Singapore is already at the center of the equator so it's freakin hot in the first place + pollution + global warming + no forests on that small island. Welps your neighbours are suffering too dw
"Climate change may expose 1.5 billion people in South Asia to potentially lethal heat and humidity in the near future" news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/south-asia-heat-waves-temperature-rise-global-warming-climate-change/
@@potatoes402 Aircon transfers the heat & also produce heat, aircon uses electricity right? It is converted into mechanical energy + waste heat energy.
@@Zyleace i know that almost everything produce heat if you want to be technical. What im saying is, that little heat that you guys keep mentioning isn't really the main factor of global warming or something. Heck im sure my laptop generate more "extra" heat than aircon. Electric stove and other electronic stuff also produce heat more than an aircon does. Its the way it moves the extra heat to atmosphere that aircon is a problem rather than the heat it generates itself.
@@potatoes402 climate Change is Not due to air cons. It is due to emitted co2 , Methan and other greenhousegases. The Problem with air cons is the heat inside of the building gets transported outside increasing the city heat Island effect.
Same Here in the Philippines, That;s what happens when your country is surrounded by bodies of water, Only difference is when it gets too hot here, it gets cloudy, which eventually lead to wet season.
See there’s a huge paradox here: build high rises, which take up less space and are generally better for land use, less invasive for green areas. Urban sprawl destroys wild areas and is terrible land use. But then high rises can destroy underground aquifers and generate a lot of heat and overpopulation. Real head scratcher right there.
Arcsecant there’s no quality of life if the air is polluted as all hell due to burning wild land to build more houses though. I live in a city with a massive urban sprawl problem and believe me, unmanaged urban sprawl does not always equal to quality or life. It’s not really one or the other, there’s gotta be a balance between the two models.
Yea i live in indonesia and here is already hot. But when i go to singapore, for the first hour i was like "holy sh*t wtf is this". And then i saw someone cycling, in this hell, at 12 o'clock.
@@giovannaevangeline4956 complain when its 47c in the peak of summer like it is in america.... with 70-80% humidity and we dont have high rises like yall do...
Yes I live in Jakarta too & I can clarify that I always think that Singapore is sometimes hotter than Jakarta, I first thought this was just my imagination but after seeing this video, it confirmed my suspicion. Interesting findings!
I do not switch on the aircon in my room (and I work from my room too)... meaning trying my best to endure the SG heat with jus my trusting old fan. I take mrt/bus, and dont own a car. I try to being my own shopping bag as much as I can. And also re-using & recycle... just hope this little bit can help and that the next generation can still have a chance to live in a more "livable" SG/earth.
Feel that the biggest contributors are schools & shopping malls in Singapore, their aircons usually are put at 19-20 degrees!! We need to save ourselves...
If you go to MBS convention halls at night, you can have a good feel of arctic life. Dont know why the always blames the consumers and ask us to save electricity, when the biggest wastage comes from businesses.
The biggest culprits for the climate change dont come from homes, but from commercial buildings, hotels and shopping malls, If you ever work in those places you will know why. Dont even know how many billions of electricity they wasted on unneeded lights and super cold air con areas that you can keep a polar bear happy in. Anyway, the lesson learned from this video is that if you live at the hight level, dont install a air con, as your electricity bills will be higher then the rest. I wonder when your ah gongs can start thinking right and allow solar panels to be installed individual houses to cut down on power station electricity use.
These aircons actually don't do much to actually affect climate change since all they really do is swap out heat in a small area. Pollution from power is a little lower since SG primarily uses natural gas for power. Basically, SG is at the mercy of just how much greenhouse gas the rest of the world pumps out.
@@pawala7 You need to learn more about Urban Heat Island effect. More than a dozen cities of India now, including New Delhi, experience 5-8 degree Celsius higher temperatures as compared to 10 sq Km outside the city limits. This happens only during the summers. Take a guess why winters don't see any significant temperature differences in these neighbourhood places.
@@DEVESHPANDEY23 prolly cuz the high rises cuts down the air n traps the heat... doesnt mean that the actual weather hampers it more like the high rises around traps the heat inwards... has nothing to do with aircons... manila is hotter cuz lack of wind cutting thru cuz the high rises blocks it... so the heat gets trapped with in....u go just outside of it u feel a major difference
Revisiting this in 2023 where temperatures reached record levels in Singapore and realised that within the past 4 years nothing substantial was put into place to tackle this. We are just building and building without any recourse. Or the strategies in place have yet to prove effective in any way. Personally, I think proper urban planning is very important. Where I stay, we used to have strong breeze coming into our unit or estate but since the opposite land had been built up, there's barely any breeze.
Yes 100% agree, in sembawang, a huge forested area has been removed to build dozens and dozens of HDB and condos and a new town canberra. Can definitely feel the heat. No more greenery. 😢
As a Malaysian that often visit Singapore when I was younger, I do feel concerned for my neighbouring country. It is mostly urban landscapes and filled with pollutions. What makes it worse is that Singapore is located on the equator, which is crazy hot you guys. Malaysia is densely populated with trees yet it still feels hot. I notice the difference every time I arrive back in Malaysia. Good to know that there is a documentary covering about the rising temperature.
Not hot when your area is covered naturally by trees. I studied in UIA, just 4km from Batu Caves. Even so, the difference in temperature is huge. I would instantly feel chilled when entering UIA area.
I thought that it is suppose to be cooler at higher level due to stronger winds? Also take note thay lower floor tend to be more susceptible to mosquitos.
lxy315lxy hot air rises! So I suppose that the higher vents would take in the hot air from below. Also higher floors may receive more wind only if they’re unblocked (but such cases are getting rarer with the increase in the number of taller hdbs being built). Otherwise, the only wind you get is hot wind since the heat gets trapped by the buildings
as a person who had stayed on the ground floor of hdb for 18 years and occasionally visit my aunt who live on the 38th floor of another hdb, uhm nope... It's cooler on top
I think we need: 1. new air-conditioning technology, a breakthrough 2. Better city planning 3. Better public transportations and services 4. Strictly limit private vehicles ownership
The planet needs no fixing. It will heal itself. The one needs fixing are people. Having lots of kids just because people can afford? Earth's resources can only support so much. Deforestation to make way for giant enterprise to feed the ever growing population? That's another one. And that's just two among the myriads of problem human is facing today. Oh, I forgot, majority of the greedy filthy rich people doesn't even care. So I guess we'll just have to wait until mum earth will one day decide to ditch us all at once. Maybe she waiting that huge asteroid to wipe us all sacrificing earth itself as well lmao. I just live my life to a minimum, eat less, contribute by actually planting trees in my humble small lot which is now full of 6year old trees and some veggies. It's very minimal but at least I limit my consumption of everything.
So as always, the country's message to its people is that we as individual citizens have to make sacrifices that do not make much difference, while they do not have solutions to really tackle the rising temperature. And also big office buildings and malls continue to contribute to most of the heat with their insanely cold air conditioners and heat generating building designs.
"Builds many buildings to accommodate foreign population" - i sleep "There is a 4 degree difference in LIM CHU KANG and ORCHARD ROAD" - *R E A L S H I T*
It literally is the "Heat Island" effect XD. Singapore just took the stereotype to the next level! Jokes aside, its just too many buildings clustered together in a warm tropical island. The level of heat produced and accumulated is astounding! The use of cooling systems just increases ambient heat further! The glass on the building doesn't help - ask the Japanese about it, they are changing it to low reflective glass!
I remember everytime I was released from school I would almost melt away in the scorching afternoon heat when I had to walk a 5-10 mins walk to the mrt station in my uncomfortable uniform.
@@blazingfire_0712 Philippines average monthly relative humidty varies between 71 percent in March and 85 percent in September with heat index values between 41 and 54 degrees Celsius
It takes more than just 1 individual to slow down global warming. Even I don't use air conditioners while sleeping. To slow down global warming by a small amount of individuals is not enough. We all need to understand what will happen if we don't care for the environment.
No wonder why last friday was soo hot i didnt attend PE cuz its sooo hot and its weird cuz january is the coldest month and june is the hottest Edit:lol im getting singlish replies
At the start of the video we all saw how these predictions 4 years ago had been met in Year 2023. Last week, Ang Mo Kio Town had hit 37 degrees at night!
Just be an ordinary citizen. Take public transport and don't install aircon in your home. That way you save not only safe the earth but your body as well. And suggest to the government not to built hdb flats near to each other. At least the next building should be 5 metres away from you. Only then you dont feel suffocated, and you can breathe easily. Say no to global warming
@@victorshx LMAO. The Earth does not care about humans at all. It has no consciousness, it just exists. With or without human's interruptions it makes no different. Save yourselves, you filthy humans, otherwise, you are paving the way to your own graves.
There are many good idead in the comments but, we specifically developed a product for situations like this. Special type of coating with Ceramic and Aerogel that stops heat transfer by up to 50% on buildings. It is is an amazing material and provides countless advantages, however, I think construction sector is way too slow at adapting new technologies and most contractors are just cretaures of habit. If anybody from Singapore and works (or plan to work in construction sector) please don't hesitate to reach out. We would love to share more information and possibly collaborate with you.
it's good but as he said, the problem isn't only heat, but also humidity (AC remove both humidity and heat, and no, you can't remove only the humidity)
I have lived in the middle of the Thar desert in Rajasthan,India for over two years. Summer tempertaures used to reach 48 to 50 degrees in the open. To survive in such extreme temperatures you must follow the native folk, wear large turbans, buildings are made of local sandstone and they conserve every bit of water. Singapore gets pampered by its prosperity. I recall a much laid back Singapore with its attap roofed houses, cool kampongs, before high rise buildings came with heavily paved roads and pollution from overuse of fossil fuel. Singapore cannot go back to that village life. But it can stop reckless urban development now itself. Global warming is a reality for Singapore. The heated up sea is rising and will reclaim its shores soon.
In Germany where I am born, houses are insulated to not waste heat energy. They have double pane thermo-insulating windows, and thick insulation materials inside the walls. In Singapore we need to keep the heat out, but it is the same. We need to keep the heat out to safe energy and pollution. But the windows are made with thin glass single pane, even for expensive condos, the walls thin. That is where it all starts. Then the greens. You may say Singapore is so green. Yes, it i. But about 15 - 10 years ago I saw massive pruning everywhere. At least in my area that has contributed a lot to heat up the concrete of houses and roads. The climate has become remarkable hotter, in particular at night. While in daytime the temperatures may be similar, yet the nights in Malaysia just 100 km to the north are remarkably cooler, nicer. Or at least they feel cooler.
Global warming's answer is pretty much that. But the best we can do is learn to live purely off of fans and electrically-run transportation only. Which isn't that hard, especially the former. I've got some fans that could really compete or even surpass the average air-con.
I live in a inland town in Sarawak, about the same latitude as Singapore. It was December last year(2019) i visited Singapore, the heat is my first impression about Singapore. Despite frequent rain, sometimes a few huge downpour a day that floods the pathways, the streets will heat up within an hour or two like there was no rain at all. The one week stay there was really nice but the heat is rather disturbing.
I live on the top floor. I haven't used air con in years. Mother keep nagging about bills, and air con keeps breaking down and spewing hot air instead. Glad to not be part of the problem. Hope others follow suit.
I only on my air con when I sleep and it's usually at like 26 - 27 degrees celcius and I also barely use the fan in the living room ya'll can just like start by slowly making your aircon hotter and hotter until you reach around 24 - 25 degrees and also try using your fan instead of air con
Therefore what Singapore needs to definitely do is, to build an air conditioned glass dome covering the whole island with an even huger waterfall just like the one at the airport.
Then they would have to deal with increasing population. But if they neglect the population growth than they would have to deal with global warming because of high rise buildings. So its a lose-lose situation right here.
Bro, HDB or Hi-Rise builidng are the ones that save more SPACE for a small country like singapore ! It is the LANDED housing that are wasting so much space ! Just a few hundreds landed housing area are already more than enough to equal to a few THOUSAND HDB homes.
Cleeon Virlief You are, we had temperatures of 38 degrees last year. It is also a lot tougher for us as we do not have air conditioning in our homes and our houses are designed to keep heat in.
@@Ossulstone here now in my city, inside east Java province, daily temp is 29 celcius but feel like 35 celcius and I don't like this feels, can't imagine with 38 as your place
@@Cleeon Luckily it is only a few weeks in the summer that it gets that bad, but it is unbearable when it happens. It's been getting a lot warmer here because of global warming, I imagine it's the same with you. Hopefully the trend is reversed soon.
@@Ossulstone here, we don't think the heat caused by global warming, but the activity of Krakatoa mountain, it seems make peoples worry here and the covid 19 case still happening 😑
It's so puzzling that in Hong Kong and Singapore people are infinitely obsessed with air conditioning. Due to the amount of humidity and the amount of heat, it is actually feasible and quite effective to use a fan instead. By evaporating the humidity which condenses on someone's body, that actually produces a cooling effect which is already sufficient for someone's needs in a small room
I would argue that humidity is why aircon is much more effective, air conditioners can reduce the humidity in the room alongside the temperature. If you’re using a fan in high humidity and heat, the fan just blows hot and humid air at you which doesn’t do much to evaporate your sweat
Another source omitted: Open drains were covered up to form concrete footpath. But the covered drains trapped a lot of heat. If u walk over some parts with metal grills, u can feel steams of hot air even at 12am midnight. These covered drain networks are like floor heating that keep urban areas warm even at night.
We are all raising concern about global warming and what not, yet government is still approving building of buildings that consume alot like malls and housing estates. Not only our smart devices, allowing the intake of E devices (e-bike,e-scooters etc..) and the late control of the cars contribute sooo much too. Burning fossil fuels for electricity to cater to EVERYONE, are all very lump sum of contribution to the environment. What's worse is that with such a small land , we are using over whelming amount of power and energy usage. Yet, we still close one eye and let it happen. Since government is controlling smokers, why can't they control something MORE IMPORTANT
@@thinkabout288 they're always ready to change something to make this dying country look good to foreigners, however, ignoring the fact that it is dying. Feels bad
We need a one child policy right now, more people more hdb, more people more crowded.. maybe thanos was right after all. We wouldn’t want Singapore to become like Hong kong
This video said exactly what I wanna say. Forests are earth's natural aircons. Now with more deforestation, the temperature is rising and we can alr feel the effect but the deforestation is not stopping. More and more buildings are being built and more and more people using aircons due to hot weather. It is like a vicious cycle.😢
I visited SG in 2004 & on the 2nd day there, I got sick because of so much heat weather. I had sinus infection triggered by the unbearable hot & too humid weather.
It’s impossible that Singapore was 24 degrees Celsius in the 1950s. It’s right on the equator, where temperature is constant without hardly any seasonal variations!
The whole point of environmentalism and controlling our heat immision / carbon footprint is never about our own selfish selves. It's for our children, and our children's children. For the generations that come after us. I personally do not want us to be touted as the generation that destroyed the planet because of greed and short sightedness.
Every 40 year we got 1 degree Celsius increase.. now we are average 27 degree Celsius. By the time reach 32 degree celsius, our body will be unable to do physical exercise outdoor.. then if it reaches 35 degree Celsius (due to the high humidity), being outdoor would be hazardous to health due to the body’s inability to cool down even if we perspire. I believe by the time my son reach mid thirties in 2050, he may have to deal with heatwaves of 40 degree celsius a few days in Summer.. by then, their life will definitely be more difficult. I can’t imagine going outdoors may someday kill you. So I shall cherish my days in Singapore going outdoor as much as possible with him.
Coming from the Philippines, I find Singapore's weather tolerable because there is less pollution and pockets of greenery within the city as oppose to Philippine cities. I went there a few weeks ago and I didn't complain about the heat even though I sweat a lot bec at night, I feel like my skin is not so sticky that I don't need to take a shower but in the Philippines it's different bec after a long day being expose to external elements, you feel like you're so dirty that you need to go shower every single day.
Singapore is already at the center of the equator so it's freakin hot in the first place + pollution + global warming + no forests on that small island. Welps your neighbours are suffering too dw
"Climate change may expose 1.5 billion people in South Asia to potentially lethal heat and humidity in the near future"
news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/south-asia-heat-waves-temperature-rise-global-warming-climate-change/
And Indonesia always be the factory of haze , they burnt their forest
@@cheemsdoge977 you mean Malaysia and Singapore corporate that run coal mining and crude palm oil?
Hengky Larc En Ciel nope , but Indonesia always create haze
Water is good storage of heat so world got hot a island country also got hotter.
From what I see from the video, it's the result of
1. Singapore is located near the equator.
2. Building trapping heat.
3. Heat generated by Aircon.
But aircon doesn't produce heat... It simply transfer the heat though
@@potatoes402 Aircon transfers the heat & also produce heat, aircon uses electricity right? It is converted into mechanical energy + waste heat energy.
@@potatoes402 Basically it uses electricity and like every energy when consumed or transformed, produces waste heat.
@@Zyleace i know that almost everything produce heat if you want to be technical. What im saying is, that little heat that you guys keep mentioning isn't really the main factor of global warming or something. Heck im sure my laptop generate more "extra" heat than aircon. Electric stove and other electronic stuff also produce heat more than an aircon does. Its the way it moves the extra heat to atmosphere that aircon is a problem rather than the heat it generates itself.
@@potatoes402 climate Change is Not due to air cons. It is due to emitted co2 , Methan and other greenhousegases. The Problem with air cons is the heat inside of the building gets transported outside increasing the city heat Island effect.
Singapore don't want to lose in global warming as well, must reach hottest temperature fastest compared to other countries.
lol
Kiasu in all aspects lol
@@seanlee5334 they hear the phrase "global warming" they become restless thinking how to become number one in global warming.
hahaha
@@domestorobot it hurts that you're right 😂
The "breeze" in singapore is literally hot air.
Same Here in the Philippines, That;s what happens when your country is surrounded by bodies of water, Only difference is when it gets too hot here, it gets cloudy, which eventually lead to wet season.
You can also call it the anti-freeze
Exactly
See there’s a huge paradox here: build high rises, which take up less space and are generally better for land use, less invasive for green areas. Urban sprawl destroys wild areas and is terrible land use. But then high rises can destroy underground aquifers and generate a lot of heat and overpopulation. Real head scratcher right there.
It's like you want to be more efficient, but not too efficient.
The answer is urban sprawl. That way humans have a better quality of life.
Arcsecant there’s no quality of life if the air is polluted as all hell due to burning wild land to build more houses though. I live in a city with a massive urban sprawl problem and believe me, unmanaged urban sprawl does not always equal to quality or life. It’s not really one or the other, there’s gotta be a balance between the two models.
The only way I see is that to control population growth
"how can you have a civilization without such contradictions"
That's a lot of heat
Ray Mak now i know malaysia is dancin flosin
Im. Malsyasian and lol
Thats a lot of damage..
@@muhamadrashid4806 Phil Swift goes to KL
Now how about a little more?
Yea i live in indonesia and here is already hot. But when i go to singapore, for the first hour i was like "holy sh*t wtf is this". And then i saw someone cycling, in this hell, at 12 o'clock.
ki jssn probably saw me 😂😂😂 bcos I do cycle at noon lol
hey im Indonesian here and i live in sg now. dont get it wrong but smh jkt felt 0.5/1°C colder than sg
@@giovannaevangeline4956 complain when its 47c in the peak of summer like it is in america.... with 70-80% humidity and we dont have high rises like yall do...
Indonesia is survivable. It does get very hot tho
Yes I live in Jakarta too & I can clarify that I always think that Singapore is sometimes hotter than Jakarta, I first thought this was just my imagination but after seeing this video, it confirmed my suspicion. Interesting findings!
CNA is creating Good contents!! Good job!!
For once....
Zea
Singapore: Heating up faster 2x
Philippines: First time?
ahaha
Hahaha. 😂😂
tapos wala pang aircon ..
mas mainit sa singapore
sasabihin ko palang AHHAHAHH
This video was posted 4 years ago and now we are feeling it
I do not switch on the aircon in my room (and I work from my room too)... meaning trying my best to endure the SG heat with jus my trusting old fan. I take mrt/bus, and dont own a car. I try to being my own shopping bag as much as I can. And also re-using & recycle... just hope this little bit can help and that the next generation can still have a chance to live in a more "livable" SG/earth.
Every bit helps :)
I have the aircorn at full blast now.DISAPPOINTED.Thanks for ur contribution.i will try to be more eviromentally savy
Respect.i can't sleep without air con... Omg. Too pampered alr
i use aircon but i switch it off before i go to sleep i didnt know people slept with their aircon i thought what i did was what
everyone did
@@keonie_ i use the aircorn all night
Feel that the biggest contributors are schools & shopping malls in Singapore, their aircons usually are put at 19-20 degrees!! We need to save ourselves...
If you go to MBS convention halls at night, you can have a good feel of arctic life. Dont know why the always blames the consumers and ask us to save electricity, when the biggest wastage comes from businesses.
Wait what u have aircon is skools??!?!?
Ashmit Resh some rooms like the computer lab
@@nothingheremeh3522 bruh polytechnics
@@zenithrebel oh ok xD
The biggest culprits for the climate change dont come from homes, but from commercial buildings, hotels and shopping malls, If you ever work in those places you will know why. Dont even know how many billions of electricity they wasted on unneeded lights and super cold air con areas that you can keep a polar bear happy in.
Anyway, the lesson learned from this video is that if you live at the hight level, dont install a air con, as your electricity bills will be higher then the rest.
I wonder when your ah gongs can start thinking right and allow solar panels to be installed individual houses to cut down on power station electricity use.
These aircons actually don't do much to actually affect climate change since all they really do is swap out heat in a small area. Pollution from power is a little lower since SG primarily uses natural gas for power. Basically, SG is at the mercy of just how much greenhouse gas the rest of the world pumps out.
Man the biggest culprits are human Hunger for urbanization.
@@pawala7 You need to learn more about Urban Heat Island effect. More than a dozen cities of India now, including New Delhi, experience 5-8 degree Celsius higher temperatures as compared to 10 sq Km outside the city limits. This happens only during the summers. Take a guess why winters don't see any significant temperature differences in these neighbourhood places.
@@DEVESHPANDEY23 prolly cuz the high rises cuts down the air n traps the heat... doesnt mean that the actual weather hampers it more like the high rises around traps the heat inwards... has nothing to do with aircons...
manila is hotter cuz lack of wind cutting thru cuz the high rises blocks it... so the heat gets trapped with in....u go just outside of it u feel a major difference
In many places in the US. The wealthy people tend to live at the top anyways, would it not be the same for singapore?
i live in indonesia and when i went to singapore for a vacation i was surprised of how hot the weather was
now i know why
Revisiting this in 2023 where temperatures reached record levels in Singapore and realised that within the past 4 years nothing substantial was put into place to tackle this. We are just building and building without any recourse. Or the strategies in place have yet to prove effective in any way.
Personally, I think proper urban planning is very important. Where I stay, we used to have strong breeze coming into our unit or estate but since the opposite land had been built up, there's barely any breeze.
Tengah centralised cooling system bro
Yes 100% agree, in sembawang, a huge forested area has been removed to build dozens and dozens of HDB and condos and a new town canberra. Can definitely feel the heat. No more greenery. 😢
@@sintinglb Redhill also 😢
Lies again? Evil Angel HDB Paris
I dont use aircon at my home. 👀
That's why it's called the Red Dot
I see what you did there.
Why not holo? XD
What red dot?
@@AkhilSinghKhyalia Singapore is located on a very small island and is independent. Maybe go to Google Maps and see for yourself what it has to offer.
I have been to Singapore but I just didn't knew that it was also called the red dot.
As a Malaysian that often visit Singapore when I was younger, I do feel concerned for my neighbouring country.
It is mostly urban landscapes and filled with pollutions. What makes it worse is that Singapore is located on the equator, which is crazy hot you guys. Malaysia is densely populated with trees yet it still feels hot. I notice the difference every time I arrive back in Malaysia.
Good to know that there is a documentary covering about the rising temperature.
Not hot when your area is covered naturally by trees.
I studied in UIA, just 4km from Batu Caves. Even so, the difference in temperature is huge.
I would instantly feel chilled when entering UIA area.
Come to Penang, full of tress and surrounded by mountains, it's coolings ..
@@Tom-cf5lk True.I live in penang too.
@@nyxiauwu and nasi kandaq
@@Tom-cf5lk the area in Georgetown is quite hot
1 good reason to choose a lower floor HDB / BTO flat.
Lvl 3 for me
What okey my house is 40th storey high thhough
I thought that it is suppose to be cooler at higher level due to stronger winds? Also take note thay lower floor tend to be more susceptible to mosquitos.
lxy315lxy hot air rises! So I suppose that the higher vents would take in the hot air from below.
Also higher floors may receive more wind only if they’re unblocked (but such cases are getting rarer with the increase in the number of taller hdbs being built). Otherwise, the only wind you get is hot wind since the heat gets trapped by the buildings
as a person who had stayed on the ground floor of hdb for 18 years and occasionally visit my aunt who live on the 38th floor of another hdb, uhm nope... It's cooler on top
I think we need:
1. new air-conditioning technology, a breakthrough
2. Better city planning
3. Better public transportations and services
4. Strictly limit private vehicles ownership
Yes
maybe use the AC hot air to make power
What we need is Earth2.0 but we'll be long dead by then.
Johannes Wöhler Why not try to fix our planet instead of escaping from our problems?
The planet needs no fixing. It will heal itself. The one needs fixing are people. Having lots of kids just because people can afford? Earth's resources can only support so much. Deforestation to make way for giant enterprise to feed the ever growing population? That's another one. And that's just two among the myriads of problem human is facing today. Oh, I forgot, majority of the greedy filthy rich people doesn't even care. So I guess we'll just have to wait until mum earth will one day decide to ditch us all at once. Maybe she waiting that huge asteroid to wipe us all sacrificing earth itself as well lmao. I just live my life to a minimum, eat less, contribute by actually planting trees in my humble small lot which is now full of 6year old trees and some veggies. It's very minimal but at least I limit my consumption of everything.
Worth my time watching.. love from malaysia 🇲🇾
First reduce the over airconditioning in public buses
And underground MRTs
nooooooo I depend on the air con on bus for after school
And some shopping malls especially the movie theatre and kopitiam of some malls are too cold
No way.the buses are always crowded..the air con gives us respite from the smells and heat
Which is more efficient 10 car with 10-12 people with air conditioning or 5 buses with 5-7 air conditioning
So as always, the country's message to its people is that we as individual citizens have to make sacrifices that do not make much difference, while they do not have solutions to really tackle the rising temperature. And also big office buildings and malls continue to contribute to most of the heat with their insanely cold air conditioners and heat generating building designs.
Yes it's true in singapore here is DAMN HOT!!!
I hope it doesn't rise above 50 degrees Celsius, it's too high
Since there's no winter, it's literally hell everyday. Never thanked rain this much lol
@@eyemann5706 True. If singaporr have winter, we won't be facing this issues...
Lah
Well it's right in the equator .. +the addition of pollution, lack of forests, and as explained in the video, humidity levels
If they made thermal power plants Singapore would become Singarich
Lol
They rich already
@Spicy Dunk grammar idiot.. not everyones first language is English. Everyone makes mistakes.
@cyosins lols
@@angeloibanez2387 lols
"Builds many buildings to accommodate foreign population"
- i sleep
"There is a 4 degree difference in LIM CHU KANG and ORCHARD ROAD"
- *R E A L S H I T*
4 degrees can do alot of damage
"Foreign populations" are the reason why financial centers like Dubai and Singapore can even exist. Deport them all and watch your city crumble.
1st world countries are build by using foreign slaves.
@The Republic will you do all the jobs they do?
Didn't think so.
@@Oceansta so u are supporting modern slavery? duh
It literally is the "Heat Island" effect XD. Singapore just took the stereotype to the next level! Jokes aside, its just too many buildings clustered together in a warm tropical island. The level of heat produced and accumulated is astounding! The use of cooling systems just increases ambient heat further! The glass on the building doesn't help - ask the Japanese about it, they are changing it to low reflective glass!
Once upon a time, there were such things as passive cooling techniques. Sadly, very few arhitects, engineers and urban planners use these nowadays.
I remember everytime I was released from school I would almost melt away in the scorching afternoon heat when I had to walk a 5-10 mins walk to the mrt station in my uncomfortable uniform.
At least you did not wear Malaysia's school uniform (Baju Kurung and Tudung) to school. No one can relate us
Singapore : We are going to be really, REALLY hot.
Corona : *Let me stop you there*
@@ringoo34 nah still hot as hell at home
Nope, the airconditioner will require more energy because the whole family is at home and the aircon will release more heat.
This is a great content. Really an eye opener
Himm high tempt and humidity. Tried living in a rice cooker lately anyone?
ualuuanie conspiracy we are all rice and this is a simulation
@@lvminous I chuckled, thanks.
Philippines at the Heat Index of 50°c
: You are tryin me oh
Sebastian delos Santos humidity really changes the how hot the weather is, 40 degrees with 20% humidity is fine, but with 90% humidity is hell
@@blazingfire_0712 yeeeeee
42 is the highest
@@-cutekey2454 highest what?
@@blazingfire_0712 Philippines average monthly relative humidty varies between 71 percent in March and 85 percent in September with heat index values between 41 and 54 degrees Celsius
It takes more than just 1 individual to slow down global warming. Even I don't use air conditioners while sleeping. To slow down global warming by a small amount of individuals is not enough. We all need to understand what will happen if we don't care for the environment.
i was in singapore from December 18 - 27, it was freaking hot there man...
Come to Pakistan i will show you what hot 🔥 is called
ItsBackPacker i am from pakistan, i know what “hot” is. i also live in Qatar, a DESERT. temperatures reach up to 50°C here.
@@s4ify Lol, this thread. What a small world.
@@kameraadthomas lol
So hot you literally sweat again 5 minutes after taking a bath.
so sweat IN the shower.
@@PHlophe lol
Wtf, is that real?
@@420cm Chile !
Same in vietnam, unless there's a lot of trees surrounding the house
*Indonesian smog joins the server*
Yeah that too
I DONT WANT A PSI OF 401 AGAIN
*server leaves the server*
NorthernStal CPR y'all hi PSI means no work
Doesn't it stop since like 2 years ago? Haven't back to Riau for quite long time. Never heard any news about it
@@GierlangBhaktiPutra Happens annually.
"I've been to the year 3000
Not much has changed
But they lived underwater
Cool. How's your great great great granddaughter?
Makes sense
is it easier to "aircon" there and then?
@@sjappie5034 I heard she was pretty fine
No wonder why last friday was soo hot i didnt attend PE cuz its sooo hot and its weird cuz january is the coldest month and june is the hottest
Edit:lol im getting singlish replies
Now january still hot af
Lmao well, it’s cool in Malaysia 🤷🏻♀️
Yah loh damn hot sia not doing anything also can sweat alot
@@fujoshialltheway4639 Ikr so cool, thunderstorms (:
CNY season
At the start of the video we all saw how these predictions 4 years ago had been met in Year 2023. Last week, Ang Mo Kio Town had hit 37 degrees at night!
The real problem here is the Greens are slowly changed to Buildings🤷🏻
From greens to grays literally
Just be an ordinary citizen. Take public transport and don't install aircon in your home. That way you save not only safe the earth but your body as well. And suggest to the government not to built hdb flats near to each other. At least the next building should be 5 metres away from you. Only then you dont feel suffocated, and you can breathe easily. Say no to global warming
Yes...that's true..
Hmm, just care about ourselves first. The Earth will save its own.
@@victorshx "the earth will save its own " what do you even mean?
@@victorshx LMAO. The Earth does not care about humans at all. It has no consciousness, it just exists. With or without human's interruptions it makes no different. Save yourselves, you filthy humans, otherwise, you are paving the way to your own graves.
Lol are you stupid? don't install aircon at Singapore is a suicide I better be selfish than having a heat stroke..
Singapore: Heating up for 2x
Philippines: Hold up my beer
No wonder I wake up sweating despite having my fan at full speed.
a fan ain't gonna cut it
There are many good idead in the comments but, we specifically developed a product for situations like this. Special type of coating with Ceramic and Aerogel that stops heat transfer by up to 50% on buildings.
It is is an amazing material and provides countless advantages, however, I think construction sector is way too slow at adapting new technologies and most contractors are just cretaures of habit.
If anybody from Singapore and works (or plan to work in construction sector) please don't hesitate to reach out. We would love to share more information and possibly collaborate with you.
it's good but as he said, the problem isn't only heat, but also humidity (AC remove both humidity and heat, and no, you can't remove only the humidity)
3:47 basically Singapore in a nutshell
Singapore being the hottest country soon? That's how mafia works.
Edit: Yooooo, that's hot, that's hot ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@officialdiscorderiz5904 mafia works how mafia works 👍
lvl 100 boss lah
@Kingseeker 1089 Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh, you dk how mafia works lah :)
man yall are lame af
@@HiHi-vs2tk no u
Hong Kong: already 35°C at 90% humidity in the summer
Also Hong Kong: work goo brrrrr
I have lived in the middle of the Thar desert in Rajasthan,India for over two years. Summer tempertaures used to reach 48 to 50 degrees in the open. To survive in such extreme temperatures you must follow the native folk, wear large turbans, buildings are made of local sandstone and they conserve every bit of water. Singapore gets pampered by its prosperity. I recall a much laid back Singapore with its attap roofed houses, cool kampongs, before high rise buildings came with heavily paved roads and pollution from overuse of fossil fuel. Singapore cannot go back to that village life. But it can stop reckless urban development now itself. Global warming is a reality for Singapore. The heated up sea is rising and will reclaim its shores soon.
In Germany where I am born, houses are insulated to not waste heat energy. They have double pane thermo-insulating windows, and thick insulation materials inside the walls.
In Singapore we need to keep the heat out, but it is the same. We need to keep the heat out to safe energy and pollution. But the windows are made with thin glass single pane, even for expensive condos, the walls thin. That is where it all starts.
Then the greens. You may say Singapore is so green. Yes, it i. But about 15 - 10 years ago I saw massive pruning everywhere. At least in my area that has contributed a lot to heat up the concrete of houses and roads. The climate has become remarkable hotter, in particular at night.
While in daytime the temperatures may be similar, yet the nights in Malaysia just 100 km to the north are remarkably cooler, nicer. Or at least they feel cooler.
GUYS THE THUMBNAIL WAS MY HOME OMGOMGOMG!!!
Our Government wants us to endure it and not to use the air con so that we can keep our utility bills down as they keep increasing it.
I have hope that they aren't that greedy.
@@LunarEdge7 I have bad news for you because they can be that greedy.
LunarSkyWolf7 i you new to singapore? Everything gov tax
So the solution is to live with it?
Leverage on high pay, accumulate wealth buy property live off rent and get the hell away from this toxic negative city. TTS what I did
@@ahnana833 I wish.. I'm so broke :/
@@ahnana833 tell that to my father
One day it will be too hot to have property there.
Global warming's answer is pretty much that.
But the best we can do is learn to live purely off of fans and electrically-run transportation only.
Which isn't that hard, especially the former. I've got some fans that could really compete or even surpass the average air-con.
I live in a inland town in Sarawak, about the same latitude as Singapore. It was December last year(2019) i visited Singapore, the heat is my first impression about Singapore. Despite frequent rain, sometimes a few huge downpour a day that floods the pathways, the streets will heat up within an hour or two like there was no rain at all. The one week stay there was really nice but the heat is rather disturbing.
This is perfectly edited!!
I live on the top floor. I haven't used air con in years. Mother keep nagging about bills, and air con keeps breaking down and spewing hot air instead.
Glad to not be part of the problem.
Hope others follow suit.
I only on my air con when I sleep and it's usually at like 26 - 27 degrees celcius and I also barely use the fan in the living room ya'll can just like start by slowly making your aircon hotter and hotter until you reach around 24 - 25 degrees and also try using your fan instead of air con
also you can try to only on the air con for 30 min to cool the room then use fan for the rest
@Arminius i cant even withstand 25 because too cold
@@ryunken518 I can only dream of being like you. Can't feel the nice cold breeze until it's at 22 or 21.
@@LunarEdge7 I was getting cold at 25 what is you metabolism man.
Honestly sometimes i feel quite heat resistant and sleep without aircon or fan or even open the windows but still comfortable
Watching this while enjoying ice kacang. Irony
Your ice kacang is from fridge, sounds legit.
3:19 that's a good tip to recommend to live on the ground floor. It saves you a lot of money from paying electric bills and you can get out easily.
No wonder its very very humid there when i visited the country but despite of the humid the country is so beautiful and clean
This is a good refresher.
Singapore is HOT AF. Im from a hot country but damn, i didnt expect the heat on singapore.
We cut down so many trees to build new housing for new citizens, our temperature already reached 37 degrees this year in 2023😔
Feels good to watch a video without Uncle Sam's imperial system of units.
One of the most informative shows from
CNA.
Really good visuals. Great job 👍
Therefore what Singapore needs to definitely do is, to build an air conditioned glass dome covering the whole island with an even huger waterfall just like the one at the airport.
Because they have a really small country and they still want to make a really big city on the island 😕
asyraf Danish Because China will take them over if they don’t
@@Adriel_HD or Malaysia and Indonesia will take them...
Ryandra Akbar better with Malaysia
@@keroro_hi better with britain 😂
Ryandra Akbar too far
Vertical gradens might be a solution but very expensive.
This video, apart from the educational content, has really awesome editing!
Great that you rise this problem. 👍
Government should really stop building more HDB Flats
Edit: or maybe think of other ways to overcome population growth
Then they would have to deal with increasing population. But if they neglect the population growth than they would have to deal with global warming because of high rise buildings. So its a lose-lose situation right here.
Bro, HDB or Hi-Rise builidng are the ones that save more SPACE for a small country like singapore ! It is the LANDED housing that are wasting so much space ! Just a few hundreds landed housing area are already more than enough to equal to a few THOUSAND HDB homes.
Than where are you gonna stay? Where will the future generations stay?
where will people stay then
Like the one child policy?
Great production work by CNA to highlight this issue. Hopefully the authorities appreciate the gravity and enact aircon tax to rectify the issue :p
oh god please don't give them any more reasons to increase the already high tax in sg...
This heat trapped effect is also what causes London to be warmer than the surrounding areas.
Ooh really, I guess 25 degree celcius is the hottest of London ever have, is I'm wrong ?
Cleeon Virlief You are, we had temperatures of 38 degrees last year.
It is also a lot tougher for us as we do not have air conditioning in our homes and our houses are designed to keep heat in.
@@Ossulstone here now in my city, inside east Java province, daily temp is 29 celcius but feel like 35 celcius and I don't like this feels, can't imagine with 38 as your place
@@Cleeon Luckily it is only a few weeks in the summer that it gets that bad, but it is unbearable when it happens.
It's been getting a lot warmer here because of global warming, I imagine it's the same with you. Hopefully the trend is reversed soon.
@@Ossulstone here, we don't think the heat caused by global warming, but the activity of Krakatoa mountain, it seems make peoples worry here and the covid 19 case still happening 😑
CNA Insider really does high quality videos. Loved watching every minute.
Need to do large scale experiments asking Sg to use fan instead of AC.
Yeah, itd be good if for one day or so we encouraged no AC and observed the changes that day, and predict its long run applications.
0:10 Lmao IT'S ALREADY 37 DEGREES NOW IN 2023
Yes
i expect myself to be dead in 2100.
It's so puzzling that in Hong Kong and Singapore people are infinitely obsessed with air conditioning. Due to the amount of humidity and the amount of heat, it is actually feasible and quite effective to use a fan instead. By evaporating the humidity which condenses on someone's body, that actually produces a cooling effect which is already sufficient for someone's needs in a small room
Hongkong has winter season tho
I would argue that humidity is why aircon is much more effective, air conditioners can reduce the humidity in the room alongside the temperature. If you’re using a fan in high humidity and heat, the fan just blows hot and humid air at you which doesn’t do much to evaporate your sweat
Another source omitted: Open drains were covered up to form concrete footpath. But the covered drains trapped a lot of heat. If u walk over some parts with metal grills, u can feel steams of hot air even at 12am midnight. These covered drain networks are like floor heating that keep urban areas warm even at night.
now even hotter, any update?
I'm sure that Santa Claus hates Singapore so much.
Santa Claus doesn't exist.
R/rooosh
@@rrsharizam r/woooooosh
@@moviecentral7422 A joke about someone who never exist? Way to go, dumbass! 😁
@@xXx_XIX
Hey! Singaporeons have the highest IQ
If you call them dumb, you consider yourself dumb too
We are all raising concern about global warming and what not, yet government is still approving building of buildings that consume alot like malls and housing estates. Not only our smart devices, allowing the intake of E devices (e-bike,e-scooters etc..) and the late control of the cars contribute sooo much too. Burning fossil fuels for electricity to cater to EVERYONE, are all very lump sum of contribution to the environment. What's worse is that with such a small land , we are using over whelming amount of power and energy usage. Yet, we still close one eye and let it happen. Since government is controlling smokers, why can't they control something MORE IMPORTANT
spot on
@@thinkabout288 they're always ready to change something to make this dying country look good to foreigners, however, ignoring the fact that it is dying. Feels bad
@@SharonHuiting try your best to enjoy what we have now.
We need a one child policy right now, more people more hdb, more people more crowded.. maybe thanos was right after all. We wouldn’t want Singapore to become like Hong kong
Guy: it's so hot!
Singaooreans: first time?
Philippines: old enough?
Omg the visuals r really good explaining
This video said exactly what I wanna say. Forests are earth's natural aircons. Now with more deforestation, the temperature is rising and we can alr feel the effect but the deforestation is not stopping. More and more buildings are being built and more and more people using aircons due to hot weather. It is like a vicious cycle.😢
00:53 this was why ns men easily to get heatstroke when u compare the past NS men
I visited SG in 2004 & on the 2nd day there, I got sick because of so much heat weather. I had sinus infection triggered by the unbearable hot & too humid weather.
Try coming now in 2023 😂
I dont even use air con more than 10 times a year lmao how can i even help
Ace Victory spread the message
mvp
Educate your child and future generations. Start recycling
And are you using MRTs and buses over your personal vehicles?
These are the next step in delaying the inevitable.
i dont even have aircon
That's some high quality content,loved it
It’s impossible that Singapore was 24 degrees Celsius in the 1950s. It’s right on the equator, where temperature is constant without hardly any seasonal variations!
Pulls up ‘this is fine’ meme.
in the Philippines during summer, we experience 52°C temperature.
🏊
Omg
it's about humidity
Omg, must be feel like in arab .
Butter flai when arab is hot you always need drinking , but when south east asia is hot you always need drinking and always take are shower 😅😅😅😅
The highest recorded ever recorded in the ph was on 1969, Tuguegarao city at 42.2 C 🤔
I should be dead at that time...hopefully 😂🤣
Me too. I don't wanna live that long if I have to see humans continue to self-destruct
The whole point of environmentalism and controlling our heat immision / carbon footprint is never about our own selfish selves. It's for our children, and our children's children. For the generations that come after us. I personally do not want us to be touted as the generation that destroyed the planet because of greed and short sightedness.
@@usucktoo spot on from south Florida
I believe everyone of us watching this would be dead at that time but not our generation tho...
Me.. Love you
Every 40 year we got 1 degree Celsius increase.. now we are average 27 degree Celsius. By the time reach 32 degree celsius, our body will be unable to do physical exercise outdoor.. then if it reaches 35 degree Celsius (due to the high humidity), being outdoor would be hazardous to health due to the body’s inability to cool down even if we perspire. I believe by the time my son reach mid thirties in 2050, he may have to deal with heatwaves of 40 degree celsius a few days in Summer.. by then, their life will definitely be more difficult. I can’t imagine going outdoors may someday kill you. So I shall cherish my days in Singapore going outdoor as much as possible with him.
Very good video and yes I think it matters that more people become aware of this. Not just for Singapore...
35 celcius, 90 percent humidity are what we have to deal with everyday in Surabaya Indonesia. I mean... gurl...
gurl
So higher floor = higher electricity bill? 😱
Yup
I live in the highest floor in my building.... HAISH
"Air conditioning is the best invention ever"
~Lee Kuan Yew
lol people dream of moving from cold weather to warm places, then they realize this and need aircon.
Those burning flats are frightening, good illustration
Coming from the Philippines, I find Singapore's weather tolerable because there is less pollution and pockets of greenery within the city as oppose to Philippine cities. I went there a few weeks ago and I didn't complain about the heat even though I sweat a lot bec at night, I feel like my skin is not so sticky that I don't need to take a shower but in the Philippines it's different bec after a long day being expose to external elements, you feel like you're so dirty that you need to go shower every single day.