Thom Yorke at the Copenhagen climate change conference

[@MrFreedomGotAnAK]

I would love to talk to Thom about anything but not music,he seems to be alright

[@underated17]

Why not music? I would love to talk to Thom about anything! I just love hearing his voice too it is so soothing.

[@Kolutic4723]

That in-your-face Present Tense reference.

[@L777-s1s]

Long before present tense came out lol

[@jtatum6900]

@@L777-s1s its been a song since the 90s but wasnt released until MSP

[@syrup-]

I love how he subtly references lyrics when he can, heh.

[@aidanivesdavis]

I really love the way he looks.

[@followthewhitelight]

Because of this interview I got 14 of 15 points in my exam. :D Thanks Thom!!!

[@MrFreedomGotAnAK]

Keep it light...keep it moving....Present Tense :)

[@EclecticSceptic]

Perhaps the most well-rounded musician ever.

[@megavide0]

idiotheque: "ice age comin', ice age comin'... we're not scaremongering..."

[@Squeaky1423]

Keep it light, keep it simple, keep it moving!

[@laiwailok]

my hero, greatest man in music history! pls live green, people!

[@thefoggydewy]

ICE AGE COMING ICE AGE COMING

[@lost5890]

"keep it light ... keep it moving" present tense good song

[@underated17]

Seeing Thom smile just makes my day!

[@jontomgun]

"Keep it light and keep it moving, I am doing no harm."

[@lostbuffalo]

@jorgepeterbarton Areas with foliage coverage have lower surface temperature from the shade, the plants draw minerals to the surface increasing availability of nutrients, the cooler ground results in water tables being higher as gross water evaporation from the soil is replaced by lesser evaporation through plant life. the plants starve for sir in O2 rich air and they die off, the soil is exposed, the minerals seep back into the ground or are washed away and CO2 levels rise

[@kahirowatanabe]

I think Thom should watch Zeitgeist Moving Forward documentary so the world would be much better.

[@lostbuffalo]

@jorgepeterbarton It's a simple fact. you feed plants more, they grow more. and they grow where they want to...where conditions are most favorable. You cut down enough trees to alter the climate...the foliage will respond in other areas to take advantage of the change.

[@fenhen]

Has anyone noticed that Thom Yorke and Alan Davies sound quite similar?

[@fear9998]

wow you're so right!

[@zomgseriosuly]

but in Morning Bell he said it 7 times, and in this interview he said it 8 times wh00ps

[@lostbuffalo]

@jorgepeterbarton So what's your point. are you arguing the fact that plants require less water when co2 is more plentiful? or are you arguing that plants will not take advantage of additional co2 and convert it to more oxygen? or that as CO2 is depleted plant growth decreases, conversion to O2 decreases and this is how plants maintain a steady O2/CO2 ratio despite other environmental variables such as how much of earth is covered in plants and how much rain they get?

[@Noobschoolbus14]

wtf!?!? Thom: Im here till saturday, breakfest saturday? John: Ill cya sunday. Thom: >.>

[@Kemordia]

If only Thom lived in America and ran for president. :/ Hope for the best! Thom Yorke 2012!

[@devileshsona2556]

im from the future thom won the election and the world is a better place now

[@lostbuffalo]

@jorgepeterbarton scientific basis... at the basic level that would be a knowledge of the periodic chart, the laws of chemistry and of physics. then add biology, geology, meteorology, and a slew of other studies. The facts are...plants need less water when there is more co2 in the air. less co2 in the air (if rainfall remains constant) increases desertification. the % of co2 in the air has no effect on weather and would not effect any change in the rainfall, only assist photosynthesis.

[@oldschoolcockneylover8138]

I bet Thom Yorke emits more carbon then me

[@lostbuffalo]

@jorgepeterbarton It's impossible to debunk obscure complicated theories without having a mastery of underlying basics. Not just an understanding of pop science but being able to fabricate theory, predict the exact outcome, and exercise successful unbiased experiments. I can look at free energy and perpetual motion machines and theories and take them apart where the flaws have been glossed over with elaborate device and complication because I have a mastery of the basics. I'm not confused

[@mikedrawls41]

Morning Bell lyrics at 1:36..."round and round and round and round and round" :D

[@1BustedMyth]

@Aceload, Fair enough, however he is intitled and bright enough to have an opinion. You want everyone to listen to your point of view do you not?, so return the respect!, when you start to try to stop freedom of speach, you are the Bad Guy! EVERYONE always must consider they could be wrong in their beliefs, that includes you. The difference between a Belief and a Fact is Science!

[@lostbuffalo]

@jorgepeterbarton You cut down all rainforest. oxygen is depleted by animal respiration and biological polymerization with carbon (from carbohydrates) to CO2. CO2 increases and plants in places other than the rain forest require less water and proliferate. the increased plant life alters the surface temperature and attracts the rain to fall there more than when it was barren. where ever you make change, earth adjusts somewhere else to maintain balance.

[@muzikezify]

Theory vs fact...if we were to take all the bullcrap politics and apply our efforts into science and educate people about what changes as well as adjustments we need to commit to, would we have a chance? Reality is we (all of us) are fucking it all up, time to debate or time to educate? Let's make some decisions, now.

[@FutureAbe]

that would be the rock stardom.

[@zomgseriosuly]

hot

[@izusblur]

It will be

[@jorgepeterbarton]

@lostbuffalo what's your scientific basis for this? perhaps naturally increasing co2 would be equalled out, like in the Gaia theory scenario. But we intervene in those systems, we also cut down the trees that do that job, we risk the microbiology in the ocean and we farm cattle and ensure there's always more livestock. Those who look at a system you've described actually give a much worse picture for the future than the average climate change model like introducing a feedback loop that spirals

[@mysticrubberchicken]

@MauserBroom Well actually, Thom has acknowledged his own hypocrisy and then he's considered stopping tours without clean transportation. I'm with you though, I love Thom but I disagree with him here.

[@spikelive]

it's time for ZEITGEIST!!Thom you should watch ZEITGEIST moving forward! Venusproject and Jacque Fresco!

[@p0llenp0ny]

@GrooveInYourOwnTime What caused the medieval warm period? The Holocene maximum, etc. And by the way, temperatures plummeted up until the mid 1970s. Some scientists at the time were even saying we might be heading for another ice age. Don't get me wrong, I wish we could stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, but climate is driven by the sun. And to me taxing carbon will mean that we will NEVER get off of fossil fuels. The revenue generated will be just too good for governments to give up.

[@1BustedMyth]

@Aceload , I doubt you are in a position to judge him, so don't

[@atman3437]

Which goes to prove that just because you can write great songs doesn't mean you have any idea about real science and geopolitics.

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

i should have known he was from oxford ,sometimes its better to stick to music the very tools he uses to play music and the transport to take it from one gig to another and the power used and from one country to another sometimes throwing a boomerang it going to come back to you stick to music and do not be in the front line to be mocked.

[@muckandfun]

@mysticrubberchicken you did how can you see the truth and not be it ?

[@Mayorsquad]

@guertin11 As much as I'm all about saving the planet this comment made me LOL so bad

[@Squrl0885]

@lostbuffalo anything is a pollutant if you add to much of it. Dump a lot of salt in a fresh water lake and watch the fish die. Yes Plants need Co2 but when you produce it faster than plant life can process it you get excess which in turn creates the greenhouse effects. It wouldn't matter if we weren't also cutting down forests and destroying all the plant life.

[@DesmoRob]

Why i so hot in Canada at the end of November? Now in Halifax CA it is 12 °C and in NY 19 °C. Any clues? maybe it's a Climate war on the way or what else...

[@lostbuffalo]

@jorgepeterbarton I can tell when people don't have a mastery of something just by the words that they use. they use street or pop venacular to try to describe things beyond their understanding. Most of what you hear when people talk about "science" is opinion and feelings. They use the word "science" itself as an excuse much like people use "and such" and "stuff" when they don't really know what they are referring to but want to talk more about something that isn't there

[@reneebluejay]

2017, the world is still passing the buck. And now there is Trump...

[@cat_ann_]

That almost rhymed

[@cacasarq]

ZEITGEIST now!

[@jimberkt]

He looks and sounds like a skinny English Michael Moore.

[@mrcadzilla]

They were actually Japanese...:/

[@ozzyb83]

china or is it japan, giggle

[@p0llenp0ny]

@AmelieDemy The climate is ALWAYS changing. Tax anything you like. The climate will continue to change long after we've taxed ourselves out of existence.

[@muckandfun]

@Aceload says it like it is ! you buy the papers so if your true to what you say read it 5 days later and now you have the tooth ! rock on Tom ha ha

[@david222444]

I give the Greenhouse Theory five years before it is completely dead. The globe has started to cooling abruptly as The Sun enters a new Grand Minimum. Cooling oceans will absorb co2. Glaciers have started to grow, Polar bears are thriving and the mountain in Africa still has a snow covered peak.

[@dizzydean]

Lol how completely wrong you are - year 2023

[@IvanChaCha]

I don't sound rude or anything, but he looks really disheveled

[@p0llenp0ny]

@fakeplasticks I beg to differ. By the sounds of it he loves the idea of unelected global government.

[@ajsledzep]

he has done to much E

[@drewspanic]

Um...ok. He's a musician, do you seriously think he's capable of being a political leader? He just has opinions, like any person you can find having a pint somewhere in a pub. It takes more to lead than just opinions...

[@MissHeathen]

Bob Marley was a musician and a revolution all in one.

[@Somarz29]

Yorke looks like a homeless man.

[@underated17]

Maybe by design.

[@MauserBroom]

I like Thoms music and his apparent opinion regarding the wars - But i disagree wholeheartedly over global warming. I hope he feels that his (no doubt) first class air travel there and back was worth it.

[@jtatum6900]

how do u feel now abt it? its been 12 years..

[@flareagaman]

People need to wake up. We can't tax the environment, this is just a fancy way to institute global taxes. Thome Yorke sold out a long, long time ago. I'm sure he knows the idiocy of it all. Watch interviews after Ok Computer. He went through a rough time he won't talk about. The truth is, he was bought and his music since reflects his anguish.

[@MissHeathen]

Bought by who? What are you talking about?

[@underated17]

What if we reduced pollution?

[@Aceload]

A musical genius who should really just stick to music.

[@nuclearpoweredunicornshitz4029]

Thom yorke, worst teeth in the game.

[@underated17]

I really like his teeth. They suit him and they are so cute and original. Such a hot smile.