The Climate Dilemma - "Life Boat Ethics"

The Climate Dilemma - "Life Boat Ethics" | Joel Kotkin

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John enters into discussion with Joel Kotkin about the complexities of environmental policy and decision making in light of climate change.
Joel Kotkin is the Roger Hobbes Presidential Fellow in Urban Studies at Chapman University and the author of 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism'. He is described by the New York Times as "America's uber-geographer", and is internationally recognized as the authority on global, economic and social trends.
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@claudiafahey1353 Жыл бұрын

We don't have a climate dilemma we have an out of control politicians spending our money dilemma

@kdjourney51 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Green is a “deal”. And they are creating a lot of waste and lining pockets with green theater… ✌🏼

@europaeuropa3673 Жыл бұрын

Climate change is a non problem looking for a solution.

@jgg2220 Жыл бұрын

And they don’t spend it on anything that will help the supposed problem.

@andrewcheadle948 Жыл бұрын

@@dmitryisakov8769 "there is a climate dilemma, and in many places its changing for the worst" Examples of this please?

@Bgrosz1 Жыл бұрын

and over regulation and bureaucratization dilemma

@paulpaintshop103 Жыл бұрын

I'm 61 and am still waiting for any of the "predictions" to become reality. However I've been Taxed on all of them.

@Misitheus Жыл бұрын

I'm that guy sitting next to you.....58......Peace!

@Mellownius Жыл бұрын

It’s like evolution sir … it’s takes a very long time to witness but it is happening because most people believe it and the science tells us so

@Misitheus Жыл бұрын

@@Mellownius "the science tells us so" Been dealing with that arrogant statement for at least 30 years....then...reflect closely at "the science"...the last 3 years? Listen to the "experts"..? Follow the money....Fool me once....

@radiofreealbemuth Жыл бұрын

They're basically doomsday "biologists" that have been wrong about every prediction since the 50s.

@ricktd6891 Жыл бұрын

@@Mellownius No, the science says they're lying. It's a scam.

@TheRealDrJoey Жыл бұрын

There IS no "climate dilemma." There is no 'crisis.' Everything is fine. CO2 is the single most essential compound to ALL life; It is .046% of the atmosphere. Climate's what you expect, weather's what you get. The climate, like everything else on this mortal coil, is CONSTANTLY changing. It is normal.

@patriot77185 Жыл бұрын

Amen mate !!!!! It is all a LIE to make rich countries collapse !!!!

@rayboish Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, they talk about Co2 as if it's a pollutant instead of being essential to advanced life. I have come to believe that when it comes to these Climate alarmists this is more of a pseudo religious replacement. It seems more acceptable to worship the planet than God nowadays, with mankind being the force of evil that is destroying the planet. It seems to fill a spiritual hole, it's a need for purpose in their lives. The crazy thing is that the opposite is true. Mankind has turned a hostile environment into one that we can live in comfortably, and precisely by the technology that they perceive as damaging.

@paulpaintshop103 Жыл бұрын

Correct.

@foxkillingtime Жыл бұрын

Bury.. Sand.. Head..

@stevemarshall3986 Жыл бұрын

Agreed not to mention its another excuse to collect tax dollars.

@MrSpock002 Жыл бұрын

I remember writing papers in the 70's pertaining to the impending climate disaster of the cooling of the planet and over-population. Those have not aged well!! We are simply not as smart as we think we are!!

@thefleecer3673 Жыл бұрын

If you were part of that narrative you should speak up more!

@driftless1870 Жыл бұрын

We have completely ignored the “hole in the ozone” which started the Montreal Protocol and contributed to GLOBAL COOLING. That, and the expected cyclical return to an ice age trend were the concern of the day. Then it was “greenhouse gases” (which clouds are considered the gross majority of!) and global warming. The reality is, the hole opens and closes, regulating temperatures to some degree. Clouds condense or evaporate as part of the water cycle. None of this is subject to human behavior. The Climate Change religion is one where Man pretends to be God, and politicians and opportunists take your money.

@ablewindsor1459 Жыл бұрын

The Computer models that were used to PUSH the Coming Ice age based on burning fossil fuels are the foundation code for today's Climate models......I was there.

@ricktd6891 Жыл бұрын

It's another end of the world scam, only the biggest, most destructive scam ever.

@GoodLifeInSpain Жыл бұрын

The earth's climate has been in constant flux for 4.5 billion years...but, now, we're going to put our foot down and do something about it! I'm all for trying to keep our environment as clean as possible, but people are delusional.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

Except not this rapidly.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

@robertknight5915 You are confusing Greenland warming vs global warming. Your argument uses temperatures from the top of the Greenland ice sheet. This data ends in 1855, long before modern global warming began. It also reflects regional Greenland warming, not global warming. Scientists reconstructing past Greenland temperatures now use estimates from many different ice cores, which reduces the uncertainties associated with any single one and gives a more accurate picture of changes over Greenland as a whole.

@starleyshelton2245 Жыл бұрын

@@hosnimubarak8869 I keep hearing that. And it is not true. Rapid climate change is not even unusual. Especially coming out of such an event as the Little Ice Age. Check Maunder Minimum and Younger Dryas. Stationary climate is the outlier. Changing climate the norm.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

@robertknight5915 "Why are you pointing to Greenland? Sorry, I have no idea how that is relevant to my previous comment. The best evidence for Dansgaard-Oeschger events are in the Greenland ice cores,

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

@robertknight5915 "A changing climate is the norm. No one doubts that the climate is changing or that temperatures have increased since the end of the last ice age", However, Earth is currently warming at a rate 10X the gradual warming that ended the last ice age. "However, scientists have known since the early 1900s that adding more CO2 to the atmosphere has little effect on temperature, because the warming effect of each molecule of CO2 declines as its concentration increases. CO2 has been as high as 7,000 ppm and never caused catastrophic warming." Nope, you statement is completely wrong.

@nolaspeaker5656 Жыл бұрын

It's a contrived economic system, not a Climate Dilemma.

@colinmeehan791 Жыл бұрын

The Great Reset,sadly the sheeple have fallen asleep at the wheel.

@oryxthetakenking8275 Жыл бұрын

It's both, but it stems from the economic system

@MCOult Жыл бұрын

In California ". . . outside the public employees and the tech industry, nobody has any influence anymore." I'd add the entertainment industry, which has always had far too much influence. John Anderson and his guests are among the best and most informative (and honest) to be found anywhere.

@HebrewHammerArmsCo Жыл бұрын

I remember the 70's, I'm still waiting for that Ice Age..

@MsBiggles51 Жыл бұрын

According to the solar physicists like Valentina Zharkova we may well be heading into another Dalton-style minimum for the next several decades.

@HebrewHammerArmsCo Жыл бұрын

@@MsBiggles51 Bring It ON......

@rossd6809 Жыл бұрын

I attended an air pollution conference in the UK 22 years ago. It was bleeding obvious that the EC was exporting its pollution by exporting its manufacturing to countries that it obviously regarded as sacrificial.

@JM-sp7hx Жыл бұрын

Right, such hypocrisy.

@foxtrotjulietbravo5536 Жыл бұрын

And we've also exported our jobs in industry and the jobs that support those industries thus leaving great swaths of young and youngish people with no job and no way to get a job without another layer of mass upheaval. These folks are pursuing one of three paths available to them: 1. Move to another state. 2. Re-train for another career. 3. Lose your mind (and possibly your life) to drugs.

@oryxthetakenking8275 Жыл бұрын

So then why do people hate and blame China, when it was American companies and the US government that allowed these polluting businesses/factories to be exported from the US to China? Like if you threw your trash into someone else's lawn and then complain that your guests are annoyed by the smell and look of the polluted lawn your neighbours have. Also, China has made changed to combat its pollution levels, which is something many people refuse to acknowledge simply because "China bad"

@RuneRelic Жыл бұрын

But by becoming dependant upon those you deem sacrificial, what have you actually achieved other than self destruction ?

@ricktd6891 Жыл бұрын

CO2 isn't pollution and global warming is a good thing.

@nigelburn-murdoch2330 Жыл бұрын

Why is everyone so scared to just come out and say there is climate, but no CRISIS ?

@Misitheus Жыл бұрын

...there's gold in them thar hills...$$$$

@zdzislawmeglicki2262 Жыл бұрын

"Climate" is a rather I'll defined concept actually. The closest to a definition is the Köppen climate classification based on the analysis of plants that are naturally occurring in a given location.

@sherbear8286 Жыл бұрын

Good discussion. The world has gone mad.

@stephenwells1559 Жыл бұрын

The only dilemma about climate is how to arrest every single person who pushed the lie onto us that we have a climate problem.

@colinsigley5771 Жыл бұрын

The most significant aspect of "Climate Change" is the almost total lack of debate about it. That, allied to the concentration on the last 100 years ate the expense of full climate history guarantees an inappropriate response to the perceived threat.

@byza101 Жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%, well said.

@MaskHysteria Жыл бұрын

This is why I LOVE the Second Amendment. The dynamics of "Lifeboat ethics" completely changes when the guy you're planning on throwing overboard can take you with him.

@jsbrads1 Жыл бұрын

Or remove the antagonist before that 😅

@pacomaciasarrate6809 Жыл бұрын

This is the clearest thinking.

@andrewcheadle948 Жыл бұрын

I'm here in the UK... The oldest democracy on the planet, arguably. Yet our rights and freedoms were thrown out the window at the drop of a hat, when covid hit. It appears that in the face of an "emergency", the democratic process can be completely bypassed! And nobody faces any consequences. What kind of democracy is that!

@ricktd6891 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewcheadle948 It's Communism.

@lorendjones Жыл бұрын

I propose the Greenies be the first to sacrifice themselves to “save the planet.” It’s the least they can do if they’re serious about their beliefs.

@rw-xf4cb Жыл бұрын

All the plants in my yard sprung to life and rapidly growing as the days get warmer. Most animals thrive in warmer climates, coral the poster child of global warming concern thrive in warmer zones - there's no coral in cold waters (Canada, Norway etc. most is around and growing strong including Australia's Great Barrier Reef) with warmer temperatures. In USA more people moving south and in Australia more people migrating to Queensland for the warmer weather. Yes people die from heat waves but there are far more dying from the cold. Mankind is built for hot climates we sweat and mankind supposedly migrated from Africa. Greenhouses are used to grow crops out of season or to extend season they also burn propane to heat the greenhouse and increase CO2 by 5 times atmospheric levels.

@zdzislawmeglicki2262 Жыл бұрын

There are coral species growing in deep waters south of Greenland actually. You can Google for it. The discovery was reported in Science Daily in January 2014.

@garymills562 Жыл бұрын

The great early civilizations grew out of the deserts of Iraq and Iran.

@zdzislawmeglicki2262 Жыл бұрын

@@garymills562 They weren't deserts. That's why the first civilizations developed there, on the fertile shores of Mesopotamia.

@zdzislawmeglicki2262 Жыл бұрын

@@garymills562 No, it's more like Egypt. The river shores were muddy and fertile without the need for irrigation merely because of regular seasonal flooding. Irrigation developed later as arable land was extended away from the water edge.

@garymills562 Жыл бұрын

@@zdzislawmeglicki2262 nonetheless the main point is ancient civilizations arose from hot climates

@greentree180 Жыл бұрын

As an old school environmentally focused person, career and lifestyle. I hope this video is seen far and wide across Australia. We only have the protected areas that we have and the environmental knowledge that we have amassed because of the wealth that farming and the energy sector has generated. Also maybe it is time to hold up on a pedestal the hundreds of thousands of Australians, that for decades have been caring for this country through their profession and personal endeavours.

@jimlofts5433 Жыл бұрын

Australia all in on WEF - 30% reduction in methane / 30% reduction in Nitrogen / 30% of all land to be protected in reserves and national parks (currently 4%) and 30% of all Australian seas in no fish marine parks - all designed to reduce local food supplies and need to import more food if we can get it

@thatday5070 Жыл бұрын

Good discussion he looks at things holistically …climate is not changing John at least not temperature.. interview John Christie from Huntsville Alabama .. 40 years of satellite data show the models are wrong..

@axeman2638 Жыл бұрын

the climate has always change naturally, man's tiny contribution to a trace gas has no effect on it however.

@scuffmacgillicutty7509 Жыл бұрын

What were the dinosaurs driving around in back in the day to have so drastically altered the climate?

@robertdeguglielmo7257 Жыл бұрын

Monster trucks I guess🤓

@larrydugan1441 Жыл бұрын

There were a lot of very large dinosaurs cranking out dinosaur farts and the world did just fine.

@maxtabmann6701 Жыл бұрын

The overpopulation issue is meanwhile blatently wrong. The western world suffers from decreasing population. Why is it so hard to find out why and identify those countries with still exploding population. It is those wirh the lowest standards of living. Thus the solution cannot be to bring these to developed countries but to improve their living conditions to our level.

@aranisles8292 Жыл бұрын

Yes, increased prosperity brings a lower birthrate. Wealth in finance, not children, people better educated, able to access technology, make plans that do not involve more babies, and at the same time freed up to think beyond survival and the needs of others, including the environment. But the single-minded environmentalists want to deny actual prosperity to the poorest on the planet because it might mean adding, not decreasing emissions. It is a very short-sighted view, religiously dogmatic in character. They are quite willing to throw the poorest off the lifeboat to save the planet. It's a form of anti-human, classist, racist neo-imperialism.

@thefleecer3673 Жыл бұрын

By using fossil fuel initially then transitioning to next generation nuclear

@maxtabmann6701 Жыл бұрын

@@aranisles8292 I Fully agree and want to add. This is the Globalist world with the simplified receipe, transfer manufacturing to the poorest contries and sell the manufactured goods in the richest countries, thus making big profits. This is a new form of slavery. But laws that simply result in stamping labels on these good, saying sustainable, supply chain conform or else are no solution. What we need are ways of making these dirty practices public.

@larrydykes7643 Жыл бұрын

I had an ecological course in 1979 which used a book called "Population / Resources / Environment" by Ana & Paul Erlich. It's worthy of note that the first word in the title is Population

@TheMenghi1 Жыл бұрын

Paul Erlich was one of the biggest frauds in environmental history. He wrote an apology of sorts for the New York Times as far as his failed predictions, and they were grossly erroneous.

@rjbiker66 Жыл бұрын

Paul erlich wrote that book the Population Bomb back in the 60s.

@joedennehy386 Жыл бұрын

@@rjbiker66 and couldn't have been more wrong. It astounds me anyone still listens to him

@robertholland7558 Жыл бұрын

Population is not the problem! Distribution of resources is! The few have far to much, the many far to little!

@loaded2820 Жыл бұрын

Ah, Paul Ehrlich, the eminent lepidopterist.

@sailingmohican2767 Жыл бұрын

The climate is and always has changed we can't stop it ,I didn't hear any politician's say they making electric tanks or using less oil for military ops. They don't mind flying around the world for a photo with another politician

@tonycatman Жыл бұрын

If you ever see a car hurtling toward you - I recommend moving out of the way rather than saying "I can't stop it". Just a tip.

@guybramwells Жыл бұрын

Every 10 years we have 10 years to save the planet. One thing that's happens each time is my taxes go up.

@aaronhume5335 Жыл бұрын

I studied ethics and was so shocked when the professor claimed altruism is the only intellectual perspective for understanding how we should view ourselves, such a backward mindset because it comes down to being identical in life choices and strategies. This was in 1986 and the legal community has been falling down this rabbit hole ever since

@NineInchTyrone Жыл бұрын

@xedasxedas Жыл бұрын

Marxism...

@soniavadnjal7553 Жыл бұрын

Surely altruism simply means thinking of, and caring for, 'the other'. And surely it's for the benefit of all. Poverty, both material and intellectual, arises from the selfishness and greed of individuals. Which we are witness to in these days.

@rogeralsop3479 Жыл бұрын

Excellent man.

@radiofreealbemuth Жыл бұрын

Al gore in his Oscar winning documentary said the Arctic would be gone by 2013 and polar bears would be extinct. Polar bears are thriving right now and not even on endangered list. Media was also fearmongering about 10 years ago, citing "experts" that were predicting Florida would be underwater in 7 years. Australia even warned in 1999, that in 20 years, there would be no more snow. They just had historic record snowfall. Climate has always been changing. That's why ice age is cyclical and Sahara desert was lush 10,000 years ago.

@Bullfrog377 Жыл бұрын

What is happening, the fact that you're not allowed to debate the steps we're taking, and the various inconsistencies, are consistent with the idea that the underlying plan is really to reduce human activity, to reduce our impact on the planet.

@anthonymorris5084 Жыл бұрын

The climate movement is an ideological movement in the guise of saving the planet.

@jccusell Жыл бұрын

If you truly believe in the Life Boat Ethics, throwing yourself out first is the most ethical thing to do. So that makes sense if you look at what we are doing

@rhight Жыл бұрын

Sure. And the people who led you to that decision will still remain, and benefit from your death.

@MsBiggles51 Жыл бұрын

But what we are doing is greening the earth and lifting humanity out of dire poverty and constant threats of starvation. Sure, we have created problems and need to stop destroying habitats, polluting rivers and oceans etc., but only wealthy and healthy people have the luxury to care about things like that.

@NineInchTyrone Жыл бұрын

If only Social and Eco Warriors would take themselves out. Less CO2 and lower population. Win win

@bagatengris1802 Жыл бұрын

The theory that an increase in CO2 concentration above a very small amount, through a strong positive feedback, causes an increase in greenhouse gas (water vapour and cloud), has been disproved by satellite and balloon mounted measurement.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

Nope.

@tonycatman Жыл бұрын

Nope.

@nigelliam153 Жыл бұрын

The fact that in the last 1 million years there have been 4 interglacial warm periods much warmer than our current interglacial warm period even though co2 was only 250ppm says it all. The people pushing this on us like G0re, Clint0n 0bama and the Goldman Sachs buddies are all heavily invested in co2 trading.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

@@nigelliam153 "there have been 4 interglacial warm periods much warmer than our current interglacial warm period even though co2 was only 250ppm" [citation needed].

@tonycatman Жыл бұрын

@@nigelliam153 "Says it all" If you actually think that "says it all" then you are clearly seeking reenforcement of your preexisting biasis. Have you spent any time looking at the evidence against your position ? The answers are at your fingertips - you only need to look for them.

@416dl Жыл бұрын

The lifeboat analogy is not a very good one. Obviously the planet is not a lifeboat and we are in no way running out of anything including space. Secondly the more people we have the greater our productivity and so the resources we use become more abundant and more accessible; such are the findings of authors Tupy and Pooley in their recent book "Superabundance" in which they examine the actual record of human accomplishment and in particular the famous bet between Julian James and the famously erroneous malthusian Paul Ehrlich. I would wholeheartedly recommend that you have them as guests and with no disrespect for Mr Kotkin, he should do the same. Cheers and Happy New Year, really...the pessimism is corrosive and taking on the challenges of a changing world become far more likely with the knowledge that throughout history humans have, despite short-term setbacks, always made the world a better place. Cheers.

@burgesspark685 Жыл бұрын

there is no climate crisis

@Kefuddle Жыл бұрын

Correct!

@sebastianforbes1 Жыл бұрын

there are lots of topics we're not allowed to debate ?..

@carbonbasedunit3422 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for faithfully speaking the truth for another year, John. You're a hero!

@bennichols1113 Жыл бұрын

Everyone who thinks there are to many people in the boat can be the first out of the boat.

@jimgaster8534 Жыл бұрын

Follow the money & that will lead you to “The Science”!

@BinaryJoe Жыл бұрын

If we're speaking bad to worse, I believe the worst would be to be one of the ones chosen by the ones making the "hard decisions" as one of the ones that "belong" in the lifeboat. I'd rather go for a swim.

@Mr.E.Shoppa Жыл бұрын

Didn't Paul Erlich recant the primary theories presented in "The Population Bomb" before he died? If he didn't, he should have. When they (Gemanic Tribes LOL?) started destroying the aquaducts providing Rome's water supply, it was the beginning of their end, combined with their weakened ability to guard vast territories. Their mercenaries eventually turned on them.

@joedennehy386 Жыл бұрын

He never recanted anything he was always, and remains a misanthrope to this day

@rational-being Жыл бұрын

Is the change in climate really catastrophic? If there is a human contribution to climate change, why do we think that CO2 is the main connection rather than, say, land use changes? Are there any "winners" from the current changes in climate? Why is a (futile) strategy of attempting to halt climate change better than a local strategy of adaptation? What should we do about the majority of plant species which are struggling for lack of CO2?

@odochartaighofodonegal2351 Жыл бұрын

"Winners" ? Yeah, plants. Look at satellite photos of Africa from 15 years ago and today- you'll notice Africa is greener today

@thefleecer3673 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic questions that should be put forward in a documentary on the MSM

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

" a local strategy of adaptation ". Do a search for "wet bulb temperature an its effect and its effect on humans".

@rational-being Жыл бұрын

@@hosnimubarak8869 How is that relevant? Those places that are already hot and humid are hardly warmed by "global warming". Most of the observed "warming" occurs in cooler places (well away from the equator) and at relatively cool times of the year (especially in the form of mild winters, late autumns, and early springs). The effects of climate change, however, may be most noticeable in changes in rainfall patterns. That is where adaptation is most likely required.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

@@rational-being "How is that relevant" - The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance. Colin Raymond, Tom Matthews and Radley M. Horton. _ Temperature and humidity based projections of a rapid rise in global heat stress exposure during the 21st century Ethan D. Coffel, Radley M. Horton, and Alex de Sherbinin. More than 3.3 billion people live in the tropics, representing about 40% of the world’s population. Despite some areas of affluence, such as Singapore, the tropics are also home to about 85% of the world’s poorest people and are therefore particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change.

@michaelclayton1827 Жыл бұрын

Mr Anderson I would love to have a chat with you on this! You used to be my local Federal MP!

@dkvikingkd233 Жыл бұрын

It's important to have colleagues, remote work can't be the norm or even pushed for!

@peterpen2801 Жыл бұрын

Agree Totally with Claudia Fahey.

@AddyAshton Жыл бұрын

What to do with the WEF and Klause Schwab.

@axeman2638 Жыл бұрын

hangings

@patriot77185 Жыл бұрын

I have an idea but it's not legal !!!!

@scuffmacgillicutty7509 Жыл бұрын

@@patriot77185 How much of the WEF's dealings are of the legal and virtuous kind?

@Misitheus Жыл бұрын

I start to question reality when I see the dude speak.....this can't be real? Peace!

@CryptoSurfer Жыл бұрын

In 10 years, “you will own nothing and be happy “

@factual6591 Жыл бұрын

In Nature, populations become self limiting due to necessary environmental inputs being depleted to exhaustion levels eg food.The population balances itself according to these events, unless this is interfered with, thus delaying the arrival of this delicate balance with more dramatic end events along the way

@celtspeaksgoth7251 Жыл бұрын

but in nature no-one goes around vaccinating or sharing food around beyond one's immediate troupe

@factual6591 Жыл бұрын

But we interfere with nature, breaking that natural balance and creating even bigger problems.

@MsBiggles51 Жыл бұрын

@@factual6591 We are nature.

@mkkrupp2462 Жыл бұрын

We play “life boat ethics” every day in our treatment of non humans. And have been doing so for a long long time. Who speaks for them ?

@kenreckless9845 Жыл бұрын

Well, wealthy countries that use fossil fuels are able to conserve large areas of land in national parks etc. In poor countries people don't care because they need to cut down the forests to have wood for fuel. If we want to save the wilderness we should be trying to switch people over from burning wood to burning coal/gas - much more efficient way to produce energy, and leaves more of the environment intact for the animals.

@jaygee423 Жыл бұрын

let's teach the next generation to think for themselves and be able to discuss and address the world's problems in a methodical way. not follow blindly a single idealistic view. if this occurred, we could return to informed decision making after robust debate. Comon sense instead of idealism.

@hanskloss7726 Жыл бұрын

Well the way it looks like we are gonna try all the damaging "solutions" and then more. That is what academia, media, "NGOs" and politicians want. NGOs are in quotation marks because at least here in Germany they get quite some tax money from the government. Btw it has been some time now since the riots and emergency rule in Sri Lanka - have they given up on their mad fertilizer ban?

@daz1963 Жыл бұрын

John do you remember Tim Flannery Some 15 years ago saying NSW would have now water by 2020....

@irismetcalfe Жыл бұрын

I remember. He said 'Even the rains that fall, won't fill up the dams'. A year later we had floods and our dams were full to overflowing.

@timanne100 Жыл бұрын

What does your vague reference to ‘clean energy’ mean?

@hargeaux Жыл бұрын

Off topic I know, but I love hearing from somebody go back to their *free* tertiary education days, who aligns with the coalition that have deregulating universities as their policy.

@davidhunt313 Жыл бұрын

Is *_WEALTH_* fundamentally open summed or closed summed? There is no more important question today for all of Humanity.

@ceecee6679 Жыл бұрын

Remote work isolates people, there is a down side to every choice... There are no solutions only trade offs.

@aranisles8292 Жыл бұрын

I agree. That's not an optimal solution at all. We're already dealing with rising mental health issues due to greater loneliness and alienation, exacerbated greatly by the pandemic.

@tonycatman Жыл бұрын

It doesn't need to be all-or-nothing at an individual level, or even within a company. Some people might struggle to get to work at all. For example mobility or eyesight issues. Others might prefer to be in the office for 2 or 3 days. The 5-day in an office for everyone is vanishingly unlikely to be the optimum.

@ceecee6679 Жыл бұрын

@@tonycatman Balance is good with most everything but getting up and getting out and being with people is always going to be better than staying home isolated from the world with only a keyboard to tether reality.

@tedprice5828 Жыл бұрын

God is in charge of climate change.God works in mysterious ways, His wonders to perform. He plants His footsteps in the sea and runs upon the storm.

@statstu Жыл бұрын

This is seen all over the world. Countries not extracting shale gas for example from their own country but importing it? To make their own numbers look good. Maybe the carbon created from anything imported should be added to the importing countries stats. Making them realise it's MORE beneficial to create your own energy.

@glennllewellyn7369 Жыл бұрын

If we were to try and fix climate change, when would we know when it’s fixed? The climate is fine people. Stop the fear.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

Sadly, you probably think your comment is quite witty.

@glennllewellyn7369 Жыл бұрын

@@hosnimubarak8869 Climate change will be fixed by 2pm on the first sunny afternoon in June. Word.

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

@@glennllewellyn7369 ????

@glennllewellyn7369 Жыл бұрын

@@hosnimubarak8869 ???

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

@@glennllewellyn7369 Sorry, I thought you would know I was asking you a question.

@halfrsedtradie1926 Жыл бұрын

They want us to suffer

@davidjma7226 Жыл бұрын

Australia is producing solar power and will export it to Singapore in a few years time. So why can't they do this for their own cities? They want to keep the coal industry going!? Bizarre....totally bizarre.

@MsBiggles51 Жыл бұрын

And where is all the lithium for the batteries to come from? I saw a calculation (I'll try to find it again) that showed mining enough lithium for enough renewables to power just the US would take over 29,000 years. Then there are numerous other rare minerals required. And fossil fuels are used in the manufacture of solar power, wind farms etc. anyway. Fossil fuels have taken the developed world from dire poverty to the comfortable, healthy and productive lives we have today. If you don't like it, turn off your home's electricity supply, stop driving, stop flying, stop eating food that's been transported, stop using all plastics, oils, lubricants, stop using virtually anything that's been manufactured. Let's see how long you last. And all this for an unproven hypothesis. The climate has always changed and always will.

@bennyl7224 2 ай бұрын

Yes. Coal and gas. Much better energy supply than solar

@Misitheus Жыл бұрын

I am 58....Fool me once.......Peace!

@aindriubradleymarshall6226 Жыл бұрын

It's a psyop .... ...

@trishwragg848 Жыл бұрын

We must stop making worship of the creation a religion.

@paulus1011 Жыл бұрын

We have affected the earth by making it greener ( more vegetation by 14%), but it's the sun controls the climate...!

@hosnimubarak8869 Жыл бұрын

Climate naysayers have long upheld CO2 fertilization as evidence that humans are doing the planet a solid good by pumping 40 billion tons of fossil carbon into the air every year. It’s an argument that makes sense superficially, but falls apart as soon as you start to unpack it. First and foremost, most experts agree that CO2 fertilization is a temporary effect. The reason is simple: anything that limits growth, whether it’s sunlight, water, carbon, or even physical space, can only stimulate plants up to a point. Eventually, they run into some other resource limitation. This principle, called “Liebig’s law of the minimum,” was developed in agricultural science to explain why fertilizing a crop with plentiful nutrients doesn’t stimulate growth. It’s proven to be a very robust concept. CO2 fertilization also stands to impact plant growth in unexpected ways. For instance, that some plants are putting out more leaves at the expense of roots, which has detrimental effects on their long-term health. Finally, ecologists worry CO2 fertilization will have dramatic feedbacks on the entire climate system. For instance, plants pump a lot of water from the ground into the atmosphere; a process known as transpiration. When plants have more leaves, they can pump more water into the atmosphere, resulting in more clouds and rainfall. This could make the hydrological cycle more vigorous.

@tonycatman Жыл бұрын

We can't do anything about the sun. That discussion is pointless. Better to concentrate on the things we can do something about.

@melvinhunt6976 Жыл бұрын

Dilemma? The Climate has Never Changed!

@chrisgriffiths2533 Жыл бұрын

I Should Just Touch on Current Australian Politics for a Moment. Regional Australia, the Largest Part of Australia by Area is Crying Out for New Leadership. John Anderson is Now More a Protector of Regional Australia than He is a Leader. This is Part of the Sometimes Complex Behaviour of Regional Australia. Just One Example :- Townsville is Failing Regional Australia on a Massive Scale and there is No Sight of a Leader to Fix that.

@eleanorkett1129 Жыл бұрын

Kotkin is an intelligent man until the TDS shows up. In this conversation thankfully it doesn't show up.

@aranisles8292 Жыл бұрын

Like Sam Harris?

@marcelgirard5162 Жыл бұрын

Global carbon reduction…can someone explain that to our PM Trudeau and his cronies.

@tedprice5828 Жыл бұрын

We will save the planet? Are we now God which is the case of all our problems since the fall?

@sarahwagland1559 Жыл бұрын

We've offended God. We are the enemy of God. The problem is that we think we can save ourselves.

@andrewwilliams8413 Жыл бұрын

CONTEXT ?

@vsstdtbs3705 Жыл бұрын

COP 27 did not talk about overpopulation 27 times, so it failed 27 times. Spot the connection? As women dominate voting, population is not allowed to be discussed. It is a traditional man's rights to put down his subjects.

@bennyl7224 2 ай бұрын

I’m confused. You’re not suggesting there’s an overpopulation problem I hope. That alarmism has been safely debunked

@EvilZ2009 Жыл бұрын

We do have a climate issue however the solution that is often proposed only touches the easy subjects to blame such as car pollution however it doesn't speak about the relationship that countries such as the US in selling off old cars, old Frodges to other countries or why not recycling to mass dump in countries with no protection for foreign businesses. What about rechargeable batteries that are mined in the Congo under conditions that are worst then slavery. What are we doing about this considering we are the one who benefit from their death and labor. Saving the earth starts with calling out the hypocrisy of the West who will cheat at every turn to look clean when in fact it only is forming it's filth unto poorer countries or worst yet buying carbon credits to look good.

@nathanaelstunt7317 Жыл бұрын

Are you really suggesting that farmers think carbon dioxide is bad? Incredibly dense. Wise up quick.

@Samsgarden Жыл бұрын

Green ideas and communists aren’t that abominable. It’s their delivery.

@ruthrainous3068 Жыл бұрын

I think you need to back up and first ask if it is even true that increased levels of carbon dioxide always equals higher global temperatures. I believe we have been lied to. We need to all become climate scientists and find out if we are being lied to.

@naomiklahn4623 Жыл бұрын

Don't worry about grain production - we need to increase ruminant animal production...humans thrive on red meat - grain is a starvation food that wrecks your guts. #carnivore

@timfallon8226 Жыл бұрын

News flash. There is no climate emergency.

@andrewst9797 Жыл бұрын

'Live boat' analogies must not be taken literally! 'Human footprints' may be a better word. Everything we do to nature is harmless- until there are too many of us (or any one species). Very simple mathematics. There are now several billions too many humans on earth. However, our own 'solution' to this problem ought to be to intelligently reduce our numbers, not recklessly! Nature on the other hand may have other, more unpleasant tricks up her sleeve!

@bennyl7224 2 ай бұрын

There is no overpopulation problem.

@andrewst9797 2 ай бұрын

@@bennyl7224 That's what the locusts thought😉

@bennyl7224 2 ай бұрын

@@andrewst9797 be as Malthusian as you like personally, but that’s a problem when policy is being driven by a belief in fallacies such as this

@plweis7203 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately this guest was highly inarticulate. He would benefit greatly from preparing some notes in advance imo.

@turkrane12 Жыл бұрын

Climate dementia

@paulslater9061 Жыл бұрын

Say what you mean we're all being scammed

@rajaknowles2287 Жыл бұрын

If you want to understand climate READ THE BIBLE

@ronaldwoodard2660 Жыл бұрын

sorry my VERB'S & NOUN'S are having a "Bad WOKE MOMENT"

@cavendish009 Жыл бұрын

WHY IS THIS MAN LYING ?? HE MUST KNOW THAT CO2 IS PLANT FOOD AND THEY NEED MORE OF IT!!! ALL OF OUR FOOD NEEDS CO2 TO GROW - ALL THE TREES, GRASS, AND GREENERY WE ALL LOVE IN OUR GARDENS NEEDS A HUGE AMOUNT OF CO2 !!! TELL THE TRUTH !!!!

@robertchapman6795 Жыл бұрын

With every carbon atom released, we are releasing two oxygen atoms. That means we’re saturating the atmosphere with… OXYGEN! So oxygen is what we really should be worried about! 😂😂

@janelliot5643 Жыл бұрын

Nuclear is no solution

@luvs2flyndive Жыл бұрын

That vapid opinion was worth every penny we payed for it.

@BogartTheSpliff Жыл бұрын

I mean no offence blocking your channel, just my 10 year old daughter uses my youtube and i dont want her seeing this type of stuff.

@scuffmacgillicutty7509 Жыл бұрын

I mean no offence but by limiting your daughters exposure to this kind of material would be considered abuse by some.

@bennichols1113 Жыл бұрын

Why?

@chongxina8288 Жыл бұрын

Kinda a weird thing to announce but ok. O.o

@methods3110 Жыл бұрын

You are against your daughter thinking?

@fireflydunedin Жыл бұрын

😂 gotta be sarcasm 🤷🏻

@MrMightyytau Жыл бұрын

There is a change happening to the climate buts it’s not AGW, the poles are rapidly moving towards each other, the Magnetosphere strength is drown 20% and dropping , the Sun and space weather, bombardment is having a greater impact. The recorded temp not the modes has gone up .3 of a degree in 100 years. Google the charington 1879 event. A weaker magnetosphere and the earth is du for anther super CME and a Micro nova is due in 20-30 years, good reason not to buy an EV