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Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

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Climate policy, solutions & debate

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

Cited in climate threads to argue that individual action is not enough and that political pressure is needed.

  • 10 people recommended it
  • 8 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “This excellent cartoon video explains the seriousness of all the lesser known sources of carbon”

    Explains lesser-known carbon sources

    nebula8804, 2021-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Amazon’s AI cameras are punishing drivers for mistakes they didn’t make”

  2. “Kurzgesagt made a really good video about climate change”

    One person's lifetime emissions equal a second of global output

    LoveMortuus, 2022-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines”

  3. “One of my favorite channels on YouTube is Kurzgesagt”

    Favorite channel's video on global warming

    shagie, 2022-09 · Strong recommendation · in “Planting trees not always an effective way of binding carbon dioxide”

  4. “Individual action is not enough; systemic change needed”

    y4mi, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas prices soar”

  5. “Kurzgesagt: Can YOU Fix Climate Change?”

    Answers what individuals can do about climate

    jadams5, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Climate Clock”

  6. “It's a Kurzgesagt video about why individual action is far from enough, and why we need systemic action.”

    Individual action is far from enough; systemic action needed

    oblio, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Carbon-neutrality is a tale: the race for renewables is burning Europe's forests”

  7. “the answer can only be political pressure”

    Answer is political pressure, not individual carbon cutting

    bellyfullofbac, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “The Pentagon’s view of climate change and the risks of state collapse”

  8. “Pop science treatment of climate responsibility”

    anshumankmr, 2021-12 · Recommendation · in “A ‘false solution’? How crypto mining became the oil industry’s new hope”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: carbon emissions, individual responsibility, systemic change, kurzgesagt, policy

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