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

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[@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]

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[@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

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

[@dbk7713]

Its like a aMERICAN election but other way around

[@ranban1970]

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[@adixar]

I've seen this animation somewhere else too.

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[@sachin3775]

Go on

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@thatboii3094]

it is morality trying to teach us a lesson

[@sertacisel6002]

u are the classıc kurzgesact guy ands thats true (your comment)

[@IstasPumaNevada]

Three things I'd like to hear more about: Electric car batteries: Any signs of drastic improvement upcoming? And their total impact on the environment compared to gas/diesel (I know it's hard to compare). Potential new fission reactor designs, like thorium reactors. (I know you did a 3-video series on fission reactors, but it was 5 years ago; has anything new developed?) Carbon taxes; how would they work, and how could we keep the system from being abused?

[@verrofy]

Yes. The guy who invented the lithium-ion battery has invented the solid state battery at an old age. Their life time is like 10x longer than current rechargeable batteries, and can hold more charge.

[@duckdoom5]

Tesla just announced some battery improvements, dunno if you heard about it ?

[@ashaman8567]

Watch Tesla’s newest battery presentation from last week.

[@BazzukaJoe101]

Tesla announced new battery manufacturing that makes them cheaper to produce and more energy dense. I think its roughly a 25% upgrade so quite significant.

[@edgamilcar92]

there is this machine called iter that is being build by various nations, but it is not fission but fusion, they say it is going to be done in the 30s but i think it will take longer...

[@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.

[@darinjmb]

I cant even imagine the work those 20 crew members have to put in for such crispy and painstakingly perfect animations every time. Cheers you grinders.

[@Novella1]

They really deserve the recognition! I also make videos and put a lot of effort into it. Could you check it out and tell me your thoughts? Thank you.

[@bane2201]

I want to point out that when people find ways to use energy more efficiently it often leads to throwing out older, less energy-efficient products. Both the manufacture of the new products and the transportation of the older products are carbon-intensive. A huge carbon expense that needs to be addressed is that of product processing. If I went to the store and bought canned fruit, they often say that they're grown in a South American country, but packaged in an East Asian country (usually China). Let's say they're from Venezuela - they go over 25000 miles, and over 3 months on the ship. It'd be FAR more efficient in terms of fuel and carbon to pack them in a nearby area.

[@The360MlgNoscoper]

Pack them at source

[@indianbeluga8360]

weren't u killed by Bruce wayne ?🙄

[@risaadthemerchant5142]

@@The360MlgNoscoper Or grow food locally

[@BujorOvidiu]

There are too many loopholes, all the woke ways of stopping CO2 are plain bullshit.

[@multienergico9299]

It's complicated, when someone specialises in say, canning food, they might get very efficient and even with transportation, their carbon print is still smaller.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@echo_43]

Feels like part of the reason we've been dragging our feet on phasing out fossil fuels and switching to low carbon alternatives is because this topic is SO politicized... how do you get around that? I know so, so many people who scoff at the idea of things like nuclear and solar energy merely because they arent fossil fuels. Its disheartening that a conversation cant even be had because of political dogma

[@TheAlexgoodlife]

People scoff at Nuclear power mostly because of Fukushima and Chernobyl. But modern nuclear reactors are very safe but countries like Japan are phasing them out due to public disaproval of Nuclear power

[@boppolopian]

Also money

[@vikiai4241]

Ironically, fossil fuels contain trace amounts of radioactive particles (because everything does) and when you burn it, these particles go strait up the chimney and out into the atmosphere. A coal/gas plant dumps more radioactive fallout into its surrounding environment in a week that a modern nuclear reactor of comparable output does in its entire commissioned life.

[@edwardhoffenheim3249]

Politicized? I haven't really heard that many opinions from ordinary citizens talking about explicitly _wanting_ fossil fuel power generation. I guess you might mean that stakeholders hold a lot of power politically. But that seems to be a more capitalistic issue. If the issue were any more politicized I have a feeling it would be in the form of holding more politician accountable for hurtful policies that favor the FF industry

[@awildmalik9000]

It seems like the huge media companies and politicians paid for by oil companies have successfully brain washed them into thinking that this is a political problem rather than an environmental crisis that can easily wipe out humanity and halt their progress.

[@jellomonster531]

I’ve realized that I listen to the voice as if they were a higher being or someone from the future to educate

[@Yumyum-yo6op]

Exactly it just sounds wise like an alien

[@purpp-esque1711]

He is.

[@justincoltharp9701]

He sounds like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy guy and i think he might even be

[@amingusamongu5]

He's probably from a type 3 or 4 civilisation

[@shivabrahmavidhchelluri1286]

Exactly, sometimes in the videos related to space, it makes me feel our existence itself is insignificant.

[@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

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+ pin it on trending

[@mathaisxiong2613]

Shallow Bay does it not?

[@Stryfe52]

Bib

[@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

[@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

[@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?"

[@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.

[@iceginlychee]

As a student in engineering making my way to the new generation of engineers, I found this video pretty much inspiring, highlighting the importance of transitioning to sustainable energies quickly. I really hope I could create something that will make our future better and be part of the war against Climate Change. Thank you Kurzgesagt for the incredible job you're doing! I'm supporting your channel 100%! ❤️

[@probossjokeryt6987]

Nice man you could all stop cilmate change together

[@iam-anne]

Yes we will all try and stop the climate change. Also great job on getting a heart

[@cactoos9793]

I respect you.

[@curranfrank2854]

I'm also interested in going into engineering, which type of engineering are you interested in?

[@patrickatzori8428]

World economic growth has already almost stopped because the peak of oil production is already there !!

[@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.

[@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.

[@levinmaa711]

I would love to know more about sustainable concrete production, that is my suggestion for a video theme regarding this topic.

[@bradhaaf4749]

Google CO2 trapping concrete all the Technologies are there and can be done tomorrow this video is bullshit

[@Dan-kt1zs]

@@bradhaaf4749 the problem with CO2 capturing concrete is that when water seeps into the concrete it binds with the CO2 to form carbonic acid, destroying the pavement, and artificial trees and other forms carbon capturing are more efficient.

[@bradhaaf4749]

@@Dan-kt1zs Google "self healing concrete captures CO 2" what's more efficient doesn't really matter it's more about what can you price into what we're already spending money on your only going to spend an extra small amount on adding things to concrete where is an artificial tree your building for no other purpose than co2 capturing

[@ZestyMountain]

You should check out Practical Engineering if you havent yet

[@sparkylynx8723]

@@bradhaaf4749 bruh just because the technology exists doesnt mean its practical you idiot

[@ethanlamar9018]

But seriously, researching about climate change and its effects is a rabbit hole of depression. Thanks for going over this in a fun but informative way. Keep it up!

[@shadowbanned4606]

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[@finnfreas8524]

Shadow banned nothing you just said was true stop trying to act cool

[@lucidcatnap]

@@shadowbanned4606 Whatever you're taking, I could use some for when I write my own lyrics

[@ethosfm1262]

@@shadowbanned4606 you might as well have said nothing. Do you want people to know? Or do you want to feed your narcissism? Grow up and join the rest of adult society. Or continue to be a troll.

[@connor863]

Letting the climate crisis keep getting worse and worse as we keep increasing emissions is a far bigger rabbit hole of depression than researching climate change and it's effects is.

[@87Acropol]

“A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

[@j_viking3268]

Do you know who said this?

[@noahpoobbailey]

@@j_viking3268 It's an ancient greek proverb.

[@nicholashildenbrand8632]

I've always loved this saying. I tell it to all my friends and family whenever I find it applicable.

[@aikslf]

Old people are too senile to see that far into the future. They can only see death in the near future and do their best to live in luxury in the time they have right now. Old people in positions of power are mostly like this.

[@randomuser5443]

Unfortunately the young get envious of the trees and cut it down or force them to burn

[@kinetic-cybernetic]

I think when people ask if it's too late they are wondering if it really matters what we still could do, or if tipping points (permafrost, fires, amount of clouds reflecting heat back to earth...) are already beyond the point of no return and catastrophe is unavoidable. I hope that gets answered in the coming episodes.

[@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

[@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.

[@mehdiahsan4042]

We really need to get this video out to as many people as possible, quality stuff.

[@travismiguel3767]

Agreed. Everyone should know about on how we can reduce carbon emissions! The first step I would suggest however is UNITY. If we can get everyone to work together and take action, perhaps we could finally solve this problem.

[@goktuggamerxx3599]

Yes

[@pizzaistlaga1345]

Absolutely

[@viktorbardos7293]

@Burn#Loot#Murder BLM Brahahahaha. Good one. Lets blame it on those 3 countries and proceed to have a clean conscience.

[@manan-543]

@Burn#Loot#Murder BLM lol USA is no different. It doesn't care either. Developed countries are equally responsible if not more. Just watch Kurzgesagt video on who is responsible for most climate change.

[@madelayneoporta1976]

The problem is that if we decide to make "little" changes that's nothing in comparison with the big factories contamination :((

[@Infernoflameblast]

The sad part is, most of those in power who actually CAN make critical steps towards stopping climate change, aren’t doing that. Instead, they’re looking for more ways to make themselves richer

[@anoon-]

They would rather spend time finding ways to debunk/argue with us instead of trying to help themselves and others do it. That is the definition of procrastination.

[@FlyingLlamaa]

You can invest YOUR money into clean energy investments

[@GooberThe4th]

Flying Llama what of ur broke

[@NSNX2464]

and theyre the ones were gonna see hanging from lamp post if our society ever grows a brain and doesnt let that happen but hey Trumps here so we dont gotta fuckin worry about a thing

[@dancemattdanceify]

i'd love to see someone who could stop natural earth cycles while they're at it too

[@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

[@123HansTheWurst123]

People don't want to fight climate change. In my small village (150 residents) a solar farm was planned. It should have been located on an unused strip of land directly at the highway. It was expected to tripple the villages budget due to taxes. But as soon as these plans were revealed a group of people brought the whole village to fight against it. Now we still have a huge strip of land directly at the highway that nobody will ever use or look at, the small school will be closed and the 40 year old fire engine won't be replaced any time soon.

[@andrewmendoza6379]

M8 millions of people want to stop it but stupid people who don't believe in it or believe its not doing anything won't allow it. And the government knows that but they side with the stupid people.

[@volkhen0]

Were they worried about cows stopping giving milk? I’ve heard it’s true.........................

[@axnoro]

You should fight unnecessary legislation, so a private person can buy that "useless" patch of land and build a solar plant, or whatever he likes. He would, of course, more likely build a nuclear plant. But then, people would protest.

[@yasinarslantas5412]

Bro you live in Switzerland? The scenario sounds kinda familiar XD

[@paulomendoza5606]

Democracy works only with informed citizens

[@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

[@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.

[@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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[@mymindmygame6437]

Suggestion: an update on fusion energy

[@mikekilo1240]

They do it if it, but this technology is not developed that we can really use it by now.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Since the 90s, It's still "only 30 years away".

[@stanentertainment7711]

And it is a too expensive project

[@machomanalexyt5736]

We can barely control fission energy.

[@blob1820]

mike kilo uhm English?

[@MaySinMelodyBox]

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

[@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

[@Boog_53]

I'm from Alberta and let me let you know, it's not a lack of technology or innovation... It's a lack of political will.

[@arielsproul8811]

Yeah I can't make my money or get political power if I do shit to try save the planet It's a literal game theory: if you move, you loose If no one moves, everyone loses If enough people move, you win so for every player the logical move is waiting for someone else to go first, this someone else also wants someone else to go first No one moves

[@user-vb4ud9cw8q]

Alberta=hick town with rolling grass.

[@spillarge]

Even if governments could get the people to accept energy at a price of four times it is today without a pay rise, how can that possibly make any noticeable difference to climates around the world?

[@darkdevilkillsddk4676]

Water for example, replace water bootles by the drink refillers you get on your mcdonalds but with bigger tanks, just that change alone would save soo much. The only thing people had to do is bring glass bootles.

[@casualsatanist]

@@spillarge at least in Arizona, there is an incentive to use solar power. You’re able to install them for free for outdated meters and your energy bill goes way down. As far as electric cars, you don’t have to pay for gas or anything like that. Govts. have to incentivize vehicles by say, trading in your vehicle for scrap for a buyout of its net worth so you could be incentivized to trade it in for an electric car. It’s also a sociological problem, but people don’t like nuclear power just because of things like Chernobyl, 3 mile island and Fukushima. More stable nuclear power is available in the form of isotopes like thorium, and the move away from uranium and plutonium is possible. It’s all cheaper than the alternative with fossil fuels, just not incentivized.

[@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.

[@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

[@kiddoryandee6714]

"The best time to stop and fix climate change was 15 years ago, the second best is now" - steph kombucher

[@kazikian]

kiddo ryandee what’s third best?

[@ambily6626]

Tell all the best

[@zylnexxd842]

Amazing quote

[@josephstalin5468]

That’s not the quote, he says the best time to cut down a tree was 15 years ago

[@teicheselchloropusasinus]

@@kazikian There is no third Chance

[@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.

[@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

[@ujjalshill6442]

This is too optimistic we are already doomed

[@user-jo8kq5ed4j]

The truth everyone is afraid of saying. Oh well..

[@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*

[@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

[@thetntsheep4075]

I would like to address a misconception about the safety of nuclear power plants. Many people believe they are unsafe and dangerous. Nuclear power generation causes thousands of times fewer deaths than coal and oil do. Nuclear accidents are nigh on impossible now due to the strict regulations implemented after the previous nuclear disasters. Even when an accident occurs, fewer people die than you may think. Chernobyl death estimates range from just a few hundred to about 60,000 at the most. Fukushima killed one person from radiation exposure. Compare this to global annual flu deaths which the WHO estimates at 250 000 - 500 000. Nuclear power is extremely safe and, I believe, necessary to our goal of reaching carbon neutrality. Edit: oh yeah and do check out Kurzgesagt's awesome series on nuclear power 😂

[@calebp6114]

^

[@kurzgesagt]

Ok! On it!

[@Im_A_Nerd]

they already made a video series on the pros and cons of nuclear power :D

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

And if nuclear fusion becomes a thing it'll be better

[@mkmbstudio6950]

what about the waste?

[@togietogedemaru]

I wish kurzgesagt were used in schools and stuff

[@XspeedPL]

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

[@justanotherhotguy]

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

[@greygust3936]

@@rempuia69 WHY

[@Jasmine-yw8pl]

@@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.

[@blaze8762]

Has anyone noticed that the back wing of the plane is actually Duck, at 5:45

[@lyzez3531]

Lol i didn't notice 😂😂

[@gabrielrenato225]

Yeah ajajajjajaj

[@gabrielrenato225]

Also in 8:11 the cat in the rub is showing the middle fingers 😂

[@flame9826]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@spider-man6932]

@@gabrielrenato225 lol go away lmao 🤣 so funny . I never noticed that before

[@MisterYoda15]

Fun contradicting fact: Burning waste in facilities designed for it actually reduces carbon emissions indirectly. Think of it this way. There are a few reasons for this, first they have special filters in the chimneys to remove all that nasty SO2, NO2, NO and other greenhouse gases that have a much greater impact on global warming. Another thing is that these plants can and should be designed for energy reclaim, meaning they save some energy we would normally waste when we just yeet the "garbage" on to a landfill, therefore reducing the need for burning coal or gas. Furthermore, the waste we throw on landfills gets decomposed and turned into CH4 which is also a much higher impact greenhouse gas and even though you can put pipes to collect it, much of it is wasted before a high enough concentration is achieved to be viable enough for use. This means they let the natural gas(CH4) escape through the pipes in the atmosphere for the first few months before they get to those sweeet few months for use in power generation and then again letting it loose. Source: I finished my bachelor in Environmental Engineering in Zagreb, Croatia. Hope you enjoyed ;D Edit: I hope I am not the only one that writes bacchelor with 2 c's in it... Added some more info about landfill gas reclamation. Edit 2: People: We need to reduce carbon emissions. Engineers: Lets build specialised buildings to make use of waste. People: EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW, THAT SMELLS... HELL NO! Engineers: But...but... People: Nah fam, aint having that near my house. Engineers: Do nothing. Global warming continues. People: Surprised pikachu face :0

[@symbolik5150]

But people only hear „waste“ and „burn“ so they think it’s bad, even if it solves two problems at once

[@pancakeho0e]

Thanks, YODA SENSEI

[@YounesLayachi]

Good stuff ! This part is all about efficiency

[@vkd8721]

Never actually thought about it like that. For non- recyclable waste that can be good! can coal powerplants be retrofitted to handle trash? Bc creating new "transitionary" plants which are only meant to last for ___ years might end up swinging the GHG balance the other way. Junior of mechanical engineering so dont be afraid to be technical

[@MisterYoda15]

@@pancakeho0e úwù... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)// 🧽

[@rastyplayzzofficial]

Person:*asks kurzgesagt what's not complicated* Kurzgesagt:well,it's complicated....

[@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.

[@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

[@AviatorHan]

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

[@Balsiefen]

6:08 I would really love it if you could do a video on the Passivhaus standard. Most modern insulation has really limited effectiveness owing to air loss and conduction in the building's structure, and so heating and air conditioning are some of the most massive wastages our society has at the moment. I firmly believe that shifting new builds to passivhaus design is the most impactful and easily achievable improvement our society can make. By building its structure around the insulation, almost any building can be designed to regulate it's own temperature using only a tiny energy budget, considerably less than a couple of solar panels would provide. The only problem with passivhaus is that it tends to be done on a relatively small scale, but educating people about it, particularly architects, engineers and governments, could really help change that. Sorry for the slight ramble/sales pitch. I'm not associated with any company but I love your videos and I think they could make a real difference.

[@aidenwhitehead7018]

As someone who studied architecture for a couple of years I agree with this, we were taught about passivhaus and it can make a big difference

[@Quicktwister]

I never thought about that. I agree that we should be taking action for it

[@richardthomas4112]

Thank you for your slight ramble. I learnt something new today.

[@thatjeff7550]

One concern that I hope new tech has overcome: back in the 80s and 90s, we did start making houses more airtight to reduce energy wastage due to leaks. The problem that then popped up was Sick Building Syndrome. Essentially, nasty molds started growing in houses and buildings due to a lack of outside airflow. So a quick question: does this "Passivhaus Standard" address that issue?

[@richardthomas4112]

@@thatjeff7550 I looked this up, and was fascinated to learn that this Passivhaus method, when done correctly, allows fresh air to circulate through the house without significant loss of heat.

[@billdsafdsad]

I remember Elon musk said something on the Joe Rogan podcast that stuck with me. Somewhere along the lines of "We'll be able to slow climate change, but we can't have that mindset otherwise we won't try"

[@ChandraMauliChaubey]

I remember this too thanks for reminding

[@appleslover]

Elon musk is a con artist

[@bryontalamantes9386]

Elon Musk is part of the problem lol

[@aleksanderjohn6968]

Knowing that the human race “could do it” from kurzgesagt is worrying.

[@alamrasyidi4097]

Next time they tell you we can use neutron stars as intergalactic wrecking balls to destroy hundreds of thousands of solar systems.

[@topi2209]

We cannot do it anymore, everything is lost

[@specwraith5734]

@@topi2209 yeah kinda feel like we are doomed tbh

[@yersiniapestis5237]

Lars Norberg Yeah, but that willingness won’t develop until it’s too late.

[@andrewmendoza6379]

Exactly how?

[@MYG]

Nuclear energy is quite safe and clean now adays. It’s definitely the future of cleaner energy as we transition to fully renewable energy.

[@themans6047]

Then what about solar?

[@Turtles21]

And even still the more energy we produce, regardless of clean or not, the temp will still go up. Energy=heat, so as long as we produce energy and more of it the temp will still go up

[@Nico-dt5hu]

yeah nuclear energy is the future. Our technological advancement has basically reduced the risks down to none and its more space efficient than other sources like solar panels or wind turbines.

[@nickc4063]

1 it’s the only realistic way to move off of coal

[@stafastacks1760]

Thing is it takes like 10 years to build a reactor so it’s too late to beat climate change

[@docpayce1]

"We can leave nuclear power plants online longer." THANK YOU, finally a concise and absolutely correct statement on this topic. Now (german) politicians still need to accept this finally as not an option, but a must-do asap.

[@ixian_technocrat]

How about building newer, better ones also? Current nuclear plants are 50 year old technology and they still outperform any other form of energy production.

[@smarty1312]

What about nuclear waste?

[@Kyonak]

Ixian Technocrat yes and investing in new ones will be a very good choice

[@nici5719]

Nuclear power plants are the better solution as long as no one explodes. And even if you are lucky and no one explodes you have the toxic waste for million years. Thats incredible. So we have to accept that both technologies are just not sustainable and both have such big disadvantages that they should be abolished.

[@a-drewg1716]

@@smarty1312 nuclear waste is minuscule compared to the waste generated by all other means of energy production INCLUDING solar and wind which generate a ton of dangerous waste during their manufacturing process. Plus the nuclear waste can be reused. Of-course with diminishing returns but with more funds put into nuclear energy means more research which means more and more of the fuel gets used meaning the nuclear waste becomes less harmful every time. I mean theoretically you could reduce nuclear waste to hydrogen by splitting an atom to the smallest possible thing but of-course every time it gets smaller the more energy it takes to split it and the less energy to get out of it but still.

[@sakaarnayak666]

Thanks Kurzgesagt for presenting nothing but facts and exactly like they should be. Your channel is a blessing. 🙏

[@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

[@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

[@Alekszin2015]

"Why is that? Why is it so hard to just stop emiting these gases?" *I'm gonna use this quote but not for science purposes*

[@Just123just]

Lol

[@funny.gon-12]

Well can see 3 1) too poor to use alternatives 2) you love in an area where cleaner fuel is more obsolete 3) you're a child and you can't dictate your parents decision .

[@electronresonator8882]

others, "dude, why do you hate oxygen that much?'

[@captainHusein]

This question sounded stupid coming from guys that i consider well educated and critical thinkers

[@meghanachauhan9380]

@@electronresonator8882 cuz oxygen is a disease

[@samihamchev9528]

Some idiot:ClImAtE cHaNgE iSn'T ReAl Canadians going outside to 50 fking°C:You serious?!

[@LarsGsanger]

Well it’s NOT🍏

[@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

[@guccibanana0910]

Everyone when kurzgesagt uploads twice in a week: *happy noises

[@markeswildin]

I know right, I usually expect monthly uploads

[@CharlieGreasby]

:O)

[@TheBelrick]

This is how we know that the Covid scam is dying down. back to climate alarmism. Stay frightened plebs because frightened creatures flock to rulers that claim to have the answers.

[@codevenus174]

Ooooo I can SMELL the facebook Karen smell coming off of you, yucky

[@MagnumOlly]

@@TheBelrick Bruh...

[@cera5900]

Kurtzegat: you gotta make a move pal, heres the literal directions to do so world leaders: no lol

[@hilkmeister1382]

If it was that easy even the worst of world leaders would have done it by now. You got to look for what is tying their hands. How would going 100% green with our current tech affect the common citizen? How would it affect common citizens if we went to only electric cars or no cars at all? can we even afford to put enough new green factories up to off set our lost power? Stuff like that.

[@nobodyzanything69]

Hilkmeister lol k

[@angelvu]

Hilkmeister well at least some green technology and factories would be better than almost zero

[@shoudehuang1244]

Senators be like: I get paid by fossil fuel companies to say no.

[@sereszoard42]

I dont want to be rude, but it's Kurzgesagt

[@chicen_nuggie5463]

This will drastically effect fishing season

[@maskrlzxw6823]

and be very bad for the stock market

[@michaelkazam8432]

i wish people would get over there fear of nuclear power, because of poorly designed early plants, because nuclear power is by far the best compared to renewables which are not as clean as you would think and ofc fossil fuels.. france has i thnk 70-80% of its power come from nuclear.. germany has around the same ratio but with renewables, ultimately focusing all this attention on wind and solar is completley pointless in my opinion because nuclear is a power house and if only we spend asmuch time focusing on improving there designs instead of fostering and fanning public fear of anything nuclear.. we might actually get some where..... just my opinion

[@RileyNiko]

Added information, the fly gas of burning coal and other fossil fuels is 100-150% more radioactive than nuclear waste. Yes the waste stays radioactive for much longer, but it can be contained easier than a gas that can easily blanket an area.

[@henrylarson1]

I agree completely, peoples fear for nuclear is misplaced in this day and age. Nuclear is also a great way to help governments transition into using more rentable energy sources. Sadly we rely on the CEOs of coal on petroleum companies to help this conversion which just isn't happening, unfortunately.

[@Jatzuli]

Fear of nuclear should go away, yes. Although, nuclear power isn't perfectly clean. There's nuclear waste, and we *really* don't have a good way of dealing with it. Until we can find a way to reduce nuclear waste, nuclear power alone won't be enough to save us.

[@alia7960]

Necleus power plants are not renewable..... They require uranium, which isn’t that easy. Or to be more exact U-235, which is far rarer than normal uranium. They will eventually run out like oil, natural gas and fossil fuels. Edit: Nuclear

[@RileyNiko]

Ian Cote-Daviau True, let’s throw it at the sun because that’s a logical idea mm yes.

[@olleakeson361]

Well I mean we already produce food for about 10-11 billion people but we suck at distributing it

[@shafthespaceegg]

Farmers in industrialized countries only grow that much because they can sell it. Corn (maize) is often sold to livestock producers as feed for the animals. A given amount of corn could feed six times as many people as when it is used to feed chickens. Much of the energy in the corn is lost as waste heat through the metabolic processes of the animal and is used to make parts of the animal that are often discarded like bones and feathers. You could feed way more people with maize than with chickens raised on maize. However farmers only grow as much maize as they do because they can sell it to livestock producers, junk food manufacturers (think high fructose corn syrup and flamin hot Cheetos etc), and ethanol producers. This in turn gives the farmers money to feed their own families. Corn could be just given to hungry people in the developing world for free but farmers would never grow the corn in the first place if they didn’t get paid to do it. If you were to redistribute the food someone would have to buy it first and then give it to the hungry. People in the industrialized world would likely be opposed to increasing their taxes to pay for feeding people in other countries. Not to mention the corn shipped to the hungry would reduce the global supply of corn for other things like meat production and snacks which would raise the price of those things and in turn make people in the industrialized countries angry. The reason we suck at distributing it is because it’s complicated and there would be a cost to just giving it to the hungry

[@ShadowZZZ]

most of the crops is wasted to inefficient animals, because many want to eat lots of tortured corpse parts of innocent animals. Just watching videos by earthling ed on this, or the docu cowspiracy.

[@EdsonYHS]

Nothing will happen, we are already doomed.

[@tylerc.9973]

@@shafthespaceegg A diet must be varied however. Even if not for physical health, eating the same thing day after day isn't good for your head. Chickens produce eggs and cows produce milk, so I'd say using corn and grain as feed for them is a good use for it. I understand the value in providing it to impoverished peoples as a substitute and staple however. I think a big issue in the way of wider food distribution is that it's still a time-sensitive, and resource exhaustive matter. Food expires, and the means to prevent it aren't necessarily cheap or easy. As to farmers simply giving away the grain they've produced for free, I'm sure we could agree that it'd be a rediculous plan ethics wise. However, surely a governmental or intergovernmental, tax-based fund could be used to purchase it, if there isn't one in place as is in some way. I'm rather uninformed on the topic, but just my two cents.

[@Alexander_Kale]

Considering how the population keeps increasing fastest in the poorer countries, I'd say "we" are doing a fantastic job in that regard...

[@Malkoth]

"Prevent climate change" "Fix climate change" "Coping with climate change"

[@_Clipper_]

Surviving the aftermath of climate change

[@Gtcarroll96]

“Staying sane in your new climate bunker”

[@simonjohnson3424]

I hate to rain on your parade, but sadly we can't prevent what's already happened

[@butterskywalker8785]

@@simonjohnson3424 we can slow it at least,giving life more time to adapt,more and more species are doing it,if we can slow it enough to we won't cause a man-made mass extinction we'd be a bit better,we can also delay greater changes til we somehow find solutions in the near future

[@flo0778]

@@butterskywalker8785 specie's extinction is not so much linked to global warming, it's more about their natural environment beeing replaced by cities/crops and the most competitive species killing the others across the world because of boats transporting them

[@ahmedmarhoon1322]

please upload more videos on climate change!

[@J-Kujo]

Fun Fact: The monkey in the Kurzgesagt intro changes what it's holding every episode

[@Xelaria]

Almost every episode, sometimes it just holds a phone

[@tytangameplay3118]

Grr my comment

[@akewlanima151]

oh shit

[@iamcrumbz2554]

Your just trying to give them more views and I completely agree with that

[@sanjanam520]

where

[@KylerLiam]

Other science shows: **Being serious with their animations** Kurzegasgt: *DUCK*

[@LightMusicK]

Ask Texas about CLIMATE CHANGE they do know now! LOL!!!

[@redandpigradioshows]

'Tis the science birb community, very important figures in all understanding of the universe

[@kayjay9383]

Just like Duck and Cover BS from the 1960’s

[@reuireuiop0]

Whahaha, miswriting Kurzgesagt actually produced a rewrite of the problem Short gassed :D

[@flame9826]

We call it Deutsche Qualität

[@collin-theonlyandone2299]

I wish that more and more people, especially leaders, were caring and mindful about the health of our planet. It's the only home we have and likely be the only home we will ever have. It gives us life, water, food and shelters us from the dangers of space, yet, here we are repaying Earth by continuing to destroy it with our greed, power and ego. If our beloved Earth is to be inhospitable, then surely, we will go extinct in no time and that's a consequence I cannot bear in my mind for the sake of future generations. Despite this, Kurzgesagt gives me the hope that, one day, we will all set aside our differences and fight to stop human-driven climate change to make the world a better place for every living being. Appreciate the gold video Kurzgesagt!

[@Kpba32]

our planet will be just fine, humanity on the other hand? not so much.

[@alastairpearce3078]

Just think about the normal people who will comply.

[@terenyi-szabomarton5034]

Good thing the fossil fuel industry isn't funneling money into politics so that they don't get regulated. Oh wait...

[@PedroBaleeiro]

Earth is gonna be fine, it will follow its planetary cicle of life. But we Humans, by not dealing with the bigger world problems right now, we are killing ourselves and taking some other species with us

[@NightZoneDE]

@@terenyi-szabomarton5034 Now that would be just TERRIBLE.

[@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

[@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?

[@aleisterlavey1001]

God, I feel so powerless.

[@dshapiro2518]

Please don't. I know that I can control what you think but there is still a positive future out there in the gloom. One of the best antidotes to climate anxiety or a feeling of powerlessness is to act. You may be already doing that but every inch of nature preserved, and every watt of energy produced by renewables, is a win for all of humanity.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

"Without power, you can influence nothing" -CGP Grey

[@dshapiro2518]

@@kamanashiskar9203 That may be true, but the common citizen doesn't lack power. Especially on the local level.

[@kamanashiskar9203]

@@dshapiro2518 Well, still their power is easily over-shadowed.

[@dshapiro2518]

@@kamanashiskar9203 But a small group of politicians cannot simply ignore massive civil unrest. When the masses march for change, change tends to occur.

[@RAIDENRAIDEN]

kurzgesagt - in a nutshell in a nutshell: 1. add science 2. add world ending possibilities 3. add birds 4. kill most of the birds

[@jordanbray1618]

@Ferazhin Lexico Mate, they're birds. They're for comic relief, not a signal of political leaning.

[@brunettimarco]

@Ferazhin Lexico 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@janielalanmaunahan6124]

@Ferazhin Lexico bro what tf you taking about

[@enderan647]

At this point i don't know if he likes birds or hate them.

[@adrianwatratan9843]

When u watch this video u are produced emission

[@Gui-jj4il]

Every time I watch this, it gets more and more real

[@LarsGsanger]

No it is not

[@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

[@alaneduardomartinezespinos2059]

This sounds easy, but money and greed will make this world deteriorate. I'm from Mexico and our president isn't taking action against global warming, and I don't think he is going to do it. I am concerned that I live in a country where almost no one cares about this and that no one has the initiative to make a change. There are few people in Mexico who give our little support. (sorry for my bad english xd)

[@fajardito1002]

thats c a p i t a l i s m

[@ralphmancini5156]

Bro your english is so good

[@Sw33tG4mer]

Alan Eduardo Martínez Espinosa Tell him!

[@namiyo9320]

Same here in the mediterranean countries , it's the last thing they would think about -_-

[@cruxlite5533]

don't worry my child.....your not alone BECAUSE THERES BARELY ANY COUNTRIES THAT ARE DOING ANYTHING

[@shinchanthebest]

people- GIVE YOUR ANIMATORS A RAISE!!!!! Storyboard artist- .__.

[@LemonAide]

🤣🤣🤣👌🏾

[@ThatNerdAlbert]

You've earned another like

[@cuppajoe2]

Yes

[@slbrah7375]

@That Nerd Albert and another like

[@Hayawii]

Excuse the stupid question, but what are storyboard artists?

[@Malakiel]

3. I would like to know which countries have reduced their C02 emissions and how. Thanks for the content.

[@SP-dw9gi]

I would like to hear more about Gen 4 Nuclear Realtors, SMR's like Nuscale, and MNR's.

[@maxdevil1654]

It's not the line of redaction of this channel. They are not anti nuclear, but they dismiss its huge advantage compared to renewable. They have done that over the lasts dozen of videos... In this video, getting more nuclear online was not even a solution proposed. And current renewable need fossile back up so...

[@namvo3013]

This video is sponsored by green energy organization, you can see it at the end of the video.

[@SuscriptorJusticiero]

@@namvo3013 Nuclear is, funnily enough, greener than most renewables. And I don't mean the "it glows green" joke -nuclear power is cleaner than almost all renewable power sources (and ties to wind at 12g CO2/kWh) and generates a lot less impact on the environment than wind and solar, and it's the safest form of power we have ever invented to boot (fusion may possibly be _even_ safer and _even_ cleaner, but that's not here yet). Besides, nuclear glows blue actually, not green :P

[@russib3391]

What?

[@nachthemd1]

@@maxdevil1654 Did you even watch the video? They literally said that new generation nuclear plant tech can be used to reduce emissions

[@booskie4316]

Spoilers: It COULD be avoided, but fossil fuel industries have massive economic and government power globally. It is in their interest that we keep using fossil fuels, so we do. edit: It should also be stated that these industries have massive MEDIA power as well. Hence why you have deeply uninformed people commenting below me about the "goodness" of Co2, as well as deeply informed people who believe that fossil fuel industries are the lynchpin to our economy. Unfortunately, both are equally manipulated.

[@gelatinocyte6270]

By "we do" you mean "we are doomed"?

[@zock_zock9147]

thanks

[@mabussubam512]

You can't avoid nor stop the climate change, it is not in human hands to stop it, it's like trying to stop earthquakes permanently, it's impossible for us.

[@Looch1717]

But dont they have families, kids? Do they just not care about their future or are they not informed somehow?

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Eh, well yes and no.. really. It's not as simple as say it's in their interest, it is but for more reasons than most of us are lead to believe. I mean people are exposed to more alternatives than ever and the adoption by comparison has been lacking. Not just because it's not convenient enough for the government, but also for the consumer as well. I mean this topic needs an essay, one I can't be bothered to dive into for now so I'll leave it at that for now aye.

[@selfianson]

Is it just me or they actually didn't kill a duck today?

[@limwoonseng2631]

5:26 suicidal bird

[@oidipous1464]

@@limwoonseng2631 is there a bird dying and a tardis every video or smth? I didn't notice

[@abdullahibnadam5816]

ducks will die anyway until we stop carbon emission. Stop carbon, save ducks.

[@selfianson]

@@limwoonseng2631 yeah but they didn't make it explode and stuff like that, he just dropped, and he's a bird.

[@louie5258]

5:25

[@swipeup0978]

Government must listen to this

[@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? 🤔

[@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

[@lelandshennett]

I’m noticing a lot of comments claiming “no no we need to focus on X,Y,Z not A,B,C” It kinda seems like we have to make drastic changes all the way around.

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

It wouldn't need to be so drastic, if we did the right things at the right times. Unfortunately, the right times were over 50 or even over 100 years ago, when the severity of this problem was already well understood.

[@Phrew]

That's simple whataboutism, as sad as it is. And by now you can not point out any issue without someone replying with some form of "Actually, there is this other issue that is more of an issue, hence we should focus on that!" Or the advanced kind of excuse among the lines of "But why should we in do anything, while is being much worse?" And that saddens me. It does, because people don't understand that someone has to start taking care of some problem. Others will follow. And also because pointing out a problem and working on solving it never indicates the importance of said problem. Because it doesn't matter, it's just another problem that needs solving.

[@quantum-co8zb]

In a nutshell we learn chemistry, physics, biology and environmental education. This channel helps me a lot in learning

[@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

[@nik_evdokimov]

A possible topic for the next video about climate change: "Is recycling economically efficient?" (or something recycling-related)

[@arielsproul8811]

It ain't for lithium

[@phlaxyr]

It is for aluminum

[@SofaMuncher]

Nearly all recycling it economically efficient, the tricky thing is that efficiency is spread across a huge portion of people and the ones actually doing the recycling suffer from it as personally for them it is much less efficient.

[@arielsproul8811]

@@SofaMuncher this was near incoherent, the only interpretations of this I have are all self contradictory

[@arielsproul8811]

@@TheRatsintheWalls this wasn't much better, but I'll raise a question: do the people recycling make money from it

[@achimlebt]

Made very well, I am just missing the two maybe most important factors here: 1) Reduced Consumption would especially lead to less emmissions, as long as we won't find ourselfes be satisfied with lass than with more and more we will have a porblem. So we need to find new ways of enjoying live without consuming new things all the time. 2) There are real people suffering from climate change. It's not a concept but a real problem, leaving small farmers families hungry because they can harvest less food and so on. As long as we see the climate change as a theoretical problem and not something that actually causes harm to people that are worth as much as we are there won't be a lot of changes made. That's at least what I believe :)