Landman | Tommy Explains Why Even Wind Turbines Depend on the Oil Industry (S1, E3) | Paramount+

[@bobbyyoung2831]

If this one clip does not go viral then something is terribly wrong. I'm waiting for more episodes of Landman. His comments about oil and the windmills are spot on. Yeah I don't think they could have picked anybody better than Billy Bob Thornton to play this role.

[@DeniSaputta]

The problem is that the information he provided is out of date. And some of issues wind turbine have been resolved. So this video is not too honest.

[@MichaelRussell3000]

They claim that Renewable Energy from wind turbines requires Diesel fuel for mixing concrete, transportation of equipment, materials, and labor, but the truth is that all that could easily be done with electric motors using electric batteries all made in factories using renewable electricity. There are a series of choices involved. Make good choices, and get good futures. If the lifespan of a wind turbine was only 20 years, none should be made. They should be able to last indefinitely with regular maintenance and a little luck from the weather gods. The "embedded energy" of a wind turbine refers to the total energy used in its manufacturing, transportation, installation, and maintenance throughout its lifespan, essentially representing the energy "invested" to create and operate the turbine; this energy is typically paid back within a short time frame due to the large amount of electricity a wind turbine can generate over its lifetime, making it a highly efficient renewable energy source. This means that within 1=2 years the Multiple-Megawat turbines as pictured here would have repaid any energy they took up and are thus creating renewable energy for the rest of their working life. Enough to create HUNDREDS of new wind turbines, with renewable electricity. Solar panels are better. They cool the ground beneath, creating a habitat for growing things. They have no moving parts, and reflect half the sunlight back into space, helping cool the planet. They can be put anywhere the sun shines, and are distributed energy for off-grid applications. When paired with batteries, transmission lines, or both, they can be valuable revenue-generating assets, with lifespans in the 50+ year range. Lithium batteries for all vehicles can be mined with electric pumps run on renewable energy, too. Texas has chosen NOT to connect its state-wide electric grid (spanning 800 miles in every direction) to the east and west coast grids in the USA. Texas already uses renewable wind energy to power all its government buildings and municipal utilities, but could easily export renewable energy to the east and west costs, because they currently overproduce renewable energy and dump it into the ground when people stop using their air conditioners in the fall. But TEXAS doesn't choose to work with the rest of the USA, because they fear regulations. Unfortunately, the utilities are monopolies, and they use that power to over-build all the electric infrastructure in the USA, because they have cost-plus-profit contracts, so it wouldn't take much to connect the entire continent together with renewable energy generation. But they want more $$$$ so they produce propaganda like this to make it seem like they need more infrastructure, which they don't. The biggest cost will be battery storage of one kind or another, but imagine if everyone had say a 100 kWh battery parked in their driveway? What they are correct about is the SUNK investment in petroleum and $ 90 billion/yr of subsidies for the industry. They are using up a finite resource and destroying the environment, without any incentive to prepare for the future. That's a choice. A profitable choice. The problem is not the snake you find on the path, it's the snake in the weeds.

[@stevengroff3270]

Except he said oil is running out, oil renews itself. It's not fossil fuel from dinosaurs

[@TheRustyLM]

Yes. I’m betting this clip gets pulled down before it goes viral. 😏

[@TheRustyLM]

@@DeniSaputta hah! You’re the one who is dishonest. What has changed? Diesel no longer mixes and delivers cement, powers 450ft cranes, copper ore jumps out of the ground and smelts itself? Wind & solar are dirty businesses.

[@heymoe1179]

His explanation for the necessity of fossil fuel was the most honest thing I've seen on TV.

[@intuitive7274]

Yep

[@Patriot46426]

No lie told

[@nordlandak6853]

@@heymoe1179 oil is not fossil fuels. That’s a marketing ploy. It’s actually a renewable resource.

[@NNFaNRacing]

@@nordlandak6853 I don't think it's renewable on the necessary time scale. The problem is how quickly we use it vs how quickly its replenished. Beyond running out of fuel we also have to worry about the CO2 from burning the fossil fuels, we are already seeing the early effects of climate change... I wonder if nuclear will come up in this series at all?

[@MichaelRussell3000]

They claim that Renewable Energy from wind turbines requires Diesel fuel for mixing concrete, transportation of equipment, materials, and labor, but the truth is that all that could easily be done with electric motors using electric batteries all made in factories using renewable electricity. There are a series of choices involved. Make good choices, and get good futures. If the lifespan of a wind turbine was only 20 years, none should be made. They should be able to last indefinitely with regular maintenance and a little luck from the weather gods. The "embedded energy" of a wind turbine refers to the total energy used in its manufacturing, transportation, installation, and maintenance throughout its lifespan, essentially representing the energy "invested" to create and operate the turbine; this energy is typically paid back within a short time frame due to the large amount of electricity a wind turbine can generate over its lifetime, making it a highly efficient renewable energy source. This means that within 1=2 years the Multiple-Megawat turbines as pictured here would have repaid any energy they took up and are thus creating renewable energy for the rest of their working life. Enough to create HUNDREDS of new wind turbines, with renewable electricity. Solar panels are better. They cool the ground beneath, creating a habitat for growing things. They have no moving parts, and reflect half the sunlight back into space, helping cool the planet. They can be put anywhere the sun shines, and are distributed energy for off-grid applications. When paired with batteries, transmission lines, or both, they can be valuable revenue-generating assets, with lifespans in the 50+ year range. Lithium batteries for all vehicles can be mined with electric pumps run on renewable energy, too. Texas has chosen NOT to connect its state-wide electric grid (spanning 800 miles in every direction) to the east and west coast grids in the USA. Texas already uses renewable wind energy to power all its government buildings and municipal utilities, but could easily export renewable energy to the east and west costs, because they currently overproduce renewable energy and dump it into the ground when people stop using their air conditioners in the fall. But TEXAS doesn't choose to work with the rest of the USA, because they fear regulations. Unfortunately, the utilities are monopolies, and they use that power to over-build all the electric infrastructure in the USA, because they have cost-plus-profit contracts, so it wouldn't take much to connect the entire continent together with renewable energy generation. But they want more $$$$ so they produce propaganda like this to make it seem like they need more infrastructure, which they don't. The biggest cost will be battery storage of one kind or another, but imagine if everyone had say a 100 kWh battery parked in their driveway? What they are correct about is the SUNK investment in petroleum and $ 90 billion/yr of subsidies for the industry. They are using up a finite resource and destroying the environment, without any incentive to prepare for the future. That's a choice. A profitable choice. The problem is not the snake you find on the path, it's the snake in the weeds.

[@Brook11223]

I didn't park so far away. That's how far away you walked. Again the dialogue by Sheridan is a masterpiece and Thornton's delivery of Sheridan's dialogue is perfectly executed.

[@victorree7676]

And full of lies and deception but you bought it. So in that respect the dialogue was perfectly executed.

[@IanMorogo-cn4dn]

I liked the conversation 😂

[@IanMorogo-cn4dn]

He must convince the lawyer

[@lukesdoings7150]

I talk to my wife this way sometimes and she says I’m mean and need counseling on how to be nicer. 😂

[@ericsuilmann3304]

​@victorree7676 where was the lie and deception?

[@jadefire2817]

"Are you gonna' walk back to the truck, or stand here and wait for a f@cking mountain lion?" 😂 Every single convo of Tommy's is one-liners gold.

[@EdBate]

he reminds me of his bad santa char lol

[@JuniorUnruly]

This show has some of the best dialogue i have ever heard... Billy Bob is amazing

[@JLee-g6w]

Truly agree. All of Taylor Sheridan’s shows have been excellent

[@KevinThompson-ol5wi]

It's almost like Taylor Sheridan and Elmore Leonard met to write a series.

[@DeniSaputta]

The problem is that the information he provided is out of date. And some of issues wind turbine have been resolved. So this video is not too honest.

[@bryanb5895]

@@DeniSaputta Putting all these wind turbines up is interrupting the natural flow of the the earth.

[@blackllamasociety9123]

@@bryanb5895yes including patterns of rain. The turbines break up the weather fronts in west Texas

[@gibu002]

"Thatd be at the top of my list, yea." "I dont understand why your not movin?" My favorite lines here. Thornton is fantastic. I wish I could ignore till the entire season is available to binge watch.

[@tuningperfection]

Been loving Landman. Billy Bob was excellent choice. I can see it being offensive to some folks but I’m the perfect fan. It was made for someone like me. So I’m enjoying it.

[@ppop_unvrs]

"Why'd you park so far away?" "I didn't, that's how far you've walked." This is the reason why I love this kind of films. It keeps me grounded and down-to-earth, literally.

[@amen_ra6926]

This role is made to Thornton. The way he plays the don't give af demeanor along with the accent is perfect. I'm a fan of alternative energy ideas but I've also mentioned to people in discussions that reliance on oil goes way beyond what we put in our gas tanks. People don't consider tires, paint for their house walls, the rubber in those $100+ Nikes they're jogging in, and the other mile long list of items that have it as a component. This was a good scene. Pretty sobering stuff.

[@williamcole7843]

Yes it was!!!

[@kevinkrempely2335]

He didn't even mention the fact that windmills and the access roads to them each take good farm land out of production! Not to mention the all the birds that are killed by flying into the massive rotating blades!!

[@MikeJames-kt5dw]

There is a 513 billion barrel reserve recently found that would last a long time on land no nation has claimed

[@frost381]

one of the most honest few minutes ive seen on TV in a loooong time!

[@victorree7676]

Really? And you are an expert in what?

[@rupton88]

Dont have to be an expert to know green energy is a scam​@@victorree7676

[@Trazynn]

If anything this show gave a too rose colored view of the renewables. These turbines don't generate 24/7, the wind dies, sometimes for weeks, all that time requires battery capacity and overproduction in advance. The global battery production capacity projections give us about 75 minutes of storage on US total consumption in 2040.

[@douga9253]

@@victorree7676I have been in the gas and oil industry for 21 years. He is 100% correct, you don’t even need to be an expert just do some research.

[@FrankBullitt390]

And its about to get a lot more honest unless the studios want to go bankrupt. People are sick and tired of being lied to constantly to push radical left agendas that dont even make sense. As he just explained.

[@Ignats75]

Sheridan and Thornton were made for each other. What great characters Taylor writes. Tommy might be his best yet.

[@Colt76180]

In the early 2000s my stepson and son in law worked the gas wells of the Barnett Shale in North Texas. It was hard, dirty work. 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week for two weeks and off a week. I helped my son in law with his taxes one year. He made over 100k. He was a driller. The guy over him was the Toolpusher. He had one boss. The Company Man. No matter your politics, nothing Tommy says in this scene is not true.

[@1969EType]

I mean…we gotta’ seriously ask ourselves…why is someone working 84 hours a week, risking their lives every day getting a natural resource that we ALL need only clearing 100K? (Even back in 2000…) I work 50 hours a week and make 3.5 times that…nothing makes sense out here.

[@User-y9t7u]

​@@1969ETypecause we don't value people who do work, we value people who talk

[@1969EType]

@@User-y9t7u We who? I didn’t decide that…

[@jadams1722]

Shocking amount of money! Pipe welders working 7-12’s for 6 months of the year will earn 150k. People drilling should make more.

[@DrDavu]

​@@1969ETypeIt's manual labor requiring minimal skill. Doesn't require a college degree. A lot of people are willing and able to do it for the money offered, so nothing is necessarily pushing salaries up when they're all easily replaceable.

[@JustaRemf]

that's one of the most powerful analytical discussions about the plight of our oil dependence that I've ever heard. Tommy Lee is awesome.

[@michaelmonthey5974]

Tommy Lee? No. That’s Billy Bob Thornton!

[@summertyme5748]

Lot of bullshix though. Oil to lubricate something isn’t being burned. Most of the rest of his arguments are tautologies. “You have haul concrete out to the middle of nowhere” - which requires electricity, (electric cars) not gas. Then you are making power locally - as opposed to virtually every drop of gasoline with starts by burning crude, then hauling the “refined” product 1/2 around the world. (And you are talking about carrying concrete to built a wind mill as if it’s dirty). The gas industry is just threatened by clean energy and they will never stop spreading LIES AND FUD to an ill educated American public. 😂

[@jrk9679]

summertyme5748, You are (unsurprisingly) delusional. The oil used for lubrication still has to be pulled out of the ground and refined genius. Yeah in the same giant refinery as gasoline. Also, all the components of the windmill are either made from hydrocarbons or hydrocarbons are used to produce them. Get a life. People like you would have people freeze to death as opposed to using hydrocarbons.

[@dangarrison3503]

​@summertyme5748 you are so misinformed....

[@victorree7676]

@@jrk9679 Same for oil rigs and any oil producing equipment. So even if things were equal, which they aren't, oil is expensive and dirty. This is how much each type of power emits during its life cycle*: Hydropower: approximately 4 g CO2e/kWh Wind power: approximately 11 g CO2e/kWh Nuclear power: approximately 12 g CO2e/kWh Solar power: around 41 g CO2e/kWh Natural gas: 290-930 g CO2e/kWh Oil: 510-1170 g CO2e/kWh Coal: 740-1689 g CO2e/kWh.

[@douga9253]

Like it or not, this is one of the most brutally honest speeches about oil! Very well done.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

Is it honest just because that's what you wanted to hear or because it's based on scientific fact?

[@douga9253]

@@Paul-vf2wl based on facts, my friend I’ve been in the gas and oil industry for 21 years! Oh, and my wife owns a Tesla so I’m not biased one way or the other.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

@@douga9253 So working in the oil and gas industry made you an expert in carbon footprints of wind turbines? Go away.

[@Ignats75]

@@Paul-vf2wl I notice you haven't disputed those facts with contrary facts. Just being argumentative isn't retuting a fact.

[@douga9253]

@@Paul-vf2wl since you’re clearly not smart enough to lay out a basic plan for renewable energy. Let me state the obvious for you kid, we all need basic necessities to survive. Everything on your person right now and around you whether basic or not got delivered to you by diesel truck. Diesel is a petroleum-based fuel. So unless you have a way to get basic necessities delivered to you, which you need to sustain your day-to-day life you’re kind of stuck with petroleum infrastructure.

[@keletienne7947]

Oh man - ever since his lawyer series I’ve been craving more Billy Bob. And he does not look to disappoint in this show.

[@maximusaugustus6823]

Hats off to Paramount for allowing these awesome series to be made on their platform, that's why I'm a subscriber to their +channel.

[@ajhubbell3754]

The gold in her earrings and necklace….mined, transported, refined and made into jewelry using oil. Her clothes…oil. And it isn’t just her, it’s every single one of us. Im open to alternatives…..if they make sense. Nothing else does yet. That’s what pisses me off about environmentalists. If you are so high and mighty then turn off the electricity (all of it) build a grass hut and wearing natural fibers while you till the land with a stick. Other than that you are a hypocrite.

[@thecowboy9698]

The sad thing is if anyone did come up with an alternative that actually worked, the oil company would do everything in its power to shut it down, because they're not gonna have anything that hurts their wallets. The real problem is human greed. Plain and simple. That's why the good book says: "The love of money is the root of all evil."

[@Ignats75]

@@thecowboy9698 Actually no. What would really happen is that capitalists (who own the oil companies) would fund the new technology themselves so that they could adapt and not go the way of the buggy whip factory.

[@lostallmymoney2082]

@@thecowboy9698human greed is definitely part of it. But other countries besides the US have worked to come up with viable replacements and they are not even test worthy yet. It has to be both reliable and economical to work.

[@jessiebedlam6094]

Nuclear energy but no one wants to discuss that. 🤦‍♂️

[@rvrski1]

@@thecowboy9698Your statement is an oxymoron….. If there was a viable alternative oil companies would have it everywhere and profiting from it…..

[@os9706]

This scene is one of the best i’ve ever seen, and the background music made it even better

[@lylestavast7652]

perfect character for that role. he's one of my favorites for Texan roles :)

[@willblackerby9055]

I love this show Billy Bob Thornton was perfect for his part. 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@petera4985]

@@willblackerby9055 Yes. it was written with him in mind. Sheridan breaks the rule on this. Don't write with a particular actor in mind because you may not get them. But he does. Same with siccaro

[@fshtbzrt7419]

I swear Willie from Bad Santa straightened up and got an honest job!

[@aaronsanborn4291]

I work in the construction industry. Everything he says is 110% spot on. I've worked on multiple wind and solar ptojects...and only 12 feet deep? Yeah try 12 feet deep is the top of the concrete pedastal the bottom is 50 feet deep and they take a minimum of 450 yards of concrete

[@Daywalker222]

I'm Donald J Trump and I approve this message!😁

[@DavidGreen-yz6ws]

Donald wouldn't comprehend it.

[@NOL1FEK1NG]

​@@DavidGreen-yz6ws Nope he absolutely would not. Don't know why ppl think he is smarter than he is. He's 82 and on the mental decline.

[@Daywalker222]

@@NOL1FEK1NG This scene is literally derived from parts of his rally speech on cons of wind turbines. Even has a twist on a snake story he mentions. Inform your selves better, less msnbc!

[@knuttsackjones3094]

Drill baby drill👍🏻

[@BlakeFerret]

​@NOL1FEK1NG most folks have enough sense to know he's got more acumen than biden or that other lady they tried to force into office

[@BrianLemay-qv3lr]

Thank you Taylor Sheridan , and JEEZ Billy Bob Thornton can act with the best of them !

[@bailbondsga]

he is one of the best of them

[@raider3164]

Dam That BillyBob is awesome in this. So smartly sarcastic. It makes sense sarcasm

[@coyotePAC3]

"Man is an animal with unusual vision. He can't see the handwriting on the wall until his back is against the wall."

[@jfreelan1964]

This should become “classic “

[@bjjt-nu9dx]

Me taking my city sister and my son on a hike in an Arizona canyon: "Son, you lead." "Why?" she asked. "His hearing is better than ours. He can hear the rattle snakes " "!!!!!!!!", she indicated. Later: " Son, stay closer to us." "Why?" she asked. "Because of mountain lions," I replied.

[@joshstaiger4332]

Everything he said is absolutely true, except that were running out of oil. We have plenty of Oil

[@goodgod77]

correct, but how much of that oil is recoverable

[@bobf1174]

@@joshstaiger4332 years ago in the Gulf, BP had a blowout on a rig and it had so much power and pressure it took forever to stop it

[@GlenPaholke-ht8hg]

I hauled wind components, most are made over seas, towers made in Mexico, nuts and bolts from Mexico wiring from India, generator s from India and China, the fossil fuel power plant is on stand by so when the wind d quits blowing there is instant power so the grid doesn't collapse , and all the clean energy jobs? There really aren't many just the people who put all the imported parts together.

[@Trazynn]

Could you upload that montage of the rig being constructed at the end of this episode?

[@DavidGreen-yz6ws]

Set up anyway. They break them down, move the parts, and reassemble. This should just be a little workover rig.

[@whatisagent5629]

Multiple layers of brutal truth.

[@CaptZenPetabyte]

The stark contrast in the scene of the person that is *living the reality of the situation* vs the *ideologue with no practical idea* about whats going on; juxtaposed by the short scene-end metaphor of her inability to manage the practical skills to simply walk away from the snake & instead require the person with the knowledge and actual practical skill to step up and do what has to be done, to keep her safe in the world she has no idea about.

[@MichaelRussell3000]

They claim that Renewable Energy from wind turbines requires Diesel fuel for mixing concrete, transportation of equipment, materials, and labor, but the truth is that all that could easily be done with electric motors using electric batteries all made in factories using renewable electricity. There are a series of choices involved. Make good choices, and get good futures. If the lifespan of a wind turbine was only 20 years, none should be made. They should be able to last indefinitely with regular maintenance and a little luck from the weather gods. The "embedded energy" of a wind turbine refers to the total energy used in its manufacturing, transportation, installation, and maintenance throughout its lifespan, essentially representing the energy "invested" to create and operate the turbine; this energy is typically paid back within a short time frame due to the large amount of electricity a wind turbine can generate over its lifetime, making it a highly efficient renewable energy source. This means that within 1=2 years the Multiple-Megawat turbines as pictured here would have repaid any energy they took up and are thus creating renewable energy for the rest of their working life. Enough to create HUNDREDS of new wind turbines, with renewable electricity. Solar panels are better. They cool the ground beneath, creating a habitat for growing things. They have no moving parts, and reflect half the sunlight back into space, helping cool the planet. They can be put anywhere the sun shines, and are distributed energy for off-grid applications. When paired with batteries, transmission lines, or both, they can be valuable revenue-generating assets, with lifespans in the 50+ year range. Lithium batteries for all vehicles can be mined with electric pumps run on renewable energy, too. Texas has chosen NOT to connect its state-wide electric grid (spanning 800 miles in every direction) to the east and west coast grids in the USA. Texas already uses renewable wind energy to power all its government buildings and municipal utilities, but could easily export renewable energy to the east and west costs, because they currently overproduce renewable energy and dump it into the ground when people stop using their air conditioners in the fall. But TEXAS doesn't choose to work with the rest of the USA, because they fear regulations. Unfortunately, the utilities are monopolies, and they use that power to over-build all the electric infrastructure in the USA, because they have cost-plus-profit contracts, so it wouldn't take much to connect the entire continent together with renewable energy generation. But they want more $$$$ so they produce propaganda like this to make it seem like they need more infrastructure, which they don't. The biggest cost will be battery storage of one kind or another, but imagine if everyone had say a 100 kWh battery parked in their driveway? What they are correct about is the SUNK investment in petroleum and $ 90 billion/yr of subsidies for the industry. They are using up a finite resource and destroying the environment, without any incentive to prepare for the future. That's a choice. A profitable choice. The problem is not the snake you find on the path, it's the snake in the weeds.

[@Brokenwing-gm1eg]

The only thing missing from this scene was all the dead birds!

[@stepabove2136]

Lol,lol,wooo that billy bob cracks me up 😅😂 that guy is awesome 👌.

[@8yearoldBanksy2014]

Awesomely explained

[@floridapmi]

Billy Bob has now become an honorary citizen of the Permian Basin.

[@digdeep0169]

this Show is a Masterpiece! the Dialogue is unreal/ruthless.

[@corey7883]

This show hooked me from the get go

[@TheSerpent21]

As somebody who has worked on or around those sorts of things and dealt with oil as part of my job what he said is completely true.

[@DBistrov]

Well written. Alberta, Canada is rocking the boat

[@jaytea42]

Amazing speech! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Houligans]

Great discussion and it will unfortunately go right over the heads of many. Everyone thinks we in the oil industry want to pollute the planet with emissions. Not the case at all, maybe instead of complaining about our industry, perhaps people could focus their energy towards improving the efficiency and emissions of the product as we continue to produce it.

[@debkheiry5846]

Very well said.

[@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx]

I'm a staunch supporter of nuclear energy, and I would rather see us keep the internal combustion engine for cars (while making it far more efficient), while switching mass energy production to nuclear. Molten salt reactors could literally reused old nuclear waste until its a medical grade isotope. Then set about reducing our use of plastics. For example switch all plastic bottles to glass.

[@bobf1174]

@@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx or burn our coal

[@greggnunnelee7650]

Gotta love that sarcasm

[@thecowboy9698]

I'm surprised that after Billy Bob killed it, he didn't say: "That's some good eating right there."

[@cwstreeper]

Truer words have never been spoken about the petrochemical industry.

[@Freedomfred939]

We die as a species without it

[@MCOult]

I identify so closely with his character it's almost scary.

[@boco1951]

Billy Bob is the best for this 😅

[@lisadelahunty6184]

Absolutely love this show, Taylor Sheridan you absolutely hit the nail on the head as far as “alternative power” goes……..mankind as we knew it will go back to kerosene lamps & cooking over a fire. Which really wouldn’t be a bad thing, especially with young people of today. Thank you!! You literally put my words up on the silver screen…..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@warrenrayledbetter9957]

Everyone in America, no wait, everyone in the world should have to view this clip.

[@MichaelRussell3000]

They claim that Renewable Energy from wind turbines requires Diesel fuel for mixing concrete, transportation of equipment, materials, and labor, but the truth is that all that could easily be done with electric motors using electric batteries all made in factories using renewable electricity. There are a series of choices involved. Make good choices, and get good futures. If the lifespan of a wind turbine was only 20 years, none should be made. They should be able to last indefinitely with regular maintenance and a little luck from the weather gods. The "embedded energy" of a wind turbine refers to the total energy used in its manufacturing, transportation, installation, and maintenance throughout its lifespan, essentially representing the energy "invested" to create and operate the turbine; this energy is typically paid back within a short time frame due to the large amount of electricity a wind turbine can generate over its lifetime, making it a highly efficient renewable energy source. This means that within 1=2 years the Multiple-Megawat turbines as pictured here would have repaid any energy they took up and are thus creating renewable energy for the rest of their working life. Enough to create HUNDREDS of new wind turbines, with renewable electricity. Solar panels are better. They cool the ground beneath, creating a habitat for growing things. They have no moving parts, and reflect half the sunlight back into space, helping cool the planet. They can be put anywhere the sun shines, and are distributed energy for off-grid applications. When paired with batteries, transmission lines, or both, they can be valuable revenue-generating assets, with lifespans in the 50+ year range. Lithium batteries for all vehicles can be mined with electric pumps run on renewable energy, too. Texas has chosen NOT to connect its state-wide electric grid (spanning 800 miles in every direction) to the east and west coast grids in the USA. Texas already uses renewable wind energy to power all its government buildings and municipal utilities, but could easily export renewable energy to the east and west costs, because they currently overproduce renewable energy and dump it into the ground when people stop using their air conditioners in the fall. But TEXAS doesn't choose to work with the rest of the USA, because they fear regulations. Unfortunately, the utilities are monopolies, and they use that power to over-build all the electric infrastructure in the USA, because they have cost-plus-profit contracts, so it wouldn't take much to connect the entire continent together with renewable energy generation. But they want more $$$$ so they produce propaganda like this to make it seem like they need more infrastructure, which they don't. The biggest cost will be battery storage of one kind or another, but imagine if everyone had say a 100 kWh battery parked in their driveway? What they are correct about is the SUNK investment in petroleum and $ 90 billion/yr of subsidies for the industry. They are using up a finite resource and destroying the environment, without any incentive to prepare for the future. That's a choice. A profitable choice. The problem is not the snake you find on the path, it's the snake in the weeds.

[@SushmaVivek-xq4nv]

My dad worked for big oil company and he used to say exactly same thing....years after when I join banking and handling supply chain finance of major manufacturing companies, then I realized how much we are dependent on it and we don't have replacement.

[@boblatkey7160]

Did your father also lie about wind machines? 😂😂😂

[@Patriot60911]

@@boblatkey7160what’s a wind machine?

[@shockmaster1929]

@@boblatkey7160what’s a wind machine?

[@Paul-vf2wl]

@@shockmaster1929 It's a machine that runs on wind. If you had any education other than tv you'd know that.

[@brianh8701]

Not to mention the dead birds that get destroyed by these things. Drove through a wind farm on way to Corpus, Texas. Could not believe the amount of land that was being used up to try to create even a minuscule amount of wind energy.

[@jalijagi]

Dead birds? Really? That's what you're going to go with....

[@shockmaster1929]

@@jalijagiit’s a real problem, you go to parts of west Texas where there are hundreds of these turbines in a small area and you’ll find thousands of dead birds on the ground

[@RetJetFxr]

@@jalijagi Are you clueless? It's an actual issue, but doesn't receive attention just like groundhogs dying from field plowing operations doesn't get attention....the animals are too small to care about.

[@bobf1174]

Not to mention destroying the landscape

[@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx]

Then there's the fact that the blades can't be recycled, and if just one blade is damaged, all three need to be replaced.

[@TraDonnaSwindall]

My mom found a rattler in the kennels, I heard her screaming so I jumped in the car and went to her. Hold this gun while I go and call for help,the snake crawled under a huge stack of dog food and she couldn't see it. Never should have taken a picture of myself while there waiting for her to come back with help. 22 beads and a 22 . I left but heard the shot after help arrived.

[@Jccgrg]

I saw it "live" and yes, it was a message to the world about alternative energy, nothing clean about it

[@truthhurts1339]

Classic scene. I won’t ever be pressured to purchase paaramount plus but this looks like a good show

[@lawrencekiel-sr2772]

Windmills are as economical as the coins' pennies and nickels. Triple the value, and you have the cost to make them.

[@zaq55]

There’s an allegory in the snake encounter, just in case the clear explanation of why we need petroleum isn’t enough. When encountering a venomous snake, there is a simple and rational action to take. Yet this lawyer (representing far-left environmentalism) is unable to make the obvious and logical move that would be in her best interest. Billy Bob’s character (representing reality and pragmatism) offers the obvious fix to her situation, but she is unable to perform it.

[@PappyGunn]

Great stuff.

[@opencarry3860]

The only thing that was wrong with his explanation is that oil is a renewable resource and will not be depleted in the future.

[@jimbob1568]

Great show!

[@tamimrktz6966]

Probably the most sincere discussion about the green scam I've seen on tv.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

What about it was sincere? The fact that you agree with it?

[@bobf1174]

@@Paul-vf2wl high maintenance for one thing. Don’t produce when calm or cold

[@darylb5564]

I can remember the first time a teacher told me we were running out of oil. I think was in the third grade. The world has pumped more oil almost every year since. Here’s the punchline… last month I turned 60. Hollywood is where you go to get entertainment not education.

[@stevenlouie6922]

they should of added the cost of disposing the wind turbine. It is a net postive ,but it's still not great. I think the problem is , it's labor intensive. And he is right, they built a wind farm in Oregon, and the problem is , the transmission line couldn't handle it, so it never transmitted electriticy. Although it might by now.

[@t-shirtedhistorian]

This is the best show on streaming right now.

[@Calallenbrian84]

This show is a winner. Looking forward to Season 3

[@Dh-de9op]

Very well said. Not ideal i know bit its true. He never even got into the resources needed to make the wind/generator blades… Or that they are not recyclable and have a service life…

[@cheeng1]

Powerful and 100% truth

[@ahsansiddiqui4263]

Perfect scene!

[@jamesmansbridge5330]

That is why I would never buy a Tesla to replaced my V8

[@timebandit2951]

To all you EVers, it actually takes more gas and oil to build everything than you're being sold on. If your really interested in the truth? Look up what goes into making an EV VEHICLES BATTERIES.

[@KevinThompson-ol5wi]

Tommy had to be written with Billy Bob Thornton in mind. He just nails every line.

[@Anaken12]

Great statement there. Alternative energy is not necessarily clean energy. Looking into solar it’s the same deal. A lot of pollution in creation and exploitation of alternative means.

[@ElJefeDeTexas]

Why does this almost feel like an episode of King of the Hill... 3:36 proof me wrong

[@Neojhun]

The only problem with that argument. All the oil required to build a modern massive 400ft wind turbine. Is a drop in the bucket compared the amount of energy it will generate over it's Minimum 20 years lifetime. The FLAW in his argument was he said 400ft which infers handful of megawatt size. Those turbine generate such an extreme amount of energy one of them could power couple hundred of oil wells (20kva each). Yes ROI was a problem with old small wind turbine, that problem was solved with Sheer Size.

[@lowedoug78]

when I grow up, I want the job where I can ride around in a truck giving exposition on the US energy sector.

[@StanvilleBrown]

When Old School teach gen z how the world really is!

[@petera4985]

A lawyer working for a oil company would not be so liberal in thinking it's correcting any in the audience

[@StanvilleBrown]

​@@petera4985I believe it

[@jadefire2817]

@@petera4985 She's not technically working "for" the oil company. Tommy asked a firm to send another lawyer who he's worked with before. For some reason, they sent this lady instead, and she's a "liability" attorney. The previews show that they're gonna' try to blame Tommy for the accident that happened , so Monty isn't out anything.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

Yup old school complaining about OSHA and all those pesky regulations about not blowing people up because they can make .001% more profit by not doing preventative maintenance ever.

[@petera4985]

​@@Paul-vf2wl is a Texan writer with an oil bias. But wait. Does he want you, the audience to take the very position you're taking?

[@AyarARJ]

Alright, I might give your service a try. Good stuff. For more than one reason.

[@boringlyawesum]

The cell phone in her back pocket was a nice touch.

[@captrroberts]

Estimates vary, but wind does payback its upfront carbon investment within its lifetime.

[@nordlandak6853]

He’s spot on about wind mills not being clean. He’s wrong about oil. It’s not a fossil fuel. That’s a marketing ploy from standard oil to make it sound rare.

[@BobaDavis]

What are you talking about, it is. The idea that it's "Abiotic", if that's what you're referring to isn't accepted by the scientific community....so until they go along with another idea, it's STILL a fossil fuel.

[@bobf1174]

@@nordlandak6853 crude is a fossil fuel made by God to be located and used by man to survive

[@carltonmcroy3222]

Spot on. It's not a "fossil fuel". It's not from dead dinosaurs and we're not running out of it.

[@blackllamasociety9123]

@@BobaDavisthere is a fracture in this thinking of “fossil fuels.” Australian study just keyword the search it will come up.

[@BobaDavis]

@@blackllamasociety9123 No, it really isn't. A single study isn't enough to change what general thought is on the subject of oil. We still look at oil as a fossil fuel and it will remain that way, until we collectively see it differently.

[@dave9351]

Brilliant dialogue exposing the truth about hydrocarbons and energy ! I like a little mustard with my biscuits.... uh hah

[@thehastywombat]

lol, was waiting for him to pull out a gun not a shovel!

[@victorree7676]

This is how much CO2 each type of power emits during its life cycle*: Hydropower: approximately 4 g CO2e/kWh Wind power: approximately 11 g CO2e/kWh Nuclear power: approximately 12 g CO2e/kWh Solar power: around 41 g CO2e/kWh Natural gas: 290-930 g CO2e/kWh Oil: 510-1170 g CO2e/kWh Coal: 740-1689 g CO2e/kWh.

[@beversluis1]

Whats your point???

[@bryanmsmith888]

I'm sure all the 'you tell'em boys' can't figure out why oil is bad, and clean energy is good. Nice piece of big oil propaganda. Are EXXON and MOBIL executive producers? Truth is oil consumption=air pollution.

[@kb3809]

Did you add the manufacturing ,mining, and transportation CO2 part?

[@msgtmac8115]

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless, and non-flammable gas that's denser than air. It's made up of one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms, and is a key component of Earth's atmosphere. Greenhouse gas: CO2 is a greenhouse gas, meaning it absorbs and radiates heat, helping to regulate Earth's climate. Without it, the planet would be too cold for life

[@shutthegate8232]

Guess what. CO2 doesn't need to be lowered, there isn't a climate emergency, or a climate crisis and just blends into the entire climate scam bs that's been pushed & used to control, tax, and shaft everyone. It beggars belief the scam has gotten this far. CO2 a freakin god send and dumb backside people think it's the anti christ.

[@indomitusveritas9838]

This scene was good except for throwing the rattlesnake carcass away. You ALWAYS hang it on a sign or fence so others can see it, because rattlesnakes habitate often in pairs, there is usually a second one lurking in the vacinity.

[@Azula-nt7uc]

This is going down in cinematic history!!!!

[@TheRustyLM]

I can’t believe this show got produced. Too much truth.

[@dmoney5003]

Dam it only took a million uploads before paramount added this clip. Because its kinda mind twisting. Because we are adding to the issue by watching this on any eletrinc device. Irony.

[@johnharris6655]

Small module nuclear reactors should be the end of Wind and Solar.

[@TimLang-x1g]

If it was so simple how about just a generator and using your own diesel gas oil man

[@DavidGreen-yz6ws]

They used to use natural gas and steam engines to drill wells back when there was little market for natural gas.

[@Reign-q7c]

This show has a good build

[@truthhurts1339]

If we can make synthetic oil to use in vehicles….why can’t they make synthetic gasoline?

[@TheRustyLM]

Honest question? “Synthetic” oil’s base component is crude oil.

[@douglasolsson7768]

I've auditioned for this show a couple times. Juicy roles. Can't wait to be on it.

[@countanimeavenger6536]

It all comes full circle

[@ndirangugichuki6260]

The post-production people used a lot of brown/yellow tint on this.

[@OLO-12Jal]

I can't wait for Pulisic content

[@ToddleyProductions]

This is the perfect role for him

[@smeteyeify]

The subtle yet nuanced score elevates the scene even more and makes it superbly cinematic.

[@psalmer5690]

subtle and nuanced mean the same thing and subtle is a perfectly fine word that hasn't been bastardized by pseudo- intellectuals on NPR.

[@TyrusCherryFan100]

Wow That Nice 👍

[@joshburns6674]

Sheridan and his ability to write such great dialogue is liquid gold. All his shows are great, except when Rip throws a snake on that guy.. that was on jump the shark level.

[@DrDavu]

Well, Billy Bob nailed the character unsurprisingly. I would eay that in my experience with landmen, they are a lot more personable but I've also not known any well enough for them to confide in me. i can 100% believe that this is a realistic representation of their true internality. Also, id say Mexican Cartel enforcer is orders of magnitude more dangerous than any oil and gas job, excluding marine pipe welders.