How Texas Republicans Are Fighting Climate Change | AJ+

[@fatalshore5068]

3:50 This guy gets it, can't believe I'm saying that about a Republican but yeah he gets it. In Europe environmentalism is not a left or right wing issue, its just a thing they all believe in.

[@staywokemedia18]

Yeah science isn't a partisan issue. I LOVE how Big Oil knew about this back in the 70s, even funding some research, then propoaged lies and $$ to stay I front of it, but they sure rely on the science saying Climate Change IS HAPPENING 2 hold their hands out, asking for all that $$$ to protect themselves f that thing that wasn't real and that definitely wont affect you or I, but will possibly bring damage to their operations and cost them a lot of... oh nope, wait! It 'll just keep costing US alot of $$$!!!

[@staywokemedia18]

Also, curious AF as to WHYYY Big Oil has been paying off anyone, esp in Texas, if they're just gonna turn round & ask for it back?! Oh well obviously, they are gonna get a HELLA LOT more back than what they shelled out. NM. I'm slow 2day

[@fatalshore5068]

@@staywokemedia18 They pay politicians and are reimbursed 10 fold via the tax payer. -Politician gets elected on the back of big money advertising -Big oil company makes billions due to deregulation via their bought politician -The tax payer gets screwed.

[@RFLCPTR]

No. The german right fights against anyone that wants to fight against climate change...

[@MsLia32]

It's not so much to beleive in climate change, but the extra air conditioning is putting a dent in my wallet.

[@SmartArtzzz]

3:19 I don’t get how this man is a Trump supporter but thank god for the climate conscious republicans.

[@pastordonkoh7692]

The republican party should market this side more.

[@MaelPlaguecrow6942]

I support Trump (somewhat), and I do believe in climate change, just not like the Climate Cult does. I believe we should be powered by hydraulic dams and nuclear power plants.

[@doom2avatar]

Roan the Delphox that’s fascinating because as someone who occasionally reads the original climate change research I think the climate cult is full of shit too. Climate change is important but the planet is not gonna explode.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Republicans got their heads shoved up their butts, he is young so its not so far up no light can get in.

[@david0aloha]

​@@doom2avatar We'll probably see a mass refugee crisis on a scale we've never seen in human history, with hundreds of millions fleeing from lands that can no longer sustain agriculture or adequate water supplies.

[@motorstormking]

Did that man just call Texas the greatest country in the world?

[@kqp1998gyy]

Funny

[@pedrogutierrez7377]

These are the folks how have the "secede" Texas stickers on their truck. There is this notion that Texas can be it's own country and still thrive. Mostly conservatives have this idea, they believe the US is becoming to liberal.

[@rosalouise1919]

I don't know what he called it, but TEXAS is The Best Country in this U.S.A. !!!! I'm from TEXAS, I'm also a liberal.! Yes, Texas does take care ❤ of their own, this statement is also true. And Texas is the only state that isn't in the red financially !!! Yep, Texas is a whole other WORLD 🌎 !!! 💙🎈

[@antred11]

@@rosalouise1919 "And Texas is the only state that isn't in the red financially !!!" That doesn't seem right. www.worldatlas.com/articles/us-states-with-the-most-debt.html

[@TheRealKSmith]

You do realize that State and Country are synonymous, right?

[@bobpeters61]

Ironic that Texans would deny climate change, considering that as of late their state has been getting flooded by one tropical system or another every hurricane season.

[@MaelPlaguecrow6942]

Florida too

[@n40-y5v]

I think that has to do with them filling up swamps so rain has no where to go.

[@n40-y5v]

Not denying climate change though

[@Gee-xb7rt]

A friend of mine is moving off the Ga coast because they had enough of rising tides and flood threats, the bulk of the neighbors refuse to admit anything is happening, even when tides flood the streets with sewage.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

@@MrProsident Dallas is slated for a lot of global warming migration, its biggest problem is going to be providing enough water for people leaving the gulf coast and the deserts west of you because of lack of water in El Paso and Arizona. i don't know much about Texas real estate law, from the rent prices it looks like Texas hasn't been hit with money laundering the same way the coastal states have.

[@Rabid-Floof]

Anybody who is educated and still a Republican needs to get their money back because they evidently didn't learn anything.

[@ahmedmuawia2447]

Left Bias

[@UrMom-jb7vl]

That's the most ignorant thing anyone could ever say,Being educated does not mean you know everything about a certain topic,its terribly Narcissistic to have some sort of self hierarchy above those without degrees

[@cwhaywood7357]

Again, it's the young people who are leading the way. Thankfully.

[@dorothygreen6034]

Let's get this going across America. If they can do this in Texas we can do it everywhere !

[@AlanHernandez-jn2mp]

No .. U need need enough wind in your state to use wind farms ... You need enough sunlight to use solar pannels... Just ask germany, they built solar panels like if they were stationed in Egypt .. It completely back fired because they have no light to sustain

[@brianmccutcheon3205]

The truth with climate change kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIuqfKx_gbKpiqc

[@Organic.Mechanic]

Jesus Christ 3 months with temp above 100° 🤯

[@sijoka2008]

Ashish yes that's my town. I live in the Dimmit county. It's awful here. We had no rain all summer. We had our first rain 2 weeks ago. We also have to be very careful with our water.

[@ridhofiesta4408]

as a someone who live in equator lts always 33°C all year around and its been 5 month without the rain here..

[@rudeboyfrankie]

All the while in East Texas there is almost every year

[@JasonPepino]

I grew up in Arizona and we would get 100°F from May to September...

[@AlanHernandez-jn2mp]

@@JasonPepino I feel like in Arizona the nights would be bearable but in the texas its stupid humid even during the night ... Its a gross kinda heat .. In Arizona its a very heat

[@dmenace2003]

Climate solution must always be bipartisan.

[@WilliamCarterII]

"Why is everyone so nice here?" They're not rofl. Southerners are nice in front of you and say wild stuff when you're not in earshot

[@ahmedeldin]

I know, but I was asking just for the sake of seeing if I'd get an honest answer ;)

[@lordmike9384]

People talk shit everywhere, but cultural politeness as seen in Texas and the American south really is rare.

[@dg0210]

Southern Hospitality is a thing! Most people in south are really sweet and always ready to lend a hand.

[@bocadelcieloplaya3852]

I drove home through the middle of Texas on spring break, there were miles and miles of windmills. The only WALL we need to build is a wall of big beautiful windmills...we need the windmill manufacturers to send their best. We need to grab the windmill manufacturers by the Percy.

[@KellyDVance]

The windmills are a pretty sight, aren't they? 😊

[@honestabe4161]

Though it is nice to see all those windmills they can also be a threat to bird migration. Seen it for myself. During certain times of the year dead migrating birds litter the ground around them.

[@daedalus-prime]

"Eco-right"...huh. Interesting.

[@davidjs989]

I was surprised too.

[@ronkirk5099]

Sounds like an oxymoron

[@MaelPlaguecrow6942]

You would be surprised how many on the right actually care about the environment, they are just not as hysterical about it. We do believe in climate change, we just more subtle about it, and we believe the change from fossil fuel to green energy should be a slow and subtle change, as too not damage the economy and inconvenience society too much.

[@obedientconsumer5056]

And the leaders of their political party our bought and controlled by big oil and other environmentally destructive industries..

[@dalmationblack]

eco-fascism is a thing too. Watch out for its rise in the coming years. IIRC it was the motivation behind El Paso

[@LouSchonder]

Learning that some Texas Republicans acknowledge climate change, and science as a whole, is very reassuring. Thank Ahmed and AJ+! Promising news!!!

[@scarletletter4900]

Wow, a politician had to invent a new term just to get around the stubborn ignorance of their base.

[@nicholaslowick3381]

I’m a hardcore liberal, but these conservatives are amazing! I love them

[@lapiswolf2780]

🤝

[@movement2contact]

Well, when people who are in denial about global warming the most will see they were wrong, then things might get better faster... If only it isn't too late (which kind of already is).

[@antred11]

It is definitely too late for us to come out of this unscathed; we've have waited far too long to prevent serious harm (and we're still not really doing anything worth mentioning). It may still not be too late to prevent disastrous, civilization-wrecking consequences but even on that front we are quickly running out of time!

[@luisbreva6122]

Funny how all of AJ+, including their reporter's salaries, is funded by oil money.

[@dearyvettetn4489]

I’ll try to remember this video the next time I hear some Texas politician spout bias and ignorance, in service of their 💰💰💰contributions, as if they speak for ALL Texans. Thank you to the progressive-minded Texans who speak up for themselves. It’s not easy, but the rest of the county hears you.

[@houstonian9973]

Dearyvette TN I’m a Texan and I believe in climate change

[@thataaronb]

This did not age well with the winter and all in 2021

[@grapeshot]

Been to Georgetown Texas several times when I was stationed at Fort Hood Texas when I was in the army.

[@alanm03]

And your opinion of the town is ?????

[@DrRiq]

He's kinda like an Arab Christian Bale..?

[@joshuareavis4401]

I have never seen Republicans through this perspective. Thank you guys for such quality reports and videos.

[@Leondon73]

This literally change my mind on Texas. Great video AJ+!

[@Phrancis5]

Funny how people start believing facts and science only when it starts affecting them or their businesses. We love all the stuff science brings us, but not the big questions it asks or the uncomfortable truths.

[@hectornonayurbusiness2631]

Checking this video out during the Texas blackouts.

[@Rnankn]

$160000 per second devoted to cooking the biosphere alive, but we absolutely can’t afford to care and protect anyone.

[@MrWillypanda88]

I lived in Indonesia. A tropical country. Straight down the middle of the equator. And nowadays I am having a hard time sleeping at night because our weather turns colder. It's not much, maybe 3-5 degrees C or so. But for someone who always sleeping with fan on, the chill this year are real. Meanwhile, our friends in Europe are drying up from heat wave. So yes, the climate is changing. Stop being in denial.

[@felixromano3091]

Lol that dude complaining about the flare just wants a juicy buy out this happens all the time oil companies buy out the farms to stop 🛑 them from complaining know of several instances of this

[@howisitgoin4267]

I wish conservatives would move to Mars

[@Stealin_Texas]

I LOVE IT AT 6:45 those poor conglomerates /oil refiners, shippers and need 12 billion to build a wall from the US government for a climate change problem they in past claim don't exist they had anything to do with and with all thier profit and government support thay can't afford to do it themselves.

[@InugamiTheHound]

What I don't get from GOP why don't they care about animals??

[@scarletletter4900]

A conservative politician who makes decisions based on facts. Can such a thing really exist? And if so, how would it be further encouraged?

[@johnspinelli9396]

Trust me there are alot of pro green energy conservatives like myself out there then the media says

[@tamedshrew235]

Thank you for a refreshing and incredibly uplifting report

[@peternwokoye]

Republicans used to champion environmental policies until big oil money came in. This video at least gives me some relief that some still do care.

[@EarthCreature.]

Looks like Bernie doing a great job in TX then, and now.

[@tinaamariee832]

I still find it so baffling how most of my fellow Texans that support the wall live in North Texas. Meanwhile, in most border towns in the southeastern part of the state where I live don’t want it. Especially, considering the wall will be cutting through the middle of peoples property. Due to a treaty the border can’t be build on the bank of the Rio Grande. Which means for some people their homes will now be in a no mans land between the Rio grande & border. Which is a MAJOR security risk🙄

[@wafalme851]

Nice to know my state is doing great

[@fatalshore5068]

Its also doing terrible. Its doing both..somehow..

[@jeremiasrobinson]

I'm glad the Texans didn't shoot at Ahmed.

[@ahmedeldin]

#MeToo

[@jeremiasrobinson]

@@ahmedeldin Did you ever kind of feel like they wanted to?

[@TheChurchBubble]

This video is exactly why people don't believe this agreement. Completely one sided. You guys are scared to talk to someone to someone who's calling climate a non issue. Just admit it.

[@paxundpeace9970]

Great content, great contribution.

[@Fals3Agent]

you know they're conservative because just like vegans they'll tell you

[@brooksanderson2599]

Its 2021 and abrupt, irreversable climate change is upon us. Last year, the "lockdown" of industry and transportation cleared the skies of particulate carbon pollution. Those particals condensed tiny water droplets on them forming tiny, reflectors of solar energy. That allowed more solar radiation to reach the land and shallow sea. This led to record temperatures that evaporated more water into the atmosphere. As that moisture rose, it cooled, and precipitated record rains, summer snows, and hail, particularly in Asia. That drowned two grain crops (one was a replant) in China. The Chinese bought record amounts of grain from India and the USA. Meanwhile, Northern China suffered drought and locust plagues. Large areas of Australia and the Western USA experienced record size wildfires. Now, the Northern Jet Stream is meandering like a slowing top as it loses energy. That is because the temperature differential on either side is decreasing as the Polar Region heats twice as fast as lower . The slowing and breaking up Jet Stream is dragging Arctic air southward of Mexico City. Unfortunately, too many self-reinforcing feedbacks like deforetation, overgrazins, tundra fires, submarine methane clathrate sublimation, Arctic sea ice melt and albedo loss, among others, have made AGW and climate change unstoppable. Europe has lost about 70% of its invertebrate (mostly insect) bio mass. American beekeepers are losing about 30% of their hives yearly. That, when about 70% of our food crops require IF the "bad weather" continues into the spring planting season, we will be in deep trouble. We are now in Earth's 8th mass extinction and it includes us. old geologist

[@tamedshrew235]

Another point: I am a former resident of Vermont, the most liberal state in the US, and also notoriously difficult to approve wind turbines for fear of detracting scenic landscapes. You cant have your cake and eat it too.

[@jmcclinton8]

Great report Ahmed!

[@BLUEBARRY55]

Great report with an important focus. Thank you!

[@ЯрославКовальчук-и9ь]

Wait, wait: eco-concervatives . My head actually exploaded

[@iluan_]

Believe it or not they used to be quite common. I mean, Margaret Thatcher was one of the most conservative politicians of the 80's, and she believed climate change was a treat to civilization.

[@careyjchop]

Great info! Thank you ⭐️

[@kronsild]

Could You please stop using the phrase 'to believe in climate change' or 'to believe in global warming'? You make it a religion by this, when it is science and reality!

[@charlescanzater]

I am always happy to see that their is still intelligent people in the Republican Party ! “I LIKE IKE” My first political speech . Born 1948

[@kenlandon6130]

3:08 Georgetown TX is in Williamson County, which voted for Biden in 2020 for the first time since 1976.

[@kenlandon6130]

I think this mayor realizes his town and county are swing country, and if he doesn't do something to keep Democrats happy, he'll be out of a job in a few terms

[@qnxuxamasesalminger]

Hugh has a badass no BS Land Cruiser. Hugh is awesome.

[@destinstar7742]

I wonder if dimmit county used to be named dammit county until the state changed it

[@krish9885]

(Great message, but disclaimer about tx) The video is about Texan Republicans, UT and ATX is the liberal Mecca of the state. Interviewing young people at TAMU would have been more in point. Also, most of the state not in cowboy hats and that rowing shot was just so out of place.

[@denisc958]

Alternative fuel would be cool.

[@tnnsboy18]

You know damn well he had fun in Austin TX haha

[@irrefudiate]

Ya gotta love Abbot's "Future-Proofing" - def. 1. making changes to anticipate the effects of climate change, which we don't believe in. Also, the 'public good' is addressed if it happens to coincide with making money, otherwise 'public good' is not a consideration.

[@lovely-mk4rt]

Talking out of both sides of mouth

[@tyro244]

My understanding of future-proofing comes from the computer industry. It's about backing up data and software mostly to keep from having to pay ransom-ware criminals. Are they planing to make a back-up of Texas for use after the next flood or drought ravages the state?

[@bobsthea]

new job for texas resident, wind turbine maintenance by rope access

[@jameslangdon2676]

I think people need to be pushed harder, in an inquisitive way, when they say they “don’t believe” in something that has long been established as fact. It’s selfish for people to reject fact when their actions affect everyone.

[@onyx8231]

*One* rotation of *one* wind turbine can power a residential home for a day.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

electric companies don't want you know that, they won't be able to scam you on your bill.

[@ahmedmuawia2447]

Hmm. America so there moderates in America. Left and Right poltical Crusaders almost made me lose hope in Moderate solutions.

[@muhammadjordanpratama5008]

It's all for the money so no wonder they deny it!

[@brokebastard]

He can start changing by not voting RepubliCON

[@Apelles42069]

A generation from now, environmental stewardship will be as obvious as the Earth being round.

[@realdiamond1524]

yes.

[@raphlvlogs271]

Renewable energy is still mostly unsustainable.

[@fatsardine]

I found the little elephant thing like it was a pin and I found it after school while walking home, not knowing that it meant like republican. so I took it and put it on my backpack and went with it to school and people giving me dirty looks AND HERE I AM, NOT KNOWING WHAT IT MEANT (I’m democratic lol) then I found out and I just wanna punch myself in the face. 😂

[@dolliscrawford280]

If it works to get a change to renewable Good. Anything that works.

[@jadedstar7442]

You know you're in Texas when every vehicle in front of you is a truck!!! Hahaha! 🤣😅😄 Yeah people. Don t let the Soros media divide us. You can be a Republican and still love the planet. 🌎 Bring your recycle bag to the store please.

[@kevinloving3141]

The reason for renewable should be we need to get off of wahhabi oil.

[@augustlandmesser1520]

Is Georgetown named by George Orwell?

[@xsir_hcx3897]

No

[@miguelhigareda4253]

Hypocrisy??????

[@huhsunqu]

Aoede ❤

[@ahmedeldin]

[@gregcoste5332]

If one were to remove the impetuous of Climate Change, would the march to harvest (free) renewables change its current trajectory? Oil-rich nations (Texas included) see many advantages to the daily delivery of free energy to their very doorsteps and it has more to do with $ than with saving the planet. Investors (IMF, World Bank, and more conventional capital funds) have long since abandoned putting capital into carbon burning plants, as it is easy to see those plants becoming worthless, with the next round of tech innovation. It is hubris (of a global scale) to suggest that powering our homes differently will turn earth into a garden, that natural powers of millennia have and will give us the planet we've known and that our children will know. Still, we need to power our homes and the appeal of autonomy of our homes and our lives is embedded in us and the simple utilities of past generations are not so simple costs in our current lives. The environment be damned, there is a better way and that way is to harvest free energy. Post the California/Enron energy crisis we see that plans, budgets, pricing can be thrown into chaos by over-reliance on simple utilities (sic), not by real shortages, but by contrived manipulations of the market and those with capital have sought to make their future bulletproof to being subjugated again. Renewables are not an altruistic trend, but a freight train of change coming at the whole world. So lets do ourselves a favor and drop the polarizing issue of Climate Change (the sky is falling?) and just go about the smart business of harvesting the energy we need as dispersed as way we need it, thru that very dispersity as close to where we use it.

[@pthomasgarcia]

Buba? Sheeeit

[@xkklistoff3677]

Mashrou' Leila !

[@brokenking5044]

Those Windmill designs are HIGHLY Inefficient, and are designed to break/fail.

[@drew2dee2]

Yeehaw

[@toyotaprius79]

That ending, with the students building a solar car was soo stupid. Useless and TV-corny stoopid. Nothing wrong with it immediately, but it's more or less condensative to shoe horn in something like solar race cars that have been *_a thing_* , a tradition that young people did since the late 70s. The reason to bring up millennials for that came off as strange