What the oil industry doesn’t want you to know - Stephanie Honchell Smith

[@shafiurrahaman3396]

This is what they mean when they say: "The world has enough for all of man's needs, but not enough for all of man's greed"

[@Crumbles153]

"Humanity is smart enough to know how to hurt themselves, but not smart enough to know they shouldn't."

[@tom23245]

The problem is that a "need" isn't as clear as you might think.

[@mur4s4m3]

Oil is used for vastly more that was was presented. Agriculture, electronics, chemistry, healthcare, hyigiene and pharmaceuticals, construction, to name a few. Not to defend oil lobbyists and the mindset of pumping out always more, but just remind FULLY replacing it with renewable is near impossible, and much moree in the realm of wishful thinking The best thing we could do imho is narrow its use to where it's absolutely near irreplacable and the rest be (as fast as possible) replace with more sustainable stuff

[@carlrodalegrado4104]

​@@Crumbles153 Greedy and powerful people: But....But..... Money and Power

[@oopsy444]

​@@mur4s4m3no change happens instantly but instead of working over time to fix it and slowly replace it they did the opposite. That's the issue no one expected it to be easy or quick but instead made it harder to do what needed to be done. Right now its not 100% replaceable but we'd have more replacements if the oil company didnt waste time and money trying to keep this bs alive Your comment is a pointless defense

[@dragonluvver975]

I'm glad they're talking on this and people are buying less into "we need to recycle!" and more into "companies need to make products that aren't harmful"

[@thermalnuclearwar]

genuinely was so glad they mentioned how nonsense the idea of a carbon footprint is. like it's my fault the ice caps are melting and not multi-trillion dollar companies

[@KSRobinette]

Everything involves tradeoffs between different costs and benefits. When you hide most of the costs of wind and solar power in the 3rd world, where you can pretend they don't exist, and then lie about the benefits to the 1st world, you help companies be more harmful than they were just producing petroleum products.

[@Maya-fi4dm]

The whole point of the video is that Oil Industry shifted the blame onto us. Nothing we do will make a significant difference. Our impact buying a plastic bottle is actually minimal compared to the transportation industry or war industry and electricity. THAT is where the difference will be made. And even then it would take minimum 20 years before we see a difference in climate, that’s IF they stopped tomorrow and went cold turkey 🫠

[@yuenmienyu]

we focus more on recycle and reuse than we focus on reduce.

[@fredriknumse8991]

@@yuenmienyu Ofcourse. Because if you reduce, then there is less demand, and thus companies earn less.

[@Haroon38931]

The people who should be stopping them are being paid by them 🤷‍♂️.

[@hydroxyl5130]

There are no other jobs or avenues of funding. We are out organized.

[@hydroxyl5130]

The people who should be empowered to help us are being exploited like everything and everyone else

[@emmah1408]

Yea

[@Sryaners]

True

[@DavidKen878]

The video literally says that 😂😂

[@bachdotrong9988]

I love how instead of actually solving their business model killing the earth, these corporations spend as much if more on PR to not deal with them in the first place

[@catdogmousecheese]

A very simple solution would be the government passing strict clearly defined laws on how much pollution these companies are allowed to create.

[@jvingghost413]

⁠@@catdogmousecheeseyeah but those bastards in the government are more concerned about how much wealth they can make instead of the people and the damage that these corporations cause

[@5353Jumper]

Even more embarrassing is that the PR works. That the politicians accept the bribes. Half the citizens believe the rhetoric. The employees do not have their resumes out to other industries. We let them pray on our bigotries to create division, conflict, and war instead of cooperating on solutions.

[@lilium-orchid]

What they spend on PR is minuscule compared to their profits. Switching to renewable sources of energy would be far more devastating to their profits.

[@Darkcamera45]

@@lilium-orchidnot if their first and monopolize the industry these oil mfs could easily pour their money intoi alt energy and compeltley have it on lock saving the planet and their wallets

[@aditsaraff1526]

Props to TED-ed for touching such a dangerous topic. They really have balls of brass.

[@PvblivsAelivs]

How much courage does it take to spout the approved party line? Here's a suggestion. Instead of pushing for government regulation, actually try to meet people's energy needs without using oil. But you can't. You can't even come close. That's why you push for regulations so you can say your hands are tied when people freeze in the winter and boil in the summer.

[@ZennExile]

pretty shallow and safe topic. And completely off base from reality. The real problem is you, and the food you choose to consume and the life you choose to live. Big Oil is just a political opponent to attack overseas that everyone can rally behind and feel good about blaming for the problems you cause yourself. It's your food. Industrial Agriculture swept across the planet and destroyed a billion hectare of living active carbon sync. Every square inch of soil in those billion hectare used to be loaded with living organisms, and covered with flora and fauna. Now every square inch is dead for most of the year, and no longer acts as a global carbon sync for thousands of gigatons of carbon.

[@GTron13]

When you think about it, it's very sad that they need to be this brave to talk about climate change because realistically speaking it should be as common knowledge as "water is wet."

[@loki2240]

It's not like the oil companies are going to come after them and unalive them. Now, a real dangerous threat is a new Trump administration. They would likely do things that even many of their supporters don't intend and don't support now (but funny how that can change when extremists gain more power).

[@PvblivsAelivs]

@@GTron13 They aren't brave. They are making the approved statement. My previous comment calling out that they aren't brave for this got deleted because it is "unapproved."

[@philrabe910]

"We're All in this together"™ is one of the industry's most revolting ad campaign.

[@jimthain8777]

Only because they are NOT in it with us. They are against us. Ironically there will be nowhere for their children to run to from climate change, it is everywhere.

[@lagringa7518]

You mean like, "Better living through chemistry"?

[@jimthain8777]

@@HolloMatlala1 Well, it kinda is. If one of those two gets in they support the oil industry, their propaganda and lies. If the other gets in we can expect them to work against the propaganda and lies.

[@AmericatheBeautiful-p4z]

#367 "'Pay Your Carbon Sin Tax to WADC!' (slush fund) would be nuts after what we saw from the last 4 years of Lockdown and Bailout. Yellen wants *$789B* _every year_ for 'Climate Chains'. ¿WHY IS TREASURY PUSHING END OF DAYS!?" Peter Yorbay

[@ricinro]

some are more in it than others.

[@ponderbird]

The disgust in the narrator’s voice makes the whole story even more impactful, as it deserves to be

[@Cuzzazbuzz]

On the contrary, it makes them sound like another ideological extremist.

[@HolloMatlala1]

@@Cuzzazbuzz Honestly the way the far right is becoming hostile and forcing Fossil Fuels down our throats even Centre left peoples are becoming angry with Planet Issue's....Lol did you see what our Left LBTQ friends did at the olympics, Lol they "angered" off an entire global Church.We don't know reality anymore

[@polarbearfelly]

​@@Cuzzazbuzz Nice evidence present left dude as a viable counterargument....wait

[@terrsus]

​@@Cuzzazbuzz Yeah it kinda felt like that

[@eestaashottentotti2242]

These claim are also a bit vague. No specific companies, no specific numbers, no names. It is a short video, but still.

[@gravel7614]

And it definately worked. Its not seen as very strange for people to disbelieve climate change.

[@pranjallkumar2374]

How hard is it to grasp that CO2 is heavier and hence would be warmer? I remember doing a science experiment for this in 3rd grade...

[@jrhooman]

they deny climate change and celebrate when climate activists are brutalized for protesting bcs inconveniencing drivers on a road is somehow worse than rich people destroying our planet. truly the end times we are living in

[@show-meoutdoors5104]

It’s insane how many otherwise intelligent people will just casually spout climate disinformation like it’s nothing.

[@EdinoRemerido]

Ehhh you dont really notice in day to day life.

[@gravel7614]

​@@EdinoRemerido it will affect mostly food chains and places that are already prone to natural disasters. So that makes sense

[@kurdx7778]

COP 28 was held in Dubai, UAE and COP 29 is scheduled to be held in Azerbaijan this year (two oil-rich countries)! This is a sign of what you just described in the video.

[@Tman76]

Sooo, what you are saying is that energy companies that are not wind or solar should be eliminated from the conversation? And that countries that produce and use fossil fuels should be eliminated as well? You live in a small closed world don’t you? Do you use plastics? Take any transportation other than walking? Can’t even take a bike- they take fossil fuels to make and maintain as well. Drive an electric car? Lots of fossil fuel byproducts in them too! Turn on a tap, with no fossil fuels we would have to go back to lead and copper pipes, which have to be mined. And kill more animals for furniture and clothing because of the plastics used in them will no longer be around. Can’t recycle leather. If you use any fossil fuels or their byproducts then perhaps you should be eliminated from the conversation too. Not as simple as you think is it?

[@GoatPopsicle]

The UN’s COP29 had an official Representative *caught on camera* trying to secretly negotiate *personally profitable oil deals* there. All while that specific “Working Group” conspired about who would be forced to make the cuts in 5yrs, and who would get to keep their productions going 110% for our continuing needs. Asphalt & Lubricants are not going away anytime soon , but there are cleaner & less energy intense ways to get it. Canada’s 2016-Now leader has been trying to corner the asphalt market (in the entire Americas) with their massive Bitumen reserves. Bitumen that randomly pops up to the surface, and *needs* to be remediated away from homes, fresh water, and at-fire-risk forested areas. The problem is that the largest owners: Denmark’s national pension investors and Western Taiwan’s(CCP China) Gov’t want to sell the slightly more profitable “DilBit.” A 5:1 mixture of our rarer light sweet oil, with the sour heavy-metal contaminated Bitumen *as cheap Heavy-Vehicles, Large fishing& processing ships, and especially the large fleet of Ocean-going Cargo Transporters’ heavy fuel oil!* THE WORST Polluting Fuel those vehicles/ships can use. (Using completely Un-treated, & Un-refined *Sour* heavy oil right from the ground would be 8x’s cleaner; and 2x cheaper to use. But, recycling is still mostly a scam, so Liberian, Panamanian, and “Northern” Cyprus Flagged Ships still use dirtier DilBit.

[@bbiossonic]

And cop30 Will be in Brazil, anoter oil rich country

[@theWZZA]

Thank you, Ted-ED, for telling the truth. Listen to scientists, not podcasters.

[@MuddieRain]

“True the science” 💉

[@bjarkiengelsson]

​​@MuddieRain You're not smart enough to understand said science so begone

[@SerDunk]

You prolly triple vaxed and still wear masks and love Biden and Pfizer 😂

[@simonkim8646]

I'd argue that people who don't understand the science should be the target audience​@@bjarkiengelsson

[@gravel7614]

​@@MuddieRainlet me guess, you think vaccines have micro chips in them?

[@satyam365]

Watching from India after enjoying 50°C + Avg temp this summer feeling so human

[@hasansalihaktas]

Bro we are literally cooked😭

[@Mangaoreader]

Same 45° in my city

[@malamearun9362]

Harsh than ever for people last summer

[@AmericatheBeautiful-p4z]

#345 "It was 50°C when I traveled through S Morocco ... 40 years ago. Zero change! Plant a tree, Babu."_ 😂🎉

[@gautamgrandeur0001]

just use sun breathing yorichi form

[@ThrillSeeker3524]

I want this guy giving my eulogy.

[@TheFalseShepphard]

Better pay up then

[@honor9lite1337]

Second that!

[@schm00b0]

Aaah, yes... I can already imagine his dramatic delivery of my eulogy: 'He woke up, had a large coffee with too much sugar, then he'd decide what he'll watch later that day, walked his dog, watched some TV show or a movie, and the ended his day watching KZbin videos. Gripping Stuff!'

[@carlrodalegrado4104]

​@@TheFalseShepphardnah a future Open source free A.I. voice copy will take care of that

[@ChinchillaBONK]

"No matter how mundane or insignificant thy may think thine life may happenstance be, in morbidity, my voice shall not only elevate thy legacy but also, posthumously, satiate thee a lifetime of rizz that thine own life lived has not an iota of." - Narrator Gigachad

[@mackerelmafia2898]

Climate change should not be a partisan issue. Everyone wants, at the end of the day, to leave a better world for their children. Both sides of the political aisle are trying to do that, just in different ways aligning with their own beliefs on what that 'better' is (or at least, they should be.) But better is easily clouded by short-term gains, even if all it will leave people is a burning, broken world. Prancing about the mess they've made and pretending it's a throne is not a mark of power. It is a mark of blind greed, but no amount of money can drag someone out of moral bankruptcy.

[@Ali-cya]

Saying "everyone wants to leave a better world for their children" is unfortunately a largely untrue statement. Most families are dysfunctional and their children left to fight for survival on the whims of society. It is seen by how many choose to disown their children, children who wish to escape their family, children who are purposefully left with no inheritance so they have to fight with nothing just like their parents might have, children born for the sake of having them even though the parents aren't able to provide for them a basic foundation, the many who are homeless and are abandoned due to how difficult it is to rehabilitate their mental issues on top of their financial situation and seen as undesirable only not directly having their life ended because then they'd see first hand the result of their inaction or apathy, the constant threat on human rights and countless more. Some care for the future of their children, some couldn't care less, many see them as a duty or a trophy and nothing more.

[@neh1234]

At least in America's case, this is the result of the country's abnormal focus on their own nationalistic values, or at least what decades of polarizing party politics have conditioned the average citizen into thinking those beliefs are their own. It's honestly sad watching how rationality goes down the drain the second you put blue and red in front of them. Big Oil only needs to pay a few key figures to keep stoking the fires, so they can convince the right that climate change is a minor issue being overhyped by China, Russia and whatever enemy of freedom they happen to be using as scapegoat that particular year, who are trying to take America's place as masters of the world, and convince the left that their time is better spent shaming others in social media for "not doing their part" than actually demanding actual change. Then go laughing all the way to the bank as the rest of the world watches one of the biggest contributors to this mess plug their ears while nervously pointing at China.

[@PvblivsAelivs]

"Climate change should not be a partisan issue." Well, it shouldn't be. But, when you silence people, call them "deniers," and accuse them of "disinformation," that is what is going to happen. Here's a practical matter. People have energy needs. They need to heat their homes in the winter. They need to cool their homes in the summer. And they need the trucks that deliver food to the grocery stores to keep running. Right now, the oil companies are trying to fulfill that need, whatever you think the side effects are. And the climate-change alarmists say we need regulations first and then, after people die, maybe they will work on some sort of resolution.

[@mackerelmafia2898]

@@Ali-cya I didn't mean to diminish those sorts of issues. My apologies.

[@gravel7614]

It doesn't help when being super rich let's you mitigate so many of the issues climate change will bring. You won't personally have food shortages if you have a ton of money from selling out the planet.

[@marqui-3795]

What do you think it’s like being an oil lobbyist, knowing you’re contributing to one of the biggest issues humanity has ever faced, being fully cognisant that you’re on the wrong side of the fight? Like how do you sleep at night

[@Matias_SM]

They're payed too much to care. Give them enough money and they will do anything

[@isaiah5217]

According to their documents to the Gov Accounting Office, they basically claim the world is doomed anyway so why not make as much money as we can

[@thatgamerboy3467]

When you stop thinking of other humans as humans, all atrocious acts are possible

[@alex.velasco]

Excellent overview of the greatest crime of ecocide ever committed. Bravo TED!

[@baddreams4368]

@@HolloMatlala1I agree but you need to stop spamming this

[@HolloMatlala1]

@@baddreams4368 Just making sue people understand that what we see on TV is an actual old fued that has been decided behind closed doors. And why we mustnt delay it any longer

[@douglasengle2704]

It's the greatest known scam committed to date. That may change. The thing is everybody should have learned in high school science earth's greenhouse effect is always in saturation from the strong greenhouse gas water vapor and can can't have its overall effect changed by other greenhouse gases. Then there is the simple fact that global warming stalled at about 1°C in 1992 and was officially reported at 1.06°C in 2022. There has not been significant global warming since the late 1980s.

[@camsiv]

Anytime a TED-ED video comes on, I drop everything to watch because I always learn so much.

[@MaekarManastorm]

You need to get outside more

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@douglasengle2704]

Any video making it seem like it's possible to change the overall effect of a system always in saturation such as earth's greenhouse effect is from water vapor is nonsense.

[@niniv2706]

@@MaekarManastorm - I quit as a regular of Ted ... as they now present a marxist/feelings based bias . They are simply too religious in 2024 . I agree Maekar ... camsiv should go play outside more .

[@LifeDL]

What did you actually learn from this video? Propaganda?

[@lucianoosorio5942]

“The Ottoman entry to the war was a particular concern to the British, since the Middle East is full of oil and Britain wanted all that oil.” Oversimplified

[@samstromberg5593]

Did you expect them to give a full history lesson in a video about climate change? Oversimplification isn't always a bad thing

[@Thanos-hp1mw]

​@@samstromberg5593 he's referencing about world war one video on oversimplified youtube channel

[@paytonturner1421]

Yep, that's true. I'm pretty sure during world war I, in the Middle East British and the Ottomans fought.

[@zzappligator]

@@samstromberg5593Oversimplified is the name of a KZbin channel that summarizes historical events.

[@Kamamura2]

Brittish Empire was the bloodiest, most ruthless and destructive power that ever existed in human history.

[@samstromberg5593]

See when people ask me why I don't have much faith in humanity and am quick to assume corruption and selfishness of others, I just don't know what to tell them

[@incognitotorpedo42]

TBH, the oil industry and "humanity" are two very different things.

[@samstromberg5593]

@@incognitotorpedo42 I'm not disputing that but I do think it's worth mentioning that 100% of the oil industry is contained within humanity And it's not just the oil industry, plenty other factions of humanity are the same way

[@abigaelbalbuena1917]

​@@incognitotorpedo42 how so? Are they not nade by and for humans? Are they manned by other species?

[@herbsandflowers8152]

Totally agree. I don’t want to undermine the wrong done by the oil industry but there is something so fundamentally human about this behavior. It makes me wonder if one solution to the Fermi paradox might simply be that any species that establishes itself as the dominant force on a planet does so through greed and an insatiable drive for expansion but no planet can offer infinite resources, and any ecosystem requires a delicate balance. So realistically such a species will always fail in the transition to becoming a space-faring civilization, as the very nature that once made them succeed cannot adapt to the delicate balancing required to expand further without ravaging their mother planet.

[@CosmicFearUkulele]

People are inherently selfish and narcissistic. They don’t care unless it affected them, and usually if it’s blatantly too.

[@kevinroisalamat9450]

its kinda ironic that most of the top producing oil companies today are state-owned

[@justindie7543]

An the rest of the oil companies own their states 🤷‍♀

[@David.77]

@@justindie7543Wow, true! The company executives have just as much say is law making as state executives, yikes

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@David.77]

@@HolloMatlala1 True, the faces of each party do get a lot of hate and love but the executive branch only has so much power

[@msxcytb]

there is one error in the animation (commonly made). Shift should be done to "low carbon energy sources" and not necessary "renewable sources". The later exclude Nuclear power (the most efficient decarboniser as per historical evidence), geothermal power and some others.

[@courtney5312]

I think this is true based on availability, but generally speaking renewable sources are more readily accessible in different geographic regions (unlike geothermal) and produce less waste (unlike nuclear), so I can see why TED-Ed is promoting renewables in general over the other options you're mentioning. Good point, though!

[@msxcytb]

@@courtney5312 When considering the goal which is to decarbonise fast and efficiently(close to 100%, not some 30ish% reduction) nuclear power is the most scalable resource to fight climate change. Amount of materials like concrete, steel, transmissions, no need for battery storage(although it would be great also for NP and most efficiently used), is the lowest and several countries and regions did successfully decarbonised with it already. No country got rid of coal and gas with solar and wind- only with reliable hydropower which is not that scalable. I think that we know quite well how to deal with spent fuel (because it is dealt with well some 70years already without harm to public)- it is very low on my personal list of thing to worry.

[@birmaxfree2173]

​@@courtney5312 nuclear engineer here, it's not true that renewables emit less waste than nuclear, it's a little more complex than that. In a nutshell, renewables and nuclear have 2 different roles in energy production, they do not "compete". They however compete with fossil fuel and indeed they received a lot of oil company-induced alarmism worldwide for the same reason of the one in the video. Just think how the oil funded green part of Germany convinced their country to switch nuclear plants with extremely green coal plants!

[@incognitotorpedo42]

@@birmaxfree2173 Good point about the oil funded Greens. I'm not so sure about renewables emitting more or equivalent waste to nuclear. The only "waste" that matters in the climate context is greenhouse gases. Nuclear plants have a large CO2 footprint due to the concrete and steel used in their construction. Wind turbines have that to some extent, solar really very little. It would be mildly interesting to see a calculation of GHG/MWh, but in the end renewables and nuclear are both good for the climate. Nuclear gets killed by costs, time to completion, and NIMBYism, relative to renewables.

[@courtney5312]

​@@msxcytb Good point. I'm no expert on the different energy alternatives or how implementation can be made most efficient, so this is good to know and to look into for me. Thanks!

[@NikitOS-vv4ks]

Thank you TED-Ed! It's frightening to see how this tobacco story is repeating once again. Something *must* change.

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@douglasengle2704]

The tobacco story is somewhat repeating, but its false marketing of another type. It's impossible for greenhouse gas behavior to cause global warming. It's high school level science earth's greenhouse effect is always in saturation from the strong greenhouse gas water vapor and can't have its overall effect changed by other greenhouse gases. Absorbing all greenhouse radiant energy from the earths within 20 meters of the radiating surface. Global warming stalled at about 1°C in 1992 still with no known cause in 2024. In 2022 global warming was officially reported at 1.06°C. The UN IPCC science report makes it clear, to save it from fraud prosecution, it is not discussing active greenhouse gas behavior by declaring it only took its greenhouse gas samples at 20,000 meters altitude.

[@abracadabra8501]

We need to make this a mandatory video in schools. And hold the companies to account. Especially for the people they have actively radicalised to deny climate change. They need to see this too.

[@MrRMT1986]

It’s all a hoax dude.

[@mygillian]

this is probably one of the bravest video that they posted. Thank you, Ted Ed Team! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 These big companies should be held more accountable than the consumers they profit from.

[@tadolph82]

We’ve known all this for decades… we keep repeating the story but don’t want to deal with it

[@tealkerberus748]

decades? The first written conversations about the fact that carbon dioxide traps heat and therefore increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will increase atmospheric temperatures, dates from before the turn of *last* century. It's over 120 years ago!

[@knightshade6232]

The owners of those oil companies live in luxury in their rich country. but who suffer the effects of climate change?... It is us in the 3rd world nation, we supply most of their food export yet we cant even feed our people. 🥺🙏

[@falinestixiaolong9691]

Remember to turn off your Wifi at night because it's *you* who's killing the planet.

[@incognitotorpedo42]

The third world doesn't supply most of the world's food. Look up the data on national food production. If you are creating enough food for export but can't feed your people, you have political problems closer to home.

[@TranVanThanh-y9y]

People from my village died from heatstoke. So I agree with your comment.

[@Honkious5824]

@@incognitotorpedo42 I'd say it's a more economic problem than a political one. The first world can afford to buy things for greater costs than the third world, thereby encouraging local companies to prioritise exporting to the West over their own countries in the name of profit.

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@El.fish.the.chocolate]

You know, it's not so surprising to hear this, it was expected, like nuclear education being inexistence in school when it's as important for the future. But, as a wise man once said: *"...but the monopolies always have the last word and nothing was done."*

[@silverio9955]

this is sadly true

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@AmericatheBeautiful-p4z]

Nuclear power is an absolute monopoly, and you wall socket and light switch is an absolute monopoly as well.

[@El.fish.the.chocolate]

@@AmericatheBeautiful-p4z you misunderstood what I meant with it. I meant that in this society, big companies and rich always has the last word on anything and no one could nearly touch them.

[@sjenkins91812]

Old money doesn't care if they destroy the world. Narcissism based human greed is the number one enemy to the growth and long-term success of humanity.

[@JebusHypocristosX]

Its time to #EatTheRich

[@nid4u]

Recommended reading: "Merchants of Doubt"

[@lyovmyshkin7561]

1:53 (assuming the board in the correct position). Mate in 4: Rc8+ Kg7, Qh8+ Kxg6, Rg8+ Qg7, Qxg7+ Kh5, Qg5#

[@Srikumar_]

Thank you ted ed for bringing this out to attention. Unfortunately people who need to be seeing this have already made up their mind on not believing climate change is real. :(

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@mrauntheias4480]

@@orionbetelgeuse1937 No you can't. You'd have to not use anything that used energy in it's production. There is not a single product in any supermarket that was not produced by burning fossil fuels. The only way would be to live out in the woods of of stuff only you produced, but noone can afford that.

[@darylfoster7944]

Explain what's real about it, in scientific terms. Not some screaming by the mass media, or Greta, or Al Gore. And please don't mention computer models.

[@baddreams4368]

@@orionbetelgeuse1937 This is unrealistic for most people. Am I supposed to not go to work to support my family? Am I supposed to not buy pens for school supplies? I don't have money to buy land and live like a hermit so as to stop using oil. Oil and car companies have lobbied for nearly a century to prevent public infrastructure that allows people to live car-free. If you're in the US that is your reality. Do you expect people to just shrivel up and die? Yes we are forced to use oil.

[@Lars6138]

Imagine a terrible, nightmarish future where people don't starve, breathes clean air, drinks clean water and aren't poisoned by plastics and whatnot. Also, getting actual influence over their lives and are free from worrying about basic necessities, racism and sexism, as well as being safe from war and climate disaster. Who would want to live in such a hellish dystopia?????

[@code066funkinbird3]

Everyone wanted to be top anyway I was wish for tomorrow land

[@DamanLSun]

Oh they are going to put out a hit on whoever wrote this episode....

[@TooLiveChris]

The insidious thing about this situation is that the Oil companies don't need to put "hits" out on people telling the truth. They turned the debate into one of emotion and partisanship. They've already sown the seeds of doubt amongst the general population primarily anti-intellectuals, those who profess their disdain for academic elites and scientists. The people who didn't wear masks during the Pandemic, the one's who support near universal deregulations in favor of "free-market" capitalism even though those regulations are put in place to protect non-high wage earners from monopolies and runaway carbon emissions. They don't have to lift a finger. The Citizens United decision allows corporations to buy politicians with impunity to keep the "discussion" around climate change as muddy and unclear as possible.

[@lilium-orchid]

theyre not boeing

[@incognitotorpedo42]

@@TooLiveChris Bingo.

[@beaub152]

​@@TooLiveChriscitizens united was one of the worst things for our country, ever. Reagan's presidency was another one, it's crazy how many problems stemmed from his direct intervention

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@fenlandhobbit2307]

I am 62 , and in the late 1970s, there was a huge report in the newspapers stating that oil was going to be totally depleted within 25 years. On top of that, we were going to be hurled into another ice age. I remember the pictures showing how another ice age will affect the UK and how thick ( in hundreds of feet) the ice would be as it crept across the country. These predictions were made by top scientists . Now, my college tutor told me never to believe 100% what you are told , question it, and question again. As i have become older when i hear the word 'expert', red flags pop up. The word 'expert' to me is meaningless and just gives a person to talk cobblers, thinking everyone will believe what that say. I dont .

[@SteveLomas-k6k]

I remember that too and I believed it when I was young - the funny thing is, the 'problem' can be completely switched, but what always stays the same are the 'solutions' - at a certain age it becomes blatantly obvious that's what it's always been about.

[@freedomstar3930]

This is exactly why I do not trust corporations and I never will, because I am a man of the people and the planet.

[@平和-v1z]

If a lobbyist is reading this: *How do you sleep at night?*

[@kiwenmanisuno]

They're probably evengelicals who want Jesus to return, and will end the world because of it

[@iceinpopcorn]

My pillows and blankets are stitched in 100s

[@DpAmoK]

Trust me, at some point, they convince themselve they are doing the right thing. They are so good at convincing themselve that they have no remorse anymore and close their eyes on the impact of their actions.

[@Bruced82]

Don't those positions tend to have a higher incidence of sociopathy and the like? There are a LOT of ruthless folks.

[@hasansalihaktas]

They prolly worship moloch or something so i dont think they ever sleep

[@silentwhisper868]

i like how the USA boasts of its "democracy" and "freedom" while letting giant cooperations infuence politics. you guys are letting them choose government officials!!!

[@adrianomorenoweinstein9620]

They can boast as much as they want. They have a corrupt Supreme Court, a totally clownish Congress, ineffective, vulgar and corrupt, and their "élite" universities have just shown how they are producing hosts of uncritical kefiyeh-wearing ignoramus antisemites. Bravo! They sent so much money to drown themselves in anti-democratic fetid and tixic waters. Let them boast as much as they want.

[@themasqueradingcow91]

There is a really good BBC podcast called "How they made us doubt everything" about this very topic. Really infuriating and interesting.

[@markwhat3637]

But if we prevent people from dying, that would mean less money for us! 😮

[@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll]

Those poor shareholders 😢

[@code066funkinbird3]

Like wity Mr beast ?

[@Bigdeathy]

But if people die, we lose customers

[@TooLiveChris]

Idiocracy (2006) wasn't a movie it was a documentary

[@legitscoper3259]

Sooooo goddamn mf true

[@Bruced82]

It's even more like an understatement, really...

[@eddybarajas5115]

That's precisely the reason why we need a state-enforced eugenics programme.

[@BradleyLayton]

Crocs shoes.

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@alexmathew526]

The narrator's voice is just is peaceful, calm and at the same time so stern and raises such important points.❤

[@invox9490]

We knew all this when I was 17... I am 47 and the only thing that's change is we're going faster to our end. In particular, after the pandemic "double down" IS the norm... Unfortunatelly.

[@darylfoster7944]

Oh no, the world is about to end! Sorry, you're sadly misinformed.

[@squarci]

I didn't expect such a clear message 👏👏

[@benjaminlamothe2093]

Commenting because this information needs to be shared

[@christophpeterson9964]

This video is great, it emphasises the fact that the whole topic of climate change is much more constructed and influencedby the oil industry than we think!

[@KSRobinette]

It's also heavily constructed and influenced by government officials, investors in heavily taxpayer subsidized wind and solar industries, and left-wing academics.

[@jamesgreig5168]

I think the propaganda by climate alarmists and those standing to make trillions from this energy transition is far stronger and more dishonest than that of the fossil fuel industry. What really amazes me is that it's perfectly OK for china and India to keep spewing out pollution but Western economies have to cut back an already far cleaner system. No wonder the shift from wealth is transferring to China and India.

[@dk50b]

​@KSRobinette Please cite any inaccuracies, and which subsidized technologies benefitting investors were advocated. And I'm most curious why you focus on those subsidies, which are puny compared to enormous market distortion provided by the over $7 trillion yearly global fossil fuel subsidy.

[@cptnKirk]

As a European and climate activist i find this video surprisingly honest. The very key in the end starting "we" can still do something is my only critique cause it's too vague. It goes from taking about it with friends and family, to don't vote for Trump. My tip: don't fall for the footprint thing, other than fly less and eat animal products it get's complicated and overwhelming. Get involved around your profession, like I'm a teacher and I'm implementing a lot of education for sustainable development in my lectures, in school level and fighting for better education countrywide. Good luck everyone

[@dantedante839]

"don't vote for Trump"... By the way, you're only indoctrinating your students.

[@tealkerberus748]

What we really need is a model of economic stability and prosperity built around a line-go-down long-term condition. We need to make less, buy less, consume less, waste less, while still having lives that we enjoy and that don't feel deprived or missing out. I'd suggest teaching the kids to grow their own vegetables and cook their own meals using all stuff that grows within a day's walk of where they live. It's not a solution in itself, but it's the start of the right mindset. I don't know how to help them with planned obsolescence, though. What do you do when you need a smart phone to access the jobs market and your bank account, but the smart phone manufacturer's business model requires selling you a new phone every two or three years at most?

[@Equ1n0x88]

Please do a longer video where you explain how you write and animate an entire episode. Start with how you pick the art style, how you decide on the length of thy video and how to match the script with the animation. I would love that

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@thewingedhussar4188]

What gets me though is the fact oil companies can't do this forever. Climate Change is still occurring and they will lose when things get that bad.

[@bilo6832]

They worry about next quarters earnings report. Long term thinking is based on how to continue to make profit.

[@darylfoster7944]

Where is this climate change of which you speak? You sound like the doomsayers who claim that catastrophe is always 10 years away.

[@somethingelse9228]

@@darylfoster7944 Climate change is already a reality in countries closer to the equator, but don't worry, it will slowly spread across the entire world.

[@dk50b]

​@@darylfoster7944 Please provide evidence of predictions that were substantially off target. The actual increase in temperature and extremity of events has met or surpassed the majority of accepted modeling. And do ask for a little gift from the fossil fuel obfuscation industry for repeating one of their easily debunked talking points.

[@darylfoster7944]

@@dk50b I can't post anything in here that won't be deleted. You're simply wrong. The models have projected far more warming than has occurred. The models have so many faulty assumptions built into them.

[@ethanzhu2689]

Thank you for telling the truth.

[@GaryOsmondson]

Petroleum companies had a head start on development of cleaner energy options. They could have made huge sums by supplying clean energy options, but they stupidly went the other way and are now facing extinction.

[@herchelleonwood7463]

ty for one of the few intelligent comments here. looks like many oil company funded trolls are also making comments/lying about global warming..

[@marymindaenriquez2108]

Actually it was our government in the 60’s and 70’s that made policy decisions that pushed big oil to do what they did. The goal was to deplete the oil reserves in the Middle East to bankrupt those regimes. The problem was the oil reserves were grossly underestimated and now the climate nazis won’t allow oil production here which further exasperates the Middle East problem

[@Sunflowersarepretty]

This isn't any shocking for me. Greed is no wonder súch a grave sín. These oil companies have harméd our planet alot.

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@donaldwhittaker7987]

Old news but thanks for renewing interest. We forget stuff so quickly.

[@legichron3775]

"why should we spend billions of dollar to save the planet when we can just spend billions of dollars to blame consumer for climate change?"

[@khaelkugler]

It's remarkable how they managed to make it a political party issue. Citizens should realize that they don't stand to gain anything from not protecting the environment

[@Rainer-qc2ol]

If only citizens had fully-functioning independent brains, instead of coddled/influenced and conditioned piles of mush.

[@DisposableSupervillainHenchman]

Ask most republicans and they’ll tell you climate change is really just a communist plot. And then when they’re choking on smog or drinking poisoned tap water, they’ll get mad at the gays most likely. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@HIFLY01]

My favorite thing about this is people will be up in arms about how big oil is suppressing science and releasing false data but somehow that can't be applied after 2010 in other areas

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@orangenostril]

It applies to a ton of places, but there's a big difference between "giant companies are muddying the waters and openly lobbying politicians" and "Big Globe has every scientist in every country in the world working together to make it _look_ like the earth is round" lol

[@rodrigoapaza8086]

BRAVO to all Oil Company Managers/Directors/Owners U have decived us and still do this today Keep on with the: POLLUTION means PRODUCTION

[@josephmalala1093]

These are important videos.

[@mur4s4m3]

There's one BIG caveat you forget here. Oil isn't AT ALL all about energy and industry. Even without using it for energy generation or/and transport, oil is still a main component for: agriculture, electronics, chemistry, healthcare, hyigiene and pharmaceuticals, construction, sports, and many others It's easy to say "let's get rid of oil for renewables" but please dig (MUCH) deeper on how vastly it surpasses the topics you covered and it how would be an absolutely HUGE task to completely replace it...

[@Bruced82]

The vast oil usage is for fuel, the rest is like 10% or 20% of other derived products, where they also try and block alternatives. Reduce in plastic usage is happening already. You know, cause of the micro-plastics EVERYWHERE...

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@mur4s4m3]

​@@Bruced82 still, stopping oil extraction/production is wishful thinking. Besides oil cracking gets you with what's interesting for aforementioned + else. It's not like for 1 gallon of oil, you get 1 gallon of everything needed for agriculture, health and alike. Also, military and some other sectors will never run on solar, or biofuel or green alike. Feb 2022 reminded all Europe peace isn't free That's still wishful thinking to get rid of fuel. Significantly lower production yes, get rid of it, no.

[@Bruced82]

@@mur4s4m3 You're making the point of energy diversification and searching for alternatives yourself here, we can do MUCH better. 2014 should have been an even earlier wake-up call for us here in the EU, alas France and especially Germany were thinking R could be placated through trade. There were alternatives for Nord Stream, but those were not chosen. (still lots of progress moving away, in short term though) Perfection is the enemy of good, we need transitional energy where possible, (solar, wind, hydro, nuclear), but some gas and oil cannot be replaced fully right now, that's OK, but we need to move away from them now.

[@ScotchNWry]

@@Bruced82Are you sure about those figures. If you consider the four pillars of the world we live in are really steel, plastic, ammonia and cement then consider where the energy comes from to produce them, it’s fundamentally fossil fuels. The only way in excess of 8 billion people can exist on earth is through the use of fossil fuels. I don’t believe net zero targets consider all uses of fossil fuels because if they did the target would appear impossible. Personally I would prefer to know how tough the task is and have real targets.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Breaking news: oil companies are greedy.

[@C4ssi4an0]

What oil companies did and how they steer the conversation away from the problem is more than just "companies greedy". Smartass.

[@alessandrosilvafilho8527]

Capital needs to be exponentialy growing to be alive

[@lilium-orchid]

And? We haven't done anything about it. Their profits grow bigger and climate change is becoming more noticeable. This stuff has to be repeated until society finally understands.

[@incognitotorpedo42]

@@lilium-orchid The auto industry is going electric, in some cases whether they want to or not. When that transition is complete, there will be a lot less oil being burned. The oil industry knows that they are a "sunset industry". They've known for years. An oil guy told me that 15 years ago. They're just trying to drag it out as long as possible.

[@oopsy444]

Breaking news you missed the point and pasted a comment already on here 10 times before you

[@James-sh4zf]

This needs to be covered in schools, cover all the techniques that these companies used to muddy the waters and to disinform the populous en masse. We need our next generation to be better equipped than we or our parents were when it comes to critical thinking and disinformation.

[@nikolaykolev5143]

I cannot get my head around this. So we know for sure all this and yet nobody is suing these companies. Further more, they seem untouchable and always right in any circumstances..that’s so weird. This has to end, one way or another..before it’s too late.

[@douglasengle2704]

It is false propaganda. Global warming has been stalled at about 1°C since 1992. The cause of global warming is not known despite decades of scientific studies. Earth's greenhouse effect is always in saturation from water vapor absorbing all the greenhouse radiant energy from the earths within 20 meters of the radiating surface and can't have its overall effect changed by other greenhouse gases. That's high school science. Governments make deals with oil companies for them not to reveal the government fraud making it more profitable short term if they don't. Thank US vise president 1992 Al Gore for this scam. He raised his net worth from about 8 million USD to over 100 million USD because of it.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

Amazing that this story still needs to be told - I've known this for years while living in remote Suriname.

[@bobbobby3085]

I like Suriname

[@AndrewJFO]

At the end when it mentions Renewable Energies as the option to which the world needs to pivot, does that include nuclear? Or are we going to continue to swallow the notion that intermittent power supply can reasonably replace base load? Geothermal is great and needs to be greatly expanded, but it's potential is limited to regions with an appropriately high geothermal gradient. While no reasonable person would deny the irresponsible and reprehensible behaviour of Big Oil, modern economy remains dependent on hydrocarbons and not just for energy. It would be more prudent to consider a shift in focus on the use of fossil fuels rather than calls for their ban. We need to stop burning them, but how much else are they used for today?.

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@foodforthought247]

Pivoting to renewable energy sources doesn't mean that we need to switch over to them immediately. They will become better with time, so switching over to sources such as nuclear is a much better option as we increase the amount of energy we can harvest with renewables.

[@OwenEdwards97]

Great video! The truth must be shouted louder!

[@CyrienJamesola]

Can you do a series about college programs? E.G. explaining the programs such as engineering, etc.. Then explain what jobs would you gain after taking that program. There's a lot of students in the Philippines who's undecided and took Bachelor of Science in Information Technology as a last resort then suffer the consequences because that is not their calling..

[@TheFalseShepphard]

Too niche

[@K4R3N]

It's no one's calling but there are plenty of IT jobs.

[@rob.parsnips]

Maybe just a more general video about what to do when your degree doesn’t match your interests. They could call it “degrees of freedom” if they want to be (slightly) clever.

[@mrnazhg]

That's not the type of content they make

[@liam78587]

it's probably already on the internet somewhere im sure

[@TimoTanToto]

Let's Take Action..., even if a "tiny one"... for the sake of our Future Generation...💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏 I am "acting" it in Indonesia...🙏🙏🙏🕊🕊🕊 THANX TED FOR THIS INFORMATION...🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@LyNguyen-tj9tc]

one of the most meaningful vids, thanks page

[@FranklinHarris-ij7qy]

Fantastic video! I have incurred so much losses trading on my own…..l trade well on demo but I think the real market is manipulated…. Can anyone help me out or at least tell me what I’m doing wrong??

[@Mariaamelia-h2v]

Investing with an expert is the best strategy for beginners and busy investors, as most failures and losses in investment usually happen when you invest without proper guidance. I’m speaking from experience.

[@Verasabri]

I think I’m blessed if not I wouldn’t have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Elizabeth Greenhunts… Highly recommended 🙌

[@beatriceottilie3655]

I’m also a huge beneficiary of her… I thought myself and my family were the only ones enjoying Elizabeth Greenhunts Trade benefits.

[@azurefrost3264]

Being in the forefront of climate change, experiencing the most frequent typhoon here in the Philippines, I can say that the daily lives of my countrymen is severely being affected, classes is almost on a 2 week straight suspension, in fact we are currently under a typhoon and there are two more typhoon on the way

[@mecahhannah]

❤ Awesome as always thanks

[@Cryptic_Orbit]

Phenomenal video, if only we could show this to every person in the planet and have them actually understand what’s being said. We would be much better off

[@QT5656]

Anyone interested in this topic and wants to learn more detail at how the science was hidden and obscured should listen to the excellent p0dcast Drilled by Amy Westervelt and team.

[@merosgage196]

👍

[@xtbum3339]

Am hopeful that a class-action lawsuit is filed against Big Oil at some point in the future. Similar to the lawsuit against tobacco with the same similar result.

[@CaptainG-xs3yo]

After Kamala Harris and Tim Walz get into office. I will be calling my representatives and demanding an investigation.

[@GEEZYEA777]

Bringing up “Unsettled science” is absolute gold. People talk about public institutions being “liberal” but they’re lobbied by oil&gas to warp minds. One of my prof made us read the book and it was total bonkers authored by a physicist rather than someone credible in climate science.

[@iyzelorraine]

Kinda scary that the comments here are trolls. Other videos don't have trolls. Proving this video is right 🤷‍♀️

[@rennoc6478]

Any video that has anything political (even though this shouldn’t be political) will have trolls

[@code066funkinbird3]

Yeah

[@jvingghost413]

This is why it’s important that more people know about this, that way we can fight climate change and the corrupt politicians and greedy billionaires who continue to profit from the very resources that cause it.

[@21Dirham]

Beautiful! This video precisely captured the theme covered in one of my study materials about communication for environmental policies and climate change. I hope that more people are aware of this issue by now

[@rc59191]

We're bringing about our own end. Even if we found a practical way to fuel our cars the oil lobby would fight it tooth and nail.

[@mallow5828]

Not "we". Industrialists and lobbyists. People who care more about their bottom lines than their fellow man. The Earth isn't dying, it's being murdered. And her murderers have names and addresses.

[@incognitotorpedo42]

We have. It's called electricity. And it IS being fought tooth and nail.

[@beaub152]

The solution is to be rid of cars in all largely populated areas, let the farmers keep them as a reward for their necessary work

[@illuminate4622]

We don't need cars, for the most part. Buses, trains, trams, bikes and your own feet exist.

[@GlobalRepercussions]

All profit and revenue for fossil fuel companies needs to be diverted to the global insurance industry to compensate policy and shareholders for the additional risks and costs associated with global warming induced climate change. Fossil fuel consumers and producers need to be compensating insurance companies for the rising frequency and damages to health, property, and business losses. Governments should be removing any legislative protections that fossil fuels have as “critical infrastructure”, as it no longer is. It is now just a choice, with more affordable alternative available. The global clean energy investment figure, which topped fossil fuels for the first time last year, is likely to be double the $1tn forecast for coal, gas and oil in 2024, the IEA said. “For every dollar going to fossil fuels today, almost $2 are invested in clean energy,” said the IEA’s executive director, Fatih Birol.” If investment is now more than 2 to 1 against fossil fuels, then it would seem its future status is as an “alternative fuel”. Electricity, solar, wind, battery storage, [green] hydrogen, these are all the new mainstream, “critical infrastructure”. Capitalism is in the process of killing the fossil fuel industry. Fossil fuel industry are a bunch of has beens and only losers care about them these days.

[@chickfila7nugget]

exposés from ted-ed are pretty rare but really good

[@TheJoker6789]

False pride, dishonesty and greed will end the modern world as we now know it.

[@gnashing_teeth]

I always knew I was right about this, but never could word it right or source it right to help my argument. THANK YOU

[@tats8666]

George Orwell was really ahead of his time with his novels and it is actually quite unerving how some aspects of what he expressed in his novels actually eventuated with methods that were used by governments and companies, and I think this video is a good example of it.

[@manuelmendezordaz4884]

Blissful to see an actual chess problem in a video 1:49 White wins. Answer: Rc8+, Kg7 Qh8+, Kxg6 Rg8+, Kf7 Rg7+, Ke6 Qh6+, Kd5 Rxd7, Bxd7 Qh1+, Kc5 Qxa8

[@manuelmendezordaz4884]

Now i'm able to actually continue watching the video

[@Ailuk]

@@manuelmendezordaz4884 I salute your autism sir

[@aadityagupta5776]

hope you keep creating such eye opening videos

[@corsinhidber591]

More people need to see this!

[@junecera8773]

Thanks for this TED-Ed.

[@Jamesmcgreal]

you should do a video on nuclear energy and how its misunderstood

[@RsonViBritania]

They already have kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGi6gXiPfNdkjNUsi=vebi0BO3wwFwPXZj

[@trevorzealley729]

Watch Those who control the supply manipulate it to create a demand . Which we will pay more for while being told they are cutting production for everyone else`s benefit . Production cost goes down , profits go up .

[@bongwelll]

This is very sad. It keeps being said that we're "almost out of time". Look around you. We ARE outta time.

[@CaptainG-xs3yo]

I feel the same way. I lived in Alaska for 35 years and I have seen it first hand. Once that Tundra thaws.... Game Over And it's already starting, the creeks are turning red from centuries of frozen tundra thawing, it's the iron among other things but it's going to poison the creeks. Enjoy your Salmon now.

[@BryanKerr1]

Now talk about how they're pushing Hydrogen fuel for cars, it blows my mind that people think this is a better alternative to batteries. They don't understand they they're being manipulated by Shell.

[@earthling_parth]

Exactly, hydrogen is so much BS, it's inconceivable how people think that's genuinely an option.

[@tylerowen8781]

It’s unfortunate because I constantly see things like, “ we still can reverse it. We still can take action.” This has been said for decades now but at the end of the day, lobbying is still a thing and money is king.

[@Sealint]

Who animated this video? It doesn't say in the description like it usually does.

[@logans3365]

its really great to see this information stated in an easy to digest way from a well known entity like ted-ed. i hope its able to reach more people, and they they are able to connect the dots between our economic system, and the devastating decisions it incentivizes corporations to make.

[@thermalnuclearwar]

Ted Ed ain't messing around anymore

[@HolloMatlala1]

And People still think it's about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump #Context🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@gustavomarquez4291]

This is such a good video! Thank you very much. People must be informed.

[@locallochness]

My brother is incredibly pro-oil and refuses to believe in climate change. I told him about how Tuvalu is sinking and he said that Tuvalu to him isn't a real country. It's shocking how the PR from Oil companies has worked so well.

[@boyetarandia3052]

Please do a video on how people will be able to stop buying O&G products. When there is no demand, these companies will go out of business. As long as alternatives stay unaffordable or impractical, people will still buy and use fossil fuels.

[@ongmai6999]

Earth doesn't need to be "saved", it will recover anyway when human perish. We are the one who can not comeback. Save ourself.

[@goosie8207]

Very true. I’ve been saying that since the early 90’s.

[@lilium-orchid]

Why would it be that humanity perishes before the rest of the Earth does? Humans have the technology to protect themselves from ecological damage. Wildlife doesn't evolve fast enough for that. Your mindset is similar to the oil industries' propaganda. People don't need to die for a climate disaster they weren't responsible for.

[@Bloodlinedev]

Thank you for your service