THE VIDEO SHELF · climate change solutions
Can YOU Fix Climate Change?
Kurzgesagt examines what individuals can do about climate change, covering lesser-known carbon sources and why systemic and political change matter more than personal footprints.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited in climate threads to argue that individual action is not enough and that political pressure is needed.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- Topic
- climate change solutions
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 10
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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You are not representing the seriousness of this situation adequately (in my opinion). This excellent cartoon video explains the seriousness of all the lesser known sources of carbon: [VIDEO] Seems like Chairman Xi is serious about tackling Climate Change so he does not get deposed …
nebula8804 on Hacker News · 2021-09
In Amazon’s AI cameras are punishing drivers for mistakes they didn’t makeKurzgesagt made a really good video about climate change [0]. What stuck with me the most was that if I would eliminate 100% of my emissions in my entire life, I would save 1 second of global energy sector emissions. [0] [VIDEO]
LoveMortuus on Hacker News · 2022-02
In Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelinesOne of my favorite channels on YouTube is Kurzgesagt and they recently (looking at date, well, last year - still recent in the scale of things) had a video on global warming - Can YOU Fix Climate Change? [VIDEO] There's also Do we Need Nuclear …
shagie on Hacker News · 2022-09
In Planting trees not always an effective way of binding carbon dioxide
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