Who Actually Profits From Saving the Planet?

[@UserMum7512]

The planet will go on spinning without us and recover from almost anything, its not the planet we care about it’s ourselves

[@MrKAmsterdam]

@@UserMum7512 live on the planet is also part of the planet

[@MDF4072]

@@MrKAmsterdam just like dinosaurs lol. what makes you think we are so special?

[@abhirajgupta7844]

This is what most people don't understand. they think they're doing some noble deed by shouting save earth, in actuality we should shout save humans

[@MrKAmsterdam]

@@MDF4072 we should start with u

[@Herbit-k4j]

Humans will definitely be fine even with if the worst projections come true. But we will loose tens of millions of years worth of biodiversity. Including some branches of life that may be hundreds of millions of years old.

[@Maxjah]

What is the question? Everyone profits from saving planet

[@ergodeus]

Right wingers will say that climate change is a hoax spread by *insert scapegoat* to defeat the west (white people)

[@mriz]

well, the reality is more nuance than that. for example have you heard about greenwashing?

[@Maxjah]

@@mriz nope

[@MrKAmsterdam]

Trump hates this kind of answer

[@Maxjah]

@@MrKAmsterdam i am not surprised lol))

[@alvinrezkikurniawan6781]

i would say this video did not cover enough of indonesia government dilemma. on 1 side, indonesia government want to make more money and grow its economy, one of the primary way of doing it is through increasing palm oil plantation. the other side there are global concern about carbon emission, which Indonesia can benefit of using carbon trading. ultimately indonesia government need to decide which one is more profitable and sustainable. not to mention the influence of private company and oligarch in indonesia government that are more benefit if indonesia open more palm oil plantation

[@im.empimp]

I only have a very surface understanding of all the factors involved, and I'm very much jaded by U.S. politics and capitalism, so the following is a genuine question, not an accusation. Is the Indonesia "government", i.e. the people in government positions, asking for more money to invest in honest improvements (e.g. more money to pay for fire patrols, healthcare for the people who are actually working to improve the land, etc.) or is it asking for more money that will primarily line the pockets of the people in government positions?

[@rajsidhu]

Who Actually Profits From Saving the Planet? EVERYONE

[@zollen123]

And those whose invested in green energies and green technologies.

[@rockets4kids]

The problem is that calling land you couldn't use for farming in the first place a "carbon credit" isn't actually doing anything to save the planet.

[@Sjalabais]

The trouble is, while we're figuring this out, we're cutting the branch we're sitting on. Once it breaks, it will be too late.

[@ciaochao383]

That's rich, so when the US does not profit the most from something it's all of sudden a bad thing.

[@IncomeWeekly]

Such an eye-opening perspective! You’ve shown that growth doesn’t happen by avoiding discomfort but by pushing through it and learning along the way.

[@krushrpants]

Palm oil plantation: Humans repeatedly grow and harvest plants that pull CO2 out of the air. Carbon offset undeveloped land: Do nothing, and plants naturally grow and pull CO2 out of the air.

[@oakoakoak2219]

Of course only in a capitalist structure do we have to ponder whether or not saving the planet is profitable enough to do.

[@MassDynamic]

2:24 why use "cooling towers", that usually represent nuclear power plants, to represent "polluters"?

[@DgurlSunshine]

toxic waste is food?

[@Clip_Gallery]

Indonesia only gets 10%? WHAT? Indonesia must create a carbon credit project that uses the forest scheme to become a state-owned company, so that Indonesia gets 100% of the benefits and the money can be used to fund nutritious food programs for Indonesian children.

[@hehe-mq2bk]

EXACTLY

[@jagjeevankashid]

What do you mean sir money are used to save the forest and only 10% goes to government remaining to the forest which employee the peoples to save the forest

[@urbanstrencan]

Just sad that in every thing we do someone needs to make profit on it 😢😢

[@hehe-mq2bk]

"Indonesia is Leary of foreigners dictating what to do with their national resources." that's exactly right. Indonesia is a sovereign nation that will not tolerate western intervention and interference. Let Indonesia profit from this WITHOUT the need for any western intermediary, middle man.

[@rameshg2717]

Just stop the companies from buying palm oil and the forest will be atleast protected from one threat. Yet, nothing can protect it from forest fire, tree cutters and poachers.

[@MrApw2011]

This is similar to how governments sometimes balance budgets. The way humans do math is concerning.

[@dereksellars383]

When an area designated as a carbon offset burns, and releases CO2, why is this not counted against the lease holder? Currently these emissions are not recognized.

[@DinosaurusTerbaik]

Sea Plankton and Algae is so underrated.

[@just_some1575]

Real, when they die they go to the bottom of the ocean, and actually make CO2 dissapear, instead of being released to the atmosphere like normal forests...

[@esgee3829]

this is a fairly poor explanation of understanding the scale of the problem over time where current stakeholders will NOT be future stakeholders in the context of the timeline overwhich company and government performances are judged. too bad.

[@hehe-mq2bk]

that foreigner is EXTREMELY greedy and doesn't care about the environment. Indonesia should not stand to gain just 10% of the profits. instead they should make such projects as government owned and receive 100% of the profits. How freaking hard is it to market to VW to receive carbon credits? not that hard! so why the need for foreign middle man?

[@Lawliet734]

If someone is profiting from saving the planet, we must put a stop to it! Stop profiting or saving? How about both?

[@grafity1749]

We all do, we all do...

[@marc24rennen]

The world would only be a better place once we start to define rich by how many days we have clean air in a year and how less frequent we have extreme natural disasters, in stead of how many houses and stocks we own. Until then, anything is pure money game.

[@lm_b5080]

well if you’re european or american then the polluted air has been outsourced to asian cities. so you’re okay thanks to globalisation

[@marcomikemarco]

clean and CO2 have nothing to do with each other. CO2 is a transparent gas. if air is not clean it must be smoke or fog of some kind, that has nothing to do with CO2 and rainforests

[@thenoodlebuddy]

But isn't palm oil really efficient? If you don't use palm oil what trees have you got to grow and cut down instead?

[@Croz89]

Coconut, which is even worse.

[@lore00star]

the problem is HOW you use palm oil... the oil itself is better then others in terms of efficiency. We just need to plant it in a sustainable way.

[@bloodaid]

The lamest title in human video history! Why fors it have to be about profits? Why not simply for human and animal SURVIVAL? Dumbest title I’ve ever read

[@Xwisit]

You need to wake up and see the real agenda. Stop being a sheep.

[@science5923]

5:25 only 1-2 billlion dollars

[@Rixynator]

If everyone profits why do airlines charge passengers more to offset emissions? Doesn't make sense.

[@someonenotnoone]

Everyone profits but you better believe there are a bunch of people who don't want to pay in any way.

[@teyhoonboon5853]

Fossil fuel companies should actively participate in carbon off set projects.

[@krushrpants]

Carbon capture technology is already very heavily funded by oil producers and is an actually scalable technology

[@Trotskym]

I don't know it's irony or not there is an Air conditioning in those office

[@ILL-INtent765]

“Offsets” ?? What planet am I on & who “profits” from saving it ??

[@Bobsk3]

We! All! Do!

[@AldoGrech55]

Why is your title even a question?!

[@someonenotnoone]

Ask capitalists, they don't want to do things if they can't collect personal profits from them.

[@AbulaSyllabus]

Wooooooooow such a hard questionnnnn... ask it like in the 1st class and they'll answer? The LIVING BEINGS!!!!! Duh...... But what is AMAZING is...

[@ToneyCrimson]

Who actually profits from breathing air?

[@counterz0]

Everyone, everyone profits as we can still earn a living in the future without killing ourselves

[@originaldylanbaxter]

Worst possible framing of a global existential crisis.

[@someonenotnoone]

So we're in major danger territory because capitalists around the world don't want to pay for something if they can't personally profit from it.

[@kaymariamyers56]

It’s not about profiting….

[@DelmarFoop]

Jo moma. Go get some;)

[@genevievebarker943]

Carbon dioxide forms very little of the atmosphere indeed.

[@MrKAmsterdam]

In chaotic systems it is about these tiny tiny differences which make a system collapse - unfortunately in the US science is banned in most states from school.

[@waisinglee1509]

Wow...shallow.

[@DgurlSunshine]

methane kills SO, WHAT IS FUKUSHIMA?

[@DgurlSunshine]

@@MrKAmsterdam HUMANS ARE MADE OF CARBON. TREES USE C02, DERP

[@Reina.Nijinsky]

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