So will 2023 be the best it ever was, or the worst it ever got?

@stormtmad9865

5 ай бұрын

I don't know

@sbtfactsmansion2537

5 ай бұрын

I can definitely say that there is one answer out of Best or Worst.

@deleted-something

5 ай бұрын

Oh boy

@xiantivia26

5 ай бұрын

You forgot the amount of materials that are needed to make the climate neutral items, such as windmills and solarpanels. And getting those materials, currently mostly form China as so damn polluting the enviroment.

@straaths

5 ай бұрын

Doing "something" will not help, cos releasing CO2 etc. is also "something".

I think we messed up by putting the fate of the world in the hands of economists and businessmen instead of scientists

@SudoBurger

5 ай бұрын

It's unfortunate that while knowledge _is_ power, money BUYS power.

@widodoakrom3938

5 ай бұрын

True lol

@lucky963

3 ай бұрын

and also politicians

@spinmaster8202

2 ай бұрын

We put it in the Scientists' hands for 2 years during Covid. It didn't work very well.

@EnzoDraws

2 ай бұрын

@@spinmaster8202 oh I am SUUURE that things would've gone SO MUCH BETTER if we left it up to the businessmen who see dollar signs instead of humans.

I’ve got to say that this definition of climate change is the same definition that has gotten me into so many heated arguments. Climate change is the change in climate, it is not a term to define your political position.

@Seagaltalk

5 ай бұрын

Exactly. Climate is always changing so by defining it as a change in climate you hit the nail on the head. Before the anerobic bacteria filled the atmosphere with oxygen for the first time they weren't arguing politics

@ZennExile

5 ай бұрын

@@Seagaltalk it's the Carbon Crisis. Everyone who's not a laymen already knows that. So...

@lowwastehighmelanin

5 ай бұрын

Yup. It is an object reality not an alignment.

@Seagaltalk

5 ай бұрын

@@ZennExileAs all non-laymen know, they are now calling it the Carbon Doom Loop of Ultimate Doom

@ZennExile

5 ай бұрын

@@Seagaltalk lol, but still.

As a dad and someone that wants to live on the planet a while longer, I just wanted to say thank you.

@jaypaans3471

5 ай бұрын

Shouldn't have made (a few) more humans, then 😉

@ZennExile

5 ай бұрын

as a dependent living like livestock near a city, and without an ecosystem, you and your family consume 3X the amount of resources that you need to thrive. Not just sustain yourselves at the bare minimum but to absolutely thrive in every sense of the word, nutritionally, economically, sociopolitcally. Why are you thanking him for posting what amounts to copypasta instead of doing something about that horrific unsustainable lifestyle you lead..?

@markae0

5 ай бұрын

@@jaypaans3471 Industrial nations have a less than replacement level of births. Women do not want to have four children. Women who do have children have one or two, and odds are the children die in today's crazy world.

@skyfeelan

5 ай бұрын

​@@jaypaans3471just 1 or 2 is fine I guess, more than that is not recommended

@koibubbles3302

4 ай бұрын

@@ZennExile do you know this family personally? how can you say that?

How do I feel about 2023? Trying real hard not to be angry. As you said, we’ve known about this for a long time. Yet, we sat on our hands and watched it unfold before us. Makes me sad for those that already suffer from the consequences. We are privileged, not everyone is and the irony is that most of the people that suffer didn’t have a say in this…

@HyrimBot

5 ай бұрын

who had the power to change the minds of those who use science to enforce action and who didn't? i must be insane to have listened to anyone other than myself.

@jennyanydots2389

5 ай бұрын

Just let it happen. No one's stopping anything at this point. Tipping point has been passed... modern civilization is doomed. Hope it doesn't go bloody before post modern turns into new modern.

@notyourbusiness8636

5 ай бұрын

@@HyrimBotwhat?

@VoiceDisasterNz

5 ай бұрын

I think this bot has a bug. @@HyrimBot

Most people I know are not outright deniers. They would rather not think about it. What do you do when someone agrees with you about climate change but then "would rather not think about it"?

@faenethlorhalien

5 ай бұрын

They're guilty. There's the crimeof dereliction of duty if you don't help someone who has been in an accident. This is kinda the same.

@glenncarver9049

5 ай бұрын

@@faenethlorhalienWoah that means you are guilty for a LOT of crimes my friend

@TurdJesus

5 ай бұрын

@@faenethlorhalienwhat are you talking about? Who are you talking about? Lmao this is so dumb 😂

@aliancemd

5 ай бұрын

That’s how people react in authoritarian regimes where they have no influence over what happens. It just says something about the imbalance of power, so people disconnect

@lakrids-pibe

5 ай бұрын

Voter apathy, alienation, and fatalism. The perfect foundation for totalitarianism. I don't think social media has a positive effect on the public discourse. At best it's mixed. This channel is obviously a positive influence. Thank you Joe.

“Why try?” Because the lives of our descendants, if not our own lives, depends on it. Don’t give in without a fight!

@therandomgamer3268

5 ай бұрын

How did yous end this 9 hours ago if the vid released 4 mins ago

@sbtfactsmansion2537

5 ай бұрын

That's Shocking 😮

@chickenwarriorr

5 ай бұрын

I never understood this argument are yall afraid some evil cousin of yours is gonna take a throne or something it's my choice to have kids or not

@Ryz1989

5 ай бұрын

That is the problem though. Most people do not think about the future, they think the now. Because the future is uncertain and not relevant to them.

@trevinbeattie4888

5 ай бұрын

​@@therandomgamer3268Patreon supporters get to see these videos before release

I'm so glad you're still around. I used to watch you about 10 years ago in college and even met you at vidcon 2015. Thank you and the team for all of your work and dedication!

@jennyanydots2389

5 ай бұрын

You're just gonna ignore all the dawg beeting convinctions? Whatever Allison. Go pound Wood.

@dementiasorrow

5 ай бұрын

​@@jennyanydots2389 what are you talking about???

@jennyanydots2389

5 ай бұрын

@@dementiasorrow Brugh, I don't throw down with dementia patients, brugh. I'm sorry but it's against my better judgments and superior moralities boy.

@dementiasorrow

5 ай бұрын

@@jennyanydots2389 still don't know what you're talking about. What exactly are you criticizing...I don't understand.

@jennyanydots2389

5 ай бұрын

@@dementiasorrow Im talmbout the dawg beeting charges brugh... water u talmbout boy?

The biggest obstacle I face is not that people don't believe, it's that they don't want the "inconvenience" of changing their habits to help. I try to live as low a carbon lifestyle as possible, but I agree, it's not easy. Buying local is often more expensive (especially with this crazy inflation) avoiding single use plastic is near impossible. it definitely comes with a feeling of helplessness or hopelessness at times

@BensBrickDesigns

5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I wish it didn't fall to the everyday human to make these choices. If no one made single use bags, we wouldn't use them. If gas cars were $65k and EVs were $25k, we'd buy them.

@themanhimself3

5 ай бұрын

​@@BensBrickDesignsplus we as individuals have very little actual impact. But the oil companies cutting into our planet produces metric tons of CO2 per second.

@theonebman7581

5 ай бұрын

​@@themanhimself3On top of that, there are literal companies that release more carbon than entire nations - China's state-owned steel manufacturer produces more carbon emissions than the entirety of Canada, and their state-owned oil industry releases more carbon into the world than the entirety of Pakistan Now try fighting against those as a random normal-ish human

@DiceMaster740

5 ай бұрын

@@BensBrickDesigns It won't be that dramatic right away, but that is the direction we're heading with cars. Think about all the complicated subsystems that have to be engineered and built for an ICE car - the engine, the transmission, the catalytic converter, the spark plugs, etc. With an electric car, there are basically just two things: the battery, and the motor. Motors have long lives and are already not wildly expensive. Batteries are pretty much the only thing making EVs expensive, and they're basically just expensive because we don't have enough mines open yet

@fruitloopmylk

5 ай бұрын

I’m sorry but your response is not very empathetic. I and most of the people I know are living paycheck to paycheck. We are already inconvenienced. I work 12 hours a day just to make ends meet. Consumer choices are a luxury I can’t afford.

Trying rather than not doing anything is the same mindset I'm cultivating to change my life. We have to do something for our future and the future of our children. And the same for our environment.

@ZennExile

5 ай бұрын

every little bit doesn't help. The problem has accelerated to a point where the correct action must immediately be taken. Delusional attempts to alleviate personal guilt on serve to exacerbate the issue further. The terrestrial Carbon Cycle is broken. From the literal ground up. The global Rhizosphere has been decimated. The only thing that can have a positive impact moving forward is the rehabilitation of as much of the global Rhizosphere as possible. Every little bit you do to detract from that is a net loss. It's far too late for all that.

@jaypaans3471

5 ай бұрын

Keeping on reproducing is actually a significant part of the problem 😉

Climate change discussions remind me of water conservation efforts here in California. Nestle's still stealing our water, and almond farms (for example) haven't drastically reduced production, but they tell individuals to conserve and ration water. We're not really the problem, but we're the easiest target for guilt tactics. From my end, it's not doom and gloom, but that the social logistics for younger generations are extremely challenging due to our arrested development from experiencing multiple "unprecedented events." People in office - political or corporate - are doing as little as possible because they're mostly older and don't care about the future unless it threatens their way of life and/or makes them money. Whereas those of us under 40 realize that by the time we can enter these spaces, decades will have passed, we're fighting an even more uphill battle, and change will be much less effective. I'm now 36. Just last year, I was eligible to run for US president. Most of my generation has been too busy being poor and paying off student loans from half a lifetime ago to afford to run for office, leaving likely conservative, wealthy peers as eligible choices. We'd have had to start 15 years ago (during the 2008 recession) to gain enough of a political foothold to make it to an effective political office by now. Even then, we won't be voted for unless we maintain the status quo because too many older people still believe we're incompetent children. Unless people my age were literally child laborers (or created their own companies), they're not yet in the C-suite positions of the highest polluters to make a difference. Our biggest option is raising awareness independent of major media outlets, who happily portray climate change activists as crackpots. Or elect truly progressive candidates. Options are limited, but they do exist.

@jimthain8777

5 ай бұрын

For sure, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do our bit, but it does mean we need to turn that guilt trip corporate.

All of us doing our part and continuing to not lose hope is vital of course, but a massive chunk of the problem is caused directly and intentionally be a few thousand of the richest people on the planet. So our plan of action also needs to include justice and accountability for the ones knowingly making everything worse.

@oiartsun

5 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you. “The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.” -- Utah Phillips

@Aspenstorpemusic

5 ай бұрын

those few rich people are rich because of us the reason they pollute is not because they're evil, it's because the people allow them to

@anjafrohlich1170

5 ай бұрын

@@Aspenstorpemusic Okay then, if me retracting my permission is all it needs; I am hereby doing that. Rich people, I hereby forbid you to destroy the world. Huh, that's weird. Why didn't the whole world change because I said that now...? Almost as if rich people do no CARE about some strangers permission??? Can you believe that???

@dgmuze

5 ай бұрын

@@anjafrohlich1170people are going to keep buying cases of nestle bottled water, large trucks and SUVs, buying tickets for artist who take private jets everywhere, and eating tons of meat. This financial support IS us giving permission to these companies/industries. Normal people aren’t willing to give up these luxuries, so they are in turn complicit.

@static481

5 ай бұрын

@@Aspenstorpemusic it isnt a simple allowing, like any other mode of production the capital owning classes also use violence and oppression to maintain their grip on power. Hell look at labor history in this country. Tens of thousands deads to barely get marginal worker protections.

The real problem isn't "doomerism". It's a lack of actionable direction. The average person can't do anything themselves. It's up to governments and policy (which a lot of people oppose even if they recognize the need for change) and corporations (who are the slowest organizations to change) to make the big changes. The day someone offers every-day people a real, actionable solution will be the day real people do something. In the mean time.... eh?

@jimthain8777

5 ай бұрын

Nope. The average person got us into this by buying coal, or oil, or gas. The average person can get us out of this by NOT buying coal, or oil, or gas. The oil industry really doesn't want us to figure that out. It scares the hell out of them. They hate solar panels on homes, They hate heap pumps, in homes. and last and definitely one of the most important, they hate us not having a gas car in our garage. Doing what they hate is GOOD for us.

@justaname2422

5 ай бұрын

So what you're saying is capitalism is the problem.

@pufthemajicdragon

5 ай бұрын

@@jimthain8777 Oh, right, the average person can solve climate change by not heating their home in winter, not driving to work, not driving to the grocery store, and not using any electricity! By Jove you've figured it out! Just get 8 billion people to all turn Amish! Lol dude, you first 🤪 Man, I'd love to see you play chess! 😂 The average person can't stop using fossil fuels until there is a viable alternative. The average person can't create a viable alternative, because that requires millions of dollars of investment, which means only corporations or governments have that power. Corporations only do what increases short-term quarterly profits. Which leaves government. Dictatorial governments are like corporations - only concerned with profit. Democratic governments are only concerned with what gets them reelected. Do you see the problem yet? Or do you still think we should all turn Amish?

@themasstermwahahahah

5 ай бұрын

​​@@jimthain8777With all due respect sir, a lot of people are not able to afford hybrid/electric cars and solar panels. They are certainly become more accessible, but a lot of people live paycheck to paycheck in the developed world, much less the developing world. The main problem so far is that fossil fuels have been cheaper, and little government regulation has been put into place to ensure that renewables are cheaper.

@jimthain8777

5 ай бұрын

@@justaname2422 Yes, and no. It's both the "problem", and the "solution". At least it CAN be the solution.

Hey Dr. Joe! I just wanted to say from my family to yours and everyone at PBS...Happy Holidays! Thank you for spreading information, education, positivity, and love. You've taught me and my boys so much over the years! If I ever see you in public, I'll ask to shake your hand. ♥️

This is a really good mix of optimistism, warning, and call to action. It's not super scary or glossing over things. I think everyone should see this video.

When I was growing up in the nineteen sixties, seventy two degrees was considered a normal temperature to keep your thermostat at. The current temperature in my living room now is sixty two degrees. That's normal for this time of year. I used to mourn the end of summer and the coming of the winter months with its short days and cold nights. But now that climate change has turned my summers into brutal heat slogs I welcome the relief that winter brings.

@themanhimself3

5 ай бұрын

We are still getting 80+ degree days in Texas. Absolutely insane.

@matchrocket1702

5 ай бұрын

@@themanhimself3 That's scary.

@themanhimself3

5 ай бұрын

@@matchrocket1702 We also had record setting rain this year (for our area). It's definitely been interesting. I'm curious to see what happens when it actually starts getting cold.

@matchrocket1702

5 ай бұрын

@@themanhimself3 I lived off of Northport Bay on the North Shore of Long Island back when I was young. That bay froze over twice back in the 60s. Solid enough for us to walk on it. That was extremely dangerous and foolhardy. When the ice broke up near the shore we would hop on the "icebergs" and pole around on them with long poles we retrieved from the woods. My bus stop was at a place where a stream flowed into a brackish pond that was connected to a marshland near the bay. I can tell from Google Earth that the high water mark is much higher than it was back then. It's almost on the road.

for me from 2021 to today I have had nothing but problems: 1) the covid that turned my brain almost to mush. 2) while I was working on the farm, due to a small stupidity I was stung by a dozen wasps (luckily for me I didn't go into Anaphylactic Shock, but it was terrible). 3) with these wars around, there were many occasions when I said to myself: "now World War III starts, 2 wasn't enough" or "it would be better Godzilla & Co." Let's hope that in the coming years we can learn from the past, we shouldn't say "new year, new life" but perhaps it's better "one year over, take the best pieces to strengthen the new"!

Doing something feels like nothing, but doing nothing is nothing.

I loved what you said about flipping climate doomerism to activism. In summer 2021 I was pretty bummed out about heat and climate, and I resolved, as much as I could, whenever I went out walking, try to pick up trash and recycling that I see. I know it’s a very small impact, and is more cleaning littering than climate change, but it has made me feel better, like I’m doing something to clean up the Earth. Doing something legitimately makes you feel better

@alveolate

5 ай бұрын

that's the thing... most of us average people can't make any giant impact, especially not individually. that's the real source of the doomerism: we don't have any viable action to take in response to the mounting doom. when joe says "flip the doomerism to activism", it sounds good, but what actually does that mean? donate to more green charities? buy an EV? start preaching? when in reality... it's still the governments and corporations failing to react that is causing the greatest anxiety. what can little old me do about fast fashion or single use plastics or fossil fuel power plants on another continent? these are the big ticket items that can cause a real change in a short window of time, but how can that change be brought about?

@ZennExile

5 ай бұрын

that's the corporate plan. Get as many people to "feel better" as cheaply as possible and never actually do anything to prevent disaster. You're officially part of the machine, congratulations on your success in driving all life on Earth that much closer to extinction.

@yobgodababua1862

5 ай бұрын

Here are some other relatively easy things that should have more of an impact: * Using a smaller electric room heater instead of central gas heat whenever possible * Getting used to less heat/AC in general by a degree or two. * Turning off unused lights and appliances * Consolidating shopping/errand car trips to reduce total emissions (or taking public transport where available)

@kakahass8845

5 ай бұрын

@@HypeHouseHomieNo single person can prevent disaster but if more people spent their time to organize and get people to realize that the masses hold the power we would've already solved this and that can start with an individual. TLDR: OP would help more by helping his community to organize and collectively demand change.

@DemPilafian

5 ай бұрын

@@yobgodababua1862 Wrong. It is mathematically impossible to conserve our way out of this problem. World population is still growing, so 100% of all of your conservation efforts will be undone faster than you can do it. It's literally basic math. We must transition to clean electric power for everything. There are three parts: 1) Build more solar and wind farms and maybe nuclear and hydrothermal, 2) Make the power grid smarter with utility scale storage and more transmission, and 3) Electrify everything currently burning fossil fuel starting with low hanging fruit like EVs and heat pumps. Everything else is just a distraction that contributes to making the climate crisis worse.

I find it interesting how the video addresses climate doomerism and how we shouldn't lose all hope. Yet half of the comments are just like: "give up"

@SilverDreamweaver

5 ай бұрын

It's exactly what Dr. Mann had said: astroturf campaigns. The vast majority of those comments are not from actual people, but from oil industry employees trying to spread doomerism. Again, Dr. Mann touched on this in the video.

@lakrids-pibe

5 ай бұрын

Why do you like that? I think it's depressing.

@krazykhajiit9110

5 ай бұрын

@@lakrids-pibeI think he meant “like” as in “interesting”. So his sentence would be: I find it interesting that this video addresses…. I agree with you that it does suck and is a bit depressing how so many people have this doomer-mindset regarding the climate (myself included at times), but I know there’s many really smart and really passionate people working on the good side trying to fix things. Try focus on that to be less depressed. (Easier said than done, I know).

@gluteusmaximus8881

5 ай бұрын

@@krazykhajiit9110 interesting is probably the more fitting word here haha

@jjQlLlLq

5 ай бұрын

​@@gluteusmaximus8881 The phrase "I like that (…)" is often used as sarcasm that points out an irony though, so the "like" in that phrase isn't a literal "like" that's like in "I like ice cream". Yea might be a lil weird to neurodivergents like yours truly but that's how it is, lol

The scariest thing about 2023 is how many people there are out there who are completely oblivious to anything that happened this year or the last.

@kmoses582

5 ай бұрын

The scariest thing about 2023 is how many people there are out there who are completely oblivious to anything that happened in the 20th or previous centuries.

@NGC-7635

5 ай бұрын

haha true @@kmoses582

You still keep me optimistic Joe. Thank you for everything you do!!

Great video Joe ! Merry Christmas !

For me 2023 is my worst year I faced in my life but it's is the year I learnt lot of things as well as!

For me, the most disheartening thing is that for the many people who thought that climate change isn't happening and "it's fake" 5-10 years ago, now it is actually so much easier to accept "it's too late now" and get on with their lives. It is just mind-blowing that while accepting you are wrong about something so important that would basically make your children' lives worse, your next step is just to ignore it and let it happen... (Maybe we should've listened to Al Gore from the beginning and not let money and greed get in our way... Who knows what the world wouldve been now)

It's fascinating how we express sentiments about completing a trip around the sun. I might share mine in April; there's no fixed starting point, yet we reflect on our feelings about the journey.

"Should I be worried?", well, in short, YES!

Great and very important message. Thank you for what you do!

The way I think about it is if it's doomed then why not try, might as well give it a shot, what do we have to lose?

I enjoy how increasingly simplified the explanations are getting, it’s like “hey idiots, do you get it yet? No? I’ll go get the colour by number earth.”

Thank you for your continued efforts and for sharing amazing . . . stuff!

Loved where this went! Thank Be Smart team!!!

Tokyo, New York and Shanghai being underwater is the type of wake up call that people need. Unfortunately people dont work together on the scale needed until it makes sense in an economic day-to-day obvious way. I think we're more likely to find a technological answer than a global political answer.

The weather over the past couple of years has made me very anxious. I feel like so many people hate winter they are actually happy about climate change. I miss the snow and ice skating outside.

@ChinnuWoW

5 ай бұрын

Those who live near the equator don’t feel the same.

@royalfelineandtracygrant

5 ай бұрын

I know. I don’t have snow where I live, but I adore the rainy winters. It feels like everyone these days worship heat and sunlight and summer, and it honestly makes me sick. Seriously, do they want climate change or something?

@themanhimself3

5 ай бұрын

​@@royalfelineandtracygrantwhen it's raining or bad weather I get a mental and energy boost.

@adampope5107

5 ай бұрын

Just remind them how badly COVID affected the supply chain, and that in a few years climate change is going to have a much worse effect on the supply chain. COVID was nothing compared to the loss of hundreds and hundreds of trillions of dollars worth of coastal infrastructure.

@iout

5 ай бұрын

I definitely prefer summer to winter, but I also know that global warming doesn’t make winters more tolerable. It instead makes winters worse. Global warming is an increase in average temp, but individual cold events can and are still worryingly bad.

Thank you for this!

Thank you so much for explaining the stakes and the need to work hard for a hopeful outcome for everyone. 🙏🙏

Thank you for making this video - and you are right; we have to switch our minds from doomism to activism. 💙✨

It is hopeful to hear that we need to push for progress, and that progress is being made. Also nice to learn to watch out for Doom as a tactic for delay

Thanks be smart for another great video 👍climate anxiety is rampant. You can’t do it all yourself, do what you can.

Thank you for the video

I'm in NYC. We're not famous for our snow but it does happen. We get slushy, snirty, gross New York City snow. Sometimes we'll get a blizzard that'll knock out the city for a few hours but we keep angry and carry on. But we didn't get any last year, or the year before that or the year before that. My 3 year old has never seen snow. It's nice to not deal with but inspires dread when I think about it too much. I never thought I'd miss pushing my stroller through the snow but I do... I hope we get some this year but I won't hold my breath.

@b1oh1

5 ай бұрын

I grew up in a snowy state and I remember having tons of snow but the past few years we've gotten so little. The fact it got up to 58 degrees F a week or so ago was really disturbing. I went outside at like midnight and it was eerily warm.

@SilverDreamweaver

5 ай бұрын

​@@b1oh1Same here in the northern midwest. Also, we really haven't had much of an Autumn for the last couple years. It goes from summer to warm winters with only a few weeks of Autumn climate.

@MattieAMiller

5 ай бұрын

I'm from Minnesnowta and we still get snow, but not until January now. We used to always have white christmases, but looks like not this year, or the last few years.

Your Videos are epic bro. I like your Video topics. Love from India❤❤

Thanks for this video

Thank you!

Thank you for sending a hopeful message, even if the data is scary!

@kmoses582

5 ай бұрын

Why do you say the data is scary?

@EmeraldView

5 ай бұрын

​@@kmoses582Have you seen it?

The problem isn't climate doomerism, nor climate denial, nor most things people blame. It's capitalism. As long as the ones holding power insist that endless profit and growth is more important than the health of this planet, then we will continue hurtling down this trajectory. Personal decisions to consume in a more environmentally friendly way will always be overwhelmingly dwarfed by the immense effects of the mass production of carbon guzzling corporate machines brought on by capitalism.

Thanks, Joe 🙏

Thank you! ♡

I’m currently a freshman in college trying to double major in statistics and either environmental science or meteorology. Why? Because I want to devote my life to environmental problems like climate change that have immediate and far reaching consequences. What pains me is that we’ve known this kind of thing would happen for so long but it feels like we just let it happen…we also know theoretically what can be done to mitigate climate change effects and reverse the anthropogenic contributions to it, and yet it still feels like nothing is being done or at least not fast enough. I hate when socioeconomic factors and politics get in the way of issues such as this but that honestly feels like where we are at globally with this problem. What is the next step in actually solving the issue of climate change? I’m all for complex problems, but this is definitely a tough one…

I think I needed this video. My sibling just asked me yesterday why I don’t want to have kids, and climate change was one reason. I had a really doomer mindset overall, but this gave me a boost of hope. Still don’t see kids anywhere in my future, but I’m excited to see a greener earth one day, and hope I can be an activist when I’m older.

@mbusontshangase4522

5 ай бұрын

I get where you're coming from, but if climate change is your only reason for not having kids and you actually want to have kids if climate change was not a thing, I would then advice against your position. Genuinely believe that humans will overcome the climate change challenge. Maybe we'll lose NY and all the other cities (and more) mentioned in the video. But that loss will be the impetus (if we hadn't found one earlier) for mankind to truly rise to the occasion. Have your kids, they might even turn out to be the key players that will win the war against climate change.

@macdietz

5 ай бұрын

This is a completely brain dead excuse for not having children. You don't fix something by giving up. Please don't vote.

@blyndeaf8503

5 ай бұрын

@@mbusontshangase4522 It was only one of my reasons. I think having children is a lot harder and a bigger responsibility than society tries to get people to believe. I put a lot of thought into what I’d need to be a good parent and building a good future for my children, so for me there are many factors like financial goals, a good partner, the country I want them to grow up in, etc.. It’s just my opinion though, I don’t hold other people to my standards.

@EmeraldView

5 ай бұрын

Just don't look up! It's easy.

This exactly what I needed to support what I do believe, 'we can change this' or 'we've got this'. Thank you for the pep talk, I will keep this in my pocket when going out and speaking up for native plants and the whole world associated with them. It is just one cog in the wheel, but every cog is important. I especially appreciated what came out of your mouth at the end. I feel exactly the same about CC.

Thank you!!

Great message. Wanted to say that I am mostly doomerish in my outlook. However, pessimistic as I am, I want to act with love towards other living beings. That compels me to try to limit the harm of climate change and the other combined problems that make up the metacrisis. No matter how difficult or pointless or sure to fail it might seem, I can't give up.

So what should we do? NO, to really do to make this situation better for us all?

Thank you for the refreshing, clear and honest perspectives!

It was a cool year to start getting involved. Wow, to see how much work has been getting done is incredible! To say I've helped will be worth 100X more than procrastinating gave me!

Made me realize how much of a doomer I am. Thanks for this!

This is the first video that’s given me real hope that the world won’t end in my lifetime.

@jimthain8777

5 ай бұрын

It shouldn't be that way. There's always hope. We simply need to DO something, anything, to change just a little bit. Everyone is capable of changing just a little bit. Some are capable of changing more, and that's great. YOU decide how much you can change. Even if it is just a little bit, that little bit less fuel burned is actually helpful.

@alex_valkyrjet1081

5 ай бұрын

@@jimthain8777 I do believe that. Most videos I’ve watched haven’t given the most hopeful info, so this one particularly helped.

@xyz-pg3zd

5 ай бұрын

@@alex_valkyrjet1081I don’t understand. What can we do

Thank you foe another great thoughtful video. I enjoyed your positive comments. I need more of this style of information.

Come on fellow humans, huddle up, we gotta do something about this, I know we can. Start with small changes, and if each of us makes small changes over time, those small changes start to add up and make significant differences. Be thoughtful, don't just exist for yourself but rather do something to make a change. I am saying this to myself as much as I am saying it to you, don't give up hope. Stay safe!

I love you guys. I want permission to challenge your thinking. I don't think "doomerism" is about the belief that the *climate* can't be changed for the better. It's about the belief that *people* can't be changed for the better. You say we need to "flip our mental switches from doomerism to activism," but the idea that the answer is "moar advocacy" hurts. If our only plans rely on an impossible level of consensus, how can good things ever happen? It's time to stop talking about advocacy and start talking about things we can do to improve the environment that *don't* require changing minds. I'm not talking about recycling and drinking from mushy straws, but plans with real impact that can be accomplished by 20% or less of the population with or *without* permission and government support. That's a tall order, but it's not impossible if we put our best minds to it NOW. The future is hopeful, but we must change the conversation to get there.

I'll put it simply: Southern hemisphere's winter had some hot weeks: 27ºC

Great video!

I needed to hear this, and I need to change my thinking.

This video taught me that I am a Climate Doomer. We aren't "electric-car-ing" our way out of the this problem.

@svankensen

5 ай бұрын

Good thing that that isn't the plan. Transport is about a fifth of emisssions.

Where is the rain this winter? in my country, it had barely rained and it's already the end of December, That's crazy.

Thanks 😊

This is important! We have to recognize all aspect of an issue. The negative, the consequences, the things we could to better; but also where we *are* succeeding, making progress, and seeing change.

Don't give up, that's what the companies want

I hauled wood in the middle of December and it was so warm I didn't need a jacket. While there was half a meter of snow on the ground. It was legit Terrifying.

@kmoses582

5 ай бұрын

Are you terrified of mild weather?

@Praisethesunson

5 ай бұрын

@@kmoses582 It's weather that has not existed in my part of the world in all of human history. That's not good.

@kmoses582

5 ай бұрын

@@Praisethesunson Like what?

@teflonda5655

5 ай бұрын

@@kmoses582 Like what they already described and you called "mild weather," in an area that is not supposed to have "mild weather"

@kmoses582

5 ай бұрын

@@teflonda5655 How do you know they are not supposed to get mild weather? Weather has always changed the temperature day to day throughout history.

Thank you I need this!

@christinasophieschultz5081

4 ай бұрын

1:51 the truthis bad enough. Friends and family fool me. It’s clima clima chance

Thank you, Joe.

Climate denial is not a big blocker anymore? Have these people spoken to non-academics? IMHO it's more of a problem now than it ever was, and the problem is being manifested pretty clearly in what and who people vote (or don't vote) for.

@prapanthebachelorette6803

5 ай бұрын

I think Joe tries to prevent people from swinging into the doomer direction, which is important for me to hear right now. I definitely feel similar to you too, as many people in my social circle aren’t deniers per se but they just prefer convenience. Public utilities don’t make things easy for people who want to lead a more eco friendly lifestyle either 😢

@epgui

5 ай бұрын

@@prapanthebachelorette6803 IDK about you, but people I grew up with who I used to think were smart, are in complete climate denial mode.

@rishavkumar8341

5 ай бұрын

​@@epguiGiven the solution proposed by the activists, anyone would cope by denying the existence of climate change. Renewal sources are not the answer to the problem, and the activists despise nuclear power more than they hate fossil fuels!

@hx0d

5 ай бұрын

​@epgui They're noise. They'll be (or are) working minimum pay jobs while the people who can see further than their nose do the real work. Don't worry too much about them.

Great video! Calling out the doom and gloom as the biggest obstacle to progress is exactly what is needed right now.

@Praisethesunson

5 ай бұрын

Doom and gloom is yet another technique of manipulation our corporate overlords are using to keep us rabble from challenging their continued fossil fuel based profits.

@whatthebeepvideos

5 ай бұрын

Big oil and international capital are the main drivers of climate change, but the little guy pointing this out is the issue? We are completely screwed unless we restart our government from scratch, and even then we're probably still screwed.

@teflonda5655

5 ай бұрын

@@whatthebeepvideos As I've learned over the years, it's easier for people to shoot the messenger than to actually change something. If you say anything other than "we'll definitely be able to fix it" then you are the problem, even if no one actually listens to you to begin with.

the dice is a great explanation!

We appreciate you so much! Here's to all of us, striving to improve our world.

I hope we are able to flip this, for the sake of everyone and everything alive right now and will be alive in the future

Meanwhile, on this morning's news, they said today is expected to set an all-time record for air travel. It's pretty hard to remain hopeful.

i love the message of the video ❤❤ keep it up!

Still feel like we skipped spring where I live because my allergies barely bothered me this year.

I am not a big fan of using EV's as a way to show positive change for global climate change because it still means that humans are driving around in single occupancy vehicles and charging them at stations that are generating electricity using fossil fuels (overwhelmingly), and the infrastructure for electric is very vulnerable to the climate change disasters we see each year (fires, flooding, etc). Just last year, we had winter storms flood in low lying areas and it completely totalled all of the electric vehicle motors. Many of these vehicles had been purchased by seniors using government rebate programs, and now they have nothing to show for it. The best ways to reduce carbon footprints are as follows: 5) Improving mass transit and walkable/bikeable city infrastructure. 4) Reducing commutes by using WFH and hubs for work. 3) Reduce waste by improving local manufacturing and reuse of items before they are discarded in landfills. 2) Going after waste generated by the top gross polluters (ie: wealthy folks). 1) Actually going after companies that "build fines for their ecological disasters" into their cost of doing business and Stopping pollution at the industrial level. Some individual action will help, but if all the combined work of us taking 5 minute cold showers is literally wiped out by some rich dude taking his private jet to his private island where he leaves the AC and heating on all year long with the windows open, then why is it that the average person is asked to suffer greatly while a select few set the world on fire more quickly? We need to work together, but this is a problem that is far more of a political and finance-makes-right problem than a scientific one. After all, the wealthy don't like being told they can't play with their toys.

The biggest part of the solution is to get efficient, and make up the rest with renewables. I personally reduced my energy use by 85%, still living in the same house with the same number of people.

@thebomber7641

5 ай бұрын

Shifting the question into ones family responsibility doesnt change anything. Except for the feeling of self-justification. And the biggest consumption of non-renewables that you've made is a house that you're living in and all the infrastructure around it to support it.

This channel is amazing!

thank you Joe

Alright, but what CAN we do as individuals on a daily basis??

@Nuke_Skywalker

5 ай бұрын

become a socialist.

Regular people cannot contribute to climate change all that much in reality. What makes a difference is that corporations and governments choose to go green. The sad thing is that corporations have noticed that going green is good for business, so they greenwash as much as possible, but in reality they just do whatever makes the most profit. Greenwashing is the action of making something sound environmentally friendly, but is usually anything but. Most people can’t afford new cars, regardless of their method of power. Usually our choices are limited to our pick of a shopping bag. Get a tote bag, or a plastic bag. But then arises a question of how long do I need to use this tote bag for it to be more environmentally friendly than a simple plastic bag? People need to realise that the process of making batteries is not environmentally friendly nor sustainable. But neither is the process of making fuel. Not much have been said about how environmentally friendly and sustainable are solar panels and wind turbines. A lot of people just assume they are the greenest thing ever, but wind turbine blades are a huge issue when it comes to recycling. For us to make good decisions, we’d need to better understand environmental effects of entire lifecycle of a product. But therein lies the infamous greenwashing. A lot of decisions are made based on profit, not what is good for Earth.

@somratkhan8688

5 ай бұрын

An actual thought-out comment.

Joe: "Doing SOMEthing is better than doing nothing." Micronesian island: starts spraying reflective aerosols in the stratosphere Joe: "Not like that."

This is just the right video at just the right time for me, I too only saw the doom scenario in the last few years. Thanks!

This meme is actually perfectly described the global situation lol

Where exactly are your sources ? I saw that you are refering to them in the video description but I didn't found them.

Good job dude!⭐🙂👍

amazing video

Personal initiatives are like a drop of water in the see,so the only thing we can actually do Is to vote politician Who want to do something about It. Even something that would lower out quality of Life. We have to do something as global community not as countries only

As a child, I was certain that humans, as a whole, were much smarter (than we're currently behaving) and we would NEVER let things get this bad because we're just too smart to allow that to occur. I expected the complete opposite of what I'm seeing, now. Imagine my surprise and disappointment. I had high hopes, at one time. Now, I have finally given up.

It is scary to think that i fell into "climate doomerism" even if i am surounded myself with the knowledge the science and all that. I am recognizing this in my heart but still dont know how to deal with it..

It's disappointing that animal agriculture wasn't mentioned in this video, given its huge contribution to climate change

It’s hard to believe that, as things get more extreme, people won’t resort to extremes themselves. I don’t think anyone’s going to like what solutions will come forward when conversation and policies fail.

@DemPilafian

5 ай бұрын

Conservation? World population is still growing, so conservation is MATHEMATICALLY not a solution. Pushing conservation distracting us from the one and only real solution. We must transition to clean electric power for everything. There are three parts: 1) Build more solar and wind farms (and maybe nuclear and hydrothermal), 2) Make the power grid smarter with utility scale storage and more transmission, and 3) Electrify everything currently burning fossil fuel starting with switching to EVs and heat pumps.

As an individual, I try to control what is in my hand e.g. spending less electricity, avoid using AC or heater, taking public transport wherever possible, not using plastic bags. I am not sure if it will have any impact but it does not hurt to try. It's small things over long duration that matters.

@kbeezyk

5 ай бұрын

It almost doesn't matter. Taylor Swift's jet alone put out more than 1,200 times than what you or me put in a whole year.

@jimthain8777

5 ай бұрын

if we could get just 1/2 the human population to adopt that mind set (4 billion people), you'd be very surprised at the results.

@juniperjabber

5 ай бұрын

@@kbeezyk And what can we do about that? Lessen support for those people by spreading the word. What's a good way to make people more aware? Maybe implementing ways to be more environmentally conscious in our everyday lives. People will ask, and you can tell them what you know, and if they don't, tell them without being prompted.

Fantastic video with the message we all need to hear. I'm a generally positive person, but I've been totally in the camp of climate doomerism and I didn't even realize it.

Awesome vid