New Rule: Climate Shame | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@cuthwulf]

I work at an aluminum recycling facility. Aluminum is infinitely recyclable and uses just a fraction of energy to recycle vs. produce. Ball Aluminum introduced the aluminum "red solo cup" replacement last year and it's a great example of what real change can look like. Making products that and decisions at a level before the consumer is where the future lies.

[@GGoAwayy]

The problem is its not just one thing. Its everything. Plastic Solo cups are still sold and probably will always outsell aluminum ones. There needs to be a BIG coordinated concerted effort, not just yet another one little thing that makes people feel like they've done their part. Unfortunately there will be no coordinated serious effort until the skies are on fire. And even then... I'd bet against humanity.

[@cuthwulf]

@@GGoAwayy The path of 1000 miles begins with one step....Up until a few years ago, the technology to make these cups didn't exists. I think you're missing the bigger point, which is we need to focus on the THINGS THAT WORK. Bill's right that we're all hypocrites, but not all of that is just "humans don't want to do it". Most of it is that humans were provided erroneous information (like plastic recycling ability) and these programs were pushed by the plastics industry. What we need is to truly unite our efforts into the top 3-4 impact areas. Already auto manufacturers are putting more and more aluminum into cars. Aluminum recycled content is climbing. However, only a SMALL portion of states are deposit states. Until laws change this, it constricts the amount of aluminum available for recycled products. And guess who lobbies against the deposit laws? Steel, plastic, and importers.

[@GGoAwayy]

@@cuthwulf I think I grew up when eco awareness really took off... I still have that "all the beauty" rainforest rap song in my head from watching it in school in the early 90s. Maybe things would have been different under President Al Gore. But Ive been waiting... over 30 years for ANY sign that people are making an effort to change. All I see are little things like this... we can't solve climate change without giving up a materialistic consumerism lifestyle. We cant solve it without fully banning polluting industries. Attempts to band aid our current lifestyle choices into something slightly more eco friendly is not going to work. It has not worked. Things have actually gotten worse over the past 30 years, even with constant messaging. Even with schools teaching generations of kids about this stuff. We will not change until the end of us is imminent, and by then it will be too late. I hope Im not around to see it.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

oh so the solution is more centralised planning of products' life cycle who would've thought

[@dthornto31]

The analogy to aluminum doesnt hold. It is exponentially cheaper to recycle aluminum than to produce new aluminum. It is an economic issue and that is what drives hearts and minds

[@PowerUpEachDay]

Bill is sounding more and more logical every time I hear him

[@jaimesolis8362]

He has no choice and he knows it.

[@johannaholmgren8088]

Except here where he's still being a climate change emergency how. He's bang on about the hypocrisies. We spent how many years separating our garbage? For what? And then there are the electric cars....what absolute BS. Every. Single. Person. Going to Davos flies private. Tunaburger sailed around the world bitching and moaning about her "childhood" on some special yacht that required such an elite crew to sail her, that they had to fly them over!! (No doubt by private jet.) Climate change is real. But it's not an emergency. And even if it was, it wouldn't be because of our minimal contributions. All we are seeing is SJWs virtue-signalling as if that could produce energy itself. I grew up in the 70s, when big factories were producing a lot of pollution and nearly every day, people were running around screaming that the sky was falling, due to this pollution, that we'd have forever....10 years down the road, and pollution levels had dropped significantly.

[@ouranos0101]

He's always been like this.

[@mohnjarx7801]

@@ouranos0101 no he hasn't and he's said as much

[@ChainsawDNA]

And now he's labeled as a "righty"

[@vaughnmcmillan8400]

Whoee! Your gigs just keep getting funnier Bill! In this case, cuz you were honest enough to jab yourself with self-deprecating humor - at your own hypocrysy! Beautiful stuff man! And keep sticking it to the man - the elites that think they can lord it over us - by flying private! 😅

[@stefan1713]

Jimmy Carter flies commercial, he shakes hands with every passenger.

[@AlanBram]

I didn't realize he was in such dire financial straits.

[@someguy3186]

So it's three people then. 😂

[@at1970]

As our only moral, non lying president I’m not surprised.

[@tres311]

He’s literally stuffed by by taxidermist and rides in baggage

[@at1970]

@@tres311 Unlike the senile stiff we have now who has to sleep in a vat of formaldehyde.

[@aphroditesmith558]

I admire you always sharp and ahead of your time 💖💖💖

[@kennethdodge3779]

Thanks for having the guts to tell it like it is.the Truth

[@nevadaxtube]

The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

[@kz.m4251]

Well... that leaves me torn in two.

[@gonpow]

I like that

[@MyCvid]

I’m torn…I’m not sure if I think you should stfu, or if I feel you should stfu!

[@Yowzoe]

@@kz.m4251 well-said 🔲🔳

[@Yowzoe]

sometimes Maher makes you smarter, sometimes he makes you dumb

[@ericfett9218]

Celebrities and politicians "do what we tell you to do, and don't do what we do because we're hypocrites"

[@Isawwhatyoudid]

They are. However that doesn't change the fact that continued burning of fossil fuel will be at our own peril and that of of flora/fauna from around the world.

[@bobbyknight3589]

Or just engineering planes/vehicles that can run 100% bio feuls

[@Hollowsmith]

"The real technological problem is how *people* are wired." Now that is a powerfully true sentence.

[@Tyler-zl6yw]

truest statement there is. We're all just selfish by nature. In order for us to save ourselves, we need to transcend our nature. I have no idea how we do that...

[@jpteknoman]

As a british comedian put it "if i have to press a button that releases a big plume of black smoke and in exchange i can see my child grow up fed and healthy and able to have a family of his own, its a button i and any other father WILL press without any hesitation". the cost of our advancement in technology and quality of life is that big black plume of smoke that comes out of factories every day and we have 2 options: we either progress our technology further and faster to get to where we don't need that smoke or we go back to the 1700s... and most of what the clueless climate activists propose is us going back to the 1700s.

[@leoxd7029]

@@Tyler-zl6yw nope. That’s not it. There is no problem with how people are wired. And We are not selfish by nature. That’s the wrong word. At least by my definition of selfish which is „never considering anyone else’s goals or interests and solely focusing on your own interest, irrelevant of its consequence for other people.“ but that’s not what humans tend to do or be. Capitalism is not a selfish system either. It’s literally a system built on competence and providing value with that competence to other people. Mutual value provision. That’s what it is. And it’s that very true nature of recognizing we are all slightly different from one another, with different talents and strengths, and wanting to work on those talents and wanting to improve our lives with those is exactly why capitalism works. What people need to transcend is their inner demons. Their lower nature. Which is temptation, lying, cheating and so forth. Those things are selfish. Putting yourself first isn’t selfish, as long as you aren’t willfully damaging someone innocent to get your way. Of course you should put yourself first. The only way your life can be fixed is if you fix it. The only way everyone’s life gets better is if everyone takes responsibility for their own life. Everyone has that responsibility over their lives and it’s impossible to outsource it. I’d even argue that ideologies that preach sacrificing yourself in its extreme are satanic. Ideas that don’t recognize the sacred nature of the individual and it’s divine influence on its life are satanic. How people when they’re disciplined are wired is how they should be wired. If they act with the genuine Axiom of not setting out to hurt people, but setting out to provide something of value, that’s exactly what god intended. Those ambitions make the world better for everyone. That’s exactly what improved the circumstances in the west. That’s why everyone in the west is rich. There is nothing wrong with the way people are wired. You own life has to be your highest priority, because if everyone acted like that, within the moral framework of a society and with the intent of genuine improvement, everyone would be taken care of. And those who can’t do that, be it disabled people or people who have a genetic issue that doesn’t enable them to work and take care of themselves, that 10% of people need to be fed by society. But you can’t change how people are wired, in fact, it isn’t even desirable to do so. It’s desirable to transcend the evil. What’s desirable is raising awareness that everyone can be much more than they are right now. But being much more does not mean putting yourself below others. That’s the wrong way. Quite the opposite is true. Your interests should matter to you the most, because you’re not living anyone else’s life. But within a societal context. Hope this added value.

[@leoxd7029]

@No Name that’s not quite how that works

[@leoxd7029]

@@jpteknoman if there is only co2 in that smoke it’s not even an issue. 😂 just helps food production and plant life and makes the planet more inhabitable. But yes, you are right, the environmentalist approach is pure insanity and yes, that is where it’s headed. That smoke… that’s not the cost of our advancement. That is not accurate. It’s not a cost. And it isn’t destructive. It was one of the Blessings that we could extract energy from dead dinosaurs. There isn’t anything wrong with fossil fuels if you apply catalytic converter tech to it. Those who say there is don’t understand it. Same with people who are against capitalism. If you’re against it it means you don’t understand the first thing about it. Same if you’re for communism/socialism.

[@caterpillakilla]

I worked at a college where every wall had a recycling bin. All of it got thrown right into the dumpster. but hey at least it was separated for a moment

[@chapman1569]

Witnessed the same at a food court, people couldn't figure out the sorting !! They threw everything in the closest can! If they wanted to be serious they would need an attendant to sort the garbage!! They would have to increase the price of the meals to pay the person at the garbage cans! We are all going to pay for that later, nobody wants a dump near their house.

[@familykaplan1341]

That’s the dilemma, but Pembroke Pines, FL is collecting garbage and recycling together and separating them themselves

[@Gladescat]

That's too bad because students could make significant money recycling those cans.

[@swell_gal]

In Germany, they really recycle. They care about their country. Hence, they are disciplined about recycling.

[@September2004]

Holy shit, dude. That’s horrible.

[@willington-r9b]

This season has started as ruthlessly as ever. Great show. Great work.

[@joefrank3439]

I was wondering where he was going with that, but he nailed it…

[@gen-xboomer]

Maybe next year he'll have a full awakening and realize climate change is a giant lie. Climate change is 50 years of C19. Think about what we did the last three years and the harm's it caused. We could have spent 100 billion protecting the elderly and moved on. Instead we sent them back to the homes and spent 5 trillion. The fact people can't see the lie of climate change is the single biggest issue the planet has.

[@someguy2135]

Bill says that only Ed Begley and Greta Thunberg actually walk the walk, instead of just talking the talk. They are both vegan. That is the single most effective way to minimize your environmental footprint according to an Oxford Study, which was the most comprehensive such study done so far. We should walk the walk and go vegan too. There are many other compelling reasons to do so.

[@someguy2135]

The expert panel of the UN found that animal agriculture contributes more to climate change than all transportation combined! They urged mankind to switch to a more plant based food system. Going vegan is the single most effective way to minimize your environmental footprint according to an Oxford study.

[@johns9652]

Nothing is ever enough with these people, just this morning on the radio I heard some activist group wants to reduce the amount of anesthesia doctors and dentists are allowed to use, cause screw you if you have pain.

[@cherylkey1246]

Thank you Mr Maher for actually showing how crazy things really are !

[@gardengnome3249]

For a change.

[@wyominghome4857]

Where I used to live in Lorton, Virginia, we had a power plant that ran on trash. They separated out metal that could be recycled and wood and yard waste that could be chipped, toxic waste that required special processing, and almost everything else went in the furnace that ran the generator. This always seemed like a great system to me so long as you have scrubbers on the exhaust to pull out any toxic emissions.

[@clarenceeugene9692]

On the East Coast, a lot of coal-fired power plants have been converted to biomass. They are supposed to function on the burning of trash and other waste. However, many of them simply don't receive enough trash in order to generate the electricity needed. So a result, they started cutting down trees and burning wood. The kicker is that Biomass plants have been deemed "renewable" and receive the same subsidies as wind and solar. Basically, they are considered carbon-neutral because they supposedly plant a tree for every tree they cut down. It's ridiculous because it takes a sapling decades to draw in the same amount of carbon that was put in the atmosphere from burning a tree.

[@JoeCarpenter]

Like the scrubbers they have for coal plants that remove 96-98% of pollutants.

[@wyominghome4857]

@@gacitizen2 Exactly. So how would you assess that? Was trash to steam a good idea? On the surface it would seem so.

[@wyominghome4857]

@@gacitizen2 I agree, but I do like the idea of burning our mountains of trash instead of burying it. I remember reading years ago about a trailer park (California, I think) that had been built over a landfill. The landfill was emitting so much methane that they were able to stick pipes through the blacktop and use the gas to burn tiki torches.

[@wyominghome4857]

@@gacitizen2 BTW, the trash to steam plant was in operation the whole time I lived there - 2003 to 2017 - and it must have been profitable because the plant had a major fire around 2013 and they rebuilt it.

[@donsloan2075]

You're a gem, Bill. We aren't aligned politically but you're different, and listenable. And of course, funny. Glad you're with us.

[@jlouise2522]

He's not with you.

[@bevmin7398]

@@jlouise2522 Is he with you? Do you fly on his private jet? Most leftists are impossible to listen to but Bill’s always been funny. That’s what the world needs, not your divisive bs.

[@medmuscle]

@@bevmin7398 Bill isn't left enough for the left anymore. He is on the verge of being labeled a "riGhT wiNg eXtrEMiSt" nowadays. The thing is, is that people on the right know that climate problems are real. They also know that power hungry leftists will use the climate to power grab, just like they use minorities.

[@black-aliss]

@@bevmin7398 I think he qualifies as a centrist at this point, seeing as he's fairly sane and compassionate.

[@bevmin7398]

@@black-aliss A Classic Liberal, like Jonathan Turley. There are MANY more of them but I can’t think of names right now. The d’s ARE N a z I s. Look up Operation Paperclip. We’ve never been free. We didn’t win WW2. Another lie. Didn’t have many trials in Nuremberg as was thought. The nazis have been here since the end of WW2. They call themselves democrats. Demonic rats. Pro illegal aliens and ANTI AMERICAN. Open the border for the big replacement. The so called “browning of America.” The elite psychopaths have to be put down. They thought they could keep us locked down for TEN YEARS! They have lots of money but ZERO common sense.

[@klartext2225]

Great work, Bill, greets from Munich, Germany! Hope many in Ger-many would see this and listen to a voice of honesty and reason. And a damn funny one too.

[@dtg816]

That actually isn't the definition of insanity.

[@kamilegier4730]

A person’s level of dedication or belief in an idea or system can be directly measured by what they are personally willing to sacrifice for it.

[@seanreilly6819]

Bill never fails, and this clip is golden.

[@timothycooney986]

Once again, his commentary faithfully hits the mark. I've tried of counting cars that idle uselessly each morning so someone's backside is warm when they start driving. Thanks, Bill, for stating the truth - everyone believes environmentally responsible practice is someone else's job.

[@RobertMJohnson]

plagiarizes. the mark, you mean. conservatives have said this for over 2 decades

[@HandGrenadeDivision]

Warming the car up also ensures the windows are properly defrosted - a legit safety precaution. if the driver is living up to their responsibilities, they are using that idling time to clear all the snow off the top of the vehicle - the entire vehicle, including the roof and the license plates. I have a bigger problem with remote starters who leave their stereos on, driving home in afternoon with ambient noise all around. Because an appropriate volume at 4 or 5 pm is going to be really loud at 6 am when you hit the remote starter, and your car is on the street opposite everyone else's bedroom.

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@user-hz9om2ry3h enough with your virtue signaling. it's beyond nauseating and immature. as if YOU aren't a polluting member of the community.

[@matts1166]

Virtue signaling Aholes amuse me. I have an acquaintance that gave me crap for my "gas guzzling" old car. I was told to drive a hybrid, like him. He wasn't exactly amused when I pointed out that him getting a new car every 4 years or so all ready hurts the environment more than my 2005 Impala I've been driving for 17 years. Not to mention I drive about 5500 miles per year, he logs in almost three times that .

[@need2know739]

​@@matts1166 Ever drive behind any Model before 1975? The fumes will choke you out...The emission standards and C converters that act as scrubbers sure changed things. At least old cars had real metal in them to recycle... Modern cars are all Plastic and wires. The frame is recyclable and the batteries have value but NOT cost effective. Its sort of like spending an afternoon sifting a ton of Sand by Hand for $10 worth of Gold speck.

[@luliby2309]

So on point. And respect for being honest.

[@ducthman4737]

Except the climate fact. There is nothing wrong with the climate. It is just used to take your rights away by Big (Brother) Government.

[@luliby2309]

Hmm? What exactly do you mean? Could you explain?

[@juliannacalifornia]

Thank you for addressing all the garbage that is created by ordering everything online.

[@garyeaton5719]

One of your best Bill! Truth that’s undeniable. The big problem with recycling is the stuff that’s recycled is inherently low value, and ends up costing more to recycle it, then use new products. There are a few exceptions Aluminum being one, due to it’s huge energy requirement to process ore into new. So much ends up being virtue signaling. I flew on a corporate twin prop plane in the 70’s and it was so much better than commercial, new light jets have to be a dream in comparison.

[@Zzyzzyzzs]

So what's the solution? Doing nothing? Just letting it _all_ go to waste because ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ? And believing it's virtue signalling is just projection on your part. We don't do it because we want to _look_ good, we do it because we know it's such a stupidly, desperate huge tide of unregulated industrial polluters, forcing terrible habits from us ("your only options are a paper-thin paper bag, a terribly thin plastic bag that's effectively single-use because just putting bread in it will rip it, or a double-thick plastic bag made from five times as much plastic") and corrupting politicians so nothing ever stops them, that we're limited to doing something, anything to make even a small reduction in impact. Companies and countries play games trading abstract carbon credits; what can we do that doesn't amount to a total loss of hope and control? If you can't answer that, don't turn it around on us and say it's just to look good.

[@garyeaton5719]

@@Zzyzzyzzs there are not many easy solutions. My recycle company won’t take glass anymore. The extra truck to pick up recycling is a waste since frequently it in up in the landfill with all the other trash. Manufactures strive to make the most economical products and thus use the lowest cost materials to be competitive. At an automotive recycling conference almost 30 years ago. Someone asked what it would take to increase the recycle percentage of the automobile. I mentioned that if higher valued materials and components would make recycling more attractive and profitable, but it make them too expensive to buy. They made some components easier to disassemble and that made them easier to be stolen. They just had a climate conference in Switzerland and the attendees arrived in 1,500 private jets! No plane pooling for those folks! Do what makes sense wherever it’s possible. However, mandatory solutions have yet to very successful.

[@Virjunior01]

Yeah. When the thing with the most value is _money._

[@garyeaton5719]

@@Virjunior01 yup, a true fact of life.

[@highroller-jq3ix]

The big problem with not recycling is so obvious that deflecting from it seems nonsensical. "Virtue signaling" is a wingnut shame term for acting and thinking unselfishly.

[@shannonroche1182]

George carlin nailed this in his stand up .

[@someguy2135]

Bill is a big fan of George's work.

[@dylanshaw6764]

also Richard Jeni

[@What-kw6ox]

Carlin said we call Israeli terrorists soldiers, and Palestinian freedom fighters terrorists. Carlin was insightful. Maher keeps bringing on these Zionists. Bari Weiss tried to cancel her professors because they advocated for Palestinian rights, and against Israeli apartheid (Jewish supremacy). He brings war criminals like Netanyahu. I thought his audience didn’t like cancel culture or racism? Hypocrites on the left , racist on the right.

[@daycampgames]

right, cause’ george carlin is the only other comedian to ever editorialize humans and the environment.

[@michaelschmidt4678]

So true, thank you for speaking the truth, Bill

[@colinburns9736]

Beautiful work. The writing. The delivery. The honesty. And the message. Bravo. Fucking bravo.

[@kevinshedlarski7186]

I began listening to Bill a few months ago when I ran across his video with Jordan Peterson. I appreciate his viewpoints. As a Libertarian I disagree with a lot of his views but I also agree with him on a lot. What I really like about him is that he does not just run with whatever his “side” says or does. There are very few public figures out there that call out the ridiculousness on their own side.

[@kenbrady119]

I did stop flying in 2014. Also sold my 2nd (and last) car in 2011. I walk/bike/bus/train everywhere. It's a healthy and relaxed way to live.

[@jimtolbert4966]

Thank you. A person who lives according to his values. If only Bill Maher lived according to his values instead of his immediate comforts.

[@edsteadham4085]

Good for you!now let me live how I think best. Deal?

[@Gumblethebear]

Only way we will ever fix the problem is inventing our way out of it. You can't stop the forward momentum, you can only guide it in a direction that will make things better.

[@roarblast7332]

We will not invent our way out of the problem. We will be faced with a critical juncture and will either adapt or die.

[@jrelevates1574]

That's how I feel about the over packaging... it's the CORPORATIONS that are packaging their stuff need to do better. I can only reuse so much.

[@josephpeeler5434]

You can choose not to buy wt all from those big, bad corporations, dear. How many pears of shoes do you have? Shut up.

[@kommisar.]

Their bottom line is improved by cutting costs. How do you figure they are over-packing?

[@tioswift3676]

@@kommisar. For instance...the salads I like have 6 individual plastic bags total for ONE salad. One bag each for the croutons, dressing, bacon bits, cheese, seasoning, and the bag that contains everything inside. 6 plastic bags for a salad. Cost cutting only goes so far. I have many other examples of this.

[@kommisar.]

@@tioswift3676 Yes, and you know why they do this? Because people like different amounts of that stuff on their salads. By packaging the stuff individually, it attracts more consumers by giving them the ability to control just how much of those toppings they have mixed in their salads. People can be picky. Providing consumers more choice over their salad toppings gives the salad companies a way to out-compete one another. No, cost cutting doesn't only go so far. They do not purposefully over-package their goods. Their whole goal is to maximize their profits. They have all kinds of experts and meetings to make sure they are not wasting supplies.

[@tioswift3676]

@@kommisar. I get what you’re saying…but this is too much waste. here’s a more egregious example. I get premade meals every week, put them in the microwave. And have a great tasting fresh meals in 3 minutes. Each meal comes in its own divided plastic dish, covered in plastic film. Inside the plastic dish with the food is usually 1-3 plastic containers with lids (butter, sour cream, diced chives/parsley, etc). Then on top of the plastic dish, there’s a printed cardboard cover that each individual dish slides into, which tells you about that single meal. On top of that, each cardboard and plastic dish is plastic coated. On top of that, the giant cardboard box these meals come in, also have 5-6 thick plastic bags filled with a gel substance that they freeze and put into the box to keep things cold. On top of that, they place a 1 inch thick cardboard + insulation material which envelopes the entire inside of the box. On top of that, between 10-20 paper inserts go into the box, repeating what each individual meal has in it (already on the printed cardboard), plus offers for new products and other things. This might be a better example than the salad one.

[@DavMadNJ]

SO Spot ON! - I saw Ed Bagley at O'Hare some years ago - flying commercial.

[@superchi31]

I was working in a rich dude house once installing an outdoor audio system and he was about to take lunch with his family when I overheard him say: I want some avocados from my farm, so he sent two of the staff on his helicopter to get them. I thought once you count the transport cost those must be some of the most expensive avocados ever. And now Everytime I see a helicopter passing by I wonder what important thing deserves using a helicopter now? Lemons for Margarita's? Run out of toilet paper? Or just forgot his reading glasses

[@B3Band]

Kobe

[@dennisbrower7959]

Not having kids will help save the planet? Ask Elon Musk about that.

[@docohm50]

Sounds like you're a little jealous. Now run off and connect speakers.

[@0ntimetaiment921]

@@dennisbrower7959 First of: Musk's an idiot. Second: The planet does not need saving. Only the people who would suffer from climate change/pollution. Third: Yes, less humans means less pollution if everything else stays constant. In fact it's the only way in the long term, as humans cannot physically be CO2 neutral. There is some physical limit of how many people can live on earth with a stable environment. Technological advances can only bring us closer to that absolut limit, never past it.

[@daviderwin4705]

Or just sight seeing

[@scottfleckenstein7948]

Bill is one of the last few media people with common sense.

[@ettucat1]

About 50/50, and that's fair.

[@nev707]

One of Bill’ best dialogues. Lots of fans in Australia.

[@RobertMJohnson]

copying what conservatives have literally said and written for the last 2 decades

[@thomascavalcanti6607]

Monologues*

[@nev707]

Pardon my grammar-you’re right.

[@jopo7996]

Bill's New Rules were like climate change. The audience wasn't sure at first, but they really warmed up by the end.

[@moniqueengleman873]

I think he messed up the definition of insanity. It threw the audience off.

[@harrybarker3269]

A voice gets downed out by the rabble. A million voices together can make a beautiful sound. Everyone has to do their part. There is literally no other way through.

[@R.Oates7902]

@@harrybarker3269 Drowned out you mean

[@24killsequalMOAB]

They definitely didn't treat it as an emergency

[@waynee5603]

I see what you did there...

[@odysodys1098]

You have to appreciate Bill Maher's candor.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

The new thing we need to try is exercising some f'ing moderation, overall. Eating, shopping, and medicating ourselves along sensible rather than 'paranoid hoarder with an arsenal' guidelines.

[@mogznwaz]

But that would mean less ‘growth..’

[@bobbuliniusbotulismus7129]

Yep. Just stopping eating beef would solve most of the planet's deforestation problems instantly.

[@kimhunter8395]

And turning off the internet to give the electron gobbling servers a break.

[@Outlaw982]

I hear it a lot from people saying they want to change our make a difference but there actions say different. My soon to be home is a small 14x40 cabin. Use less and keep less.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

@@Outlaw982 Nice--enjoy! I live tiny myself now (not for ethical reasons but due to a hurricane) and i confess i love it. One good-sized room is cheap, a dream to clean, and not overwhelming when i inevitably misplace crap :)

[@exploremoreoutdoors]

George Carlin. Nothing else need be said.

[@tectorgorch8698]

That is correct, sir.

[@williammunny8514]

Who's George Carlin?

[@jasonstegallco.960]

William Munny -- he was that bearded dude who did that famous "Baseball vs. Football" monologue...aaaaaaand some other rant about seven dirty words you can't say on television that never really caught on nor influenced 3 future generations of comics too much...

[@Dr.TJ1]

I worked for a company that had a corporate jet and if you had enough people going to the same place and the executives weren’t using it, average employees were allowed to use it. After being on it once, it was the only way to fly and I got to fly on it several more times. Drive your car right up to the hanger, no TSA lines or TSA at all, and plenty of beer and really great snacks for the flight home.

[@cshubs]

Sounds like heaven. I got upgrade to first class in a commercial jet once, because I gave up my regular seat twice to people who wanted to sit together. First class wasn't even private, and I loved it. I only imagine what flying private is like!

[@frankyouell7561]

I have been on a few corporate jets. I wasn't all that impressed. I would not go out of my way to fly private.

[@Dr.TJ1]

@@frankyouell7561 Oh, so you'd rather take a cab or park your car in some distant lot and shuttle to the terminal, walk long distances in the terminal, take your shoes off and wait for long periods of time in a TSA line, sit in crowded seats with no elbow room, potentially listen to wailing babies, and pay outrageous prices for a beer. To each his own I guess but I'd take private every time. And maybe the strangest part of all of your reply is that private jet hangers are usually located closer to the airport entrance so you don't have to go out of your way, it's actually closer.

[@kurtsudheim825]

Obviously it's nicer/ easier, but the point is whether it's really that necessary. The point of flying is still to get from a to b, both things do that. Could also still go first class if you want a nice drink

[@Dr.TJ1]

@@kurtsudheim825 Obviously, anything that can be done can be reduced to its most rudimentary purpose, including wearing clothes, driving a car, decorating a house, etc. but for me, a part of what makes life interesting is doing things in style rather than in dullness. So drive the best and most stylish car you can afford and fly by corporate jet if you can because it's way more stylish than flying by one of the major carriers. For some people, the duller things may work because they get the job done but I for one want to enjoy the finer things while I'm here while still living within my means.

[@mockdawg]

Damn, he was on fire in that skit! 👏👌

[@mikemondano3624]

Yes, and somebody will inhale all that poisonous smoke.

[@mockdawg]

@@mikemondano3624 ok

[@Greedman456]

Good talk. We need something serious. Well said Bill

[@teammartinez5745]

Amazing. Bill. I love it!!!💪

[@batgurrl]

Glad they finally posted it and you nailed it. I’m in the category ‘I would if I could’. Your honesty is refreshing.

[@daneav8]

Exactly. Private Jet shaming is so hypocritical by those that do it. Imagine a world were owning a personal car was financially out of reach for 90% of the population. Those 90% had to travel by public transportation while the other 10% drove around in their own private car. The 90% would shame the 10% because they were driving around privately. But in reality, we live in a world were 90% of us can own a private car….so we do. Millions and millions of cars, trucks, and SUV’s driving around - despite the fact that it would be “better for the environment“ if we all took mass transportation. We do it, because we can. Same for people who can fly privately - they can. And if more could afford it, they would do it too. Private aircraft shaming is hypocritical. On another note; World wide, the commercial aviation (that includes private jets being flown by a professional crew), contributes less than 5% of total carbon emissions. Most people, through misinformation spouted by media, assume aircraft are giant pollution machines. Not true. Aircraft engine manufacturers have made tremendous improvements in fuel efficiency, noise pollution, and reliability over the decades.

[@juanallado7247]

It is hypocritical to preach climate change when you are a bigger contributor of pollution. I don’t know Bill but I be willing to bet he owns a big house, even though he’s single. I would also say he owns multiple properties even though he doesn’t have a family. I bet he owns multiple cars. He flies in a private jet. For years, he preached climate change and talked about how people should sacrifice. What about him?? Where were his sacrifices?? I have more respect for him if he stopped preaching to his audience and to regular middle class people who barely can survive today on meager salaries and low-wages. Why is it when society wants sacrifices, it’s always the poorest and middle-class that has to do the sacrificing?? Environmentalist will say that Air-Conditioning is bad for the environment. They expect the poor and middle-class to give A/C so the rich can A/C their multiple homes that they are not using… Cough… I mean “so we can protect the environment!” He needs to start yelling at his politicians. If he wants to see changes to the environmental policy, then he should start there. And he doesn’t have to do it on TV. He has the power, money and influence to reach any politician he wants behind close doors. I rather he do that.

[@ceofounder]

Real Time's New Rule is comedic and hilarious truth! Bill Maher awesomeness!

[@AJ-xm4xc]

yeah no.

[@ceofounder]

@@AJ-xm4xc Yeah no! I blocked and spam removed you; yet you stay around like KZbin bacteria!

[@MrKFess]

Thanks for offering your great solution, genius.

[@OfTheGaps]

What's your point? _"WE gotta do something! (Well, not ME, 'cause I'm rich and important. Ha ha ha.)"_ Brilliant. More wisdom from grumpy old Bill.

[@captainhaddock6435]

on point

[@will88TFs4Life]

He's usually good at understanding his audience, but private flying is quite unrelatable and it distances him greatly from the average man.

[@iamgodiamgod638]

He’s exactly right. If you ever flown first class you’d understand.

[@kavirajanr]

@@will88TFs4Life Probably the intention was they shouldnt feel guilty of anything?

[@Criner05]

@@iamgodiamgod638 I've flown first class. I still don't need it, or a private jet.

[@danquinnell3502]

Nailed it to the wall Bill. Thanks.

[@christinamerklin2166]

One of your best ever Bill!

[@m.r.jarrell3725]

Bill, you and I are of an age that we can remember how flippin' dirty we were back in the 60's and 70's. The environment is vastly cleaner than it was when we were young.

[@richardlug6139]

I am of that age also. The problem with his coal energy supplied statistic is that the reason why it has stayed the same % is because coal use has increased in a lot of places like China and India. It has decreased in the US and our coal fired electrical plants that are still operating hardly have any Co2 escaping out of their smoke stacks compared to the filthy stacks overseas.

[@m.r.jarrell3725]

@@richardlug6139 True, as far as it goes. Many, if not most, by now, of the US coal plants switched years ago from coal to natural gas and those that remain are likely to switch, as well. We truly need more nuclear! That is the solution to these issues.

[@daneav8]

Thank you!! Finally someone has acknowledged that we HAVE made improvements over the decades! I’m so tired of young people demanding “immediate” change and they are totally ignoring the fact that we have been changing dramatically for decades. AND, we will continue to improve as we discover new technologies and improvements current ones. I’m so tired of the “but, the glass is half empty crowd”

[@jeffrodrequez]

And yet the environmentists will still say the world is going to end in 10 years, 20 years no wait just 10 more years...and it never does. We can be responsible I like clean air and water as much as the next person but seriously "save the planet"?. Aluminum cups or paper straws are going to save a planet that was fine before we came along and will be fine when we are long gone. As humans we have yet to understand the "international law of unintended consequences". We get righteous and try to fix something that isn't really broken and end up killing 10 species of wildlife due to wind turbines off the coast (because no one wants them in their backyard). Or have people freeze to death because oops we didn't make our green energy machines cold proof. The environmental movement leaders are grifters. Any time there is that much money in something it is corrupt. Read Michael Crichton's State of Fear. Great read but footnoted and documented if you want to have your eyes opened.

[@colorocko1]

I agree, the change has been for the positive but now the extremists are going way to far.

[@kevinberry5509]

As someone who would be considered very conservative by Bill’s standards. I always enjoy his take and am constantly surprised how much we agree on, even though we arrive at the conclusion and our solution is vastly different.

[@Ozziljian]

We need to get back to returning, washing, and reusing glass bottles instead of using containers that fill the landfills. imo

[@aliadeeb6859]

This is one of those Bill Maher rants where you just have to run the seek bar back to to the beginning after he's done and listen to it again.

[@procurement3681]

The Fox News talking point about gas stoves was bad enough the first time.

[@aliadeeb6859]

@@procurement3681 he said that banning gas stoves won't have the desired effect on climate change. Bill and fox news are both right about that.

[@juliankelly2946]

@@procurement3681 Wasn't fox's outrage in response to gas stoves being supposedly cancerous, not bad for the climate? I think it's a different thing

[@mokiloke]

Sure i find it a bit tedious, but then again the reason humanity has no chance of surviving long term is you, and people like you. So enjoy seeking the bar. Personally i dont give a damn as ive accepted that there are people like you.

[@aliadeeb6859]

@@mokiloke so you believe we're gonna die because we're skeptical of people telling us to use a bit less and save the world while at the same time being full of shit themselves? Cuz that's all this video was about. If academy award speeches are the key to save humanity long term humanity then we are gonna be just fine.

[@InaEsin]

When the WEF starts to do ZOOM meetings vs over a THOUSAND FUCKING PRIVATE JETS a hundred times a year: THEN I will know it's time to take shit seriously. Until then? I'm not going to worry about the two trips to town I make to go grocery shopping.

[@InaEsin]

I heard/read somewhere that even Greta and her parents have a private jet, ffs. It was when she staged the arrest. So she is full of shit too.

[@CelineNoyce]

Yes my employer keeps insisting I go back to work for NO REASON. They should be jumping at the pollution saved from me working at home... but they aren't. Why is that?

[@CelineNoyce]

@@shannonbrice8012 Yes if climate change was real the government would not be concerned about downtown businesses. But it isn't real ... so you see their priority is that.

[@kavirajanr]

and carbon offset it 😄 waiting for Bill to take on that next

[@weldabar]

@@CelineNoyce because bean counters need something to count, and unfortunately our actual work output is not an important metric for many employers.

[@Translator-zj2fq]

Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!! All the best from Brasil!!!

[@2013venjix]

Finally, you uploaded it. Been wondering what happened here. 'Cause it should've been uploaded on Friday.

[@JayAlba8]

Same

[@emmynem6847]

Yes!

[@dvdragon]

The person that supposed to upload it was quiet quitting. j/k

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

Yeah know, generally people are expected to pay for his show through and HBO subscription. Glad we can get some content for free.

[@renobutters]

@@YouAreStillNotablaze But we're getting less and less of it. I probably wouldn't pay for it, but even if I wanted to, HBO max isn't available in my country...

[@paulbrinkman5631]

Thanks for bringing back the good 'ol, Jetson Generation spirit, Bill.

[@badreality2]

Getting rid of plastic liners and bags for garbage, is a good start...

[@johningram2153]

Great piece, and he's completely right. Interesting camera choices, by the way. There were 3 guests, apparently, but the only one they showed was Bari Weiss, over and over again. I heard somebody else laughing repeatedly, who sounded I thought like Donna Brazile, but I'm not sure who it was, because they didn't show anybody else.

[@blaiseanddestroy]

That laughed sounded like a female Gary Coleman

[@cuzndupre2822]

It was the idiot Bari Weiss. Bill has now moved in to his late 60's and it shows. CNN wants him to host weeknights so they can move more to the right! The world has gone nuts.

[@Dankdalorde]

Completely dumb takes

[@majesticctrees]

I’ve said for years that the only solution to recycling is restricting what companies can use for their products. You can’t expect consumers to recycle single use plastics, but it’s possible to put the responsibility on the companies for producing single use plastics, otherwise they face being fined. Will it piss consumers off to see products packaged in something other than plastic? Probably. However it’s a lot harder to be environmentally friendly when a lot of states/counties don’t have the infrastructure for recycling, and your only choice of buying food and drinks are packaged in plastics that can’t be recycled.

[@mikethe1wheelnut]

he's absolutely right about how people are wired.

[@emesshots1161]

This is a brilliant monologue

[@radiofreealbemuth]

Al gore in his Oscar winning documentary said the Arctic would be gone by 2013 and polar bears would be extinct. Polar bears are thriving right now and not even on endangered list. Media was also fearmongering about 10 years ago, citing "experts" that were predicting Florida would be underwater in 7 years. Australia even warned in 1999, that in 20 years, there would be no more snow. They just had historic record snowfall. Climate has always been changing. That's why ice age is cyclical and Sahara desert was lush 10,000 years ago.

[@Gladescat]

What's happening now is not normal climate change. It's not the sun (irradiance is declining), heat islands, or Milankovitch cycles. Ignore the alarmists like Gore, ignore the bloggers, and focus on the scientific literature (Nature, Science, PNAS, etc.). Temperature is rising with atmospheric GHG levels, and sea level rise has been accelerating now for 60 years. Meanwhile, skeptics cannot explain this rise over the past 60 years no matter how many goofy hypotheses they toss out and get debunked. When are they going to find that variable that explains this warmingif it isn't GHGs?! WHEN?! radiofreealbemuth, open your eyes because you've been conned!

[@AdvocatusDiaboliFin]

Stop listening to politicians and start listening to the scientists.

[@Alien_at_Large]

Thanks for your honesty.

[@Citizen16603]

Heartbreakingly true monologue.

[@RainFall-2022]

I have been enjoying your style, thought process and delivery for decades. You never cease to both entertain and amaze me. Earthlings abiding in contiguous America don't give a damn if they must exert one iota of personal energy on something which doesn't make them shine. The parents failed terribly at their job. America's kids are so anomalous. and, yet...

[@colorocko1]

I disagree, most people are on board to do the right thing the best they can. Keep educating ( truth as there is too much BS in many of the statistics) and people will come around. You cannot force your way (green extremists) on people as I for one will rebel on that!

[@RainFall-2022]

@@colorocko1 - I am well into my eighth decade and find the degradation of society in just three generations absolutely deplorable. The youth of today want, as has been the case, everything handed to them. That includes HubGub, SkipTheDishes and the rest. Dare I call them lazy? Sure, they are. As if that isn't bad enough, they lack basic education. "It's too hard." Not to take sides with the 'haves', I must make a case for the 'have nots': Republicans have it set up so that rural areas do not qualify. You're too poor to educate but it's okay to vote...as long as you vote Republican. And they stare in wide-eyed consent. And vote.

[@biggi3st3v3]

Earthlings? Careful there bud, a statement like gives away that ur really from another planet😂

[@RainFall-2022]

@@colorocko1 - If you are willing to both question and rebel, you must have an education. Republicans control and rely on votes from those without a college degree...which means they passed Grade Three and went to work on the farm. You make strong points, though, for the educated.

[@RainFall-2022]

@@biggi3st3v3 - Damn! And they warned me about that possibility just before launch. I practised it all the way. Memorization, repetition, and I still screwed up. The worst part, Biggest Ever? I happen to know for a fact that THEY ARE WATCHING.

[@kathleencochrane9698]

I love your raw honesty!

[@justinopperman4204]

I was an avid recycler until I worked at a large distribution warehouse plus a large retail store. I realized no matter what I do will ever matter with the amount of plastic waste that was generated on a daily basis.

[@katanaman444]

This is a fallacy because you're comparing your own individual efforts to waste generated in the service of thousands of people

[@asmosisyup2557]

@@katanaman444 It's really not. Your individual household rubbish is trivial compared to industrial waste, and even if it did matter 95-100% of it doesnt get recycled anyway, its simply waste. Recycling by in large is a fallacy.

[@TheDreadAlarm]

You really can't blame the consumer when this is the world we live in-- dictated by corporations / the powerful few. There are plenty of regulations that can be imposed on the companies producing non recyclables

[@liyacarolyn6055]

and yet he imposes guilt on us, smart propaganda move

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

Stop buying stuff, that's your power as a consumer. Then the world we live in won't be dictated by corporations/the powerful few.

[@ZeeCaptainRon]

Do you even read your own statement?

[@dianemacmillan7817]

Absolutely right on -great!

[@christerry1773]

“I fly private” LOL. As bad as people may look when being brutally honest, there’s something to be admired at the same time! People want to do the right thing, but they also want to sacrifice as little as they possibly can!

[@sunnyside9273]

That's why nothing matters until it effects ME ! lllol

[@davidchoate512]

RULES FOR THEE, not for me.

[@manzchello4752]

Sounds like an everything can kiss off moment. The environment is screwed.

[@johnnations5932]

Flying is always awful. The best thing about being rich would be forcing everyone to learn patience: they'd have to wait while I arrive by train and boat .

[@vinylrichiejr.2416]

Yes you‘re right, but actually no, you’re wrong, there are people who really make sacrifices consciously and don’t expect to get an award for it, they just do it because they know it’s the right thing. Actually it’s not really a sacrifice in their minds, its just what is needed and isn’t affected by other people’s lifestyles, these don’t change what is the right way.

[@Wolverines77]

While in the Marine Corps I used the militay's Space Available to visit my parent's who were stationed in West Germany. One of the hops between bases was on one of the medevac C-9's. There were 8 actual seats up front. I was the only passenger and it was freaking amazing being the only passenger in an oversized ( basically a U.S. domestic 1st class seat that reclined like a recliner between Rota NAS and Sigonella NAS. It was 2 pilots, 2 nurses and two orderlies (the basic aircrew for said jet) and myself. I could get anything I wanted out of the refrigerator in the back. Out of the 200 or so flights I have been on in my life it was by far THE BEST ONE.

[@Ihavebeenwatchingyou]

God bless the military industrial complex.

[@whatabouttheearth]

We're used to take C9s all the time and after 9-11 my unit Marine Corps Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team were treated like rock stars, we flew in our own C9s all the time, sometimes we'd even take out firearms on civilian 747 flights as part of RAMs (Random Anti-terrorism Measures) to bolster security, we would literally be putting 240Gs and 249 SAWs in the overhead compartment, it was odd, but everyone knew we were on the war path and they really did seem like they felt safer with a platoon if armed Marines on their flight, everyone was scared. At that time every USG ship through the Straights of Gibraltar needed an armed escort so we'd constantly fly from Naples Italy to Rota and than escort ships down the Mediterranean to their port and than do it again and again and again.

[@Wolverines77]

@@whatabouttheearth I was trying to get to Ramstein AB during REFORGER '87. My trip home from 29 Palms to Ramstein was 8 full days of craziness. March AFB to Andrews AFB, 30 minute turn around to Dover AFB, 2 days until I was able to catch a hop to Rota NAS, dayand half at Rota until I was able to catch the flight to Sigonella, almost a full day there until I had to head over to Athens AB or AS (can't remember which one it was). 8 hours there until the "Eagle" hit the bases in Turkey (wasn't going to take the risk of being kicked off the plane in Turkey), from there to Torrejon AB and then back to Rhein Main AB. I should have just spent the $1000 to catch a non-stop commercial flight from LAX to Frankfurt. Ended up spending almost that much between meals, BLQ rooms, bus ticket from 29 Palms to Riverside. At least the flight back to the States was easy, Rhein Main AB to Charleston AFB and civilian flight the next morning up to Jacksonville (Camp Lejeune). It was cool flying on almost all of the Air Force's transport aircraft over a 8 day period. The Air Force C-9 was set up basically the same as the Navy version... Too bad your team wasn't on that TWA flight that Navy diver was murdered on... Semper Fi brother!!!

[@Wolverines77]

@@Ihavebeenwatchingyou No different than private medical transport aircraft, only larger. It is a benefit so many who serve never use. International hops for only $10, from base to base in the continental U.S. is free. Yes, tgank god for the MIC...

[@dougcargill6730]

I had a similar experience back during the first Gulf War. I was meeting my ship in Dubai, but my flight landed in Abu Dhabi (that flight was in the back of a C-141 from Subic Bay via Diego Garcia, which is another story). The only way I could get there was in a C-20 (a Gulfstream). It’s an experience I will never forget.

[@az57man65]

Thank you Bill‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@travisjames2962]

Good Job, Bill! I'm finally able to listen to you without wanting to scream at the screen because of your immense hypocrisy!

[@shelbyjohnson5623]

The Ed and Greta reference literally LMAO!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@inhale3384]

I stopped buying on Amazon! I told my friends I am on an Amazon diet. LOL It was my adult kids who convinced me to try it. Honestly, I am saving money too, besides the other things. It is amazing how more things cost on Amazon for that “convenience” factor.

[@memewalkerb5305]

I actually take the high-speed train that really isn't. It hasn't killed me to take 7 hours to get from route 128 near Boston to Arlington, VA. Also, there's free public transportation where I live so I don't need to drive very much. I do use the dryer for some clothes but dry about 25% of my laundry on a clotheshorse. So, we can do little things to reduce our impact on the planet. Just pick a couple of things. You'd be surprised to learn that even for a 70 yr old a 2-mile walk doesn't kill you unless you are truly disabled. BTW, I don't live in NYC, I live in a Greater Boston suburb.

[@rodneyskelly5960]

To any flight you need to add the transit time to the airport,check in, security and delays.Rail is typically city centre to city centre even if the actual time on the train is longer.

[@rodneyskelly5960]

Also on a train the practice is to keep your bags within eye sight meaning no long wait on arrival and the uncertainty about whether the bags will actually appear on the carousel!

[@bobbuliniusbotulismus7129]

Yeah. I think most Americans could help A LOT - the planet, and their own waistline - by just walking a few miles for odd errands instead of driving. The time they save by driving is just spent sitting on uselessly their ass scrolling on their phone later anyways

[@djp3525]

Congrats. You are the donkey at the table.

[@erichancock6815]

wouldn't it be a big boost to the climate change battle is we invested in completely updating our rail system to meet or exceed the speeds of other trains so rail could replace most, if not all national rail travel & gut the amount of pollution we produce by flying commercial and/or private?

[@joshbuzz1982]

I wish I could like this video more than once.

[@craigzilla100]

I do my part.. I try my hardest not to use plastic bottles and I'm too poor to fly anywhere. I also work from home 3 days a week because gas is so damn expensive. 😂

[@malachi-]

I try to hold my farts in as long as I can.

[@craigzilla100]

@@malachi- it's all we can do..

[@johnklahn7720]

thanks craigzilla100. you rock!

[@bbtank3000]

"Environmentalists don't give a shit about the planet. You know what they're interested in? A Clean place to live. Their OWN habitat. They’re worried that someday in the future, they might be personally inconvenienced." -George Carlin

[@brentmason6782]

George Carlin told jokes to support his cocaine weed and beer habits! He wasn’t a philosopher or a professor on climate change. He said things on stage that people either thought were funny or didn’t. I wouldn’t quote him to try and make a point about about people who spend their lives studying and researching climate change! They unlike GC…base their research on facts…GC said things he hoped made people chuckle!

[@jimspy1001]

I'll bet you're a hoot at funerals ..

[@whatabouttheearth]

Rediculous generalization, "environmentalists" aren't all the same thing, and cats like Deep Green Resistance, the Anarcho Primitivists and Green Anarchists are not messing around at all. That being said the Earth Liberation Fronts tactics were questionable of course.

[@jjgeoffphhcinkkllee]

@@brentmason6782 Calm down, self-important human. We will be extinct some day, so stop wasting your short life trying to "fix" a planet that is a meaningless cosmic accident.

[@brentmason6782]

Your right…keep quoting dead comedians to make your point about a Bill Maher segment on climate change. It’s so rational and timely! As far as humans being extinct in time…maybe you can start that chain of events…No one will miss you!

[@marksauck3399]

Bill is finally funny. I said this ten years ago that there’s so much fodder out there for comedians to mock and make fun of if they’d just stop being politically correct.

[@dvdragon]

Tayler Swift will write a song about you holding up the baggage line.

[@WHNorthcote]

What is causing all of this waste? Tetra packs. Your milk bottle made of plastic. When I was younger in the 1970's and so on in the UK we had milk bottles made from glass. Soft drinks in glass bottles. We would recycle our milk bottles. We had bottle banks to separate our waste into coloured glass. We even had a scheme to talk back bottles for money so they could go back and get washed, sterilised and reused. We could make some money for bubble gum or chocolate bars. Even in the early 80's we were recycling like mad until Tetra packs came along. The plastic bottles you now get which gets thrown away and dumped in either India or Africa. Back then we had it right. We swept up glass on the street and recycled it, we did recycle and we were aware of the damage to the environment. So where did we go wrong?

[@eduardoescobar1906]

Yeah? No, in my country we stopped doing the milk bottles thing because the milkmen started banging the housewives and we had to stop it.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

glass bottles are heavier and consume more fuel to transport as well as to manufacture so unless you use reusable glass bottles using disposable glass bottles will waste more energy and emit more CO2

[@WHNorthcote]

@@TeddyKrimsony We did reuse and recycle glass. Even glass factories took in recycled glass and made them into bottles. It was a thing we did before plastic bottles ever became a thing.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

@@WHNorthcote recycling glass requires way more energy than making new plastic bottles also a glass bottle weighs 10x a plastic bottle so transporting glass will require more energy

[@WHNorthcote]

@@TeddyKrimsony See this is why we are doing nothing. We have advanced in the technology where we can go to glass and recycle now. We don't have the floating garbage pile in the pacific if we just kept to glass. We would not be having micro plastics in sea animals now. Plastic as a usage is good but we are rubbish at recycling that. We were recycling glass for generations. We have better management of furnaces and use natural gas. Before we used wood gas or coal gas which produced a lot of waste. We now have gas which is more better in heating quicker than the black or brown coal we used in the days before we changed our minds on pollution. The smog of London brought the clean air act in the 1950's. We started to change from coal to gas. We have become more adept at using manufacture now than what we did in the 1980's. I admit there is a longer way to go before we have heat energy from fusion but we are going there slowly But from 1980 onwards we have advanced enough to leave plastic bottles and recycle glass, bricks and concrete better than before. We just need that kick to get it going again.

[@ern133]

you are great again. post trump bill is brilliant

[@AkiratheAfricanWhiteScopsOwl]

I like how all your videos play wout any ads and load quickly. I wish all channels did this

[@Nick-zu9sn]

As always, a significant point. Thanks Bill.

[@4500KneeGrow]

Bill has his on private jet

[@FanSeitz]

At least he's honest and not a hypocrite like a majority of celebs pictured, looking at you Leo.

[@leo-wr6do]

After 20 years of pointing fingers and beings sanctimonious about it? He's not honest. He's just jumping ship on all the issues that he helped to divide us over the years. I used to be a fan of his. No longer one.

[@stevenp2309]

Do U think if Leo reduced his carbon footprint to zero by killing himself climate change would be solved?

[@Marijuanifornia]

Are you kidding? Bill Maher is the biggest hypocrite on television. This asshole has been on tv for decades and brags constantly about how he loves to smoke weed. But what he won't ever tell his audience is that Cannabis can make paper and plastic, thereby replacing fossil fuels and ending deforestation and stopping climate change. It would take Bill Maher less time to tell millions of people about this than it takes for you to read this.

[@leo-wr6do]

@@stevenp2309 probably not. But your actions should be congruent with what you preach. Especially with policies that will affect the poorest of the world.

[@stevenp2309]

@@leo-wr6do do you believe in being against cruelty to animals Leo?

[@brianjonker510]

One of his all time great segments

[@ransomdekafenya2584]

Her laugh is the best part of the video.

[@nicholasc6876]

Bringing my laundry bag to the grocery store to buy dozens of plastic wrapped food items. Somehow the courage is found to make consumers do more, but nothing for Proctor and Gamble or Tyson Foods.

[@kamrannamdarpour4581]

Finaly someone spoke the truth! One of the best episodes!

[@ATozz-1337]

"My name is Bill, and I fly private" thanks for being honest and calling out environmentalists for doing it as well. Edit: hilarious rant, per usual 🤣

[@clivehyman309]

Classic Maher. Brilliant.

[@kanisohana]

The truth is so refreshing.

[@TheyLiveUareSheep]

By far my favorite comedian! Brilliant genius

[@johndawhale3197]

Bari's laugh

[@ther1rida]

IM TIRED OF BILL TELLING THE TRUTH!!!!! He really hits the nail on the head on this topic.

[@JJs_playground]

It's actually impressive that we reduced the electricity produced from coal by 1% from 1973 to 2019 considering our population doubled during that time, from 4 billion to 7.7billion. I consider that a win.

[@at1970]

But doubling our population has insured that we won’t make any sustainable progress on climate change.

[@teresabenson3385]

It's the percentage of total energy used, not a raw number, so it doesn't matter what the overall number is. We went from 62% non-coal sources to 63% non-coal sources.

[@at1970]

@@teresabenson3385 The emissions are ALL that counts. Because of population growth we have basically canceled out all the progress we’ve made in lowering our emissions since 1990. The only significant “drop” was due to shutting down the economy for the pandemic and it’s gone right back up. The left won’t talk about it but mass immigration is the sole reason we aren’t making and won’t make any progress on GHG emissions.

[@whatabouttheearth]

It won't be a win when phenological mismatch hits so hard that it's noticable kzbin.info/aero/PLgRoK-eyLjomkPmes7u9Bv1j914MgroAn

[@jjgeoffphhcinkkllee]

@@at1970 Doesn't really matter. Humans are not special.

[@xanderblackstar8236]

The guest who cannot stop chuckling is golden

[@manifestideas]

That's Bari Weiss, check out her take on Tulsi Gabbard from her Joe Rogan interview a few years ago to see how cruel she actually is while sitting on her throne of influence.

[@eduardoescobar1906]

And she's so hot, I love her she needs to do Rogan again

[@bikehunter82]

@@manifestideas Damn you beat me to it!

[@danstheman33]

Bari Weiss is a treasure, she's one of the last true journalists left. You should check out her podcast 'Honestly with Bari Weiss'

[@danstheman33]

@@manifestideas You may disagree with her, but she is not cruel by an stretch.

[@schreiber9864]

The only thing that‘s going to help is innovation. Not berating others, not being hysterical, not banning stuff and certainly not throwing soup at paintings.

[@lynnlobliner3933]

If we didn't have the draconian searches before boarding, I'd fly somewhere but I'm not in the mood to get to the airport 4 hours early and sit around and get searched to fly. And I would likely fly private if I won Lotto and decided to take a trip.

[@discoverme30]

Those draconian searches are meant to keep your trip safe. Forgetting 9/11 are we?

[@ciaranosullivan9352]

Flying out of Dublin last month ,I had to go through two security checkpoints and immigration before I even got to my boarding gate . On the plus side all I had to do was pick up my luggage when I arrived in the USA.

[@Stuie417]

Something that has always annoyed me with recycling is when I see commercial buildings that have recycling bins, but throw everything in the same dumpster. Some places will have some set-up where one hole says trash, and the other says recycle. But when you open the door to remove the cans it ends up being the same bin. If you're curious if the commercial building you're in is dumping recycling along with trash, then I would suggest checking what color trash bags are used in both bins. If it's the small color trash bags in both, then they are probably dumping both in the same dumpster or compactor.

[@georgeedward602]

Some things are recyclable but unfortunately, it doesn’t matter where you set out your plastic for recycling collection, whether at the end of your driveway, at your local recycling center, or in a municipal recycling bin: Most plastic items collected as recycling are not actually recycled. Surprisingly, plastic is not designed to be recycled.

[@killertruth186]

I also seen a video Kathy Kat did shown the recycling bin having 3 different holes and one bag. There's something wrong with how we are falsely believing we are making a difference when the solution hasn't changed.

[@mikemondano3624]

Doesn't matter. It all goes to the same place, anyway. The Head of NYC sanitation says recycling causes far more harm than not doing it.

[@HaleyMary]

It's even worse in the cities. I often see garbage thrown into the recycle bins. No-one seems to care about recycling. At least in the downtown areas. So much for caring for Mother Earth.

[@Marijuanifornia]

The solution is to legalize marijuana. Ford made a plastic car from hemp in 1941. The 2008 Lotus Eco Elise was also made from hemp. There are videos of both cars on KZbin. We've had the technology to make all paper and plastic from Cannabis for at least 80 years.