Listen and fill in the gaps.
can-you-fix-climate-change.mp3 before in
have we been
, more advanced or
. And yet we feel overwhelmed
. It seems simple
: greenhouse gases trap energy from
and transfer it to
. This leads to
,
. Dry places become drier, and
. Countless
will die while the rising oceans swallow
and
.
So, why don't we just like
. Well, it's
. The public debate about
often focuses on a few key features like
,
or burping cows. And so the solutions are
: rows of solar panels,
, something something sustainability. And a huge
is
: how you should change your
to
, which we'll find out together in the next few
.
This is one of those videos
to watch to the end because to
real doable solutions, we first need to
the problem.
A fuller picture.
Modern industrial
, as we constructed it in the last 150
, is inherently
to the planet.
, everything we do to make our lives
, safer and more
is making things
for the biosphere.
, the streets we walk on,
, the gadgets we use,
and the pleasant temperatures we artificially create around us.
While most people know about
, beef, cars and
, many major polluters are barely ever talked about. The
leaking out of landfills are as significant as the
of all the
in the air. More CO2 is released
than for all cars combined. And the emissions
when making a
car is equivalent to
.
So, it is nice to
to electric cars but they won't solve
if we keep
roads the same
.
Fixing one small
of the industrial
is not enough.
of the many
parts needs its
solution and many of them aren't straightforward.
But even when we
what to do, just because a solution
doesn't mean we're
or willing to
it. There are many
in
, the most
one is the
between rich and
.