Comments by "Peter Jacobsen" (@pjacobsen1000) on "Business Insider" channel.

  1. 2:58 "satellite images show just how dry this area has become". Those satellite images show no such thing. They are images of two different areas, there is no indication of what year or time of year they were taken, and there's no comparison between a wet year and a dry year. Additionally, the image on the left looks very green and wet, the image on the right looks mostly like a sandy coastline.
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  2. In my understanding, black (ripe) olives produce more oil per olive, but with less flavor. Green (unripe) olives are much more flavorful, but produce much less oil per olive. Oil from green olives is better to eat 'raw', on salads, etc. Oil from black olives is much cheaper, good for cooking, less complex flavors. Different varietals of olives may be better for oil, others for snacking on. Some are good for both.
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  3. Already 25 years ago they were talking about how mobile phones might cause brain cancer. 25 years later, and the incidence of brain cancer is no higher than then, despite billions of people using their phone all the time. I think that's all the studies you need.
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  4. It's not unfair. There are many steps and processes from their head to your head. And many hands to go through, all of which need a cut (of the money, not the hair). A sheep gives its hair away for free, but a wool sweater is still expensive.
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  5.  @josemiguelmunoz6985  Yes, I did not mean to suggest that there was no drought, only that the images are not illustrative for understanding the drought situation.
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  6. In the developed world, the labor movement began with ALL workers banding together to demand change. That requires a high level of solidarity, class loyalty and a willingness to endure boycotts for long periods. It was tough, many faced starvation, some people even got killed by police, but in the end, they won!
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  7. This all sounds very nice, and I'm sure those recyclers have the best of intentions, but I have some questions: A: What is the impact on the climate and environment of just throwing out the soap? B: What is the impact on the climate and environment of recycling the soap and shipping it overseas? C: I have spent considerable time in developing countries, and soap is readily available at low cost in all but the most remote villages. I have never heard people in developing countries mentioning that they didn't have access to soap or lack money to buy it. So is a lack of soap really a problem in those countries? D: When you import and hand out soap for free in any society, what impact does that have on local businesses that try to make a living off of making and selling soap? I am skeptical at the utility and benefit of these initiatives. Thinking you're doing a good deed, and actually doing a good deed can be two very different things.
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  8. They may never reach a product that tastes and feels exactly like meats we know, but perhaps they will come up with a new and completely different protein product that tastes delicious.
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  9. I wonder how many of the commenters who complain about the treatment of the snails will eventually end up buying those beauty products.
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  10. Yes, 'Underpaid Worker Sweat' is also distilled and sold for $10,000/bottle. Billionaires use it to polish their bespoke shoes; gives a unique sheen.
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  11. Fascinating! I have never tried this, and didn't even know of its existence.
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  12. You can kill your duck, but you can't overfeed it, because that's 'injurious'.
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  13. A few more bits to add to the video: There's no such thing as 'super foods'. There's also no such thing as 'dangerous foods'. Eat in moderation, eat a varied diet, most of the food you eat should be as close to its original form as possible, i.e. a chicken drumstick instead of a chicken nugget, a fresh apple instead of apple sauce. You can still eat chicken nuggets and apple sauce, but keep it low.
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  14. Much better: Don't blame anyone. Everybody involved this business is a willing participant and benefits from it. None of them would do it otherwise.
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  15. @G.B. Please stop feeling guilty. You need the hair and they are willing sellers. In fact, both you and they get better lives because of this trade. You should feel happy, not guilty.
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  16.  @ohkfilms  "the Thai are underpaid!" Perhaps by Finnish standards, but they must be paid well by Thai standards, otherwise they wouldn't bother to make the journey all the way from Thailand. Btw, in Thailand itself there are hired workers from Laos and Myanmar who are underpaid by Thai standards, but paid well by Lao and Myanmar standards. Would you travel to another country to do work that pays you higher wages than at home, but lower than in the host country? I would.
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  17. Thanks. That odd translation really puzzled me.
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  18. New York City man: "I'm a stock trader" Lagos man: "I'm a stockfish trader"
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  19. "Cosmic Scandal: Bringing You The Dirt On Mars - Never Seen Before"
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  20.  @miltostzovaras9787  So, if you're happy to make a profit, but not 'maximize profit', there is an opening in the market for you to succeed.
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  21.  @pugdad2555  Don't overinterpret.
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  22.  @AG_92  " a company that helps people". The people who are primarily helped by this company are middle class people in rich countries who feel guilty about their lifestyle. You make the same mistake as most other people here: You BELIEVE this company is doing a good deed, but you don't actually KNOW if they're doing a good deed. I suggest they may be doing more harm than good, even if they have the best intentions. Soap is neither difficult nor expensive to make, and there is soap production in all countries, even the most impoverished ones. If only more people would spend some time in developing countries, they would stop viewing those people with condescending pity. Just as a point of comparison (unrelated to soap), people living in the slums of India, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria and other countries have smartphones and mobile internet. Why would you think they don't have soap?
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  23. Most politicians and activists act on their feelings, not on their rational thought. Every problem has a sensible solution, and the best people to come up with solutions are scientists and engineers. Unfortunately, few people know what it means to think like an engineer.
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  24.  @WillBill6143  Well, those still pretend to taste like beef. I had one at Burger King. It was awful!
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  25.  @pugdad2555  Not sure what you mean but I suppose the bible is often overinterpreted. That's not very relevant to hair extensions, though.
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  26.  @therealdeal3672  1) Most hand soap isn't toxic or particularly bad for the environment. It's primarily oil and sodium hydroxide. And if it were so bad, we would be unwise to wash it down the drain on a daily basis, so that argument is not too solid. 2) Based on the video, those 'specific regions' include areas in the global south. That's quite a distance. Besides, 'shipping only to specific regions' applies to pretty much every product known to man. Remember, these bars of soap have already been shipped once to the hotels, then to the recycler, and finally to the end user. That's triple the transportation. 3) Obviously, people don't come out and talk about soap to strangers, but visiting them and talking to them, it's as easy to find out their hygiene standards as if I visited you in your home. I live in the developing world and have for the last 26 years. Access to soap just isn't an issue. 4) Giving things away for free where a market for those things exist will certainly have an impact on the market.
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  27.  @wonderlandparty6054  Well, remember, just because you see a few crazy people on screen saying crazy stuff, the vast, vast majority of other people, including scientists, are engaged in productive work.
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  28.  @BlackCeII  "people get brain cancer on the side of their head that they use their phone". I think you're going to need some citations for that claim. Sounds more like you're pulling 'facts' out of your ass.
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  29. I've been to Shenzhen several times. I didn't notice any difference on my mobile speed. Additionally, I live in shanghai, which is also supposed to have 5G all over the place. No noticeable difference from 4G. For years my mobile provider called me to make me switch to 5G for a fee. As time passed, the fee kept getting smaller. Eventually, they just said 'we're going to switch you to our 5G network at no extra cost'. I never felt any difference.
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  30. "Where are all the profits going???" Profits are what's left after all expenses have been paid, incl. salaries, utilities, machines, tools, raw materials, land costs, taxes. Profits always (yes, always) go to the owners of the business, incl. share holders. My question to you is: How do you know if there are any profits at all? The video didn't say anything about that. Lots of businesses are not profitable, and some end up going bankrupt.
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  31. Wow, this process just screams out for a little mechanization, a little automation. If these women make a co-op, maybe get a little start-up help from an NGO, they can really improve their lives in a massive way.
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  32.  @delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951  But we don't know if it is 'suffering'. That's the claim, but there's no evidence of that. People who overeat also damage their internal organs, but we can't say they're suffering every time they slip in a Twinkie.
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  33. And if you see a bicycle or motorcycle on the road ahead of you, can it also find out which bicycle or motorcycle it is, or is this only for people who are interested in other cars?
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  34. Considering how expensive they are, a lot of the houses in the video look kind of gaudy and tacky. 土豪, as they say in China.
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  35.  @regeinaneimar7342  Actually, speaking of toothbrushes, perhaps the next project will be people collecting old, used toothbrushes, getting volunteers to painstakingly put new bristles in them, and then flying them out around the world to give to random people.
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  36.  @kreterakete  You can't know that. You just hope you're right.
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  37. I don't think it's the land price that makes it expensive. -It has be fished out of the sea -The fish need to be cleaned, gutted, and heads cut off -Hung up to dry by hand -Picked back down again -Pressed and packed -Finally, shipped to Lagos. The fishermen, cleaners, processors, handlers, truckers and shipping companies all need to be paid before it can even enter Nigeria.
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  38.  @manimalworks7424  I highly doubt it can tell me what brand or type of bicycle someone riding (unless it takes a photo of the logo/brand and just uses text recognition).
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  39.  @wonderlandparty6054  I think you're confusing scientists for activists. While there may be some doctors/biologists who make claims about sex/gender, most scientists have little to no interest in that debate at all, mostly because it's not really science.
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  40. It shouldn't so surprising. From raw rattan to finished product it goes through many steps and through many hands, all of which add cost to the finished product. Think of a loaf of bread. A US farmer grows and harvests the wheat. The wheat then has to get cleaned, husked, milled, transported, mixed, kneaded, baked and sent to the bakery counter, where shop assistants take your order. Every step has workers that need to get paid and machines that use electricity, need maintenance and eventually replacement. It all adds up to the $6-8 you pay. The farmer gets about 8 cents of that loaf.
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  41. Imagine we had tribes living in the European forests, their lives depending on picking wild mushrooms or wild berries and selling them to city people. What a wild thought!
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  42.  @chihirostargazer6573  Just for clarification, where is the limit between 'labor utilization' and 'labor exploitation'?
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  43.  @xyz-pg3zd  Why not? There's plenty of farmland in South America. And currently there is no shortage of quinoa on the world markets. Not sure why you just write the word 'economics'. Growing more quinoa and selling it to willing buyers would improve their economy.
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  44.  @NOYB1776  I don't have to explain those. You have to explain why you think they are related to mobile phones, when there could be an untold number of reasons. Besides, you haven't even provided evidence that those conditions have increased over the last 25 years.
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  45.  @BernhardWelzel  I don't think there is any food, approved by the FDA or other authorities, that is unhealthy in small quantities. If I eat one bag of potato chips once a year, or a Mars bar once a year, it will never have any negative impact on my life. (As it is, I eat less than a bag of potato chips and less than a Mars bar every year. Not for health reasons, but just because I think there is so much other, better food to eat).
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  46. Slime or no slime, snails are delicious in butter and garlic.
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  47. 0:37 "a new trend: Cleaning with enzymes, instead of harsh chemicals". Ok, ok, ok, let's see. Hand soap uses neither enzymes nor 'harsh chemicals', though what 'harsh chemicals' refers to seems to be a matter of opinion. Hand soap has existed since the middle ages and possibly before. Hand soap does tend to dry out your skin, because the purpose of soap is to remove oils and fats from your skin. That's the reason you wash your hands in the first place. Laundry detergent has been using enzymes to clean your clothes since the 1960s. In fact, the enzyme industry turns over billions of US$ every year, hardly a new trend.
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  48. Actually, that might make your shop famous = big money!
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  49. If everyone could do it, it might not seem so cool. Everybody can afford to ride around on a bicycle; is that considered cool?
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  50.  @josemiguelmunoz6985  Thanks for expert reply. What is the approximate oil percentage from green olives of first harvest? That can give me an idea of the price difference.
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