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climate change

concept · in 26 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 15 · 2008: 2 · 2009: 2 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 2 · 2013: 2

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What the videos say

2007

  • 2007-01-27 · Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel — John jokes that paying Al Gore $96 would clear his name of global warming; the exchange ends with Gore eating the carbon and pooping out 'political gold'. (00:02:45)
  • 2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — John rejects the break: injustice, despair, global warming and suck don't take every eighth week off, and nor will the Nerdfighters, who fight all year except weekends and occasional holidays. (00:00:56)
  • 2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — Hank reports that Second Life residents saw floodwaters rise in virtual Tokyo, London and the Netherlands, caused by global-warming activists who, he jokes, lamely asked permission first. (00:00:10)
  • 2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — Hank says a vast majority of Americans have decided global warming is a really big deal that needs action, yet so far no one is doing anything about it. (00:00:29)
  • 2007-04-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts — For the next week John will use no electricity he doesn't absolutely need: fridge and computer stay on, lights only for reading, no TV except important soccer games, minimal hot water. (00:00:38)
  • 2007-04-17 · April 17th: Stepped Up — Hank thinks it is good sometimes to try to understand life without electronics, but doesn't think it would be better, so he works on how to go forward: no way out of this mess without many good ideas. (00:03:18)
  • 2007-04-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John says Brotherhood 2.0, as a video blog, is itself contributing to global warming, and he wants to make it a carbon-neutral video blog. (00:00:09)
  • 2007-09-26 · September 25th: TMBG and NYT — Hank got a gig reviewing a couple of children's books on global warming and the environment for The New York Times Book Review. (00:01:57)
  • 2007-10-10 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank tends to believe the environmental crisis is the biggest problem humanity has ever faced, so he favors the candidate with strong environmental policies, John Edwards; he is 'an Edwards man'. (00:01:17)
  • 2007-10-10 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — If Edwards loses the primary, Hank will back the next candidate with the strongest environmental record; Obama is up there with good plans but lacks nearly as strong a global warming policy. (00:01:47)
  • 2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — John reports that Al Gore, whom he calls a noted American nerdfighter, just won half the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change. (00:00:14)
  • 2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — John thanks Al Gore and Hank for helping him understand the environmental emergency everyone faces. (00:03:14)
  • …and 8 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

  • 2008-02-05 · Obama Says Subscribe — Hank says Republicans generally don't treat the environment as an issue, and McCain, who does, has a much weaker climate plan than Obama or Clinton. (00:02:31)

2009

2010

2011

  • 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — If Nerdfighteria, which most people have never heard of, is responsible for a million pounds of carbon, John says, it shows how huge the problem we face really is. (00:02:47)
  • 2011-04-28 · NASA: Increasing Awesome — NASA is adding three more climate-monitoring satellites to its fleet to help understand and respond to global climate change. (00:02:50)

2012

  • 2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — John calls the Volt perhaps the most politicized car of our time: people ask why buy it over a cheaper Toyota Corolla, assuming he thinks he'll fix global warming. (00:01:42)
  • 2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — Noting no new car purchase is carbon neutral, John says he bought the Volt not to end global warming but because it's awesome, super fast and fits a car seat. (00:02:12)
  • 2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — John says poverty is an incredibly complex problem: corrupt governments, malaria and HIV/AIDS, climate change and energy policy hurting food production, malnutrition, poor infrastructure and education, and discrimination all contribute. (00:00:52)

2013

  • 2013-05-31 · Optimism is Not Insane — Hank thinks we see a graph rising toward a disaster point and assume we have only years left, but usually we adapt: capitalism, technology and even Congress adapt. (00:02:04)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — In the description Hank says climate change is here, happening, caused by humanity, and one of the largest problems humanity will ever face. (00:00:00)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — In the description Hank says he believes humanity will face climate change with the desperate ingenuity and bravado of its whole history, and survive it. (00:00:00)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — Hank says 2060 is probably when the really significant effects of global climate change start to be felt, a problem that will not be solved in the next 50 years. (00:00:09)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — Hank feels that before walking that path we have to agree there is a problem, which apparently has not happened yet. (00:00:30)
  • 2013-09-27 · Invalid Arguments: Climate Change — To "climate change is natural", Hank says the climate did change in the past, often because of rising carbon dioxide, which clearly indicates more carbon dioxide raises temperatures. (00:00:43)