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  • @Teshy-yd2is
    @Teshy-yd2is 5 лет назад +200

    92! he looks amazing for his age and his mind sharp as someone in their 30s. He truly is a international treasure.

  • @theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910
    @theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910 5 лет назад +113

    Imagine if we all had the same respect for earth as Sir David Attenborough...

    • @beehappy7797
      @beehappy7797 5 лет назад +1

      Imagine there's no heaven...

    • @Northern85Star
      @Northern85Star 5 лет назад +8

      Imagine if people actually addressed the problem. It is not climate change, it is the side effects of human overpopulation. Nothing will be fixed until the human population declines.

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад +2

      @@Northern85Star
      If the oligarchs would stop destabilizing countries around the world and ripping them off along the way, perhaps they could build a prosperous society. Freedom and prosperity is the most humane form of population control. The oligarchs have and will again have massive kill offs of humanity. The banking oligarchs are luciferian ghouls.

    • @Northern85Star
      @Northern85Star 5 лет назад +1

      Kroban3 No, prosperity is one of the two main problems, the other being overpopulation. It will not be fixed, because a decreasing population hurts the economy (the prosperity). No western nation has a decreasing population!

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад

      @@Northern85Star
      Are you a communist? Your statements are not unlike those of someone capable of killing millions of innocent people. I toured the killing fields in Cambodia. I also took a narrated tour of some of the fields. One of the last statements on the tour was that people don't think it could happen which means it could happen.
      Got more but my beautiful CO2 emitting daughter just woke up.

  • @elfboi523
    @elfboi523 5 лет назад +98

    The entire problem boils down to our relationship with this planet. We don't treat this planet like the living thing it is, we treat it as if it existed just to enable our industrial processes and provide space for our architecture and infrastructure. If the resources hidden in the ground can be sold for a tonne of money, the forest that has been growing there for thousands of years just has to go. If we want to build a motorway, we'll rather cut such an old forest in half, blocking organisms on both sides from crossing over, than go around the forest.

    • @Danny-is5if
      @Danny-is5if 5 лет назад

      Sooo what do you want to happen?

    • @billyboy4797
      @billyboy4797 5 лет назад +2

      @@Danny-is5ifnature will eventually take care of the problem.

    • @darleb9551
      @darleb9551 5 лет назад

      @@Danny-is5if they(governmental scientists, etc) stop trying to fix our weather and stop creating weather where ever they want to, that is was is destroying our planet , this is what they do....'politicians are throwing money that they dont have at a problem that doesn't exist in order to finance solutions that make no difference.' Michael Hart

    • @alfiewoodley01
      @alfiewoodley01 4 года назад

      Going vegan is the SINGLE BEST thing u can do for this planet in 2020. Are u vegan?

    • @collection6062
      @collection6062 2 года назад

      also no one cares about me

  • @ghostdog4330
    @ghostdog4330 5 лет назад +315

    One thing I resent over this is that 'the blame', for the want of a better expression, seems to be laid upon the consumer. Not so long ago we had brown paper bags and liquids came in a glass bottle; milk was delivered by electric powered float, and of course glass bottles were recycled.
    Its actually these large corporations which changed that. I happen to think those responsible for much of the waste, plastic of course, are these large companies who will stop at nothing to make a profit. When I was growing up in the eighteens there was far less plastic used and I can't recall seeing much of it.

    • @hornswoggle3000
      @hornswoggle3000 5 лет назад +24

      Ghost Dog I agree entirely with you. My formative years were the eighties, and as you point out this was a period of massive change in packaging. Now even if you are an ecologist, I believe it is IMPOSSIBLE to shop sustainably. It could be argued that the consumer didn't have to buy this stuff, but what is the alternative? Quite simply, there wasn't/isn't one.

    • @123Andersonev
      @123Andersonev 5 лет назад +3

      the first thing you can do is compel plastic and packaging manufacturers to standardise

    • @leeharris6152
      @leeharris6152 5 лет назад +8

      While perhaps very true. If the difference is to be made we all have the shoulder as much responsibility as we can and make the "sacrifices" as it were to refuse large corporations in favour of more ecological options. The corporation obey the consumer at the end of the day

    • @HuFilms
      @HuFilms 5 лет назад +7

      You're right. I'm in full agreement. Everything is designed for convenience and cost which ends up being very bad for the planet.

    • @rapauli
      @rapauli 5 лет назад +8

      Onion nails it: “ExxonMobil CEO Depressed After Realizing Earth Could End Before They Finish Extracting All The Oil”

  • @bishalakon167
    @bishalakon167 5 лет назад +238

    Long live sir david attenborough

    • @nikoulph
      @nikoulph 5 лет назад +3

      This man, saw our planet in his untouched pristine state, what a chance he had.
      I saw things in my younger years. Anemones, see tomatoes, a very alive Mediterranean sea... I saw the underwater before the first El Niño (in Indonesia and Malaysia) what a beautiful colorful diverse paradise, it was.
      All those thing went lost, as tears in the rain...
      The young people of today they can not see anymore all that beauty.

    • @zero_meercat8624
      @zero_meercat8624 5 лет назад

      John S 🖕

    • @zero_meercat8624
      @zero_meercat8624 5 лет назад +1

      NikeHerculesMM19 🖕

    • @robmanzoni5766
      @robmanzoni5766 5 лет назад +3

      I hope not. His dishonest influence has become a real problem for the youth who believe him on global catastrophe

    • @thumbprint7150
      @thumbprint7150 4 года назад

      @@robmanzoni5766 - Such as?

  • @Earth098
    @Earth098 5 лет назад +29

    I absolutely love David Attenborough's documentaries. The way he presents, music, background voice, and everything woven together so perfectly.

  • @mz03012
    @mz03012 4 года назад +6

    I want him to live a very long life because I have only one wish in my life that I want to meet him and wants to tell him that I much i respect him for his work...
    He is the one who teach me the real meaning of nature in our life.after watching his documentaries i want to become a naturalist......(sorry for my bad english)

  • @mariogaeta8911
    @mariogaeta8911 4 года назад +5

    What a great man. In my opinion, the most responsible, fair and rational role model the UK has ever offered the world.

    • @FactStorm
      @FactStorm Год назад

      Completely agree, not just the UK but the world. Honestly, no exaggeration..

  • @synct
    @synct 5 лет назад +38

    Just about every plastic and cotton product on earth could be replaced with a hemp based alternative. When you realise the high levels of business and finance that are involved in these two industries, it is easy to see why cannabis has been kept illegal and demonised so drastically, by many of those in power. Seriously, if there was a will as a species, we could turn this around in a year. Not only that, it would be easy, massively profitable and completely beneficial for everyone and everything living on this planet.

    • @Alexander_Kale
      @Alexander_Kale 5 лет назад +1

      You can manufacture about ten thousand one time plastic bags for the energy and resource cost it takes to manufacture a single hemp or cotton bag.
      I am afraid it is not that easy a problem - which should not surprise anyone. If it WERE easy, someone ould have solved it by now.

    • @solveigsokcanic5724
      @solveigsokcanic5724 5 лет назад +1

      Also BAMBOO as it can be used in building materials, doesnt need pesticides, grows in any soil, some varieties can replace plastic, be eaten by animals & us & some grow 90ft in 60 days & 100% renewable.
      Industrial hemp can replace many textiles & also be used as bio fuel ! cheers

    • @deadreckoning6288
      @deadreckoning6288 4 года назад +2

      Which is why it will never happen. Humans are greedy, selfish, & not very smart.

  • @computer-training-for-seniors
    @computer-training-for-seniors 2 года назад +2

    I have an enormous respect and admiration for Sir David Attenborough. I like this man very much.

  • @TheBottlebrush
    @TheBottlebrush 4 года назад +11

    Such a wonderful man - very truthful, love all his prgrammes ❤

    • @JohnTurnbull2
      @JohnTurnbull2 4 года назад +2

      He certainly used to be. Now, sadly, he's been bought and paid for by The End is Nigh Brigade. Very sad!

  • @williambonsor3915
    @williambonsor3915 5 лет назад +17

    Thank God there’s other people who speak commonsense👍

    • @soygato2722
      @soygato2722 4 года назад

      Christian "creation of god" i thought god wasn't created?

    • @GebreMMII
      @GebreMMII 3 года назад

      @@soygato2722 does god trigger you?

  • @laturista1000
    @laturista1000 5 лет назад +4

    This 92 year old man is so sharp! His mind is clear at 92. What food and lifestyle does he have? somebody please!!

    • @SomethingtoappeaseGoogle-1024
      @SomethingtoappeaseGoogle-1024 5 лет назад

      ?:? He’s certainly not stupid enough to go on a vegan diet. Like he said humans are omnivores. I believe humans are a lot like bears. Bears focus primarily on fat and meat but when those cannot be accessed they turn to fruit. Just the other day I was watching planet earth and found out even polar bears eat berries. Of course it’s best to return to meat asap because that’s the healthiest and most nutritious food. My guess is he primarily eats meat, especially since he’s part of the elite.

  • @suzyb7187
    @suzyb7187 4 года назад +3

    My daughter makes shopping bags out of old t-shirts of her own or shopping at Goodwill. She sews the bottom and cuts slits for air and cuts out sleeps for handles. She brings her own container to restaurants for to-go food and bottle for her drink where they use plastic. Socks for dusting. You can repurpose used clothing for cleaning, wearing , etc. That’s one thing among many but collectively we can all make a difference.We can & should all choose to be responsible since each of us has contributed to the problem. Much of our recycling gets sent to a third world country because the recycling companies can’t handle the amount of overflow of our own garbage plus it has to go somewhere after it is sorted. I found most companies won’t even take glass anymore because they of cost to recycle it.

  • @johnsmits4805
    @johnsmits4805 3 года назад +2

    Love the guy. He is so clever and elegant. He can tell a story so beautifully.

  • @Nine-Signs
    @Nine-Signs 5 лет назад +26

    David Attenborough is unfortunately mistaken if he thinks the Paris climate agreement will have any measurable effect.
    1. It is voluntary
    2. There are no penalties for not keeping to it
    3. The entire agreement does not have the word "vehicles" or "automobiles" nor "mass transit" within it despite that being 20% of global emissions.
    4. The Paris agreement says there should be no warming above 1.5oC post 1750, we will have broken it by 2024.
    5. Harvard released a report where it clearly showed we have a less than 1% chance of meeting our Paris climate targets and only a 33% chance of stopping at 2oC.
    6. 20 years ago we spoke of "2oC by 2100" as being the worst case scenario. Today, 2oC is the best case scenario and we will reach it by 2050.
    7. The reason for the symptom of rapid climate change, is an anti democratic economic system called capitalism, that doubles in size over just 33yrs, requiring a doubling of energy and materials to maintain its perpetual growth.
    Capitalism itself, is incompatible with solving climate change, and it is for this reason that most people on earth are still climate change deniers, because most accept the physics of climate change but not the economics driving it and the need to end the current system for survival.
    twitter.com/armyofall/status/1018240310915293184

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 5 лет назад +5

      Do you mean death or communism? that would be an accurate statement.
      At present it says death is greater than communism ;o)

    • @mikemckelvey7144
      @mikemckelvey7144 5 лет назад

      20 years ago "we" spoke of a lot of things which still haven't happened. I'm glad to see you accept that it's a political argument .

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 5 лет назад +2

      8. It has not the word meat in it.

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 5 лет назад +1

      @Accelerationist Communism is only bad for people who are material things collectors.

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 5 лет назад +3

      @Accelerationist Yes, you have to be strong now: The future lives in vegan communism, the only future. Of course you are allowed to eat soylent green if you like meat so much, this stays in the family :-)

  • @steveh1844
    @steveh1844 5 лет назад +44

    Population has increased 700 percent in 150 years - we do not fit into the natural order of predator / prey ecology... Terrible questions asked. Co2 production of bags was stupid & short sighted... Attenborough will be greatly missed & difficult to find another presenter who is engaging, interesting and enthusiastic. The next generation will need some very special presenters to inspire & save the natural world and few animals we have left them.

    • @cellardoor7500
      @cellardoor7500 5 лет назад +1

      Steven Hopkins they will generate new dialogue from his voice files. He is the voice of the planet.

    • @MrFriendsfirst
      @MrFriendsfirst 5 лет назад

      Steven Hopkins Please accept my apologies but you idiot, we dont have few animals. Please quit trying to scare people to get them to do what you want them to do.

    • @Airstrip1TV
      @Airstrip1TV 5 лет назад

      NikeHerculesMM19 I don’t dispute anything you’ve said there. If the world is overpopulated the only solution is genocide and mass murder, that’s exactly what these eco fascists want to do. He talks about Darwinism and evolution, the person that comes to mind who was passionate about animal welfare, the environment and overpopulation was Adolf Hitler.

    • @danielshevlin4159
      @danielshevlin4159 5 лет назад

      I don't think Sir David was always received as he is now,obviously,he has been around a lot longer.There will be young presenters who will pass the same tests of time as he has.I guess what makes him even more interesting is the fact that he has been at the forefront of his forte since TV really began.Hopefully he'll 'endorse' a few of tomorrows Sir Davids to get them on their way lol

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад +1

      CO2 is not a problem, if anything, the biosphere needs more.

  • @zaonymorrison5365
    @zaonymorrison5365 5 лет назад +3

    A massively huge thank you to Sir David for his Love and interaction of our beautiful planet.... If the public (in every country) DO CARE about their little area, village, town, be it an suburban or rural area and surrounding countryside, then we should each as individuals prove we have woken up, and if not previously are NOW aware of the mess we've created and what the consequences of our past actions have created for all life on the planet. Let's be honest about it. The majority of us could EACH DO MORE.
    And of course we should ensure that the people we vote to put into power are aware and actively committed to environmental stability before we give them our vote - because their children, grandchildren and future generations also will inherit the mess we leave them... Greed out. Love in. It's time for unity folks or as it has been said: Our destruction will arise from the beast that we mankind, has created.

  • @BobQuigley
    @BobQuigley 5 лет назад +17

    Thank you Mr Attenborough for 50+yrs of enlightenment

    • @davidwalz94
      @davidwalz94 5 лет назад +1

      You take this boomer seriously ?

    • @mattsmith87
      @mattsmith87 4 года назад +1

      @@davidwalz94 Why wouldn't you?

    • @mikeg4247
      @mikeg4247 Год назад

      you mean entertainment

  • @DjDaemoAmadeus
    @DjDaemoAmadeus 5 лет назад +6

    For all people sitting here slaying David, please tell me what you have done to fight against these world problems, he has done more for this world than every single viewer of this video put together.

  • @Farrow1990
    @Farrow1990 5 лет назад +7

    Why did the interviewer asked if he watched love Island? He knew the answer before asking. He has self respect and decency so of course he doesn't.

  • @Tyler.21
    @Tyler.21 5 лет назад +9

    I really hope i'm as sharp as him when i'm in my 90's. Such an amazing man! Been following him my whole life!

  • @s2coop
    @s2coop 5 лет назад +5

    Evan Davies embarrasses himself here. Awful questioning no structure and sitting on the fence. I love Attenborough he deals with Evan brilliantly.

  • @PR4U2NV
    @PR4U2NV 5 лет назад +2

    Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough.. If only the worlds population believed in you truly. Narrating will NEVER be the same when you're gone..

  • @TheCrystalEssence
    @TheCrystalEssence 4 года назад +1

    Love David and his Documentaries!

  • @DarrenBurgess1989
    @DarrenBurgess1989 5 лет назад +21

    David is one of the greatest assets to the BBC, a truly loved and remarkable human being. Evan Davies represents the fall of the BBC, an outdated voice and an awful interviewer. Poles apart.

    • @potentformulas2189
      @potentformulas2189 5 лет назад

      Darren Burgess
      Totally agree,

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад +1

      I disagree, while legitimate pollution is a concern, the CO2 scare is a total fraud.

  • @Cheejyg
    @Cheejyg 5 лет назад +8

    You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

  • @ashishchoudhary1906
    @ashishchoudhary1906 5 лет назад +12

    Sir David you're right about changing climate thanks for your wise word
    but interviewers questions are not aligning with topic of discussion

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад +1

      He's wrong about CO2. CO2 is the stuff of life. The biosphere has benefitted from the increase of human emissions of CO2. 400ppm is almost nothing. The hot gas coming out of Attenborough's mouth contains 40,000ppm CO2.

  • @richardsmith2825
    @richardsmith2825 5 лет назад +1

    The only public figure to actively challenge our population levels as a species in a humane way. A truly honest and courageous man.

    • @mikeg4247
      @mikeg4247 Год назад

      You should step in front of a speeding bus to show your resolve

  • @hornswoggle3000
    @hornswoggle3000 5 лет назад +64

    Davis Attenborough - great man, Evan Davies - poor interviewer...

    • @SapaHollidaySaparonia
      @SapaHollidaySaparonia 5 лет назад +1

      @SuperCorrector1 well said

    • @joshpringle7386
      @joshpringle7386 5 лет назад +4

      While I kind of agree with a lot of that (apart from David being a buffoon), it does remain unknown what affect the accelerated rate of global warming will have on the planet. Global warming can be good for nature, but if it leads to global cooling then it might not be so good. But who knows, a glacial period might be inevitable anyway along with more extinction. It is hard to predict, if you look at a historic global temperature graph since the younger dryas period, it has been quite stable for some time. CO2 aside, do we as humans really want plastic littering the planet and industry damaging our health? Of course not, and to me that's enough of a reason to fight the fight

    • @bellow_musicalpoetry
      @bellow_musicalpoetry 5 лет назад +11

      ​@SuperCorrector1 Who are you?

    • @joeblack4436
      @joeblack4436 5 лет назад +8

      @SuperCorrector1 Oh the warming is beneficial now you say? I wonder what you'll be saying when hundreds of millions of people living close to the equator have to start moving away towards the North and South. Just to survive.

    • @ornellaaribam
      @ornellaaribam 5 лет назад +5

      @SuperCorrector1 Everything in excess becomes a harm. Same goes for CO2. Revise your basics first. He holds a degree in Natural Sciences.

  • @jnorthr
    @jnorthr 5 лет назад +6

    ordinary people are put upon, he should be addressing the corps.

  • @LankyGiraffe98
    @LankyGiraffe98 4 года назад +2

    All these years and all the evidence yet the world's still in a mess. He's an amazing bloke idk what the world will do without him

  • @jutaipeter
    @jutaipeter 5 лет назад

    I like the laughter in the background when Sir Attenborough is asked about Love Island :)

  • @waqarsyed6641
    @waqarsyed6641 4 года назад +1

    Much love and respect to David Attenberg.... very well said awesome thank you so much for what you've done for our planet

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan 5 лет назад +8

    I too was a pessimist only a few years ago but with the enormous installations around the world of solar panels I'm starting to have some hope, more than 100 GW installed just this year, maybe 500 GW cumulative. A 10-fold increase in 8 years, if that keeps going for 8 more years then all the other power sources will only be used at night or in bad weather.

    • @keithlynch7239
      @keithlynch7239 5 лет назад +3

      Do not be pessimistic about the environment. Everything has already been decided.
      We are at stage 0.7 of stage 3.0 in human development. It is going to take another 2.3 million years to reach stage 3.0.
      To reach stage 3.0, the Earth's optimum human population is 1 billion.
      The United Nations Agenda 21 and Agenda 30 are plans for ecological rights to supercede human rights. The only question you should ask yourself is whether your genes will be exclusive enough, to pass down into future generations.

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan 5 лет назад

      For a second there I thought you were talking about the Kardeshev scale... guess not :-)

    • @vemacrinnon9752
      @vemacrinnon9752 5 лет назад +1

      @@keithlynch7239 Pretty unlikely though, since they're bringing on an 85% deletion.

  • @jahrasta4079
    @jahrasta4079 4 года назад +1

    thankyou for being the biggest voice for every life on our beautiful planet we love you!

  • @doughurst6404
    @doughurst6404 5 лет назад +7

    All of the worlds problems stem from education- we need to be teaching our youth about all of this because they are going to be the ones dealing with our generations ignorance.

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад

      Huh? Children need to learn who really orchestrates to horrors of this world. The ghouls responsible for the wars and genocides are the banking oligarchs.

    • @soygato2722
      @soygato2722 4 года назад

      Kroban3 Yeah. Education is key. But you and those rich bastards don't want that. You don't actually want people thinking for themselves. You wanna shout and scream at anyone you don't like or want to listen to.

  • @khudoyberganabdullayev5070
    @khudoyberganabdullayev5070 2 года назад

    I've grown up watching his documentaries , thank you

  • @sodthong
    @sodthong 5 лет назад +3

    0.04% of the atmosphere is CO2 = 400ppm. 3% of that is man-made CO2 = 12ppm. 1% of that is UK man-made CO2 = 0.12ppm. So if the UK stopped all fossil-fuel usage, it would reduce atmospheric CO2 concentration by 0.12ppm. That's less than a sparrow breath in the blue sky above you.

    • @damianbaker996
      @damianbaker996 5 лет назад +2

      If the entire world were to follow the Australian Model to cut carbon emissions... it will cost a WHOPPING $US 400 Trillion to cut emissions by 0.03%! Notice how they can NEVER show a graph that goes back beyond the 1700s??? LUCKILY FOR ME - I look at graphs that go bback THOUSANDS of years... and we are currently going into GLOBAL COOLING! x

  • @squarepusher645
    @squarepusher645 4 года назад

    1952 BBC ?? fff me.. massive Respect David... every saturday evening as a kid..

  • @chinookvalley
    @chinookvalley 5 лет назад +8

    When trying to discuss reducing the human population of our planet people seem to jump to "murder". Why on Earth? Why not teach children that growing up and bearing children is serious - to think about NOT having children, instead of telling them that they NEED to bring more humans onto the planet!!!?? How simple an effort to teach sustainability. However at this point maybe offing a few billion humans might be the only viable solution.

    • @perarheim1255
      @perarheim1255 5 лет назад +1

      Enter poverty, religion, anti-intellectualism, peer pressure, force of habit, in-group dominance aspirations, favored offspring sex...

    • @vemacrinnon9752
      @vemacrinnon9752 5 лет назад

      Well, the U.N official solution is pretty murderous. Agenda 21 plans to cause an 81% reduction in human population within 20 years.

    • @soygato2722
      @soygato2722 4 года назад

      VЄ Macrinnon And when you're wrong?

  • @pattersonpi3027
    @pattersonpi3027 5 лет назад +1

    we have to cherish people like sir david
    they are a very rare kind, a kind we need, people who don't give a shit about ' political correctness '
    and have the balls to say the things as they are
    you , sir attenborough , have my deepest respect , p

  • @dablukumar5973
    @dablukumar5973 4 года назад

    Mesmerizing to listen them

  • @ConstantinSPurcea
    @ConstantinSPurcea 5 лет назад +51

    10:51 the moment Sir Attenborough is being asked about genders... He knows it's another stupid question.

    • @NxDoyle
      @NxDoyle 5 лет назад

      Dave.

    • @Molhedim
      @Molhedim 5 лет назад +2

      @Constantin S. Purcea How's that a stupid question? he gave a good answer to that.

    • @kokopelli314
      @kokopelli314 5 лет назад +5

      His expression was priceless!

    • @lukehatherton1207
      @lukehatherton1207 5 лет назад

      It's something that he's answered a million times and people seem to think he'll say something different every time lol

    • @kokopelli314
      @kokopelli314 5 лет назад

      @sabredMk2
      There are 2 sexes but gender is a social construct.

  • @timmy07155
    @timmy07155 4 года назад

    Wonderful sir David you've delighted me all my life... thank u

  • @AllIsWellaus
    @AllIsWellaus 5 лет назад +3

    I have seen this interviewer give good interviews. In this interview, I feel that he at times looked for controversy when it was more of a distraction. Asking him about Love Island for instance.

  • @ashokv4111
    @ashokv4111 4 года назад

    listening to david attenborough voice is meditation.......so peaceful

  • @LONDONIA2072
    @LONDONIA2072 5 лет назад +1

    why can't we have someone like Sir David as prime minister?

  • @mcmSEA
    @mcmSEA 5 лет назад +54

    What an embarrassingly bad interview of one of the great science presenters of our time. The questions were banal and largely besides the point. Terrible interviewer.

    • @SomethingtoappeaseGoogle-1024
      @SomethingtoappeaseGoogle-1024 5 лет назад +1

      Michael Murray You think that guy asked random questions? Hahaha. He was given a list of questions. Don’t be foolish now, he’s just doing his job. There are few who would disrespect the great Sir David Attenborough.

    • @jhibbitt1
      @jhibbitt1 5 лет назад

      I hear this on just about every single youtube video now that features an interview

    • @wimthetim
      @wimthetim 5 лет назад +2

      the questions were a joke, yet the answers still provide great insight

  • @kopasakheleni
    @kopasakheleni 5 лет назад +1

    That voice !!!

  • @rchuso
    @rchuso 5 лет назад +5

    We ignore at our peril the forces that brought us to this point in our evolution.

  • @ringodooby
    @ringodooby 5 лет назад +3

    I like men on hills explaining things to me. It’s reassuring

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад

      @Hierophant
      Sometimes both are full of hot gas.

  • @alecpetrossian7459
    @alecpetrossian7459 3 года назад +1

    It lad upon us wish we all had respect for the nature the earth, my respect for Sir David Attenborough.

  • @joewestau
    @joewestau 5 лет назад +2

    Honesty what a terrible interviewer. Shocking. I'm sorry David. We're not all like that . I for one owe you the world for what you have taught me. 🙏🏻 what a great man!

  • @thepepperlanders
    @thepepperlanders 5 лет назад +1

    The discussion should be about the policy needed to mitigate the impact of the inevitable warming. Climate refugees are going to migrate in ever larger numbers. The discussion about "plastic bags" is really an issue that is unimportant compared to food production or species extinctions.

  • @wildandbarefoot
    @wildandbarefoot 5 лет назад +2

    I remember when he was the most notorious climate change denier. Very pleased he has evolved. But if the government's take as long for their turn-around we're doomed.

    • @mikeg4247
      @mikeg4247 Год назад

      everyone gets senile, just ask biden.

  • @arnie1046
    @arnie1046 5 лет назад

    Sir David attenborough I could listen to all day, so calming and rational.

  • @sonoftheway3528
    @sonoftheway3528 4 года назад +1

    ''Do you watch Love Island" What a disrespectful thing to ask someone, let alone man of David's caliber.

  • @tonyduncan9852
    @tonyduncan9852 2 года назад

    Possibly the nicest man on this planet. Thanks.

  • @annakluger6356
    @annakluger6356 24 дня назад

    Was höre ich seine Stimme gern,seine Aussprache seine Gesten sein Lachen
    .Sir David Frederic Attenborough der größte
    Wissenschaftler unserer Zeit

  • @rorydixon3914
    @rorydixon3914 5 лет назад +1

    I love David Attenborough Sooooooo Much

    • @ThekiBoran
      @ThekiBoran 5 лет назад

      I don't like his anti-human stance on CO2.

  • @robertharwood6688
    @robertharwood6688 5 лет назад +1

    Brilliant man

  • @stokepusher5481
    @stokepusher5481 5 лет назад +3

    Yes we 'can' eat meat and I don't really want to pick on David as he is an old dog and his diet is his old tricks, but saying that we evolved to eat everything does sound like it turns a blind eye to the fact that a decent, varied, whole food plant based diet is optimal for us, we evolved as opportunist whom are 'capable' of devouring everything, like that science fiction film The Blob, but the Blob would have thoroughly enjoyed all the plant based options in our local supermarkets!
    'We can't afford to do that' (eating animals) may also make it sound like we may be missing out on 'the lion's share' at a kings table, but no, we are 'best off' indulging in the vast bounty of natures plant derived options in this modern age of our advancing civilisation, it was the kings of old times that suffered from long term carnivore related health problems and related poorer immune systems, but if they knew how tasty meat, dairy and eggs free food can be then they would have had chiefs sat around a round table.

  • @lawrencedesmondleach
    @lawrencedesmondleach 4 года назад

    that was one ad I couldn't skip. I hadn't even begun the video, I'm watching the ad. That was a life changing ad. I keep calling it an ad because I don't wanna call it an ad. It is what it is. Now, back to the video.

  • @beardoswaggins739
    @beardoswaggins739 2 года назад

    Such a sharp man, intellectually and fashionably.

  • @madspedersen5756
    @madspedersen5756 5 лет назад +3

    I dont have much hope anymore.

  • @bobwelham8792
    @bobwelham8792 4 года назад +1

    I love Sir David's facial expression when asked about gender etc. - very Edward Fox.

  • @nickhumphrey4833
    @nickhumphrey4833 4 года назад

    Attenborough is a wise man. He embodies many of my ideals in humanity, an extraordinary person whom is wish to emulate in my life.

  • @Magic-it4cg
    @Magic-it4cg 4 года назад

    There is hope!

  • @victorialily5998
    @victorialily5998 5 лет назад +4

    'Did you watch Love Island'? FFS! 🐝

    • @Enigmatized13
      @Enigmatized13 5 лет назад +3

      Haha. Yeah, look at Sir David. Do you think he looks the type to watch reality t.v? I mean I could be wrong, but I don't know why a 90 year old man would watch Love Island. I can, however, picture Sir David with the radio on, sipping a glass of whisky and reading a book ha! The interviewer asked a silly question there.

  • @NinJaTrainee
    @NinJaTrainee 5 лет назад +1

    130 times is not a lot over a year if you go grocery shopping 2.5 times a week, so if a bag lasts you more than a year, which it most likely will, the argument is pretty moot

  • @danstrayer111
    @danstrayer111 5 лет назад +2

    I want to ask David this question: If fossil fuel use is responsible for enabling human population to grow to where it is (which is true), then what will the world look like if we attempt to stop it?

    • @eatpigsnot
      @eatpigsnot 5 лет назад

      stopping fossil fuel use is only one part. replacing fossil fuel use with clean alternative(s) will allow us to live a modern lifestyle without causing harm to the environment

    • @danstrayer111
      @danstrayer111 5 лет назад

      that does not answer the question...even though your statement is true

  • @yehoshuadalven
    @yehoshuadalven 3 года назад

    Why the interviewer insists on asking small questions about TV and PC?
    This great man has much more deeper stuff to talk about.

  • @dablukumar5973
    @dablukumar5973 4 года назад

    Love you David sir

  • @VersionBest
    @VersionBest 3 года назад

    Sir David Attenborough is an OG.

  • @julianabarrington1954
    @julianabarrington1954 2 года назад

    The entertainment industry creates untold amounts of plastic memorabilia that is sold across a broad spectrum of industries around the globe, a reduction in this area alone would make a significate difference in this issue.

  • @FactStorm
    @FactStorm Год назад

    God, I love him. He's truly a human ambassador, so intelligent and morally sound.

  • @saraf5414
    @saraf5414 4 года назад

    I don't want to think about the day this precious man will no longer be with us

  • @hosermandeusl2468
    @hosermandeusl2468 2 года назад

    Not just a narrator, a world-treasure!

  • @heatherwatts8791
    @heatherwatts8791 5 лет назад +2

    Governments need to bring in the 1 child policy. Or we’re doomed

    • @skiyman
      @skiyman 5 лет назад +1

      yeah, that worked in China! LOL! Anybody that makes two babies gets fined? and if you don't pay, you go to a gulag! no thanks. ... just raise awareness. governments just make a mess of everything.

    • @googlebarbaralernerspectre2581
      @googlebarbaralernerspectre2581 5 лет назад +1

      LMFAO the sharia won't allow and listen to that in europe

    • @howardkendallstoupe5820
      @howardkendallstoupe5820 4 года назад

      Eugenics .....the communists and the nazis would agree with you, do realise that ?

  • @OllyAddictive2010
    @OllyAddictive2010 5 лет назад +2

    his face at 10:52 hahaha

  • @PianoWithMichael
    @PianoWithMichael 4 года назад

    We are on the verge of a paradigm shift in Capitalistic Approach, so long as a purchased-government doesn't contravene and thwart the new social/environmental businesses' rise to prominence. As the purchasing power yields to younger, more informed and open-minded consumers, I believe there will be a myriad of businesses and industries that will supplement to their Profit-Initiative a promise and delivery of support to restoring ecological and social balances. For example, "A healthy portion of all profits" will be used for this, that and the other (planting of trees, alternative energy contributions, medical assistance for the desperate, food and shelter for the needy, etc.) I know many companies are doing this as of now, but I believe the younger generation will start to demand and cultivate with their purchasing decisions, that companies adhere to social responsibilities that benefit the collective good, and not disproportionately to the compensation of the stockholders and CEOs by a Stock Market that has gone amok from the initially intended purposes. This paradigm shift in choosing to purchase only from socially responsible corporations/businesses will eventually spread to mass-market, and to those who spend little time or awareness on the fragility of our existence. As much as I'd like to see the Government intervene, I know the resistance, particularly fueled by misinformation funded by certain industries, will always be subjected to their projections of indoctrination and dogmas and vote for a government even at the behest of their best interests. One can try to make change by voting for a better Government For The People, but we can truly make change by voting for Better Business/Capital practices. The younger generation (and I'm not referring to the Tide Podders), will force the Paradigm Shift.

    • @howardkendallstoupe5820
      @howardkendallstoupe5820 4 года назад

      I really think you should read this out loud into a microphone and play it back to yourself, it will give you some valuable insights personally

  • @kevinfrancis6033
    @kevinfrancis6033 5 лет назад

    David is Brilliant !!!

  • @bodipsypha
    @bodipsypha 4 года назад

    Love David Attenborough!!!

  • @elletuppen4844
    @elletuppen4844 4 года назад

    How amazing are Sir David's responses ...and how drop dead gorgeous he is at 90 something...poor interviewee!

  • @BudahOfBirmingham
    @BudahOfBirmingham 5 лет назад

    Pretty much all plastic can be made with hemp. Houses can be built with hempcrete. Hemp can replace cotton products. Why the hell is nobody talking about hemp? Henry Ford made a car body from hemp. If you don't know about hemp, please look at it on RUclips . Budah of Birmingham

  • @barnabycauwood3983
    @barnabycauwood3983 5 лет назад +4

    What a shocking interview. Terrible questions

  • @account1307
    @account1307 5 лет назад +1

    We need the leading figures in biology and climate science (For starters) and people very conversant in non linear dynamics be a part of this conversation. The layman (myself included!) makes vague statements which could be precisely expressed in formal languages which have already been developed - time to get serious about this. :)

  • @rakeshdoebrie8626
    @rakeshdoebrie8626 4 года назад

    More then half seems of topic questioms by the commentator .
    Salute Sir David Attenborough

  • @c.c.3878
    @c.c.3878 5 лет назад +1

    1080, roundup and pesticides usages worldwide are one of the major causes. This must be addressed globally and reduced in usage.

  • @suzyb7187
    @suzyb7187 4 года назад

    I also agree with Ghost Dog. We are all collectively responsible, but initially there should be tough laws in place by Government for corporations then people will follow or only buy from from corporations that are mindful . People need to choose to hit them in the pocket where it hurts.

  • @ALDM404
    @ALDM404 5 лет назад

    pretty disappointing questions. you could have asked him anything, he has so much to offer.
    never mind tho. thank you for everything sir, you really are an amazing human

  • @mattieutheron6112
    @mattieutheron6112 5 лет назад

    Shocking interview

  • @margaretm.906
    @margaretm.906 5 лет назад

    Agree totally with Ghost Dog. Also, in addition, the government has to take some of the blame. If something new is introduced by the average person getting permission for it is almost nonexistent. Must go by current laws in direct opposition to an attempt to improve on the style of living that includes homes built to be off grid, etc. so how are we supposed to improve our use of power, etc. very frustrating.

  • @kathbates3549
    @kathbates3549 5 лет назад

    Everyone ,apart from first watching Cowspiracy, everyone should download Dr Richard Oppenlander talk at the EU parliament in Brussels pre to the screening of the film Cowspiracy. His books Comfortably Unaware and Food Choices And Sustainability are really good and worth reading. But I just wish that Evan, you’d made it clearer about diet.

  • @ims3704
    @ims3704 5 лет назад +3

    Oh i very like sound david i want all time listen david

  • @tuoratoo
    @tuoratoo 5 лет назад

    We have to something to stop something. Very perceptive of Sir David Attenborough.

  • @matthewread7220
    @matthewread7220 5 лет назад +3

    One word - fucked. Not even worrying about global warming/climate change, deforestation, mass extinction of native animals and plant life Pollution ect.. Ps David Attenborough you are a legend

  • @charlibryant5543
    @charlibryant5543 5 лет назад

    💚💙

  • @reallychay3730
    @reallychay3730 5 лет назад

    please help people in camboge