Climate Change - Myth or Reality?

Climate Change - Myth or Reality? Patrick Bet-David takes a neutral stance in looking at both sides of the climate change argument.

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Ice melting time lapse and speech by James Balog:

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[Mrsunber]

Some wise words to be said by the man himself Charlie munger

"I never allow myself to hold an opinion on anything that I don't know the other side's argument better than they do"

[spinebuster]

Activists: We only have 12 years to live.
Banks: _Here is your 50-year mortgage plan_

[davem]

I've been told at least 4 times in my lifetime that we have 12 years before we're extinct. In the 70's we were supposed to be on the verge of a new ice age. Now we are alternately cooking or freezing depending on the weather holocaust of the week. Actually, it appears to be morphing into, "the weather itself will kill us all, " as opposed to any particular temperature gradient. We're still here.

[mikedawson]

I like your presentation Pat, but as you know, the earth has had fluctuating climate for all of it's existence 4-1/2 billion years. I know you are familiar with the reasons for climate change in the past Billions of years, but maybe your audience is not, so here we go. The Earth's climate is governed by four items; Solar radiation, Axial tilt, Axial precession and Earth's Orbital changes from circular to eclipse, the latter three being called the Milankovitch Cycles. Axial Tilt has had the greatest influence on the Earth's climate, with a tilt that ranges from 22.1 to 24.5 degrees from the Ecliptic Plain, called the Obliquity of the Ecliptic. In fact it is this Obliquity change that has been the primary cause of the last 26 ice ages during the last 2.6 million years. We are presently in an Interglacial Minimum, between Ice Ages, where the Earth's temperature is unusually warm. We will soon enter another Ice Age. I agree that man is contributing to the present warming cycle, but It is such a small contribution that it is probably not measurable. Other elements that contribute 5-10 times more than CO2 are Methane, Water Vapor and Dust that are circulating in the Earth's atmosphere and are never mentioned as contributors to climate change. When we discuss "Climate Change", we need to put more science into it, instead of treating it as a Religion or as a discussion of more people believe this or more people believe that. Science is not a democracy, it is a method of analyzing facts. Thank you again for your great review.

[devonmarcus]

Any time I see the fact-checking "context" warning on a YouTube video, I know I'm about to see something that is a) going to be good and b) something the tech giants would really like to censor.

[policedbyconsent]

The clip of the ice melting in Alaska was filmed in the summer, and that happens every summer but it's frozen up again every winter

[IntheLght]

When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s our science classes told in in early 2000s global warming was going to cause Florida to be submerged, NYC to be flooded and California to be an island. This is the problem with linear thinking, when clearly our environment works on cycles.

[Anonymoustruth]

Anything that you're not allowed to argue in a public forum without being attacked clearly has something else going on

[SacredKaw]

When I was growing up in the 70’s we were told that an ice age was going to happen by 2000.

[lbsmam]

Jordan peterson was right when he said we're not even capable of having a sensible discussion about this kind of stuff

[noeld]

You know he's on to something when they have to put a disclaimer on the page just because he wants people to have an actual conversation about this topic.😏
Great video Patrick

[wndlkkr]

All about money more money for the elite who call us fools

[jimpifarre]

Young Student's are being taught "What to Think" rather than "How to think"...so you can see where the future is going..!

[anthonygulla]

This guy is a GREAT teacher. We really need more like him.

[cloudydays]

I would carefully monitor your metrics after this video if I were you. I have a feeling YouTube’s algorithm wont like this.

[Dabu-Dabu]

this typ of content is pure fire. Arguments and counterarguments, clearly presented. epic stuff, I hope to see more.

[shrinkingviolet]

Regardless of what side a person takes, we NEED to clean up our act. This planet is a beautiful gift.

[mr_sparkly_face]

My prof has a really good take that I’ve adopted as well. He states that he doesn’t believe in climate change, rather climate volatility. Are temps changing? Yes, they always have, and we’ve been hot before such as in the medieval ages, and cold in various ice ages, and this was before we had a large scale impact. The other point is that the earth has numerous negative feedback loops that prevent large change, such as clouds cooling the earth back down. In regards to greenhouse gases we have cycles for those just as there is a water cycle. Nitrogen, CO2, etc, all have cycles that naturally occur. Volatility occurs in any large scale “system”, and the earth is no exception, rather a miracle.

[FlexSZN]

Al Gore: The shorelines are gonna be disappearing!!

Also Al Gore: *Buys Oceanfront Property*

[eliothowell]

Excellent job. You distilled a complex subject down to an 18 minute presentation that was entertaining and concise. Thank you.