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America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study Shows
Engineering Explained · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2022–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 21 other explainer videos tagged Climate policy, solutions & debate, the mean is 3.8 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
75% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2022–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 12 minutes 59 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2022-03-04.
- Channel / speaker
- Engineering Explained
- Verified runtime
- 12m 59s
- YouTube upload date
- 2022-03-04
- Hacker News mention years
- 2022–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Climate policy, solutions & debate. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| America Was Wrong About Ethanol - Study ShowsCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 75% | — | 12m 59s | 2022-03-04 |
| Can YOU Fix Climate Change?explainer · Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | 10 | 8 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 15m 50s | 2021-09-22 |
| Eating less Meat won't save the Planet. Here's Whyexplainer · Joseph Everett - WIL | 10 | 8 | 59% | No recorded overlap | 23m 11s | 2021-04-25 |
| We WILL Fix Climate Change!explainer · Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | 6 | 5 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 14m 11s | 2022-04-05 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Grass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn Does (2008)”. Its short rationale: Compares corn and switchgrass ethanol GHG emissions.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Net energy of cellulosic ethanol from switchgrass”. Its short rationale: Compares corn and switchgrass ethanol GHG emissions.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The logistics behind corn farming [video]”. Its short rationale: Numbers showing corn ethanol is no better than gasoline.