Debunking HowTheWorldWorks : Episode 2 (Edited)

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HowTheWorldWorks is a talented person. He can fire out bullshit faster than most anyone I've seen. In this series I will be debunking each and every one of his claims to prove the fact that he is a conspiracy theorist, a liar, a plague unto the wealth of knowledge which "the experts" have amassed so that our society may proceed as it is today.

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I've decided to remove the original and re-edit with a couple additions here and there, and the major one being the removal of the ammonia content in Lake Michigan. The issue contained far too many factors to serve as a good reference, so I've decided to replace it with a clip from a documentary shot by 3 travellers going through India and Nepal, talking about the Ganges river and it's pollution.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• thunderf00t
• howtheworldworks
• bullshit
• environmentalism
• capitalism
• laissez
• faire
• energy
• sources
• hydro
• wind
• solar
• fossil
• fuels
• pollution
• ganges
• river
• india
• Nepal
• WHO
• industrial
• pollutants
• smog
• acid
• rain

[zombiechaddy]

*Face palm* You didn't even watch his vid where he explains his "energy transitions." You'll see his explanation here at 13:38 (though, I recommend watching the whole thing.)

watch?v=TK8XuStoETg

It's great that you're willing to challenge ideas and engage in debate, but seriously, chose your battles a bit more wisely.

[ThinkAbout1t]

I did watch it. He hasn`t done anything to refute it. I go over this in the next video through annotations, because his response to this video was frankly idiotic, and didn`t even rebutt any of my points.

[LowcountryJoe2]

"This is true, except for the fact that there are better alternatives.."

Oh, it's true now. But this is similar to the argument that HTWW made and your reply to him was, "BS!" in this very video.

And 'better'? BETTER is all relative. If it was truly better all the way around, they'd have adopted it and we'd have adopted anything that's truly better. I know what you're probably thinking, though, we're not properly considering the longer-term effects and the associated costs/benefits.

[ThinkAbout1t]

The way your comments have been posted makes it difficult to follow your point.

Which argument did HTWW make that I called BS on? The wealth cleaning up stuff? If so, absolutely, that is BS of the highest order. Wealthy people have the ability to clean up their mess, but the reason they`re wealthy most of the time is because they don`t expend the money to clean things up as is.

[ThinkAbout1t]

Furthermore, it`s really sort of difficult to respond to you in general. Can you make a finite point? Your statements seem to be very general, and can not only be interpreted many ways, but can be spun many ways.

[LowcountryJoe2]

I'm being general and that's the way some people choose to discuss things. If you'd rather not reply because I might spin your answers, then don't reply or delete my posts or do a combination of both. It's your channel. I'm just a guest on it who wishes to have some dialog

[ThinkAbout1t]

Yes... I would like to have dialog... but... it's not that I'm worried about spinning my answers, I just don't really get what I'm supposed to be answering. What is your question or statement?

[ScrewLimbBizkit]

You mean HowTheWorldWorks didn't already look bad?

[HipHopCoffeeMaker]

Wow, you are really making this guy look bad.

[lilhavanaboys]

I think it's very clear that "HowTheWorldWorks" doesn't know how the world works.

[Frostbite864]

@SangriaStud28 How would it have been relevent to his "leftist agenda"? I don't see how a miscalculation of the amount of water in lake Michigan invalidates the rest of his points.

[Frostbite864]

I have to disagree with the last statement. Hydro-power is not neccessarily environmentally friendly. Dams can have very negative impacts on the environment. Other than that, this was a great video.

[SangriaStud28]

To the blue text box at the beginning of the video:

No, the reason you re-did it is because you don't know how to do a volume calculation. When you saw that Lake Michigan is 4,900 cubic kilometers (which is accurate) you calculated it in one dimension to 4.9 billion liters. If you do it right (in 3d as a volume) its 4,900,000,000,000,000 liters. Which makes your concentration negligible. Then you just did the typical leftist thing and discarded it cause it didn't fit your agenda.

[hippydude89]

hydro power environmentally friendly? puh-lease.

[axe863]

Epic Win for debunking his pseudo-science

But

Epic Fail for pushing economic pseudo-science

[Gammaclipper]

Sounds to me like the problem has more to do with an impoverished state attempting to scrape together some more money by gladly taking on the externalities of these state sponsored companies. If these corporations were forced to own the land they dumped on they would probably take better care of it.

[aaron4820]

no he isn't.....howtheworldworks takes care of that himself just fine.

[Douglas1102]

Wow... thanks for taking the time to do this... you're right... he spouts bullshit at a record pace.

He banned me for calling him on his "disposing a flourescent lightbulb will cost you thousands horseshit." after he personally responded to my comment.

Now that I think about it...

His "best" "argument" against these bulbs is the tiny amount of mercury and how that makes them dangerous...

Well this vid certainly shows the hypocrisy of that claim.

[RoseSkye]

Zombie.. I just want to tell you, he made you eat your words.