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I've read Project Drawdown, and it is a good treatment. I think that it misses a few key points, though, and not just EVs, though perhaps those are part of Wind and Solar electricity. One is reduction of fugitive emissions of methane. Natural gas is going to be around as a fuel for power and heating for a while, no matter how hard we try to replace it. And increasingly we are discovering that the methane production, transmission & supply infrastructure is extremely leaky. Given methane's potency as a GHG, work to reduce these emissions is low-hanging fruit in combatting climate change. The second area is soil-carbon sequestration. In the biological carbon cycle, soil already plays a huge role, but it could be greatly enhanced by widespread adoption of improve agronomic practices. Finally, much more than EVs or any other option, we need BEHAVIORAL changes, particularly in the wealthier nations, around individual ownership and use of automobiles, including light trucks and SUVs. We need more use of mass transit, ride-sharing, car-sharing, etc. Reduction in personal and business-related air travel would also help, along with transporting fresh produce over thousands of miles in midwinter. We need to learn to live on things that grow NEARBY, even if that means no fresh strawberries in mid-Janaury.
According to the most comprehensive analysis ever conducted on the topic, avoiding meat and dairy is the "single biggest way" to reduce your environmental impact on Earth. - Oxford University Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, habitat destruction, water pollution, ocean dead zones and species extinction. - United Nations FAO
i discovered your channel today and already loved it! my professional goal is to become an architect and, hopefully, help preserving the environment. your videos are really helpful and inspiring!
How do you not get more views and subscribers? Very good information and in a very simple format! As someone who works as a Solar Consultant, 'Well Done'! Everyone should watch this.
Very much appreciated, thank you! Views and subscribers on RU-vid are a complicated story and they don't tell all the story. Many of these videos are shown in classrooms and on companies' intranets to educate employees.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas about climate change. It makes us to realize that we need to take action for the better positive changes towards climate change.
I live in Canada where we use hydroelectricty, is that considered a good alternative? Also does growing your own veggies help? How can we as a family of 5 help? 1 or 2 meals a week that are meat free? Buy only locally produce when available. What about supporting sustainable farming practices?
Yes. All of these things are great! I live in Canada as well, I try to eat meat only once maybe twice a week, beef only a few times a year, buy local organic food to support the system, local farmers markets, driving as little as possible, buying good clothes, good products that last for a long time. Most importantly vote with your wallet and ballots every time you get a chance 👍🏼
Good morning! As for me, someone in the WORLD is very responsable to amelioration the universe because they are communique. Thanks! Version Malagasy: Salama e! Araka ny hevitro, ny olona tsirairay eto ambonin'ny tany dia tena tompon'andraikitra amin'ny fantsarana izao tontolo izao satria isika ireo dia mifandray avoko. Misaotra !
Your videos are wonderful, thanks for all your hard work! “The World’s Largest Data Center” has just been approved to be built in my small town. Over 600 acres of mature forest, including wetlands, will be destroyed. As if that’s not bad enough, this area is surrounded by 100’s of single-family homes. I now understand that this data center development is happening globally. Can you please do a video on the enormous carbon footprint of the data center industry? The companies like to promise they’ll build sustainable facilities but insiders call this promise “greenwashing”. I hope you can help raise public awareness so we can all take steps to minimize the environmental damage going forward. Thanks!
Love the video, short but thorough. But PLEASE change the part about educating girls on birth control would lead to fewer births. Educate boys too as they are 50% of the equation and should also take responsibility for preventing pregnancy.
Thank you for your message. I understand where you're coming from but I was listing the top solutions offered by Project Drawdawn and their extensive research. I couldn't just modify it to make it sound more politically correct. Please feel free to send your comment to them and/or read more about their research to understand exactly where this comes from.
Is the fact about having more educated Girls actually true and if so, why? I'm not saying this in a derogatory way either, but I'm confused as to why that is the 2nd most important item on the list.
www.drawdown.org/solutions/family-planning-and-education As mentioned, the video is based on the work of Project Drawdown. You can also read the book if interested.
I like all your points, on renewable energy , reforestation, and alternative refridgants. I would add Nuclear in that mix (even if some find it controversal). I like your point on food waste, however I disagree on plant-based diets. We are omnivores and need meat. I think it is better to create better practices in agriculture and then make up the different in GHG from other areas.
@@learnsustainability Thank you for liking my comment. Regarding meat, I am happy to make the decision for myself to eat meat as much as I want, and I think it is the correct one. Thank you.
Hi, several friends of mine did the Al Gore course and enjoyed it but I don't know it myself: www.climaterealityproject.org/training I recommend all the books by Naomi Klein, especially "this changes everything." I did a masters program in "strategic leadership toward sustainability" in Sweden that I highly recommend although not only about climate change www.bth.se/eng/education/masters/msls/
To have any real understanding of climate from a scientific point of view you need to learn thermodynamics first. You absolutely cannot understand how climate works without understanding how thermodynamics works and that is why so much climate science is in error and AL Gore gets so many things wrong.
@@cdmarshall7448 Hi sorry for the late reply, I'm just seeing your comment now. I have done a few online courses for global warming so I feel I have a rough idea of the thermodynamics of the atmosphere. From which part of the internet do you think I can hone my skills better?
@@ajaishyam3643 It really depends on what your interests are in and you may find they will change once you start delving deeper. The climate itself fascinates me, it is so much more complex than I ever imagined.
The sustainability world is wrong on meat. No doubt we need to reduce conventional cattle operations, and reducing food waste for sure, but adopting a 2,250 calorie diet and restricting meat would leave people severely nutrient deficient, and lead to a variety of severe illness as a result. Eating plant based diet requires about twice the calories to get required nutrients, and even then most plant based nutrients are not easily absorbed. Most people eat very little meat already. Grass fed beef is much better for the environment and people. I used to be on the Vegan train until I started having significant health issues. Eating meat requires less calories and you feel much better. It is also better for the environment because cattle does not require premium land like plants do and where trees would typically grow. Don't let misinformed people fool you. Dig into the facts. I highly recommend a book call Sacred Cow for another perspective.
Anthropogenic climate change is bad but the greenhouse effect in general is absolutely not bad for humans. If we didn't have a warm blanket of greenhouse gases around the planet, we would all be frozen.
So, reports today indicated that most of the carbon fuels must remain in the earth if we are to have any chance at avoided the worse of GCC. So, of course, world governments stepped up and put a escalating carbon tax on carbon fuels; stopped the mining and use of coal immediately, ended carbon fuel usage by 10% over the next 10 years in all sectors, and required all new vehicles to be run on non carbon energy sources. If only!!!!!!!
The Climate is changing slightly and fortunately getting warmer and not colder. It is unlikely that we will be able to stop the warming as even if all increases in Co2 in the atmosphere is stopped now the warming will continue Let us look at the benefits of a warmer climate such as more vigorous growth of all plants which will help to turn some desert areas in to green savanna grass lands. Large areas of frozen land will turn in to potential farm land. Some of our large cities will have a tropical climate making life more enjoyable. The likely problems of a warmer climate are well known so we can ignore that possibility here.
You're kidding, right? Millions of people are already suffering the effects of severe droughts, fires, heatwaves...Where I live, temperatures have reached over 40ºC for more than 3 weeks in a row, while the normal average at this time of the year used to be 32-33ºC max. I can tell you this is totally not enjoyable, and the sole idea of water scarcity is a real nightmare.
Since you seem to know so much about climate change, can you please provide a link to the experiment that demonstrates and measures CO2 induced warming?
You could do the experiment in almost any high school lab. All you need is jars, CO2 (or any other GHG) infrared light aka heat, and thermometers. Any gas molecule with 3 atoms or more is a GHG. Compare with oxygen (O2) or Nitrogen (N2) the 2 major components of the troposphere.
Unfortunately it's a little too late for reversing global warming especially after we started in 2017 cutting down trees in the Amazon forest. Global calamities are already happening all over the planet.
One life, 20cent for the bullet. Seven billion people, twenty-one billion FIRES per day, to eat. One animal eat nine kg/day, when nine people can eat a kilo each. Two hundred and fifty days for one bull before they kill it. One thousand four hundred 250g servings from that bull. Price for meat should be $1000 a kg, taxed at %90. Gunpowder taxed at %2000. Cooked food taxed at %200.
I really liked your videos, but I have to disagree with how you present point 2, health and education, and family planning are important, but the way you put it on educating "girls" for them to have fewer kids is just pushing the whole responsibility on females, however, females don't make babies alone. The mentality of contraception and family planning must be applied to everyone, men are equally responsible for it. For decades men have been absent from these conversations, totally unaware of the basics of contraception and its effect on women. It is time to share accountability!
Agreed! 1) This is not my research, it is Project Drawdown, I am merely reporting it; 2) I don't think they suggest putting the responsibility on women, they suggest that supporting women in that way can reduce carbon emissions in the long run.
I'm sorry but I just stopped watching when you used the term "Educating GIRLS" on having less children ... C'mon is 2021 ... Educate population!!! Is everyone's problem, not only girls!!!!
I understand. I also found the expression awkward but I could not find another way to say it while reporting accurately the research by Project Drawdown.
@@learnsustainability if you found it awkward, just don't use it! Climate change vs Women rights, I'll chose the 2nd every time. that's my opionion, thanks ....
@@jorgemorones1077 This is an unnecessary opposition. We don't need to choose, we need them both to function properly. Remember this is one of many solutions proposed by Project Drawdown.
@Sophia S. I totally agree with you but education is not meant in that sense, but rather controlling birth rate and allowing girls to go to school. Please refer to the book and/or the website for more details: www.drawdown.org/solutions/health-and-education
I realize this is not a new post, but i feel that I need to chime in. We talk about educating GIRLS for several (good) reasons: 1) They need to be taught about birth control, as it still seems to be the women's problem. Possibly education of boys could change that so that boys/men understand they are equally responsible for birth control 2) It has been shown that women save more money that can be used to buy food and education 3) girls need to be educated to become women who can contribute to the economy, political stability and environmental awareness. These are just 3 reasons. There are many more ?😄
