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Oil led to huge advancements - and vast inequities.
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As the planet warms, why is it so hard to turn away from fossil fuels, and can we do it in time? This is “The End of Oil, Explained” an episode narrated by Ethan Hawke from the current season of our Netflix series.
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[@juliancortes87]

Thank you guys for this video!! Fantastic!!

[@ailediablo79]

Oil would always be there as long as it exists, because the militery needs oile especially for rockets and rock engines. Oil makes from it throw the process of petrochemical operation tower filtered to many fundamental components/metrals such as plastic and black stone that makes our modern streets but there thousands more things. There is things that can be changed but other manythings can not. Therefore, there would be always oil as long as it exists. Without oil there is no rockets and no planes and no effective efficient airforce and no stilights and no space operations. Plus it still would take a longtime before oil go dry. Not to mention alot of areas has not been scanned for oil yet. Oil and gas are fundamental resources. Not to mention oil is linked to USA currency value and power of influence.

[@sergiothegrower]

Why did yall chose a weather modification background/chem trails?

[@TheDoomWizard]

I talk about the reality of the situation we face on my channel.

[@Rage_Quiting]

@@ailediablo79 easy, just nuke the US

[@shubhamjain1328]

"The planet will survive, it's not about the planet, it's about us." This hits hard.

[@kulrajsingh2017]

L u should ve got a solution right?

[@fgaeg2209]

@@kulrajsingh2017 no theres no solution in 2030 it will reach 30 C 90 F

[@space0015]

@@fgaeg2209 earth will not get hurt at all since after every major extinction earth recovered. but it is us and animal. i am an anti climate activist as i know we wont be able to save us and so i am an animal activist

[@nebulousisgod]

This has been the main point for decades. The planet will simply recycle itself as it’s always done. The animals on the planet, though, including us, will be destroyed. We can survive it, we survived the last Ice Age. But it’s going to be a tough experience.

[@lilelo208]

At this point the planet deserves not to have humanity.

[@nabibbs7937]

Can't believe in watching This for free, and I'm happy that you guys did it. This is an important topic and it needs to be seen by alot of people

[@rajvirsangha6430]

Nothing is free, it is costing you time.

[@mortalkombat266]

China is a global super power how is it considered a developing country

[@udhavvarma7097]

@@mortalkombat266 what? Who are you? What are you talking about? How is it relevant?

[@zuhan3833]

@@mortalkombat266 Its GDP per capita is still low compared to europe and USA

[@miss1of2]

@@mortalkombat266 there is a huge disparity between rich and poor... In some rural area accessibility to basic needs is still problematic.

[@mcdanksauce3313]

“In order for Africa to transition, it would take an investment of 70 billion every year.” The US war in Afghanistan cost 300 million dollars a day, or about 120 billion dollars a year.

[@sebastianwallin3726]

That depends if you believe in those numbers. The current estimates for the war of Afghanistan is the maximum estimates. The accurate numbers aren't there. What is known that during the 20 years USA supplied Afghan government with 180 Billion worth of USD.

[@wutangclan2051]

Would have been more cost-effective to just nuke 'em.

[@sebastianwallin3726]

@Maja Kwiatkowska very true. US implemented European technology to effectivize their domestic production. It's actually interesting how USA by 1900 was the largest producer of coal, oil, gas, steel and meat.

[@Hubwood]

@@wutangclan2051 Your message clearly shows that you shouldn't post on the internet and get some Professional Help. WOuld you like to talk about it? I'm here for you.

[@Kamamura2]

@@sebastianwallin3726 Does that number include bombs, rockets and bullets shot at the native combatants?

[@ikennauchendu7624]

I’m Nigerian and I blame our leaders and not Britain or US. Our leaders corruption is why we are still underdeveloped. If we utilized the fund we got from oil well, we would be like Dubai

[@jcoker423]

Well said. Great country, lovely people. F'ed up leaders.

[@ramenyoun501]

Dubai is a joke, all it has are wasteful infrastructures. Most people still work there in very cheap labour.

[@ramenyoun501]

@@_dayee2388 you mean a realist giving reality checks?

[@yomi7742]

True talk. Though I ought to blame our leaders, but their hands are tied by the same people who keep echoing 'leapfrogging'. Keeping their country prosperous while they choke other nations is inhumanity. Nevertheless, all the bucks start and end with our leaders.

[@kensurrency2564]

Corruption is the problem everywhere.

[@dgeazardas]

"There's a lot being invested in destruction in the world today" That's sad but true

[@dave_riots]

It's not exactly destruction of the world, but destruction of humanity.

[@geoms6263]

THE Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil Age will end long before the world runs out of oil.”

[@exponentialcomplexity3051]

I mean, we have always strived to get better at sources. Burning oil better than burning coal which is better than burning wood.

[@jack3609]

metallica moment

[@dimamatat5548]

@@dave_riots Good, because it will solve overpopulation.

[@PhoenixtheII]

The world isn't going anywhere, we are. - G. Carlin

[@worstgamer1162]

Aight, where we going?

[@ailediablo79]

Oil would always be there as long as it exists, because the militery needs oile especially for rockets and rock engines. Oil makes from it throw the process of petrochemical operation tower filtered to many fundamental components/metrals such as plastic and black stone that makes our modern streets but there thousands more things. There is things that can be changed but other manythings can not. Therefore, there would be always oil as long as it exists. Without oil there is no rockets and no planes and no effective efficient airforce and no stilights and no space operations. Plus it still would take a longtime before oil go dry. Not to mention alot of areas has not been scanned for oil yet. Oil and gas are fundamental resources. Not to mention oil is linked to USA currency value and power of influence.

[@checkerpoo3215]

@@ailediablo79 first of all, why u taking about the military so much, sure deference’s matter but that isn’t wha u should focus on. Also “rockets” aren’t made up of oil, they are nuclear, and if u mean rockets like space rockets then yeah they don’t use oil they use liquid hydrogen. Oil is a non-renewable resource that the future can’t depend on, if we keep using oil our world will become a wasteland, we need a new way to power our cars and other vehicles. And in fact we do, called electric cars, they don’t use gas they run on electricity. If we keep using oil and other toxic gases, climate change will rise and the world will go through horrible things, such as more intensified natural disasters. The list goes on and on and theirs no point in me telling u the effects of climate change, climate change is the biggest problem out generation will face and people like u are the ones that are making it even worse. Check ur facts before trying to tell people how the oil industry works.

[@kiarahelen6006]

We are taking tons of ecosystems with us. Turtles, alligators are all slated to go extinct.

[@kiarahelen6006]

@@ailediablo79 no actually. We need to shift away from oil. You could say the same about kerosene... And oil from whales. Our technology moved on.

[@nugrahaeiga]

so depressing, this is why im starting to saving to purchase a piece of land and become a self sufficient permaculture farmer

[@lucyfarnik6036]

Just wanted to say that I'm writing a seminar university essay on Big Oil and this video is the best starting resource I could've ever imagined. Excellent work guys and gals, keep it up!

[@ndubuisicharles559]

I hope you have finished it 😊

[@abhinavkumar3232]

This is amazing that Netflix has released it for wider public to see. Irrespective of the subscription. This is a very important topic. Thank you Netflix. And Vox.

[@imacmill]

_This is amazing that Netflix has released it for wider public to see._ It's notable that Netflix also released Cowspiracy and Seaspiracy, both of which seem to claim that those industries are the biggest destructors of the environment, not the oil industry. Ball of confusion...

[@dhanush358]

Propoganda is always free

[@burtan2000]

It won't do much, I'm afraid. The people that don't believe, despite all the science, wont change their opinions now.

[@ascenscionstallion2993]

@@imacmill all these things are not mutually exclusive. Grow up and think

[@michaelcho1201]

@@imacmill all of them are destructive to environment. Pretty common sense and fast fashion, plastic, conventional agriculture, so on... literally anything we do with our life is destructive to environment. Sustainable is the key for survivor now and future.

[@snowstrobe]

It's unfair to talk of the 'developing' countries increasing contribution to Co2 levels without pointing out that the main reason they are increasing output is because they are now the ones manufacturing the West's products. In other words, Europe, Nth America etc are just farming out the damage they are doing, they are still the bigger problem.

[@jayjayn007]

True and a lot to be said about that (including the new Apartheid from sweat shops elsewhere to feed Europe & USA with goods). I'm in South Africa now and the G7 discussing this week with our president a 73 billion package to sub saharan Africa to quell fossil fuels here to and make Africa green

[@michaelyun2407]

More like corporation move production overseas for more profit.

[@user-yc3uy6ri8q]

@@grishabelotserkovsky993 it is true tho...

[@tylertelford2145]

1000% the bottom line is people want to pay as little as possible or the goods they consume. Because of this, they will always rely on developing nations to produce those goods for so little money and zero progress will be made.

[@joaaotubee]

Imperialism at its finest.

[@enzochiapet]

"...otherwise we're all gonna fry..." That is pretty much the point

[@2stoon]

"We all need to work on this together whether not its fair in any sense" Yeah lady, easy for you to say.

[@remi_gio]

@@SayaRamah Maybe start electing people who don’t cheat their own countrymen so you can be taken seriously. Then we talk.

[@adeeRoKUO]

hypocrisy coming from the westerners.. preaching but not doing anything

[@jeannefochessati8014]

@@adeeRoKUO start by doing something yourself, and not always waiting for the Westerners to do something.

[@remi_gio]

@@adeeRoKUO …actually we are doing a lot. We segregate, invest in renewables, have high standards for diesel cars and also have carbon tax… while you drop plastic in the ocean… and don’t care at all…so please …you could do even the minimum.. but you don’t. Wait for others to solve your problems with cash! It’s called bad attitude.

[@AW-gj4ji]

@@jeannefochessati8014 just saying China is leading at renewable energy and EV… They have pretty good infrastructure for public transport compared to a certain country in North America too. Can they do more? Yes. Are they doing anything? No.

[@joeb4294]

The saddest part to me is that the most guilty people will never be held accountable.

[@leshiro5574]

Terminate them with your bare hands.

[@nemanacemu2024]

@@leshiro5574 it’s easier with a tank

[@MustObeyTheRules]

@@nemanacemu2024 an oil powered tank

[@MustObeyTheRules]

@Ballstavius Deadeyes yea but the thing is, no one willed their way into this world. Our parents willed us into the world so no one should feel guilty by that logic other than people who’ve had kids.

[@joeb4294]

@muhammad noor did you intend to criticize capitalism? I don't see the connection between democracy and greed/corruption

[@nathanlevesque7812]

1. Plunder nations into poverty. 2. Pretend to fix the damage while finding new ways to plunder even more. 3. Give back a fraction of what was taken and call it aid, like you're doing them a favor. 4. Complain about spending anything to help plundered nations and blame them for their poverty. 5. Remember that none of these steps was "Stop plundering"

[@ereshkigalis]

6. Put out documenteries suggesting there is still hope

[@mikhelBrown]

That pretty much sums it!

[@itsbeyondme5560]

@@mikhelBrown Lol

[@yurlim]

6. Corrupting the already corrupt politicians..

[@Balboa_Rocky]

Best comment ever....😀

[@allan.n.7227]

0:20 "An atmosphere of that gas would give to our earth a high temperature".. *goosebumps*

[@anthony9656]

Now with only 1/2 of all the oil that was ever in the ground, we are burning through it at the astonishing rate of 2.1% per year. That leaves us only 47 years worth of oil if we continue at this rate and even less if it is used faster. And there just isn't really any other way right now to move around goods and people, to create the vast amounts of concrete and fertilizer the way we do other than with oil. Since most economies depend on these things to at least some extent if not completely, the world is in a really difficult situation.

[@isaacelone3699]

The fact that scientists warn them in 1965 and they did nothing really destroys my hope in our species' survival

[@JackieWelles]

Actually there was already reports about climate warming in early 20th century.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@JackieWelles Do you mean late 1800s to early 1900s?

[@bikashdaimari8326]

@@JackieWelles 20th. 1900s. Yes, the world hasn't changed. People in power still don't listen to scientists.

[@JackieWelles]

@@bikashdaimari8326 yea sorry I meant to say early 20th century.😅

[@olcapone3039]

THEY GOT WRONG THEY SAID WE BE UNDER WATER BY KNOW

[@enzmondo]

I’m surprised the full episode is uploaded here. This is actually one of my favourite programs on Netflix.

[@MeiGunner]

it's important to educate ppl on this topic ! I'd take this ,over strangers things , on any day of the week .. it's so important 4 ppl to see this info!

[@enzmondo]

@@MeiGunner sorry I got a typo. I meant to say this is one of my favourite programs. Changed it already. And yeah, I’d rather have more of this than some of the trash quality shows like Riverdale which is distributed by Netflix internationally.

[@Kobs.A]

Show name

[@axelledolan1766]

I did a project on Eunice Foote. She was completely overlooked in her time, and her work taken by a man. Thank you for highlighting her :)

[@tylerlormand5644]

men also took over farming..... farming was started by women

[@narasimanrajendran2956]

This gave me a different perspective of the history, thanks for the amazing video.

[@OliverLeung]

The Stone Age didn't end because of the lack of stones... It ended because of the bronze age.

[@sutionojoyodiningrat3610]

The oil age didnt end because of lack of oils. It ended because of Dyson Sphere

[@LonelyRacoon]

@@sutionojoyodiningrat3610 Fun fact: you need a Dyson Sphere to build a Dyson Sphere. (And some estimates say that the mass of material required to build one would be larger than the mass of the Earth)

[@jeremytine]

@@LonelyRacoon how about just a ring world ;)

[@LonelyRacoon]

@@jeremytine Like in the movie Elysium?

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Ok

[@joermnyc]

OPEC to their investors: Don’t Panic. The Future: Yeah… panic.

[@DursunX]

oooh... thats funny but scary true.

[@TheLiamster]

Rich people: carry on as normal and don’t change anything.

[@zaidusama8240]

Westerners: who did this mess ?

[@Neet-gl5ch]

@@zaidusama8240 true :(

[@100mphFastball]

No oil, no water, no problem. Just keep procreating.

[@-Bloomingtales]

Can’t quite describe my excitement and the buzz I feel right now but I love this topic of discussion because it’s necessary.

[@J0einOK]

So complicated in a world where money for the few is more important than the health of the planet.

[@idrisb07]

As a Nigerian, I can tell you that although there’s currently a lot of rhetoric about net zero, the reality on ground points to very little if any intentions of cutting down on carbon emissions in the near future, and the argument is basically around the unfairness of the developed world asking this of us just when we’re beginning to get our act together having not too long ago come out of the doldrums of colonialism followed by military dictatorships, wars and political instability.

[@Neet-gl5ch]

Nigeria is a wonderful country. I hope it works out its problems

[@cameronmason4452]

The Nigerian people and country are great and they do deserve reparations and help from the former colonialist states to develop adequately and in a lower carbon fashion - net zero and negative carbon are jobs for the top 10 economies

[@koffz-nl2118]

If Nigeria(and Africa) don't leapfrog there will be no Nigeria in the future.

[@Remyalexander]

Sadly i don't see a huge shift in policy any time soon. I live in Norway and work in the oil industri where new permits for exploration is still beeing handed out. Even with the newly election switching away from the conservative side, non of the "green" parties did particular good. The facts about the harm has been known for a long time now, and i hope oil producing countries like my own will take their responsibility and use some of its wealth to develop new and cheep green energy sources.

[@5353Jumper]

It will come from the demand side. You cannot expect a petroleum company to stop producing petroleum, if there is demand for petroleum. And production will grow if demand grows. It is simple, cannot blame the producer for answering demand. But there is a shift happening in demand, soon demand will start to fall and when it does producers will be forced to produce less. The worry for countries like Nigeria, is are they prepared for a massive reduction of demand? Do they have anything else to replace the jobs and revenue when demand falls and it forced production to fall? The stalling tactics of the global fossil fuel industry are starting to fail. But they have delayed it so long instead of a slow manageable decline it is going to be like ripping off a bandaid. There will be a lot of pain all of a sudden. (Instead of reducing growth 50 years ago, instead we are going to get a 50% drop in demand in less than a decade) So the only organizations not hurt badly are the ones who are prepared for this reality. Diversified revenues, not investing in petroleum growth, investing in the new solutions. Is Nigeria ready for falling petroleum demand?

[@mten37128]

There's never talk of rethinking and redesigning our cities to be less energy demanding. Such as, not having to use a car for daily needs aka being able to walk or take public transit. Sometimes less is more.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

There is never talk like that in the usa. The rest of the world is working on that stuff.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

I don't think the bud driver will be happy me carrying a van load of tools.

[@dbclass4075]

@@Robert-cu9bm To be fair, yours is a rare case where a private vehicle is feasible. For one, you do fully utilize the capacity of your van. Many vehicles tend to have only the driver and nothing else. Not even cargo.

[@ZeldaFeb]

@@baronvonlimbourgh1716 My college campus is working on this

[@100mphFastball]

USA is inefficient cause USA allows car companies to lobby the senate and government and manipulate your favorite representatives and bend to their will.

[@misheelbayasgalan2678]

The mention of leap-frogging and the explanation of why it's not possible in developing countries was satisfying to watch.

[@ShadowOfTheVoid]

Something overlooked in the video was the opportunity to talk about car dependency, which is the single greatest cause of oil dependency. In the U.S., transportation represents two thirds of all petroleum usage. If the entire world were to have a per capita car ownership equivalent to that of the U.S. (the most car-dependent large nation), it would result in over 6.4 billion vehicles on the road worldwide, and over 4.5 times increase over the current amount. Having all of those being powered by gasoline would be catastrophic to the environment, not to mention it would accelerate peak oil. There are serious concerns about whether there are enough viable mineral resources to create enough batteries to replace our current fleet of ICE vehicles with EVs, plus mining for the required materials poses environmental and human rights issues of its own. The only workaround to these issues is to move past the notion of widespread car ownership. We have to be smart with how we design and re-develop our cities in the future, especially as the world continues to urbanize. Cities of the future need to avoid being like the resource-hungry, financially-insolvent urban sprawl that's sadly endemic in North America. The way we've designed cities for the past 70 years makes it to where most people have to own their own vehicle just to function in society. There are no real alternatives to the automobile in most American and Canadian cities, as walking and cycling are often dangerous and lack suitable infrastructure to support it, and transit is usually woefully inadequate and underfunded. Our cities need to have suitably high population density and focus on mixed-use, transit-oriented development. Cities absolutely need to be built to where the preferred means of travel should be walking, cycling, or mass transit, with cars being dead last. We need to stop prioritizing individual vehicle ownership and start prioritizing better alternatives. We need to stop building massive freeways and start investing in better, more affordable, more expansive transit. Car dependency is simply unsustainable in the long run. There is no excuse why we can't have cities designed to where most of what people need or want is within walking or cycling distance, and that if those aren't options that there's a reliable, safe, and affordable transit option. Smarter urban planning will benefit every nation on Earth and go a long way to breaking our dependence on limited resources.

[@nada__]

USA and UK : takes African/middle eastern oil and use it to develop Africa and Middle East : gain independence and start using thier own oil to develop USA and UK : omg u guys are hurting the environment that’s so bad why you aren’t like us ?

[@nassovia]

Ever heard of change? Yeah revolutionary. It seems like you can't comprehend nations ideas change.

[@antwainclarke3406]

you should be careful not to frame climate change as a political agenda by the rich western world to impoverish the developing world. Climate change is very real and is worsening everyday.

[@Kamamura2]

Worse yet - Europe and USA outsource their polluting industries to Asia, then blame Asia for not conforming to strict environmental standards. Pure hypocrisy.

[@siamahamed7538]

Exactly I was thinking the same thing.

[@angelgjr1999]

Because of bad regulations. How many oil spills have there been? We need higher restrictions.

[@keeplanarian3300]

I think city planning and transportation also play a role in our energy consumption. Too many people opt for private vehicle because cities and towns have been built for them, not the people. The reliance on private vehicles is further exacerbated by inferior public transit systems and induced demand for cars wrought on by too many road projects. If we were to address this part of the problem I think we would be able to reduce energy consumption significantly.

[@makeitpay8241]

much of the country uses private vehicles as often there are few if any alternatives. perhaps you can get by if you right in the middle of a city but many of us do not.

[@ScooterinAB]

Very true. Poor urban planning, urban sprawl, nascent transit options, and good ol' greed make the problem all the worse.

[@l-_olvlo_-l]

@@makeitpay8241 It's almost like you didn't read the comment at all

[@makeitpay8241]

@@l-_olvlo_-l it's almost like you didn't like anything i said.

[@esterhudson5104]

Yes and if you plant a train seed and water it it will grow….

[@SALVADORANFIRE]

This is so good! Thanks for sharing. Greetings from sunny El Salvador!

[@Matrinique]

Thank you for this, Vox.

[@FindTheFun]

It's sad to see the amount of confusion and devastation caused by the lies of the rich and powerful. You see it in everything.

[@giovannifrrri5495]

Turn off the heater, don't use your car, don't buy a car, don't buy food, don't breathe too...

[@adamt195]

Electric cars arent going to fix it. We need walkable cities with good public transit and bike infrastructure. We need to dramatically improve our rail networks for both intercity travel and freight.

[@SputnikCrisis]

Fixing the ongoing climate crisis needs very much an “all the above” type of approach. This includes everything you mentioned but will have to include electric cars as well.

[@St3v3NWL]

@@SputnikCrisis Nope electric cars require energy, which is mostly gained from non-renewables.

[@doneachus6780]

That's a nice idea, but it is simply not possible, nor desirable for all people to live within walking distance of their work. Plus, we have seen the health dangers of living in human storage units, where pathogens can spread rapidly. Individual vehicles will always be desirable, no matter how much marketing campaigns attempt to inculcate otherwise. Electric or hydrogen vehicles are our best bet to bridge the gap between improving the climate crisis, and meeting the needs for individual transportation.

[@joermnyc]

Too many people are happy driving alone for us to completely give up on the car and switch to mass transit. Just look at how many single occupant cars go out on the roads in rush hour, compared to how many use the HOV lane. At least leaving an electric car (or hydrogen, or some future clean option) as a choice will make transitioning easier.

[@adamt195]

@@joermnyc that's not because they are happy driving, that's because there is no mass transit in most American suburbs. If you look at cities with good mass transit, like London and New York, it's obvious that people take it. The famous quote is "you don't judge the need for a bridge by the number of people swimming across the river".

[@Maheshwarkhetan]

Thanks for the amazing context Vox

[@giraffeman326]

As much as I love the idea of clean energy, I won’t deny the obvious. Oil will still be in large scale use by 2050 and beyond.

[@mixmasterf]

until it's gone!

[@giraffeman326]

@@mixmasterf the earth won’t run out of oil anytime soon. There’s enough oil in Venezuela alone to keep us going for a long time. If we continued on our current path the sky would turn black before we would run out of oil. That doesn’t mean I’m with the idea of oil because we all want our energy to be clean, but as it stands now oil will be continued to be used for at least another 50 years.

[@victorhl69]

What is the clean alternative? EV production emit 70% more pollution (source VW group). In most of the country electricity is produced using coal, oil, gas. And most the power grid are pretty enifficent, there is a lot of losses. Even in a ultra rich state like California. I do believe that EV would make thing much worse.

[@tanpingyi4771]

@@victorhl69 alot of tree huggers dont want to acknowledge that EV is actually making the world use more oil. Due to the inefficiences stated

[@Jake-rs9nq]

​@@giraffeman326 Venezuela has enough oil to meet world supply for only 9 years. That's not a 'long time' in my book.

[@thedrunknmunky6571]

Damilola Ogunbiyi spoke really well about these issues. Both African people were outstanding in their understanding of the problem and how infeasible it is to just expect developing countries to phase out fossil fuels, especially when they have nowhere near the same resources. Plus, the developing countries are not burning fossil fuels as a hobby, it’s for industrial use, of which the end consumers are worldwide and often these massive conglomerates are owned by developed countries. Really, there’s no use to point fingers at anyone, we all will suffer if we don’t work together. If the end of the world as we know it doesn’t bring humanity together, I don’t know what will. And honestly, I’m kinda really worried we might not make it. Maybe this is the Great Filter of civilisations: whether greed can outweigh morals.

[@mattbushnell7885]

I kinda think it is okay to point fingers. And as stated in the program it is exactly developing countries that will suffer more the effects of global warming.

[@Sibs]

They knew the whole time. And didn't care. Now we're dealing with the ramifications.

[@tiacho2893]

The profits are private but the costs are paid by the public. Until they get sued like the tobacco industry and opioid makers, the profit motive will govern their decisions.

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Capitalism baby.

[@dave_riots]

Capitalism in a nutshell.

[@MashiroMinus]

Private companies are always profit driven and will exploit at every step it can get away with. While it is easy to just say capitalism bad, but it is also important to not forget that it is more directly a failure of our system. Does not matter whether it is lobbying, latent response, or shortsightedness, failure of policymakers and legislators to adapt with reality and regulate private companies is what lead us to here.

[@NaumRusomarov]

Oh they cared. That's why they've waging a disinformation war and have been funding climate change deniers for well over 40 years. They still care even today because the deniers and corrupt politicians are still received dark money from the fossil fuel companies.

[@vincentlee0509]

Thanks for sharing this informative content for free, amazing one.

[@jaybelle1909]

It's monetized they get paid for it

[@virajpatel_]

You know there's a saying: " Man cannot learn to walk without falling " We've started to fall, and once we're at the ground we'll get up and make sure that we won't fall again. But we will fall, nobody can stop it!

[@HelgaCavoli]

15:00 "Developed countries used all the fossil oil they wanted, but if developing countries do the same they'll be the villains".

[@esterhudson5104]

Yup.

[@shayanahmad8809]

22:08 "We don't care if transitioning is bank breaking for developing countries, you have to do it so we can be sure you will never progress the way we did so easily"

[@trinydex]

I don't think anyone is demonizing them except the environmentalists. I think the conservatives in the west are resigned that the ocean levels will rise and there will be ecological transformation everywhere, some advantageous and some not.

[@johnbreen5668]

Unless they are China they get a free pass.

[@Cutieplus]

@@johnbreen5668 Because every developed countries move their factories to China, to reduce CO2 emission in their own counties. If China is not allow to release CO2, they have to move their factories to other countries. Total CO2 Emissions in last 100years (1900~2000): United States 292 billion ton, China 72 billion ton

[@mugumyapaultheafricannomad9488]

"What's at risk is not the planet, it will survive. What's at risk is us the humans"

[@aaminsaan4978]

This reminds me of george carlin

[@predatorxfilms6904]

Its better if humans werent to live on the planet anyways.

[@giovannifrrri5495]

@@predatorxfilms6904 You can help yourself

[@jaybelle1909]

Neither ppl or the planet is in any danger

[@jaybelle1909]

@@predatorxfilms6904 perhaps you'd like to volunteer as your presence in harming others per your faulty logic... or just maybe neither ppl or the planet is in danger and all this climate panic is just politics

[@SamuelB.Jackson]

There will never be an end to oil. Everything you own has been made by a byproduct of petroleum.

[@007h13]

Amazing piece of information.

[@pfblack]

It's just coincidence that oil men would wage war in oil rich land. Cause Brutus is an honorable man.

[@aerolchristopherinfante]

So are they all - all HONOURABLE men.

[@jcoker423]

Remember to walk to work, and don't heat your house.

[@uniraffesaur]

I like that y'all decided to post this one on KZbin, too. If there was ever a topic covered on this show to make widely available, this is it.

[@nevillejames2200]

Very informative. Learned a lot. I hope change is coming

[@shayan4197]

this was eye-opening , and scary :S. thanks for making this content

[@ernestomondragonromero3024]

It’s unbelievable how the UK and their “queen” did all that damage to different countries around the world

[@akylbekamirov5026]

Veiled and throughly hindered truth by means of multiple excuses which is related to all the “developed” countries. Even though we live under the same sky and breathe the same air.

[@dopaminedreams1122]

What damage? The UK discovered oil and industrailized, how is this their fault though? The harms were unknown and the benefits were massive, without the uk and fossile fuel you would not be writing this comment. Nowadays the UK is doing everything to stop emmisions, and you still have to hate on them, why? Your just mad that they were able to discover and industrialize before you.

[@jackostripes5452]

Somebody tell that man from Nigeria that the UK and oil industry's didn't destroyed their country. They did it themselves thru massive corruption and poor management.

[@jackostripes5452]

Somebody tell that man from Nigeria that the UK and oil industry's didn't destroyed their country. They did it themselves thru massive corruption and poor management.

[@markgalura2891]

you were born from those circumstances. you should be thankful

[@weirdofoxhoundalpha258]

" I have a guy that is good at explaining a problem, I need a guy that is good at explaining the solutions.'' - me

[@James-ko1bl]

Yeah. My boss told me from the beginning, "Don't bring me a problem without a probable solution". Brainstorm it first.

[@dandyremix2360]

very informative thank you!

[@LauraRodriguez-lz3kz]

LOVEEE Vox! thanks for giving me access to education!

[@richardlionheart4856]

I was missing this kind of content from VOX. Amazing content

[@bencipriani]

Love Ethan Hawke's narration.

[@stevechance150]

Was that Ethan Hawke? I missed that.

[@bencipriani]

@@stevechance150 yup it is at opening credit. 2:20

[@darrellwright]

He gained some street credit with me too! 😄

[@jasonvance2245]

Thank you for sharing here since I don't have Netflix 👍

[@TheMattj88]

I missed the part where the use of oil actually ends…

[@___________2204]

Imagine if I "discovered" gold underneath your backyard and claimed it as mine...

[@andyginterblues2961]

Hey- I was wondering who took all my gold...

[@Robert-cu9bm]

It would be a "mine"

[@johnmonrow9981]

Imagine if you went around the world exploring for oil, spending millions of your own money. You finally find some, buy the land from the previous owners, raise billions in investments, agree to pay the government almost 20% in taxes and a few years later, have nationalists decide to seize your property and investments.

[@cooper8357]

@@johnmonrow9981 yo based nationalizers

[@Igyzone]

Why do you think Britain has so many foreign museum artifacts huh.

[@jessikarabbid4720]

I want to be optimistic, but my gut tells me we're all f**ked.

[@micro_my_blood]

Touche!

[@checkerpoo3215]

face the reality we live in

[@lencymuna465]

@@checkerpoo3215 absolutely

[@amirhossein9980]

Thanks for this video

[@iyoppotv]

Honest reporting much appreciated from Africa 👏

[@FindTheFun]

"There is a lot being invested in the destruction of our world today." -Nnimmo Bassey

[@vastpeople9623]

Brilliant you caught that.

[@giovannifrrri5495]

Duh, that is just a negative externality, why would they care as long as they get a lot of money

[@mistadomino]

This is wonderful and so good! More please! I love how you frame the issue give context and bring in experts. And dive into solutions and their issues.

[@macnet83]

Very very interesting and revealing.

[@dontfearthereaper2887]

“The end of oil explained” ….. they will produce more oil in 2030 than they do now. What a great video title!

[@galvinstanley3235]

We're going to reach peak oil eventually and then oil production will slow down.

[@AskMiko]

I’m blown away at what I learned in this video. Utterly shocked in some ways. Thank you to all who worked on this piece. 🙏

[@eruptic6503]

"We'll probably need to find other sources of energy and not rely completely on oil" US government: I'll pretend I didn't hear that.

[@TheCynicalOptimist88]

Or like Trump said... It's still cold outside where is this whole global warming thing .....😰 These are the leaders that humanity will look back on and say if only they did something. ..

[@emajossch4442]

US Government: Agreed! We’re fracking for natural gas now!

[@Tim_van_de_Leur]

Same for EU countries. Except France.

[@jaybelle1909]

E, that's an ignorant statement as expected

[@jmalko9152]

Informative!

[@dilipkumarpatel8313]

Excellent analysis and an important awareness report about global warming for all developed countries around the world.

[@cwl3392]

Thank you Vox for running this series on the wide-ranging effects the climate crisis will bring on us. Please keep it up.

[@nyxthehunterx2998]

The nostalgic intro music brings back memories

[@GrandpaKnows369]

I'm glad you do comedies also.

[@thatgamerboy3467]

the docuseries i never wanted but the docuseries i needed

[@Khushwant-Singh]

'The planet will survive, what's at risk is us'. That's deep.

[@tauceti8060]

Without us who will take care of the planet?

[@asutoshghanto3419]

@@tauceti8060 in a 1000 years it will fix itself ,earth has survived much bigger things than climate change.

[@kensurrency2564]

@@tauceti8060 Who “took care of the planet” before we arrived? Our planet is approximately 4 billion years old. We’ve been burning carbon intensively for less than 300 years. Think about it.

[@ATruckCampbell]

@@kensurrency2564 Our planet has seen much worse that what we could ever create.

[@JudgeDredd_]

I’m reading a book called, “Turning Oil Into Salt.” I recommend it if you’re interested in this topic.

[@geniusonyeo]

Thank you!

[@IndelibleHD]

Thank you

[@aryanbhushan2118]

Thank You

[@putrinrlisa]

will do! thank you for the recommendation

[@larsstougaard7097]

Thank you 🧂🧂🧂🧂🛢🛢🛢🛢⛽🛵

[@turnleft8645]

As a Zimbabwean I can tell that a decade ago, our seasons started and ended at different times. Our seasons are now screw'd and we had nothing to do with it, neither did we benefit anything.

[@jadson8741]

Excelente documentário! Seria incrível se fosse legendado para ser mostrado nos ambientes escolares aqui do Brasil, pois precisamos estender essa causa para o máximo de pessoas possível.

[@AceMonkeyIlium]

The fact that the government knew about the downsides for a long time and didn’t do anything makes me sad. But on a good note now we are improving it.

[@zeroxlee9960]

It's because electric cars needs a lot of power back then

[@HXXIIA]

@@zeroxlee9960 negative ace. It's because big easy money.

[@UnknownOldPerson]

Waiting on the government is the problem.

[@scribblerer7819]

It got on my nerve when the lady was suggesting 'us' developed nations and 'they' developing nations. Hope she do know that these so called developed nations plunged, looted and wrecked havoc in creating the poor nations of today. Destiny has played the justice card so now the rich has to pay the poor for their survival.

[@inkedge1519]

?? It actually sounds fair when she was referring "us" ..cause she was trying to make a point of who the blame really falls to... And distincts the different area of the world

[@somi6683]

She is literally telling the developed world to stop their hypocrisy. The developing may have looted but they still aren't the greatest emitters of carbon

[@Ricky911_]

I highly appreciate how you mentioned biofuels as one of the solutions. A lot of people underestimate how much ships and planes pollute. As well as that, a car that ran on 100% biofuel is much more environmentally-friendly than one that runs on 100% electricity. That's because their emissions would be solely dependent on their production methods (lithium batteries in particular). Biofuels/efuels are likely gonna be the future for most forms of transportation.

[@HarrisonAdAstra]

Bio fuels pollute 45% less than fossil fuels, its simply not good enough. Not to mention that making biofuels is 30% efficient, hydrogen is 45% efficient and electricity from the grid is 83% efficient. So this means If you drive a Tesla for 15,000 kilometres it will be more environmentally positive than bio fuels, and that’s with today’s grid. Boom.

[@jaybelle1909]

What happens now is that ships switch fuel sources once they leave the coast then switch back before reaching another port as oil is still the best and cheapest source; it's kinda funny watching them go through thus long process of switching but also shows the complete flaws with the thinking of ppl who impose these nonsensical rules

[@zdli2622]

End of oil is not possible under such a modern world that need development every time everywhere

[@BrittvanVliet]

Love the Explained series on Netflix and it's great you are sharing some on KZbin as well!

[@Ellipsis115]

The explanation of the tube experiment at the beginning especially visually was extremely good

[@jellybeansi]

30 seconds into the video and I'm already invested.

[@bherm1994]

Great work!

[@niteeshbihade1789]

Quality and informative videos such as these are needed educate people. Good work, Vox! 👍🏼

[@niteeshbihade1789]

@Spoiled Hu dikkat hai???? :) Agreed. But then if we people shun the use of oil-consuming products, we can nudge the government and the corporations to switch to nature-harmonious sources of energy. I have personally decided on giving up using my petrol car. I will be using the bicycle and public transport more.

[@bisimedia]

Wow, I'm so happy seeing Nnimmo Bassey doing a documentary with Vox and Netflix. I see him in church every Sunday here in Nigeria.

[@thedrunknmunky6571]

He is a wise man. I’d love to be able to talk to him.

[@leancarlose6541]

Thank you

[@austinc.8360]

Can't wait to get all the facts and everything 100%. Just have to start the journey

[@ricksarkar6680]

14:16 Australia does NOT have a carbon tax, it HAD a carbon tax

[@chininckenwang6004]

Thanks LNP

[@uprightape100]

Thank you so much.......a very thoughtful essay.

[@loopsajnatilopomsoc5070]

thanks for writing this down

[@sshray1115]

Simply best of the bests ⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟

[@kingejiro]

Thank you for this Vox.

[@nathanngumi8467]

Very concise and well elucidated, this can make good learning material on energy and climate change for schools...

[@dennisgavrilenko]

Very well done documentary :)

[@simon_edita]

This is awesome

[@fynntasticmovienight]

YES YES YES SO MUCH YES, i will share this all around

[@ylstorage7085]

"me and my companions have a disease in hearts, and oil is the only cure"

[@elgracko]

17:25 , it's probably more cost efficient for the 1st world to subsidise installing solar in the 3rd world than to retrofit their existing power infrastructure, this'd prevent future emissions,