Wow in 80 years this world will be packed to the brim, little to none fossil fuels will be left, alot of farming ground will be used for homes for the excess amount of people on planet, everything will go to hell in a handbag....wow humanity, i hope your proud of yourself amd how you have created your own death sentence of a slow painfull way for everyone to hate life in the next century. Were fucked and im glad im going to die before the shit hits the fan.
World Engineers re-engineer cities wit knowledge of resources via combine companies. Willing people will work for free as food is issued equally to everyone.
Gov't structure rebuilt.
Science loving humans will find their way to contribute to the world. Math, Art, Writing, loving ppl will find their way to help. Since there basically will no competition to live..... Cause everyone has a talent that can help others. No one lives soley for themselves.
@KhyoteJinkens u tellem. Competition is good and how are you going to get all those kinects and tvs without chinese slave labor and cheap oil to ship them to us
@MegaWallaceR There's an Xbox in almost every house hold now. It shouldn't be hard to share if there were a shortage. Can't like 4 ppl play on one screen or some shit?
rofl at hemp, switching oil for hemp isn't gonna work, that's just another retard fix, oh we run out of oil, let's use this shit now...ppl need to learn to live with less fuel, wtf do u need so much fuel for anyway? ride a bike instead of driving a car. Growing hemp all over the place isn't good cos animals and wildlife can't survive with just 1 plant being grown, we need the ecosystem to work...
@UniversEEEEE There is plenty ways to get free energy at mass rates, plenty more than Oil. The only reason Oil is still going around is because of Oil lobbyists stoping any funding for other types of energy or research.
If you truly care about forests then you should support the lumber industry. If you want to bring back endangered animals then support them to be farmed,and for individuals to make a profit of them.
this guys good at drawing. and i dont think faraday invented the electric motor just found the magnetic fields which is the foundations for the motor. i think testla actually invented it. not so sure though.
I really hate to say this cuz Im probably going to piss someone off. But there is no way to control the population growth without population control. Thats not going to get support in any country. What would fix the problem would be the bleak future that you so fear. What you just showed in your video is that Humans invent in times of trouble.
@fridcorrath Part of the problem is that our so called 'leaders' simply refuse to educate the public. They promise us prosperity with sacrifice forgetting that we live on a 'fixed rock in space'. I saw in the LA Times that in the last 11 years, India added over 200 million net new people. We need to understand what population growth means in order to deal with it. Richard's video is a start. Refer it to folks and let them decide.
So many people with so many different opinions. Is it really that hard you understand that we humans are squandering a non renewable resource because of greed and laziness. Oil is vital but we don't need to burn it all up as fuel. There are so many other ways to tap into renewable energy. Great video!!!
Wow so basically what you're saying is that the industrial revolution and the 200 years that we spent evolving has all gone to waste and we have to go back to the Middle Ages!
@8ANIMATIONS "Wow so basically what you're saying is that the industrial revolution and the 200 years that we spent evolving has all gone to waste and we have to go back to the Middle Ages!"
Really you cant call current shithole we are in an evolution.
@BillyJoe1305 Ah yes, statistics... How about this: current nuclear power is like driving a high powered motorcycle. Its the safest thing on two wheels until you crash...
The geological survey of Canada just released a report indicating Canada holds over a million times more geothermal potential than what we currently need. This is huge! What this means, barring the smoke and mirrors of a false monetary system and irrational self-interest, is we have a sustainable, clean, renewable energy source that, by itself would meet our energy needs in perpetuity. Necessity is the mother of invention. If we put our minds to the task, we "will" solve our problems.
Tap the lightning at sea, tap the wilder wind and weather that come with climate change, tap ocean waves and currents. People will GET used to using their own muscles again, when it's necessary. Ever see a delivery man in a poorer country? Bicycles...even for very heavy loads. More working from home. Less stuff per person.
Who gets to decide when to stop the population growth? Should anyone? Based on what? Implemented how? That's a creepy topic area.
@nibberdrumm, I googled "Heinberg abiotic oil" Heinberg does not say abiotic oil doesn't exist. He only says there are not enough facts available to prove it exists. He adds oil wells do refill but from mass migration from deeper sources. I've already said earlier that oil is created by some process under the earth's crust and plays the role of a shock absorbant against the bobbing up and down of the methane gases at the earth's core. Excessive Removal of this oil can lead to big earthquakes
We wouldn't have to redesign entire cities to start using nuclear power. It would easily solve our problems: stop major dependence on fossil fuels, slow oil consumption down enough for the new technology of hydrogen cars to develop & it wouldn't require a new law that caused millions of the poorest people in the world to die because they still need to use coal in their homes for heat, cooking & sanitation,
@BillyJoe1305 Unfortunately, study after study has shown that nuclear is *still* not viable without massive government support (google "ucsusa Nuclear Power Subsidies"), and that's after six decades of subsidies. Also, there's still that pesky radioactive waste problem, which hasn't been solved. If it weren't for those two problems, nuclear would be ideal; but it's not (and will probably never be) the answer.
@nibberdrumm it would be fine if they had been allowed to build newer better facilities & as far as the waste goes I think the storage facility that would hold enough waste to cover a millenia of power usage solved that problem.
@nibberdrumm doesn't nuclear waste take up very little space? Wouldn't we have tons of time to figure it out...maybe even forever as it becomes less reactive over time?
@BillyJoe1305 nuclear, in its current offering, is unreasonably risky, unsafe, volatile, poisonous to our ecosystems and the biosphere. We have more than enough renewable "natural" energy in geothermal, solar, wind, and wind. We need to harness and perfect renewables so we can be ahead of dirty energy implosion. We need to rethink what we're doing.
There is also abiotic oil that is produced under the crust of the Earth by some unknown process. Oil wells that went empty in the Arab countries and that were closed down were found full of oil again after a few years. This should be looked into. More likely that the impression we will run out of oil is a myth propagated to increase oil prices. However abiotic oil may be required under the crust to keep it stable. The 9.0 earthquake may have resulted from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill
I think the answer lies in the transformation of existing refineries in biorefenarias because we have to look for other chemical production processes based on natural resources instead of petroleum.
It's possible to make artificial petroleum with the same chemical composition from water gas (carbonyl and water) and electricity (from renewable sources). We can still make petrochemicals when nature has no more petroleum. Synthetic fossil fuels are possible with our current technology.
@TheHeidelbergKid We can make synthetic oil, but how much energy does it take to do that? (Answer: MUCH more than the energy we use to drill for conventional oil.) This is the whole "energy returned on energy invested" (EROEI) problem.
@nibberdrumm I am familiar with that problem:But I'm saying the energy could come from renewable sources. Wood, water, and a hell of a lot of energy. You could still have the ridiculous amounts of energy be renewable.
For those who didn't understand ...... it's New World Order agenda of one global world government and forces sterilization of people to prevent population growth
@jqbtube does he offer any evidence? this is a critical discussion, he is claiming plenty of assertions without a shred of proof, there is lots of debate on every single claim he makes (other than the historic parts)
@dnikandjam Your response is blatantly dishonest. You claimed "little exaggeration and alarm-ism" but gave no support for that libelous charge. Pointing out that this capsule history contains no evidence is dishonestly pointing the out the necessary and obvious. The evidence is in historical and scientific literature, most of which is readily available, and any honest person can confirm the accuracy of the claims.
@dnikandjam some pursue cleverly delivered arguments cloaked in thinly veiled agendas supported by delaying tactics so that the capitalists can exploit the biosphere at the expense of the greater majority. Irrational self-interest needs to be culled. Any reasonably minded, self-thinker with access to the internet is well aware that the greedy behaviour of certain elitist, entitlement groups are at the root of societies problems...
the abusive rich now, the global work to clean the fruits of the richness imposed.
profiting from the cleanup of markets, the dead end, or without much profit.
must destroy the global trade, and deal appropriately with such dependencies in each country that made acceptable to the legal exchange of goods by individuals.
everyone should pick up slightly across the planet.
@rockstar8734 you should look up the documentary Cool It by a guy named bjorn something. He admits that yes we have these problems, but changing over to renewables right now is not the best use of money, right now we should be solving world hunger and raising the standard of living for everyone, coupled with heavy investment into improving current green tech so that in 50-100 years we can implement really good tech while the rest of the world is not starving.
@bluefootedpig Bjørn Lomborg is an intellectually dishonest economist whose goal is to prevent government action to reduce GW that large international corporations don't want. You cite him (without even knowing his name) merely because you like his position, not because the evidence supports it.
@jqbtube I cite him without knowing his name as I didn't take the time to look him up nor do I remember how to spell his name. That said, he makes very valid points, that with the money we would spend on global warming, we could pay for adaptation, research into better technology, and feed millions if not billions of people in the world.
I was actually for GW measured before I saw his logic. So yes I agree, and I think his evidence does support it.
@bluefootedpig You say this without ever having examined the numerous rebuttals and refutations of his claims. That's intellectual laziness and foolishness.
@jqbtube can you link me something then? I have seen hundreds of videos on global warming, that is what caused me to originally believe it, and I still do. I just changed my plan of action for what the government should be doing. But I would be more than happy to watch a video that rebuttals it, that is if you know of a good one.
@bluefootedpig "what does that have to do with the cost effectiveness of global warming measures vs adaption?" I don't know what you're referring to by "that" (youtube threading sucks). But Lomborg vastly underestimates the consequences of a rise in average global temperature, the amount of which is UNDERestimated by the IPCC, and will continue accelerate if we don't radically slow down C02 production.
@bluefootedpig for an overview of the consequences that Lomborg radically underestimates, see the Effects_of_global_warming article at Wikipedia. Note, e.g., "the effects of climate change to date have been small, but are projected to progressively increase in all countries and regions". Adaptation cannot keep up with an UNENDING increase in global temperature; transferring spending to adaptation is at best a temporary measure -- basic logic there.
@jqbtube True, he is not suggesting to never do anything, but to basically put a bandaid on the would until we can get to a hospital. He is suggesting with adaptation, we can put off dealing with global warming for about 20 more years, enough time to advance technology far along so that it makes sense. Also, there can be bad data, like he pointed out where we assuming that something is a feedback loop when it isn't. Have you read the just facts article on it?
Ok, you asked me for links, which is a good sign ... perhaps you aren't foolish after all. See the two links I gave, as well as grist,org+article+battling-the-borg ... the bottom line is that Lomborg is a bad source of info or argument; he is both arch partisan and arch incompetent -- he gets everything wrong, and his right wing ideology is part of why he does.
@bluefootedpig P.S. I referred to "the evidence" and you refer to "his evidence" ... this shows the sort of gullible fool you are. Of course Lomborg presents evidence that he purports to support him; so does every other sort of crank and charlatan. But for a counter-view I suggest reading lomborg-errors dot dk ... for starters.
@jqbtube Yes, I do refer to his evidence, I apologize. I also use JustFacts(dot)com which cites government bodies from multiple nations and also supports his claims. Not just governments, but also environmental groups. Also, that link is very sad. I don't see a single reference to actual data to prove what he is saying is wrong. I require at least some citations from something trustworthy before I believe a source.
@bluefootedpig That's some might fast reading. You've already looked at all of Kåre Fog's links, including the entirety of Howard Friel's "The Lomborg Deception"? And you talk about "something trustworthy" while you say Lomborg "admits that yes we have these problems", when he became famous for a book denying them, and now downplays them? He isn't trustworthy, and neither are you. Most scientists reject his claims -- just google around, now that you know his name.
@bluefootedpig I've glanced at JustFacts and its discussion of global warming is denialist BS. For instance, its section on "Pollution verbiage" blathers about how CO2 doesn't cause cancer or lower immunity, as if those were at all relevant. Its facts, citations, and arguments are heavily cherrypicked to fit a prior agenda.
@bluefootedpig It is completely and utterly unsurprising that the authors of JustFacts, who only have BatSci degrees, are "conservative/libertarian in our viewpoints". These people aren't "trustworthy", they are political ideologues who take a position on global warming derived from their ideology, not from a scientific temperament.
Agreed, STOP with the left handed pinky finger flicky thing..ewww! Other than that...up to 4:05, mostly fair comment.......after that.....whoa! let's start to filter in the tree hugger nonsense! Things that use electricity ie cities, do not need to change, it's how that power is produced that needs to change! Nuclear (Nucular for our 'merkin' freinds) Huge output, relatively...'safe' ok Chernobyl is a big neg....but weigh up all of the stats, not just the ones you want to!
@pcferret At Chernobyl, they sacrificed safety for speed when they were trying something new out. The project literally blew up in their faces. The day shift, which contained the people trained about what to do with handling the reactor, had left hours ago. If they waited for tomorrow to try the experiment when the day shift returned, a major disaster could have been avoided
We Americans are the most horrible civilization! Just LOOK at what we did in this cartoon! We must all buy electric cars or ride bicycles to visit our families on the other coast. We should all ride trains and public transportation and stop relying on fossil fuels and... hold on, are you sure oil is a "fossil fuel" or is that just a REAL popular theory? And we should just stop inhaling fresh air and exhaling CO. Do you want us all to die around here? Stop your breathing... NOW dammit!
Those are good goals of which some are somewhat conflicting such as stopping economic growth and supporting 7 billion people. We need growth to make that possible but the basis for growth must be changed... there's the answer! By transforming the economy service based would hopefully decrease the manufacturing sectors burden to the earth. new innovations and significant dematerialization are needed in this process as well as increase in recycling rate reducing need for raw materials and energy.
@jkovert Vanuatu’s growing population (estimated in 2008 at 2.4 percent annually)[18] is placing increased pressure on local resources for agriculture, grazing, hunting, and fishing.[13] Some 90 percent of Ni-Vanuatu households fish and consume fish, which has caused intense fishing pressure near villages and the depletion of near-shore fish species.
...Fertilizer is NOT good for the earth but did help to feed more people.. for a couple of years until the soil was destroyed. Tractors makes large scale farming more possible, but has mostly been used wrong through monoculture. But he mentions it quickly later.. anyway..
someones advocating the end of capitalism O.o lol and to the individual who said overpopulation is bogus. go do some research my friend, you shall find out that it is not. final comments. fossil fuels are ending, with or without our consent, but wouldn't freak out, alternatives are being composed; adding money to the economy at the rate we are is a dis-proven theory, and consumption will be our downfall, as it was with previous empires.
"2030: one continuous city from Marseilles to Genova. From Paris to La Havre, the valley of the Rhine, one city; Holland, one city; all of southern England, one city. From Tokyo to Kyoto, one city of 100 million inhabitants. And no more forests: no more trees: all cut down. The land is barren. Fifteen hundred years [from the beginning of the Common Era], the global population had not quite doubled. (to be continued)
@TheHeidelbergKid And now, it is going to be doubled in 350 years. Then, in 100 years [actually 90]. Then, in 35 years: in one generation. Year 2010: 7 billion inhabitants. Year 2040, 14 billion. Year 2070, 28 billion." This is borrowed from the final episode of a French TV series made in the 1970's, "Once Upon a Time... Man". Present world population is approximately 7 billion. The prediction was off by but one year... (continued)
@TheHeidelbergKid ...from reality, close enough to be waved off as margin of error. So far, this film has been vindicated. This future history only gets worse as time marches on. To continue quoting, "...Man is about to destroy it all, by lack of foresight, by lack of wisdom. In less than one little century."
this video is awsome ^^ loved the drawing effect you added, your speak is really true. I just think you coudl add a soundtrack to thi video, nothing too much ^^
Good idea. Too bad it's completely out of the question. Like someone said, the rulers won't stop using fossil fuels until they run out, no matter how many times you present your little fantasy videos. Only when a profitable alternative arrives (controlled by the wealthy) might we possibly see change. Pollution is already killing people and it makes no difference to high finance guys. Unrealistic good intentions but I like your optimism, anyway. Probably lulls folks into a false sense of hope.
EVERYONE!! Go to the white house's website to sign a petition to VETO S.1867 !
On the WH Homepage Select (We the People) tab, then Select (Open Petitions) tab. From there, scroll down till you see (Veto the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012...) Sign It!!!
Google: white house account
if this bill passes, the constitution will mean NOTHING in the eyes of government officials
THUMBS THIS UP so more ppl see it.
We need 25,000 signatures by Dec 30. So far, we have about 3,600.
@jkovert Humans definitely exceed the carrying capacity of the land/sea in certain regions. But in part you are correct. The carrying capacity of the earth as a whole is estimated from 4 to 16 billion. See wiki article on Overpopulation for a breakdown
@BryceVB No, that is spurious. It depends on the economic conditions of the people in those supposed regions. The number of people has nothing to do with it.
Occupy movements around the world have the technology to unite globally and start creating these solutions if humanity lets them. Support your local Occupy movement - You Are the 99% ! Change will come from people co-operating with others and not competing with others! Start now! An RBE is all in line with this too! The whole world can vote we start an RBE type of transition!! Also check out Garbage Warrior, and live off the grid with a super low carbon footprint. And then Open Source Ecology :)
As a person, i just want to give away of this stupid life having to do this do that or the fossil age, consumer products, the greed the fighitng over postions, listening to the man, trying to become rich and famous, And just go live in the wild away and live with nature, because living with a society like this is fucked up
i´ve been thinking about this stuff for a long time, (only without the same insight) and i think that this should be done, it´s so obvious when we look at our history and evolution in the past 200 years..we really have to stop this madness that we´r doing to the planet, life and environment. Congratulations the video makers and the post carbon institute, i will share this over and over and spread the message to my friends, family and everyone i can..let´s all help the world to understand this
@lvii22 I understand your frustration with our current leaders that pander to the public with folklore to hold office, but the fact that you heard the issue means you're now empowered to act in your own interest. Call your senators, call you congressman, even call the President. Let them know that we're not all brain dead . . . We know the 'big money' is in control . . . that's the message of the Occupy movement. Well, what are 'you' waiting for? Take action . . . you'll feel better.
funny how this guy is demonizing consumerism and then plugging a book and website at the end...everyone has an agenda. Big oil, the auto industry, Al Gore, and this guy alike...that's important to remember. don't let a 5 minute video do your thinking for you.
@jro827 I find it interesting in that this guy is trying to educate the public, something that our leaders now fail to do since they are more interested in pandering to the public's ignorance. The issue here is whether the 'agenda' is valuable to the public's interest and not just used for the pandering. Americans need to understand their energy future now more than ever. Polluting that objective with your comments isn't helping anyone including you.
@SCVIndy Clearly you didn't understand the point of my comment..I agree that what our 'leaders' tell us is often distorted by their own self interest, but your idea of ignorance is clearly different than mine. I'm open to any arguments relating to our "energy future", and my mind is still being made up. All I'm saying is that everyone: our politicians, this guy (who is pandering to people like you)..in MOST cases, has a selfish agenda. We should use more than a 5 min video to make our decisions.
@SCVIndy The important point being: this issue, like many that people attempt to simplify into a black and white problem:solution, is extremely complex. His argument needs to be considered, but the impacts of the measures that I'm sure he is in favor of have far-reaching consequences that must be considered as well when analyzing the cost:benefit of a proposed solution. Both sides pander to their bases, sometimes for personal gain, and sadly that's why these issues result in deadlock.
Heinberg has no incentive to pander to anyone. You are severely misinformed about peak energy. Just because you don't understand doesn't mean no one can. It's true that some people lie about these issues for money. They are; The energy industry and financial industry lieing to the public and themselves about our energy future. Saying there's plenty of oil when there just isn't. Hubbert accurately modeled peak oil using just a small sample of oil coming out of american wells..not too complicated
@jro827 If you've read his book The Party Is Over, Richard does get into the trade offs. I highly recommend it for anyone considering the issues facing our energy problems.
Ya' heard the man, it's all hands on deck! We won't live long if we continue livin' like this! I say put on yer' thinkin' caps and put ideas into action! O: <
I'm so glad to see this video. I've felt the same way for quite some time and wondered if anyone would see things the same way or have a way to clearly communicate it to the masses.
This (video) is it.
Very well done.
Side note: I see comments that criticize points made in the video. To them I say, you scare me. What's it going to take before you see the crash course we are on?
If only we went into space for our energy, tapping into the 2,000,000,000 times more solar power that passes our planet by, we'd have a lot of potential for future growth...
I have never seen so much erroneous content crammed into 5 minutes. Thankfully, as wrong as this video is, it is so naive and ill-conceived that none of this will ever come to fruition. We will develop the next generation of nuclear fission, eventually mining helium-3 on the moon for nuclear fusion, and we will use fusion rockets to colonize other planets and eventually support over 1 trillion humans with our inter-planetary economy. Malthusian thinking like this has no place in the future.
I like the resource based economy but not the idea of the venus project.. the guy who came up with it is a genious but some of the things he says is just off.. our race can live off a RBE but it will be a hard process shift
@bluephoenix53 Jacque has it wrong a lot of the time. For instance, I've seen him say on numerous occasions, that algebra comes from an Arabic man by the name Algebra. But that's wrong - it comes from the Arabic from al-jibr, which means something like "to set bones", as I've looked up on several websites including Wikipedia.
To conclude: Jacque is an idiot which runs his mouth, and speaks in conflict with his own doctrine more than he does in concurrence.
You know, that's how evolution works. It's ethics that push us, and no ethics means no need for new ways to overcome the problem, since it's already solved with un-ethical means. That's how everything this, was invented. But, we are on the brink of an ethical revolution. Money is all that matters nowadays, and it spins the world. What is money at the end of the day, when you can't spend it? Paper and metal.
Resource Based Economy (RBE)!!!! That´s all I´m saying!!! [Ok, That..... and maybe a bit of the Zeitgeist Movement and the Venus Project. Sorry, couldn´t stop ;) ]
@bluenightfox Venus project is retarded because they think we can automate everything....robots are extremely dependent on oil, especially petrol based chemicals. Also what about peak metals? I think we will me doing more pyhsical labor not less
Nice video very informative.
1:04 The way you say meanhwile reminds me of Stewie Griffin.
Tzs08 6 hours ago
Karl Benz, not Karl Daimler.
Sefarst86 2 days ago
Wow in 80 years this world will be packed to the brim, little to none fossil fuels will be left, alot of farming ground will be used for homes for the excess amount of people on planet, everything will go to hell in a handbag....wow humanity, i hope your proud of yourself amd how you have created your own death sentence of a slow painfull way for everyone to hate life in the next century. Were fucked and im glad im going to die before the shit hits the fan.
yayaya1193able 3 days ago
Always Nikola Tesla.
MacRubik351 4 days ago
You need Stuff,I liked that one XD XD XD
MultiBaihui 5 days ago
Agriculture in every area is required.
World Engineers re-engineer cities wit knowledge of resources via combine companies. Willing people will work for free as food is issued equally to everyone.
Gov't structure rebuilt.
Science loving humans will find their way to contribute to the world. Math, Art, Writing, loving ppl will find their way to help. Since there basically will no competition to live..... Cause everyone has a talent that can help others. No one lives soley for themselves.
KhyoteJinkens 1 week ago
@KhyoteJinkens u tellem. Competition is good and how are you going to get all those kinects and tvs without chinese slave labor and cheap oil to ship them to us
MegaWallaceR 2 days ago
@MegaWallaceR There's an Xbox in almost every house hold now. It shouldn't be hard to share if there were a shortage. Can't like 4 ppl play on one screen or some shit?
KhyoteJinkens 20 hours ago
Every major manufactuer combine, every food company combine. Almost every competing business combine.
Have a population count. Relay to combined businesses for them to collectively strategize usage of resources.
TV from 7-4 will be for interactive class for children via Xbox kinect and shit like that. No school buses required.
Cars only driven on weekends, ISSUED law.
Internet will remain the same. Schools free.
KhyoteJinkens 1 week ago
BLURB BLURB BLURBA SCURB.
NP GUYS WE'LL EVOLVE TO EAT ROCKS AND BREATH HELIUM, BUSINESS AS USUAL.
I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND I SOUND LIKE PIGLET SO YOU KNOW I'M SINCERE AND INTERESTED IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF ALL PEOPLES.
Hibryd7 1 week ago
wow, this kicks ass of the "normal" education in school
watching drawings simultaneously with words, makes it so much easier to understand and remember
Aleque 1 week ago
675 people are USEFUL IDIOTS for the Fossil Fuel Industry & are threatening everyone's children!
Viracocha711 2 weeks ago 2
rofl at hemp, switching oil for hemp isn't gonna work, that's just another retard fix, oh we run out of oil, let's use this shit now...ppl need to learn to live with less fuel, wtf do u need so much fuel for anyway? ride a bike instead of driving a car. Growing hemp all over the place isn't good cos animals and wildlife can't survive with just 1 plant being grown, we need the ecosystem to work...
UniversEEEEE 2 weeks ago
@UniversEEEEE There is plenty ways to get free energy at mass rates, plenty more than Oil. The only reason Oil is still going around is because of Oil lobbyists stoping any funding for other types of energy or research.
OwenIVx 2 days ago
free ponies for everyone!!!
benc1978 2 weeks ago
674 people are irreparably harming future generations with their refusal to face reality.
InquisitiveSpanish 2 weeks ago
HEMP for everybody.
ndurrett19 2 weeks ago
673 people are smart enough to hate communism
clp1061 2 weeks ago
If you truly care about forests then you should support the lumber industry. If you want to bring back endangered animals then support them to be farmed,and for individuals to make a profit of them.
Cogitatio023 2 weeks ago
this guys good at drawing. and i dont think faraday invented the electric motor just found the magnetic fields which is the foundations for the motor. i think testla actually invented it. not so sure though.
punkid41 3 weeks ago
HEMP can replace all fossil fuels!! LEAGLIZE HEMP FARMING!! Other countries already see the light and ARE doing this!! HEMP even relaces plastics!
HEMP 4 FUEL!!
MADAM194 3 weeks ago
Is there a name for these sort of presentations (the style)? I don't like them.
datiswous 4 weeks ago
overproduction? Really?
Oh well, another economic illiterate
adhocrat1 1 month ago in playlist Politics
1:55 wow.
fridcorrath 1 month ago
I really hate to say this cuz Im probably going to piss someone off. But there is no way to control the population growth without population control. Thats not going to get support in any country. What would fix the problem would be the bleak future that you so fear. What you just showed in your video is that Humans invent in times of trouble.
fridcorrath 1 month ago
@fridcorrath *nods*
MrVictorPhoenix 1 month ago
@fridcorrath Part of the problem is that our so called 'leaders' simply refuse to educate the public. They promise us prosperity with sacrifice forgetting that we live on a 'fixed rock in space'. I saw in the LA Times that in the last 11 years, India added over 200 million net new people. We need to understand what population growth means in order to deal with it. Richard's video is a start. Refer it to folks and let them decide.
SCVIndy 1 month ago
So many people with so many different opinions. Is it really that hard you understand that we humans are squandering a non renewable resource because of greed and laziness. Oil is vital but we don't need to burn it all up as fuel. There are so many other ways to tap into renewable energy. Great video!!!
kfox66 1 month ago
This video badly needs some economics
MrConservativ 1 month ago
@MrConservativ Ask and you shall receive: /watch?v=EQqDS9wGsxQ
asherpci 1 month ago
I NEED STUFF.NEED STUFF.NEED STUFF.
chadberry75 1 month ago
Wow so basically what you're saying is that the industrial revolution and the 200 years that we spent evolving has all gone to waste and we have to go back to the Middle Ages!
8ANIMATIONS 1 month ago
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@8ANIMATIONS "Wow so basically what you're saying is that the industrial revolution and the 200 years that we spent evolving has all gone to waste and we have to go back to the Middle Ages!"
Really you cant call current shithole we are in an evolution.
shogu666 1 month ago
@BillyJoe1305 Ah yes, statistics... How about this: current nuclear power is like driving a high powered motorcycle. Its the safest thing on two wheels until you crash...
mbabcock111 1 month ago
The geological survey of Canada just released a report indicating Canada holds over a million times more geothermal potential than what we currently need. This is huge! What this means, barring the smoke and mirrors of a false monetary system and irrational self-interest, is we have a sustainable, clean, renewable energy source that, by itself would meet our energy needs in perpetuity. Necessity is the mother of invention. If we put our minds to the task, we "will" solve our problems.
mbabcock111 1 month ago
@probowler09 and @Liandru13 make reductionist arguments. and arent geologists.
stepanekb 1 month ago
Wow, over one million views! This is a good summary of our existance, made by an expert in the feild. I hope more people watch and act on it!
ammachi3 1 month ago
665 people are retarded!
Liandru13 1 month ago
So we have a lack of renewable fuels and food production but an overabundance of cheap people. You do the math.
jamumu 1 month ago
Tap the lightning at sea, tap the wilder wind and weather that come with climate change, tap ocean waves and currents. People will GET used to using their own muscles again, when it's necessary. Ever see a delivery man in a poorer country? Bicycles...even for very heavy loads. More working from home. Less stuff per person.
Who gets to decide when to stop the population growth? Should anyone? Based on what? Implemented how? That's a creepy topic area.
newguy33X 1 month ago
@nibberdrumm, I googled "Heinberg abiotic oil" Heinberg does not say abiotic oil doesn't exist. He only says there are not enough facts available to prove it exists. He adds oil wells do refill but from mass migration from deeper sources. I've already said earlier that oil is created by some process under the earth's crust and plays the role of a shock absorbant against the bobbing up and down of the methane gases at the earth's core. Excessive Removal of this oil can lead to big earthquakes
francophile59 1 month ago
Music?
helckler 1 month ago
@helckler A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It
ndurrett19 2 weeks ago
fuck it we all know we anit goona do shit
Psunfire 1 month ago
Good video, very well done.
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@probowler09 The number has risen to 665 ... :(
But 11539 ( including me ) love it
And sadly , 990251 people don't care......
LACandyLover 1 month ago
<3
LACandyLover 1 month ago
We wouldn't have to redesign entire cities to start using nuclear power. It would easily solve our problems: stop major dependence on fossil fuels, slow oil consumption down enough for the new technology of hydrogen cars to develop & it wouldn't require a new law that caused millions of the poorest people in the world to die because they still need to use coal in their homes for heat, cooking & sanitation,
BillyJoe1305 1 month ago
@BillyJoe1305 Unfortunately, study after study has shown that nuclear is *still* not viable without massive government support (google "ucsusa Nuclear Power Subsidies"), and that's after six decades of subsidies. Also, there's still that pesky radioactive waste problem, which hasn't been solved. If it weren't for those two problems, nuclear would be ideal; but it's not (and will probably never be) the answer.
nibberdrumm 1 month ago
@nibberdrumm it would be fine if they had been allowed to build newer better facilities & as far as the waste goes I think the storage facility that would hold enough waste to cover a millenia of power usage solved that problem.
BillyJoe1305 1 month ago
@nibberdrumm doesn't nuclear waste take up very little space? Wouldn't we have tons of time to figure it out...maybe even forever as it becomes less reactive over time?
newguy33X 1 month ago
@BillyJoe1305 nuclear, in its current offering, is unreasonably risky, unsafe, volatile, poisonous to our ecosystems and the biosphere. We have more than enough renewable "natural" energy in geothermal, solar, wind, and wind. We need to harness and perfect renewables so we can be ahead of dirty energy implosion. We need to rethink what we're doing.
mbabcock111 1 month ago
@mbabcock111 Is that why it has the fewest deaths per kilowatt-hour of any kind of energy?
BillyJoe1305 1 month ago
There is also abiotic oil that is produced under the crust of the Earth by some unknown process. Oil wells that went empty in the Arab countries and that were closed down were found full of oil again after a few years. This should be looked into. More likely that the impression we will run out of oil is a myth propagated to increase oil prices. However abiotic oil may be required under the crust to keep it stable. The 9.0 earthquake may have resulted from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill
francophile59 2 months ago
@francophile59 The abiotic oil theory has been disproven: Google "heinberg abiotic oil".
nibberdrumm 1 month ago
I think the answer lies in the transformation of existing refineries in biorefenarias because we have to look for other chemical production processes based on natural resources instead of petroleum.
MrPSerra89 2 months ago
American and Chinese are using to much energy they must stop
Markoni11oo 2 months ago
It's possible to make artificial petroleum with the same chemical composition from water gas (carbonyl and water) and electricity (from renewable sources). We can still make petrochemicals when nature has no more petroleum. Synthetic fossil fuels are possible with our current technology.
TheHeidelbergKid 2 months ago
@TheHeidelbergKid We can make synthetic oil, but how much energy does it take to do that? (Answer: MUCH more than the energy we use to drill for conventional oil.) This is the whole "energy returned on energy invested" (EROEI) problem.
nibberdrumm 1 month ago
@nibberdrumm I am familiar with that problem:But I'm saying the energy could come from renewable sources. Wood, water, and a hell of a lot of energy. You could still have the ridiculous amounts of energy be renewable.
TheHeidelbergKid 1 month ago
does anyone know, what the name of the song that is played in the beginning and the end is called?? i've tried playing it for soundhound but no luck!
nomyart 2 months ago
@nomyart
Believe this tune is used in more then one song.
But i think the best known is Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side.
Clausewitzz 2 months ago
@Clausewitzz
ah, thank you so much! it's been stuck in my head for days now
nomyart 1 month ago
does anyone know, what's the name of the song in the introduction and the end?
nomyart 2 months ago
For those who didn't understand ...... it's New World Order agenda of one global world government and forces sterilization of people to prevent population growth
ashtavideo 2 months ago
If you named the vid 6 minutes I wouldn't click on it, you tricked me with 300 seconds
that was clever.
llamunkey 2 months ago
if we do nothing, later, people will call us the "egoist generations" and spit on our living conditions with disgust.
MarysSounds 2 months ago 5
658 people hate planet Earth
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@probowler09 The number has risen to 665 ... :(
But 11539 ( including me ) love it
And sadly , 990251 people don't care......
LACandyLover 1 month ago
@probowler09 659 now, beeotch.
jkovert 1 month ago
@probowler09 No they work in SHELL lol
RyuSasi 3 weeks ago
No complete thinking in this video at all.
onyxavatar 2 months ago
hmmmm, just a little exaggeration and alarm-ism
dnikandjam 2 months ago
@dnikandjam You offer no reason to think that anything was exaggerated, or that alarm isn't warranted.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@jqbtube does he offer any evidence? this is a critical discussion, he is claiming plenty of assertions without a shred of proof, there is lots of debate on every single claim he makes (other than the historic parts)
dnikandjam 2 months ago
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@dnikandjam Your response is blatantly dishonest. You claimed "little exaggeration and alarm-ism" but gave no support for that libelous charge. Pointing out that this capsule history contains no evidence is dishonestly pointing the out the necessary and obvious. The evidence is in historical and scientific literature, most of which is readily available, and any honest person can confirm the accuracy of the claims.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@dnikandjam some pursue cleverly delivered arguments cloaked in thinly veiled agendas supported by delaying tactics so that the capitalists can exploit the biosphere at the expense of the greater majority. Irrational self-interest needs to be culled. Any reasonably minded, self-thinker with access to the internet is well aware that the greedy behaviour of certain elitist, entitlement groups are at the root of societies problems...
mbabcock111 1 month ago
@dnikandjam GO BACK 2 SLEEP
chadberry75 1 month ago
all saving strategies and policies invasive
the abusive rich now, the global work to clean the fruits of the richness imposed.
profiting from the cleanup of markets, the dead end, or without much profit.
must destroy the global trade, and deal appropriately with such dependencies in each country that made acceptable to the legal exchange of goods by individuals.
everyone should pick up slightly across the planet.
WDHellSOnLineKILLER 2 months ago
WHAT occur are the strategies that make war shields the activities that continue to pollute the cities.
individuals are manifestations of disposable stores littering public roads to make advertisements Department Stores.
WDHellSOnLineKILLER 2 months ago
Its just a 5 min video but actually ....HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE SUCH A VIDEO??
MrTuber84 2 months ago 2
Cool for 1st World Developed Countries.
Here, at the 3rd World countries, we're still worrying for people eating, and being able to read, and tons of crime, and all that stuff.
I know I have a computer and Internet access in my home, but still, I'm lucky, you are lucky, South Americans and Africans are not that lucky.
If we're going to do something, we need all the world to be able to help, not just the US, Canada, Japan, China and Europe.
That would be the real end of the petrol-based economy.
rockstar8734 2 months ago 2
@rockstar8734
In the system of debt you will allways have wealthy places and poor places, that is in fact a main tactic (perhaps the main) of the debt system.
You can also see it as divide and conquer.
Clausewitzz 2 months ago
@rockstar8734 you should look up the documentary Cool It by a guy named bjorn something. He admits that yes we have these problems, but changing over to renewables right now is not the best use of money, right now we should be solving world hunger and raising the standard of living for everyone, coupled with heavy investment into improving current green tech so that in 50-100 years we can implement really good tech while the rest of the world is not starving.
bluefootedpig 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig Bjørn Lomborg is an intellectually dishonest economist whose goal is to prevent government action to reduce GW that large international corporations don't want. You cite him (without even knowing his name) merely because you like his position, not because the evidence supports it.
jqbtube 2 months ago 12
@jqbtube I cite him without knowing his name as I didn't take the time to look him up nor do I remember how to spell his name. That said, he makes very valid points, that with the money we would spend on global warming, we could pay for adaptation, research into better technology, and feed millions if not billions of people in the world.
I was actually for GW measured before I saw his logic. So yes I agree, and I think his evidence does support it.
bluefootedpig 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig You say this without ever having examined the numerous rebuttals and refutations of his claims. That's intellectual laziness and foolishness.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@jqbtube can you link me something then? I have seen hundreds of videos on global warming, that is what caused me to originally believe it, and I still do. I just changed my plan of action for what the government should be doing. But I would be more than happy to watch a video that rebuttals it, that is if you know of a good one.
bluefootedpig 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig See, e.g., grist,org+article+bill-mckibben-can-anyone-stop-it (sub dot for comma and slash for plus)
jqbtube 2 months ago
@jqbtube what does that have to do with the cost effectiveness of global warming measures vs adaption?
bluefootedpig 2 months ago
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@bluefootedpig "what does that have to do with the cost effectiveness of global warming measures vs adaption?" I don't know what you're referring to by "that" (youtube threading sucks). But Lomborg vastly underestimates the consequences of a rise in average global temperature, the amount of which is UNDERestimated by the IPCC, and will continue accelerate if we don't radically slow down C02 production.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig for an overview of the consequences that Lomborg radically underestimates, see the Effects_of_global_warming article at Wikipedia. Note, e.g., "the effects of climate change to date have been small, but are projected to progressively increase in all countries and regions". Adaptation cannot keep up with an UNENDING increase in global temperature; transferring spending to adaptation is at best a temporary measure -- basic logic there.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@jqbtube True, he is not suggesting to never do anything, but to basically put a bandaid on the would until we can get to a hospital. He is suggesting with adaptation, we can put off dealing with global warming for about 20 more years, enough time to advance technology far along so that it makes sense. Also, there can be bad data, like he pointed out where we assuming that something is a feedback loop when it isn't. Have you read the just facts article on it?
bluefootedpig 2 months ago
Ok, you asked me for links, which is a good sign ... perhaps you aren't foolish after all. See the two links I gave, as well as grist,org+article+battling-the-borg ... the bottom line is that Lomborg is a bad source of info or argument; he is both arch partisan and arch incompetent -- he gets everything wrong, and his right wing ideology is part of why he does.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig P.S. I referred to "the evidence" and you refer to "his evidence" ... this shows the sort of gullible fool you are. Of course Lomborg presents evidence that he purports to support him; so does every other sort of crank and charlatan. But for a counter-view I suggest reading lomborg-errors dot dk ... for starters.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@jqbtube Yes, I do refer to his evidence, I apologize. I also use JustFacts(dot)com which cites government bodies from multiple nations and also supports his claims. Not just governments, but also environmental groups. Also, that link is very sad. I don't see a single reference to actual data to prove what he is saying is wrong. I require at least some citations from something trustworthy before I believe a source.
bluefootedpig 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig That's some might fast reading. You've already looked at all of Kåre Fog's links, including the entirety of Howard Friel's "The Lomborg Deception"? And you talk about "something trustworthy" while you say Lomborg "admits that yes we have these problems", when he became famous for a book denying them, and now downplays them? He isn't trustworthy, and neither are you. Most scientists reject his claims -- just google around, now that you know his name.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig I've glanced at JustFacts and its discussion of global warming is denialist BS. For instance, its section on "Pollution verbiage" blathers about how CO2 doesn't cause cancer or lower immunity, as if those were at all relevant. Its facts, citations, and arguments are heavily cherrypicked to fit a prior agenda.
jqbtube 2 months ago
@bluefootedpig It is completely and utterly unsurprising that the authors of JustFacts, who only have BatSci degrees, are "conservative/libertarian in our viewpoints". These people aren't "trustworthy", they are political ideologues who take a position on global warming derived from their ideology, not from a scientific temperament.
jqbtube 2 months ago
Agreed, STOP with the left handed pinky finger flicky thing..ewww! Other than that...up to 4:05, mostly fair comment.......after that.....whoa! let's start to filter in the tree hugger nonsense! Things that use electricity ie cities, do not need to change, it's how that power is produced that needs to change! Nuclear (Nucular for our 'merkin' freinds) Huge output, relatively...'safe' ok Chernobyl is a big neg....but weigh up all of the stats, not just the ones you want to!
pcferret 2 months ago
@pcferret At Chernobyl, they sacrificed safety for speed when they were trying something new out. The project literally blew up in their faces. The day shift, which contained the people trained about what to do with handling the reactor, had left hours ago. If they waited for tomorrow to try the experiment when the day shift returned, a major disaster could have been avoided
TheHeidelbergKid 2 months ago
We Americans are the most horrible civilization! Just LOOK at what we did in this cartoon! We must all buy electric cars or ride bicycles to visit our families on the other coast. We should all ride trains and public transportation and stop relying on fossil fuels and... hold on, are you sure oil is a "fossil fuel" or is that just a REAL popular theory? And we should just stop inhaling fresh air and exhaling CO. Do you want us all to die around here? Stop your breathing... NOW dammit!
bkBeaker55 2 months ago
Why is the guy left handed. That's weird.
fkontes 2 months ago
I almost cried when I saw the man giving the tree a present and saying "I'm sorry".
jjkitzing 2 months ago
Those are good goals of which some are somewhat conflicting such as stopping economic growth and supporting 7 billion people. We need growth to make that possible but the basis for growth must be changed... there's the answer! By transforming the economy service based would hopefully decrease the manufacturing sectors burden to the earth. new innovations and significant dematerialization are needed in this process as well as increase in recycling rate reducing need for raw materials and energy.
cace83 2 months ago
@jkovert Vanuatu’s growing population (estimated in 2008 at 2.4 percent annually)[18] is placing increased pressure on local resources for agriculture, grazing, hunting, and fishing.[13] Some 90 percent of Ni-Vanuatu households fish and consume fish, which has caused intense fishing pressure near villages and the depletion of near-shore fish species.
BryceVB 2 months ago
...Fertilizer is NOT good for the earth but did help to feed more people.. for a couple of years until the soil was destroyed. Tractors makes large scale farming more possible, but has mostly been used wrong through monoculture. But he mentions it quickly later.. anyway..
Otherwise this was a good movie. ;)
1ecaj 2 months ago
someones advocating the end of capitalism O.o lol and to the individual who said overpopulation is bogus. go do some research my friend, you shall find out that it is not. final comments. fossil fuels are ending, with or without our consent, but wouldn't freak out, alternatives are being composed; adding money to the economy at the rate we are is a dis-proven theory, and consumption will be our downfall, as it was with previous empires.
incrediblyawesomeguy 2 months ago
"2030: one continuous city from Marseilles to Genova. From Paris to La Havre, the valley of the Rhine, one city; Holland, one city; all of southern England, one city. From Tokyo to Kyoto, one city of 100 million inhabitants. And no more forests: no more trees: all cut down. The land is barren. Fifteen hundred years [from the beginning of the Common Era], the global population had not quite doubled. (to be continued)
TheHeidelbergKid 2 months ago
@TheHeidelbergKid And now, it is going to be doubled in 350 years. Then, in 100 years [actually 90]. Then, in 35 years: in one generation. Year 2010: 7 billion inhabitants. Year 2040, 14 billion. Year 2070, 28 billion." This is borrowed from the final episode of a French TV series made in the 1970's, "Once Upon a Time... Man". Present world population is approximately 7 billion. The prediction was off by but one year... (continued)
TheHeidelbergKid 2 months ago
@TheHeidelbergKid ...from reality, close enough to be waved off as margin of error. So far, this film has been vindicated. This future history only gets worse as time marches on. To continue quoting, "...Man is about to destroy it all, by lack of foresight, by lack of wisdom. In less than one little century."
TheHeidelbergKid 2 months ago
this video is awsome ^^ loved the drawing effect you added, your speak is really true. I just think you coudl add a soundtrack to thi video, nothing too much ^^
MrKlausbaudelaire 2 months ago
freeze at 4:06. "I'm Sorry Cut-down Tree." cute. :)
felinamaria 2 months ago
OK tell me what er do when there is 20 billion people??? please tell me. Yes the numbers will get that high when were all green and healthy.
Brandoneaa 3 months ago
@Brandoneaa We'll do what we're doing now. "Overpopulation" is bogus.
jkovert 2 months ago
if only they listened to Tesla.....
n2oxide2 3 months ago
Good idea. Too bad it's completely out of the question. Like someone said, the rulers won't stop using fossil fuels until they run out, no matter how many times you present your little fantasy videos. Only when a profitable alternative arrives (controlled by the wealthy) might we possibly see change. Pollution is already killing people and it makes no difference to high finance guys. Unrealistic good intentions but I like your optimism, anyway. Probably lulls folks into a false sense of hope.
heartmindspace 3 months ago
@heartmindspace LOL. You are quite dramatic.
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hundomonkey 3 months ago
You seem to have a hyper pinky...
supergreatsuper 3 months ago
I think the biggest problem is the 7 billion people. Can the planet sustain the energy and food needs of 7 billion?
BryceVB 3 months ago
@BryceVB Fallacy. Overpopulation is not a problem.
jkovert 3 months ago
@jkovert Humans definitely exceed the carrying capacity of the land/sea in certain regions. But in part you are correct. The carrying capacity of the earth as a whole is estimated from 4 to 16 billion. See wiki article on Overpopulation for a breakdown
BryceVB 3 months ago
@BryceVB No, that is spurious. It depends on the economic conditions of the people in those supposed regions. The number of people has nothing to do with it.
jkovert 2 months ago
Fusion...unlimited power, endless fuel, no waste..DO IT FAGGOTS!
DaytonaRoadster 3 months ago
Was it Samuel Newcomen or Thomas Newcomen who invented the first coal burning steam engine? :S
goldlionist 3 months ago
Somebody send this to the Koch Brothers.
boutchie06 3 months ago
Occupy movements around the world have the technology to unite globally and start creating these solutions if humanity lets them. Support your local Occupy movement - You Are the 99% ! Change will come from people co-operating with others and not competing with others! Start now! An RBE is all in line with this too! The whole world can vote we start an RBE type of transition!! Also check out Garbage Warrior, and live off the grid with a super low carbon footprint. And then Open Source Ecology :)
timatlightbox 3 months ago 2
@timatlightbox They "have the technology"? They were kicked out of parks for keeping gasoline generators in their tents.
jkovert 3 months ago
Comeon people search what "HEMP" can do for humanity.... Plz
NitroxideHS 3 months ago
As a person, i just want to give away of this stupid life having to do this do that or the fossil age, consumer products, the greed the fighitng over postions, listening to the man, trying to become rich and famous, And just go live in the wild away and live with nature, because living with a society like this is fucked up
beauy1 3 months ago 2
i´ve been thinking about this stuff for a long time, (only without the same insight) and i think that this should be done, it´s so obvious when we look at our history and evolution in the past 200 years..we really have to stop this madness that we´r doing to the planet, life and environment. Congratulations the video makers and the post carbon institute, i will share this over and over and spread the message to my friends, family and everyone i can..let´s all help the world to understand this
vitormatias1983 3 months ago 2
every single change inside of capitalism is useless, we have to get ride of capitalism so we can develop our world in a organized way
ehypersonic 3 months ago
@ehypersonic You are absolutely wrong. Corporatism is what is keeping us from progress, not capitalism.
unklejman 2 months ago
@unklejman Capitalism requires perpetually accelerating growth to sustain itself. This is obviously impossible in a universe with finite resources.
TheHeidelbergKid 2 months ago
it's depressing... I mean.. obviously, nothing is going to be done about that until it;s too late
lvii22 3 months ago
@lvii22 I understand your frustration with our current leaders that pander to the public with folklore to hold office, but the fact that you heard the issue means you're now empowered to act in your own interest. Call your senators, call you congressman, even call the President. Let them know that we're not all brain dead . . . We know the 'big money' is in control . . . that's the message of the Occupy movement. Well, what are 'you' waiting for? Take action . . . you'll feel better.
SCVIndy 3 months ago
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lvii22 3 months ago
I hate that fake hand, with its twinkie moving. its gay!
skaduskitai420 3 months ago
funny how this guy is demonizing consumerism and then plugging a book and website at the end...everyone has an agenda. Big oil, the auto industry, Al Gore, and this guy alike...that's important to remember. don't let a 5 minute video do your thinking for you.
jro827 3 months ago
@jro827 I find it interesting in that this guy is trying to educate the public, something that our leaders now fail to do since they are more interested in pandering to the public's ignorance. The issue here is whether the 'agenda' is valuable to the public's interest and not just used for the pandering. Americans need to understand their energy future now more than ever. Polluting that objective with your comments isn't helping anyone including you.
SCVIndy 3 months ago
@SCVIndy Clearly you didn't understand the point of my comment..I agree that what our 'leaders' tell us is often distorted by their own self interest, but your idea of ignorance is clearly different than mine. I'm open to any arguments relating to our "energy future", and my mind is still being made up. All I'm saying is that everyone: our politicians, this guy (who is pandering to people like you)..in MOST cases, has a selfish agenda. We should use more than a 5 min video to make our decisions.
jro827 3 months ago
@SCVIndy The important point being: this issue, like many that people attempt to simplify into a black and white problem:solution, is extremely complex. His argument needs to be considered, but the impacts of the measures that I'm sure he is in favor of have far-reaching consequences that must be considered as well when analyzing the cost:benefit of a proposed solution. Both sides pander to their bases, sometimes for personal gain, and sadly that's why these issues result in deadlock.
jro827 3 months ago
Heinberg has no incentive to pander to anyone. You are severely misinformed about peak energy. Just because you don't understand doesn't mean no one can. It's true that some people lie about these issues for money. They are; The energy industry and financial industry lieing to the public and themselves about our energy future. Saying there's plenty of oil when there just isn't. Hubbert accurately modeled peak oil using just a small sample of oil coming out of american wells..not too complicated
charlos3050 3 months ago
@jro827 If you've read his book The Party Is Over, Richard does get into the trade offs. I highly recommend it for anyone considering the issues facing our energy problems.
SCVIndy 3 months ago
@jro827 For the record, that book being "plugged" at the end is free to download.
ashermiller 3 months ago
Ya' heard the man, it's all hands on deck! We won't live long if we continue livin' like this! I say put on yer' thinkin' caps and put ideas into action! O: <
Riyell 4 months ago
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this video. I would love to try and get cinemas to play it before the 'blockbuster' what a profound shift that would set off. : )
SandiAnne 4 months ago
awesome
BlueGreenSamurai 4 months ago
I'm so glad to see this video. I've felt the same way for quite some time and wondered if anyone would see things the same way or have a way to clearly communicate it to the masses.
This (video) is it.
Very well done.
Side note: I see comments that criticize points made in the video. To them I say, you scare me. What's it going to take before you see the crash course we are on?
gbarton800 4 months ago
depression caused by over production... nope.
egokick 4 months ago
Did he say "Learn to live without fossil fuels"?
I thought peaking did not mean "running out."
Yet like other peak oil acolytes, Heinberg casts the future in apocalyptic terms.
Heinberg is yet another failed peak oil prophet, like Matt Simmons and Robert Hirsch.
Cultural evolution is a reality.
TheProphetNabob 4 months ago
If only we went into space for our energy, tapping into the 2,000,000,000 times more solar power that passes our planet by, we'd have a lot of potential for future growth...
OolTube02 4 months ago
Great and timely
expatted 4 months ago
Interesting!
StilOutlet 4 months ago
638 people work for the gasoline company!
ignatzRat 4 months ago
We need to switch to a Resource Based Economy is what he seems to be saying, which in that case I completely agree.
BooLuvsKittie 4 months ago
I like the way you think mister man but your voice is annoying as fuck
tjtube263 4 months ago
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tHoM0r 4 months ago
I have never seen so much erroneous content crammed into 5 minutes. Thankfully, as wrong as this video is, it is so naive and ill-conceived that none of this will ever come to fruition. We will develop the next generation of nuclear fission, eventually mining helium-3 on the moon for nuclear fusion, and we will use fusion rockets to colonize other planets and eventually support over 1 trillion humans with our inter-planetary economy. Malthusian thinking like this has no place in the future.
MTL911Truth 4 months ago
I like the resource based economy but not the idea of the venus project.. the guy who came up with it is a genious but some of the things he says is just off.. our race can live off a RBE but it will be a hard process shift
bluephoenix53 4 months ago
@bluephoenix53 Jacque has it wrong a lot of the time. For instance, I've seen him say on numerous occasions, that algebra comes from an Arabic man by the name Algebra. But that's wrong - it comes from the Arabic from al-jibr, which means something like "to set bones", as I've looked up on several websites including Wikipedia.
To conclude: Jacque is an idiot which runs his mouth, and speaks in conflict with his own doctrine more than he does in concurrence.
FuriousImp 4 months ago
You know, that's how evolution works. It's ethics that push us, and no ethics means no need for new ways to overcome the problem, since it's already solved with un-ethical means. That's how everything this, was invented. But, we are on the brink of an ethical revolution. Money is all that matters nowadays, and it spins the world. What is money at the end of the day, when you can't spend it? Paper and metal.
Shicbs 4 months ago
Resource Based Economy (RBE)!!!! That´s all I´m saying!!! [Ok, That..... and maybe a bit of the Zeitgeist Movement and the Venus Project. Sorry, couldn´t stop ;) ]
bluenightfox 4 months ago 46
@bluenightfox Venus project is retarded because they think we can automate everything....robots are extremely dependent on oil, especially petrol based chemicals. Also what about peak metals? I think we will me doing more pyhsical labor not less
MegaWallaceR 3 months ago
wow what BS
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