Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

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Strong rec nebula8804 · 2021-09 · on “Amazon’s AI cameras are punishing drivers for mistakes they didn’t make”

You are not representing the seriousness of this situation adequately (in my opinion). This excellent cartoon video explains the seriousness of all the lesser known sources of carbon: [this video] Seems like Chairman Xi is serious about tackling Climate Change so he does not get deposed if the Gobi desert grows and eventually swallows up half of China.

Strong rec LoveMortuus · 2022-02 · on “Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines”

Kurzgesagt made a really good video about climate change [0]. What stuck with me the most was that if I would eliminate 100% of my emissions in my entire life, I would save 1 second of global energy sector emissions. [0] [this video]

Strong rec shagie · 2022-09 · on “Planting trees not always an effective way of binding carbon dioxide”

One of my favorite channels on YouTube is Kurzgesagt and they recently (looking at date, well, last year - still recent in the scale of things) had a video on global warming - Can YOU Fix Climate Change? [this video] There's also Do we Need Nuclear Energy to Stop Climate Change? - [LINK] Is It Too Late To Stop Climate Change? Well, it's Complicated. - [LINK]

Recommends y4mi · 2021-09 · on “Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas prices soar”

Only in aggregation when everyone else changes their behaviour as well. Each individuals contribution is too tiny to have an impact, which is why we need a systematic change or legislation, so that its no longer a choice/personal responsibility to take action. Kurzgesagt's recent video (sponsored by bill gates notes)e xpressed the issue much better then I ever could, so i'll only link to it here. [this video]

Recommends jadams5 · 2021-10 · on “Climate Clock”

Kurzgesagt: Can YOU Fix Climate Change? [this video] Link in response to people asking what everyone is doing, should be doing, and can be doing...

Recommends oblio · 2021-10 · on “Carbon-neutrality is a tale: the race for renewables is burning Europe's forests”

That's nice, but the unfortunate thing is: [this video] It's a Kurzgesagt video about why individual action is far from enough, and why we need systemic action. Do your part, but also pressure politicians, because that's where the main pain point is.

Recommends bellyfullofbac · 2021-11 · on “The Pentagon’s view of climate change and the risks of state collapse”

Kurzgesagt made a video about it, and they say, and I agree with them, the answer can only be political pressure: [this video] They also mentioned the stat that if 1 person lived totally carbon neutral for 70 years, that would offset only 1 second of current global CO2 emissions, which I'm going to presume is sourced properly. I'm not very optimistic. Politicians follow the polls and go with what's popular, and if the people living in the rich nations have to pay more to fly to Asia for cheap holidays, and iPhones, etc, get more expensive because of carbon tax, the majority probably won't support the governments and will instead vote in populist idiots that will make things "great again". In the

Recommends anshumankmr · 2021-12 · on “A ‘false solution’? How crypto mining became the oil industry’s new hope”

>Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, the most-popular decentralized digital currency, have a notoriously large carbon footprint (bitcoin mining alone consumes about half as much electricity in a year as all of the UK). So to leverage a cheap source of energy to run their bitcoin mining operations, Lochmiller and Cavness found themselves partnering with oil companies to repurpose a byproduct, primarily methane, that’s typically vented or burnt off in flares. Aren't crypto miners using GPUs to "mine" bitcoins? Doesn't that also mean every person who plays video games is also responsible for stressing the power generation system. And as GPUs become more powerful to give better frame rates and fan