It video aims at depoliticizing the issue of global warming by reducing everything to a matter of personal responsibility of ordinary people. You see, YOU are in fact NOT the problem. The ecology is NOT fucked up because YOU don't WALK enough.
To the extent that global warming even is man-made (highly debatable), the problem is BIG MONEY, big companies who don't give a shit about nothing but profit.
What this cute little video does is try to steer your attention away from this. Fuck it
I think its impact is much more profound. The people empower the big companies because they want super cheap quality products and conveniences. Demand creates the supply. If WE would do the green things (like walking more), we would reduce the need for cars, downsize there market, reduce emissions, be healthier and have less idle time ('cuz we won't get to places as fast as we do, which is bad...) Remember that we drive the market to do what it does!
venus/jupiter/mars/neptune etc are all heating up too...but still be creative and green cos we all need to get back to nature! walk for health not for environment...less carbon emissions so we can breath better oxygen everyday.
I typed "global warming neptune" (without the quotes) in Yahoo! and the fifth link down (from Daily Tech) refers to heating on Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune.
And that article has links, and you can explore til your heart's content. Happy surfing.
i don't understand how people don't know how to learn. hundreds of people i've come across just CANNOT think and learn for themselves. they need someone to take a position of authority and tell them what to think. and it makes me very upset.
thanks for encouraging other people to explore and learn and think. i truly appreciate it.
First you say fuck walking but then you support it... what?
Walking is good, it's the most natural mode of transport.
I walk 3 miles everyday and I don't do it so much for the planet as I do it for the health benefits, I can basically eat whatever I want then just walk it off. I'm perfectly healthy because of it.
yea, theres a lot the people can do. but there are so many other problems.
like.. oil company's get a big fine for dumping waste, but by dumping they save more money than what the fine is, so they just keep dumping. there are 100's of little loopholes like that.
my bit is i have solar panels and a wind turbine, but if im honest i only got it because of all the power cuts we have here (spain/mallorca).
well, it will be interesting to see what happens, whatever it is, it needs to happen soon.
spool,agree.this is crap.the guy should have a word with China-stop opening many factories every week.If we all started walking-it would make no differance!!-this is global,not local!.
No, it is the individuals that are responsible, because they still use the products of environmentally hostile industries.
Why? Because those products are convenient.
It takes little effort to simply drive to work or school, but planning, discipline and actual work is required if you wish to arrive at that destination by foot.
We need to stop pushing the blame off on industry and start assuming responsibility at an individual level. There will be no change until this happens.
m.i understand/agree with you`re comment to a degree.i work a 10 hr day 10 miles from my home to pay my bill`s.can i walk(cycle) there and back and have time with my loved one`s?=no.
Yeah! I understand, it's tuff, but hey, don't you go change anything about how you live, you are right to hold true to what you know about the best way of doing things, stick to your guns, don't allow yourself to be questioned.
Carbon tax will lead to taxing human beings for breathing and will lead to methane tax on farm animals for farting. It's the next step in slavery. The ambitions are good , i'd rather be completely "green" but i don't believe anything about the altruism of the "green revolution"
How about "Change your leaders not your light bulbs!" We have a political system that can push agendas fast just look at post-9/11 America. Here's an agenda. Tax green house gases especially carbon. Build the smart grid. Regulate efficiency. Electrify our transportation. Set up a 5 billion dollar battery prize. Renegotiate Kyoto to include a system for wealthy countries to pay poor indigenous populations to conserve the rain forests. Kill corn ethanol subsidies first. Kill corn ethanol second.
good message, however I don't think the vid he showed was too effective...
he's right, you have to be creative to get people to want to act, because who will take the initiative to do something outside the box? once the thinking has been done and initiative has been taken, people will follow the trend
I'm not sure about those jeans either. Are they homemade?
NeraSoho 2 years ago
Of course creativity doesn't justify misleading about global warming.
ddball1 3 years ago
if u never acknowledge a problem, does it ever exist?
Fritzwicky 3 years ago
It video aims at depoliticizing the issue of global warming by reducing everything to a matter of personal responsibility of ordinary people. You see, YOU are in fact NOT the problem. The ecology is NOT fucked up because YOU don't WALK enough.
To the extent that global warming even is man-made (highly debatable), the problem is BIG MONEY, big companies who don't give a shit about nothing but profit.
What this cute little video does is try to steer your attention away from this. Fuck it
mrkvamaster 3 years ago
Keep in mind that blaming the individual companies for 'not caring enough' leaves out many parts of the equation.
For example, we can ask "Why do big companies only care for 'BIG MONEY'?"
One answer is that capitalism necessarily sets up a game that defines winning as "getting 'BIG MONEY.'"
Therefore, capitalism would be to blame.
But I think even blaming capitalism is myopic. As we can ask "Why does capitalism exist?" An answer: The people upholding the capitalist system.
wakod2002 3 years ago
mrkvamaster
I think its impact is much more profound. The people empower the big companies because they want super cheap quality products and conveniences. Demand creates the supply. If WE would do the green things (like walking more), we would reduce the need for cars, downsize there market, reduce emissions, be healthier and have less idle time ('cuz we won't get to places as fast as we do, which is bad...) Remember that we drive the market to do what it does!
InfectedDaemon 3 years ago
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chloebooker 2 years ago
it would take me hours to walk to work.
i'm sure most people are in my same situation
roidroid 3 years ago
That's why our cities should be mixed communities and you should live where you work.
XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til deathe
aquamammal 3 years ago
Sounds like an uncreative answer.
I dare say you're a budding environmentalist.
wakod2002 3 years ago
no u
roidroid 3 years ago
let's get creative about eradicating violence first
dmlled 3 years ago 3
venus/jupiter/mars/neptune etc are all heating up too...but still be creative and green cos we all need to get back to nature! walk for health not for environment...less carbon emissions so we can breath better oxygen everyday.
topstot 3 years ago
"venus/jupiter/mars/neptune etc are all heating up too"
[citation needed]
Jacnas 3 years ago
It's easier and quicker to do a search.
I typed "global warming neptune" (without the quotes) in Yahoo! and the fifth link down (from Daily Tech) refers to heating on Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, and Neptune.
And that article has links, and you can explore til your heart's content. Happy surfing.
drchaffee 3 years ago
i don't understand how people don't know how to learn. hundreds of people i've come across just CANNOT think and learn for themselves. they need someone to take a position of authority and tell them what to think. and it makes me very upset.
thanks for encouraging other people to explore and learn and think. i truly appreciate it.
intrepgun 3 years ago
hehehehhe.
lets get creative so we can feel better while roasting to death.
it is like on lobster to another saying, you know what lets get loud as the water gets toasty
nestorrfortuna 3 years ago
im all for change... yes we can!
morganskyebentham 3 years ago
7th on a Tedtalks vid! This will make me famous. Bring Ted back to Monterey!
5998b 3 years ago
fuck walking, you walk. and while your at it walk to the hydrogen cell car factory and tell them to get a move on.
walking will not help anything, you need to get rid of the oil company's and stop them buying up all the patents to electric and hydrogen cars.
SpoolDonkey 3 years ago
you're an idiot.
mooktank 3 years ago 2
I don't get what your arguement is.
First you say fuck walking but then you support it... what?
Walking is good, it's the most natural mode of transport.
I walk 3 miles everyday and I don't do it so much for the planet as I do it for the health benefits, I can basically eat whatever I want then just walk it off. I'm perfectly healthy because of it.
julian1000 3 years ago
i support others walking :P if i want exercise ill go to the gym.
but no my argument is that oil company's buy out the patents of electric and hydrogen cars to make sure they are never built.
we can walk, hell.. we can even go back to riding horses. but it wont fix our problems, we need to make sure big company's do the right thing.
we have the technology for clean cars already, but the big company's wont allow it until they have milked the cow for all its got.
SpoolDonkey 3 years ago
Oh I see what your saying, I agree.
I've noticed that lots of people are blaming the individuals but yeah the big companies are the largest part of it.
julian1000 3 years ago
yea, theres a lot the people can do. but there are so many other problems.
like.. oil company's get a big fine for dumping waste, but by dumping they save more money than what the fine is, so they just keep dumping. there are 100's of little loopholes like that.
my bit is i have solar panels and a wind turbine, but if im honest i only got it because of all the power cuts we have here (spain/mallorca).
well, it will be interesting to see what happens, whatever it is, it needs to happen soon.
SpoolDonkey 3 years ago
spool,agree.this is crap.the guy should have a word with China-stop opening many factories every week.If we all started walking-it would make no differance!!-this is global,not local!.
jjmm112 3 years ago
No, it is the individuals that are responsible, because they still use the products of environmentally hostile industries.
Why? Because those products are convenient.
It takes little effort to simply drive to work or school, but planning, discipline and actual work is required if you wish to arrive at that destination by foot.
We need to stop pushing the blame off on industry and start assuming responsibility at an individual level. There will be no change until this happens.
mtheoryrules 3 years ago
m.i understand/agree with you`re comment to a degree.i work a 10 hr day 10 miles from my home to pay my bill`s.can i walk(cycle) there and back and have time with my loved one`s?=no.
jjmm112 3 years ago
Yeah! I understand, it's tuff, but hey, don't you go change anything about how you live, you are right to hold true to what you know about the best way of doing things, stick to your guns, don't allow yourself to be questioned.
muzzleray 3 years ago
m.lol!!-i don`t!.
jjmm112 3 years ago
10 miles, hell yeah you can.
wouldn't take you half an hour to cycle.
would make you heaps fitter too
kahnicles 3 years ago
lmao bravo
sockpuppetsfromhell 3 years ago
That is NOT creative, those jokes have been around for years!!
1star
petfoodonly 3 years ago 2
Carbon tax will lead to taxing human beings for breathing and will lead to methane tax on farm animals for farting. It's the next step in slavery. The ambitions are good , i'd rather be completely "green" but i don't believe anything about the altruism of the "green revolution"
thecreammaster1 3 years ago
That's about as logical as saying gay marriage will lead to people marrying animals isn't it?
yeldarbo 3 years ago 3
"Carbon tax will lead to taxing human beings for breathing and will lead to methane tax on farm animals for farting. It's the next step in slavery."
Slippery slope argument. Nice job.
Borror0 3 years ago
Creativity is also the reason that civilization and possibly the entire planet is now pretty much fucked.. Just a thought.
neotoy 3 years ago
banksy ftw
OpakeArawra2 3 years ago
How about "Change your leaders not your light bulbs!" We have a political system that can push agendas fast just look at post-9/11 America. Here's an agenda. Tax green house gases especially carbon. Build the smart grid. Regulate efficiency. Electrify our transportation. Set up a 5 billion dollar battery prize. Renegotiate Kyoto to include a system for wealthy countries to pay poor indigenous populations to conserve the rain forests. Kill corn ethanol subsidies first. Kill corn ethanol second.
VigilantnotMilitant 3 years ago 4
lol that was interesting
Wesdabest 3 years ago
good message, however I don't think the vid he showed was too effective...
he's right, you have to be creative to get people to want to act, because who will take the initiative to do something outside the box? once the thinking has been done and initiative has been taken, people will follow the trend
NastyDHL 3 years ago 2