Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated.

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Climate Change is just too much. There is never any good news. Only graphs that get more and more red and angry. Almost every year breaks some horrible record, from the harshest heat waves to the most rapid Glacier melt. It’s endless and relentless.
We have known for decades that rapid Climate Change is being caused by the release of Greenhouse Gases. But instead of reducing them, in 2019 the world was emitting 50% more CO2 than in the year 2000. And emissions are still rising. Why is that? Why is it so hard to just stop emitting these gases?
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yay!

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Cool!

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Nice

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awsome

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

He manages to snatch all hope away from you during the video and manages to give it all back at the end of the video.

[@RyanRafi100]

hi again!

[@cryptic_shock]

Ahh its been a while

[@thatboii3094]

no there is no hope

[@shoorab3291]

Hi

[@thatboii3094]

it is morality trying to teach us a lesson

[@whatwhat9112]

Kurzgesagt in a Nutshell in a nutshell: 1. Add science 2. Add world ending possiblities 3. Add ducks 4. Kill most of the ducks

[@cuppajoe2]

Yep that’s about it

[@chanbricks4461]

Birds*

[@ethanmorrow4241]

Kurzgesagt in a nutshell in a nutshell in a nutshell: 1: basically correct

[@chanbricks4461]

5. Be very casual about possibility of world ending

[@Nestoras_Zogopoulos]

*REPEAT*

[@masterblaster2318]

Who would have thought me being poor and single is saving the earth.

[@pauloazuela8488]

Sadly not all are like that. I'm gonna stay single I guess for as long as possible

[@club2772]

@@pauloazuela8488 what if you could find a mate that makes you happy AND lived as sustainably as they could like you portend (not prentend, portend is a real word) to? Radicalism will get us nowhere as a species btw because it's just not practical.

[@dmt472]

Being single is worse for the environment as you and someone else have to duplicate effort for cooking etc So get out there, find a partner, and do your bit to save the world

[@pauloazuela8488]

@@club2772 It kinda is for me. Since we're way tol many people right now and we have alot of environmental issues until then I might postpone it.

[@pauloazuela8488]

@@dmt472 how can repopulation could save the world whereas we are near at population threshold

[@dolamskudoiski306]

"more people, more CO² emissions" Guess I'll die

[@Opossum_queen]

it may sound morbid, but the covid-19 crisis... kinda (numbers not very much not so clear) helped the number to stop growing for a while.. The shit still rising up and the effects the constant pumping of co2 have started to show, (which in effect, it also gave some motivation to some companies, not great but better late than ever i guess.) but yes, as morbid as it sound, the pandemic gave us just a bit of time. . Two new variants called "lambda" and the stupid but cleverly named "Delta plus" just showed up in the world, which that it still could help us in some way despite still being a tragedy.. But that doesn't mean that we need to depend on these virus to take the people out, we still need to act out before the population starts rising up again (which, yeah it will rise up sooner or later.) and pressure the companies to act faster..

[@JonathanB139]

@@Opossum_queenSo we get a bad thing like the pandemic, and we get more time to solve a bigger problem, climate change, cool I’m up for that if it means I don’t have to be in constant 90 degree weather in California’s desert like areas.

[@Opossum_queen]

@@JonathanB139 I mean, yeah? But even if a bad thing helps offset or helps buy time against the other more bigger bad thing, they both still bad things in the end. The pandemic helped us a bit against climate change, yes of course. but it took the life’s of a lot of people as well, i do hope that the variants help us to stay in contingency, the moment during the pandemic where it helped the most, but yes, even if it helps us for a while.. they both still bad things

[@JonathanB139]

@@Opossum_queenYes, if we can keep the pandemic at bay and prevent contagion/deaths, it could be seen as a good thing or at least a delay when climate change is brought in.

[@sincerelychip3475]

@@CSR_mufc Exactly. But its not really the amount of kids that are being born. Birth rates are actually declining. The problem is that people are living longer lives because of the new and improved health care systems. People are living (and wanting to live) longer. And, I'm sorry, but this is greedy. Taking resources away from the younger generation so older ones can live is crude and stupid.

[@TalkingVidya]

Daily remainder that 100 companies are responsable for 71% of all carbon emission, and as long as those companies can buy their way into congress, nothing will change

[@Epicgamer-ux8el]

Most of them are from China and India who don’t have a similar government system to America and can’t really be bought into, especially in China.

[@vitumalatesta]

These companies serve people, with necessities. Stop them and you'll just have now 71% of the people without energy - in other words, people in Middle Ages. Simple to understand, not to solve.

[@somethinglikethat2176]

Ok so I'm going to guess that they're a few oil companies in that top 100. You can't run a modern economy without oil, including the feeding the population part. Without oil you have one modern agriculture and the vast majority of people starves. Is that a viable solution? Saying things like "but the top 100 companies" is counter productive because it's too big, ill-defined and you can't disentangle the parts we could make positive change from the parts we need to live.

[@crtdbyjstn]

*reminder and *responsible

[@cronicasboludas1440]

ok commie

[@mexicanjojo6369]

The fact everyone is so hopeless actually gives me hope because it shows people actually care Is good to know so many people haven't given up yet, we can still make a change

[@leobat7007]

Most people absolutely do not care. Like, not at all. This comment section is heavily biased by self-selection, those who decided to watch the video and to comment are far more likely to care than the average person.

[@bdi_vd3677]

@@leobat7007 totally agree. Like no more than 5-7% of population. And those, who are ready to disturb the status quo are even less.

[@joshaneter6147]

Wrong the only people who care are the ones who are more involved with things, you wouldn't easily find somebody who doesn't care because they don't show it and they aren't too involved with this stuff

[@Rem_NL]

i am some1 that doesnt believe all the hype. Think the measures taken to "combat" GLOBAL warming (o wait) climate change, are insane and completely out of proportions in my country. Politicians like this whole fearmongering more than there is an actual cause for this "crisis". Same with covid-19 , acid rain, BSE etc etc..

[@danielh.9010]

Next step: you try to educate your family about climate change and are met with a wall of ignorance and denial. Then you remind yourself that humans are basically apes with upgraded brains and that you did expect too much.

[@burgerfanman]

Fox News: "And they're trying to shut down our power plants, stop our economic growth, cause disruption!!" The scientist who just suggested that we stop building new fossil fuel plants: "Wha-"

[@insert_username_here]

Fox News should be shut down.

[@charwalker157]

if America goes this route with China sticking to carbon emissions America is screwed and communism influences North America, the reasoning for this is simple, China’s economy will see a significant amount of growth while the us economy stagnates. There will be a whole new Great Depression from the change and China will take advantage

[@burgerfanman]

@@charwalker157 THIS CAN'T BE ABOUT POLITICS ANYMORE!! The UN report yesterday says that we have 20 YEARS to change something. Yet here we are, fighting about whether communism or capitalism or democrat or republic is better. In the end, it doesn't matter; this affects everyone. We have to set aside politics to stop climate change.

[@charwalker157]

Nauman. If China does not get on board and we do the economy is screwed. The stagnation will be 100 time worse than the covid depression. And there is no doubt that China will take advantage of that and expand communist ideals to the west

[@charwalker157]

@@burgerfanman also about the “20 years” thing, in 2000 the un said we had 12 yeas left, are we gone? No it was a false warning as is this one

[@Marik4295]

The government: im just gonna pretend i didn't see that

[@newjam9110]

UAE: *👁👄👁.*

[@MrScarduelli]

Yeah yeah so we sacrifice a bunch of poor people by increasing energy costs.

[@jorisressing3626]

@@MrScarduelli In the long run poor people will be even worse of if we continue this way, it is also very possible to have more of the expenses of the transition fall onto the rich and companies by adding co2 taxes for example

[@BodywiseMustard]

They are NOT. The government (more-so the controlling corporations) see this and make 5k accounts downvote this

[@Marik4295]

@@BodywiseMustard you do have a point but also the government isnt exactly doing anything to stop them

[@guccibanana0910]

Infographics show: Rtx off. Kurzgesagt: rtx on

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

GucciBanana09 lol

[@aimangamertube]

Your speaking fax

[@chrisp.9385]

Is this a joke im too stupid to understand?

[@tengkualiff]

lmao quantity vs quality for me

[@aimangamertube]

Popyax Playz yeah even my reply was a joke

[@hankboog462]

I feel like the main thing holding us back from fixing this is the hard pill to swallow that is this: saving the world won't be profitable or fun

[@lionobama1397]

it’s good but sad thing is that people who can do this cannot care less

[@quetzal4505]

Don't worry, they'll be the first to die off, once their kind goes extinct, the smart ones can live on and pass on their care for the world to the following generations. Although I would not be surprised if we do all die off.

[@qyuanpan3090]

lion the they do this for a reason they aready control most of our life u think their dumb enough to let them self die they are later slowly gonna have their own evil plan to make huge bucks and we be the users like just rn

[@CatPerson136]

We are 100% going to die off within 10 years trust me

[@OsirisNeits]

@@quetzal4505 they won't though, because they also own all the resources. Once they kill everyone else though, emissions should drop a bit.

[@kentakiman_gmd]

As individuals, we could do some simple sacrifices to contribute to a lower green house gases emission such as reducing our meat diet, specially caw meat because of the amount of energy it requieres to keep those animals and trasport their resources, avoiding having pets, not having kids and avoiding buying unecessary things by impulse. Of course some of those alternatives are just too taugh for some people, but we could be getting used to them gradually, I guess.

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Kurzgesagt asking a question: "it depends" "It's complicated"

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Rempuia the Rick Roller who is also in dreams comment replies. You’re our new KZbin legend?

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@@rempuia69 WHY

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@@rempuia69 why

[@thenorth7534]

@@rempuia69 shut up

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

And Kurzgesagt is right. Politics are complicated and there's not an easy answer to tough questions even though some people want you to believe that.

[@jamez2022]

I try hard to stay as eco friendly as possible. But then I see a big ass company destroying all the eco friendly shit I do in a few seconds. So god damn annoying and demoralizing..

[@Simon-nx1sc]

often, those big companies act only because consumers allow them to. The meat industry giant companies cannot do harm when no one buys their meat. So being eco-friendly and boycotting the bad companies actually works (a bit)

[@nethwijayatilaka5144]

Go vegan it's the single biggest way to reduce your carbon footprint on the planet

[@hanchengyu3119]

same here. trying to reduce paper usage as long as i have electronic way to do it.

[@arielsproul8811]

personally I'd go about it by having plants in the backyard and cleaning up around the place with over 7 billion people one person isn't going to make noticable impact on a global scale, but can make a change to their local area

[@nethwijayatilaka5144]

@@arielsproul8811 "it's just one straw" said a million people. YES YOU ALONE DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

[@jorischkovich]

"the less fossil fuel we burn over next few years, the more time we give innovation to catch up" - that was actually inspiring

[@mr.boomguy]

And that's how I think we should view climate change. Not as doom and gloom, but a oppotunity to innovate and improve!

[@emfbrother]

It's just consumerism blaming the people for their byproduct. They emit so much more so let's stop buying from them and just reduce their footprint. Or we can regulate and stop them from being a business all together. Gas powered is just forced on us to keep those in power rich. We wanna have people trade in their car for a replacement that is modern and highly invested in keeping it green. The gov can work with car companies and have them scrap and recycle all those cars for new cars. But that just seems like it's be too much work for them, but if it's for a profit they'll make the sea part and move mountains for that extra penny

[@albertalways4059]

Mr. Boomguy I totally agree with you

[@johntuffield1457]

I'm gonna burn some extra today, just for you.

[@Lildizzle420]

that's why i sold my car but unfortunately im a few minority, Im a radical...like a vegan lol

[@GreenQueen69420]

Why is this video both terrifying and comforting at the same time? Like it isn't like every other video and every other person I meet who are like "we're doomed, chaos" all the time. This actually sits down and explains why.

[@jastrongames790]

And I on the other hand, say "just kill the half of the population" I mean, getting rid of half of the population, you half the co2 emissions

[@kieranmcginley1262]

69 likes. I wont disturb it

[@tankoboi6336]

It's because he is a time traveller trying to save us his planet might have blown up already

[@catwithshades7577]

We're still doomed though. Especially the young people. There'll be hotter and colder days that smash last year's records again and again. More typhoons, more droughts, more forest fires, and etc. Worst part it's all being blamed on young people (

[@Blockistium]

It shouldn't be comforting. There is nothing comforting about a world that blindly marches into oblivion on the back of economic ideology.

[@AngryAnt0]

Someone (i forget who) said that we were learning about the rainforests being cut down and climate change at school... so why hasn't anything been done about it? I kinda find it hard to argue. I was being taught about the effects of climate change in the 90's and how we would need to do X,Y & Z. nearly 30 years on and we still need to do X,Y & Z. I'm not sure the ones in power want to change and I feel sorry for the generations below mine, they'll have to clear up the mess the generations above leave behind.

[@gordatados]

Unless next generations just follow our footsteps into doom.

[@idanofek9314]

Wood is still better than plastic.

[@mudmagnet3249]

Got told the same in the 1980's It's all a scam. The climate has and will always change. Nothing can be done to change that.

[@hilkmeister1382]

Idk know what X, Y, and Z are, but I do know that most ways people have come up with for solving climate change are too ham-fisted. We can not change our methods of transportation and power generation in a day nor in generations. Hell, we still can't generate green power efficiently. Solar only gets 1% of the energy it absorbs turned into power, Hydro (which one would think would be easy to implement) can cause massive ecological damage (and isn't that what we are trying to solve at the end of the day?), Wind can't generate enough power to effectively replace our current system, and Nuclear scares the hell out of people and still develops waste that is radioactive (which causes ecological damage). Personally, I believe that if we invest into making new technology to solve the problem. For example, our batteries store next to no energy for what seems like no length of time. If we made a battery the size of a Phone battery that could last a year we would be able to half our need for fossil fuels. Also if we made ways of generating nuclear power that eats its own waste so that we do not need to worry about the radioactive waste (because it is another process's fuel). I do agree we can right now do things better, but isn't that true for everything? And haven't we done lots better today than 30 years ago? We have moved from coal to natural gas which has slashed our emissions by a load. We have an active effort to reuse and recycle things rather than just throwing them away. So in short, I think you are cutting humanity short on how well we have done with climate change, which while not the best and is still a problem, is notably less than it was 30 years ago.

[@shrub5794]

I was taught about in secondary 1 geography and yeah... nothing is being done about it

[@Alexz5040]

Even though I’m still in highschool and am stressed out about other things I’m gonna start researching what I can do at home to help the earth and especially the animals that are suffering on a daily basis 🥺I can’t even physically help the polar bears and penguins who are probably suffering the worst rn just walking to work I feel bad knowing they’re probably struggling to not drown

[@everythingmatters6308]

Bees and butterflies are in a lot of trouble. If you dig up some lawn in a sunny area and replace with flowers that would help them a lot. I recommend butterfly bush, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed, coneflower, black eyed Susan, zinnias, yarrow, sedum, spirea, fennel, dill, and parsley. A year ago, I put in a 50 gallon preformed pond ($50 at Menards) and put in a few pond plants (water lily, water iris, and water lettuce). It has attracted birds, frogs, lizards, and dragonflies. No pump or filter is needed. I do have to bail out mosquitoes larva, but that is quick and easy. If you buy seeds for birdhouse gourds you can grow and make your own birdhouses. Just punch a hole for the birds to get in and shake out the seeds, punch some small drainage holes at the bottom, and punch holes at the top to run wire or string through to hang. If you have a chain link fence in a sunny area, I recommend growing trailing blackberries. You can buy one plant and the root system will spread and you will have several more plants in two years. The bees love the flowers.

[@everythingmatters6308]

@War-Thog Intelligent people go straight to the scientists to learn about CO2 and what is happening rather than trolling and spouting off nonsense about things they clearly don't understand.

[@Somespacestuff]

I find the penguins part funny because penguins get some of their food by eating fish UNDERWATER

[@dailydoseofdirtydeeds7703]

Everyone: We need to stop climate change. Also everyone: So.. who's gonna stop it?

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

Also everyone: I'm not going to cut on my consumption

[@mrqueem1703]

also everyone: ELECT TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bleep0004]

People responsible for creating cheaper electric cars, solar panels, making more efficient batteries and aircrafts running on non fossil fuels.

[@felipedaiber2991]

There is a very limited amount of change individual changes and consumer choices can do, we need political will and goberment action if we want to save the planet

[@_lapys]

Everyone: We need to clean the oceans. Also everyone: So.. who's gonna clean theirs? 🤔

[@kindachilling6988]

Hear me out, a minecraft texture pack in Kurzgesagt art style

[@thecommunistowl811]

I agree

[@anaygarodia7771]

Perfect, but I hope it's free

[@deeploki3366]

Need it please

[@haydenwaters2734]

Yes

[@thatkyle9290]

yes

[@kevincui5282]

It’s sad to think that most people who watched this video, already understand and agree with the facts here. Unfortunately, the people who don’t understand will never find this video or simply disregard it.

[@stuiesmb]

Most people in power understand this to be true, but simply don’t care. China has a totalitarian government and could easily switch to a carbon neutral economy in a decade if they so desired. But their attitude is basically “it’s our turn to pollute the earth because you did it first.”

[@pedromeneses5661]

It's not that people do not agree, it's that people who actually have a say in what happens don't watch these videos.

[@MrAwesomestar7]

They are also the ones in power

[@ozen8143]

@@pedromeneses5661 it's also a lot of complacent choice making of the people from all over the world.

[@imperialfish454]

I disagree. These guys present things in a pretty non-biased and neutral way, so those who are willing at ALL to think about issues may very well change their minds. It's what happened to me. I initially disagreed with the points in the UBI video and Meat videos, but those videos made me want to do a bit more research, and I have since changed my mind. If there's ANY channel out there to change minds, it'd be this one.

[@kostenko3215]

In conclusion: stop using all the dark elixir ‼️

[@epicstarstv]

Clash wibes

[@hankschrader2346]

Clash of clans

[@lueezationlueezaming2928]

It's just diet coke from underground

[@sethrc1756]

As much as I'd like to be optimistic about all of this, it's becoming more and more apparent that it's gonna take more than just asking nicely to get these govs and corporations to see anything other than dollar signs.

[@danielscammerton3557]

I'm actually crying about this whole situation rn

[@theblockbreakerpog]

Well that's morbid

[@lion-ef1nv]

@How the **** lol

[@eriknystrom9293]

@How the **** Positive thinking, I like it. Oh, wait...

[@islausvakangas5376]

I feel you... Helps me a bit to remember that we're just a tiny speck in a unfathomably big universe (and most likely multiverse, if the string theory has it right), and how we end up won't affect the universe in the least. It will keep on being marvelous.

[@user-jq4jq5qd4m]

Ah, yes I was waiting for my weekly feeling-powerless-existentialcrisis-theworldisdoomed session

[@slbrah7375]

Kurzgesagt vibes on full throttle

[@net_lag]

I'm new.. Also help..

[@milkywegian]

If kurzesagt gives you existential crisis then you maybe didnt explore the educational side of youtube fully:)

[@177SCmaro]

That's pretty much the point. Every few decades they move a different goalpost around and tell it's it's going to destroy the world. Wasn't that long ago we were all supposed to freeze to death from an imminent ice age. And when that didn't happened they shifted it to global warming. And when that didn't kill us and the average global temperature started to level off they shifted it to climate change, as though the climate is not in a constant state of change by nature. People are easier to control when they're afraid and hopeless.

[@magical_lenny1068]

@@177SCmaro Sir, I do believe you have lost your brain. Need my help to find it?

[@roydaboii9925]

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” -the Lorax

[@mariog9202]

@@tylerblevins8664 i mean it was a book first

[@balistic9475]

Many, many people care very deeply about climate change. Millions upon millions, maybe even billions of people are probably aware of it, and are probably very concerned and anxious about it. But it doesn't matter, cause the people who care can't do shit to fix it, and the people who could fix it either dont believe it even exits, or just dont give a shit cause they're super fucking rich and they know they aren't going to be the ones dying in the fucking wars over fresh water and food that'd inevitably break out if we don't fix this shit

[@thomasandrews579]

@@tylerblevins8664 it was a fantastic movie

[@jacksonstein809]

Unless a lot of people care a whole awful lot.

[@mynamesjeff9280]

Dream stans are everywhere

[@PGMP2007]

2021 - The UN released their 10 year research. We are already beyond prevention, right now we are on working to delay it and maybe survive it.

[@lifeuncovered6188]

It’s weird to me that we were born right on the cusp on our planets death. Right on the exact century. It’s euphoric

[@XCyberxWolfX]

@@lifeuncovered6188 Species* death, the planet doesn't care much about us, it'll recover.

[@gustavsamuel]

@@XCyberxWolfX Our entire species won’t die. Many will, most won’t.

[@bluesbr0ther588]

Some people don't seem to understand that we aren't like other species. We are not depending on the food chain in the same way as other species are because we have the ability to grow our own food. Sure , people will die if we don't stop this but it will not be the end of mankind or anything like that.

[@XCyberxWolfX]

@@bluesbr0ther588 most people in developed nations will die, I honestly doubt all would though, I do agree on that.

[@Yellowdigigod]

Would like to know more about nuclear energy: risk, cost of construction, cost of operation, energy effective?, how much can use energy from one nuclear power-plant, in comparison to other types of renewable and non-renewable resources, and why is it not widely used/why are there not more? If you guys could do a environment vs economy video, like this one, on nuclear power-plants that would not only clarify myths but create a reassurance in the safety of nuclear power that often times is made out to be a scary and dangerous thing.

[@electronresonator8882]

there's already solar panel that you can install now, ...but yes why bother doing it yourself

[@khodi710096]

Electron Resonator what do you mean ?

[@Leremboxx]

they already did it, search for: Nuclear Energy Explained

[@ExistentialPineapple]

I mean overall nuclear energy is one of the best alternatives we have going on at the moment, it is more expensive than coal or oil but in current days risk is almost a non factor. Artificial intelligence assistants running the plants and safety protocols, updated security measures. Overall the biggest reason we aren't using it is because of A) Making Nuclear Warheads and B) Big Oil would rather get more money destroying the world instead of creating a diverse investment portfolio. Honestly the ability of humans to seek destruction never ceases to amaze me, but we can always hope for a greener and brighter future

[@HELL0773H]

Go watch that on thoughty2 channel

[@user-zp3xc4to1t]

YES, IT IS TOO LATE But we MUST minimize the damage

[@acollectionofcellsthatmake1403]

Good luck convincing half the people commenting that, they don’t got any brain cells

[@BayuBaron]

Here's another factor and the one that steps all over other factors: politics. Humanity are still yet to prove it can work as one.

[@JMBen]

You say that like we could change that tomorrow

[@pluspiping]

​@@JMBen The biggest problem with trying to change that tomorrow is that it's VERY PROFITABLE to keep humanity from cooperatively working together for the general benefit of everyone. It is very profitable to not change anything. It is very profitable to keep population groups fighting amongst themselves so billionaires can keep getting richer. Which itself is a problem of "humanity can't work together", because a couple hundred people are screwing over a couple billion people because it makes them richer.

[@JMBen]

@@pluspiping It could also be because so much of the world is run by dictators and oligarchs. And even if you could put non curupt people in charge of those countries it will take decades to prepare their populations to sustain liberal democracies and natrual rights. And even when the whole of humanity is rulled by enlightened democratic republics it will take generations for democratic unification movements to bring the countries together? You do realize that this world did not come about in the span of time it took you to read the Communist Manifesto and will take a long time to change it at the scale you want right?

[@pluspiping]

@@JMBen joke's on you, I never read the Communist Manifesto and I'm not a communist, but I still say we try to make the world a better place as fast as we can anyway

[@JMBen]

@@pluspiping Happy New Year

[@Spyblox007]

Until we get those batteries, can we just give nuclear power the greenlight to take a majority of the load of energy production? Like it's not as bad as most people think, and they last longer than solar panels. Thorium based reactors are supposedly even better and safer. It greatly upsets me that when people talk about climate change they usually leave out nuclear power, which is an obvious solution.

[@MeatPops]

Nuclear is expensive and time consuming to construct. Financially, it takes a long time to see profit from the investment. Investors naturally want to make money now, not 15 years from now. It's sad, but you can build 3 three natural gas power plants for the same cost, and since carbon tax isn't a thing, the company will profit much more quickly.

[@estunjohnstown6224]

@@MeatPops why is nuclear expensive? Political reasons, not economic reasons.

[@MeatPops]

@@estunjohnstown6224 What do you mean by "political reasons"?

[@iliketoflystuff9354]

Yes nuclear is safe. More people died from the storm that caused the Fukushima incident than the nuclear plant failing. Actually no one died from the nuclear plant at all. Nuclear fission is a fantastic source of energy while we work on better ones.

[@windywendi]

People are magnifying the tragedies of Chernobyl and Fukushima, ignoring how energy efficient nuclear power is

[@Schneeregen_]

I wish that less people were opposed to Nuclear Energy, it would really help.

[@kkdias9924]

Yeah and if it did somehow explode, it would take put a thousand to a million people along with it further reducing emissions. Seems like a win-win situation.

[@snpcat]

lmao

[@madecassiamadecava2761]

@@kkdias9924 Nuclear energy is one of the safest out there, if not the safest. Coal plants kills thousands of people every year through pollution. The dangers of nuclear is very very exacerbated, because a large majority of the population has a this pop-cultural understanding of scary words like radiation and nuclear power which have no basis in facts.

[@SitcomIxajelEyes]

sende senf Your irony is cool and stuff but adds nothing to the debate mon chérie.

[@danielh.9010]

Yes it could help. On the other hand, it's so expensive that you can also use that money for solar and wind power _and_ build storage solutions based on power to gas -- achieving the same goal in the end.

[@matthewboire6843]

Procrastination is climate change’s favourite word. We procrastinate fixing the climate but finally we are trying to start.

[@nocturn9x]

as a programmer, I feel deeply attacked

[@themetroidprime]

We need a series on nuclear power. All kinds of it. Current reactors, old ones, thorium salt ones, fusion etc and what policies to adopt. Misinformation about nuclear power is widespread and its potential against global warming is phenomenal. EDIT: Yes I know there is one already. It's not enough and not exhaustive at all.

[@wallace_4520]

They won't do it as they are sponsored by a renewable company. Meaning that this video, like many of their videos is biased.

[@Max-jt1qi]

Old ones but remodernized

[@Chang8e]

There actually are a few episodes on nuclear power in their earlier videos.

[@MMDrPhil-we8il]

and we could re-use nuclear waste to make more fuel and have more nuclear power

[@N3207H05]

@@wallace_4520 but that said pro nuclear things in this video

[@tuxinal5661]

"A programmer in the us has higher co2 footprint than 50 farmers in uganda" I have decided that cabbages are my best friend

[@ekaramdani6390]

Aha avatar reference ( ｰ̀֊ｰ́ )✧

[@Peacuch]

*rolls up with my Avatar gang*

[@helpinghand97VT]

As a soon to be graduate of Computer Science... I actually genuinely feel bad for being a computer science major when I heard that line...

[@maybeluca8027]

"Uhhh... Cabbages?" -Roman Bellic

[@mr2octavio]

@@helpinghand97VT Put solar panels on your roof, solved.

[@aculnay]

And that's where I'd wish my country Germany would have done things different. After the Fukushima disaster, we bailed out of nuclear energy. But as our push for renewables was and is still not advanced enough to replace nuclear (and maybe never will), we upped energy production in our coal-burning power plants. With this we also took away the chance for technological advances in nuclear energy. I'd like politicians to sometimes stand their ground and do what's best and not what pleases the people most. Nuclear is the energy option with least deaths per kilowatt by far. And with advancements in reactor technology, there are now reactors running - so called breeder reactors - that can burn the waste of a normal reactors in a way that what's left has a half-life of about 50 years rather than a few 10000. Unfortunately not in my country.

[@nafissaleh9942]

Can you kindly point me to any resources on these renewable nuclear plants? I'm genuinely curious

[@puntovirgola]

Closely similar to Italy - again, unfortunately

[@zightionline9490]

More nuclear power!!! Fuck solar and wind we need cheep and clean power like nuclear and hydro!!!

[@NorwegianYognaut]

​@@nafissaleh9942 Nuclear is not renewable per se. It's long term energy just like our sun, only by a fraction of the long term energy our sun is capable of producing. The only thing better than Nuclear energy for long term human survival is to directly harness the power of the sun itself. Which we will do in the future one day hopefully.

[@aks9545]

You can buy it from us , the French , dont worry my friend :)

[@JBUG]

[@sujukufs3453]

Owo

[@vietnamesenoodle3280]

didnt expect him here a surprise for sure but a welcome one

[@randomhooman6685]

This was unexpected

[@shudeepta]

Epic

[@pyroblade888]

Totally

[@globallyaware6659]

Extremely informative video! I strongly believe that raising awareness about the climate change issue may have a huge influence on all our actions and as a result decrease our negative impact on the planet. 💪

[@being-sapient]

"Why is it so hard to just stop emitting these gases..?" The question most of us as a kid once asked to ourselves when we heard about climate change for the first time..

[@billy11998]

then we become as greedy and entitled as everyone else

[@abloogywoogywoo]

Because physics and chemistry. Nothing can be done about pollution. And if we all die? The planet via volcanoes does it anyway.

[@swissarmyknight4306]

Its hard because the 100 companies that emit 70% of those gasses make a lot of money and buy governments.

[@michaelmahon659]

Ahhh, the good ol' days, back before we understood the world and all of its nuance. I miss those days.

[@josephburchanowski4636]

@@swissarmyknight4306 Ah yes. If I buy a gallon of gas from Shell and burn it in my car, clearly Shell is the one who emitted the co2 from that gallon of gas. I am going to go out on a limb and guess you don't even know what was said in the study you are quoting; you only know the headlines.

[@bread5862]

Crazy how this came put 2yrs ago yet nothing has changed. I've lost faith in humanity...

[@MidwestSirenProductions]

I've been telling this to practically everyone I know: nuclear energy needs to remain and grow in the future. Unfortunately, government and power companies have different ideas. Heck, I found out not too long ago that Exelon is gonna shut down four major nuclear plants in IL the next two years. If that comes to fruition (which it likely will), then more dependency will be funneled to other renewables (which is a great thing, but those won't be as dependable as nuclear), all because the ROI of a nuclear plant takes much more time than plopping down some solar panels or continuing to help coal.

[@theamici]

I call this nuclear fetishism. The arguments against nuclear are pretty strong: 1) it takes too much time to make, like ridiculous amounts of time sometimes, 2) takes up too much capital for a single project, so there's not enough room to make other investments meanwhile and if the investment doesn't make a return on profit this could be very harmful, 3) is a single point of failure if something goes wrong (and it can hurt an entire society when things do go wrong in multiple ways), this includes when the project itself goes wrong by simple mismanagement, natural disasters that we cannot predict, wars where the enemy can destroy a single power-plant and then leave vast areas without electricity Nuclear is a stupid solution, imo. Expensive, tiresome, risky.

[@andrewmendoza6379]

The reason why governments don't really give money or open up nuclear power plants is because of chernobyl (or so I think). I mean after all the chernobyl incident will leave the area radioactive for hundreds maybe thousands of years. It was a disaster.

[@schleyerofhahn]

Also, the amount of energy a nuclear power plant produces compared to their emission is so much less the emission a coal power plant of the same size would have to produce to create the same amount of energy.

[@srkquad4519]

Nuclear energy is insane, but like what people say, High risk high reward. I believe that we should just keep the amount of nuclear energy we have and look into better ways of creating energy

[@TheAskald]

As a pro-nuclear guy, the main problem is that we can't make the whole world run on fission. This doesn't work. It can definitely be used more widely though, there is still room. To be fair, the future of humanity is pretty much on fusion. You talked about ROI, and indeed it's a key indicator. If fusion doesn't work, we have 2 choices: massive CO2 emissions, or massive economic slowdown, because our economy is directly linked to our energy consumption. And boy, these renewable energies sure are cute, but the ROI is dogshit (except for hydraulic, but not a lot of countries have the geographic features allowing this).

[@MaySinMelodyBox]

We are too late to prevent massive problems but still have time to prevent extinction

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.” ― George Bernard Shaw

[@Monaleenian]

Old, childless men and women are "dangerous". Old men and women with children are far less dangerous. And yet it's people like Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Rutte, Nicola Sturgeon, Stefan Lofven, Xavier Bettel and until recently Theresa May, Paolo Gentiloni, Elio di Rupo and Leo Varadkar leading countries in Europe!

[@snakedogman]

Many old men have children and grandchildren though.

[@franzicoy]

The old men are dangerous since their health (due to age & lifestyle) WILL DEFINITELY 100% KILL THEM FIRST BEFORE THE CLIMATE CHANGE DOES!!!

[@Noah-qp6oe]

Everyone gangsta till the french chef starts using a nuclear reactor to cook

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Probably happend in the Fallout universe lol

[@Dread0-0]

they probably meant nuclear energy from a power plant

[@KaizerKlash111]

What kinda nuclear ? I'm French and I have a personal ITER fusion reactor on my oven That being said it requires a lot of energy to cook crèpes

[@saturn6784]

*le festin plays, muffled*

[@oONodokaOo]

Well, France relies mostly on nuclear powerplants for its energy needs, which includes cooking crêpes (not 'crèpes') :)

[@arcies9286]

I love this channel, but it's a simple issue with climate change as far as emissions are concerned. A few componies produce the vast majority of emissions, and are not made to stop. Money rules politics until the people force change

[@yellowtitan6040]

Literally Nuclear Power is insanely efficient and a much better option than most if not all energy sources out there, but the general public thinks about Chernobyl every time the world Nuclear comes up, so it isn't being utilized nearly enough. If people would realize that the odds of any horrible catastrophe regarding Nuclear Power plants happening is microsopic, then it would be a massive step.

[@BearHeadedWerewolf]

You cannot leave out nuclear waste. That is the problem with nuclear power. We don't have a way to deal with it yet.

[@water2205]

Chernobyl is so special among every other nuclear reactor BECAUSE IT FAILED if failing happened often then chernobyl wouldn't have its own movie. Also using thorium is a yes because thorium is yes material.

[@philt7033]

Yea, Chernobyl killed something like 31 people directly and millions indirectly through the unclean energy necessitated by the subsequent halting of nuclear power.

[@sierrakb4582]

Nuclear power plants take years to build it would be too late by the time enough nuclear plants have been built to replace gasses we are better off with water and wind

[@yellowtitan6040]

@@BearHeadedWerewolf I mean, even if they still kept dumping it in the same place, it still would solve a lot of the fossil fuel problem, and be more efficient. I'd rather have waste than climate change.

[@JakeFace0]

Here's something I've always been curious about: How are we supposed to find political will to enact these changes when our media and politicians are all owned by the fossil fuel industry?

[@WarmChocoCornet]

true

[@AED10]

That's the problem so we're screwed

[@ilililil490]

Nukes

[@alexr6705]

Permanent revolution, that’s how.

[@Glavenuss]

They arent. Wealth does not equal political influence. Correlation not causation

[@nicolassbrown9881]

Innovation will not work - it solves one environmental problem but creates others.

[@tonyrotherham169]

This will sound pretty bad but I have no faith that humanity will change

[@vasudevraghav2109]

Yeh me too. Humanity means human, it doesn't mean in anyway possible, kindness. Humans cannot be kind, all have greed, every single one of us. We have technology to make our food from scratch, like atoms and solar power, yet we choose animals, even plants and vegetation is better.

[@drone306]

I think Gen Z's great-grandchildren will be the last generation of humans on earth. The world's governments are far too inept to make the sort of progress we need at the speed we need it to fix this. It's over.

[@ArturHedlund]

@@vasudevraghav2109 we have god thou

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Don’t worry, because all this end of the world fear mongering is bullshit anyway. The climate has been changing for 4.5 BILLION years and it’s not going to stop anytime soon.

[@jammies6134]

How have we survived for the past 100 million years.

[@honeysauce5244]

I love how the chimp in the intro always holds something different

[@spacebarbarian._]

"The world is a dangerous place to live not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who do nothing about it." _-Albert Einstein_

[@stevecrall3180]

Yea that’s true but also we’re a bunch of stupid idiots that will literally fight over land. If we came together not representing a country but representing humanity then we would be able to create a beautiful world. Idk just my opinion. Srry if this insults anybody

[@justinflowers9380]

@@stevecrall3180 There ain't nothing wrong with fighting for land, even instinctual animals do it. I do agree with you though, this isn't one country's problem.

[@huh7270]

Steve Crall that’s called peace and it won’t ever happen. Just the way people are. No matter what you do people are always going to be stupid.

[@LifesGuardian]

That's a great quote. Really inspiring. So, what're you doing about it? I'd like some ideas...

[@Wilson84KS]

@@justinflowers9380 That's bullshit, no one will fight if there is enough for everyone, that is the whole sense of an economy, to balance needs and availability, which is impossible based on the monetary system. You just have the point of view of a capitalist slave, educate yourself about how people lived and live where the religion of money doesn't rule their life, the root of all evil is money, soldiers don't kill for good, but for money, people who cook acids and gasoline over open flames to make cocaine don't do it because they are hobby chemists, but for money, people who transport this shit in the guts aren't adrenaline junkies but need the money, give atleast everyone what they need and utopia will be very close.

[@jamesgodsonodoherty7345]

Well done to your composers, they're doing a superb job and don't seem to get much recognition in the comments, also I think I heard a variation of the tune you did in your who's to blame for climate change video which is very clever.

[@nickhall5766]

0:38 why can't we just stop the emissions? Because we aren't throwing cans of soup at famous artwork duh!🙄

[@thehammurabichode7994]

Climate Change deniers: *"No, it's the birds who are wrong"*

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

Some area got colder instead. :p let's let the climate change happens XD

[@efulmer8675]

@@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263 Not everywhere will get warmer all the time. The average temperature is all that matters because any change to the average will throw off patterns that govern local weather. If the temperature of Europe dropped 20 degrees while the global average increased 20 degrees, Europe is still screwed anyway because the extreme cold will ruin crops and shorten growing seasons.

[@thehammurabichode7994]

@@cuteface88 _Excellent point,_ *"pp poopoo"*

[@optitom9033]

I heard recently something very concerning maybe you can clarify, the concern is that the Paris Accord members are elite billionaires like Gates, Bloomberg, Soros, Steyer and other very wealth oligarchs and they are heavily invested in renewable energy and their goal is to dupe ordinary hard working people of the world by this bogus climate scare and create a huge financial burden in energy costs on the struggling population.i guess my question is would these money hungry elitists do that to us?

[@therealadamshort]

@@optitom9033 No, they are not. I can clarify. also don't like your own comment

[@ideotek]

Please consider doing another one of these where the effects of land use, regenerative ag, and generally using the power of nature to cool the planet and sequester carbon are considered. It would be wonderful and instructive to hear a less techno-utopian view.

[@misslabellekitty1298]

"why is it so hard to stop...?" fossil fuel industries: 😅👀

[@canon-de-75]

Miss LaBelleKitty fossil fuel industries: *madly throwing money at politicians*

[@SJoriis]

Without those industries you would not have the quality of life you enjoy today.

[@dapperblaze2]

*Laughs in money*

[@j_viking3268]

The answer is very easy. Short term monetary gain > long term sustainability. What incentive is there for oil execs to complete dismantle the source of their success? They’ll all be long dead by the time the shit really hits the fan anyway

[@godzefkiel2686]

@@SJoriis I'd would rather be alive without a phone than dead with a phone.

[@georgemx4136]

me : is everyone going to die ? kurzgesagt : well its cmplicated

[@jonathanfeltrin6686]

@Kurill Pegasus you don't even know what research means apparently

[@fairuzrahagi6934]

Well at the end, everyone going to die. So you're not wrong tho

[@georgemx4136]

@@fairuzrahagi6934 damn you right

[@georgemx4136]

@Kurill Pegasus dude

[@blankblank5409]

@Kurill Pegasus Republicans are always acting like the victim

[@jacobgoodstone7572]

You might not realize it, but this may be one of the most critical moments in human history. If we don't step up and try to stop climate change now, it'll be too late to do it later. If we don't do something right *now* we never will.

[@masterchief8085]

Don't worry we still won't do anything

[@jacobgoodstone7572]

@@masterchief8085 Yeah since I wrote that comment I've come to realize it is the end of the world(at least as we know it) and we're just gonna stand by and watch it crumble

[@korm8965]

Guys don't worry, if global warming won't stop we can still rely on a nuclear winter

[@sebastiand1816]

You should be US President

[@PehruChan]

patrolling the mojave makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@off_Planet]

If Biden wins that's a real possibility. He doesn't have half of Bush's staff on his campaign team for no reason.

[@DSAK55]

you joke, but in 20 year Americans will DEMAND the nuclear winter "fix"

[@dragonboi6744]

400 iq strat

[@Nykanoi]

A MAJOR unidentified problem is politics, here in the U.S the Democrat's and Republicans keep on arguing on a solution to climate change. I'm personally a Democrat but that doesn't mean my party can just blame it on the other and not do anything about it. All what will happen in the end is that more arguing for a solution to the problem but no solution ever does come. Plus! even if one party does win the election and does change and fight global warming 9 times out of ten if the other party gets elected they will just tear down everything that the other party tried to do and blame them as wrong and there party didn't do anything but say there party will fix it but ether same will happen to them or they will flat out lie and blame the other.

[@CloroxBleach-vy1dj]

One hundred percent. We the people might have to take this problem in our own hands. I'm going to try to write letters to individual senators. It's our only hope.

[@landynlinhares9494]

Were probably going to want to invest in exploration of space,

[@hbhatt]

True, some Republicans also have their own solutions for climate change, but they're hardly ever debated or brought to a vote.

[@n1njachikin]

I'm a republican. We both agree climate change is a problem, we just believe differently on how to solve it. A shame our politicians can't realize that as well, and maybe make a compromise.

[@nersharific813]

Not to mention that both the two parties are largely bought by the fossil fuel industry.

[@bryontalamantes9386]

Yeah maybe a system based on infinite growth on a planet with finite resources wasn't the best idea. Maybe capitalism wasn't the best idea.

[@iexist1300]

Or at least our current understanding of capitalisim.

[@danielbehlmann6578]

Hallo Kurtzgesagt, I'm a huge fan, and I love your videos, I share them every chance I get. Please make a video on nuclear energy and Thorium salt, bitte und danke schon!

[@trevorhovenkotter1434]

Dude literally just described my entire college Environmental Science class in about 30 minutes lmao

[@wini920]

10 min. !!!!

[@MrN0nex]

Did you watch it three times?

[@Leo-zk9rd]

30 mins?? Its a 10 minute video?

[@bobvella7228]

clear and concise is frowned upon

[@theboundslayer2083]

So your Environment Science class funded by the government is teaching you that agriculture is damaging our world? I think I’m going to be sick

[@арефнар]

Kurzgesagt: well no, but if I say so, grandperson sam will cancel me.

[@porainessemundao]

I'm completely paranoid about climate change. Will humanity go extinct because of this? Will there be no more cold or snow in the future? Is there still time to reverse the situation? Is it still worth living and having children? Will all coastal cities be submerged?

[@Pandeel7898]

Unfortunately, anyone can answer with 100% of true to that question

[@DarkestMirrored]

My interpretation of current trends has led me to believe the most likely scenario is a continuing increase in emissions for the foreseeable future, with all the corresponding climate catastrophe that implies... offset by technologies meant to mitigate, such as albedo engineering. What's Kurzgesagt's view on a "middle option" like that? It's obviously not desirable, but it seems more realistic considering modern economic and policy motivations.

[@bmsonic7468]

had no idea what albedo is, looked it up, and am very amazed at what science has been able to determine just by the "color" of the things around us. thanks for the comment, really informed me!

[@poliestotico]

Paint evertything whiiiiiiite

[@hilkmeister1382]

You sir (or ma'am) have hit the nail on the head.

[@ShamanNaoYuki]

I feel like it's likely our emissions will continue to increase and governments will eventually start implementing filtering systems to remove the carbon from the air and reduce the acidity of the water. Could possibly be done with solar powered drones that could collect co2 from the upper atmosphere. Or drone ships constantly filtering sea water.

[@primeg02]

i dont care about humans i only care about those birds in kurzgesagt videos

[@Insan1tyW0lf]

8:09 it took 80 years to develop a single prototype Master Ball. That's why we still only get one.

[@usernametaken017]

for each game*

[@angelicaarreola775]

Yess

[@namelessshame8121]

@@usernametaken017 Each game? *laughs in Missingno*

[@Rachel.DawnAmber]

*Use Ecosia the search engine* Every 45 searches on average plants a real tree on the planet!! 🌱🌳🌴🌲🌿

[@removed629]

yeah i use

[@awesomeperson5150]

@@removed629 as do i

[@Rachel.DawnAmber]

I recently found out that Oceanhero cleans up 1 trash from the ocean with every 5 searches, an alternative to ecosia

[@maartenblaauboer865]

very nice, thanks for the tip!

[@oi_ey6028]

Oh! I'll have to use it!

[@receitafederal9769]

I'm brazilian, i loved this channel

[@강유선-g9c]

The world: we need less people for Earth Korea,Japan: we need more people for economy The world: …….

[@Piss_Off_Plz]

Short answer: Yes. It's always been too late to stop climate change.

[@forwantofapage6059]

What's so complicated about "No, it's not too late, but the rich leeches who have the most control of the situation refuse to do anything about it because it'll hurt their profit margins."?

[@cwx8]

What's so complicated about the world is getting hotter anyway so learn to mitigate impacts and use it to our advantage i.e., crop belt expansion for our already overpopulated planet.

R-E-G-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S

[@progamingguide]

and here we go again..."the rich leeches" have control over our economy and i'm very happy they do because if they wouldn't our economy would already have collapsed. And now tell me what can a broke country do? definitely not help save the planet. Look i'm not saying rich people and politicians are doing everything good or bad but you can't look at everything in black an white there are no good or bad guys. We peasents are complaining but are you doing everything the way you should do it to save this planet? i very much doubt it. We all have room for improvement. Other than that have a nice day!

[@jorgeavalos816]

@@progamingguide You are correct. I don't know why a lot of simple-minded (or socialist) people think that greed for money is the primary reason for CO2 emissions. It is not!!! It is more complicated than that. Take a look to the data in 3:35 and think about the improvement of life quality because of fossil fuels, or better, take a look around and you will see wood, steel, concrete, smartphones, plastic, clothes, medicines all of which use energy intensity processes. If it is hard for us in 2020 to change our primary energy source with all the human resources and technology we now have imagine how difficult it would be in 1950 to improve life quality without fossil fuels.

[@forwantofapage6059]

@@progamingguide If I turn of heating, minimize electronic use, and eliminate waste in my household, which I do, it still won't have even 0.002% of the impact of putting carbon filters on a factory or reworking their waste management. I don't want to get into a KZbin argument here, but don't give the people who can make the most change a free pass because they're in charge of the economy. Broke countries don't help save the planet but they don't use its resources or create the emissions that destroy it.

[@myplan8166]

Love the consuming ads before the vid starts. Business as usual

[@shayseahawkraptorfan]

Sad

[@pratyush6487]

The only news channel I'll ever trust is duck news.

[@interdnetpigeon9526]

what about villager news?

[@pratyush6487]

@@interdnetpigeon9526 that is also trust worthy

[@tominguien5531]

Nuclear power is looking towards relying on Small Modular Reactors so that the cost of constructing a new plant + O&M aren't crazy high like they are now. But we don't have that many investors that are interested in investing in SMR technology right now...

[@David-vw5hf]

I really hope that SMR gains more steam, hopefully the stupid lobbyist groups don't do something idiotic.

[@titaniumtac6277]

What are your thoughts on breeder reactors?

[@roccobrooks7521]

@@titaniumtac6277 LMFBRs could revolutionize nuclear power by making fissile isotopes much more accessible, they could actually lead to a power grid that is completely powered by nuclear.

[@tominguien5531]

@@titaniumtac6277 Breeder reactors aren't designed to produce electricity, since they aren't really aiming to cause fission but to produce more potent fuel. The problem is that with this more potent fuel it can used to also make not so nice things.

[@erikburzinski8248]

Am interested but am not a investor

[@VilArknights]

2100: We finally completed the master ball! The world: you were supposed to work on innovating the possible renewable energy resources. 2100: awww.. but mewtwo

[@furrosama]

LMAOOOO

[@nichsulol4844]

human is breaking limit percent

[@rainbowthedragoncat6768]

Mewtwo could probably save us all. He could probably think of a way to stop it, or just remove all the CO2. Also, this implies there's Pokemon IRL, meaning Galarian Weezing. Just spread those around the world and watch them thrive and clean the air.

[@keepnatureclean880]

Plant trees avoid any plastic bags using cotton bags, paperbags

[@burstbusterz8630]

The video: "And it is still *very much possible*!" Comment section: it's too late

[@tejaskathuria2565]

Thats because they all know that they themselves are a part and know that they wont stop. Classic humans

[@devinward461]

@@tejaskathuria2565 Humans aren't the problem here, capitalism is the problem

[@daPvta]

@@devinward461 capitalism is a human thing u know...

[@devinward461]

@@daPvta Every social system is made by humans, it doesn't make any of them inherent to humans

[@mjk97dubstep]

It's very much possible for european countries, and the anglosphere (exept for EEUU if Trump don't win again). For the rest of humanity it's impossible, we do not have the innovation or the economic stimulus to do the things in the right way.

[@plexmars0000]

Short answer: yes. long answer :yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees (sobbing in corner).

[@danielscammerton3557]

same.....

[@saturnv3596]

sobing?????

[@mrayrick7631]

Azultix123 it means crying

[@rayzhang3425]

Yes, but we can and should still slow it down and buy time to develop technology to reverse it. This, too, is a "flatten the curve" scenario.

[@ReasonableRadio]

@@saturnv3596 technically it's Sobbing but Sobing isn't a word so everyone can tell what he means

[@ameliadellanna77]

Nothing will stop me from getting motivated to solve climate change

[@lotion5096]

so basically we, average people, cant do anything other than try to live as sustainably as possible, get as educated as we can, and sign petitions when the occasion arises, cool, were doomed

[@Daftar5]

When Kurzgesagt videos Are getting More and more visually pleasing with every upload

[@dbk7713]

Its like a aMERICAN election but other way around

[@ranban1970]

true

[@prassetiyoutomo7858]

anjay ada daftar 5

[@sachin3775]

Go on

[@CosmicFishFaced]

They evolved from grandmaster to supreme master

[@10054]

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” -the Lorax

[@Saifyrooma2nd]

I read that story way too many times when I was a kid, and it took me a long time to finally realize the true extent of it.

[@EpFiDude]

Then go vegan, it's by far the best thing you as a person can do for the environment. But oh no, that would be asking too much. This is why nothing will change and the world will burn.

[@user-xf6ox6zx4w]

.,.,

[@bobcat_named_bob]

EpFiDude dude, going vegan is not gonna stop global warming.

[@vdoxsamp7283]

@@CommanderBox. Check his channel.. he's crazy lol

[@jasastopar]

Basiclly the whole world is delaying their "homework" to tommorow

[@BaharehMovahedi]

☹👏🏻👌🏼

[@baxakk7374]

More like not preparing for the final exams, when the final exams come, we will be like "oh shit..". I guess we will just get wiped out in horrifying ways.

[@tjibbeettema8759]

the problem is that it was actually due yesterday. our teacher doesn't punish us immedeately though, so we don't have a good reason to submit it in time.

[@SB-qh8ps]

Until the assignment was due yesterday and we all fail because of it... by fail I mean die.

[@happyhealerforpresident2029]

More like, delaying for someone else. The greed is killing our lives. Enough said. Greed seemed like the answer.. turned out, it was DEATH.

[@Sciencerely]

As a biomedical researcher I have recently read about research which tries to combat plastic waste pollution through directed evolution. Directed evolution is a process where proteins are changed in the laboratory over and over again to become much more efficient to do certain things. In this case, scientists are trying to make PET-digesting enzymes more effective in digesting plastic waste and they are actually quite successful (I'm planning a video about that if you are interested). Although this is only a tiny part of the overall solution, I think that innovative research might save us from the current climate change crisis!

[@ThaFlowzer]

Yeah i read that too. This might be more of a curse than a blessing however. Plastics are used extremely commonly exactly because it does not get degraded by bacteria. If this would not be the case plastic might become far less useful, imagine your computer or telephone falling apart and those are just small things. It might not be smart playing god with evolution.

[@pauloazuela8488]

Maybe the first thing is to innovate and change our ways we get and spend energy , then we can proceed to other ones or both but you know even making people aware of it is already hard enough what more if we talk about these?

[@kerentan9446]

one of the coolest things I've read in this comment section! I'm interested in that video

[@FBR2169]

Oh damn thats cool!

[@ultimatedude5686]

Doesn’t that mean plastic will rot?

[@alecbowman4873]

Absolutely incredible that KZbin slapped a Shell ad on this video.

[@shybanoo7110]

What is a shell ad ?

[@alecbowman4873]

@@shybanoo7110 An advertisement for the oil company Shell

[@shybanoo7110]

@@alecbowman4873 noice

[@northernskies86]

KZbin's ad choice is strange. Their ads are contradictory to the content in the video. For example, on debunking videos I get ads about 5G conspiracies and I get ads from fossil fuel companies on videos about climate change. I don't know why KZbin's choice of ads are so contradictory.

[@CircumcisedUnicorn]

@@northernskies86 It’s the algorithm that selects the ads is pooling all related terms to the video title (I.e climate change, oil, global warming, petrol / 5G, radio towers, radiation, conspiracy theory) and is failing to filter out the good ads from all the shit. Or it’s actually completely pre determined by KZbin and the powers that be behind the corporate behemoth that is Google. With how the world is right now, I don’t know which one is true anymore

[@borissmalov5085]

POV: You are a teen witnessing mass extinction, wishing you could lead a peaceful life where the biggest stressor is whether your crush likes you back or not. With every temporary side stressor in your life, one remains permanent and keeps getting worse; and it is a stressor for which you are not to blame.

[@DeluluIsTheSolulu]

Yeah we're currently in the midst of the 6th mass extinction.

[@JonathanB139]

This is true facts… I’m not the one to blame, I’m put into it, I already got over crush thing, and peaceful life? Nah how bout some good ol climate change and desert weather all across where I live :D

[@sabrinaz9023]

Yeah pretty much.. and then you have the factor that none of the adults will do anything (atleast most of them) so we have to do something.. but oh wait they won't listen to us.. soooo we will make jokes about it because we are terrified but no ones still doing anything

[@bohdankim381]

I hate this mindset. Sure youre not the direct cause, but you cant complain when you are giving money to the people causing it. If all the sane people took a stand and protested, by not giving these rich assholes anymore money, then we would be on our way to solve the problem. But all everyone wants to do is shove the blame on someone else, and then forget about the issue entirely because "thats how it is". Its not too late if all of us act now

[@borissmalov5085]

@@bohdankim381 uhhh, it's not as simple as just boycotting buddy. Whole systems are based on infrastructures with enormous carbon emissions, and boycotting (putting aside how unrealistic a goal that is) sadly won't help with that.

[@ebgamer29]

My headcannon: the voice of kurzgesagt is a bird watcher from the future who has traveled to the past to try to save his favorite species

[@serenityssolace]

Wind turbines (supposedly good for the environment) kill millions of birds every year.

[@happysmash27]

@@serenityssolace I believe fossil fuel power plants kill even more, though, so it's still a net benefit.

[@Fuffzehn]

@@serenityssolace Actually they kill far less birds than windows do. If you want to save birds, cover up all your windows and vote for banning windows from houses.

[@zhee1236]

Steve Taylor is a Bird?

[@serenityssolace]

@@Fuffzehn If that's true, then we should just do that

[@daisymaedog]

"Who wants change?" [Everybody raises their hand] "Who wants to change?" [Nobody raises their hand]

[@thethinkingman-]

shutup KAREN !

[@jamienickel4280]

@@thethinkingman- wtf

[@nicolasribeiro7914]

@@thethinkingman- bruh?

[@nicolasribeiro7914]

true

[@Jakensik]

Watch their new video "can you fix climate change?"

[@FingeringThings]

Is it too late to stop climate change? Kurzgesagt: Yesn’t

[@ichigoat42]

.

[@nestoralarcon2728]

@@DarrensGeneralInfo spamer

[@astrophysicz]

Yes, but you're not allowed to look at any solutions outside of capitalism because it would make Bill Gates sad.

[@renzovergara3436]

@@rempuia69 there goes my life

[@luftwaffle3766]

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[@LovesGrilling]

It has been a pleasure everyone. I'll see you at the resource wars.

[@SolvayConference]

Are we going full Road Warrior style now?

[@fetts4ck849]

War... war never changes...

[@universesbiggestdouchebag8350]

I'll make sure to bring enough lube, that's what a certain white haired, blue eyed, sarcastic douchebag, sans-bootleg version dude adviced us.

[@jibreelwilson7270]

Bet, we need to team up.

[@parttimelazy4593]

No, you won't. I'm going to Mars.

[@gabrielhall7427]

If Covid taught us one thing, it’s that when the world directs its focus and resources to a solution, you can come up with an amazing solution like the vaccine in a short amount of time. Imagine what we could do if we put the same energy into other issues. We can do this! We just have to care enough and pour our hearts into it and we will shock ourselves at our own potential

[@BakaryD]

The vaccine is a joke

[@enlightenedsoul8897]

@@BakaryD Just go

[@enlightenedsoul8897]

@@BakaryD Yeah and you have a better solution?

[@not11nome07thefirst]

@@BakaryD You're a joke with no solution to the problem

[@trollmcclure2659]

Since covid, there have been more conflicts whether geopolitical, political or social rather than cooperation. It was because of the motivation of profit that the vaccine appeared so fast and so far fighting climate change has been the opposite of being profitable.

[@luckygnome2746]

If I could ever choose something to be #1 on trending I would choose this video.

[@RealJabi]

Yup this channel is amazing

[@gl0ryboy143]

Yup

[@gerhardhutapea3249]

+ pin it on trending

[@mathaisxiong2613]

Shallow Bay does it not?

[@Stryfe52]

Bib

[@TimeIy]

We need 7 billion views on this.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Sadly the KZbin algorithm is big on spreading conspiracy theories

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@Grant Stevenson it’s true

[@lee.as.in.l.e.e.7394]

@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI I feel down that pipeline before, and it took a long time of self reflection to realize I was tricked by the recommendations algorithm

[@jollyjokress3852]

0.06% of 7 billion have

[@Ritziey]

perhaps 8 and counting

[@plucko5208]

Governments: we must stop climate change! Also governments: haha pollution goes brr

[@footballnerd277]

Well stop voting in politicians like Donald Trump who try to convince you that climate change is a myth just so they don't have to bother doing anything about it.....

[@ezeola6348]

@@footballnerd277 Isn't the reason he left the climate change pact was because he didn't want America to be the only one funding everything?

[@footballnerd277]

@@ezeola6348 Not even remotely. There is no binding amount that has to be donated to be part of the Paris climate agreement. All it was is a commitment to keep climate change below a certain level. And a communication framework and how to do that. Not to mention, no -one was expecting the US to fund everything. That's just some BS Donald comes out with to justify whatever treaty he's pulled out of. Not to mention, climate change is not just an issue of environmental damage. It's an economic issue which will cost the world trillions of dollars if we let it get out of hand. Kind of like covid, the more it gets out of hand, the most it was cost to get it under control. The best thing (from both a financial and human perspective) is to go hard on dealing with it now before it gets out of control. But just like covid, idiotic, populist leaders like Donald fucking Trump will ignore and deny the problem. Until major, damaging, expensive policies will be required to bring us back from the brink of disaster. if you care about money (or the people of this planet) deal with it now!

[@SorchaYT]

It's sad how accurate this is

[@moondreamer1677]

@@footballnerd277 believe me I wish donald trump was never president and there are a lot of americans who agree

[@abizair1832]

As a human living in tropical country, i can say that it gets hotter and hotter every year. (I'm an Indonesian citizen, so it's obvious)

[@lifeuncovered6188]

I’m lucky I live inland and by lakes, but I’ve noticed the amount of snowfall is decreasing, there’s more flash storms, and of course, it’s getting hotter.

[@blastermanr6359]

It's also pretty obvious in the Pacific Northwest.

[@lifeuncovered6188]

@Lion Pro ur country is gonna be underwater soon also lol

[@nickthenuker7916]

As a human living slightly north of you (Singapore but Malaysia gets it even worse), we’d appreciate it if you (or rather farmers in your country) would stop burning forests every other year, because then the heat isn’t the biggest problem.

[@xaviermaster1]

We are having too many citizen (im indonesian too) 270 million people living in Indonesia, and too many of them is using cars and motorbikes.

[@heiloloheimir]

I don’t care how much their animator is getting paid Give them a raise

[@alexcubed4270]

They have a whole team of animators

[@jessicaarroyo8711]

so true

[@NoCareBearsGiven]

Ok we will raise their commission by 1%

[@naluchami]

True

[@chloevitagliano9565]

@@rempuia69 i hate you

[@wilhelmruoff1273]

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” -the Lorax

[@thegamingandanimationsguy8526]

Yeah

[@bigeyedanstudios5359]

you got 54likes in4 minutes

[@flockinify]

Not enough unfortunately. Today it's “Unless all of you care a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”

[@thegamingandanimationsguy8526]

Ok guys

[@DarrensGeneralInfo]

Fun fact: Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest I have made a video dedicated to fun facts

[@OriginalityDaniel]

meanwhile in Australia: current prime minister holds lump of coal in parliament shouting "It's coal! it can't hurt ya!" recently followed up with "gas will be the transition fuel!" yeah.. we're didgeridoomed.

[@itmovesitchats]

...I know this is terrible and all, but didgeridoomed is hilarious. One of our USA senators brought snow into congress once in 2015 as proof there's no climate change. Even so, there are some changes happening, and while they are slow, I think we still have some kind of a chance. Hope you're doing good.

[@jeremiahmunguia1136]

Australia is didgeridoomed and America is Amerifucked

[@KSITREVS]

Didgeridoomed - the best Aussie quote I’ve heard!

[@ZenCorvus]

don't worry, your government has locked you peons down so you can't hurt yourselves.

[@SuperEdge67]

Yes and lots of Australian watch Sky News Australia and have their heads filled with climate change denial bullshit.