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I did the questionnaire and we use substantially less than anyone else on the graph… unfortunately I can’t afford to spend £10 a month making it even better… but I really hope someone who can afford this, does it!
sadly, programs to offset carbon emissions by planting trees look amazing on paper but are proving to be logistically impossible......if we halted all such programs today, and immediately went to plant all the trees already committed to by such offset programs we would need land the equivalent of THREE Indias to plant solid in trees with no other development or use -- there is no such amount of land, so the program looks good and definitely sounds good but we don't have the land to do so already, not even considering any future commitments made even tomorrow......it is time we began to explore other options immediately
Hey @Geographics as a Jamaican historian and archaeologist who has worked in Port Royal I have to say bravo!! I watched the video to see if you’d get it right and you knocked it out the park. Glad to see another Caribbean site on the channel
Port Royal is a town with an interesting history. I caught one 'error' though - there are already places referred to as 'Pompeii of the Caribbean', in the shape of the town of Saint Pierre on the French colonial island of Martinique, which was buried under a pyroclastic flow/nuee ardente from the volcano Mont Pelee in 1902. The term has also been used for Plymouth on the island of Montserrat - which has also been buried under pyroclastic flows (though far less disastrous as people evacuated).
How very ironic that the place known as the wickiest city on earth is now the most peaceful place in Jamaica. The only problem with Port Royal is that it's flood prone but other than that very beautiful place, very peaceful, the people live as one and it's a lovely tourist attraction. I hope one day the government would revive that part of Port Royal that sank so that Port Royal and Portmore can become one again.
One aspect of the pirate life I find interesting is that some of them were kind of liberal in how they organised on the ship. It was of course a mixed batch but a general sense of equality is what many left their former lives to attain.
It would be interesting to see how the massive melting pot of all the different races got along but that's about it I recon, mostly it would just be stocked with faux-pirate crap. Check out recent tifo's video about pirate speak. They were just normal dudes.
Tell Amazon and other corporations to give us their measurement of the carbon footprint..... Nice idea but gets old hearing how it's us being the issue when 70% of pollution worldwide is done by corporations...
@@slaydon3 True but the worst offenders are the corporations that while ultimately what they create end up in our hands, we, as average folk, can't really even do anything about. Mining, forestry, oil and gas, coal, factory farming etc.
@@slaydon3 amazon is large enough where its practically impossible to boycott. If you could organise a large scale boycott or strike then you have the chance to change some of that.
1 in 4 buildings were a tavern, a gambling hall or a brothel...my math says that's 3 in 4 buildings...let me guess, the other building was probably a church lol
Ha! You're not alone! I've seen others. Congratulations for having a video done by Geographics on your country! I'm sure many more could be done. Another person in the comments said that there are many other stories, but only the locals know them..
We can't individually do anything about climate change. It needs to be done on a societal level by governments and big business. Individually we are a drop in the bucket... don't let them shift the blame
@@Leshic2 Yep. You can try it yourself. If you wake up in the middle of the night to say use the bath room, keep one eye tightly closed. Turn on the light and do your business. When done and you turn off the light, it's really dark right? Now open that other eye and you can see a hell of a lot better.
@@Ashannon888 I'm floored to hear this for the first time about the pirate's eye patch in my 40s, almost 50s.. Amazing.. Learn something new every day..
@@cleverusername9369 its Cassava Root that's grounded to a consistency that's a little coarser than flour...it can be fried or steamed....Jamaicans usually have it with fish
The smartest thing the fossil fuel industry ever did was convince us that it's up to us to deal with pollution etc, not governments or the industry itself. Hence, we get nonsense like Wren, at least Simon is getting paid to promote it.
They convince us that carbon causes climate change, when in fact climate change causes carbon, global warming has been happening for the past 15 thousand years, WITH increase in carbon. It's not carbon making it hot, it's hot making it carbon, and it is a regular NATURAL cycle about ever 120,000 years.
Admiral William Penn paid for the expedition and paid for the settlement the Dutch had built, but it was William Jr. that colonized Pennsylvania, had to leave England bc he was embarrassing his daddy by being a member of the society of friends (quakers is the derogatory name) n kept getting arrested for prostitizing in public, going against the church n crown at the time.
Wren doesn't seem to understand that over 70% of carbon emissions are due to just 100 companies: big industry, especially gas companies. This isn't tracking the emissions from consumers using their products (so not counting personal vehicle use), just their own business practices. So sure, lower your own emissions if you'd like (I'm responsible for roughly 30% that of the average US citizen), but don't think that it will save us.
Depending on how they calculate, the carbon footprint does inlcude all your consumptions. Fuel for your car, electricity for your house, the carbon footprint of your steak or avocado etc. Yes, the amount of CO2 anyone of us directly sets free by burning stuff is negligable. The top 20 of greenhouse gas emission contributors are all in the field of oil, coal or mining. I know I'm being a bit naive here, but in theory, if everyone in Europe for example changes their habits a bit, we'd need less ships carrying stuff all across the world for no real reason, less trucks carrying stuff all across the continent, less electricty produced by burning coal or gas, all of which contributing to lowering the emissions of the companies involved in supplying the fuel for this madness... but overall I'd agree, Wren sounds like they're just trying to cash in on guilt. Personally, I decided to help saving the world by making sure that my kids will never be responsible for the emission of a single gram of greenhouse gases by not having any. Easiest, most efficient & cheapest option by far.
That report is a missaracterization of where the emissions come from. Not only do they condense industries into single companies (example: Chinese coal, Russian coal) or are primarily state owned enterprises. Of the top 10 firms on the list, 2 are publicl, and none are in the top 5.
Admiral Penn didn't found Pennsylvania, his son did. As a matter of fact, William Penn the Younger didn't even want to name the colony that. He originally proposed "New Wales" and "Sylvania", but the Privy council insisted on adding "Penn" to "Sylvania" in honor of Admiral Penn.
I’m Jamaican and there’s a lot more about port royal that only the locals know about just say it was one of the evils place on earth at one time I’ll leave it at that happy new year to all god bless
As a Brit, It's a little Scary that its over 90 Years since since the Country was hit by an M6 Quake nevermind a M7.5, Building Standards here are not designed for Quake Damage. Considering how many Towns & Cities are built on Reclaimed Land and Flood Plains, Liquifaction would seriously Catastrophic!
Earthquakes are also getting worse because of the larger effects of climate change, like the shifting weight on the crust because of ice melt. Things are going to get really bad if we don't drastically change quickly.
im surprised he failed to mention "Giddy house"...a tilted single story structure left after the 1907 earthquake...arguable the most famous landmark in Port Royal
Simon deserves the sponsorship money for keeping a straight face and not laughing during the advertisement of it :) I have an uncanny feeling we will see Wren on a future scam documentary. Let's hope I am wrong. Anyone that claims to burn something in zero oxygen has me raising my eyebrow... additionally, if the can pay all these advertising costs, it is a for profit company, not a charitable organisation.
Annnnnd gee it makes me wonder whyyyyy they removed the dislike button.. almost like we cannot voice our opinion against a sponsor we do not like as viewers
Wren seems a little sus. Did their test, was told my carbon footprint is below average, yet if everyone change to my habits the world would heat 7 times faster. That's literally not possible if I'm below average, it would have to (very slightly) lower if people copied habits. 🤔 On the other end though, I'm 99% sure my footprint substantially larger than their test implies. Either way I'm squinting very hard.
I feel dumb I've lived on this island for 10 years and had no idea about this bit of history. Also Simon is equally dumb for saying haiti is Hispaniola. Hispaniola is the name of the island but there's 2 countries in the island not 1
It's real.... *Port Royal, Jamaica* is indeed a real place where you can book tours to see the only underwater sunken city in the west. Some of those buildings are still underwater, where you can dive to see relic of the past.....🤔
Simon I see they let you out to release a couple hours of content today! Get some rest buddy! Great video as always! Happy new year! Edit: Being trapped due to soil liquefaction has to be about my worst nightmare, freaking horrifying
@@willowtdog6449 Yeah I live in South Carolina, and we're not exactly known for our earthquakes, but recently we've had a few and this video popped/comment popped up, coincidence? 🤔
Wren would have to pay me I'm homeless, no car, no job, I've been wearing the same clothes for a month, and I'm volunteering at a community garden 3 times a week for 8 hours a day for food. Seriously. They should be paying me for my lack of a carbon footprint. I only leave turds.
That's got to be a very cool feeling.. Congratulations. Thank god for people like Simon and all his channels... Doing a better job than big production TV shows.
Hispaniola isn't only present day Haiti. Hispaniola was a term given by the Spaniards even before Haiti had come into existence. The Dominican Rep and Haiti were later divided into two parts after France occupied what's now Haiti.
Wren: we won't make you feel bad about climate change but you better pay us because you're such a bad person....didn't the church do this back in Martin Luther's time?
And we look down on Somali Pirates and Drug Cartels. They are no different that these pirates and other groups that have been become government officials due to the power they hold.
Oh yes… the devout Galdy was saved by “divine providence” that he might resume is humble and pious life of trading other human beings like farm equipment. Religions always make so much sense…
I have watched several minutes of the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. It was such Hollywood garbage, I never watched any more. I am familiar with Port Royal's history, however, as I do research what has happened before. I wish more people would do that, instead of watch fake crap films.
@@frohn9461 Wish you could hang out with me. My daughters and son in laws think I'm pretty fun...and I must honestly admit, I don't know why. Maybe it has to do with my sense of humor, which is definitely "Airplane" and "Quest for the Holy Grail". Peace, and have a great year. We all need that.