I find your presentation of facts to be very objective, Joe, and you don't hide your biases. You just don't let those biases colour the actual facts. As far as I can tell, you're a journalist of integrity. Please don't be too put off if some people don't appreciate that.
@@pietersteenkamp5241 Oh he will piss off a lot of people, but who cares about snowflakes being pissed off. What he achieves is informing people and what he also achieves is building a reputation as someone who does research his topics and tries not to be objective thus he is building a reputation as a good journalist.
Enjoyed the video on cobalt thought it was well balanced. Don't take to heart anything said on UA-cam or social media. I'm not a particularly smart chap but the one thing I've learnt in life is there are very few peoples opinions that should mean much to you. Yeah it'd be nice having everyone thinking I'm a wonderful intelligent handsome man, but really as long as the wife stays fooled on this it's all good.
I wish more people had that attitude honestly. Unless the person is an expert on the topic, their opinion isn't any more important than yours. Everyone has the right to an opinion, but nobody has to care about it
No matter what opinion you have or what content you create, if you throw enough people at it, SOMEONE is going to hate it or get offended, and that's the person who's going to take the time to write in the comments section. If 99% people agree with you, you'll still have a comments section on UA-cam filled with >50% negativity.
@Toby Thompson Everyone likes to think their camp is the one based solely in facts and objective reasoning. From the left to the right and everything in between, it is part of why confirmation bias is so strong of a phenomena as well as the Dunning Kruger effect.
@Toby Thompson Dammit Toby ... thats the most moronic statment Ive read in ages. They are crazies on the RIGHT crazies on the LEFT.....but also decent fact based people on the Right AND Left. Nobody has a monopoly on facts or stupidly.
Thank you, Joe, for the interesting, enlightening videos you produce. Your humor and delivery skills make cutting edge information easier to understand and remember. You are helping us all.
"A swirling mass of antimatter just waiting to explode" just about sums up how toxic comments can get. Your content is relatable and I like the idea of deep dive videos. Keep up the good work and don't sweat the petty stuff.
I always watch the whole of a video, if i start it, simply because i can not judge a video unless i see it all. And i had no problems with your Cobalt Video's.
Hey man, love your main content. I dabble on the TMI side every once and a while. I hope you don't stress much on your analytics. Your content is great and you come off as a genuine person who shouldn't lose sleep over enjoying talking about things you like. Keep up the good shit!
Agreed. There are very few people that are lone UA-camrs (no staff) that I never want to leave the platform. Haters are gonna hate. Don't let it get to you.
actually analytics are an entirely different matter than opinions in the comments. Haters who watch the video (and hopefully maybe the ads) count as "positives" as far as analytics are concerned. Lots of negative comments, from UA-cam/Alpha's point of view, are a plus.
Hi Joe, thanks for the shoutout! Just wanted to correct the details about our power banks. Our power banks currently take 50 minutes to charge and give 3 phone charges. We have a model coming out soon that will give you 3 phone charges in just 20 minutes! The new model will be 100W charging to a 37Wh system which is very fast.
I really appreciate whenever I watch your videos and you admit when you're wrong or have a lack of knowledge of something. I think that's really awesome
When I saw that you posted a video that was almost half an hour, I was stoked. Twice a week is pushing the limit of how long I can wait for your videos.
So Joe, I have been watching your videos for about 2 years now. You are by far my favorite UA-cam channel to watch. I find you are humble and entertaining and you present subjects in a way that make me want to know more. I wish more UA-cam channels were just like you. You will never please everyone. I'm an engineer by trade and I find that I learn so much watching what you present. Keep up the good work don't let them get you down.
The reason I keep coming back to your channel is that even if you don't always get the balance right in a story (that sounded overly negative - your work is usually very balanced), but even if I feel the balance is a little off, it's obvious that you've attempted to be as open-minded and balanced as possible and have thoroughly researched both sides. The fact that you can achieve the amount of balance that you do in a short video astounds me, and is a real credit to you. For what it's worth, I enjoyed the longer format video, but I wouldn't want them all to be that way. Keep up the outstanding work!
Hey Joe! If you read this, I just want you to know, that your unbiased and holistic way of talking and presenting certain topics is actually one of the main reasons why your chanel is one of my favorites. Paired with topics I am interested in and seasoned with some humor, it's fun and educational to watch!
So several people have recommended the good place to me at this point.After watching your last video I decided to give it a shot. That show is hilarious and surprisingly full of twists and turns. I binged watched the first season last night and am going to try and finish it tonight. Thanks for the recommendation.
I enjoyed your video about Cobalt, because you brought up the issues and even how there are people working on alternatives and solutions even as you speak about it. The information provided not only the 'how' but the 'why'...it is very informative. You'll never be able to please everyone. Just keep doing what you are. Really appreciate the time and efforts put into your channels.
Shout out from a fellow Texan! I always watch most of your videos up until the ad at the end, but ill watch the entire thing now. Loving both your channels Joe. Keep makin them. Wouldnt like to get only 1 video a week but I'm ok with it, whatever you are comfortable with Joe :)
There is an old expression: You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. If you pissed off both sides it just means you presented an even handed view... and cracked both kinds of eggs. You should be proud of the video. I thought the blood diamond style parallel was a clever hook to get people to read. Something weird though, I don't see it listed on your video list? BTW, I am one of those weird people who watches your videos start to finish... Go Figure?
Thank you for taking a swing at this one, please keep covering topics like this. The intersection of social issues like controversy in supply chains vs what benefits comes out of tech is fascinatingly tricky but deserves a look in to specifics / nuisances.
You have one of the better, more informative channels on here. You attract a wide array of spectators and with that you'll always get trolls. Don't go changing, keep doing what you do. It's appreciated. Thank you for your work.
Growl grunt stomp feet now I'm mad, that damn Joe Scott not making everyone happy, what makes him think he can have an opinion of his own 😅😅 love ya keep doing what you do
I find your videos to be informative and well-researched, and they often spark more interest of the subject causing me to follow the links you provide and going down yet another UA-cam rabbit hole... The good kind, naturally. What I found amazing in this video is something else altogether. People start your videos and don't finish them? They watch part of it, and just... Nah, imma watch something else? That, I don't get. You do have a way of expressing concepts that allows me to better understand. Your explanations of physics, chemistry, etc make these subjects more reachable for me, and interesting enough to look for more. I look forward to many more videos!
i think most of your regular viewers, myself included, probably always watch the whole video (ok, i sometimes turn it off when you get to your commercial at the end). thanks for the great, well researched videos!
Joe: Showing watchtime position for comments is a brilliant idea! (I do not think it should be actually implemented, but the idea is really good. Coming back to a video to comment without seeing the video would distort the data is a problem for example.)
I'd agree it may have some problems, but YT keeps a history of what you've watched, so the best solution might be a time stamp and a little box that goes green when you've seen the video, no matter when
@@thegraynoah 90% of the video. You know - skipping intros or outros or final crediting to patrons on patreon etc. should not mark you as "didn't watch everything".
I feel you're doing the best job you can with the information you have. I find your videos very enjoyable as well. Your's was the first video that addressed about HOW the batteries will be treated AFTER the batteries are replaced. Thank you for your service in informing the public.
But the people he's referring to aren't those who leave productive comments, like yours. He's talking about the assholes. They aren't going to follow a channel courtesy, it would have to be forced onto them by the UA-cam gods.
I have a backlog of unwatched YT subscriptions, but watched your cobalt video today, and this TMI was thumbnailed at the top of the what to watch next. So for once, Yay UA-cam! got it right. And really, so far none of your videos have pissed me off. The digs you make are digs I make, and I tend to see what is wrong with the trying to do right or better globally. Keep doing what you do. It's good.
sometimes research takes you down a rabbit hole and when going through those layers, you’re bound to dig up stuff to annoy or piss people off, if you have a wide enough audience. Keep challenging views. Education and facts should be taken without fear of vengeance. People are sometimes idiots, I’m a people sometime. You seem to do some serious research and spend a lot of time crafting a story to inform and entertain us. I think this is a valiant endeavour and sometimes pissing a few people off is a badge of honour.
dude iv said this before and il say it again. i respect your integrity, balance and honesty. i like the depth of your research and the openness you have about any holes you feel you have in it . l love the deep dives for this reason and thank you for your work.
Hey Joe. It is evident that in these sensitive subjects you really have to walk a tightrope. I appreciate you forging ahead and providing the content you do. It is very informative, with a balanced approach, and a witty style. Keep doing what your doing, and maybe, you can impact societal awareness and change mindsets. Rock on!!
It was a great video yesterday Joe, just like today’s addendum. Just like every other video, you can’t please everybody. You’d be walking on water if you could. Love you too.....😉
Hi Joe, I was an Army Intel analyst from 99'-03'. My area of interest was central Africa before 9/11. We referred to the DROC as "The Dee Rock". Post 9/11 was the Middle East. I worked with EOD, the Army bomb squad most of that time. (The bomb squad in 'The Hurt Locker'). I thought this was a great primer for that area. You get the high points, and can find out more if you want. Great Job!!! I am pretty sure I saw at least 90 hours of lecture brief and read thousands of pages on the DROC. Great summary of the stuff you need to know.
Hey Joe, love your authenticity and even handed approach to the issues. Prismatic cells differ from cylindrical ones mainly in their shape. Prismatics generally use a hexagonal prism on the individual cell level, this increases their packing efficiency and gives a moderate increase in cell density. This benefit is offset by the increased thermal load, which requires more cooling at a given power level (which is made more difficult by the elimination of the inter cell spaces typical of prismatic pack assemblies).
12:17 "There's also a lot of people who comment before the watch the whole thing" This is the biggest problem with comments on YT, imho. Not only that, you have idiots who comment before watching ANY of the video. They load it up, press pause, then comment their BS trash talk and downvote your video. I agree, that YT should not allow this, or have a timestamp or that they can't downvote a video without watching more than 25% of the video or something to that effect. Or all the above perhaps. I'll probably get downvoted for making such a comment, but oh well.
@@jlogg8738 Their opinion on a video is invalid if they don't watch the video. Maybe not an arbitrary number, maybe not allow a comment to effect the algo unless the user has watched a portion of the video, not just skipped through it. Every one has a voice. Just not everyone's voice should be heard. Especially when they have no knowledge of a topic and they try to speak as if they do. I have seen friends videos that were just posted, and they were downvoted, without watching the video. That should be allowed, imho.
@@korishan "you should have freedom of speech only if i say so" look buddy if i want to click on a random video that i know ill hate just to start division and arguments then im fuckin gonna and you cant make me watch 10 minutes of the video to do so.
14:18 "Once you use cobalt for that purpose [oil refining], it's spent" How is an element, a metal, used up? Typically metals are very recyclable. Seems unusual.
I suspect it's more a matter of how difficult and/or costly it would be to recover. According to the Cobalt Institute, the catalyst CoMoX is "3-5% tricobalt tetraoxide (Co3O4), 14% molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) and 83-85% alumina (Al2O3)". Separating this back into its constituent elements is likely not easy. That said, it does look like there has been some research to find economical ways to recover the cobalt from "spent" CoMoX catalyst: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/334/1/012049 www.researchgate.net/publication/266278450_Cobalt_Recovery_from_Waste_Catalysts_Petroleum_Refining_Industry_from_Gujarat (just to cite a couple I found on a quick search).
orange-micro-fiber it is either extremely dilute (the opposite of a rich ore deposit) or it is in a chemical form that makes it uneconomic to re-extract
It makes sense. If you're using a metal and you're chemically modifying it, such as with a battery, the chemical structure changes. This happens over the life of any metal that is involved in a reaction. Eventually, the metal is either converted, or modified in a way that would require expensive recycling processes, which, depending on costs, would probably take more to recycle than it would to just dig new shit out of the ground. Same issue we have with stuff like plastics.
@@deathscreton The cobalt itself is still cobalt, the element. It's the 93% of other stuff in the waste that makes it uneconomical to recover. Plastics are complex compounds, and can degrade into forms that lose desirable properties, becoming unusable. The carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, etc. in the plastic is still elemental, but is bound up in a witches brew of chemical compounds that cannot be easily separated.
I appreciate that you actually care about trying to get your facts right and also try to not spin/exaggerate things. There is too much FUD getting tossed around and it is nice to hear from people who just want to truly educate themselves and share what they learn with others. It is also refreshing to hear from someone who can admit when they did not get something 100% right and cares about the audience enough to correct/clarify themself. I love what you do for our community here. You are awesome!
Joe, there are graphene + lithium cells been sold for quadcopters (basically LiPo batteries with graphene) for almost 2 years now. But... I don't know if they are the same or even if they're really graphene. So...
I see a very interesting video. Highlighting a subject I had no idea existed. Keep em comming mate. Found you a year ago. One of the best tubers on the platform. But please dont burn yourself out.
1:05 No actually, while working at an bauxite mining company over the summer I had to sort well over 500 land titles, maps, etc and found a lady named elementa and a man named dessentor
Don't be scared of making longer videos. You have great content, an interesting view point, and you already have us watching. More information is never a bad thing. Keep up the good work.
You did the best job any human being possibly could do given the topic and the range of issues surrounding such topics. You can't please everyone's outrage or soothe many people's egos when they feel that you are not addressing their concerns about issue A or outrage B. You do the best with what you have and you can bet that no matter what you do, these segments of your viewership will almost never be pleased. I feel that you did the best with what information you had available and if things like the cobalt issue can teach you anything, take those lessons and apply them going forward. Keep up the good work.
Starting this comment at 15:00ish. I watch all of your videos, as I do most videos I start. I find it difficult to understand why people choose to not listen to all of the context of a video before choosing to becoming outraged. You are great, the cobalt video was well researched and thought provoking, and we love you too. ❤
I don't always agree with you or your perception of things, but your "Cobalt Video" was absolutely fantastic, Joe. Incredibly informative, digestible, objective & it also did the general, UA-cam frequenting public, an incredible service, by shining a much needed light on an important situation that the vast majority of people are completely unaware of, due to an almost absolute absence of coverage, by basically all of the most accessible, mainstream media outlets.
You put way too much stock in the naysayers and what they have to say against you. They are few and far between and you're doing a great job dude. Stay true to yourself it's what got you here
I too like the topics that you touch on. I really like that you do two different segments weekly. Sciency Monday and whatever Thursday. Please keep doing what you do, and be rue to yourself.
@@simplyhuman3982 From Wikipoodia: "Definition of Southerner: Any person, object or animal offended by the statement 'Accidentally pissing of the south is easy, just say something true and they will be offended.' "
Super video! TMI is an unusual project and this series is strangely comforting. If things get tense I know I can turn TMI on and bring some of the energy down. There’s something lyrical about your relaxed presentation. Thank you! 🙏
1- loved the blood battery video- well balanced and super k formative. Even better was the links to the evidence. Been looking for the evidence on cobalt in refining fuel 2- I think you’re on the right track with this video. A core video then unpacking or adding to the topic in subsequent videos. 3- I look forward to your next big swing at a big video and deep dive in a topic.
I really enjoy your videos, pretty much all of them. The cobalt video one however, I absolutely loved! Really informative. Really well rounded and generally just amazing. I really like you style and I look forward to you releasing videos. If you were to make them longer and do a deep dive that is definitely something I would support. Keep it up Joe!
You did great. News flash: you're not perfect. But you are open and honest. This really is fast-changing technology and I appreciate your concise, educational video. Thank you!
I always look forward to your videos and the cobalt video in particular. No one should ever derive an opinion from one source, not even one as well researched and presented as yours. It is a great synopsis and starting point. I would like to recommend looking up Microfabrica and the technology they develop for any videos you may have coming up about rapid-prototyping/3D printing/microscale additive manufacturing or devices measured in single digit microns with features fractions the wavelength of light. Love your stuff. Keep it up.
Hey Joe! Great video! I really enjoyed your insights to your video making process! Just a few notes: Sulfur makes its own stink! hehe (Relating to your comment about not wanting to make a big stink out of the desulfurization process.)Also, if you do research right, when you're "done," you realize just how little you know about a given topic! Most things are complex and complicated, and have nuances and even different interpretations of the same data, making it even more complex! It is actually a good sign that you go down rabbit holes and find so many things to report on!! It's also time consuming so it's understandable that it doesn't all get included in a video! It can also be a lot of fun to explore and makes the process of discovery all the more rewarding!! Great job and keep 'em coming!
Keep it up Joe! I have learned so much from watching your videos, and it has helped broaden my horizon on many topics. I especially like the fact how emotional you are in regards to your themes. It shows that your topics are important to you. And you have an innate skill to present complex material in a simple and easily understandable manner that even I , a german, understands ;-)
The cobalt video is definitely one of the most informative videos I've seen you do. I thought it was excellently done. I'm sure that kind of video is a ton of work, but it paid off in spades on that one. PS: I almost always watch videos to the end, unless an outside event interrupts me. I watched the cobalt video all the way through.
Hey Joe. You have to accept that no matter how much thought and care goes into preparing com, you will never avoid someone not understanding and missinterpreting. And, let's not forget, there are those who come into this in bad faith. So, you know, don't flog yourself too harf over it. I love your videos, most of them anyway, I find them entertaining and most of all mind opening and instructive. Keep up the good work mon ami.
Great job Joe, appreciate your colourful look on things and the way you present them. Yes, no one person is perfect at what that do but you my friend do a damn good job. I always look forward to viewing you work. Sad to know you'll be dropping one vid a week 'but' am happy to know you'll be extending the one you do. As always, thank you for the work you do. 👍
I, for one, enjoy the long form explanations, primarily because these subjects have a LOT of information that really should be included to correctly and fully frame the conversation. Especially when you're discussing material physics and the entire supply line involved. A conversation about EV's needs to include what it means to 1) build the EV, 2) produce the electricity to charge the EV, 3) consider the day when that EV goes to the scrap heap, and 4) all the other things that I'm not about to list in their entirety because I personally can't possibly think of them all. So, I appreciate how much effort you put into being thorough, and worry less about being succinct. People who want to throw down snarks, criticism, etc prior to actually listening to an entire presentation, I agree, should have some metric for measuring just how deeply and completely they, at a minimum, HEARD all you had to say on the subject. Often I'd like to see that myself on the comments I read. For example, I had no idea you employed a group of production people for getting these videos out. Here I was, wallowing in my ignorance of the process, believing you just put down your remote for 30 minutes a week and started recording. Ok, not quite that but I did believe you were a one-man-band to this point. Wow, Joe's an industry!
Anyone who can think clearly knows that you don’t try to purposely anger people. You always do your research and present a well rounded video. That’s why I watch every one of your videos. I really believe a lot of these people are just angry with their lot in life and take out on the ‘UA-camr’ because it’s safe. Whether they realize it or not, they are unhappy people. Reasonable people KNOW how great you and your channel are!
I have enjoyed watching some of your vids, some interesting subjects, none more so than the the whole Fusion thing and also the Cobalt video. I was glued, and I don't think you should be afraid of making videos covering more complex subject matter in the future.
Yes more joe I just started watching your main channel binged all content and found this TMI hardly I want more love your stuff thanks for doing what you do
Lots of people have problems with basic comprehension, they don't really listen, just react to some keywords, omitting the context. Keep up the good work, I love it
I think you are one of the most objective, balanced informants out there. it helps with your self deprecating, pejorative humor; that you don't take yourself too seriously. I am on your side, buddy, I promise. Cheers!!
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I find your presentation of facts to be very objective, Joe, and you don't hide your biases. You just don't let those biases colour the actual facts. As far as I can tell, you're a journalist of integrity. Please don't be too put off if some people don't appreciate that.
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You did good Joe. People nowadays use offence as currency. Keep being you.
Nice turn of phrase.
This!! So much this!!
Being offended does not make you right (for all ppl who get pissed of about everything). Keep up the great work being educative and funny.
HOW DARE YOU!.😁
Offense is purely imaginary. It only exists between someone's ears, and it is often just poor listening comprehension and almost always fabricated.
“Do your best until you know better. Then do better.” Your videos are both personal and educational. Thanks.
"I wanted to be as objective and truthful and honest as possible." No wonder you pissed so many people off 🙄.
Yes, someone should tell Joe the only thing he could possibly accomplish doing that is pissing off the maximum number of people!
That just made me think of his pee is gold video LoL
They are not people, they're just robots reacting to stimuli.
@@pietersteenkamp5241 Oh he will piss off a lot of people, but who cares about snowflakes being pissed off. What he achieves is informing people and what he also achieves is building a reputation as someone who does research his topics and tries not to be objective thus he is building a reputation as a good journalist.
Enjoyed the video on cobalt thought it was well balanced. Don't take to heart anything said on UA-cam or social media. I'm not a particularly smart chap but the one thing I've learnt in life is there are very few peoples opinions that should mean much to you. Yeah it'd be nice having everyone thinking I'm a wonderful intelligent handsome man, but really as long as the wife stays fooled on this it's all good.
Based on this comment, I'd say you are a very smart chap
I wish more people had that attitude honestly. Unless the person is an expert on the topic, their opinion isn't any more important than yours. Everyone has the right to an opinion, but nobody has to care about it
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No matter what opinion you have or what content you create, if you throw enough people at it, SOMEONE is going to hate it or get offended, and that's the person who's going to take the time to write in the comments section. If 99% people agree with you, you'll still have a comments section on UA-cam filled with >50% negativity.
"As long as the wife stays fooled" classic.
You pissed off left, right and everything in the middle.
That means you did a good job!
@Toby Thompson And I am sure that that statement is completely unbiased
@Toby Thompson Everyone likes to think their camp is the one based solely in facts and objective reasoning. From the left to the right and everything in between, it is part of why confirmation bias is so strong of a phenomena as well as the Dunning Kruger effect.
I wasn't pissed off
@Toby Thompson Dammit Toby ... thats the most moronic statment Ive read in ages.
They are crazies on the RIGHT crazies on the LEFT.....but also decent fact based people on the Right AND Left.
Nobody has a monopoly on facts or stupidly.
@@MrBizteck Agree. I don't know why people think in black or white, left or right, like its two boxes and no other way.
I thought the Cobalt video was well made and I learned about things I had no knowledge of. I would love to see more indepth videos like that
Thank you, Joe, for the interesting, enlightening videos you produce. Your humor and delivery skills make cutting edge information easier to understand and remember.
You are helping us all.
I agree totally, well said :-)
"A swirling mass of antimatter just waiting to explode" just about sums up how toxic comments can get. Your content is relatable and I like the idea of deep dive videos. Keep up the good work and don't sweat the petty stuff.
I always watch the whole of a video, if i start it, simply because i can not judge a video unless i see it all. And i had no problems with your Cobalt Video's.
Hey man, love your main content. I dabble on the TMI side every once and a while. I hope you don't stress much on your analytics. Your content is great and you come off as a genuine person who shouldn't lose sleep over enjoying talking about things you like. Keep up the good shit!
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Agreed. There are very few people that are lone UA-camrs (no staff) that I never want to leave the platform.
Haters are gonna hate. Don't let it get to you.
actually analytics are an entirely different matter than opinions in the comments. Haters who watch the video (and hopefully maybe the ads) count as "positives" as far as analytics are concerned. Lots of negative comments, from UA-cam/Alpha's point of view, are a plus.
@@JohnDoe-re4qy wait, is he a lone youtuber? I thought I heard he had a writter
Hi Joe, thanks for the shoutout!
Just wanted to correct the details about our power banks. Our power banks currently take 50 minutes to charge and give 3 phone charges. We have a model coming out soon that will give you 3 phone charges in just 20 minutes!
The new model will be 100W charging to a 37Wh system which is very fast.
"Didn't make a big stink" when talking about sulphur. The jokes just write themselves. :D
I really appreciate whenever I watch your videos and you admit when you're wrong or have a lack of knowledge of something. I think that's really awesome
When I saw that you posted a video that was almost half an hour, I was stoked. Twice a week is pushing the limit of how long I can wait for your videos.
You’re the best! I don’t feel the need for any kind of apology here. Negativity is a hell of a drug. No need to entertain the junkies.
"Cocaine is a hell of a drug!"
Rick James
I loved the cobalt vid, i ended up sending it to three of my mates and we spent the next couple of hours talking about it :)
VisualPolitik EN covered cobalt a year ago, also a good watch... ua-cam.com/video/T9684_2tbo8/v-deo.html dont think Joe would mind me sharing it :)
@@stelamo I haven't watched that VisualPolitik video, but they tend to be extremely poorly researched, with regard to Simon's usual contracted work.
So Joe, I have been watching your videos for about 2 years now. You are by far my favorite UA-cam channel to watch. I find you are humble and entertaining and you present subjects in a way that make me want to know more. I wish more UA-cam channels were just like you. You will never please everyone. I'm an engineer by trade and I find that I learn so much watching what you present. Keep up the good work don't let them get you down.
Dude it would be awesome if you did an occasional deep dive! I love hearing you ramble on about things while i work, the longer the better lol.
The reason I keep coming back to your channel is that even if you don't always get the balance right in a story (that sounded overly negative - your work is usually very balanced), but even if I feel the balance is a little off, it's obvious that you've attempted to be as open-minded and balanced as possible and have thoroughly researched both sides. The fact that you can achieve the amount of balance that you do in a short video astounds me, and is a real credit to you. For what it's worth, I enjoyed the longer format video, but I wouldn't want them all to be that way. Keep up the outstanding work!
I really loved your cobalt video! Thanks for the update!
Hey Joe! If you read this, I just want you to know, that your unbiased and holistic way of talking and presenting certain topics is actually one of the main reasons why your chanel is one of my favorites. Paired with topics I am interested in and seasoned with some humor, it's fun and educational to watch!
So several people have recommended the good place to me at this point.After watching your last video I decided to give it a shot. That show is hilarious and surprisingly full of twists and turns. I binged watched the first season last night and am going to try and finish it tonight. Thanks for the recommendation.
I enjoyed your video about Cobalt, because you brought up the issues and even how there are people working on alternatives and solutions even as you speak about it. The information provided not only the 'how' but the 'why'...it is very informative. You'll never be able to please everyone. Just keep doing what you are. Really appreciate the time and efforts put into your channels.
IDK why i clicked this so fast, just good content, so addicting
Shout out from a fellow Texan! I always watch most of your videos up until the ad at the end, but ill watch the entire thing now. Loving both your channels Joe. Keep makin them. Wouldnt like to get only 1 video a week but I'm ok with it, whatever you are comfortable with Joe :)
There is an old expression: You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs.
If you pissed off both sides it just means you presented an even handed view... and cracked both kinds of eggs.
You should be proud of the video. I thought the blood diamond style parallel was a clever hook to get people to read.
Something weird though, I don't see it listed on your video list?
BTW, I am one of those weird people who watches your videos start to finish... Go Figure?
Thank you for taking a swing at this one, please keep covering topics like this. The intersection of social issues like controversy in supply chains vs what benefits comes out of tech is fascinatingly tricky but deserves a look in to specifics / nuisances.
Your secret weapon for watch time is the timing of your background music, when you bring it in and out. Subtle detail but well done
You have one of the better, more informative channels on here. You attract a wide array of spectators and with that you'll always get trolls.
Don't go changing, keep doing what you do. It's appreciated.
Thank you for your work.
Growl grunt stomp feet now I'm mad, that damn Joe Scott not making everyone happy, what makes him think he can have an opinion of his own 😅😅 love ya keep doing what you do
I find your videos to be informative and well-researched, and they often spark more interest of the subject causing me to follow the links you provide and going down yet another UA-cam rabbit hole... The good kind, naturally.
What I found amazing in this video is something else altogether.
People start your videos and don't finish them? They watch part of it, and just... Nah, imma watch something else? That, I don't get. You do have a way of expressing concepts that allows me to better understand. Your explanations of physics, chemistry, etc make these subjects more reachable for me, and interesting enough to look for more. I look forward to many more videos!
hurting someone's feelings is bound to happen when you pressent them with truth..
Please continue with your style as it is. Your videos are both informative and entertaining, which is a truly valuable combination!
yea yesterday's vid was nice some deep dive vids are cool! but don't take away Random Thursdays, please!!!
There's an old saying you should think about when faced with opposition or criticism: "The dogs bark, but the wagons keep rolling."
The outro should be "This was TMI" in the same style as the intro
Agreed. Perhaps... "Thanks for watching. I'm Joe and this was TMI."
Tbh his outro here was simple and gold
i think most of your regular viewers, myself included, probably always watch the whole video (ok, i sometimes turn it off when you get to your commercial at the end). thanks for the great, well researched videos!
Joe: Showing watchtime position for comments is a brilliant idea! (I do not think it should be actually implemented, but the idea is really good. Coming back to a video to comment without seeing the video would distort the data is a problem for example.)
I'd agree it may have some problems, but YT keeps a history of what you've watched, so the best solution might be a time stamp and a little box that goes green when you've seen the video, no matter when
I just noticed it does not work at all: It would leak information about what somebody has seen so somebody else, which is catastrophic at least.
It's a brilliant idea, so we definitely shouldn't do it. Implementing brilliant ideas is for stupid people.
@@thegraynoah 90% of the video. You know - skipping intros or outros or final crediting to patrons on patreon etc. should not mark you as "didn't watch everything".
@@sirien.neiris Yes, or the creator of the video decudes at what percentage of watchtime counts as "watched"
I feel you're doing the best job you can with the information you have. I find your videos very enjoyable as well. Your's was the first video that addressed about HOW the batteries will be treated AFTER the batteries are replaced.
Thank you for your service in informing the public.
12:27, You could ask people to leave the time stamp. I tend to if it's relevant.
But the people he's referring to aren't those who leave productive comments, like yours. He's talking about the assholes. They aren't going to follow a channel courtesy, it would have to be forced onto them by the UA-cam gods.
I have a backlog of unwatched YT subscriptions, but watched your cobalt video today, and this TMI was thumbnailed at the top of the what to watch next. So for once, Yay UA-cam! got it right. And really, so far none of your videos have pissed me off. The digs you make are digs I make, and I tend to see what is wrong with the trying to do right or better globally. Keep doing what you do. It's good.
I power my electrical horseless carriage with an array of Leyden jars.
"GOODBYE!!!..... love you?" Best sign off evah!!!!! Love your content. Informative, well delivered with some funny thrown in!
sometimes research takes you down a rabbit hole and when going through those layers, you’re bound to dig up stuff to annoy or piss people off, if you have a wide enough audience.
Keep challenging views. Education and facts should be taken without fear of vengeance.
People are sometimes idiots, I’m a people sometime.
You seem to do some serious research and spend a lot of time crafting a story to inform and entertain us.
I think this is a valiant endeavour and sometimes pissing a few people off is a badge of honour.
dude iv said this before and il say it again. i respect your integrity, balance and honesty. i like the depth of your research and the openness you have about any holes you feel you have in it . l love the deep dives for this reason and thank you for your work.
Love you too. I know it is weird, but that is what I needed.
Hey Joe. It is evident that in these sensitive subjects you really have to walk a tightrope. I appreciate you forging ahead and providing the content you do. It is very informative, with a balanced approach, and a witty style. Keep doing what your doing, and maybe, you can impact societal awareness and change mindsets. Rock on!!
It was a great video yesterday Joe, just like today’s addendum. Just like every other video, you can’t please everybody. You’d be walking on water if you could. Love you too.....😉
Yes, rule of thumb is that if Jesus/Muhammad couldn't keep everyone happy then neither can you!
Your honesty is a major reason I watch your channels
How about, "I'm Joe Scott and this has been TMI"
I'm Jason Henley and I approve this sign off.
"Love you" is better still :'D
@@LostPhysx ikr, I was like "wait what?"
I'd watch your 30min vids or even longer. Short ones are great but deeper dives and more information is always great.
Joe, if I were to announce to the world that "the sky is blue" it would piss somebody off.
It would me .... Im IRISH the sky is Grey ......and wet ..... that Sun doesn't exist because Ive never seen it ! 😂😂
@@MrBizteck I rest my case ;)
Hi Joe, I was an Army Intel analyst from 99'-03'. My area of interest was central Africa before 9/11. We referred to the DROC as "The Dee Rock". Post 9/11 was the Middle East. I worked with EOD, the Army bomb squad most of that time. (The bomb squad in 'The Hurt Locker'). I thought this was a great primer for that area. You get the high points, and can find out more if you want. Great Job!!! I am pretty sure I saw at least 90 hours of lecture brief and read thousands of pages on the DROC. Great summary of the stuff you need to know.
I am so offended that Joe is blaming cobalt for the death of Bruce Wayne's parents.
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😬👌🇺🇸
Hey Joe, love your authenticity and even handed approach to the issues.
Prismatic cells differ from cylindrical ones mainly in their shape. Prismatics generally use a hexagonal prism on the individual cell level, this increases their packing efficiency and gives a moderate increase in cell density. This benefit is offset by the increased thermal load, which requires more cooling at a given power level (which is made more difficult by the elimination of the inter cell spaces typical of prismatic pack assemblies).
12:17 "There's also a lot of people who comment before the watch the whole thing" This is the biggest problem with comments on YT, imho. Not only that, you have idiots who comment before watching ANY of the video. They load it up, press pause, then comment their BS trash talk and downvote your video. I agree, that YT should not allow this, or have a timestamp or that they can't downvote a video without watching more than 25% of the video or something to that effect. Or all the above perhaps.
I'll probably get downvoted for making such a comment, but oh well.
So you're saying UA-cam should be suppressing people from speaking their opinions based on An arbitrary goal you set forth?
@@jlogg8738 Their opinion on a video is invalid if they don't watch the video.
Maybe not an arbitrary number, maybe not allow a comment to effect the algo unless the user has watched a portion of the video, not just skipped through it.
Every one has a voice. Just not everyone's voice should be heard. Especially when they have no knowledge of a topic and they try to speak as if they do.
I have seen friends videos that were just posted, and they were downvoted, without watching the video. That should be allowed, imho.
@@korishan "you should have freedom of speech only if i say so" look buddy if i want to click on a random video that i know ill hate just to start division and arguments then im fuckin gonna and you cant make me watch 10 minutes of the video to do so.
I will continue to support you as you adapt and make changes to your channel. I'm very happy you made changes to help yourself.
14:18 "Once you use cobalt for that purpose [oil refining], it's spent" How is an element, a metal, used up? Typically metals are very recyclable. Seems unusual.
I suspect it's more a matter of how difficult and/or costly it would be to recover. According to the Cobalt Institute, the catalyst CoMoX is "3-5% tricobalt tetraoxide (Co3O4), 14% molybdenum trioxide (MoO3) and 83-85% alumina (Al2O3)". Separating this back into its constituent elements is likely not easy.
That said, it does look like there has been some research to find economical ways to recover the cobalt from "spent" CoMoX catalyst: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/334/1/012049
www.researchgate.net/publication/266278450_Cobalt_Recovery_from_Waste_Catalysts_Petroleum_Refining_Industry_from_Gujarat
(just to cite a couple I found on a quick search).
orange-micro-fiber it is either extremely dilute (the opposite of a rich ore deposit) or it is in a chemical form that makes it uneconomic to re-extract
It makes sense. If you're using a metal and you're chemically modifying it, such as with a battery, the chemical structure changes. This happens over the life of any metal that is involved in a reaction. Eventually, the metal is either converted, or modified in a way that would require expensive recycling processes, which, depending on costs, would probably take more to recycle than it would to just dig new shit out of the ground.
Same issue we have with stuff like plastics.
@@jamesowens7176 I just commented about this paper - you beat me to it.
@@deathscreton The cobalt itself is still cobalt, the element. It's the 93% of other stuff in the waste that makes it uneconomical to recover.
Plastics are complex compounds, and can degrade into forms that lose desirable properties, becoming unusable. The carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, etc. in the plastic is still elemental, but is bound up in a witches brew of chemical compounds that cannot be easily separated.
I appreciate that you actually care about trying to get your facts right and also try to not spin/exaggerate things. There is too much FUD getting tossed around and it is nice to hear from people who just want to truly educate themselves and share what they learn with others. It is also refreshing to hear from someone who can admit when they did not get something 100% right and cares about the audience enough to correct/clarify themself. I love what you do for our community here. You are awesome!
Joe, there are graphene + lithium cells been sold for quadcopters (basically LiPo batteries with graphene) for almost 2 years now. But... I don't know if they are the same or even if they're really graphene. So...
Source
@@cluelessgamer4318 Search for it on Banggood or in your local hobby shop. It's pretty easy to find.
I see a very interesting video. Highlighting a subject I had no idea existed.
Keep em comming mate. Found you a year ago. One of the best tubers on the platform.
But please dont burn yourself out.
1:05
No actually, while working at an bauxite mining company over the summer I had to sort well over 500 land titles, maps, etc and found a lady named elementa and a man named dessentor
Don't be scared of making longer videos. You have great content, an interesting view point, and you already have us watching. More information is never a bad thing. Keep up the good work.
I always watch to the end :)
You did the best job any human being possibly could do given the topic and the range of issues surrounding such topics. You can't please everyone's outrage or soothe many people's egos when they feel that you are not addressing their concerns about issue A or outrage B. You do the best with what you have and you can bet that no matter what you do, these segments of your viewership will almost never be pleased. I feel that you did the best with what information you had available and if things like the cobalt issue can teach you anything, take those lessons and apply them going forward. Keep up the good work.
Haha I was intending to piss off people from north Dakota but I accidentally pissed off the South😃
How do they not know he's from Texas? Fuckin Texas. I'm amazed that he doesn't have an accent.
You can't offend people from north Dakota. Winters make their skin too tough.
Starting this comment at 15:00ish. I watch all of your videos, as I do most videos I start. I find it difficult to understand why people choose to not listen to all of the context of a video before choosing to becoming outraged.
You are great, the cobalt video was well researched and thought provoking, and we love you too. ❤
i love it when channels i watch mention eachother. ive been subd to @ColdFusionTV for forever.
I don't always agree with you or your perception of things, but your "Cobalt Video" was absolutely fantastic, Joe.
Incredibly informative, digestible, objective & it also did the general, UA-cam frequenting public, an incredible service, by shining a much needed light on an important situation that the vast majority of people are completely unaware of, due to an almost absolute absence of coverage, by basically all of the most accessible, mainstream media outlets.
You put way too much stock in the naysayers and what they have to say against you. They are few and far between and you're doing a great job dude. Stay true to yourself it's what got you here
I too like the topics that you touch on. I really like that you do two different segments weekly. Sciency Monday and whatever Thursday. Please keep doing what you do, and be rue to yourself.
Accidentally pissing of the south is easy, just say something true and they will be offended.
Im sure thats fun to say. Highly inaccurate though. Good try!
@@wrangler0829 We found our first offended Southerner! :D
You say accidentally with intent. And define the south.
@@simplyhuman3982 From Wikipoodia:
"Definition of Southerner: Any person, object or animal offended by the statement 'Accidentally pissing of the south is easy, just say something true and they will be offended.' "
@@beaconofwierd1883 so calling out the inaccuracy of a statement indicates that a person is offended?
Super video! TMI is an unusual project and this series is strangely comforting. If things get tense I know I can turn TMI on and bring some of the energy down. There’s something lyrical about your relaxed presentation. Thank you! 🙏
1- loved the blood battery video- well balanced and super k formative. Even better was the links to the evidence. Been looking for the evidence on cobalt in refining fuel
2- I think you’re on the right track with this video. A core video then unpacking or adding to the topic in subsequent videos.
3- I look forward to your next big swing at a big video and deep dive in a topic.
Keep doing what you do. I appreciate your awareness and nuanced approach to the topics you cover.
I really enjoy your videos, pretty much all of them. The cobalt video one however, I absolutely loved! Really informative. Really well rounded and generally just amazing. I really like you style and I look forward to you releasing videos. If you were to make them longer and do a deep dive that is definitely something I would support. Keep it up Joe!
You did great. News flash: you're not perfect. But you are open and honest. This really is fast-changing technology and I appreciate your concise, educational video. Thank you!
Please keep up the good work on all of your videos and OLF I always appreciate how you try to fairly represent the topic of every video.
im so greatful for this channel, one of my favorite corners of the internet for sure
I always look forward to your videos and the cobalt video in particular. No one should ever derive an opinion from one source, not even one as well researched and presented as yours. It is a great synopsis and starting point. I would like to recommend looking up Microfabrica and the technology they develop for any videos you may have coming up about rapid-prototyping/3D printing/microscale additive manufacturing or devices measured in single digit microns with features fractions the wavelength of light. Love your stuff. Keep it up.
Hey Joe! Great video! I really enjoyed your insights to your video making process! Just a few notes: Sulfur makes its own stink! hehe (Relating to your comment about not wanting to make a big stink out of the desulfurization process.)Also, if you do research right, when you're "done," you realize just how little you know about a given topic! Most things are complex and complicated, and have nuances and even different interpretations of the same data, making it even more complex! It is actually a good sign that you go down rabbit holes and find so many things to report on!! It's also time consuming so it's understandable that it doesn't all get included in a video! It can also be a lot of fun to explore and makes the process of discovery all the more rewarding!! Great job and keep 'em coming!
I'd love to see something like a monthly deep dive from you. I'd watch an hour or more with no problem.
Keep it up Joe! I have learned so much from watching your videos, and it has helped broaden my horizon on many topics. I especially like the fact how emotional you are in regards to your themes. It shows that your topics are important to you. And you have an innate skill to present complex material in a simple and easily understandable manner that even I , a german, understands ;-)
Thanks for the effort in researching and making these videos. I think they are brilliant and entertaining.
Love you 2 Joe :)
I watched all of your video and didn't have any problems with it. Great video Joe, love the research and the way the video was ordered.
The cobalt video is definitely one of the most informative videos I've seen you do. I thought it was excellently done. I'm sure that kind of video is a ton of work, but it paid off in spades on that one. PS: I almost always watch videos to the end, unless an outside event interrupts me. I watched the cobalt video all the way through.
Thanks for being a great teacher Joe. Always learning something watching your videos ✌️
Hey Joe.
You have to accept that no matter how much thought and care goes into preparing com, you will never avoid someone not understanding and missinterpreting.
And, let's not forget, there are those who come into this in bad faith.
So, you know, don't flog yourself too harf over it.
I love your videos, most of them anyway, I find them entertaining and most of all mind opening and instructive.
Keep up the good work mon ami.
Great job Joe, appreciate your colourful look on things and the way you present them. Yes, no one person is perfect at what that do but you my friend do a damn good job. I always look forward to viewing you work. Sad to know you'll be dropping one vid a week 'but' am happy to know you'll be extending the one you do. As always, thank you for the work you do. 👍
Joe, I always have and always will watch every moment of your videos. thanks for producing such great content :)
I, for one, enjoy the long form explanations, primarily because these subjects have a LOT of information that really should be included to correctly and fully frame the conversation. Especially when you're discussing material physics and the entire supply line involved. A conversation about EV's needs to include what it means to 1) build the EV, 2) produce the electricity to charge the EV, 3) consider the day when that EV goes to the scrap heap, and 4) all the other things that I'm not about to list in their entirety because I personally can't possibly think of them all. So, I appreciate how much effort you put into being thorough, and worry less about being succinct. People who want to throw down snarks, criticism, etc prior to actually listening to an entire presentation, I agree, should have some metric for measuring just how deeply and completely they, at a minimum, HEARD all you had to say on the subject. Often I'd like to see that myself on the comments I read.
For example, I had no idea you employed a group of production people for getting these videos out. Here I was, wallowing in my ignorance of the process, believing you just put down your remote for 30 minutes a week and started recording. Ok, not quite that but I did believe you were a one-man-band to this point. Wow, Joe's an industry!
Joe, really appreciate your retrospection. Carry on the good work!
Anyone who can think clearly knows that you don’t try to purposely anger people. You always do your research and present a well rounded video. That’s why I watch every one of your videos. I really believe a lot of these people are just angry with their lot in life and take out on the ‘UA-camr’ because it’s safe. Whether they realize it or not, they are unhappy people. Reasonable people KNOW how great you and your channel are!
I have enjoyed watching some of your vids, some interesting subjects, none more so than the the whole Fusion thing and also the Cobalt video. I was glued, and I don't think you should be afraid of making videos covering more complex subject matter in the future.
IMO you are the best UA-camr man keep doing what you are doing! People are just always going to have their opinions especially those who are negative.
Yes more joe I just started watching your main channel binged all content and found this TMI hardly I want more love your stuff thanks for doing what you do
I’m all for the longer videos, but really gonna miss the twice a week on the regular channel. Keep up the great work and doin what you do.
Lots of people have problems with basic comprehension, they don't really listen, just react to some keywords, omitting the context. Keep up the good work, I love it
I think you are one of the most objective, balanced informants out there. it helps with your self deprecating, pejorative humor; that you don't take yourself too seriously. I am on your side, buddy, I promise.
Cheers!!