PickVidsBest Climate policy, solutions & debate Videos
The 67 Climate policy, solutions & debate videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 3 intermediate, 64 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Climate Town, Engineering Explained, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air with David MacKay
David MacKay, scientific advisor to the UK energy department, gives a Harvard talk on sustainable energy at macro and micro scale, drawn from his book Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air.
The Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change | Climate Town
Climate Town tells the history of the period when the greenhouse effect was not politically controversial and the US came close to acting on climate.
The Future of Humanity's Energy No One Knows About | Terraform
A 20-minute S3 episode touring Terraform Industries, a startup making synthetic natural gas from air and solar power.
The Suburbs Are Bleeding America Dry | Climate Town (feat. @NotJustBikes)
A snarky, comedic video essay from Climate Town, with a guest appearance by Not Just Bikes, arguing that American suburban sprawl and single-family zoning are financially and environmentally unsustainable.
"This Machine Greens" - Bitcoin Documentary - Online Premiere
A documentary from Swan Bitcoin exploring Bitcoin's relationship with energy, featuring Lyn Alden and others, and arguing that mining is a net positive for the environment and not wasteful.
Who Is Responsible For Climate Change? – Who Needs To Fix It?
Kurzgesagt examines who is responsible for climate change, comparing historical, current and per-capita emissions by country.
Jancovici : Will technology save us from Climate Change ? MIT Media Lab - 23/02/2021
Jean-Marc Jancovici gives an MIT Media Lab talk on whether technology can save us from climate change.
Permaculture Greening the Desert - Geoff Lawton
Geoff Lawton documents a permaculture project that turned barren Jordanian desert into green, productive land.
Carbon Offsets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment explaining carbon offsets, what they claim to do, and how they may worsen climate change.
My Gift To Climate Alarmists
Tony Heller presents a short video arguing that climate science relies on data truncation, cherry-picking and selective presentation of statistics.
Freeman Dyson on the Global Warming Hysteria April, 2015
A 2015 interview in which physicist Freeman Dyson, then 91, argues that global warming concerns are exaggerated, that CO2 is beneficial and that climate models oversimplify complex systems.
Who’s Taking America’s Water? | Climate Town
A Climate Town episode on who uses America's water, particularly Western water.
Climate Change Debate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A short Last Week Tonight segment where John Oliver stages a statistically representative climate debate, with Bill Nye facing a crowd of dissenters.
Carbon Capture Isn't Real
Adam Something gives a short, sarcastic argument that carbon capture does not live up to its promises.
Arithmetic, Population and Energy - FULL LENGTH
Physicist Albert Bartlett's full-length lecture on how steady exponential growth in population and energy use collides with finite resources.
Carbon Offsets! Can't we just buy our way out of climate change?
Climate Town's comedic explainer on carbon offsets and whether companies can buy their way out of climate change.
#Earth 🌏 Will we survive this ? Amazing⚡️ #crashcourse on #collapse & #environment by #ArthurKeller
Arthur Keller gives a roughly half-hour crash course on environmental collapse, covering exponential growth, carrying capacity and ecological overshoot.
Is Nuclear Energy Green?
Sabine Hossenfelder weighs the arguments for and against nuclear power, covering waste, fuel supply and newer reactor designs.
Freeman Dyson: Heretical Thoughts About Science and Society
Freeman Dyson's 2005 Boston University talk on heretical views about science and society.
America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study Shows
Engineering Explained examines new research suggesting corn ethanol in US gasoline may emit as much or more carbon than gasoline.
Is Keeping Your Old Car Better For The Environment?
Engineering Explained compares the lifecycle emissions of keeping an old car with those of buying a new, more efficient one.
Is A Toyota SUV "Greener" Than A Tesla?
Engineering Explained compares the lifetime CO2 emissions of a Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid with a Tesla Model Y, looking at break-even mileage and whether electric cars are worse for the environment.
Honest Government Ad | Carbon Capture & Storage
A satirical 'Honest Government Ad' from The Juice Media that mocks Australian carbon capture and storage policy.
Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here's Why.
Sabine Hossenfelder explains why hydrogen is a poor answer for decarbonization, covering how most hydrogen comes from fossil fuels, the efficiency losses of green hydrogen and reliance on rare metals in fuel cells.