We’ve been told for decades now that there is a climate catastrophe heading our way. Science says that the world is warming, and that humans are the cause, but over half of Americans disagree. Is climate change just a hoax designed to drive us towards communism? How do we know that the temperature changes we’ve seen aren’t natural? If global warming is real, can we even do anything about it, and are 2 degrees Celsius really going to bring about the end of humanity?
Topics
00:00 Intro
01:38 Is Climate Change Real?
09:50 Reasons for Being Skeptical
20:50 Heat
24:55 Rising Sea Levels
29:20 Extreme Weather
33:30 Famine and Loss of Biodiversity
37:00 Climate Tipping Points
40:55 Renewables
52:10 Economic Impact
1:07:00 Individual Actions
1:09:10 Innovation and Technology
1:19:00 Can we Stop Climate Change?
1:22:15 Final Thoughts
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Sources / Further Reading:
1. Climate Change Evidence - NASA
https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
2. Why Some Americans Do Not See Urgency on Climate Change - Pew Research Center
https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/08/09/why-some-americans-do-not-see-urgency-on-climate-change/
3. Doomsday Addiction: Celebrating 50 years of Failed Climate Predictions
https://www.agweb.com/opinion/doomsday-addiction-celebrating-50-years-failed-climate-predictions
4. How Fauci and NIH Leaders Worked to Discredit COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory
https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/how-fauci-and-nih-leaders-worked-discredit-covid-19-lab-leak-theory
5. Which Kills More People: Extreme Heat or Extreme Cold?
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Which-Kills-More-People-Extreme-Heat-or-Extreme-Cold
6. Predictions of Future Global Climate - UCAR
https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/climate-change-impacts/predictions-future-global-climate
7. Natural Disaster Facts and Statistics - Forbes Advisor
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/homeowners-insurance/natural-disaster-statistics/#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20the%20U.S.%20experienced,dollar%20natural%20disasters%20per%20year.
8. Nuclear Energy - Our World in Data
https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy#:~:text=Nuclear%20is%20one%20of%20the,visible%20events%20come%20to%20mind
9. What Is the Carbon Footprint of Solar Panel Manufacturing? - Solaris Renewables
https://solarisrenewables.com/blog/what-is-the-carbon-footprint-of-solar-panel-manufacturing/#:~:text=Solar%20panels%20emit%20around%2050g,of%20coal%2Dpowered%20electricity%20sources.
10. Solar and battery storage prices have dropped almost 90% in 10 years - Electrek
https://electrek.co/2023/09/25/solar-battery-storage-prices-dropped-almost-90-percent-in-10-years/
11. How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy - Yale Environment 360
https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20China%20installed%20roughly%20as%20much%20solar%20photovoltaic%20capacity,quadruple%20additions%20of%20energy%20storage.
