Watch the US stall on climate change for 12 years
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2018
- It was once a bipartisan issue, but now one of America's major parties acts like climate science doesn't exist. This is an updated version of a video we published in 2016.
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The entire world needs to change. All the countries (except the US) in the Paris Climate Agreement promised to slow or start curtailing their CO2 emissions at the year 2035
We were the most ambitious in the agreement. Changing now. At least, we were. The others wanted to reap the benefits without any of the struggle at least for another 17 years.
So what you're saying is that we're f*cked
so it's time to call GG, I guess
Daniel Martins and Piotr Czajkowski, no that is the defeatism that plays into the strategy regarding those that don't want to do anything about the issue.
Layback Studios and TheCatLord, there was a lot of careful planning and negotiation into the Paris Accord. It was based on the assumption that it is fair for the major causes of the problem to take on a bit of the earlier share. The USA is by a good margin the largest historical emitter, both per capita and the country as a whole. The agreement was fair, and in fact even generous to the USA in some respects given our country's primary role in the existing greenhouse gases. One could argue that nobody knowingly wanted to change the atmosphere in this way, but consequences are consequences. No amount of selfish economic interest posturing will change that especially when our country is most easily poised to make the biggest difference early on. There are Saudi Arabia sized energy efficiency gains to be had in the USA, and that is just efficiency, not counting energy conservation, R&D, and lower GHG sources like nuclear, etc.
@tmWasted
Not false. I said historical emitter. Only in recent years has China surpassed USA in yearly emission rate, and even then the per capita emissions for China are lower due to their substantially larger population. The atmosphere's thermal balance only cares about total amount of heat-trapping gases, total contribution. Furthermore, if one takes into account a good chunk of China's manufacturing sector emissions are based on exports for USA consumption, then China just recently surpassing USA is even less significant. Take into account manufacturing exports and the USA's yearly emissions would be substantially higher than China's. Furthermore, the Chinese have substantially more R&D money going into GHG sequestration and reduction than USA Energy Dept. They are taking steps in some ways already where the Paris Accord has their obligations delayed somewhat. The EU is in much the same situation relative to the USA, doing more despite having a smaller per-person contribution to the problem.
Try as you might to escape responsibility, the facts show that on a per-person basis a USA citizen has had far more contribution to the problem than a Chinese citizen. The Paris Accord is fair, and in fact generous to the USA. That being said, the framers of the Paris Accord might have figured on anticipating a selfish backlash from high emission nations and planned on a same-time start date for all countries, but with differing percentage contributions. That being said, the world's negotiations can't drop everything just to please these people, either.
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom" -Isaac Asimov
@J. Milton Jeffreys if we don't trust scientists who can we trust on science?
@J. Milton Jeffreys a prediction isn't a reading of the future, and just because one or a couple scientists say something doesn't make it consensus in the scientific community
What scientists said that? When ? In what context? based on what evidence?
Don't spew out sound-bites taken out of context, which is what all of your comments are.
I'm not sure that was ever not true.
That's a lei,US knows that climate change is real,lol,they just make so much money with it that isn't wroth to say it's real and lose ****MONEY****,isn't a coincidence US is the richest country in the world
It's like watching one of those openings to Post-Apocalyptic movies where you see the buildup to the apocalypse.
haha exactly
We are actually very close to that. There are like 2 years left before everything begins to spill and the world falls apart as crops start to die
Yeah in this case its the buildup to the religion of climate change, where man uses 'nature' to dominate fellow mankind. Huh typical mankind behavior!
I was actually having a passing thought of "we might as well arm the nukes, cause our planet is dying anyway"
truuuuuu lmao
Trump doesn't know the difference between weather and climate.
And you do?What proof do you have that he is wrong?
@@jonhanson8098 It's not that hard... weather is short term, climate is relatively long term.
@@xoreign yet the right uses weather to justfy the Gobal warming bullshit
@@jonhanson8098 Found the conspiracy theorist. I'm guessing you don't believe in the moon landing either right?
@@xoreign now that you mention it ....No I dont
The fact that climate became “political” is sad, as well as these old boomers won’t be around to the see the consequences
This just makes me want to give up...
I hope the next generation will forgive us all, cuz I know I won't
@@gq_barry Well even now most people of this generation arent aware of this...
@@aturchomicz821 Yes we are aware Gen-Z, hates every generation before us you failed everyone on this planet. You failed to take action and now we have a plan 'The green new deal' but apparently saving the earth costs too much money to be worth it. The republicans failed America under Obama changes could have happened but they all voted against him because he was bad for the country a.k.a black. Now the POTUS doesn't believe in climate change and we may have him for 4 more years, years we don't have.
As long as authoritarians pursue it; the consequences will be rights violations, government overreach and diminishing liberty.
And; we have all been experiencing those consequences.
vis: outlawed lightbulbs.
When politicians are credited as scientific authorities and scientists are credited as politically driven. Oh our world today is upside down....
@Griffiith maybe so, but while you give up hope, I'll be out running for public office. I'm gonna wrestle the power from their decrepit, gnarled hands. Don't be defeated- there is still time to right the wrongs of the past.
OMG exactly!
the old bait and switch, Rudy... accuse the other side of your sins and use the attention going their way to hide the evidence of your own guilt...
You say "The world today" but it has always been awful. People have always been ignorant, violent, mislead. There were no "good old days".
@@ti2218 Actually that's not true look at the statistics today is better than ever actually: we've solved more disease and eradicated most child deaths and maternal death and the number of wars and violence keeps going down over the decades and centuries, better educated, etc. It's the US that has been decaying the last 30 years.
Meanwhile, the rest of the world doesn't have this debate because it's just an obvious fact.
Renārs Magone that’s Korean symbols you dipshit
Actually, China is the world's leading country in electricity production from renewable energy sources. Though China(1.4 billion people using energy) is also the number 1 country causing air pollution.
The difference is China is actually doing something about it while USA(No.2 country causing air pollution) decided to vote a president that denies climate change altogether.
It's nice to have the lone superpower filled with morons leading the world. We're going on a collective suicide mission.
'china, since 2006, keeps emitting more CO2 than any other country'
www.google.be/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_China&ved=2ahUKEwihyJn3-f7dAhXQZVAKHcSHAPgQFjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3BFSiSKTq30-J5njzPlLrH
France still has a light version of this debate, and it could get back to the « is this fact true? » stage of the far-right gets to power
I used to think the US was the rich, developed, powerful country of diversity. Now I just see a global embarrasment.
What I don’t understand is, even if human activity wasn’t causing climate change (which it is), creating cleaner air and healthier environments is completely common sense. There is no reason to burn coal.
People are stupid and only care about convenience and money
Well there are obviously reasons to burn coal or we wouldn't be doing it - availability, energy density, and cost.
exactly, idk abt you but i don't like acid rain
either
I've seen the statistics on the number of people killed by particulates from a coal plant near where I live- even in the short term, (which is basically all humans think about) it's an extremely deadly habit.
@@LilacMonarch Under capitalism
Interesting, I didn't realize republicans used to accept science as recently as a decade ago. What happened?
@@andrewzcolvin as well as Obama. As soon Obama wanted to deal with it. Republicans and their oil companies that did a hard right turn and put on their tinfoil hats on. And just went ham on Obama. Sad to see McCain and Romney, other republicans being 100% for fixing it. Than they couldn't care less.
Money
What happened is the left started denying biology. In case you're not updated on current events
Messiah Complex what do you mean by that?
@@WhiteJeezus You mean, like how the majority of the right deny evolution?
12 minutes 5 seconds of feeling depressed, brought to you by American Politics.
Nate and Noah Try Life yep lol
Isn't depression always oozing out of American Politics
@@Plair0ne it has in recent years because of Political Polarization. People are extremely loyal to one side over the other that we're all so separated now. It's become Us Vs. Them
@@CVerse I couldn't agree more, this two sides bullshit is making it more and more difficult to have reasonable conversations and debates with people who aren't on your side, it quickly devolves into petty childish insults and each side doubling down and calling fake news when the other raises a good point
Who you tellin'
If you really think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath while counting your money
Proff. Guy McPherson
carl1223 he’s not saying that. He’s stating that the world should be first not our own pockets or ideology. Not that people can’t live without their phones.
Its not like being enviromental friendly living you cant use internet, cars, and phones. You can still use it without damaging our enviroment, or we can minimize the damaging effect of our daily life, like minimize our carbon footprint
@carl1223 I,m not expecting that we would totally abandon oil but we need to seriously cut back on fossil fuels that's causing pollution.There are are lots of renewables that can be used instead especially solar
@carl1223 But as usual money is a big obstacle
Solar is too costly.
Deniers of X: "Show me evidence that X is true"
Debunker: "Well, according to this study-"
Deniers of X: "That study is false"
Debunker: Well, fine, this other study says-"
Deniers of X: "Also fabricated"
Debunker: "Sigh..."
Debunker: "Show me evidence that the study is false"
Clinate denying should be a crime by law.
@@truthboom Deniers: Well here's a study from god knows how long ago that disproves yours
@Kent Horvath Oh, here's the denier... please just go to the IPCC and NASA websites and look it up. I can't be bothered.
Kent Horvath just do the research yourself for god's sake
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney: Climate change is made more rapid by man-made emissions
Oil corps: *slips money into their pockets*
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney: Climate change is no longer made more rapid by man-made emissions
1:15 saying climate change risks are real
5:59 >> I'm no USA citizen, but that speech & the audience response sickened me 😢
@Chris Merck maybe that’s because China has way more people
Climate change should not be a partisan issue, its a HUMAN ISSUE
Exactly republicans only care about the white ones unforotnalty
White people? This hurts white people just as badly as everyone else.
I think it's just the methods of achieving the goal of reducing carbon emissions that separates the two and make climate change a partisan issue.
Climate change killed the dinosaurs.
But US contributes a lot more global pollution than my country ( a 0,28%).
Americans should do something. I and my country can't do nothing big about it!!!
You deny global warming I deny your intelligence.
Francisco DeTonne agreed
Dude, some people believe the earth is flat.
All Intelligence is artificial Intelligence
Its scary that people who genuinely don't think climate change is a really issue are in positions of power too. Obama arguably didn't do enough to prevent climate change now we have someone who once said that its a hoax created by the Chinese in the highest position of power.
@hotel? tanacon. yEs yOU cAn sEe iT
"It is up to governments" Well there goes the world in dumpster 🔥.
so many assassinations happened in 20th century. why aren't anyone assassinating these lizard lunatics who are causing millions of deaths in climate catastrophes?
As a conservative, I'm disgusted by the GOP's equivocation on this important issue.
As an independent, i am disgusted that so many people are falling for this end of the world propaganda
@@WhiteJeezus Climate change is real.
@@dazingarctic7873 never said it wasn't. The climate has always changed. It does that with or without us.
@@WhiteJeezus Let me elaborate. Humanmade climate change is real. 99 percent of scientists agree.
@@dazingarctic7873 Obviously. That's such a meek question. You know what they don't agree on? That it's gonma cause the end of the world. Ever hear of Russia's studies?
Hmmmm. . .a bunch of republicans talking about how climate change is real and we need to do something about it before November 2008, and then totally changing positions. I wonder what happened to change their minds. . .
1) Hold your hand out forward with the palm up.
2) Pinch your thumb and fingers together, tips all pointing upward.
3) Make a rubbing motion with your thumb and fingers.
4) (Optional) Smirk and say something witty like "Mucho dinero, senior."
I mean, yeah, but I was mostly talking about Obama. But yeah. Money. Definitely money
Likely Alex Jones's growth in Popularity amongst right wingers
Bribery
Republicans wanted to appose Obama at all costs because it was the popular thing to do among their parties' voters.
"We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe."__Elon Musk
Elon Musk isn't helping he is trying to build an ark on Mars for his billionaire friends
And do you blame him as we see whats happening in goverments
@@oliverwilson11 he's literally working on our survivability by trying to make us an interplanetary species
Castor that is why Musk donated 3x more money to Republicans in 2018, so they can help him combat climate change...
@@oliverwilson11 -_- not even close to the truth. He's saving humanity. I hope you don't go
5:58 one of the most genuinely heart-breaking things I have ever seen
That's what I feel too. It sickened me to my stomach.
Ouch
The fact that they laughed is so infuriating.
This video actually made me cry out of anger and frustration. Being a young person, I find it so unfair that these old men are making selfish decisions and ignoring science; it won't impact their future, but for people like me who are 'too young' to have a say, my future and the future of the planet that I'll have to live in is in serious jeopardy.
If you're too young to vote then I get your response but if not do something active instead of just playing victim, as a matter of fact do it now lol
@LeBlanco MOB www.climatesciencewatch.org/2013/02/14/james-taylor-misinterprets-study-by-180-degrees/
At this point we can't be wasting time misinterpreting studies and cherry-picking viewpoints to reassure ourselves that there's no crisis.
@LeBlanco MOB mid-evil
@LeBlanco MOB It's interesting how many goals and viewpoints you managed to dream up and put in my mouth from one small comment
My God sweetie. I'm the same way. I'm 28 and I only feel like one person and no one is going to listen to me. I'm frustrated and angry and sad.
I just wanna shake everyone and scream in their face "do you see what's going on? Do something!"
And then president cheetoh pulled us out of the Paris agreement.
I don’t understand, since when did facts supported by years and years of experts studying and researching to create logical explanations become something we can simply “not believe.” It’s almost like people not believing the damn earth is round... oh wait.
I swear society is going backwards...
Facts have always been pushed aside for money and power.
The church hated Nicolaus Copernicus for proposing the heliocentric model. Why? Because it made religion less credible, and therefore lessened the church's power.
Because the solution is abolishing capitalism, and we can’t have that
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a denier, but you should research leaded vs unleaded fuel. For years biased data was propagated to make it seem like leaded fuel was harmless. The data was wrong, but there was enough money to make it look and sound right.
First the nazis coming back (and that being okay?!?!) and now this???
Maybe greed is too strong in all intelligent life forms and that is the solution to the Fermi Paradox.
The issues that are common knowledge to the rest of the world are a partisan issue in the US.
Wow, you sure are smart. Have a pat on the head, and a congratulatory medal.
@@tanszism easy! He says the truth
It isn't really a partisan issue. Democrats do not believe in climate change. If they did they would have taken some action to stop it in the last 20 years. Instead their appeased the GOP w.r.t. the climate time and time again.
It's also not common knowledge in Australia. 😔
Pretty sure there are deniers across the world
No need to go to hell.
We're going to be just as warm. Real soon.
McCain said special intrests were interrupting the process and if you do a quick google search on theose politicians during those years listed you see who they were meeting with and their campaign contributions. they all went from "we need to fix this" to "idk if there is anything to fix"
The melting ice also has methane stored in it so when the ice melts, it's releasing methane. No one wins. Congrats VOX this is your best video by far, powerful yet simple.
We've already started to detect massive methane burps over the last few years.
@@uK8cvPAq foolio.
Fossil fuel companies win.
XD I mean yeah it sterrifying and I'll live to see the effects of it but still I'm just imagining ice "burping" xD
@@globalincident694 They really don't though. Dead customers burnt to a crisp is bad for business. Only their rich elderly investors who couldn't care less about their children or grandchildren.
What people don't seem to understand is that change *itself* isn't the problem, it's this unprecedented tremendously short time span over which it is occurring today that's the major issue.
You see, life will only find it's ways if it is given enough time to adapt.
Yes the planet was warmer and had way more CO2 in the atmosphere before, but it took hundreds of millions of years for that to slowly dissolve. For a species that meant it had enough time to make slight changes to their genes in each generation over thousands of iterations.
Nowadays things are so volatile the entire planet might be uninhabitable not even a few generations from now. And humans are entirely the cause.
TL;DR:
1 degree change in ocean temperature over a millennia - not a problem
1 degree change in ocean temperature over a few years - huge problem
Yup. Too many republicans who dont believe in science
Yes! I don't care what it was like a hundred million years ago, I care what it's like now. And the fact is, if we keep going on this path, we're going to kill things like coral which we depend on to live. And Trump might only have ten or twenty years left to live, but I have my whole life ahead of me. I don't want to spend that seeing the suffering of others (if I manage to escape).
+BaronZ I think you mean "uninhabitable". ;) And it _will_ be, at least for many humans. :/ We, as a species in toto, will end up doing what we always do: waiting until the last possible moment to do anything revolutionarily meaningful as a group about it. At this point, for all intents and purposes we've already missed the target temperature and all we can do now is work to help minimize the damage. But whatever happens, life, in some form, _will_ go on. Likely even for some humans. But, forget about having a laissez-faire attitude toward life and expecting all of the modern comforts we've come to take for granted. It will be a hard life and for many more it will be even harder and likely impossible. Millions, if not billions, will die and while most will be in poorer nations richer nations will not escape the impact. It will be much like the other "great dyings" that have occurred throughout Earth's history accept, as you said, it will occur relatively rapidly. How Republicans tricked their large rural voter base, who ostensibly care more about the environment than most, into denying climate change, I'll never really understand. That's one of the problems with a two party system. If your "team" says something, most just follow along without even really thinking. However, the Republicans will change their tune...eventually (and will have a lot of explaining to do, to boot). It's just a question of when... :/
More importantly, species DIE and are relocated when these changes happen... So I guess they're happy to see Humans DIE and relocate, as their homes are swept away in hurricanes! These politicians are stupid, bought and evil.
The fact that Republicans in that audience were laughing at Mitt Romney saying "Obama is trying to stop oceans rising and heal the planet" just really hurts me to hear.
OMG I feel so sad, angry, worried and powerless after watching this video
Mayra Fortozo VOTE!
Mayra Fortozo | Thats all we can do. Just scream outside their doors, that’s all.
I am literally crying after the video
@@TyTownsendFord Trump is going to be gone. YAy!
Don't be, you can also act on reducing the cilmate change by simple ways, cut back on single use plastics, no food waste, eat vegetables, find ways and opportunity on using re-usable item for everyday life like when in starbucks, bring your own tumbler and no single use plastic straws, go to stores who offer sustainable shopping like you can refill everything from vinegar, oil, no plastic packaging. I "cut back my waste" is said by the many.
When money becomes more important than people, we all lose.
Doug Dimmedome yeah, that already happened :/
Well put.
7:01 "I (not a scientist) do not *believe* .... the way these *scientists* are portraying it". Talking like that should be political suicide.
Yeah! Just once I'd like to see a reporter ask them "What makes you qualified to make that determination?"
They only show the evidence. It is clear...I am over 50 and a walking record of winters and summers past from 1969. Now...may I suggest you take a hike to some mountain range and examine the recieeding glaciers that feed the cities with fresh water.
tech nician up in the mountains the temperature is always going to be colder as long as our atmosphere stays the way it is, up at those altitudes it’s colder. But that’s not the point, that’s weather, we’re talking about climate and what that means is that the hotter the climate gets, the less effective the ozone layer is, the less cold the poles will be, etc. It’s undeniable, the “proof” these politicians show isn’t representative of the problem, they show what is convenient to their argument and you might as well not care because in about 30 years you’ll probably be dead, but what about us, the youth? What will we do when the Earth is so hot that the plants are going to start dying, more animals are gonna go extinct, less water is gonna be available, what will we do?
I lost all my brain cells watching this. Gee, we're doomed.
Same
The media completely framed it wrong by asking: “do you believe…?” There is nothing to believe. It isn’t about believe, it’s about facts. Stop asking if someone believes in it or not. Start asking what are they going to do about it.
Fact is scientists' predictions keep falling off
It’s just sad that the most powerful country in the world that could make the biggest impact in global warming problem denies this issue.
China has more population than the US and emits way more pollution.
The focus could be more on China to truly make a change
Gr4vity Goat under current social, economical, and political circumstances, China is actually doing a lot to reduce emissions and pollutions. And by social I mean China has billions of uneducated and unethical people (what do u expect from a developing country). Imagine when u trying to convince them to care about the environment when they cannot even hold on to the trash for a few extra minutes to find trash can and dispose it properly
The US in fact is currently leading the world in reducing CO2 emissions
Gr4vity Goat my whole point is it would be better if the US government could contribute to that effort too
The rich folks in US did *bet on the wrong technology.* Coal and oil is not the future. It's the fading past.
During the same time. China did build a massive capacity to produce solar panels and is making money on that. Europe has build a massive capacity to produce wind turbine parks, and is doing money with that.
China is your example...lol there rivers are so polluted they are bright red
China is importing poor quality oil from Venezuela. You know the place that is in such bad shape right now. And they are getting paid in barrels of oil not money, since the Venezuela currency is worthless. China is a horrible example.
the fact is that renewable energy is not efficient enough to fully sustain 7 billion people and how do you think the minerals to make those solar panels are mined using fossil fuels the only sustainable energy sources right now that has the capacity to limit emissions and still meet consumer demand is nuclear which a large portion of society believes is too dangerous
@@thenewbrazy9997 No China wants to build something called a super major city around the exterior of Bejing causing the double pollution and waste.
Ezekiel Arubuike hi expert on China. How many Chinese rivers u examined?
I cried when I watched this. It sounds weird, but it makes me realize how doomed my generation is unless things change.
I’m scared because it seems things aren’t gonna change
Love how donald trump doesn't even know the difference between climate and weather 🤣🤣🤣
Thing is this won’t work, if we stop, what about China or Russia?
@@Evili555 Russia's emissions aren't a problem but China's are for sure. The best we can do is do our best for our own countries and try to apply political pressure to countries like China. IMO, the biggest threat is developing countries like India and many African countries that will are seeing a significant rise in power generation due to industrialization. More money needs to be spent globally to help these developing countries build power grids that rely on renewable energy rather than fossil fuels.
Bommers: Alright we had our fun....soooo uhhhh...GOOD LUCK!
Millenials: What?
Gen Z: Is it getting warmer or is it just me?
IN ALL FAIRNESS, it is somewhat justified; they were riding a tidal wave of an economic boom, believing that everything, in-italics-everything, was possible, and consequences were a thing of the past. Should we just sit here playing the blame game? No. Should we remember this so as to not let it repeat? Most definitely.
NO T H O T S I mean we're getting news stories on how "millennials are killing the X industry" to this day so...
Well Gen Z is a fitting name. Okay everybody it was a good run but looks like this whole human race thing is over. Somebody just get the lights on your way out, thanks
Tbf the boomer generation also had hippies (the original eco-activists)
They ignored the cons and took their bets on the wrong option, in this context it is the resource that will lead humanity. They did not try to take in a factor of risk and rather worked with what they knew worked, mastering it like art.
But they didn't see that mastering Coal and Oil is completely useless as one day it'll run out. And when it does, they will have to start all over again.
And Oil/Coal is fading as we know it today. The US is late to the race and has to take another bet on something new and start to try to master it as quickly as possible. Sadly, the world is just watching as they know the US will not be able to catch up to their own demise in resource.
The world itself is in this same situation, but they're further on the race in places like Europe and etc who have took in that factor of risk and bet on a different resource of energy.
"Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception" - Carl Sagan
Human's are not exceptional.
Or maybe, we are exceptional, if only because we'll be the first species to see it coming.
Jacob Zondag I think he means we can see extinction coming in the future, in either 30 years or 300. Just because some people deny it, including politicians who’s pockets are lined by company’s and groups. Anyone who sits down and thinks can sea humans are on the clock.
I once had a wise fine arts professor tell me, "it's old people like me that start wars, leaving young people like you to fight them." Geez, was he right or what?
100 year's later : our grandchildren is suffering the most.
This looks like the prologue to a natural disaster movie...
Geo storm is more a prediction than anything.
Well it will be if we don't do some serious carbon extraction soon!!!!
It is.
More like disaster.
It is. But this movie is just a bit longer than a movie.
Notice the choice of words .. "I dont BELIEVE in Climate change"
When feelings are more important than facts.
ah that is how Republicans use words to create reactions from their target audiences: there's a war on coal. there's a war on christmas, the coronavirus is a hoax, Democrats want to take away your guns so you're defenseless... Tucker Carlson is the master of this technique
so many assassinations happened in 20th century. why aren't anyone assassinating these lizard lunatics who are causing millions of deaths in climate catastrophes?
@@rajadhirajmaharaj that's too far bro
John McCain nailed it.
USA climate and energy policies are set by the same industries:
The extractive oil, gas and coal industries.
Major bummer...
Who’s here after the US rejoined Paris Climate Accord
When ..did Joe Biden did that...thats good news...
@@UnRealistic. late response but he did it on day 1 of his presidency
I wholeheartedly believe that climate change is the biggest issue that not only the US, but the world is facing right now.
*Agreed*
This is very "duh..." tbh. And that's sad AF.
It is, but mostly US and China have to change
@@chriskayser5798 India as well. And the (sort of) sad part is that they're doing a much much better job than the US thus far.
@@patrik5123 It totally is. But the current president, and many senators and governors across the country have mocked Obama for saying this.
One of the most depressing yet truthful video on the internet.
I have had a small, yet continuous amount of depressive feelings on the climate change topic in the last 2 years, but after having seen this video yesterday - I have been unable to get out of my room.
You Americans will face the pain of deny over a real situation many catastrophes will hit US.
I put people who think climate change is a hoax in the same bag with people thinking our lovely Earth is flat.
@J. Milton Jeffreys Actually you can prove the causality. Its quite simple to measure the absorbation rate and the emitted spectrum, causing the netto increase of energy/heat in our atmosphere. This isnt even a "question" anymore, its like asking "do atoms exist"...
December 2007: "Why has it taken so long...?" - John McCain: "Special interests. The petroleum companies and other special interests."
They really need some people in congress who don't take years to decide on everything
Hi kermit
*decide on nothing
its the damn republicans who kept stopping it. theyre bought and sold by the oil companies.
Oh you just can't wait to have government punish us with carbon taxes, restrictions, and mandates can you?
olan levan, how about the Conservative plan-- carbon tax at the wellhead, completely rebated to every American citizen once a year, like the Alaskan oil money. How would you feel about that? If your carbon use is average, there's no economic effect on you. If your carbon use is below average, you profit. If it's above average, you pay for the damage you are responsible for. I love this plan. It was designed by a group of Conservatives.
"President Obama promised to heal the planet (Audience Laughter)" footage like this is going to make us look like one of the most oblivious generations of all time
Maybe many of us will step up to change this, and they will see as a great generation of people. One can only hope.
I'm ashamed to be human
That group wasn't "us". It was the Republican National Convention.
It's not just "going to make" you look bad in the future, it is currently making you look bad, to the rest of the world, right now. Among other things.
Matt Clear it’s just sad that someone will use it to be more persuasive.
"Wanna see us do nothing about climate change for 12 years?
Wanna see us do it again?"
John Mccain, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Chris Cristie. All suddenly came out as anti-climate change action. What changed?
The GOP aboard the Titanic: There is no evidence for this ship sinking *water engulfes the ship as it sinks to the dark abyss*
Maybe the rich have an exit plan
@Sarah Shanahan in fact, the richest and wealthiest on the Titanic died.
I remember Al Gores version of the titanic and we all know how that turned out...... but in case you forgot, that ship didn’t sink. Now we have AOCs Titanic story version with a fresh added 12 years.
It's not about saving the planet. The planet will be fine. Its about saving the current climate which is hospitable for humans and current ecosystems.
We survived multiple ice ages.
This is correct but personally I don't just want to survive - I want to live a comfortable life in a clean and save environment. And this I want for my kids and grandchildren too.
Everything in moderation. It doesn't matter if we avoided an ice age if we're just gonna end up killing half of Earth's species. We can adapt, but fish and other animals can't turn on the AC when it gets too hot.
@@SnowWhite-dr6xh do you like your electronics and your home? If environmental trends keep up it will be hard to keep up our current economic system
@@SnowWhite-dr6xh Greening ? Deforestation is happening at an unprecedented rate.
Unless you're referring to the algae blooms that are literally starving the oceans of their dissolved oxygen.
Here in the Caribean storms and huricanes are getting worse each year, a lot of people are dying and it makes me so angry that are people that choose to ignore whats happening to everyone else.
This is one of the most depressing things, ever.
@Chris Merck the point is the U.S should be better than that, why would that give us an excuse to stall still.
The best way to remove CO2 from the air," says Howard Herzog in his book Carbon Capture, is "to not release it into the air in the first place."
Plastic bags for when cows fart
Understanding science nothing is created nor destroyed meaning the CO2 already present in some form.
@Miguel I think you're confused; you're most likely referring to the Law of Conservation of Energy. Energy is not created nor destroyed according to this law, not matter.
Also, just to add insult to injury, the Law of Conservation of Energy is technically not true in some situations, like when a positron and electron collide to make photon energy.
@@Baryonyx89 first of all, you can't make or destroy matter. You can only rearrange it. What Miguel said was scientifically correct.
... but that's not actually removing it is it? So he's wrong. I mean, he was being clever, but it wasn't actually clever because it's just wrong.
"My ignorance is as good as your knowledge".
We need to change this mindset.
I’m watching this in 2021 and while there has been a lot of progress, I’m concerned that most of it is too late. We are already seeing the devastating effects of climate change with increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and the loss of biodiversity.
I just know that here in Portugal in October it should be around 15-25 Cº and it it's 25 -35 Cº every day for the last 1 month and the summer is unbearable .And there are no longer 4 seasons only 2 Summer and Winter . I m no scientist but i m 100% this is not normal.
Not in Spain but I've noticed the same thing. I live in the US around the same latitude. It's pretty much exactly the same over here. It's too warm for too long, and I swear it wasn't that way before. It used to start getting cold sooner
it started raining today yay!!! but it is 20-25 Cº it's like in a rainforest
And now we have Hurricane Leslie!!!
There is no denying climate change is happening. The onus is upon us to make a change. Clearly politicians are failing humanity so may be we should try fixing it ourselves. Each one of us can reduce their carbon footprint by a little bit and that alone will make a huge impact. Eat less meat, walk to work or cycle to work or take public transport to work if possible. Take train instead of flying for holidays if possible. If related to work, try doing meeting via Skype. These recommendations are amongst the few given by the scientists at the recent cimate summit in Korea. There is no denying that it is time for action . Let's do this for our kids and our planet.
For what it's worth I can report the same pattern in Ireland. Much much hotter summer than usual this year as well as a colder winter and much more frequent storms. You would have to be blind not to see it. I would note that our government has not done anything about it either, so it's not only the Americans.
Change is needed now to prevent changes we don’t want in the near future. 🌍
Stop it. 😒 You are everywhere 😠
I remember people saying this 10 years ago, yet here we are. The cynical part of me doubts people's attitudes will change 10 years from now. It seems our fate has already been sealed.
Omg I just saw you at Phill DeFranco now here lol
Thankfully the US has the largest deposit of shale in the world
I'm come to a conclusion that unless we all are paid to change and help climate then nothing is gonna happen. alot of people are too busy having a "working life".
How did Mitt Romney go from saying climate change is a huge issue to suddenly very skeptical of it. It couldn't be the oil and gas companies lobbying against it or anything...
Justin Goode
It’s almost like American politics is deeply corrupt and founded on personal gain. Surely not.
-cries in 2020
My poor children 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I rarely agree with Vox, but this is one area where we need massive change on both sides. But instead of waiting for stupid politicians, let's we the people take real action and eat plants. Pure and simple, and as vox has talked about, a shockingly effective way to help the climate. The ball is in our court
I highly doubt that eating the grass in your backyard is going to stall climate change.
you might be surprised! I know i was. Here's links to some articles, which in turn link to the mentioned studies (www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/veganism-environmental-impact-planet-reduced-plant-based-diet-humans-study-a8378631.html, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128039687000095) but if that's not your style, Cowspiracy on Netflix is a great starting point
Brady Galen i think the problem is the burning of all non renewable and bad for the environment focile fuels. And not the eating of meat
Unfortunately one of the biggest misconceptions is that the individual citizen could change the course of climate change, without change within the government to set limits for industry we will end up in the same situation just a few years later =(
@@HPS2O31 also, while some dedicated weirdos might eat grass, plant based meals are delicious. Look up Minimalist Baker, Vegan Richa, or Hot for Food, all have amazing recipes
Now they're telling us radiation is good for us. I'm an extremely optimistic kind of person I always have been but I don't see the light at the end of this tunnel.
I don't blame you. But we need to keep hoping as well as acting or we've lost long before the actual end. Don't lose your precious optimism! :)
"If I can't see it it's not real"
i used to like trump and supported him but i see climate change as a more pressing issue than the economy, its sad that we even have to discuss whether or not we should stop climate change.
Republicans are good businessmen and of course they don't want the coal factories to die but think about the jobs that renewable energy would make. Please acknowledge climate change, I dont wanna die early
Renewables are not capable of powering a grid the size of the US because battery technology is not good enough to support the energy that renewables create. It is ridiculous that people push renewables so much when they are not a viable solution. I do believe that renewables are the source of the future but nuclear is the solution for now so that we can get off carbon emitting sources and move to renewables further on down the road.
It started to becoming really bad, when it became a partisan issue, instead of a human issue. Because of this, it’s seen as less of a real issue.
It's really sad. I don't have much confidence in how well this is going to turn out for the world. I thought we all agreed that things had to change, but then nothing changed. I see more and more people living indulgent lifestyles: Driving big trucks they don't need. Buying big homes they don't need. Eating more than they need. It's all a part of the same issue. Americans don't understand minimalism and reduction. The Christian values in this country have corrupted our culture. We simply believe we should take what we want, because it was given to us by God. Nothing has changed. 75 Percent of Americans identify as Christian... 75 percent of Americans still believe that they can take what they believe they need from God's green Earth. No matter what advancements we've made in science in the past 100 years, we still act on the same old fashioned desires. The idea of a big family with a big home. The strong dad that knows how to handle a hammer and drives a big manly truck while he eats a lot of meat and drinks beer with the beautiful wife that stays at home and cooks all of the meals for the family. I'm not being ironic here. This old country lifestyle that people so badly want in America is the reason why NO ONE wants to act on climate change. It means letting go of this pipe dream, and they will grasp onto literally any thread that suggests a drop of credibility in climate change deniers.
I honestly wish climate change was a myth, but it is not. It’s the primary thing that will end human life, and it’s real.
republicans: cLiMaTe cHaNgE iS fAkE bC iT's cOlD oUtSiDe
It is now 2 minutes until midnight and the clock is ticking...
The world is not going to end, but depending on whether temperatures will rise by 1 to 2 degrees or by 3 to 4 degrees (or more), human civilization or even the human race might.
The doomsday clock isn't really relevant to climate change. Mike, the world won't end, it'll keep on going, life will probably still be here. However, we as humans will go extinct.
I bet we’ll be 90 seconds until, before the end of the decade.
+ antred11
Enlighten me on how the human race will end? Will we all suddenly suffocate? Carbon Dioxide reduces lifespans, yet the average lifespan is going UP, so tell me how the human race will just suddenly end, despite the already high levels of CO2 in our atmosphere?
@@antred11 we'd adapt. Nature always adapts or dies.
It makes you wonder if there is any point to have children. The world for them later is going to be harder and harder to live.
Here in Norway where 99% of the electricity is from waterfall. This summer we had the driest summer ever. And the dams was the lowes is many years.
We had to import grass to the cows, and some places they had to cut down on the water uses.
And now this fall we have new records in rainfall. This year Again!!!!
We have less and less snow in some winters. AND when the snow is coming, it is coming all at once.
It's not normal to snow for Christmas where i live anymore. We can just hope.
I see the effects here in the US too.
The situation is similar in eastern Canada.
Agreed, had I known 911 would happen I wouldn't have had kids. I'm ashamed at the shitty world I brought my kids into.
Raise your kids to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Don't be ashamed, be proud.
When the Romans fell, Europe didn’t recover for almost 500+ years. The Europeans not only conquered the world by 1900, but created the ideals to which our nation, a product of that recovery, tries to live by.
Even if we fall, eventually our descendants may find success where we could not, may it be 100 or even 1000 years from now. That is the nature of humanity, we’re all part of one great big story.
Economically, Compare the 30s to the 50s to the 70s and to the 90s, and then 2008, and you see my point.
The future of Earth melting in the hands of the most powerful men...
Just as I’m watching this the temperature outside is 9 degrees celsius, will go up to 13 today, it’s the middle of December, there is no snow and it feels like a spring day.
70 years ago there were three meters of snow this time of year, I’ve seen pictures of my city from back then, it’s unbelievable how much snow there was.
Same here, last January we had late March plants coming up.
If the government won't do anything about climate change, *we* need to take it into our own hands.
So *we* are going to stop corporations pumping massive amounts of GH gases into the sky?
@@wyvernlord23 Don't expect the oligarchs to stop becoming rich, that's like telling a shark not to bite you.
How would you do that, exactly? On a scale big enough to make a difference, that is?
@@patrik5123 By planting trees
You US citizens decide who is in the US government , I don't. Because I'm Brazilian and I'm hostage (as Brazilian) of how the US decides what to prioritize.
I lean more republican but I do agree something needs do be done to protect our environment. I also think we should push to get gas powered cars off the road ASAP
Edit: it’s not about politics; it’s natures world, we are just living in it.
It makes sense to be a conservative on some issues and depending on the circumstances. It doesn't make sense to be a Republican right now.
I'm even a car guy and can agree we need to promote cleaner vehicles, it leaves more gas for us haha. In reality though even doing a Brazil and selling 100% Ethanol at the pump would be a massive leap forward. A lot of cars on the road today can already accept it (if it has an E85 badge, it can handle it, and even if not there's conversion kits for every car out there) and being a renewable, carbon Neutral fuel that requires zero lifestyle changes, it'd be easy to convince people to go this route.
'something needs to be done', 'we need to get gas powered cars off the roads'
With a bit of research you'll find there are numerous things everyone can be doing instead of just suggesting one idea or saying 'something needs to be done'
- eat less meat (especially beef, switch to chicken, or even better eat no meat but I understand a lot of people are sensitive about that so just EAT LESS)
- Eat locally produced food that hasn't trabelled thousands of miles.
- buy second hand, don't be so quick to throw away items
Honestly there are loads of things everyone can be doing RIGHT NOW, but the biggest impact on the environment isn't CO2 from cars (which is mainly from industry), it's from the meat and dairy industry - it is just simple fact that it is an incredibly inefficient method of creating food for ourselves, while also producing huge amounts of methane from the unnecessary amount of livestock.
Here's an article on a recent study that highlights just how inefficient and damaging the meat and dairy industry is. (I know it's a liberal paper but it's analysing objective facts in a scientific study) www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth
Cars on the road are barely an issue compared to the giant freighters moving around the globe everyday. To be 100% real, most people who believe in climate change are 100% not willing to reduce their QoL to make a "difference" because deep down they rather have the new iPhone shipped from China than caring about how much shipping across the globe pollutes.
+Justin Noker the fact is that more ethanol would be a step sideways. The CO2 emissions from ethanol are higher than from gasoline, though the production of ethanol (by growing crops) removes some CO2 from the atmosphere. Source: www.afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/flexible_fuel_emissions.html
I seriously dread the day my kids will grow up and ask me why the world is the way it is, and why we didn't do anything about it while we had the chance. I don't know what I'm going to answer.
well then dont have kids. thats a better solution
When the last tree has fallen, and the River is all poisoned, then will we know that we cannot eat money😟
you never know what you have until its gone.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the hard work.
Is this a joke? Vox has uploaded this video before. Not that I'm against this video it's a good video.
Gendry Baratheon He’s just saying thank you... that’s all
Hijacking this comment to start a discussion on nuclear energy.
What do you all think about transitioning the United States to majority nuclear power? France already does it with 75% of their energy coming from nuclear and 90% coming from nuclear and hydroelectric. It's the safest form of energy by death count, produces only a fraction of the waste of conventional sources, uses little land area, is estimated to be effectively renewable for the next few billion years, and can be one of the cheapest sources where France has one of the lowest electricity costs in the world because of it.
Thoughts?
@@fairlyfactual451 well I am french and all what you are saying is true. But we have a problem with all this nuclear waist. We are now turning our attention in more reliable source such as wind power and so on I mean nuclear power is a good idea but how far can our nuclear plants get. That's the problem how much can we take out without damaging the earth and our generation to come.
Patrick Roelens I feel that nuclear waste storage is more of a political issue than an issue with nuclear energy itself. For example, the United States was planning to construct a massive nuclear waste storage facility in a mountain, but the governor of the state had strong objections to this long term solution, ultimately leading to it failing.
This video is still relevant as ever now in 2020
Keep updating this video please. Add on each year
Climate-Change wass covered by Hbomberguy, UpisNotJump, C-Town.
Yet they listen to hurricane warnings.
made by the same scientists.
They don't buy the fact that electricity could be free & non-profitable to them
Electricity cant be free
@@AliGoose2000 Sunlight, wind and rivers are free, though technically there's money in harnessing it
There's still plenty of profit to be had in alternative energy. So many of these technologies are relatively new, and there are many technologies that haven't even begun yet. It's just that coal, oil and natural gas are well established and very well developed. The cheapest and easiest is always going to be ground zero in a huge war anytime someone threatens the power base that has grown up around it. Like any dangerous animal, it will fight to the death when its territory and existence is threatened.
If we make it past this ultimate test, new battles will be fought over new energy technologies, and people of the future, if there is one for us, will look back on who we are right now and make mean jokes about us savages burning coal and oil actually literally in our homes, choking on the fumes and drooling over stupid shows on television. We will be the primitive roots of the human species that were too stupid to care about our own future. Humans of the future will compare us to humans of the dark ages, wallowing in our own waste and caring about nothing but our individual needs.
At least I hope so. All I see right now is hot, blowing sand, dead trees and the forgotten bones of billions.
Newt and Pelosi saying they agree on some thing? Interesting
Don't be depressed by this, get angry. And join Extinction Rebellion.
Oh my God. Seeing Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich actually agreeing on climate change? It's like looking into an alternate dimension.
Just empty rhetoric by both..
Just to make sure, they can continue trading stocks, and not lose the power that was given to them…
Honestly I try to see the good in Donald Trump but his decision to pull out of the Paris agreement caused me to loose all faith in the man, for me it was the last straw and clearly shows his very *close* relationship with the American oil companies which just shows how corrupt the system really is
Agreed.
You're wasting your time, he is pure evil.
China is doing more about climate change than we are, and we are the ones who loaded the atmosphere with CO2. Yes, I know that China is a bigger emitter than the US now, and has been for a couple years, but they are working hard to change it. The US is not. The US is today a "Rogue Nation". And BTW, there is ZERO good in Donald Trump.
Global warming is real but the Paris accord is not the answer because no one was held to the same standard
BRobbo We’re still technically in it until 2020 because of bureaucracy, maybe the next guy will choose to stay if we all actually do our duty and vote in the next elections!
We are killing this beautiful planet.. it's so sad that this happened in such a short time period
Everyone is afraid of nuclear war and what's to come after because that is certain death
But global warming is slow and more painful death
where's my guillotine emoji
we'll add it after overthrowing big tech companies
@@Carmenifold extremely good point. emoji and the Unicode standard in general should belong to the people
Timestoppa ey waddup eat the rich
This video just makes me sad
To see how ignorant some people are
and now I'm melting in a heatwave thx world for stalling on climate change
This is violently disheartening.
This is beyond frustrating. It's sad.
and now there's like ten years before it's too late, yay I won't even be able to be thirty. great...
You are probably gonna make it to thirty - the earth doesn't explode in ten years. But in ten years the changes we have made to the climate will be so severe, that it will be almost impossible to reverse the effects with the technology at hand today.
The earth may not explode, but it’s likely we will see mass climate refugees and global food shortages that will make our life miserable and would prefer the earth just explode?
^^ you'll be fine but species will go extinct, there will be major shortages of food and water, natural disasters will become more prevalent and more deadly, people will die far more of heat stroke than they do now. but you'll make it to thirty
Its fake grow up. They're trying to sell you smart appliances and smart cars! Its a con!
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