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WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD

2011-02-23 · John · watch on YouTube · Science & nature · explainer learning

Lower-confidence wave

2011 videos did not pass the QA gate (17 %); their analysis is shown but less reliable.

John estimates Nerdfighteria's total viewing time (812 years) and carbon emissions (more than an average Swede's lifetime) and argues that if even an idea like Nerdfighteria emits this much, the climate problem is huge.

What is said

00:00:00 — Three notes: Hank's mayor interview, a year since Ningmaster Tom's accident, the unbuttoned shirt

  • ★★ John loved Hank's interview with the mayor of Missoula and wishes he could be his mayor without moving there. — 00:00:04 · Missoula, Montana
  • ★★ A year ago today, John notes, their friend Ningmaster Tom almost died in a bicycle accident and was long in a coma, but survived and is here. — 00:00:10

00:00:23 — Re-carbon-neutralizing: 122 million views at 3.5 minutes make Nerdfighteria 812 years old

  • ★★ John recalls carbon-neutralizing Nerdfighteria in October 2007 for about 30 dollars and sets out to do it again now that views have grown. — 00:00:23 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★ John says, with a pointed pause, that it is 'fine' if viewers don't believe carbon dioxide emissions contribute to climate change. (satire) — 00:00:29 · climate change
  • ★★ John says vlogbrothers videos have been viewed about 122 million times, with an average video length of about 3 minutes 30 seconds. — 00:00:36 · Vlogbrothers
  • ★★★ Guessing that partial viewing and other Nerdfighter activity average out to 3.5 minutes per view, John gets 427 million minutes; at 525,600 minutes a year (from Rent), Nerdfighteria is over 812 years old. (playful) (hedged) — 00:00:52 · Nerdfighteria

00:01:20 — Aside: Nerdfighters in Your Pants investigate the mystery of a private person

  • ★★ John points to Nerdfighters in Your Pants who are currently trying to solve the mystery of a private person, a private person's wife; link in the description. — 00:01:20 · Your Pants

00:01:30 — Hours to watts to pounds of carbon: more than an average Swede's lifetime; why John won't buy the $5,000 offset

  • ★★ John says about 7,116,667 hours of viewing, at an average 120 watts per hour for a computer browsing the internet, comes to about 854,000 kilowatts. (playful) — 00:01:30 · Nerdfighteria
    • number check: 120 — doubtful
    • number check: 854,000.04 — speaker_error
  • ★★ At about 1.35 pounds of carbon per kilowatt in the US, John calculates Nerdfighteria is responsible for 1,152,900 pounds of carbon. (playful) — 00:01:56 · Nerdfighteria
    • number check: about 1.35 — doubtful
  • ★★ John says that in four years Nerdfighteria has emitted more carbon than the average Swede will in a lifetime, though it is not a person but an idea. (playful) — 00:02:00 · Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ Having offset 23,000 pounds in 2007, John says 1.13 million pounds remain, which would cost just over $5,000 to offset at carbonfund.org. — 00:02:26
  • ★★ John says he won't pay the $5,000 offset because someday a child of the brothers is going to want to go to college. (playful) — 00:02:37

00:02:47 — If even Nerdfighteria emits this much, the problem is huge; be aware of the price of awesome

  • ★★★ 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 · climate change, Nerdfighteria
  • ★★ John says YouTube's carbon emissions amount to trillions of pounds of carbon. — 00:02:53 · YouTube
    • number check: trillions — doubtful
  • ★★★ John still thinks YouTube and Nerdfighteria are awesome, but says we need to be aware of the price of that awesome. — 00:03:05 · YouTube, Nerdfighteria

00:03:12 — Post-sign-off: worldsuck in Bahrain, New Zealand, Libya and Morocco; pay attention and help

  • ★★ John says Nerdfighters from Bahrain to New Zealand to Libya to Morocco face mega-worldsuck for different reasons, and asks Nerdfighteria to pay attention and help where they can; links in the description. — 00:03:13 · world suck, Nerdfighteria

Humor (significant)

  • John notices his shirt is unbuttoned. — 00:00:18 > «We're running a video blog here, not a porn studio.»
  • Many viewers don't watch whole videos, particularly the giraffe sex ones, where they find only a guy talking. — 00:00:43 > «I hate this guy! Click!»
  • Nerdfighteria has emitted more carbon in four years than an average Swede will in a lifetime. — 00:02:17 > «Nerdfighteria is already... a Swede.»
  • Offsetting the carbon would take just over $5,000 at carbonfund.org, but John won't do it. — 00:02:37 > «because someday, a child of the brothers is gonna want to go to college.»

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