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| subtitle-849-6589-1 | "Never before in human history have we been richer, more advanced or powerful." |
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| subtitle-6589-12000-2 | "And yet we feel overwhelmed in the face of rapid climate change." |
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| subtitle-12000-14820-3 | "It seems simple on the surface." |
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| subtitle-14820-18760-4 | "Greenhouse gases trap energy from the Sun and transfer it to our atmosphere." |
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| subtitle-18760-21550-5 | "This leads to warmer winters, harsher summers." |
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| subtitle-21550-24930-6 | "Dry places become drier and wet places wetter." |
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| subtitle-24930-29840-7 | "Countless ecosystems will die while the rising oceans swallow coasts and the cities we build" |
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| subtitle-29840-31070-8 | "on them." |
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| subtitle-31070-34660-9 | "So why don’t we just like… prevent all of that?" |
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| subtitle-34660-37469-10 | "Well, it’s complicated." |
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| subtitle-37469-42350-11 | "The public debate about stopping rapid climate change often focuses on a few key features," |
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| subtitle-42350-45010-12 | "like coal plants, cars or burping cows." |
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| subtitle-45010-50859-13 | "And so the solutions are often simplistic – rows of solar panels, biking to work," |
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| subtitle-50859-53109-14 | "something something sustainability." |
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| subtitle-53109-56719-15 | "And a huge talking point is personal responsibility." |
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| subtitle-56719-61559-16 | "How YOU should change your lifestyle to prevent rapid climate change, which we will find out" |
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| subtitle-61559-64379-17 | "together in the next few minutes." |
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| subtitle-64379-68439-18 | "This is one of those videos where we want to encourage you to watch to the end, because" |
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| subtitle-68439-81750-19 | "to discuss real doable solutions, we first need to understand" |
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| subtitle-81750-82750-20 | "the problem." |
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| subtitle-82750-84689-21 | "A Fuller Picture" |
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| subtitle-84689-91119-22 | "Modern industrial society as we constructed it in the last 150 years, is inherently destructive" |
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| subtitle-91119-92930-23 | "to the planet." |
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| subtitle-92930-97890-24 | "Basically everything we do to make our lives easier, safer and more comfortable is making" |
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| subtitle-97890-100119-25 | "things worse for the biosphere." |
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| subtitle-100119-105341-26 | "The food we eat, the streets we walk on, the clothes we wear, the gadgets we use, the way" |
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| subtitle-105341-110630-27 | "we move around and the pleasant temperatures we artificially create around us." |
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| subtitle-110630-115750-28 | "While most people know about the serious impact of energy, beef, cars and planes, many major" |
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| subtitle-115750-118659-29 | "polluters are barely ever talked about." |
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| subtitle-118659-122719-30 | "The emissions leaking out of landfills are as significant as the emissions of all the" |
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| subtitle-122719-124630-31 | "jets in the air." |
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| subtitle-124630-129479-32 | "More CO2 is released to run our homes than from all cars combined." |
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| subtitle-129479-134640-33 | "And the emissions produced when making a new car is equivalent to building just two metres" |
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| subtitle-134640-135880-34 | "of road." |
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| subtitle-135880-140670-35 | "So it is nice to switch to electric cars but they won’t solve anything if we keep building" |
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| subtitle-140670-143200-36 | "roads the same way." |
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| subtitle-143200-147550-37 | "Fixing one small part of the industrial system is not enough." |
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| subtitle-147550-152060-38 | "Each of the many different parts needs its own solution and many of them aren’t straight" |
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| subtitle-152060-153060-39 | "forward." |
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| subtitle-153060-157950-40 | "But even where we know what to do, just because a solution exists doesn’t mean we are able" |
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| subtitle-157950-160390-41 | "or willing to implement it." |
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| subtitle-160390-165430-42 | "There are many gray areas in the fight against rapid climate change, the most prominent one" |
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| subtitle-165430-170200-43 | "is the divide between rich and poor." |
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| subtitle-170200-172980-44 | "Emissions vs poverty" |
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| subtitle-172980-177980-45 | "There is a clear connection between the prosperity of a nation and its carbon emissions." |
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| subtitle-177980-181500-46 | "In other words, richer people tend to cause more emissions." |
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| subtitle-181500-186030-47 | "So the key to fixing climate change is simply for the world’s richest to cut back on their" |
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| subtitle-186030-188840-48 | "extravagant lifestyles right?" |
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| subtitle-188840-193090-49 | "While this would help, it wouldn’t make the problem go away." |
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| subtitle-193090-198620-50 | "This is because 63% of global emissions come from low to middle income countries." |
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| subtitle-198620-203070-51 | "Countries where most people are not living extravagantly but are trying to escape poverty" |
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| subtitle-203070-207380-52 | "at worst, and achieve a comfortable lifestyle at best." |
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| subtitle-207380-212190-53 | "The unfortunate reality is that, currently, escaping poverty and becoming middle class" |
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| subtitle-212190-215000-54 | "creates unavoidable emissions." |
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| subtitle-215000-219580-55 | "So asking developing countries to cut emissions just looks like an attempt to keep them down." |
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| subtitle-219580-224730-56 | "It is very hard to argue that a region should protect their primeval forests and spend money" |
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| subtitle-224730-229430-57 | "on solar panels instead of burning wood, when it can’t meet basic needs for significant" |
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| subtitle-229430-231630-58 | "parts of its population." |
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| subtitle-231630-237130-59 | "So, cutting back is not a popular demand, especially if the countries making these demands" |
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| subtitle-237130-240830-60 | "got rich by causing environmental damage in the past." |
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| subtitle-240830-246260-61 | "For billions of people, more emissions are a good thing personally." |
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| subtitle-246260-250960-62 | "When we forget about this, we tend to propose unworkable solutions." |
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| subtitle-250960-251960-63 | "Take concrete." |
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| subtitle-251960-257430-64 | "8% of CO2 emissions are released by the concrete manufacturing industry." |
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| subtitle-257430-260680-65 | "Ok cool, stop using concrete, right?" |
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| subtitle-260680-266100-66 | "But right now, concrete is also a cheap and easy way for growing populations in developing" |
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| subtitle-266100-268320-67 | "countries to build affordable housing." |
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| subtitle-268320-271440-68 | "And there are many examples like that." |
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| subtitle-271440-276340-69 | "Even rich countries aren’t immune from disagreeing about rapid climate change solutions." |
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| subtitle-276340-280910-70 | "Banning coal, gas and oil from the energy mix is slowed down by heated discussions about" |
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| subtitle-280910-282910-71 | "what should replace them." |
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| subtitle-282910-287690-72 | "Citizens can be strictly against nuclear power but also oppose wind or solar infrastructure" |
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| subtitle-287690-289630-73 | "in their backyards." |
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| subtitle-289630-293880-74 | "In principle all of these issues can be overcome – but there are things we don’t currently" |
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| subtitle-293880-295600-75 | "know how to overcome." |
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| subtitle-295600-299570-76 | "The most problematic one is food." |
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| subtitle-299570-301880-77 | "Emit or Die" |
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| subtitle-301880-306380-78 | "We will soon need to feed 10 billion people, and we don’t know how to do that without" |
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| subtitle-306380-308710-79 | "emitting greenhouse gases." |
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| subtitle-308710-313380-80 | "Because of the nature of modern food production that requires fertilizers or manure, it is" |
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| subtitle-313380-316200-81 | "impossible to have zero-emissions food." |
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| subtitle-316200-321010-82 | "Rice alone emits so much methane each year that it practically equals the emissions of" |
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| subtitle-321010-323020-83 | "all the air traffic in the world." |
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| subtitle-323020-327139-84 | "What’s worse is that the foods we like the most emit the most." |
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| subtitle-327139-334190-85 | "57% of food emissions come from animal-based foods, although they make up only 18% of the" |
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| subtitle-334190-338650-86 | "world’s calories, and 37% of its protein." |
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| subtitle-338650-342650-87 | "And as people across the world grow richer, they want more meat." |
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| subtitle-342650-347690-88 | "Traditional diets in most cultures were primarily plant based with a little meat on top." |
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| subtitle-347690-352400-89 | "But with the rise of industrial style meat production and factory farming, meat has become" |
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| subtitle-352400-358810-90 | "a staple food; a regular indulgence in developed countries and a symbol of status and wealth" |
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| subtitle-358810-361139-91 | "in developing countries." |
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| subtitle-361139-366280-92 | "Today about 40 percent of the world’s habitable land is used for meat production in some form" |
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| subtitle-366280-370450-93 | "or another, the size of North and South America combined." |
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| subtitle-370450-374669-94 | "This is land on which we could otherwise allow native ecosystems to regrow, like forests" |
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| subtitle-374669-379590-95 | "in the Amazon, and suck carbon out of the atmosphere, but instead most of it is used" |
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| subtitle-379590-381820-96 | "to feed animals." |
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| subtitle-381820-386810-97 | "The available solutions are uniquely able to make everybody on the political spectrum," |
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| subtitle-386810-389630-98 | "rich or poor, unhappy." |
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| subtitle-389630-394680-99 | "Meat is highly emotional and there are a lot of whataboutism arguments floating around," |
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| subtitle-394680-397950-100 | "like comparing it to the worst sources of emissions." |
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| subtitle-397950-402820-101 | "In the end it is pretty simple: eating less meat alone won’t stop climate change, but" |
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| subtitle-402820-407010-102 | "we also can’t stop climate change without eating less meat." |
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| subtitle-407010-410820-103 | "The same holds true for other things that are less crucial to our survival but frankly" |
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| subtitle-410820-413660-104 | "not realistic to make go away." |
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| subtitle-413660-418389-105 | "Like air travel, oversea shipping, mining and the production of devices that play youtube" |
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| subtitle-418389-419820-106 | "videos." |
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| subtitle-419820-421110-107 | "So what does this mean?" |
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| subtitle-421110-425340-108 | "Do we need to give up our way of life and can the poor never achieve it?" |
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| subtitle-425340-431350-109 | "Can’t some technology save us so we can continue to drive our big cars and eat meat" |
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| subtitle-431350-433420-110 | "every day?" |
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| subtitle-433420-436460-111 | "Solutions vs Expenses" |
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| subtitle-436460-442980-112 | "In principle, this technology already exists: Direct Air Capture of CO2 draws carbon dioxide" |
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| subtitle-442980-447470-113 | "from the air so that it can be stored underground or transformed into products." |
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| subtitle-447470-452320-114 | "So why aren’t we implementing it in every industry, everywhere?" |
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| subtitle-452320-456930-115 | "Because with the technology we have right now, this would cost some ten trillion dollars" |
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| subtitle-456930-460690-116 | "per year, or half the United States’ GDP." |
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| subtitle-460690-464820-117 | "This money has to come from somewhere and currently no-one is offering it." |
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| subtitle-464820-470540-118 | "Just dumping these costs on massive polluters like steel mills and coal power stations would" |
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| subtitle-470540-474710-119 | "double the cost of their products – and so these industries that operate on very tight" |
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| subtitle-474710-477639-120 | "profit margins would go bankrupt." |
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| subtitle-477639-481720-121 | "Getting the government to pay for it seems logical but a lot of state resources are actually" |
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| subtitle-481720-485610-122 | "tied up doing the opposite, like subsidizing oil and gas." |
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| subtitle-485610-489490-123 | "Which seems counter intuitive but follows clear incentives." |
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| subtitle-489490-494940-124 | "By artificially keeping fuel prices low, shipping and everyday goods are kept artificially cheap" |
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| subtitle-494940-495940-125 | "too." |
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| subtitle-495940-500110-126 | "Which has a major social impact on billions of people around the world." |
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| subtitle-500110-504840-127 | "That creates political lobbies and incentives that perpetuate this cycle that makes it so" |
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| subtitle-504840-507660-128 | "hard to cut off fossil fuel production." |
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| subtitle-507660-513019-129 | "Meanwhile, very costly solutions for a far-off problem like carbon capture seem like they" |
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| subtitle-513019-517490-130 | "can wait, as technically nobody benefits from it right now." |
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| subtitle-517490-522068-131 | "Some argue that a move away from capitalism is the only solution to this mess, others" |
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| subtitle-522068-527119-132 | "insist that markets should be even freer, without any interventions like subsidies and" |
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| subtitle-527119-531939-133 | "some suggest that we need what’s referred to as “degrowth” and to cut back as a" |
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| subtitle-531939-534180-134 | "species overall." |
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| subtitle-534180-539199-135 | "But the truth is at least as of now, no political system is doing an impressive job at becoming" |
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| subtitle-539199-543369-136 | "truly sustainable and none have really done so in the past." |
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| subtitle-543369-547180-137 | "We also don’t have the time to figure this out and do a lot of experiments." |
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| subtitle-547180-549850-138 | "We must implement solutions now." |
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| subtitle-549850-554320-139 | "Not just to halt the release of all possible greenhouse gases, but also to start reducing" |
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| subtitle-554320-556360-140 | "the amount of CO2 in the air." |
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| subtitle-556360-562559-141 | "It’s too late to just mend our ways, we have to actively correct our past mistakes." |
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| subtitle-562559-566529-142 | "With every year we waste, more extreme changes will be unavoidable." |
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| subtitle-566529-567529-143 | "Ok." |
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| subtitle-567529-570759-144 | "Let’s take a deep breath." |
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| subtitle-570759-574009-145 | "Rapid climate change and the world we live in are complicated." |
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| subtitle-574009-578339-146 | "So here is where YOU, dear viewer, come in again." |
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| subtitle-578339-580320-147 | "Could YOU please fix the climate?" |
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| subtitle-580320-585800-148 | "A narrative of our time is that we are all responsible for rapid climate change." |
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| subtitle-585800-587779-149 | "That everyone needs to play their part." |
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| subtitle-587779-589959-150 | "Why don’t you buy a new electric car?" |
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| subtitle-589959-593759-151 | "Why don’t you replace your gas stove with an electric one?" |
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| subtitle-593759-598869-152 | "How about you double glaze your windows, stop eating meat and switch off your lights?" |
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| subtitle-598869-603660-153 | "Shifting responsibility from the largest carbon emitters to the average person, you, is much" |
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| subtitle-603660-605910-154 | "easier to do than solving problems." |
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| subtitle-605910-611259-155 | "There’s an extra bonus if solving rapid climate change sells a new product." |
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| subtitle-611259-614660-156 | "If you don’t have the money or time for these things, you should feel bad." |
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| subtitle-614660-618320-157 | "It’s an effective message because it is true." |
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| subtitle-618320-622920-158 | "The quickest way to cut CO2 emissions would be if all rich populations on Earth drastically" |
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| subtitle-622920-627899-159 | "changed their lifestyles and if the people on the rise would not seek to achieve it." |
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| subtitle-627899-630649-160 | "Favouring the climate over comfort and wealth." |
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| subtitle-630649-634459-161 | "If you are able to watch this video, this includes you." |
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| subtitle-634459-639869-162 | "But we’ve just witnessed a global experiment in staying at home, not using transport and" |
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| subtitle-639869-643240-163 | "consuming less during the coronavirus pandemic." |
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| subtitle-643240-648180-164 | "And all it did was reduce CO2 emissions by 7% for 2020." |
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| subtitle-648180-652459-165 | "Asking average people to solve rapid climate change breaks down when we look at the scale" |
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| subtitle-652459-654079-166 | "of the problem." |
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| subtitle-654079-658689-167 | "Personal contributions toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions are nice, but they are dwarfed" |
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| subtitle-658689-662449-168 | "by the systemic reality of global emissions." |
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| subtitle-662449-667470-169 | "The concept of your personal carbon footprint was popularized by the oil producer BP in" |
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| subtitle-667470-669839-170 | "a 2005 ad campaign." |
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| subtitle-669839-674660-171 | "Arguably one of the most effective and sinister pieces of propaganda that still seriously" |
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| subtitle-674660-678319-172 | "distracts all of us from the reality of the situation." |
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| subtitle-678319-683649-173 | "If you eliminated 100% of your emissions for the rest of your life, you would save one" |
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| subtitle-683649-686980-174 | "second’s worth of emissions from the global energy sector." |
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| subtitle-686980-691660-175 | "Even the most motivated person can’t even make a tiny dent." |
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| subtitle-691660-695250-176 | "When we put together the dangers of rapid climate change, the scale of emissions and" |
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| subtitle-695250-699480-177 | "the lack of consensus over how to solve it, the challenge seems insurmountable." |
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| subtitle-699480-704689-178 | "It can cause decision fatigue and moral licensing, where you no longer feel bad about behaving" |
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| subtitle-704689-707029-179 | "in a counter productive way." |
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| subtitle-707029-712220-180 | "We have struggled a long time with this, which is why this video took us so long to make." |
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| subtitle-712220-713220-181 | "So." |
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| subtitle-713220-714720-182 | "What can you actually do?" |
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| subtitle-714720-718699-183 | "There are many different takes and they are passionately discussed." |
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| subtitle-718699-725350-184 | "We don’t know who is right, so we can only offer you the Kurzgesagt perspective and opinion." |
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| subtitle-725350-729529-185 | "Opinion Part: What can you ACTUALLY do?" |
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| subtitle-729529-732829-186 | "We need a different way to think and talk about rapid climate change." |
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| subtitle-732829-737800-187 | "An all-encompassing systemic approach, nothing less than changing the fundamentals of our" |
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| subtitle-737800-740489-188 | "modern industrial societies." |
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| subtitle-740489-745869-189 | "As discussed in frustrating length, the personal responsibility angle is overplayed." |
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| subtitle-745869-750610-190 | "For systemic changes in technology, politics and the economy of this magnitude, we need" |
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| subtitle-750610-754570-191 | "to influence the people at the levers." |
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| subtitle-754570-758699-192 | "Politicians need to know and feel strongly that the people care, that their own success" |
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| subtitle-758699-761959-193 | "depends on tackling rapid climate change." |
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| subtitle-761959-766180-194 | "When governments and local politicians are reluctant to change laws that affect their" |
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| subtitle-766180-771449-195 | "biggest tax contributors or campaign donors, we need to vote them out and vote in people" |
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| subtitle-771449-773509-196 | "who respect science." |
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| subtitle-773509-778749-197 | "We need to hold them accountable for implementing the most effective climate change strategies." |
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| subtitle-778749-783889-198 | "Not waste our time with things like banning plastic straws but by moving the big levers:" |
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| subtitle-783889-789100-199 | "Food, transportation and energy while not forgetting the smaller ones like cement or" |
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| subtitle-789100-791050-200 | "construction." |
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| subtitle-791050-795869-201 | "When industries fight against changing their ways, for fear of losses or in an honest attempt" |
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| subtitle-795869-800779-202 | "to protect their own, we need politicians to change the laws and incentivise the deployment" |
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| subtitle-800779-805879-203 | "of existing technologies and massively invest in innovation for the fields where we don’t" |
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| subtitle-805879-807670-204 | "have great solutions yet." |
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| subtitle-807670-812290-205 | "There is no reason that the profit interests of industries could not match the need to" |
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| subtitle-812290-815370-206 | "reduce carbon emissions as much as possible." |
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| subtitle-815370-820569-207 | "And if they still don’t cooperate harsh punishments and regulation need to force or" |
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| subtitle-820569-822430-208 | "bankrupt them." |
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| subtitle-822430-827209-209 | "It's still unrealistic that change of that scope can be forced onto a worldwide economy" |
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| subtitle-827209-833100-210 | "quickly enough, because many low carbon technologies still need a lot of time and research – which" |
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| subtitle-833100-835220-211 | "means they are expensive." |
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| subtitle-835220-839519-212 | "But more companies will make more efficient carbon capture systems, tasty meat alternatives," |
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| subtitle-839519-845730-213 | "better batteries, cement alternatives and so on, if there is a clear and growing demand." |
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| subtitle-845730-849799-214 | "And if you are affluent enough, you can do your part by investing in these things right" |
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| subtitle-849799-852629-215 | "now while they're still expensive." |
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| subtitle-852629-856540-216 | "These are the mechanisms that will drive the prices down later on." |
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| subtitle-856540-859230-217 | "So this is basically what you can do." |
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| subtitle-859230-861550-218 | "Vote at the ballot, vote with your wallet." |
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| subtitle-861550-866290-219 | "There are too many opposing interests and complicated grey zones." |
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| subtitle-866290-871550-220 | "In the end if we truly get the systemic change we need, everybody will be unhappy about some" |
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| subtitle-871550-872779-221 | "aspect of it." |
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| subtitle-872779-877199-222 | "Only if we all accept that some solutions will have negative impacts for us, can we" |
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| subtitle-877199-880879-223 | "have an honest conversation and make progress." |
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| subtitle-880879-882589-224 | "Everybody will be a little unhappy." |
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| subtitle-882589-884309-225 | "And that is ok." |
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| subtitle-884309-886069-226 | "This is the best you can do." |
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| subtitle-886069-890769-227 | "You can deal with the reality of the situation and promote your priorities through your behaviour" |
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| subtitle-890769-892310-228 | "and your actions." |
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| subtitle-892310-897309-229 | "And while you do so, you can eat less meat, fly less or get an electric car." |
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| subtitle-897309-900899-230 | "Not because you should feel guilty if you don’t or because you naively believe that" |
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| subtitle-900899-907670-231 | "you alone can stop rapid climate change – but to do your tiny, tiny part for the systemic" |
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| subtitle-907670-912899-232 | "change we need." |
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| subtitle-912899-917629-233 | "This video was supported by Gates Notes, the personal blog of Bill Gates, where he writes" |
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| subtitle-917629-920449-234 | "about global health, climate change, and more." |
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| subtitle-920449-924860-235 | "Check out gatesnotes.com to learn more about ways the world can work together to reach" |
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| subtitle-924860-928459-236 | "zero greenhouse gas emissions, or use the link below." |
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| subtitle-928459-933119-237 | "And in the spirit of transparency, if you want to learn more about how we handle Sponsorships" |
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| subtitle-933119-938629-238 | "like this one, we also have a medium article describing how we do it." |
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