A Crazy Solution To Global Warming

As someone who uses Celcius, watching him turn the dial to 72 was terrifying

In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, published in 1872, one of the characters discusses how industrialization was already having adverse effects on ecosystems. He mentions the possibility of destabilizing large parts of the global climate if industrial trends continued. That was 151 years ago. They may not have understood the scale, but they were already seeing the signs.

Many thoughts on this but the one that I keep coming back to is this: What is wrong with hitting the problem from all angles instead of hoping to find the proverbial silver bullet? Plant trees, build nuclear, continue to innovate with renewable energy, collect carbon on the way out AND collect after it's in the air. Anyway, that's my $.02. Love your channels, Joe. Always entertaining, informative, and thought provoking! 🤓

This was my thesis paper last semester. As I watched the video, I kept saying “is he going to talk about… yep, he did.” “But is he going to do the math..? Yep, he did.” Very well done. My only addition to this would be the ethical implications, which is what my paper focused on. Things like: the noise these plants generate, the eyesore they are (do you know how BIG these machines have to be?), the workforce necessary to build them all, the cost of upkeep. A long-term, global-scale project like this seems unlikely, but we need to do something.

Double edged sword with trees... Yes they require water initially... but in the long run they help capture water, restore top soil, and increase overall moisture levels which encourages more rain. However, you can't just plant a bunch of trees to try and create a forest. If all the trees are the same age or the same species (as you mentioned), it actually increases the chances of failure and fires. You have to mimic nature and plant diversity and in succession. Some trees one year, and more the next, and more the next, etc. Also plant companion plats and fungi as well. Also though trees capture carbon, the topsoil itself is actually more effective at capturing carbon. So we don't necessarily need dense forests, but instead we need to restore topsoil... which does involve trees, but not nearly as many as one might assume.

For years, auto companies cried that they couldn't meet EPA standards for air pollution. That they would bankrupt the industry. The EPA didn't let up much. Eventually, the car companies figured it out, because they were forced to figure it out. Why would it be any different with the power-generation business? If carbon sequestration doesn't work right now, make it work, under penalty of bye bye profits.

That was the most encouraging video I’ve seen about this. No reason we can’t do it. I hope ASU gets the award. That’s what we need.

Shorts have their place but these lengthy deep dives are awesome something to really get your teeth into. Joe, keep it up pal, loving it. Also fingers crossed we as a species sort our s*** out. Cheers mate

For those wondering what molecular sieves are, they are a sort of ceramic looking ball (BB to pea sized and can be made of several different materials) that have pores in them that are so small that they are very similar in size to the size of the molecules that they're meant to absorb, making that specific molecule or sizes smaller than said molecule able to absorb into the materials. This is generally an exothermic reaction, meaning it produces heat. I've booked alcohol before using them to remove the water from it. I mainly use them to remove water from other liquids (type 3A), but they come in many various pore sizes that can absorb much bigger molecules and many different liquids and gases. They're really cool and really neat to work with. The ones used for water can be reactivated by putting them in the oven (afterwards they've been dried on the outside and all alcohol is removed if that's what you use them for) for a few hours and they're ready to go again. Great for dessicators as well as they'll suck the water right out of your products without even having to be in them by using the air as a medium.

I can't imagine the amount of time and research you had to devote in order to create this video. I'm way to lazy to do all of that research but I am super interested in the topic so thanks a lot for presenting all this information to me in a 30 min segment. Very well done!

The ocean based idea you had can pump it into old oil wells instead of the seawater. It can also double as a direct carbon capture system for capturing Carbon directly from seawater and storing it permanently, as the ocean is already quite adept at acting as a carbon battery which has done a better job of helping insulate us from the most drastic effects that were predicted.

I just found climate town recently and it's an AWESOME channel. Very recommend.

"we are currently going in the wrong direction and we keep pressing the gas harder" Heh. I see what you did there Joe

I am pausing the video because I feel the need to comment. Other youtubers may be funnier than you, but I am sticking around and paying a symbolic 1 dollar monthly donation because I like you and I like the way you present complex topics. Can't explain it, but your videos sort of have an anchoring effect on me. I know I am not alone on this. I have read other comments describing this feeling. Please keep doing what you are doing. It works!

dude....Joe....you might not be reading all these comments, but i watch like...every single one of your videos. you are probably one of the most funny dudes out there. busted up laughing at least 3 times. keep this shit up. i don't know how you do it. endless hours of preparing, deleting content, editing content. it's gotta be rough. but I am a HUGE fan! will keep liking and commenting as much as possible until youtube rewards you with a most valuable trophy some day

Awesome video! I love how detailed your analysis is of current and future technologies. Thank you for your work and focus on topics that are very prevalent. In particular, the way you are able to articulate the impacts on difficult concepts and break them down into layman’s terms is awesome! Look forward to you future content.

Didn't think we were getting a video this week! Loved it. Good luck on the renovations!

Wow !! That thermostat performance was incredible !! Bravo 👏🏼 Oscar!! I say Oscar!!

Someone tried to do a pilot project sequestering CO2 under the ocean off the coast of Spain several years ago. It caused an earthquake :( and the project was abandoned.

Everybody seriously concerned about climate change can actually make a real difference right now by their lifestyle and their wallet. But they won’t. People could put the oil industry out of business by not using their products….but they won’t. The biggest frustration is seeing our politicians and celebrities lecture the working class on how to live and want to tax us into oblivion, while at the same time flying around the world on private jets and vacationing on mega yachts and living in mansions etc. etc. etc. it’s maddening.