduce global CO2 emissions, so that we can reduce the global warming we're causing, so that we can improve rather than harm global food security. *more of the world becomes inhabitable to us either by warming up or by deserts getting greener do you the higher carbon in the atmosphere.* A PNAS paper just this fall showed how various densely populated hot regions (parts of India & Pakistan, perhaps parts of China and Africa) are on course, with only a bit more global warming, to become uninhabitable. If those deserts slightly "greened" with a bit more grass or cacti, it ain't gonna matter (not that it would otherwise), because the folks who live there now will have moved somewhere else. (FYI: Civilization doesn't handle large forced migrations of people too well. Consider the problems of the Syrians in the EU, or the US southern border. And although it creates problems in places like the EU and USA, it's _really_ a disaster when people are on the move into & through less wealthy nations.) *There is a upper limit, but it’s a long ways to get there. A few degrees may kill the polar bears, but it makes the world far BETTER for us not worse.* You're both quite wrong, and disturbing blithe about the one-way-only of possible species extinctions (one-way-only unless your timetable in in the hundreds of thousands or millions of years). The mass extinction of the Anthropocene is not only a monstrous affront and crime against all that's decent - including God if He exists - but it's harmful to our own self-interest. The extinctions and loss of habitats & biodiversity, breakdowns of ecosystems, and spread of invasive species and disease vectors are damaging to human civilization. We are biological organisms who rely on the ecosystems of plant & animal life in a thousand ways that often aren't immediately obvious and that our modern civilization can hide from us. As an example (I'm not claiming this is a known concern - I'm just pulling this off the top of my head to show the kind of chains of consequences when you mess with ecosystems): if polar bears go extinct, maybe the seal & sea lion population would then explode, which might then result in a drop in global ocean fishing harvests.

[@MrChosenmarine]

me too. A statement like that shows such a profound disconnect with reality

[@chrism9037]

This video should be required watching for every politician and policy maker. Thank you John.

[@armandoacevedo6978]

They would disregard this video because our leadership is dishonest. They push Climate Hysteria for monetary gain AND more control over OUR LIVES!

[@kyledriscollmusic]

they don't give a shlt

[@droe2570]

Politicians and policy makers know all of this, but they don't care because it's easier to fear monger and point fingers to buy votes than to actually teach people and put forth serious measurable efforts to deal with concrete measurable problems.

[@Jim-wi6np]

Agreed. But most importantly it should be a requirement for getting a teaching degree. Whether it be elementary school or at the university level. I'm my opinion to make our children be better educated it to better educate our teachers

[@Despiser25]

The Govt should have enough power to dictate these things to us. Our Govt was supposed to be and advisory Govt not a tyrannical Govt. This Govt only exists with the consent of the governed. The corrupt Govt hasn't had my consent for decades.

[@climatebell]

I started my personal journey of studying the physics of climate change to compute the temperature change from GHGs last year. The results (through a GHG temperature calculator I recently released to the public) have proven to me that the claims of climate alarmists are way overblown. We need more people speaking like Bjorn to bring down the temperature of the hysteria and provide reason to what if any mitigation needs to be done. I like how he presents a solution to rising sea levels in this interview.

[@dkiresearch4423]

The cabal has us looking up in the air, when we should be looking down below our feet. Man made weather disruptions are happening due to destruction of soil carbon, forests, wetlands, grasslands. Alpha Lo's substack articles Where does rain come from 1,2 and 3 provides a academically reviewed process showing that 40-60% of our rain comes from plant transpiration. The recently released movie "Common Ground" provides a great resource also. A recent carbon dating of co2 in our atmosphere shows 75% of it is coming from natural processes, not petroleum use, im sure you know of the one im referring too. When one ties the recent work done by Judith Curry - one is now really scratching their heads. In my opinion, this boars nest, is being created to use a voluntary carbon credit as a commodity backed currency, as the fiat dollar collapses.

[@freedomrings1420]

As someone that has worked outside my whole life in Upstate NY and in Florida... the climate is still the same . I don't need to study anything.

[@redpillsatori3020]

I don't doubt you, and I know YT doesn't allow people to share links, but it would have been great if you left some clues where we could look at your work. I don't see much on your YT channel.

[@climatebell]

@@redpillsatori3020 The YT chan. has the int. address

[@shawnpa]

How about the physicist showing the CO2 graph of radiation absorption vs CO2 concentration. 800ppm, ~ double what we have now, CO2 radiation absorption increases by only 1%.

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

Here's a personal anecdote about education. I went to a grade school (8 years, no middle schools or kindergarten then) and we had one teacher teaching two grade levels in 4 rooms. Teacher would teach one side of the class for an hour and the other either studied or listened, then s/he switched to the other side for an hour. No air conditioning, leaking roof, heater that was able to keep it above freezing but we wore heavy clothes because it wasn't actually warm inside if it was cold outside. Around 30% of the kids I went through grade school with went to college and became pretty, if not very, successful, I don't know any graduate from that grade school who could not perform at grade level unless they had some "problems". I dropped out of high school in my second year, went on the road hitch-hiking for a year, then got my GED and went into the navy. After the navy I went back to hitch-hiking till I was 29, went to college and while there I tutored other students. Around 60% of high school grads coming into the college had to take a full year of remedial studies, they didn't know things I had learned in grade school, they didn't understand English, math, geography, they were pretty much uneducated, clueless children. Our education system has totally failed.

[@kens805]

"if it bleeds,it leads" and ignorant people (which is the majority) will always believe the BS.

[@bobgteen6496]

Like man-made global warming

[@loriw5457]

Unfortunately we don't 'catch on' to the BS scenario until we become much older ( I heave a sigh ). If I had a magic wand - I'd raise the voting age to 35+..... I am 67 and still get fooled ( just not as often) .

[@kens805]

@@loriw5457 I've noticed that as Testosterones decreases common sense increases!! (I'm 75) LOL

[@fyyt9593]

Truth!

[@BullittGT40]

Does nobody remember grade school and the Carbon Cycle? CO2 is released into the atmosphere, plants absorb CO2 and release Oxygen, we all need oxygen to survive and coincidentally we release CO2 that makes more plants grow. Not only that the Earth is losing it's atmosphere and by releasing these gases we are helping to replenish it. With good scrubbers we can burn all the coal we need and the only byproduct released into the air is water vapor and CO2 which plants crave.

[@arasb3258]

5:30 "If you have a strong case, you pound the case, if you have a bad case, you pound the table". So wise and applicable to everyone.

[@greenidguy9292]

I’ve used that same phrase at work a couple times, in both cases it stopped the person (s) in their tracks.

[@rmorales3553]

John never disappoints... keep it up!!

[@johnscott2746]

The point he made on trade is very true. When NAFTA was enacted , all of the garment factories shut down in the South and moved to Mexico. It really devastated the economies of several States because it impacted everything. The garment workers didn’t have money to buy other things that were being produced and it had a snowball effect.

[@jamio8734]

It boils down to the pro-human vs the anti- human sides of the argument and we need to begin shouting that till people understand that is truly what we are talking about.

[@jimmystecher5214]

Excellent interview. We never will see an interview like this or even remotely like this in the "mainstream" media.

[@user-ut9fq6bd6u]

A better word for main streem is legacy. Just say'n

[@science212]

Lomborg, Nigel Lwason, Ronald Bailey, Richard Lindzen, etc. Heroes.

[@craigzilla100]

Thank you John for real journalism. You are an American treasure.

[@armageddonready4071]

The weather where I live is supposed to be a hundred degrees every summer. In ten years, the temperature has gotten over a hundred degrees maybe a few dozen times, MAYBE.

[@Steven-em5if]

Tony Heller has much to show about that.

[@WINGMANIII]

Had I been asked, I would have said the government needs to stop spending our tax dollars on these frivolous issues.

[@davidneidel436]

Mr. Stossel: You have intervened a Social Scientist who is making a strong stance on not only the climate change issues but how the world can improve the quality of life for most everyone on our planet. He brings up and provides insight into how the citizens of this world can provide changes that can be done to help the world's population. Too bad that politicians could look outside their preconceived beliefs and make changes that could help all of us.

[@jaredt3150]

To the bureaucrats, the wasteful spending isn't a bug, its a feature.

[@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler]

Wasting lots of money in achieving virtually nothing is exactly what they're doing... this guy has some knowledge a few pieces of the puzzle...

[@Hesthegreatest1]

Bjorn needs a Nobel Prize! He is one of the only people out here trying to change the world in a positive way!

[@saftgrl5013]

I love his suggestions for bettering the world by working on these other greater needs

[@RoverIAC]

I'm in Australia and it's hot here this summer.... but it's always been hot here in summer.

[@lesmotley6839]

Not in Adelaide so far. Pretty mild year in south Australia

[@dionrau5580]

I'm in deep south Florida, summer, and summer lite.

[@torquewrench1969]

👌🐔 📸 Oklahoma Chicken Cam approves of this video! 👌🐔 📸

[@JonathanOrosco]

I love the longer interviews, much more insightful.

[@jw6588]

This is easily one of the most important people on the planet right now. Thank you so much Bjorn!

[@hosnimubarak8869]

Bjorn Lomborg’s credibility and research is in question. Lomborg is not a major player nor expert in climate change; he lacks a science degree, his findings have been categorically rejected by the Danish science institute. and he has been definitively exposed as a charlatan at best, and an outright egomaniacal liar at worst.

[@frankhuston2616]

Great work John!! I farm have lived and farmed in the Midwest all my life. Our climate and weather patterns have changed in my lifetime. This is normal, our world has been changing from day one. Best approach is conservation of resources and adaptability. These are things that we were taught as kids and it holds true today.

[@thorthor7159]

Thank God, a voice of reason

[@CSWRB]

Not really. He’s basically saying don’t give the climate cult money do so what THEIR “experts” say , instead give it to me to do what MY “experts” say. He’s still planning on taking YOUR money and imposing regulations. I don’t know why people think supporting what he’s pushing is a good thing. NO to the climate cult and ALSO NO to Bjorn Lomborg.

[@hr2079]

What an insightful conversation. Thank you for sharing!

[@karlrhodas5446]

Bjorn Lomberg a voice of reason amidst a sea of alarmists. Every issue would benefit from more reasoned and critical thinking.

[@ericbean2719]

I love people with common sense and level headedness backed up with facts.

[@jasperthomas8048]

Bjorn has come a long way from where he was positioned when he started his journey. Hopefully the discovery will continue and he will see the ground that anything climate related is on, is quicksand.

[@bennyl7224]

Whether or not it’s true is irrelevant. Human improvement comes from ingredients that safe guard innovation in all directions and without limiting use of hydrocarbons. Eventually humans will find even better way of providing energy as well as hydrocarbons.

[@derspeed5796]

The sea level is rising? Someone better tell 44 to move. His mansion has ocean on three sides.

[@bradb3248]

Seems common sense, but as the emotions go up, the thinking goes down!

[@tybirge1]

I think the long-format interviews are awesome, keep up the good work.

[@Johnrider1234]

The world was going to end 30 years ago

[@swampfaye]

Try 150 years ago. We thought the civil war was the start of Armageddon.

[@83licata]

The climate dummies over the last 5 decades predicted that we should have dead 3 times by now due to climate change! I'm still breathing!!!

[@0Aus]

My personal favourite. Ozone layer depletion from aerosol propellant! Ha! Now the story is full 180 we are not loosing we are trapping. 😂

[@denisegaylord382]

I love Bjorn and the many others who are stating the truth. That human flourishing should be our goal. That as we improve the lives of the poorest among us, we improve our world as a whole. We need to work on the easiest things first. As things improve in the lives of those affected, they make better choices for themselves and their families. They gain knowledge and wisdom which they pass down to the next generation. Which over time, greatly improves their country and it's stability.

[@joshydillens148]

I am just very happy that finally at the climate conference a lot of country’s have stated they will not stop using fossil fuels. Germany thinking they can go all out green was wo dumbstruck by this, they didn‘t want to leave the conference until the declaration would be changed 😅

[@mrow7598]

I had one guy say we can stop using oil because of batteries, solar and wind turbines. I'm like batteries, the plastic is made of oil, solar the electronics use oil, wind turbines the grease and the windings of the of the generator is made of oil. They don't get how everything uses oil even if they don't get it out of a gas pump.

[@medic1937]

​@@mrow7598Exactly. You couldn't make a Tesla without oil.

[@thekeysman6760]

countries* plural, no apostrophe saying "country is".

[@capitalallocator]

yes, global temperatures are rising, but climate change is not an existential risk to humanity. the risk is being greatly exaggerated so the tradeoff is more tyranny and less freedom.

[@judobreakdowns7616]

which is why Vivek has been saying the Climate Change agenda is a hoax.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

And it would seem, if we wanted to reduce the total number of "climate claimed deaths", we would welcome a moderate increase in global temperatures. I knew deaths from cold were greater than from heat but did not know just how great that differential actually was.

[@shaninator589]

Great interview! Very informative.

[@chuckjay6823]

Very informative article, John. Love your work.

[@queenprotein]

What an eye opener! Nothing like good balanced consideration of hot topics. Thank you Mr Stossel

[@alclosebr]

IExcelent! I am sharing it with whoever I know and speaks English,

[@klimatbluffen]

I hope it gets so warm that we can live off agriculture in Greenland, just like we could a thousand years ago.

[@bowdlerise]

say No the UN's undemocratic climate-change policies.

[@lawnmowerman5006]

This guy doesn’t seem to realize deep corruption exists.

[@tomdarragh8692]

You’re right. A lot of money in the green industry.

[@sidwhiting665]

I think he knows it far better than most people. He simply takes an optimistic approach, that given enough time, evil ultimately destroys itself. It will make a terrible mess and it certainly won't apologize when proved wrong, but it does self-destruct. The truth wins out.... eventually, painfully, and sometimes Earth shatteringly slowly. We may not see the narrative erased in our lifetime, but when the world continues to spin on in 2100, the activist / alarmists of today will have to shut up on this particular issue. Of course, they'll have another issue by then.... *shrugs . It is what it is. Live life well, love your family and friends, do good to others, and enjoy yourself as much as you can. Let the eternally upset folks continue shouting at the clouds. That's how I keep from having this driving me nutty.

[@keithallen3119]

Of all the challenges in the world today I would suggest that corruption, evil intent and self service by the elite cabal is the most significant. These people, worldwide, don't want the positive changes talked about in this interview. Money, power and control for them is all that matters. Hence all the opportunties discussed here are counter to the world view by those who have the power. Human nature is one of the core problematic issues, for both the have and the have nots. History shows us that trueism.

[@denisegaylord382]

If you listen to any of his other interviews, Bjorn does speak to that issue. His solution is not to have the governments run the human flourishing projects. We know that they are incredibly wasteful and inefficient, and usually run by people who use their position for their own personal gain. He speaks to a much more grassroots style, led by the people who are actually facing those specific challenges, with only slight intervention by those from the technology or government sectors. One of our biggest hurdles in solving the issues of human flourishing is the leftist elites and their unwillingness to see that we all can have better lives if they would just stop with their extreme control and alarmism narrative that they continually push.

[@karyndewit193]

I’m sure he knows that.

[@doctordrabs]

Thank you

[@randeelaskewitz5941]

Great interview. I like how this guy thinks. Hopeful. Thank you John Stossel.

[@dwayne7356]

Once again, follow the money. Right now, the money is going to the panic science so that companies can make money selling new solutions, no matter the costs.

[@davidhakadoober._1-]

Nuclear power is zero emissions the cost is great to build and definitely a waste to dismantle. But the output and efficiency as well as reliability is unmatched by any other energy source. Until hydrogen power can be made as safe that’s what we should be focusing on and spending money on.

[@Stevarooni]

Hydrogen isn't a pure power source, it's a power storage medium. You have to "make" the power somehow, or crack petroleum to get it.

[@leonidfro8302]

Easier said than done. Nuclear power is great to produce electricity. But electricity can't fly planes, or mine things from the ground.

[@Stevarooni]

@@leonidfro8302 it's not a replacement for everything, but it would replace at least a substantial chunk of our energy production. No one thing will replace everything, so do what you can that doesn't cripple the economy and cost far more lives than it saves.

[@leonidfro8302]

@@Stevarooni It's substantial chunk of **electricity** production. >> No one thing will replace everything Oil can. That's why it's very hard to replace. Nobody knows how to effectively replace oil products in ships and planes and trucks and mines and so on and so forth.

[@Stevarooni]

@@leonidfro8302 I get that, I'm not suggesting to wipe out oil, I'm saying that replacing electrical generation with nuclear is good...and frees up oil for other purposes.

[@tmdrake]

wasting money is one thing...forcing to pay in high taxes is another.

[@thisguyhere85]

Bjorn please please please keep speaking up. Please speak the truth to power!

[@mathboy8188]

Ya know what screams "speaking truth to power"? Being an advocate for the global multi-trillion fossil fuel industry. Ya know what to expect when you "speak truth to power"? Being funded for hundreds of thousands of dollars by rightwing hedge fund billionaires.

[@judobreakdowns7616]

One point Bjorn brings up about the amount of deaths from increased heat vs. cold is true. There is one important point of context as well. Climate change is not evenly spread across the globe and temperature rises are much much lower near the equator than they are in the poles. So really even if the earth were to warm by 3 degrees, those in the equator may experience

[@clifffowler2581]

Many moons ago I drove around 1500 kilometres up the coast of western Australia for work where the temperature is around 10 degrees hotter than where I came from..no problem. Just last year I moved 100 kilometres away for a cooler climate... each day is around 3 degrees cooler and I'm loving it.☺️👍

[@bryanjoachim5655]

So, my house is within 200ft from a stream, on my property, that is tidal. Twice per day the tide rises and falls 2-3 ft. I can see it from the window of my house. Just after I moved in the Al Gore and the press generated a narrative that there would be a 10 feet rise in sea level over the next 10 years. Yes, a catastrophe for some with waterfront property, but hey, maybe on opportunity for me. So, I didn't build a dike, I built a deck overlooking the stream (its a very nice view as is) figuring, that with sea level rise of that magnitude, I would eventually end up with a dock for my boat. I must say I'm somewhat disappointed . It's still a deck.

[@whizbang7130]

The water cycle should be discussed more often.

[@thekeysman6760]

@bryanjoachim5655 Please look into how to use the comma. Very hard to read & make sense of some of those sentences. Unless you're not bothered to be universally understood.

[@bryanjoachim5655]

@thekeysman6760 Understood and thank you for the critique. James Joyce I'm not. Just a simple truck driver. That being said, comma, I believe most folks understood my post. However, comma, in the spirit of clarity for you, comma, the message I'm trying to convey, comma, is that I'm still waiting for the predicted sea level rise that will turn my deck into a dock. You have a wonderful day

[@thekeysman6760]

@@bryanjoachim5655 All good apart from the one after "convey". But hey. I hear you.

[@karyndewit193]

Fascinating interview.

[@george94065]

Thank you John

[@ScottJones-ni7de]

Its called weather sometimes its warm sometimes its cold.

[@VicConvict]

When I was a kid in the 1950s, one of the funniest cartoons was characters running around shouting "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" I guess the Danish scientific authorities haven't advanced past this foolishness.

[@thekeysman6760]

And what about the man with a placard in cartoon strips that said "The end is nigh!"? Same sort of thing. 👍 Gosh. I'm old.

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Climate change is not something a human should be concerned with.

[@richb313]

Thanks for posting this interview.

[@FluffyBunnySlippers]

Drink every time he says ‘actually’

[@thekeysman6760]

Or says* "actually". 😉

[@hyfy-tr2jy]

Am honestly surprised that "climate change" hasn't been viewed by politicians as a good thing because it will "create jobs"

[@thekeysman6760]

'climate change' in inverted commas implying so-called. Not quoting anyone.

[@JJJB02]

Just throwing in a comment for engagement. Love your stuff, John, keep it up!

[@walkingrighthere3851]

I'm 60 years old and science has been screaming "Repent! Or it's the end of the world!" for as long as I remember. And just like the boy who cried Wolf! their predictions never materialise.

[@ashash4tube]

Water expands when it gets warm?

[@dionrau5580]

Does the pot boil over?

[@michaellowe3665]

Bjorn is right about many things, but I dont know that he is right about helping poor countries. People look at the situation in these areas and imagine very simple solutions. What they ignore is why these areas are poor to begin with. Usually it is lack of self sufficiency. In many cases, they are dependent on their own government and handouts from the rest of the world for survival. They are not empowered to leverage the local resources to become trading partners with other regions. This is usually because their form of government doesn't promote individual ownership and allow people to generate and keep surplus. Most of thes people live under a subsistence collectivist ideology. Sometimes the population exceeds the resources. Digging wells to get fresh water is the best thing you can do for their immediate needs, but if their government steals their surplus to distribute, they will not generate a surplus going forward. They immediately go back to a subsistence mindset. When the well pump fails or runs dry, they wont have the resources to replace it or dig a new one.

[@leonidfro8302]

Absolutely. The very term "helping" is a tricky one. Those countries not just "need help" - they need to change the way of life. That won't happen because of some "global warming" thing.

[@acctsys]

As with Afghanistan, some people just don't appreciate freedom, nor have the courage to protect it. These politicians or warlords will act like parasites whatever the topic at hand is.

[@user-ty2uz4gb7v]

Great long video! I see that KZbin has instituted an ad system where you have to click "skip" twice before it even starts and then more in the middle. Next step will be will have to skip ad three times and then four and then 5 before the video even starts.

[@thekeysman6760]

'skip' in inverted commas.

[@TheBarnwalker]

Bjorn is awesome

[@davidhakadoober._1-]

Just saw a myth vs fact list that says the majority of our oxygen comes from large bodies of water salt and otherwise. So the destruction of or replacement of trees is a minor issue.

[@mwb3984]

Ask a climate worrier if they agree that scientific evidence indicates global climate varies from ice ages (which we are in at the moment) to times when no permanent ice is present. That said, ask them which way they want the climate to go - hotter or colder? If you pick colder, we humans starve. Better pick hotter.

[@thekeysman6760]

"That said" & its variations means however & is said before negating or contradicting what you've said prior.

[@joyfulnoise2477]

I love this guy!! So positive, compassionate, logical and articulate. He should be better known worldwide.

[@ridgebacklover9901]

Really excellent interview.

[@davidhakadoober._1-]

There’s also a interesting idea that oil is simply a natural renewable resource much like our bodies synovial fluid.

[@adorable_happycats]

Oil is Not fossil fuel.

[@zeehero7280]

Not sure about that but we know theres way more of it than they keep telling us. We are not going to run out anytime soon unless we try hard to waste it.

[@davet766]

@@zeehero7280 We will reach peak oil in the 1970s. Oh wait.

[@Adventuresince72]

I have always thought the same idea why would all the oil in the Earth be created at the same time I totally think it's still being created in the Earth I think it's like diamonds

[@thekeysman6760]

The OP is correct. I was friends with the late oil field whistle-blower, Ian R. Crane. As long as we don't totally drain it, it creates itself naturally. We've all been lied to. Be well.

[@fadbinger]

I’m still waiting for any of the doom predictions to come true. 👎

[@thekeysman6760]

Why? You know it's all lies so why hold your breath or wait?

[@jamesspacer7994]

Great interview! A++ thank you!

[@ollicron7397]

I still hate people who argue in favor of paying taxes the way we do right now.

[@Feathermason]

Tony Heller has fab info aboot this global hoax

[@thekeysman6760]

Thanks, will check him out! And are you implying he is Canadian? 😉

[@spayshipearthdestinationunknow]

His points are only relevant if you believe that the climate change agenda has anything to do with climate or saving lives. Sadly the truth is that this all about power and control so the fact that he has a great plan for how to spend money in a more efficient way is irrelevant.

[@joe18750]

Nonsense! How do they sustain power and control? Through money. Spend the money elsewhere, their power is diminished.

[@hugieflhr03]

John should have asked if he receives any grants from governments. I’m sure he’s blackballed, while his counterparts are flush with taxpayers grant money.

[@markoneil5279]

Bjorn is a great man.

[@randywise5241]

Scientists can be bought like politicians.

[@dionrau5580]

Scientists Are bought, just like politicians. F the so called New World Oder, The stench of Evil.

[@leonidfro8302]

Bjorn is a great guy, but when he starts talking about "helping poor countries", he stops being connected to reality. All those things (med aid, educational software, and so on) has been tried, all fail to make a difference it a good case, and make things worst in average case. As it turns out, you can't just give people some stuff and expect them to change their behavior thru use of said stuff. His example of $45 hand pump is especially showing his ignorance. See, when you don't care about life of your kid (you have 5 more already), you won't make any effort to save it. Also worth mentioning that saving not-very-healthy kids might not be a good idea in a first place. Poor countries are poor for a lot of reasons, but lack of access to cheap tech or med items are none of those reasons.

[@central3425]

Thank you for a full interview like this instead of the sound bytes the MSM loves to use

[@dmkelley1]

John needs to talk to Randall Carlson, and Graham Hancock. These guys are showing truths of the history of our past. Plus the future of our present

[@trentp151]

Y'tube says "Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, MAINLY caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels..." So, are they saying that the climate mainly didn't change until we started burning fossil fuels??? Their statement is seriously lacking in logic.

[@CosmoPhiloPharmaco]

Great video!

[@victorco.6308]

Fix an unaffordable medical system, my family deductible is $18000!!!

[@Justin-jq7vs]

What about the dudes driving Lamborghinis in Africa? Do they got the $25 to save 75 of there own peoples lives?! Why is it always the USA who “has” to help! They over there blazing weed, riding on rims but need our $25. How about help yourself! We are sick of it; sick of excuses sick of the professional victims

[@robviousobviously5757]

thanks for bringing THE TRUTH to light.. and not someone's "your" truth.. whatever that lie would or could be