Lost Futures: How greed is destroying our planet | Dying Earth: E1 | Featured Documentary

Some of the 'prophets of doom' of the 60s whose warnings went unheeded assess the current environmental fragility.
The effects of climate change were already being felt as far back as the 1960s, but scientists who linked fossil fuels with climate change were labelled “prophets of doom”.
This episode traces the trajectory of climate change over the past 60 years and examines how and why - despite the stark warnings - we failed to halt the climate catastrophe we are currently experiencing, and why it appears politics and science are at odds when it comes to this issue.
Years of propaganda and greed from oil companies created a world where profit trumped the health of the planet, the consequences of which are now being felt today.
Lost Futures explores the effects of corporate greed. In Louisiana, we see firsthand how small coastal towns will succumb to the devastating effects of years of drilling from oil companies, and what this means for a generation which has had little to do with causing the devastation but is forced to live with its consequences.
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[@DaDudeClub]

"We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost-effective" - Kurt Vonnegut.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Height Growth Humiliating Greed

[@singingway]

There will be no sentient life to read our history or even be interested in the debris we leave behind.

[@Donxster]

@@singingway I think birds will evolve into intelligent species in about 40 million years, but yes, they won't be interested in us.

[@cynthiarosario6605]

Understand it's not the Earth that will be wiped out, it's us.

[@jamess1442]

Its all living things on earth that will be affected

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@jamess1442 Nature has infinite wisdom - the earth is well prepared for dealing with humans - the planet does not need you for it's survival.

[@CYR888]

I read the 6th extinction, and the author just published another book. You are indeed correct when you say it will be us who become extinct.

[@infinitylyfe3813]

But God already has a new earth awaiting us❤

[@CT-vm4gf]

Very true, but we are causing some very nasty destruction as well.

[@lilys7431]

A while back a super bright young man told the folks at the world economic forum that greed would destroy the planet. They, of course, never invited him back.

[@pluto9000]

Who was it?

[@refigee8752]

Who was that?

[@PatJamesRicketts]

@@refigee8752 guy in the vid, watch it!

[@lilys7431]

@@pluto9000 Rutger Bregman he actually talked about taxing the most wealthy in the world sin of all sins.

[@CoopAssembly]

It's been known for more than 50 years that fertility rates go up with poverty, and more to zero in good, modern economies. I think much of the population growth of the modern age would not have happened if not for modern greed.

[@DavidWood-wp3iq]

At 60 years old, I've seen greed destroy many friendships.

[@sandponics]

It is odd that we now almost all live far better lives than our parents did, but global warming is always someone else's fault

[@DavidWood-wp3iq]

@@sandponics I'm fifty nine and about twenty years ago I realized that every generation solves a problem and creates two more unknowingly

[@jwalflowdizzle3751]

It's beyond greed,it's outright stupidity and negligence...

[@cassandraknight8804]

Greed is stupid and negligent

[@Eric-ej3oy]

Technology and new scientific discoveries outweigh the love for humanity. That's to say, the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.

[@cassandraknight8804]

@@Eric-ej3oy sad but true

[@GuruNemo]

it just pure capitalism.

[@phishybeats24]

We're making the planet uninhabitable for ourselves. The planet itself will be just fine long after we're gone

[@user-ip8zo7wn6d]

I miss the wild life already gone.The pollution dumped in our waterways and air.the greed of many has had spoiled our wonderful blue and white world.Peace

[@Talore-Evans]

Yeah but at least the haters of the planet can try to scratch and trash it before we go.

[@sandponics]

The planet will be better off without us.

[@jeremyhorne5252]

The planet will be fine, if you don't care about the animals and plants.

[@edru8567]

We are not only destroying ourselves but all other life. All the bugs and animals and plants are what keep us alive.

[@coleorum]

Money wasn't one of our best ideas. All the other animals on the planet have managed quite well without it.

[@paulsawczyc5019]

Money is the devil's greatest masterpiece.

[@orionsshoe2424]

So the devil is unique to human experience.

[@paulsawczyc5019]

@@orionsshoe2424 He wants all life on earth to suffer - money does that.

[@orionsshoe2424]

@@paulsawczyc5019 Who?

[@BoothTheGrey]

Money is necessary for a modern society. Exponential growth of the GDP not. Money isnt the core idea of capitalism. The core idea is private corporation with the central goal of making as much profit as possible. And the funny thing is that even regions where capitalism is not that huge, like in the arabic states, making as much profit still has become the most important issue. Even the so called "communist" country China is pure capitalistic for several decades now. Which means exponential GROWTH. To say that its fault of the money that our society is driven by this profit idea is just not quite accurate. Money is necessary that capitalism does work. But its not the cause of our problems.

[@lochieb3640]

The fundamental measure of success in the world needs to change from profits to wellbeing.

[@leonstenutz6003]

Yes. ¡Exactly!

[@zachthompson1992]

Exactly

[@phishybeats24]

Agree

[@Siriuan]

Socialism or Communism are taboo in most developed countries...

[@tccragun]

@@Siriuanthey’re only ‘taboo’ in the eyes of the wealthy

[@Greebstreebling]

I am 71, living in the U.K. My professional background was education and I.T. The main observation I now have, thinking about my life journey, is that government is not our friend. It used to be that governments engaged with voters and policy emerged from those in public service. Government is no longer a public service vocation, but a private profit model. In the U.K an MPs salary in 2024 is a minimum of £84,000. Compare that to the average wage in the U.K, and it's plain to see the massive disconnect. Uncontrolled Capitalism exploits people and all other Earth resources to drive profit for a small number of greedy individuals, who control the levers of power. No turkeys voting for christmas here.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

The wages thing I'm not sure about. I'm a bit younger than you 63 and similarly in FE education. The thing that has struck me recently is the utter ineptitude of the people in charge, I've never wanted to be a manager so have just taught, but have observed the types of people that go for managers jobs. Almost exclusively they're not up to it, they have no background in management and the only difference is - like Johnson and the majority of the current cabinet members is... they are willing to take a risk and stick their heads above the parapet. They don't care if they might get shot down or fail, they're risk takers. They don't care about the consequences - they just move on leaving chaos potentially in their wake. The MP's wages are a conundrum, you might look at from the point of view that more money might attract the right kind of calibre of candidate, but then they'll settle in and do anything and say anything to maintain their job/position. But you're right - the day most people bought into Thatcher's there is no such thing as society and started the sell of our assets, was the day when it started to tip in the favour of the mega-rich. My own feeling is there needs to be a collective agreement that the population needs to decrease and the resources that exist already need to be re-used and recycled, the notion of 'Growth' needs to be re-looked at re-thought. We need to expect to live simpler lives far more in harmony with the planet.

[@SineHacker]

​@@someblokecalleddave1check out Mark Fisher's "Capitalist Realism" - there's a fantastic chapter on FE bureaucracy

[@Dan5482]

You are right. And Capitalism is the name of the Beast. We must invent a new system.

[@ggc7318]

Tell that to those who want a socialist government to ensure everyone is treated equally. The elites will make sure they are more equal and above the rest who are all equal.

[@user-sk4zl2rv2e]

Population decrease is the last thing we need. We have plenty of resources for an expanding global population. This is a matter of not caring for each other like we should. We're confused as to whether the poor guy deserves to be poor or is he just not trying hard enough. That poor guy is left behind because the rest of us are inundated with the things it takes to make ends meet. I live in Louisiana. This documentary is melodramatic. This kid, with his "chronic anxiety disorder" is simply uneducated. Proper education is the key to a solid underlying foundation of any society. I have noticed, through my journey, how our society actively makes sure that the underprivileged remain uneducated. This is the biggest mistake we could possibly make.​@someblokecalleddave1

[@jeremyrogers8828]

This is 100% spot on. The greed of a very few destroying Earth for us all. Earth will survive. The greedy will not.

[@SamanthaBaker71]

Exactly

[@brothergigawatt2116]

BS who runs the earth now, what race

[@joshw1008]

please

[@lilnarm_smoothblaze]

It’s sad because unity against these corrupt forces would crush them but everyone has mouths to feed so we tolerate it.

[@jeremyrogers8828]

@@lilnarm_smoothblaze and thats why they keep us divided and afraid.

[@charmaine8512]

Lived all my life with father the breadwinner and lived in dignity even having money to hire a help for my mother who was a home maker. Dont recall having homes decorated with artificial things or having our kitchens cluttered with utensils made of factory manufactured. Now I live in Australia and realize I live with clutter. CARS, Electronics, Homes filled with manufactured goods and streets cluttered with signages. The earth is groaning with the rubbish we need to survive. See the garden tools in just one home and multiply that x million, toys like yachts and aircrafts x millions, ginormous homes that are occupied with single divorcee but hospitals packed with sick people like sardines. Life is ruined by manufacturing

[@ianmcgregor1584]

😂

[@maartenwillemse8513]

See carol muffet and what he has to say about trying to denk climate change

[@mickgatz214]

Human overpopulation...

[@barbarazuazua3927]

I really like how you think.

[@shari9721]

@charmaine8512 How have you contributed to the problem ? What changes have you made in your life to stop contributing to the problem ? What are you doing to help fix the problem ? What are you doing to help others ? What are you doing to change things , to make things better ? Complaining about the way things are and continuing to do the same things does absolutely nothing .

[@ericjohnson4792]

My mother told my brothers and I about what’s happening today back in 1977. She was no scientist or anything she just was very observant.

[@evadd2]

Yes. We knew in HS that something was changing. 10 years later even conservative RW voices were talking with concern. Mirrors the time before the fossil fuel industry started an ad campaign to destroy any effort. And now it's too late.

[@ericjohnson4792]

@@evadd2 yeah your right but I was in elementary school.

[@tccragun]

@@evadd2NOT TOO LATE !!

[@ashrafalam6075]

Congratulations, what a Visionary Mother

[@Eric-ej3oy]

We all are scientist more or less.

[@dinyhotmail]

Thank you so much for presenting this video. With this climate catastrophe, I can barely eat or sleep. My heart breaks. I'm not concerned about myself because I'm in my mid-sixties. What plays on my mind are the babies being born all over the world. They will live through the utter devastation that will come more quickly than most people believe. The little kids will live through this. The teenagers and young adults are completely aware that their world is being destroyed. Yet, no one will do what is required to stop this climate emergency. Not enough people have spoken up. Scientists can't speak out. Our world is coming to the end but there is still the greed of the oil companies. All of the major oil company executives were told that climate change would occur if fossil fuels continued to be used. Edward Teller, a physicist who worked with J. Robert Oppenheimer, told them this in 1959. They hid the fact that they knew and they lied. They still lie. Studies have been done that showed that many business leaders are psychopaths. The heads of the oil companies are psychopaths. What they have done is crimes against humanity. Yet, they have no concern for what they have caused. They have no concern for the millions of people who will die because of their actions. They have no conscience. Their selfish greed is all that they care about. That is psychopathy. We actually need to prepare for the worst to come much sooner than 100 years from now or even 50 years from now. It could be anytime. On January 23, 2023, a 1,550 square kilometer iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The temperatures at the poles are increasing more than in other parts of the earth and they are increasing exponentially. Absolute devastation will come very soon. I know because, although scientists are not allowed to speak out, they do report their findings in peer-reviewed journals. I have studied these journals. At some point soon, the doomsday glacier, the Thwaites Glacier, will break free from the Antarctic. When this happens, millions of gallons of water will come rushing out. This will raise sea levels by 2 feet and will stop the jet stream which will bring about the next ice age. But this glacier isn't the only one. In both the Arctic and the Antarctic, glaciers are melting quickly. When most have melted, sea levels will rise by 100 feet or more. Some scientists have stated that our future Great Flood will be worse than 11,000 years ago. It will be as bad as 200,000 years ago. This will entirely flood many areas of the world. It will devastate the earth because many cities are located on or near coastlines. Meanwhile, people will keep dying from extreme heat, fires and powerful storms. All of this frightens me. Yet, I don't know what I or anyone else can do to stop this. As you reported, politicians receive money from the oil companies. They, too, are committing crimes against humanity because they are aiding and abetting the oil companies. Even though we are supposedly heading toward tipping points, I know that we have already reached the point of no return. We have already exceeded the tipping points. Yet, the psychopathic oil executives still lie. They do pay unscrupulous scientists to report that fossil fuels are not impacting the earth. I am absolutely sick to see such evil being played out. They are no different than psychopathic serial killers. They are just as heinous with the exception that they are murdering many more people than the worst serial killers in history.

[@susanhamilton8288]

Don't worry..just remember man did not create the planet...or else they would not be born...they would have to be outside to do the sky as well...don't know where your believe are...but most of us trust a creator of the planet...the planet will burn as a result of these things...but people will be protected...

[@lorinapetranova2607]

@dinyhotmail..... I think about much of what you wrote more n more. Only it bugs me bigtime all the work for the EPA n it's limping like a badly wounded soldier. You don't have to wear a uniform to be a soldier. We fought for women's rights and they've ruined sooo much of women's health care and rights. What kind of braindead zombies are they? Willful ignorance and conscientious stupidity seems rampant. I get on private rants about just bcos it's Kali yuga doesn't mean everything is chiseled in Roman concrete. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to enjoy another insightful human. Many blessings. 🦜🌴🦋

[@sandponics]

Fear not, for I shall be with you until the end of time (possibly next year).

[@susanhamilton8288]

@@sandponics It means the rest of our lives..and for those born it means from the day of inception to the end of life span

[@dinyhotmail]

@@sandponics I don't fear for myself. I fear for the innocents who don't know God because they have been led away from God by evil preachers who call themselves Christians.

[@martiansoon9092]

For some, the realization that climate is changing happens when it most likely kills you.

[@mannoubouba9204]

the problem of this world , too many powerful narcissistic people with the simple philosophy: give me that , it is mine !

[@LungaMasilela]

Reminds me of George Carling hey

[@mannoubouba9204]

@@LungaMasilela it is him :)

[@TheDoomWizard]

This is our last stable decade on Earth.

[@damienflinter4585]

I've been telling kids for a while now that my generation had a great party...they're getting the bill. Most of them still ask me what am I on about. I'm no scientist, but my father and uncles fly-fished and pointed out the undeniable effects of agribusiness on our rivers before the planetary warming was even flagged. I've nearly three quarters of a century clocked. The downhill rush seems to be about to hit the off-ramp.

[@raclark2730]

I hear they have big parties in Doha, why take it all on yourself.

[@sandponics]

So they fished all the rivers out, but now I suppose it is someone else fault.

[@damienflinter4585]

@@sandponics I reckon its San Andreas Fau£t.

[@raclark2730]

@@sandponics Recreational fishers don't over fish. Nor do most commercial and subsistence fishers. They generally care about the resource they are utilizing. Most larger commercial fishing is highly regulated, based on scientific studies of the target species in question. Only a few regimes continue to sanction over harvesting in this day and age. The main offender being the PRC. So yeah if there is blame to be thrown around it should be directed against those responsible. Not an assumptive spray all targeting all.

[@mattroberts86]

​@@sandponicsactually, "conservatives" used to have many of the same goals as environmentalists. But then making money and Wall Street profits became more important than clean air, water, food and preserving the health of future generations.

[@ThecRL0]

Right now we are all sitting in a train, with the train driver dead and us heading full steam ahead thowards a canyon, with nobody at all compelled to pull the emergency brakes.

[@gregflock380]

cool.....i often use the train analogy.....we are in a train heading right into a steep rock wall and we will hit it hard

[@susanhamilton8288]

Well while the human train driver is dead...i have a living God who will take over the train and carry me to safety

[@fearbnz]

The brakes have been sabotaged. It's what big business inertia and/or propaganda and think tank lobbying for more corruption have done.

[@EpistemicResponsibility4All]

​@@susanhamilton8288 Good luck waiting on your imaginary friend(fill in which ever god) to come help you. 😢 It didn't help any life present for the previous 5 mass extinction events.

[@ecofriend93]

I hope a future episode will focus on our greed for animal products, which requires huge amounts of land, water and fossil fuels to produce and emits vast amounts of GHGs.

[@beesmonk]

✊

[@remypascal4872]

And greed and OVERPOPULATION, the dream to get profit growth out of it and greater international(military and voting democratic) overpower... But destroyng all with this artifical stupid thinking, while unreflected see it as an entertainment for the own life to be a child factory.

[@jennifershanks453]

Agreed!

[@sandponics]

Yes, but they taste so good.

[@michaelpettett3692]

Actually mass cropping is far worse for the environment, they have to wipe out every animal to plant veggies, then use cows to rehabilitate it

[@calci2679]

This is going to make me cry. People say "think of the children!" when they want to control children and ban certain types of people but not this. Not to actually save the children and their futures..

[@barbossajacksparrow9481]

Best answer!!!!

[@jame950]

It's spring where I am. Usually it's an average of 50s-70s with Higgs getting into the 80s. This spring it went straight from a freeze to within a week reaching almost 90. Snow is melting faster than local experts and ski resorts expected just weeks after saying "resorts will stay open well into the summer". I think they've done enough here with prescribed burns to lessen the wildfire impact, but it's still going to be an intensely hot summer if it's just now spring and we are already consistently pushing to touch 90. Still glad I live where we actually get all 4 seasons, but spring is becoming much shorter.

[@raclark2730]

Good to here about the use of prescribed burns. Very important in this day and age. There needs to be more of it.

[@someblokecalleddave1]

@@raclark2730 In the UK we've had 3 months of ridiculous amounts of rain and mild weather, the crop fields are saturated and the farmers are looking at greatly reduced yields, in the last couple of days we've had 'Summer like' days in spring 5-8 degrees over the average, looks like its going to be a warm one.

[@raclark2730]

@@someblokecalleddave1 Cant expect constancy in the climate they have to adapt.

[@lorinapetranova2607]

I've been wondering how much the volcanic activity in Iceland is going to affect the UK n Scandinavia and Greenland. All that hot air n ash has to flow somewhere. I wonder if any medical specialists have been to Greenland to explore the bacterial skin infections and whatnot from the melting of the permafrost. Be careful of your desires. Last week I heard it's already 90deg f in Phoenix. About a month early but it's still stifling. Many blessings ya'll.

[@davidfurino2987]

Greed is a disease that needs to be addressed

[@annholland7848]

Fossil fuels are a major contributor to climate breakdown as this video makes clear. What is not mentioned by anyone at any point in the video, is that animal agriculture and the monoculture arable farming that feeds it are of equal, or even greater significance and that both industries make massive use of fossil fuels.

[@globalwarming382]

There are but loads of videos about the animal industry and its impact on climate change.

[@shawndrumm3090]

Don't eat

[@EpistemicResponsibility4All]

​@@shawndrumm3090 Don't drive, don't produce excess meat and junk food. All of which use loads of fossil fuels.

[@EpistemicResponsibility4All]

​​@@shawndrumm3090 Don't drive, don't excessive amounts of meat and junk food.

[@sandponics]

I have burned more than my share of fossil fuels, how about you?

[@wangariwairimu1st]

How I love 💘 Al Jazeera 💯 best news, documentary,and interview channel 😍! Ooh and it represents every continent/everyone without fear or favour..very informative

[@user-pm7ck6ij9s]

Excellent journalism - thank you.

[@drishtiindoliya818]

Best line " It's a tendency of human being, first messed up and then moved to somewhere else " Why don't we stop these technological evolution & just live a simple and beautiful life, why are we so inquisitive to interfere in the creation of God. So sad, because of human beings greed, animals have to face the consequences as well without any fault.

[@100allthetime]

I am most sad for my children. The earth they will inherit will be so hostile. My children are below 10.

[@ASHKUM-uw2qg]

But I am thinking of what would happen to my seventh generation.

[@user-wf2ls3bj6v]

I just wonder is everybody just gonna keep shopping -as it all burns down around us? When is fashion not gonna matter anymore?

[@greghelton4668]

Colorado, California, Oregon, and many other places used to be full of open spaces when I was a young man. Now those same places are filled with people and cheap homes. The destruction is on all of us. . The corporations are just serving the need of the masses.

[@user-dj6hu9gq4t]

Show me a cheap home in Colorado. This is myth making. No cheap house in California either.

[@greghelton4668]

@@user-dj6hu9gq4t I obviously didn’t mean cheap as in monetary terms. Cheaply built is what I meant. There are cheap homes in California but very few people want to live in those areas.

[@d.f.9064]

A biologist once said, the more he learns, the more afraid he becomes.

[@TheRealSnakePlisken]

Tray Dupre is both indicative and exceptional. He is exceptional in that he is 1 in 1000 in the SE Louisiana are that verbally recognize climate change. He is indicative in that even though he sees and experiences the destruction, he chooses not only to not leave, but also participates in the very industry that drives the ecosystem destruction. I lived in this area my whole life. I took the military route out of that hole. Many of the Cajuns who live in the area are wealthy from the oil industry and energy blind. They choose religion and money over reality. It seems they are also indicative of the greater whole of humanity. A tragedy effected.

[@sherried79]

The only way to start change is to change the laws on political nonsense. I have felt for years that campaigning and lobbying should be outlawed. We can hold scheduled debates for the politicians that all can watch and make their decisions based on their answers not on how much money a corporation puts in their pockets. No politician should need money to win.

[@missaamane8580]

This!

[@devinwilkins2197]

lobbying is just a complete conflict of interest, utterly ridiculous it is legal practice!

[@jasonjones7451]

Iv literally been saying the same thing for 20yrs no bullshit....the job of president should not be decided by shallow popularity contests but by whose actually competent with intelligent thinking abilities

[@sherried79]

@@jasonjones7451 ikr?!?! It makes complete sense but how do we change it?

[@ligbzd837]

Consumption and fuel needs will always exist. The problem we have now is not that we are consuming and using fuel for NEEDS, but we, the world, are consuming and using for DESIRES; endless desires for pleasure and to impress others. We eat, use, and waste so much that we are destroying the earth in that process. Some call it progress; some call it a good life; some call it that's what we're supposed to do. Nope! Instead, we should all live a low foot print and low consumption lifestyle. Don't waste resources and don't keep buying new stuff after stuff! Don't chase money; learn to live below means and learn what is enough.

[@Julian_Wang-pai]

Thank you for a very thoughtful video-doc; this 67yo also has a very heavy heart for not doing more to combat climate-change. It's almost too late but every positive effort now will help alleviate a potentially terrible future. That's the best I have for you, sad to say.

[@ruudvan8177]

Greed is Evil!

[@ursulasmith6402]

So was Reagan

[@ging536]

If climate change is such an impending existential issue, why are so many companies and organizations forcing employees to return to the office when the work can be done entirely from home? WFH should be mandated and incentivized wherever possible. Unessary commuter traffic is not helping the issue.

[@donz0621]

Agree. They want people back in the office because people buy/consume if they go out. From where I came from, companies have tax incentives if they force their employees to work in the office

[@roberthornack1692]

Mother Earth was never meant to support 8 billion apex predators with no sign of abating!

[@Dizz-vd8df]

The Human greed is too great for this world or any world. The world is on course to resetting itself. But it's O.K., we had a very comfortable life.

[@dirt8589]

keep all fighting each other to keep all distracted and not pay attention to what we all should unite on, taking care of what provides life to all species. home to all

[@user-wy5fo9mu5t]

Thanks for your journalism about Mother Earth which is a living entity.native people have known about this since the beginning of time.

[@marysuzettecatipon6147]

A really good title for this documentary. And yes Greediness of other people and businesses for not looking on what their greediness might bring it destroy our mother nature and that's why when natural disaster happens there's no one to blame but the greediness and not being concerned with our mother nature. Each and everyone of us are responsible to help our mother nature to recover because we are the one who also has a part of having this climate change happening on earth. We must need to discipline ourselves and be aware that we need to protect our mother nature so that we can have a good balance in everything on earth where we live.

[@AbcAB205]

I agree. I always said greed the greedy people are destroying this planet. Their motto "more people, more money"

[@milenatos]

Greed? Interesting way to spell CAPITALISM

[@ursulasmith6402]

All this came from Reagan.

[@sandponics]

What have you purchased this week to help support the capitalists?

[@Alvin-eq5rc]

We can’t change the past but we can start now. Restore our planet before it is too late

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Very nice documentary 👌 👍 👏

[@grahamvincent6977]

What a lovely couple of frank, honest, lovable folk. Very well made.

[@abc-dj3dx]

I hope this hits home. I did not have any children because I didn't want to subject them to this future. My conscious is clear... is yours?

[@LadieKadie]

Nope! I had 8 kids and would have had more! God never mentioned global warming in the Bible. This is man’s narrative to manipulate the masses.

[@peregrine8]

What you call a clear conscience, others call cowardice.

[@abc-dj3dx]

@@peregrine8 Meh, you could have come up with a better way to gaslight me. Your antagonism needs work.

[@raclark2730]

Take your accusations and self righteous finger pointing to the supper wealthy ruling elites of the the world. Preacher.

[@abc-dj3dx]

@@raclark2730 Well, I don't know about preacher, but if you feel like this is an accusation, then maybe you resemble the response. :0

[@graziflorida4377]

50 years?!? we have 2 years left

[@anikettripathi7991]

Nature has provided everything we require to survive and live happily but failed to cater for our lusts and greeds inbuilt in our minds.. These greeds and lusts were designed for gathering /grabbing slightly extra for our children and future generations not everyone shares..

[@cityofwelland634]

okay finally there is a video showing the front line of the ocean rise. So why isn't CNN reporting this nightly? Good jobs show more of this please.

[@Me97202]

Because, in America, most of the media are owned by corporations and conglomerates that are contributing to the problem.

[@mikibellomillo]

in 100 years everything will be restored and the beautiful rose will shine in 1000 years..

[@ASHKUM-uw2qg]

rose will shine in 1000 years......after human population will be 50 billion.

[@davidbooth8422]

A second major factor mostly ignored when focusing only on air pollution is deforestation. Both factors need our attention for our mutual survival.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

At 11:24 "I spoke to Senators..." He spoke to a well-greased system. Greased with multiple million dollar "donations." (aka bribes)

[@TheLastSongbird124]

Greed is an innate human motivator, from the very mild to the self destructive, it has no off switch. Perhaps it will be the 'failsafe button' that retains the planet's integrity & longevity by bringing about our species disappearance ?

[@germanevision]

Why is everyone trying to be politically correct? It's not greed that is causing climate change. The sole reason for climate crisis is modern, aspirational lifestyle. No one wants to bell the cat.

[@arizona1105]

Hate that humans have that greed. Wish people where more empaths and logical.

[@kenrickbaughman992]

Born on 1970. Living in W Jefferson Parrish not even 10 minutes from Downtown New Orleans 504. My Grandfather took us fishing ALL the time at Fort Jackson Louisiana where the mouth of Mississippi meets the gulf of Mexico. We had floods because the levees couldn't handle the floods. We always had at least 1 to 3ft of water right into our homes from 1970 to 1984. I left New Orleans right after world's fair in late 1984. I been back few times YOU can see the effects of the elements from 70s right into now

[@nobaloney10]

Thank you for this. Lets wake up all we can.

[@rejectedjeepers7317]

Did a paper on the 90s before all the internet etc, just book research and it scared me back then, now I know it is coming true and nothing is going to stop it. The movie..... the fire next time is starting to look more true too. So sad

[@robertleavell9944]

I guess they're trying to have this conversation now since People are realizing that everyone isn't going into space... We have to take care of our planet...

[@pluto9000]

What goes up must come down.

[@anthonydandrea270]

Being born again is being released from the captivity of religion

[@user-ye2jq1bs7j]

I heard someone said, the poor soil condition is a bigger problem but it’s not talked about because they can’t tax or penalize the people for poor soil management.

[@user-ke6oh3ov2w]

Born and raised in florida I see exactly what's going on

[@acard1985]

Act now, choose wisely if you're in the Western world. Don't vote for people who deny climate change for profit. We still have a short amount of time to adapt and mitigate, helping the others in the process. But we need to act, both individually and as a society.

[@sabrinakegley3468]

Our whole world 🌎 is changing.

[@jockiardsviscosclansoatlan8412]

🇨🇦 Comment what you did recently to save the earth. You can bypass all lost hope!

[@DeathsGarden-oz9gg]

The whole mindset of what can 1 person can do so why fight it is stupid. Like less oil workers less oil. But you simply having that 1 oil pump you have effectively made your personal co2 footprint almost 8x more then a normal household with a family of 5. Also if that 1 house with 5 people have a garden and do it as organically as possible and have it provid lots of food that can reduce there co2 footprint and save lots of money and reducing the amount of food a store will need to provide with also can reduce co2 as less farm land will be needed so less chemicals can be used. Yes 1 family can't do all that but when multiple people from around the world end up doing thus it can end up in the millions doing it wich will make an impact on the system as a whole.

[@nessieshipanga1961]

We are competing with nature, forgetting that we are wiping ourselves out with the what we try to do with what nature doesn't allow.

[@WoodstockG54]

Greed kills.

[@Rustea314]

End corporate personhood, end corporate lies, end Citizens United.

[@9340cody]

This is just the beginning

[@TheRealSnakePlisken]

Indeed. We are at the top of a giant slide with a bottom that terminates in the destruction of our ecosystem.

[@julieannspas518]

By resonance, they're all going down during this separation and the line is drawn, they are never coming back.

[@coratheexploraa]

Knowledge is power, thank you.

[@terenatua8433]

no it isn't .. applying it in a practical sense is.. and that's a huge difference

[@user-ke6oh3ov2w]

I've been trying to explain this horrible thing for so many years. To my friends and family, and everybody calls me crazy. It's like right there in front of our faces. I've only been alive for 45 years in 25 years ago. It just clicked and 25 years later, it's just completely noticeable.

[@user-wj3ng5uk9n]

This Young Man was right from his own perspective! Our earth is changing, do to all the extracting from below the earths crust. All the infrastructures that are built on the earths crust, come from below the ground! The crust humans live on is1,802 miles thick. Below the crust is the Earth's mantle, which is the layer of the planet, that lies between the crust and the middle of the planet, called the core which is 10,800 degrees. The mantle is very hot, with temperatures ranging from about 227 C (440 F) at the upper boundary with the crust to about 3,930 C (7,100 degrees F) at the core mantle. The mantle under the ocean is even hotter than previously thought, by about 60 C (110 degrees F) The earth has about 82 mineral which governments rely on for trillions of dollars in trade, a round the planet. Massive tunneling, massive voids where oil, natural gas, coal, gold, silver, iron, and so on the earth produces, which a thinner crust is developing, where heat rises faster to where people live! North Pole's Artic Ice is melting faster because of the amount of oil taking from below. The Earth is a living organism (which is alive) and is made up of water, like our bodies 96% water, 4% dust!

[@cassandraknight8804]

Exactly… I wish more people would understand this.

[@rgolianeh]

Over 40 years ago I heard that we were heading towards the end. As of today nothing has changed.

[@zeitgeist5134]

So interesting that a news source funded by a Gulf State would put out a video like this. Out-of-control consumer culture feeds greed and is in fact a variety of greed. Let's hear about how activists for minimalism are challenging and actually changing the unbridled consumer culture of the Gulf States. Let's hear about indoor-ski-slopes going out of business there. Let's hear about Gulf Staters making an earnest effort to return to the simplicity of their ancestors. Is this happening? It could happen. (Actually, I believe that greed is a product of evolution. It's deep within the primitive brain of all human beings. Ergo, appeals against greed are hopeless.)

[@benediktkaufer8194]

Thanks for the great documentary ❤

[@paulbrooks2087]

I lost three new homes from 1998-2008 the climate change in Costa Rica then landed outside for two years after Hurricane Sandy only to lose friends house and neighborhood last year,to tornado, while running from wildfires yearly here in Northern California, row,row row, your boat s

[@alanmcrae8594]

Unfortunately, the most prudent thing to do now is to begin to adapt to a 2-2.5C warmer world. Modern civilization runs on fossil fuels and even needs fossil fuels to manufacture, distribute and install renewable energy systems. We can't shut off the flow without crashing global civilization itself. At some deeper level, we all know this and that's why the masses aren't protesting seriously in the streets - and why politicians, bankers, hedge fund managers and CEO's aren't going to do anything impactful either. Basically, we're all passengers or crew on the Titanic, but we know already that we're going to hit that iceberg sometime soon. Best to get a spot on a lifeboat or cobble together something that can float. The rest will either go down with the ship or expire in the merciless ocean. Momentum... too much momentum to stop in time. The outcome is obvious & inevitable.

[@HeavyMetal45]

Living on unstable ground and it becomes unlivable 🤯

[@lisalisavirgowarrior7606]

Not everyone will die. There are always survivors to start again. Just hope they are intelligent and loving.

[@Hanzothedach1323]

This is why those billionaires are building bunkers instead of helping to fix the problems which some of them cause this to happen.

[@Yurivlc]

I live in Brazil and today 5th May 2024 the south region of the country is being severely devasted by diluvian rains and there're floods everywhere. In my region at Sao Paulo state we are experiencing another heat wave (the third in six month).

[@navneetyadav3941]

Thank you!!

[@sylvesteroumaouma1905]

A simple equation to destroy a planet: people who are concerned don't run the world, those who aren't concerned run the world.

[@arunshangarsri]

What about over population, that is the greatest contributor that drives up demand.

[@robm6803]

It’s the people in the developed nations that cause almost all of the emissions. „Overpopulation“ is just an excuse to not change anything. If we all lived like the people who are driving „overpopulation“ there would be no problem.

[@dnice374]

Subbed out of appreciation for the topic. Like many here, I will be dead before the worst hits (50). But it pains me terribly to see the planet being ruined by the few while the many suffer. It will not change. It will not get better. I'd suggest revolution to the entire planet, but I don't want to be dragged off by the NSA. I am very sorry for future generations. Hunger Games, The Running Man (great book STUPID movie) and a million others have all been on point. Meanwhile, billionaires pull the strings, buy off politicians, and live in 40k sqr foot compounds and 100 m $ bunkers. AI? Just a tool to make them richer. When the jobs are all gone, they won't set up UBI - it'll be 10% well off, 90% poor. Look around you if you don't believe me for some reason. We're not advanced. We're not different. We are apes, and we're showing that more and more each day. Can split the atom, can't overcome greed. Truly pathetic.

[@JohnAranita]

This beats watching music videos.

[@DoctorFurioso]

Is it "greed" or is it capitalism?

[@L.K.2511]

The painter from Austria was right about everything

[@atishbong]

Why no one wants to talk about the animal agriculture industry that emits as much as the transportation industry (cars,ships, planes, etc combined)? Why? I have come across very few channels who dare raise a finger on our eating habits causing climate change and earths destruction.

[@dario10espana9]

Asi es como la luz de la libertad trata a su propie gente, su pueblo. Que quedará para el resto del mundo... ...Run Forest.. Run..

[@Watcher1852]

Been saying Greed. greed. of humans. We'll be our downfall. Just look at the way it's gone in the last 30 years , greed. Greed is our downfall.

[@lynb1022]

Great doc. What a tragedy. My condolences to Tray & Carmen and their fellow Louisianans. @aljazeeraenglish constructive criticism: you should add the cast of characters in the description with some corresponding links.

[@sovereignindividual2625]

You cannot repair my heart after what you ALL have done

[@karenslater3026]

You can see in real time the effects if you cruise down the Nile from luxor to aswan beautiful clear skies then 1 lonesome cloud as you sail further 2 then 3 then many as you spot the cause a factory (Of what I don't know) on the right bank emitting voluminous smoke forming the clouds .... I was mesmerised

[@ligbzd837]

The statement 'Climate change means flooding and fire for some unfortunate people' will not motivate the average person. But the statement 'Climate change means our crops will fail and we will have food shortage' will motivate people to stop and change their lives...

[@caterinabyrne380]

...don't worry about the planet but just humans and non.... 💥✨️🔱⚡️💥

[@D0praise]

Survivable climate traded for comfort, fashion, and convenience. Now, what to do about it?

[@marcelsilva7693]

This video is a real one ❤

[@jeffmaggard3694]

They keep making everything thing go up more and more

[@mk1st]

Greed, yes, but greed that operates within a system that sees the world like a cyclops: through only one eye. Corporations and their officers are rewarded purely on profit, nothing else. The externalities of this profit is not included in the decision making process. Like fines for breaking laws, lobbying (bribing) government officials are merely seen as a cost of business. To change the rules of government seems almost as insurmountable as changing the actions of multi-national corporations.

[@benedibrava]

reduce household purchasing power by banning feminism companies have no choice but to change their ways as long theres demand, theres products