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- World leaders just gathered at the UN in New York to discuss the climate, ahead of the main COP 28 climate conference coming up in November 2023. The president of that event is also the CEO of one of the world's largest oil and gas producers. So how, in the name of all things holy, can we possibly expect to make any progress there? This video has a couple of suggestions.
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ADNOC PR Execs working with COP28 advisory team!
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Abu Dhabi projects accelerating
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Antonio Gutteres at UN General Assembly
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Having Al Jaber president of COP28 is like having the wolf guarding the hen house. It makes a mockery of the whole idea and objectives of COP.
Really makes you wonder how TF this happens. Perhaps Dave could do a video about that.
I think Al Gore gives us a pretty good idea how it happens in this video. The fossil fuel companies have been sending larger and larger delegations to each COP, and the delegates decide who their president will be. Meanwhile the same companies are "advising" politicians privately. They've used money and sheer numbers to capture the decision making machinery.
Sadly, I believe that it's not really a hen house. I don't think this was at all a mistake. I think it just reveals the true nature of our global decision about what we (collectively) are going to do.
And who would you put in charge? Some idealistic green weeenie who would only complain and do nothing?
Not wolf, but fox. Wolves target sheep, not tiny chickens.
Al Gore nails it here:- “Fossil fuel companies….are much better at capturing politicians than they are emissions.”
Al Gore… really? Pretty inconvenient
Do you really believe Algore is anything but a grifter and a hypocrite?
Private capital (oil or otherwise) capturing sovereign democratic governments.
With this can anyone take seriously that our governments are free, fair and democratic?
@@toyotaprius79 They aren't and never have been, politicians, of any colour, have always put themselves first.
I watched Al Gore's brilliant TED talk a few weeks ago. I think I will show it to the children at school.
In PNG we used to say "never let the mosquitoes make decisions to stop malaria ". Current climate management fits the definition of insanity 🙄
PNG = Papua New Guinea?
CO2 does NOT control the Temp.
The greenhouse effect of CO2 is NOT Linear , its Logarithmic so a lot of the
warming effect is down around the 150PPM , so even if CO2 doubled to
800PPM it would have little effect because we are so near the top of that
curve.
Al Gore , how glacier national park , u said the glaciers would be gone 6 years
ago, and the north pole would be ice free by 2014 ....... neither happened .
He flies around the world in his private jet telling me I have to cut my carbon
footprint . He is the first climate billionaire with multiple houses and cars.
There were so many falsehoods in his film .
Anyway 2 min vid on CO2 and u will learn more than watching this.
ruclips.net/video/jNd0HEvFWLs/видео.html
@@HansLemursonYes
That is a GREAT expression!
The British equivalent is - fat cats do not care for the welfare of mice
Why are fossil fuel companies given subsidies whilst the rest of us (specifically the UK) are being driven into chaos with net zero and being penalised for something that is a far bigger problem?!! Respect to you and your channel and a big shout out to Al Gore - we need more people who reveal the truth and let us know what really is going on.
Love your passion in this video. Its hard not to feel passionate anger about the actions of these scumbags in positions of power!
Yes, not that any other Homo Sapiens Sapiens (most funny name amongst all Earth living species) with the power to repair, buy, vote or demonstrate have any part in this system, of course 😝
They're in positions of power BECAUSE they're scumbags. Its a requirement, like club dues.
That's Al Gore... 😏
@@movement2contact al gore isnt in a position of power. Hes basically a medium low grade niche influencer. And he's basically correct.
Senatw members, governors and supreme court members are in positions of power, they can pass and enforce laws that take peoples lives. And they want to, bc they're douchebags.
OP must be thinking about almost every Western politician and top bureaucrat
Ive been watching Just Have a Think for over 3 years or so and you, Dave, restore my faith in humanity. Keep on the integrity! ❤🌍
What integrity? He is advancing so many fraudulent premises.
@@joemccarthy7120 lol, is so weird to see climate change deniers lurking around trying to exhaust people way more capable than you will ever be, but hey, being ignorant or a troll is has to be so cool... around your sad cave. Keep spilling stupidity, it makes my night way more entertaining reading your non sense rant.
@@joemccarthy7120I’m genuinely interested - what false premises do you think Dave is advancing? Can you give some specific examples? The content always seems well researched and based on evidence, albeit opinionated and passionate (which is why it’s compelling!)
@@joemccarthy7120 Please provide as much information as you can about these fraudulent premises, because I'm very interested to hear about them
Wow, thank you :-)
Thank heavens we have people like you exposing these liars. I'm sure Sunak, and his ilk, will be heading straight for a job in the oil industry after they are booted out. Thank you for your efforts to keep us informed.
Milankovich is Bllsht Horoscope Information, todays modern Scientific Term to Explain how Wind direction and Climate gets moving and stays moving as long as the Earth Spins is the Coriolis Effect
Marvelously sarcastic and humorous, Dave. Thank you. It left even my jaded head spinning with disbelief. Insanity and hypocrisy-has now reached levels almost as high as our emissions. Well done! Now, if we could just find a way to make sure Al Jaber sees this!
Keep up the great work Dave, and the fight. You have built a platform built on facts, objectivity and reason.
I appreciate that! I will do :-)
@@JustHaveaThink You work hard at doing RUclips well. Sadly, there are many times yourself working on RUclips and all of social media to do harm.
@@TheDanEdwards I agree there are too many promoting negativity, but they are a minority. Remember media/social media is a force multiplier in that one troll posting from his basement can pollute a lot of threads. However, most of us recognize theirs and others disinformation for what it is, especially Gen Z. They're seeing first-hand the results of the stupid, greedy policy makers decisions. I have hope that our up and coming young leaders will be the change we need.
The basic list of car-related business interests begins with Finance, insurance, marketing, sales and manufacture (as seen on TV). Then construction of roadways, car-dependent housing and commercial development, pay to drive, pay to park, car maintenance, repair, etc. Near last on the list are petroleum industries because the other interests don't care how we power our cars, trucks, ships, airplanes and motorized big boy toys. They only care that we continue to have no choice but to drive and that we remain dependent on essential commodities transported the longest distances.
@@artlewellan2294Yes but energy production is a much larger industry than vehicle fuel, which comprises like 8-10% of CO2 emissions
Great Stuff Dave...you're getting better every day👍
Our problems can be summed up by the saying: "none of us can do everything; but all of us can do something" And we all get better at it with practice.
I fully agree. Doing something is better than doing nothing. I also like the James Baldwin quote "Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced".
On 2 occasions I was among 3 million people who, with very clear messaging & 3-word slogans, marched on Parliament Square.
We were ignored.
I occasionally wonder what would have happened if all 3 million of us had simply crossed the street & surrounded Parliament, & just raised a hue & cry & started rattling windows & doors?
I wonder what it would have been like to be cowering in there listening to 3 million people in unison shouting "COME OUT, COME OUT, COME OUT"...
@@alanhat5252 Well, that would have been amusing. The reason you weren't listened to is that you didn't have the politics right. You guys need to be smarter. Today's climate activists are truly horrible, annoying people who are only trying to get to work. You need to learn how to get people on your side, not push them away.
@@incognitotorpedo42 that's Daily Mail propaganda. They tried it with the suffragettes too...
Here is your answer. You would be freezing to death and walking everywhere.
The UK government will take credit for what we as individuals have achieved , without action themselves. I ditched LPG, natural gas , petrol and diesel for a house that runs on electric that is 33% self generated. Having dodged a bullet on the rampant energy inflation myself all it needed was policy changes to ban inefficient lights, improve building energy efficiency etc.
Always a great way to start a new week! Nothing like a Just Have a Think video to make you feel helpless in the face of corporate greed and inept leadership. Don't stop making these - it's an important message. In the bleaker moments, I reassure myself that planet Earth will be just fine; it's been through much more significant episodes than Homo Sapiens, and in a few million years when all that we ever were is a 10mm thick layer in the strata, mother Earth will be busy with new adventures.
Indeed.
Planet Earth might be just fine but all the suffering of all innocent animals just because of us is an unbearable thought.
So keep polluting cause u brain is same level as asteroid, if asteroid hits its natural but human killing animals, burning Amazon is not natural
Yes, a very important message. It's a really great video.(Thanks Dave, this is one of your best)
We must all rail against the corporate greed & inept, captured leadership.
It's the same here in Australia. Many people believed the Labor party winning the federal election in 2022 would be better for action on climate change/emissions reduction...because they believed the greenwash spin during the election campaign. But Labor politicians actually said well before the election that they would continue their support for the fossil fuel industry, & the huge expansion of their coal & gas exports, for decades.
And I feel no solace thinking planet Earth will be fine, because it's not just our own demise at stake. There are thousands of species of plants & animals that would be wiped out, along with us.
We have to demand change. The climate emergency requires an emergency response...not mass expansion of fossil fuel business-as-usual.
Milankovich is Bllsht Horoscope Information, todays modern Scientific Term to Explain how Wind direction and Climate gets moving and stays moving as long as the Earth Spins is the Coriolis Effect
Finding politicians that can see beyond their election term - well, that's more difficult than fighting climate change. A little depressing video, again. But hey, we still can do everything we little people can - doing our part and vote for those, who at least pretend to be reasonable.
Everybody pretends some reasoning. Most governments claim and have claimed for a long time that they will do something. There was literally a Paris Agreement. But it’s all words without actions, virtue signaling.
This is true for almost any topic, not just climate change but it might have worst and more visible consequences in this field
Relying on government to solve any problem is the first issue. The only thing that government can do is tell you to stop doing something you are doing so if you know it's wrong then why wait for them to force you to stop? The fact is that any government that forces their population to completely stop using petroleum will cause a drastic reduction in the quality of life for their people and would likely see a massive uprising over such authoritarian actions. Nobody wants a rebellion.
Empowering video, but enraging non the less.
It's like a dentist telling u not to eat candy
"I have a calculator and I'm not afraid to use it!" - probably the best battle cry I've heard since Toy Story's "Wind The Frog"
That "doesnt give a f..FRAUD" line was excellent!
thanks for this! The last thing we need is more blind optimism, what we need is anger at cultivated institutional corruption. ❤
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It's been a bad week in the UK. We have paid a heavy price already for this populist right wing government and now out prime minister has just increased the burden further.
He did you a favor. The transition from ICE to EV is proceeding very rapidly on its own. Rishi has taken away a huge political weapon for the fossil fuel industry and their lackeys.
Sunak owns a hedgefund, that single statement will have made him a couple of $million plus there's the backhanders
The shift to renewable electricity requires big National grid infrastructure changes, our country needs to earn the money to fund these changes, as it is we seem to be incapable of building a new high speed train on budget. Most people would like to be able to choose the changes they want to fund rather than having another elite dictating how we lead our lives especially when the impact makes life for most people more expensive than they can afford. Climate change is real but we need to carry opinions with the changes required.
Another year to go yet...
This is one area where there IS a simple solution, though - just stop voting Tory.
@@iansmith788 When I see the term "elite" said this way, it's the same crap Gove used before the Brexit vote. We listen to learned people, "experts", or the elite as they are more informed than us and should have our best interests at heart, even if the medicine is hard to swallow.
The poor are the ones who will suffer the most from this U-turn, not the rich. If Sunak was so concerned about the poor, he wouldn't have run down the NHS and be selling it off to his mates; he would be investing in the North, he would be pulling the water companies in and holding them to the flame until the fixed the sewage system, but nope, he does this. Who will benefit? As the video says, follow the money
Industrial quantities of sarcasm here Dave. But seriously, if we wait for our 'nominated leaders' to take action on our behalf, then we are likely going to be baked in the resulting temperature rise!
Thermodynamic heat trap here we go!
Don't forget to go to inevitability that is soul numbing, cognitive dissociating work, it's Monday tomorrow
So the climate will kill off all of humanity and then the planet will return to equilibrium, sounds like the problem is solving itself so nothing to worry about.
Until it hurts or kills the elite, nothing will happen.
The final resort may be blowing up rail lines and sinking ships because politicians are incapable of changing their nature. The decent and the best don’t often make it to the top!
Unless we starve to death first.
We live in a altered state existence where we listen to leaders that do not respect their position of leadership and only use half-truths or just outright lies.
That's been reality for mankind since politics and so called civilization was invented.
"Nothing new under the sun"
It's almost like the title of a well known children's book - Sheik Al and the Giant Conflict of Interest !
In the words of private Fraser 'we're doomed aye doomed'.
In the words of climate cult priests like Obama and Pelosi, " the sea levels are rising, but our 3 million dollar mansions on the beach will be safe."
Wow, that Al Gore fellow seems really switched on and passionate. He would make a really great president...
Yeah, I'm kind of hoping this Ted Talk gets so much traction, he just might get the idea that a prez of not yet 80, and this dynamics, might be preferable over one who is over 80 - and looks the part.
As an ex VP, he's one of the few Dems that can gather sufficient support in the short time frame.
DYOR and stop being so gulable,Google gore.😮
@@billytollerton4220 For comparison, Google Trump
Short term profits
Long term catastrophes
No just greed
An acquaintance of mine says that we human beings will only change our behavior when we are being boiled in our own oil.
Watching Al Gore full of energy makes me wish he were running this time…and really wish he would have won 22 years ago. We’d be in a much different place.
I'll say. It's incalculable, between the cosmic-scale bungling of the Bush Administration, and the good things that Gore could have done.
The gap between this good hearted man and the New York narcissist is as wide as the ocean.
You've got a fine Green Party & even if you buy into the "there's only 2 parties" propaganda you've got Sanders, AOC & quite a few others to choose from.
He did win 22 years ago. It was a decision by the supreme court which gave the Presidency to George W.
@@alanhat5252 It’s not propaganda, the US does only have 2 parties that can command any power. Any others are just fluff on a huge blanket.
Many people overseas, and I’m one of them, wonder how your great nation of 330+ million can end up with 2 old blokes running for president. One is becoming frail and the other is a narcissistic cry baby. You talk about gridlock in the US, does it go right to the top?
Insane consumerism and greed at every level, in particular those in power and well off and Gov folks are playing the fiddle instead of raining on them.
Says the people who partake in consumerism. It's like an anti smoker going through 2 boxes of cigarettes a day.
@@funveeable 😂😂 😂you're shooting in the dark with twisted perception bud 😂😂😂
Much love from a german. Your way of presenting is absolutely perfect. Please don't change.
One problem about world leaders and corporations.
World leaders and corporations can not capitalize on a human extinction level event.
Thank you 🙏 AGAIN 🙏 for your excellent work. Nothing exposes our perception of democracy as a falsehood and it's really a democracy for Corporate Overlords and THEIR Welfare.
Thank you :-)
Naomi Oskres - one of the last talking head reviewed from NYC Climate Week, her recent book "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market" should just how that properganda has been working since before the Great Depression, and a consequence - the US's Dust Bowel and many other examples of half-truths lies and simple denials. Worth the 800 page read... maybe Dave could do a book review. : )))))
... and the 'free market' is a story with more fiction than sky faries... call themselves 'hard nosed fact driven biz men'... even that isn't true.
It does all look very depressing, doesn't it? I really worry about what sort of world we are leaving to Keith Richards.
I'm thinking... and every thought hurts LIKE FUCK...!! Thanks, my favourite Londoner.
First time I've heard you say this, "Have a great week if you can"... THAT is the message, emotion, and subtext that needs to be hammered home to every, single person on Earth, but mostly the politicians and corporate bullies that are taking us down this dangerous road.
That hit so hard. I'm feeling so down...
There's a point where you have to tell the people what they have to do if they want to survive. That point was the 90s. Instead they set up society around rinsing resources like a teenager left home alone for a month spaffing all the money and food in the fridge in the first 2 days.
Yeah.
While this is a global issue it was a mistake to make it a UN driven process. It needed to be lower level - nations and nations working in alignment.
It would have been "easy" on a global basis to start with electrical power generation. These are, for the most part, public utilities that serve the common good. They are highly regulated and fall under significant state or regional control.
The US could have mandated a 50% reduction away from coal, oil and gas on an urgent timetable with additional sun-setting to follow. New technologies could have been developed and shared with other nations.
@@howard5992 Absolutely. Moved off fossil fuels as smoothly and quickly as possible having them as a cheap and quick energy source "saved in the bank" as it were. It would mean we didn't have the exponential blast of expansion, but turns out natural systems don't deal well with exponential curves.
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Let’s all hope that COP28 is FINALLY *SUCCESSFUL* and not _BLAH, BLAH, BLAH-DE-BLAH!!_
That is a pipe dream; ain't gonna happen! COP28 is run by people who have a vested interest in keeping their jobs, which require kowtowing to the money.
With Sultan Al in charge, how can it possbly fail?
As usual, the answer to all our problems is more government restricting what we can do while the politicians get private jets.
Wow Dave - I sharing this with everyone I know. Now where’s that cutlery draw!!
Great work - as always ❤
One thing few talk about relative to working to mitigate climate damage and pollution is that innovation drives economies. Old technologies reach a point where there is either no way to improve upon it or that it becomes so expensive to do so no one can afford the products produced. So pairing new technologies with other positive outcomes such as passive energy, solar, wind, and geothermal, as ways of replacing dirty energy create new jobs and new innovations that further create more new jobs. To borrow an old political saw, "It's the economy, stupid."
Also the cost of RESPONDING to climate change is going to be astronomical. Massive investments will be needed to rebuild existing infrastructure lost to storms and fires and floods Add to that the human cost in lost lives and displacement.
It's staggering to me that nations aren't working together with urgency. The situation is quite dire.
I think we all know that there is almost nothing stopping humanity from solving almost any issue other than humanity itself… and sadly we are far less shakable than a mountain
Add: Still I love your videos😊
Humans: clever but not smart
Great work - we must always remind ourselves that the only goal of fossil fuel companies is to monetize their reserves. Don't get sucked in by their smooth talking, they are only getting involved in COP to slow things down from the inside.
Agree. They want to be inside the tent pissing out.
Don't blame the producers. Blame the consumers and yourself. Undoubtedly you have no intention of sacrificing anything to achieve your climate dreams.
@@joemccarthy7120 Sacrifice? Sure they do! They will sacrifice the 'comfort' of the poor. This is what authoritarians ALWAYS do, and then pretend their priorities are more important.
I wonder how the UK's recent immigrants (many of which come from more temperate climates), are going to feel about trying to keep warm this winter? I'm sure they'll be convinced that freezing in a cold winter will be 'worth it'. 🤣
There isn't enough corn to pop in the world for what's about to unfold.
@@joemccarthy7120Wouldn't that include AL Gore and his net worth of 300 million (much made off climate change alarmism) and his matching rich celebrity lifestyle?
@@joemccarthy7120 Ah, another missive from the guy whose RUclips name is the same as the vile US Senator who imagined Communists under every bed, and who ruined the lives of countless Americans. And here you are, parroting the oil companies arguments. Who do you think dreamed up the concept of "Your Personal Carbon Footprint"? BP? Huh. Imagine that. So fossil fuel usage is OUR fault, when the fossil fuel industry has pulled all the political strings to make sure that they are the only game in town.
The last time CO2levels were 400 ppm was three million years ago. Global tempratures were three degrees C above today. We are currently at 416 ppm and on track to hit 500 in three decades. Things are not looking good as both the population and standard of living are increasing.
We’re getting a puppy next week and I’m begging my better half to name him Dave. One of the best channels on RUclips.
I would love your take and some factual info about the Saudi's bargain- priced water leases given by the state of Arizona so the Saudis can grow alfalfa ( a high water usage crop)to ship home to their cattle. It's illegal to grow alfalfa in Saudi Arabia because it uses too much water 😮
No one wants to talk about it cos there is big money involved. We keep voting for they same scumbugs, just a different colour. Red then blue, then red and blue again.
Another good dissection of the world’s climate news. Surprised by a couple of chuckles in there! Loved the clips of Al Gore’s passionate, wrathful attack on fossil fuel companies.
He's good value isn't he?
Pretty hilarious to attack the people supplying the fuel for his private jet he used to fly around the world complaining about people using fossil fuels.
You really believe that story? 🤣@@TheCoon1975
@@TheCoon1975which library did you get that old record from?
@hambone9515 Deflect, distract, and blame the messenger. Tiresome, worn-out tactics that no longer fool anybody.
Which part of the fossil fuel industry do you work for? Or are you merely one of their paid trolls?
Thank you. With so much misinformation about I’m finding it hard to know what to trust. You are my go to guy👍
The best thing nations can do is prepare for the heat. Create new areas to grow food, find ways to get fresh water, etc.
Two thoughts:
Due to the impossibility to avert damage (that ship has sailed), we must redirect to containing damage and preparing for it.
I also would love to see the willing culprits that have held us back and still are holding us back face charges for crimes against humanity.
That's what the Sultan wants us to do: spend trillions coping with the damage his company does, rather than putting a stop to it.
@@jpdemer5It seems that only an outside force will stop these dumbasses from turning our planet into the next Mars.
@@jpdemer5 You misunderstood my point. I'm not talking about falling into the trap, but what is lacking from the current international efforts are ways to deal with the damage that has already been done, on top of trying to limit future damage (again, we cannot avert future damage anymore due to the delay tactics employed in the past and today, but we can for sure limit the potential of what damage can be done from now on). Nobody seems to talk about what to do to mitigate floods, fires, storms and their effects we're already seeing today and which will worsen in the near future for sure. The whole discussion is still centered on the delusional idea that we can somehow "prevent" the climate crisis from happening while it already is unfolding. How do we deal with the damage that is already being done? Not the hypothetical even worse damage (which might soon enough look very conservative compared to then-reality), but the one that already is happening? What do we do about that? This side of the argument is entirely absent from the whole discussion. We need our governments not only to commit to ambitious action (not plans or goals, but action) _and_ to preparation and damage control surrounding what is already lost. Instead, we're still talking about "reaching" a "1.5 Kelvin goal", which in completely infeasible to meet. If we're lucky, and that is a very big IF, we might end up with 3 Kelvin by 2100. 1.5 to 2 Kelvin by 2050 is a realistic expectation. What are we doing about the damage that is done just by that alone, which already is beyond our control as we cannot undo the sins of the past?
A Nuremberg trial of sorts? 👀🤔
@toyotaprius79 climate killers Nuremberg Trial is exactly what we need.
Thank you David. 😎
Merci beaucoup pour cet excellent résumé de la situation mondiale actuelle et des causes très claires qui nous y ont conduit!
"A little too flippant or sarcastic".... No no no, keep it up... People who laugh are far more likely to remember your comments than those who don't, research not immediately come to hand, although there is the TED presentation "There’s an art to happy memories - you can make more by experiencing more “first”s" - happy... laughing?
Thanks Peter. As someone much smarter than me once said..."if you're laughing, your learning"
Also these topics can get really depressing so having a bit of a laugh in between helps keep moral up
_Here are some things we can all do to help: Be a bit more humble, bit less greedy, and lot more vocal about all forms of degenerate behaviour (corporate or otherwise). That needs a lot less than $2.4T a year!_
"We're still going to achieve our climate commitment targets"
"How?"
"Don't ask me, that's for someone else/future Govts to figure out"
I say, David, is that anger I spot on you? I find it becoming, and certainly relevant to the topic of of this solidly executed video!
If the Oil companies are rolling back their "green" investments they must know in advance that they have the political support for this.
They do in the UK. Sunak allowing more oil/gas licences was tacit approval (because it will "help" protect the UK from an uncertain energy market or some such BS. Nothing to do with increased shareholder dividends, a possible job on the board of directors, contracts to family member's companies etc)
Oil companies wanted ww1 and ww2, then build houses for idiots 100km away from work, people lived near work hundred years ago
I'd say it's more the obvious display of bewilderment and apathy shown by earths citizenry the last few years (which in turn leads to the political green light) that has done it.
@@acolli777 Oh for sure. Also it baffles me as to why right wing politicians support it
In the long term, it means that there'll be more refugees tbh due to climate change and right wing politicians aren't very fond of refugees.
You'd think pragmatically, climate change policies is something that left and right wing politicians should agree on albeit for different reasons , but it appears sadly not.
Honestly, even IF the right wing politicians want to stop making climate change worse purely due to their own racism, that's still a bit of a win.
@@waqasahmed939 it's possibly due to short-term thinking "I won't be PM/an MP by the time the sh*t really hits the fan, so someone else can make the painful decisions to deal with it". Plus there are MP's with probably 10s of thousands of pounds worth of shares in the oil/gas companies and they only care about their finances (as opposed to the citizens). Villiers "forgot" she had ~£70k of shares in one energy company!
Excellent video Dave. Spot on!
Cheers. Glad you enjoyed it
Bravo Sir. One of your best ones to date👍
Dave, I like your videos, they are good, but... This one is the best, by far.
Quite unsettling, but that’s one of the things your videos are good for: Shaking me awake just as I’m settling into a comfort zone on these issues. Thanks.
Milankovich is Bllsht Horoscope Information, todays modern Scientific Term to Explain how Wind direction and Climate gets moving and stays moving as long as the Earth Spins is the Coriolis Effect
Hi Dave.. Great name.. :) 4 month ago I asked my gas surplier to come and take back their smart meter, well ok not theirs persay. anyway got gas removed took out the boiler and fitted electric rads, some cheap, we ll cheap for an electric rad, and some less so. electric is more expencive, yup by x3 per unit.. but fitted 3kWh pv units and inverter with a battery.. still have to use the main , and more so as days get shorter and colder.. but bills reduced by 2/3 and they savings will help me keep house warm in the winter.. saved about 138 pounds PA on standing charge and gas useage between march and october.. will have to get anotheerr battery and some more PV's.... I used some of my pention to start ball rolling.. .Peace N love . Davey P.. UK
Sounds great. I’m just about to install something similar, but not quite as brave in that I’m keeping the gas boiler as back up until I’m sure it all works as calculated. There should be grants for this though, instead of such massive subsidies for oil and gas companies.
Your not wrong on the grants.. I asked and found my house was at the top end of the D clasification so no grant.. they had info that told them i had a condencing boiler so was more efficent, if i had a normal boiler i could have got a heatpump and solar, but could only get the solar if i had a heat pump and could only get a heat pump if i had a crap boiler.. Hmmm so dipped in to my v small pens and fitted a 3kwh for 4800 k..
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This is the first reply I've seen on RUclips to Rishi's rollback. Your translation was exactly what I've been hearing.
Come on then where am all the politicians going to get all their back handers from.
Fortunately, my whiskey bottle is closer than the cutlery drawer! Thanks for making us aware and making us mad.
"He doesn't give a f...raud!" is my single favorite moment in the entire history of your channel...
So far!
Well played, and entirely within "good taste" humor tolerances imo.
I have disliked the odd video of his: but this was one of the good ones.
Thank you. Glad you liked it :-)
I gave up keeping it in the cutlery draw looooooong ago. It's right here with me at all times. A fresh one every time you show your mug on screen.
❤Just for the title alone! I haven’t watched this yet… but look forward to it when I get a chance
While filled with major points, at about minute 11:45 in this video there comes an often overlooked major point: the financial system, specifically the Equities markets are a major obstacle to change. While not defending the fossil fuel oligarchs greed for a milli-second, corporate shareholders want their profits NOW, and not watered down by the need for a healthy environment. If this isn't somehow addressed, the number and value of the lawsuits that will emerge from pension funds, insurance companies, et al will be impressive should a shift from profits to survival take hold.
Answer this as a serious question - why would the fossil fuel companies promise to invest in alternative energy or carbon capture ?
They do so to avoid or to defer regulations or taxes that reduce consumption. It's a PR campaign to improve their image and basically a ruse to insulate them from having to face changes in the status quo of ever increasing fossil fuel consumption.
@@howard5992Yeah, they sure cover all the angles. And with their money (i.e. power), they've even done regime change in poorer countries.
So long as our financial systems are structured for short term gains, adopting plans that require foregoing or even just reducing today's gains for the long-term good is a hard sell.
I think I am much less optimistic than Dave and nowadays I believe that the consumption of oil will decrease just when the price of it goes up. On other terms, we will use less oil when it becomes so scarce that the alternatives are cheaper. Politicians are not making much to replace oil it seems.
Brilliant!
As a rather ancient chemical engineer, I remember the question being asked in combustion engineering class whether the IR absorption of CO2 etc meant that increasing fossil fuel burning would lead to overall heating of the planet. The lecturer responded with another question: "Do you want to pursue a successful career in chemical engineering? Then don't ask that question".
Svante Arrhenius had this pretty well nailed before 1900. The fossil fuel industry have been well aware since then.
this is probably your best video so far! More please...
Thank you for continuing the global fight to recognise the the endless diet of B.S. we have been fed through the years with proper, well-informed education of the general public. Your sarcastic delivery gives us a clear glimpse into the thinly-veiled righteous anger we should all be feeling towards those who continue to profit from the avoidable suffering of all of us with lesser means. Keep up the fight through education. In a long enough timeline, we'll win; granted, with much incredibly needless suffering along the way.
Cheers Jack
@@JustHaveaThink you too, brother!
Amazing, Dave! Thank you for that. One question: who keeps their whiskey in the cutlery drawer?
Hehe. I actually said "whiskey and the cutlery drawer" (i.e. where the sharp knives are kept). Knives to do the wrists and whiskey to dull the pain ;-)
Someone without young kids?
And here I was thinking, "why yes, that's a great place to keep it"!
8:35 "it's the easiest thing in the world, to point the finger at, the people actually responsible........"
Excellent coverage, thanks.
This Sultan Al, I wonder how History will judge him.
I am so despondent about the whole inaction on climate change - seems like greed is going to do for humanity as we know it.
Billionaires have emergency bunkers so we can be sure humans will survive. I’m sure they think it will be an improvement.
Greed, for lack of another word, is
_BAD_
The Commentary on this Channel is Stellar,...
i can NOT express in words what an effective communicator you are friend.
Thank You
To do your bit, do what I have been doing the last 20 years. I had an ICE car (and still have) but I never drove it that much. Only for bulky shopping and a lot of groceries, or longer trips. Mostly I rode my bicycle. I went to the shops 3 km away by bicycle for small orders. Also went to work by bicycle up to like 10 km from home (weather permitting). Also I have been freezing every winter only using a heater for a few minutes at a time (after a shower). I rugged up instead. In bed I used a plastic soda bottle full of hot tap water (straight out of the faucet). Lasts longer and no need to use power to boil the water. More efficient and cheap way to stay warm (in or out ofbed). I never use an AC Only a fan. If I sleep with a fan I often get cold on a hot night. I just angle the fan right and I don't get the problem. And I'm still doing it and I'm more fit cos of it too. And imagine if everyone else did the same (within reason). How much better off we may have been by now? So I urge everyone to try and do the same (with me) for the next 20 years. I haven't really suffered (thanks to my fan and hot water bottle). Love you, and I love you even more if you can try and do your bit (like you obviously seem to want to). Cos it's not that hard to do this. With this (along with the new fangled breakthroughs) we can do this. But we have to do both, the stuff I do...plus the new inventions (like on "Just Have a Think"). ❤
I am so Happy that you finally turn this in to a political and not a technical issue.. because politics and money is the issue, not anything else
I really appreciate the research that goes into these videos. JHaT always lists extensive links to references from legit sources. Thank you, sir!
Hay, Dave's legit !!
But the future robots may not recognize that.
Given the current human characteristics he is displaying ??
Milankovich is Bllsht Horoscope Information, todays modern Scientific Term to Explain how Wind direction and Climate gets moving and stays moving as long as the Earth Spins is the Coriolis Effect
I have solar panels ( net production over the year ), high efficiency heat pumps, and an EV. I am lucky enough to be able to afford these luxuries. All of these were done based on financial calculation and something that is beyond the reach of the majority of Americans. There is more I could do but there is little financial sense to eat into retirement to do more, it's just so expensive. This is the reality we live with and virtually everything we do will create more pain for the people we need to win over.
We rail on "Al" but it's true, as long as those resources are there, just waiting to be extracted and used, they will be. We can't stop SA from pumping and most of the developing world from using that oil. Until there is a solution to the worldwide demand, most other efforts are futile since some country will provide, if not SA then it will be Russia.
Wind and solar are great but we are still behind the 8-ball on storage.
I do too and am a believer of net zero. Said to see so much wishful thinking taking place on these issues. So much hypocrisy with the public who demand politicians push these policies. I don't like Sunak but him equalising uk policy with that of EU is hardly a betrayal of the world it is being made out to be. There is no sensible arguments about things like insulation here. £26,000 to insulate one uk home. It is not going to happen. I would rather we have more honest debate and maybe an exploration of alternatives. Investing in things like high temperature heat pumps would be more beneficial. In the mean time we can push existing technology into new builds and housing that are already good fits. Lets do the low hanging fruit first.
The truth is the public has to be taken willingly. Even dictatorships have to keep the population happy enough not to revolt..
I hope the channel does not go the route of being overly political or maybe it should looking a "green parties" actual records like in Germany ... Or how they have held back Nuclear in multiple countries since the 80's.
@@GlennPierce the population will not be happy with food shortages as a result of climate change, nor with the global political upheaval that will come from fires, storms, floods and extended heat waves.
You did your calculations - good - but actually the more people who are earlier adopters the sooner the price will drop to no brainer territory - so that part of what you have done is actually better.
Just want to say a huge thank you for this video, I don't know how you stay so upbeat and puncturing but it's inspirational! Hope you are doing good in the face of all this. You've helped me today! Will be back to watch more another time!
I couldn’t agree more with your points Dave 😘🙏
What do you think of the nuclear fusion talk on the All-In podcast and Thunderf00t"s idea re putting chemicals into the stratosphere? Both are available on YT if you haven't seen them already
As always, thanks very much for another absolutely wonderful presentation.
Thanks for your support. Much appreciated :-)
Lessons to (re)learn: 1) NEVER trust a politician (yeah, we should know that!). 2) If you want something done, Do It YOURSELF!
Action Points: 1) EVERYONE(!) get your renewable energy installed. 2) TELL everyone to do the same!
3) If you've got money, HELP SOMEONE who can't do it themselves.
Conclusion: That way we starve the energy giants into submission!!
BTW Thanks as always Dave, keep up the good work.
Here in Brazil, we are not commited enough.
I'm wondering if big oil companies are reversing their commitments because they KNOW the world will be largely uninhabitable soon, and they're trying to save up enough money to build bunkers for themselves.
Their one and only goal is to keep the money rolling in, supposedly for their shareholders. Keeping those 8-figure executive salaries is the real motivation. (They seem to think that their wealth will protect them from the consequences.)
Big oil is only producing a product the world needs, including yourself. Don't demonize those providing necessary products. What are you willing to give up in your life to achieve your climate dreams?
No, because the world will not be "uninhabitable" soon. The oil companies are just in it for money and power.
The earth will be just fine, lets not panic, that doesn't help at all. The west is doing pretty good, if you look at Europe and the US, we have largely stopped increasing emissions, and the ball is rolling in the opposite direction, EU has gone from around 5000 million tons of CO2 per year around the turn of the millennium to around 3500 now and dropping faster year by yeah, the USA is somewhat lagging behind Europe, going from about 7000 million tons of CO2 to 6000 million tons of CO2 in the same time.
Could it be better? For sure, but looking at 2030 targets, we are ahead in quite a few metrics, and we are increasing the rollout of renewables and EVs faster than expected. The tipping point is pretty close, if we kill our entire financial system we are doomed though.
China on the other hand has gone from 3000 million tons per year at the turn of the millennium to 14 000 million tons of CO2 per year in 2022, and there is no slowdown in sight with 2 new coal power plants opening per week.
Another interesting factoid is that if we had kept developing nuclear power instead of going into coal and gas, we would've had half the level of manmade CO2 in the atmosphere that we do currently.
We will likely meet targets for 2030 early in the EU, possibly the US as well, China and India will destroy all of that progress many times over though, I suggest we try to convince them to build nuclear as a stop gap measure to cut emission levels before 2040.
We also have carbon capture coming, right now it's nothing to write home about, but there are facilities opening that will scrub at least 3 million ton in the next 2 years, and that is just the start with a lot of research ongoing into effective hydrocarbon capture.
Good point, except i'm sure they already have bunkers built.
It really doesn't matter how much carbon we capture here, because China India and others are canceling our carbon savings and then some.
Granted, governments and industry have downplayed and feet-dragged for years, but I’m not sure the citizenry is ready for the changes required, not only to address greenhouse gases, but deforestation, ocean acidification, collapsing fisheries, et cetera, et cetera… But keep up the good fight. It’s likely worse than most think.
They're certainly not ready for what we now need to do, compared to what we'd have needed to do if we'd started in the 70s when congress was first informed. Or at any point since.
We've left it too late, and now it's consequences time, one way or another. It's pretty terrifying. But humans are adaptable, our technology is mighty. We just need to make capitalism our servant instead of the other way around.
The only effect on 99% of the citizenry will be somewhat higher energy prices. They don't actually have to DO anything ... other than buy an EV when the economics of their CO2-belching SUVs become untenable.
@@jpdemer5 and sodium batteries are already on the market which dont need any rare earth materials and are cheaper then lifepo4/lion, soon in the cheap segment electric cars will be cheaper then ICE cars, after this the charging infrastructure will grow pretty fast so you wont need a 100kwh battery in a car and on top of that maybe the gov will require vehicle to grid charges, then you could easily switch to fully renewable energy
I remember the speed limit being lowered to 55mph to help address the oil embargo. The citizen cried like babies… And the technology back when wasn’t developed enough. But sans the lying about greenhouse gases from Big Whoever, at least the resistance to the idea would likely be lower. There are still many who think it’s a hoax.
@@jpdemer5 Sorry, but 99% of the citizenry are already paying the price of climate change, and it will get worse. Perhaps you meant to say the 1%?
It will never change unless the buyers change.
At least you and I are in the same page. Rest the world are playing hypocrisy and hypocrisy. Honesty are rare there in this days. Truly appreciated you help us to remian sane.
His videos goes slowly from hopeful technologies to be more and more grim as the tech just don't arrive as fast as necessary to keep up with the BS that politions, lobbyists and the industries create.
Yes he's losing hope.
Good to see he's catching up. 5c by 2100 has been on the table since 2012.
And during that time instead of dropping 226 gigatons of carbon per year we have increased to 42 gigatons of carbon per year.
Today, with current Technologies it would cost us about 15 trillion dollars to begin the process that might prevent us from reaching 5c.
We really have to hope that some new technology that is less expensive is invented. And I hope they use the And I hope they use the Excess solar and wind power to drive carbon-capture. It seems like a no-brainer to me.
@@macmcleod1188compared to the damages 15 tr does seem to much. But the people who really decide don't feel the impact and unless there is no angry mob with a guiltine in front of their door or at least a billion people dead due to climate change - they will do nothing
I can only assume you folks have not been watching the channel since the beginning. Over the last five years I have posted just as many videos highlighting the dire state of our climate as I have posted videos about hopeful technologies. The fact is, we have both, and that's why I talk about both. I am not losing hope. I am as concerned and as hopeful as I was five years ago,
I love JHT for the depressing climate science and planet killing politics and corporate greed balanced nicely with potential planet saving technology news.
Nuclear power? Oh, no, the green weenies will have your head for that kind of thinking.@@macmcleod1188
Many Thanks Dave - an Eye opener. We can’t allow for these people to destroy the planet!
they are & have been for decades.
Does that include the UK Prime Minister that Dave showed clips of?
@@weldonyoung1013it does. We have a vote coming up, we can use that if many of the people who care feel able to make the effort. Our recent history shows we are less able to make a rational judgement. Our currency has just dropped over 5% against the dollar, it’s not being reported, funny that considering the fuss about our inflation slowing by 0.1%……..😢
To quote the great K Vonnegut , `we are the first species who actually had the choice to choose not to save themselves `
It's a good job the RUclips algorithm doesn't understand sarcasm or you would be taken down. Thanks for sharing these sad truths. What a sad world we live in.
Thanks for making this video. It's good to know I'm not the only one seething with anger at the current state of affairs. And thanks for ending on a positive! And for the Rishi humor, he's abhorrent!
Cheers :-)
Awesome video Dave. We have the money. We must force the politicians and fossil fuel industries to listen up change...
Delete the solar and wind subsidies too. Don't give anyone subsidies.
I think the solar and wind folks would be extremely happy with that solution. On a completely level playing field they win hands down.
Isn't it ironic that the very act of visiting tourist sites uses planes, trains, buses and automobiles? The "necrotourists" are adding to the problem.
The question is not so much whether we're cooked or not, but in which sauce we'd like to go down with.
Brilliant episode delivered in an authoritative, informed yet understated style. I wish I could afford to support you financially, but keep going you good thing.
This Just Have A Think episode probably needs a crossover with Second Thought on why governments and therefore our collective democracies are so captured by fossil fueled and other private capital interests.
It's possible that goes back to Queen Elizabeth I & her -pirates- "buccaneers", it certainly goes back to the East India Company which was jointly operated by the Cities of London & Westminster, it was the Wagner Group of its era but with a trading arm.
the human condition, greed prevails. Greedist's run the show.
the phrase "our global leaders" reminds me of a line from the song "spirits in the material world" by the Police: 'our so-called leaders speak...'
Thaks. You are taking a trip down the stand up comedian school and aiming to pass out with honers.
Thank you big fella. I really appreciate what you do. Please, endeavor to persevere. With love and gratitude your pal Al. Peace ✌