Brotherhood 2.0: January 10, 2007
2007-01-10 · letter vlog · John, Daniel Biss · 2:40 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Science & nature · mode: Personal update · tags: recurring series, guest or collab
Inspired by Hank's auto-show video, John calculates his carbon footprint (16 tons a year, below the US average but 'still really bad') and, with Daniel Biss's arithmetic, finds offsetting it would cost $96 a year, joking about paying Al Gore.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Greeting and date mix-up; aside to the women 'used as objects to sell other objects'; inspired by Hank's video to calculate his carbon footprint
- ★ John greets the women 'being used as objects to sell other objects', apologises for the patriarchal oppression and wishes them luck selling Dodge Caravans. (playful) — 00:00:10 · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel
- ★★★ Inspired by Hank's video from the day before, John calculates his own carbon footprint on BP.com, speeding up the boring part. — 00:00:10
00:00:32 — Carbon calculator on BP.com: 16 tons a year vs the US average of 18.58; three Olympic-sized swimming pools
- ★★★ John says he produces 16 tons of carbon a year, lower than the United States average of 18.58, but still really bad. — 00:00:32 · United States · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel
- ★★ John says 16 tons of carbon would fill three Olympic-sized swimming pools. — 00:00:32
00:01:03 — Global-warming 'solution' of shooting carbon-filled pools into space; $6 a ton to offset; phoning Daniel Biss for the math
- ★ As a joke global-warming solution, John proposes filling Olympic-sized pools with carbon and shooting them into space, wondering why no one thought of it. (joke, hedged) — 00:01:03 · climate change
- ★★ John says he just read on the internet that getting rid of your carbon footprint costs only $6 per ton. — 00:01:03 · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel
00:01:51 — Daniel computes 96: $96 a year to offset; paying Al Gore, who 'eats the carbon'
- ★★ Saying he is not very good at math, John phones Daniel Biss for 16 times 6 and concludes that offsetting his carbon would cost $96 a year. — 00:01:51 · Daniel Biss · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel
- ★ John jokes that paying Al Gore $96 would clear his name of global warming; the exchange that follows (voices unclear) has Gore eating the carbon and pooping political gold. (joke) — 00:02:18 · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel
Humor (significant)
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After learning his carbon would fill three Olympic pools, John offers a global warming solution. — 00:01:03
“What if we took a lot of Olympic sized swimming pools and we filled them with carbon and we shot them into space?”
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Too bad at math to multiply 16 by 6, John phones his mathematician friend Daniel, who answers at once. — 00:01:51
“Do you see how fast he did that? He doesn't have a calculator.”
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John says he can pay Al Gore $96 directly to take care of his carbon, and explains how Gore does it. — 00:02:18
“He eats the carbon, and then when he poops it out, it's actually political gold.”
Mentioned
Central: carbon footprint
Also: Al Gore · BP · carbon offset · climate change · Daniel Biss · Dodge Caravan · patriarchy · United States
Only in the description or credits: Old Crow Medicine Show · Union Maid
Also centred on carbon footprint: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD
Replies to
- continues · Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th — “I was inspired by your video blog yesterday to calculate my own carbon footprint.”
Later videos replying to this one
- 2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube (John) — continues — “you remember how I said in an earlier video” (00:02:33)