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October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0

2007-10-12 · John · watch on YouTube · Science & nature · explainer learning

Celebrating Al Gore's share of the Nobel Peace Prize, John proposes ending the feud, estimates Brotherhood 2.0's carbon footprint from views, comments and forum posts, and spends $63 at carbonfund.org to offset it.

What is said

00:00:00 — Happy dance: Al Gore wins half the Nobel Peace Prize; John proposes ending the feud

  • ★ John does his happy dance; he notes it is Friday and that he no longer has to carry the weight of his hair. (playful) — 00:00:14 · Happy dance
  • ★★★ 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 · climate change
  • ★ John jokes that his first pick for the Nobel Peace Prize would have been the brothers themselves, his second Oprah, and his third Al Gore. (playful) — 00:00:14
  • ★★★ In honour of Gore's prize, John proposes that the brothers end their feud and return to Brotherhood 2.0's real business, decreasing world suck. — 00:00:14 · Brotherhood 2.0

00:01:03 — Calculating Brotherhood 2.0's carbon footprint from views, comments and forum posts

  • ★★ John recalls donating $2.75 to carbonfund.org back in April to neutralize the vlog's carbon output, which has since risen considerably. — 00:01:03
  • ★★ John says that, according to YouTube, the brothers' videos have been viewed 3,030,337 times. — 00:01:03 · YouTube, Brotherhood 2.0
  • ★★★ Assuming about three minutes per view, John computes 9,091,111 minutes, over 151,516 hours or 6,313 days: more than 17 years spent watching Brotherhood 2.0. — 00:01:33 · Brotherhood 2.0
    • number check: 9,091,111 — doubtful
  • ★★ John adds commenting time: more than 17,000 comments on Brotherhood2.com and more than 30,000 on YouTube, at an assumed minute each. — 00:02:02 · Brotherhood 2.0, YouTube
  • ★ John jokes that reposted spam makes up about 30% of all YouTube commenting. (playful) — 00:02:02 · YouTube
    • number check: about 30% — doubtful
  • ★★ John counts more than 116,000 posts in the Brotherhood2.com forum 'my pants' and totals 154,244 hours of viewing, commenting and posting. — 00:02:31 · Brotherhood 2.0 forum
  • ★★ John says an average computer uses about 0.11 kilowatts to browse the internet, giving 16,966 kilowatts for the vlog's total hours. — 00:02:31
    • number check: about 0.11 — doubtful
    • number check: 16,966 — doubtful
  • ★★ John says producing one kilowatt of energy in the US takes on average 1.35 pounds of carbon, giving 22,905 (units unstated) of carbon for Brotherhood 2.0. — 00:02:31 · United States
    • number check: 22,905 — doubtful

00:03:14 — More carbon than a Dutch person's year; $63 offset at carbonfund.org; thanks to Gore and Hank; jab at skeptics

  • ★★★ John concludes Brotherhood 2.0 has created more carbon in nine and a half months than the average Dutch person does in a whole year: 'a carbon monster'. — 00:03:14 · Brotherhood 2.0, Netherlands
  • ★★ John satirises people who believe their unsustainable lifestyle is a right rather than a privilege and therefore that global warming cannot exist. (satire) — 00:03:14
  • ★★★ Because he is a nerdfighter, John is spending $63 at carbonfund.org to offset Brotherhood 2.0's carbon emissions. — 00:03:14 · Brotherhood 2.0, nerdfighter
  • ★★★ John thanks Al Gore and Hank for helping him understand the environmental emergency everyone faces. — 00:03:14 · climate change
  • ★★ John tells global warming skeptics to buy beachfront property and call him in 50 years. (playful) — 00:03:51

Humor (significant)

  • John starts naming whom he would have picked to win the Nobel Peace Prize. — 00:00:14 > «Actually, actually, it would have been us.»
  • John tries again to say his pick among everyone else would have been Al Gore. — 00:00:14 > «Actually, no, that would have been Oprah. My second pick would have been Oprah.»
  • John's long carbon calculation lands on more than a Dutch person's yearly emissions. — 00:03:14 > «Holy crap, Hank, we've created a carbon monster.»
  • After signing off, John adds a message for global warming skeptics. — 00:03:51 > «Buy beachfront property and call me in 50 years.»

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