This intro was GOLD

@fbkintanar

4 ай бұрын

Buying the hat was worth it. But the accent is cringe-worthy.

@InternetDarkLord

10 күн бұрын

It reminds me of Tracer Bullet on Calvin and Hobbes.

"She was a classy dame, with a pair of gaseous columns stretching all the way up to the sky. Just looking at those billowing clouds of hers, I felt as if I might be launched into orbit myself."

Dr. Simon. I don't know what to say. I am an old man who lives in Chicago and you have changed my life. I first watched your video about the lost decade and your comments about John Sununu. As a finance professional this made me realise that inappropriately high discount rates create a large bias against just about any investments that replace fuel with capital. I continued to watch your videos and when I started to watch your video "The Century We Saved the Earth" I first though this may be a bit tacky. Of course it was incrediblly good. I have watched other videos from people like this man named Nate Hagens from Wisconsin who seems to dislike solar power and thinks that shale gas is a revolution. None of the other people come anywhere close to your videos in terms of content, production, subject matter or general attitudes about policy. Your comments about your father were also so touching. I have made about 1,000 videos about really boring finance and financial modelling. Because of you, I now dedicate some of the videos (with maybe 300 views) to friends who died and with whom I had many discussions about energy. Because of you, I go crazy when I hear old people like me take business class seats (using more carbon than economy) to fly and then take a cruise were they have dinner with other Americans or when I go to California and see all of the Teslas followed by a bus that has one person (the bus driver) or I when people discuss "tear down" houses where so much wood and concrete is used to make a big house that uses so much more energy. Whatever you decide to do you will do it very well. Your creativity combined with your knowledge provides so much value. I now for the first time will have to go to patreon and see how it works.

@Tarquin2718

3 ай бұрын

Yes his John Sununu video was extremely impressive ❤ Also John Sununu is the devil incarnate.

@mrunning10

3 ай бұрын

YOU can help fix this mess. Stop voting for any politician election funded into office by fossil fuel money.

I just watched your 'I Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore' video, Simon. I checked and found that despite being subscribed to you for at least a year, you had released two videos I hadn't noticed in recent weeks. So here I am, watching and enjoying.

@ivoryas1696

23 күн бұрын

@latheofheaven1017 Real...

Listening to you doing a hard boiled detective American accent gives me a new appreciation for what British people have to put up with when we do British accents

@jordanfarr3157

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂💯

@davidjennings2179

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like Simon is doing a perfect American accent to me! (Which I guess is the point, to us in the UK that's what you sound like, my guess is that you disagree 😂)

@PhilthySteel

4 ай бұрын

You should try bein an Australian . . . sigh

@ButzPunk

4 ай бұрын

@@PhilthySteel fair dinkum mate, 90% sure we all talk like crocodile dundee

@jordanfarr3157

4 ай бұрын

@@ButzPunk 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If only policymakers were as early at implementing effective policies to combat climate change as I am watching this video after it uploaded 😅

@mrunning10

4 ай бұрын

The "policymakers" don't have the time, they're busy cashing the checks from the fossil fuels industry that gets them elected.

@mrunning10

4 ай бұрын

Naive. WHAT is a "policymaker?" Find and then quote the word "policymaker" in the US or British Constitution. Your comment just points to conspiracy, AWAY from the ones "in control." Name the NAMES.

@uberbellith4892

4 ай бұрын

@@mrunning10 Just so you know, the UK doesn't have a written constitution so you are not quoting anything from it lol.

@mrunning10

4 ай бұрын

Sure. I consider your Great Charter to be "a constitution." Tomato Tomatoe. Semantics. OK, so within the UK rules and regulations, just answer the question. Policymaker??? @@uberbellith4892

@StoneCBears

4 ай бұрын

Yep, politicians in the West just piss off the farmers and working class. While other parts of the world are focused on keeping status quo and quietly industrializing the remaining non-anthropogenic ecosystems. Hopefully, we're enlightened by our stupidity and mistakes that we'll agree on solutions to mitigate climate disasters in the future.

Then she walked in, the european space agency. Absolute gold

I watched your “I don’t think I can do this anymore” video and decided to explore your videos more. This video is way more interesting than the title or thumbnail… I hope some data and analysis will help you survive on KZread as the content is gold ❤

Random observation as someone who has followed the channel since the Oxford days... it is impactful to see Simon's hair turning gray. If he took his dad's hair genes, he's so going to rock it.

Being aware how the numbers are generated and verified is really useful. Since I have started arguing more extensively with deniers, I have watched more of the videos on this Chanel and I have been amazed by the shear quantity of data sources we have. I have also become quite scared as I have realised the amount of restraint there has been in the scientific community in the way trends, projections and likely consequences of climate change are communicated to the public. When deniers complain about alarmist talk, they are operating in total ignorance. The worrying thing is that bad people are filling the gap with pseudo science claptrap. Thats why the effort put into videos like this is so valued by people like me. Thank you. Actually, a really big thank you.

I hope by 'value for money', you mean the detective will become a core tenet of the channel! (Great video too, it was really interesting to have an insight into this part of climate science and GHG reporting)

@PolyhedralMedia

4 ай бұрын

Also, this might be a niche reference (I recall you being on a few Yogcast videos in the past, so maybe the reference will land to viewers here), the detective definitely felt like a character straight out of Bodega!

@SimonClark

4 ай бұрын

Damn I should have got Pflax to do the voice over lol

@PolyhedralMedia

4 ай бұрын

I'm sure there's space for a cameo one day, every detective needs a partner 😉

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721

4 ай бұрын

He should be that one character who shows up at the most random times.

My environmental engineering professor had a Chicago accent, but was always somewhere around the world giving professional advice to China and 3rd world countries about how to handle specific types of waste. First day of the semester, this guy was 4 hours out returning from a trip to Peru. I want you to imagine, if you can, a very strong Chicago accent speaking Spanish because I was not ready for it.

A website with an interactive world map of those hindcast emissions would possibly be the coolest* thing ever. *Or should that be 'hottest' given it's about climate change? 🤓

@Karagoth444

4 ай бұрын

To some degree the nullschool map could apply, it's feed data from forecasting services but also would need to fill in plenty of blanks with predictive data. And ofc you can just set the date to earlier time. Just google 'nullschool', if you haven't seen it already.

The intro is just brilliant ❤️

This is the best video intro I’ve seen in the last 12 months, well done Simon! 🎉

Thank you for opening my eyes on a subject i would never have the energy to go explore myself. I'm happy i found your channel

I'm curious about the simon's interpretation of the carbon major's report since you talked about the sources here. Is it really just the top 100 companies responsible for the majority of emmissions? Does this make the idea of countries being the focus a little more obsolete with these international companies? Maybe he's already done a video on it since it's rather old news now.

Excellent video. Well explained. I really appreciate how well you educate and inform, and the time you put into this. Thank you. BTW, keep the hat, it looks great!

That's bloody brilliant! Now, what are our heat emissions?

I did not know I wanted to watch this, but I have and it is a fine video. I saw it show up on my timeline and it almost didn't register, though I really do like you and your videos. I will be here for the pivot. I hope it works out well. Good luck!

This episode of Noir Carbonique was thrilling

Fantastic video, Simon! Very well researched and nicely presented, enjoyed it a lot!

What a wonderful video! Informative and entertaining in equal measure - bravo! Thank you, Simon :)

10/10 video, love to see it! dont give up, educational YT needs this voice!

This is a downright great piece of content. Crème de la Crème of all of KZread. Great job Simon and Team.

Oh man, what an intro! I absolutly loved it!

Great video as always Simon. Inspired use of the film noir / private investigator pastiche! Drama's loss is sciences gain! You're probably too young to have seen James Burke's 'The real Thing' BBC series. The first episode in particular uses a similiar style...(and I loved all things James Burke so it is a compliment). 😊 On the actual video content - a very clear analysis of how the several data sets match-up. Liked your little note on the current UK govt backtracking. As always your videos are always entertaining, interesting, educational and stylish. Glad you are still putting videos up after your mini-break last year. Best wishes Michael

So frustrated by KZread. Somehow it reset me from seeing all your videos when I should. Another gem. Watched with my grandchildren in which was nice.

Keep it up mate, great content as always!

British accent + American film noir accent = way more funny than it has any right to be

Love the video Simon please continue the good high quality content

Great intro 😆can't wait to see the rest!

This is a very interesting video Simon, and it is not something very commonly known. Thanks for the work!

Thank you for all your wonderful videos

Loved this.

This intro was brilliant! 😂❤

Creative vedio yet informative 👌

Keep it up Simon. You rock man.

Hey Simon, I am writing this because I saw your latest video where you talked about taking a pivot with your content. I just have one minor suggestion. I am active KZread watcher and I noticed that your audio sound quality is not up to the mark. It also sounds different in different parts of the video. Maybe this little fix can help in some way. Best wishes and I hope things work out for you! Cheers!

Love this!

fantastic production value

that early skit was hilarious, great acting Simon

this intro was GOLD

Awesome video!

Great video!

I hope to see return of this hat

Nice video 👍

Awesome opening! Did you get the idea from the OCO-2 video? Same premise. Go NASA!

@xchopp

4 ай бұрын

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Great video

Interesting use satellite technology. Wonder if it can see ocean temperatures at a certain extent?

Simon, your dedication to improving climate literacy is truly inspiring! Your videos provide invaluable insights into the Earth's systems and the impact of climate change on our lives. Keep up the amazing work! 🌍💡 #ClimateLiteracy #Sustainability #Inspiration

Great vid

Lmao I love your accent! That’s pretty good! I’m so so so bad at impressions

Loved the intro. You look incredibly good in the detective getup. Your wife is a lucky dame.

Quite an awesome video, especially with the sketch! Lolz The hat looks supercool!!! 😅🕵‍♂️📈📉🕵😁👍💯💯

That bit was excellent lmao

That intro was making me laugh so hard, I absolutely loved it

I always love the little skits you include LMAO

yo the quality on this video is so high youtube sucks sometimes :( good luck man!

Top tier intro! 😂

A very cool thumbnail!

Simon, could you examine solar forcing of CO-2? and how this affects air temperature at all levels in the atmosphere? Does solar forcing and the response of CO-2, that also releases equivalent energy into space, actually cause a net cooling of the Ocean surface, and land surface? How does this work?

Brilliant video, luv the Film Noir b/w skit! Yur graphics are top notch🎉

hey wow. NASA EMIT that is in the ISS does the same for co2 and methane as well and there is a portal where everyone can see it. I made a video few months about it, although i confess less qualitative than yours (maybe i should have used a hat 😂😂😂) keep going i love your work

Interesting

Love the Americal Accent 😁

Anyone ever notice he has two copies of his book on that self.

Nice hat, not sure about the accent!!! I'd never have guessed anyone would be doing this, I wouldn't have even thought it possible, it's like weather forecasting but in reverse!!!

I only got recommended this video after your recent video about quitting YT. I really like it, I hope your views will tick up again.

Have you ever heard about spectroscopy? Adding a light source (often called as white light) in background and gas in front and then measuring the difference... And making same from the space... We can see each element that we want, because they all have their specific absorption wavelenghts... You can just make a darkened room with a pinpoint of light. Then add a prism in it. This spreads the light (often sunlight) and gives these rainbow colors. When you look more closely you will see these dark lines in it. Those lines are absorbtion lines of specific molecules like methane. This knowledge is few centuries old... And we can see distant stars spectrum or even what is in the atmosphere in some exoplanets. It is far easier to see down to nearby Earth...

Yes!

I know that Indonesia emits a lot of CO2 but TIL that we're not emitting that much per capita even though our entire grid is pretty much coal and fossil fuel. I wonder if that's due to our (dwindling but still sizable) rainforest.

Here! Have some engagement :)

“I accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. I’m not in any way signing up to any discussion that is alarmist. There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.” - Sultan Al Jaber, President of COP 28, also CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Mukhtar Babayev will be the president for COP 29; he is also a former executive of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijian Republic. Seems more and more likely, scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment may come to fruition (or at least the higher end of the spectrum). I say enjoy what you can, while you still can; pity the generations to come.

@TheDanEdwards

4 ай бұрын

And Al Jaber was correct. Parse his words very carefully (remember, English is not his native tongue): "... IS WHAT’S GOING TO ACHIEVE *1.5C* ." He's saying limiting warming to 1.5C is impossible. He is correct, because we're already there (especially with baked-in temp rises for the next few decades.).

@davidjennings2179

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheDanEdwardsBut choosing 1.5 is arbitrary then - phasing out fossil fuels is going to limit warming. It may be that nothing will get us to 1.5, reducing burning fossil fuels will only help though

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God I fucking love environmental science satellites! So cool!

Omg the intro

Having some exposure to this topic professionally, remote sensing has a lot of promise but isn't quite as precise a tool as you describe here. I've seen two estimates for the same area from two different models with wildly different numbers. It's especially an issue for individual programs/land areas, but if you can't drill down and see what approaches work, what is the point of measuring in the first place? There has been enormous progress in carbon measurement in recent years, but it remains one of the biggest hurdles to practical policy development that I've seen, especially when you move beyond forest conservation. The methods proposed by Verra and Gold Standard (not exclusively remote sensing) have significant issues with cost and scalability.

That hat was worth the investment. Need more! 😛

oh my god that intro was hilarious

"A witness that you can't rough up, or pour a drink, or threaten to throw off a building." Wait, have we tried doing that to the fossil fuel producers?

If only we committed to utilizing modern nuclear energy options... It would genuinely help improve our situation SO MUCH. It's the biggest mistake we moved away from this due to emotions and fear not facts and logic

Simon, why are you like this?

personally used a copernicus dataset

Mad hat skills..

"this is not my specialism" Yep I'm stealing that joke

📝 Summary of Key Points: 📌 Satellites are used to measure and trace carbon emissions by detecting the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. 🧐 Satellite measurements are compared with emissions reported by countries to identify discrepancies and encourage accurate emissions data. 🚀 This satellite technique is crucial for verifying emissions reports and ensuring transparency in climate change efforts. 💡 Additional Insights and Observations: 💬 "This work may not generate headlines, but it is crucial for understanding the scale of the problem and working towards solutions." 📊 Satellites can measure the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere by observing how long wavelengths of light get absorbed by CO2. 🌐 The European Space Agency and other space agencies use satellites to monitor the planet and detect carbon dioxide emissions. 📣 Concluding Remarks: Satellite technology plays a vital role in measuring and tracing carbon emissions, helping to verify emissions reports and ensure transparency in climate change efforts. This work may not receive much attention, but it is crucial for understanding the scale of the problem and working towards solutions. Generated using TalkBud

a quicker than usual like due to epic noir intro

I’ll tell you a number. Britain’s record high carbon emissions came in the early 1970’s - since then Britain commenced writing carbon emission regulation into law , in essentially a falling carbon environment, at ruinous expense.

How is this video getting so few views? Making this comment to boost engagement

A comment as an offering to the algorithm god. May they bless you and your wallet Simon.

Commenting for the algorithm.

The accent was Brilliant and it was more or less New York City.

“Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.” -- The Guidestones Association of Georgia

I watch your videos on Nebula instead of KZread. When you say less people are watching your videos lately, it's maybe just a platform thing? Do you have the number of people watching your videos on Nebula? I watch all your recent videos on Nebula instead of KZread. I'm probably not the only one. I watch Joe Scott on Nebula. I watch Practical Engineering on Nebula. So maybe that's the explanation for your lower number of viewers on KZread.

[INSERT COMMENT TEXT HERE] EDIT: Okay, I obviously wrote this comment for algorithm engagement but that film noir bit has honestly made my day.

That joke about getting full value from the hat purchase hits different after watching your "I Don't Think I Can Do This Anymore" video. 😢

very nice video, but I think you vastly overestimate the value of trustworthiness. Apart from that, we don't have satellites that measure and confirm trustworthiness in a column of air over a given country anyway.

Commenting for algorithm.

Energy in minus energy our is equal to change in internal energy plus work for a non-izolated thermodynamic system. Nothing else needs to be said if you deal with actual scientists.