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- Fossil fuel companies knew about climate change decades ago. But instead of doing something about it, they spent millions to confuse the public and seed doubt. VICE World News explores their seedy tactics.
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No
Jungle capitalism but The communist is great animal.
A documentary (and book) on the topic : Merchants of Doubt.
@@gustavoemannueldeangolasil243
Ffs... show me where Castro touched you.
The province of Guantanamo , Company Shell , Texaco , Petrobras any oil Company .The Company did silence about suffer people , give and earn many money.
I love how Americans call it lobbying politicians, in Africa we call it corruption.
It's only corruption if it happens with brown and black people. If it's whites it's called lobbying. One rule for thee another for me
I always hated lobbyist and never understood that, it’s all back room deals, yes they put caps on gifts and $ but we all know there’s ways around that, there’s a speech Biden made to a small group, where he says if a man donates to me a million dollars of course I am gonna hear him out, it’s sickening, it all comes down to greed and I don’t think skin color has much todo with that Leonardo
@@RiseOfAnarchism I dunno man Russia is generally regarded as being pretty corrupt
@@RiseOfAnarchism America isn't all white, neither is any western nation. People are always saying "white country", it's not lol. It should be "If it's *western* it's called lobbying."
@@darren561 Western Europe is *Western* too. They have plenty of politicians accepting bribes but They call it what it is.
Every place in the world except the US of A calls it corruption when a politician accepts money to alter the way of democracy.
Politicians should wear jackets like they have in Nascar with all the great companies they represent like Exxon and Chevron Shell and BP Mobile.
LMAO. This!!!
🌫️SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE VICE
Yes!!!!
This has got to be the oldest boomer meme in existence. Thank you invoking the ancient wisdom dad
made my day
Take responsibility for your actions, that’s something (almost) everyone has been taught at a young age, AND YET, politicians and company owners never learned.
Except I’m pretty sure in today’s world most people ARENT taught at a young age to take responsibility for their actions
they did but they dont care because money
@kiwikemist lmao don’t say stuff you have no clue about. I’m 20 years old lol. All you gotta do is take a quick peek at my CZcams to realize just how wrong you are
@kiwikemist how is it untrue? People who know how to apologize and take responsibility for their actions, admit when they are wrong, are by far in the minority in today’s world. How can you even deny that?
The Corporation is evil
"No my philosophy is to make money"
That is the psychopath right there.
@@potatobang7713 he was making a point about the greed of a man who already is rich enough to never need to work again in his life. wanting to make money is nothing shameful, greed, however, is
Wanting to make money is not bad
@@lit_for_20 sory ma bad. 😯
The problem is the lack of empathy not trying to better ones self. If you lack empathy you’ll do it at other’s expense because why would you care whereas if you have empathy you’ll consider their needs USUALLY.
"Did we aggressively fight against the science? Yes, but there's nothing illegal about that."
Spoken like a true psychopath.
You mean a typical lawyer?
@@jeremyshaffer9200 Your response was dumb, most lawyers are actually very principled, that's why they become lawyers in the first place, to defend people who might be receiving unjustified civil unrest. Most lawyers also don't make a lot of money that you typically assume they might make, since it's an extremely competitive job.
@@ginch8300 Ok, so that totally means it's ok it overlook the lawyers that try to manipulate the law.. obviously..
@@epicfail5473 You're not very good at reading are you? I'll quote myself for you, "Your response was dumb, most lawyers are actually very principled", emphasis on the word (most) I used, not all lawyers, I said (most). Your name suits you very well.
They're all actual sociopath, so you,re not far off lol
How crass of the executives to say that employees “gave their lives” when they were killed by their employer.
100%. My dad was given the choice of early retirement or being fired from a rig because he wouldn't stand for the way they cut corners on safety. They probably all do it, and probably in numerous ways.
How is that any different from any war in history?
@@matthewsmith5737 actually BP is supposed to be egregiously bad. They were hella focused on expansion & bought up everything for sale in the industry (mostly run down out of date facilities.) Right before Deepwater Horizon I believe there were 2 other deadly explosions under their control. Many employees there have said they had completely cut down on safety inspections & didn’t provide absolutely necessary upgrades at those facilities. The employees knew something bad was going to happen, just not when or where exactly.
“…Lives will be lost. It is a sacrifice I am will for you to make.”
@G D BP or British Petroleum counts the Queen among its major shareholders. Shell oil counts the Dutch Royal Family as ones of its major shareholders. The American Military is literally protecting oil fields throughout the Middle East, invited or not. I don’t hold on to the same fantasy that you do.
Most people would ignore this because they are too busy trying to make ends meet
Mission accomplished.
No they’re to busy worrying about overseas as if it effects their life 🤦♂️
My biggest sadness is that we're killing off millions of beautiful animal species that deserve to exist,
I lost hope for humanity a long time ago
And yet, you still use fossil fuels daily.
What a total hypocrite.
@@TheBandit7613 Okay then we don't work, then we don't eat, then we die. You're asking everyone who cares just keel over and call it a day or be considered a hypocrite. Death or hypocrisy is quite an extremist view of the world mate, maybe learn to balance ourselves a bit better.
@@omnipotentpumpkin9755 so true we need to change gas to eco friendly energy like solar panel etc
@@TheBandit7613 what do you hope to accomplish with this comment?
@@richhandler2621 dudes just a troll
Can't watch this anymore. This upset me 15 years ago and nothing has ever changed.
Dude, same. I've been trying to convince people for nearly 2 decades that this is the most vital issue facing our species -- that this is extinction level BS -- but to no avail. I'm fed up trying to convince people. Now, we need to be retreating & adapting to the climate crisis but we aren't doing that either. I'm at a loss. All I can do is watch in horror & shame.
This video may as well be my suicide note. I'm so lost for hope. The future is fascist and it's the boomers fault.
nothing will ever change unless you overthrow the corrupt by force
It’s like drug dealers (legal or illegal) claiming “If those addicts would just stop using so much, I wouldn’t have to do this!”. Crimes against the ecosystem.
tell that to china and india first kid
@@doc7569 Sure, that may be the case for some addicts but you should really go actually talk to the people who work in this field. It does not seems like you are very knowledgeable on the subject matter or maybe just don't care and would lose no sleep making money off the suffering of others.
@@terrellbradshaw3504 I know a thing about drug dealing. Some addicts do get hooked on pain meds at the hospital after surgery. That is sad. Many though do it because “woe is me, my life is in shambles.” Boo fucking hoo. It is a decision at the end of the day.
I mean it is true. If there’s no demand there wont be a supply. If you dont like fossil fuels, then dont buy anything plastic and unless you live in Iceland dont use electricity.
@@terrellbradshaw3504 I think you should talk to more people who are struggling with addiction. If you actually do work in the field that's quite disappointing.
There are obvisously cases where drugdealers push certain drugs onto people. But the days that was prevalent are long gone. Every single case i've ever had are people that have had many different problems before they ever took drugs in the first place.
If drugdealers don't fill the gap in the market the users will just order from the darkweb.
I'm glad I'm 21 and haven't ever had a car yet,walking everywhere or biking to get groceries
43 and the same.
58. Car only to carry my tools. Otherwise, bicycle. Haven't taken a plane in 35 years. Btw, the carbon footprint of the military industrial complex anybody?
That one guy has a point there should be a law against going against facts and science
Who decides what's true and what isn't? Are you suggesting we need a ministry of truth? What happens when there's no trust in those who decide the truth? This isn't as cut and dry as everyone thinks.
who will pay the wages of the scientists?
Yea totally, screw the first amendment am i right? If its not in a textbook then you can’t say it or you go to jail. Sound logic.
The downfall of humanity? Greed. Plain and simple.
Capitalism is the downfall of humanity.
ahahahah as if
it is the greed of the very very few and the stupidity of anyone who defends capitalism
hell is filed up to the brim with capitalists
The world uses around 100,000,000 barrels of oil PER DAY. And it's selling for ~ $70/barrel today.
$7 BILLION dollars each and every day is being spent on oil at current prices. That can buy a lot of politicians around the world.
I really feel like a 13 minute video doesn't do this topic justice. I'd love to see a series or a full length documentary on exactly how and what these companies have done to misdirect the public.
There already are, Watch "before the flood".
And "a life on this planet"
@@muffinmendy7327 are they on streaming platforms?
@@natashagupta4691 não sou vice não sou nada .vice e Kamala Harry. E eu não Compartilho com Isso e o Vice tem que companhar o presidente então o que Faz Kamala Harry aí ele e um boneco de Trampolim.
@@natashagupta4691 Why are you spamming this everywhere?
Watch «The Big Fix» - it‘s at the core a documentary about the 2010 Gulf oil spill. But it shines a spotlight on all issues and aspects of the fossil fuel industry, its history and impact. Peter Fonda produced it. It‘s on YT.
That's classic advertising. Scapegoat the average person for buying a fossil fuel burning car while only producing a fossil fuel burning car.
'If you are so worried about world hunger, why do you continue to eat food?'
We live in a society...
@@Dong_Harvey I'm not entirely sure what this is referencing but world hunger is not going to end the planet.
🤔Well said!!👍🏼😋
Someone should show this to the people who preach about the invisible hand of the market. It might flip their world upside down
Yeah we need to be sick of being blamed for spending habits. WE literally can't afford to even BE the problem..... hilarious their greed.
This is all a direct result of government involvement in the market though
Please afford to elaborate, "@@hypatia9212"?
In as much words as you require.
I really wish to learn, and would even be willing to amplify your explanation - based on its logical-flow.
@@Josh-jw3go guess who the government represents? The fucking owning class. The ones that control the market either way.
I mean true though. Its basic economics
What happened to calling the wealthy "robber barons"? We should bring that term back
US developed the tech that use oil. They hijacked the tech companies by hoarding resources. Now we have tech companies that could not develop futuristic tech to save the world let alone bring out flying cars. Green energy sector ran to China to get all tech lift started there including Tesla. So if anyone blames China they going to have to blame western world the most.
Not short enough - I’m calling them all ‘ROBBIE’ from now on.
The term sounds kinda British
I hope that car of yours is cheap and doesnt run on oil.
Robber
@@makemap No
So the Legion of Doom is real...
It is instead of wearing costumes they wear business suits and their weapon are not lasers that destroy a planet, instead the cash that they give to policymakers is there real weapon of mass destruction.
Yes them to and SPECTRE and HYDRA too ,They are all working together hand in hand
Yes
Ohhhhh, Woodkid's Keys!!! Is that a person of the utmost culture I see?
@@juggaloclownpreacher and they're stronger than a king or emperor because you cant do anything about it lol
Wow, it just blows my mind everytimes I read something about the USA. My country is a poor developing country, yet we know that towards clean energy is the only way, and we're putting a lot of effort into that.
Well have fun staying poor then.
We know that too -- it's the conservative billionaires that legally bribe the government at the main issue. We 'the people' would do things much differently.
As a child in the San Fernando Valley, 50 yrs ago, I remember the 'smog alerts' that happened on a pretty regular basis in the summer time. We'd be outside playing, and all of a sudden an air raid siren would go off, sounding very much like the ones used in WWII. When we heard the sirens, we had to go inside, close all of the windows and turn on the air conditioners to filter the air. The smog was so heavy over the Los Angeles Basin, you couldn't see the mountains from across the valley, and sunsets were always blood red. Los Angeles and California have achieved miracles since then in clearing up the air pollution, but they still have a ways to go. We all have a ways to go. But, the clearing of the air in the San Fernando Valley gives me hope. If it can be done there, maybe it can be done everywhere else.
Heres hoping that humanity realises with enough effort most things we could really hope for are possible.
@@piotrtrebisz6602 Great article! There are so many industries that don't want to make the initial investment into the various types of equipment needed to convert harmful waste products into biodegradable ones and it's hard to find anyone willing to start a new industry to do it. Also, when industry can find a way to do it cheaper, with minimal or extremely underpaid manpower, regardless of long term environmental or health damage, they'll pick the cheap method almost every time.
Enter public outcry and govt. regulations. Which of course industry will spend billions of dollars fighting, instead of investing those same dollars into doing the right thing in the first place!
It's a vicious cycle, but at least some entities are starting to wake up and make changes. I just keep hoping more will follow suit.
@@littlegravitas9898 Thank you! They are possible! Let's hope humanity is also willing to do what's needed, to make the investments and sacrifices that are needed, to make it happen.
The meteor killed the dinosaurs. And now the fossil fuels from the dinosaurs will kill us. How poetic 🦕☄🌏⛽
😅
It really is the circle of life. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis
@HunterBidensCrackPipe if you can’t see the destruction this has caused and WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE over the years, you my sir, aren’t very bright. From the climate to war, it will only get worse.
@@Maso777 I think @HunterBidensCrackPipe is a trump guy.
Oil is abiotic. That's another lie you'll learn.
Imagine how different our world could be, if these companies would've started to aim for no emissions 30 years ago...
Not really
They would just say "carbon neutral by 2020" and then have done nothing 30 years later.
The problem is the past 30 years is when the majority of the emissions have been released and not by the west.
Most of the companies are state owned like Aramco, Iran company, Qatar or India or China state owned
The west can blame capitalism but even if state owned..this would of been worse
The irony is oil and gas industry might be the saver of climate change. BP and Exxon and chevron when they drill is bad but the other side can be the saver
Refining to make Diesel or or kerosene etc facilities can be made using renewables and electrolysis
E fuels can use these facilities and make flying Carbon neutral and shipping
To achieve "Zero emissions" You would have to eradicate humanity. Zero emissions, lol you breath out emissions you fart emissions, so how would an oil company, or any industry achieve such a thing? I think you are living in a fantasy world driven by thoughts of magic and faith based industry. "I just prayed for it and I got a big mac! YAY!"
Waging a "War on Climate Change" in 1982 would've annihilated the economy. A majority of Americans born past this point would've been born into poverty.
No course of action before the year 2000 was economical, given the massive cost difference between burning cheap fossil fuels and utilizing the underdeveloped clean technologies of the time on a scale that would meet energy demand.
The fact that we get free documentaries on CZcams by VICE News is truly a gift. 👍
Yes
The sad part is that they're stating the obvious but people seem to discover how corrupted governments are. Btw, the carbon footprint of the military industrial complex anybody?
Did that scientist seriously just giggle about the fact that our world is on fire and we’re all gonna die? Cooooool!
Sometimes ya gotta laugh to keep from crying
it is actually funny if u consider how dumb human race is in this scenario :)
I laugh at negative things, it ain't cuz I'm evil just baffled.
He was not laughing because we all gonna die, he was laughing cause he was right
@@my0wnable I think you misspelled dystopian
It's far easier to spend all the money that you could spend cleaning up your mess to just tell people you've cleaned up the mess and not. Even though it's less work, I feel like it was probably more expensive for them to spend that much on PR when they could have just actually cleaned up the three states that they kind of destroyed
They probably thought of that and was like… naaah fuk the earth 🥱
Don’t forget about their yearly dividend payout to their shareholders that happened right smack in the middle of this whole crisis. But DGAF BP peeps gunna get paid! 💵
Also their current CEO’s last name is literally “Looney”
🔵SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE VICE
Not ‘kind of’ they absolutely fkn destroyed lots of life and our ecosystem. And continue to do so!
The PR costs millions. The lobbying just millions.
Cleaning up and/or converting our systems to renewables - billions.
They've been turning profits. Mad profits. They took the cheap paths to big money. Not the honest or good paths. And they spent plenty lying and confusing people and bribing, but nothing like the money they kept.
Oil industry plays dumb about climate change, but will pay to keep people quiet
and so you should stay quiet - oil is our future anyways
Laugh at the shill
Secret? It was blindly obvious to my generation.
As it's written in the bible "Love of money is the root of all evil"... It's quite a deep sort of evil to knowingly destroy the planet, because it's such a profitable thing.
This is right on schedule for Christian Fundamentalists. They pray for rapture everyday. Evangelicals want to literally carry out biblical prophecy.
Why do you think they LOVE lsrael, beyond any other country that the US has ties with? It's because the want all people of the Judea faith to "fulfill" their part of the Christian Prophecy: Isaiah 26-29.
They literally want to preserve lsrael so God can destroy it.... despicable.
"6But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil."
@@krystalsummers1436 This is such a false view of Christianity. I don’t believe in a “rapture” and I certainly have never prayed for it. It’s not even part of the Bible in the context many people talk about it.
And in terms of “loving Israel”, where does this even come from? God isn’t going to destroy Israel? Where is this in Bible prophecy? It’s not in Bible prophecy.
@@krystalsummers1436 those Isaiah verses don’t have anything to do with a rapture. People who willingly choose to reject God simply won’t go to heaven, not that God hates them. He doesn’t, he loves them. He is giving them what they want, it would be more messed up and taking away free will to take these people to heaven. Not just “Christians” will go to heaven, I believe that there will be those who had a false view of what God is but a good heart that will also go to heaven. Many supposed Christian WONT go to heaven because they are only Christian on the outside not the inside.
So "unknowingly" is not a bad thing, at all?
It baffles and agitates me that these fossil fuel companies are able to get away with such destructive behaviour
@HunterBidensCrackPipe honestly seeing this stuff is depressing, just shouldn’t exist whatsoever. Capitalism fuels it and that needs to change
"Lol, so many ldiots blame feudalism, as if capitalism will make anything better" - You in 1350 AD
Why do you think oil companies lobbied government? Oh that's right, because they're LEGALLY OBLIGATED to make as much money for their shareholders as possible. Executives could literally be punished by the law for not fulfilling these duties.
No one is arguing for socialism. You just projected your idea of what someone who disagrees with capitalism would say. Do you honestly think the system is fine as-is? Because if so, you probably need to layoff the Prozac and horse dewormer big guy.
@HunterBidensCrackPipe Pure (fair trading and companies paying taxes and less lies and libbying) capitalism, sure. However, were in late stage capitalism, where mega corporations have stripped most of the govt. power to do things independently.
Funny how your reflex is to think everyone wants socialism, when in reality most people just want major tweaks to the broken parts of capitalism or to introduce SOME socialist policies while maintaining a capitalist republic.
But go ahead and let the pro capitalism propoganda keep you screams ng about socialists!
@HunterBidensCrackPipe how many times do you have to miss read my comments before you understand that most people don't want socialism and neither do I?
@HunterBidensCrackPipe That's just not as true as it once was. Americans work more hours than any other workers in the entire world and almost 50% of those who are employed can't support themselves on their current income. Housing prices have increased astronomically yet wages are pretty stagnant.
Depression and obesity is rising in the United States. You could say that's because Americans are spoiled and able to eat a lot of high caloric foods but a huge part of that is the large amount of fatty foods and highly processed foods that are poisoning a lot of us.
We're living through a drought right now and groundwater sources like aquifers are going to run out so on top of the housing bubble that's going to pop we are going to have major water shortages within our lifetime.
Just because we as Americans have the luxury of an ignoring a lot of bigger problems going on in the world doesn't mean that we things that can be vastly improved within our country.
Literal worst timeline.
This is actually a great piece of journalism. Well done!
Its a great piece of journalism that more people need to see.
Thanks for putting this out Vice. This is a turn towards the old days and better coverage.
Loved it and its true. Keep pushing this.
Do one on sugar too!!!
Even as a kid, I was never really fond of fossil fuel companies. I remember having visitors from bp and shell come to my high school to promote their work program and encourage students to come into the fossil fuel industry. It seems to be rewarding (aka you could make decent money). Yet, I didn't find it attractive. I guess my gut impression of them came true - they were a dirty industry.
Good choice. I was offered a $140k annual salary and turned it down to make toilet paper. No regrets.
Far less pay, but far more rewarding; and well, someone needs to do it, otherwise it's last year all over again. Only on a daily basis.
You all should thank god for fossil fuels. They have saved SO many lives and transformed our lives to comfort. Have you hypocrites given up using them?
I thought not.
some people are greedy, well done for not choosing to sell out
@@TheBandit7613 you are literally the "you keep participating in society" meme.
How would you propose people stop using fossil fuels when most of our electricity comes from coal? We can't control that. The coal lobby is massive and they make sure to downplay the importance of renewables and nuclear.
The fossil fuel industry has stifled the development of electric cars for decades, making them just recently available but still very expensive.
The truth is that you are espousing what this video is saying and I'm not entirely sure you're not a bad actor. The average person has very, very little control over the usage of fossil fuels. 7 cruise ships produce as much carbon as all the cars in Europe. I've never taken a cruise in my life.
@@BillPairaktaridis Oil came along at just the right time. Without it, whales would have been hunted into certain extinction. Oil replaced whale oil. I have a couple points. The very people telling me oil is bad for our climate are the same people living in 15,000 square foot homes heated and cooled by... oil.
People are lying. They know, no matter what, the Earth is going to warm. We are still emerging from a deep ice age. The warming will not stop until there is no ice anywhere. Not even at the poles. This is the normal climate of the Earth. For most of Earth's history, there is no ice, anywhere. There is no climate crisis. It's made up. The Earth is getting greener, it's a fact. Less people are dying from cold, another fact.
Electric vehicles are not ready yet. Battery tech is not ready.
The whole green movement is a scam for money. Watch Micheal Moore's new doc, Planet of the Humans. It's free here on youtube.
If this clip had 40m views and not 40k views, the world's children would stand a chance.
This video JUST came out
They’re all to busy making their dumb tiktok videos 🤦♂️
This is the sad part
Another 300k. These are definitely more comfortable numbers than 40k
@Blick Blick dude you’re pathetic if you think my mind set “drives children away” 🤦♂️🤣
Fossil Fuel companies and Bankers are definitely connected and together they have been running the show by slaving mankind!
Fossil fuel consumption has been greatly reduced due to the COVID pandemic. Mother Nature took matter into her own hands while we continue to pass the blame between politicians, consumers and oil companies and businessmen.
Just like the tobacco industry had to be forced to disclose the risk of their products on their packages, oil and gas firms should be forced to disclose the environmental impact of their products on a big sign on every gas pump. But that won't happen because Oil and Gas lobby won't ever let anything bad happen to their industry.
Thank you yes Thet sou insiguinificante e Agradeço por ser insiguinificante pra vocês Trump e Biden .pois isso me assegurado 😎🤜 🥴 e insignificado. Longe .de sua Organização Criminosa.eu fico com o Povo 🤗 significado comigo 🤗🍸
Funny you should mention cigarette companies - many of the same representatives and debaters hired by the cig companies to convince the public that cigs weren’t bad were later hired by fossil-fuel companies to convince the public that climate change wasn’t real. They succeeded for decades. Check out the movie (and book) Merchants of Doubt, it’s truly a masterpiece.
Don't forget oil and gas firms work for YOUR needs. So don't act like they're evil
@@ld1065 exploiting people’s needs and misleading public opinion sounds pretty evil to me
I don't think that would do much. I still need to use my car so unless someone gives me an alternative what am I supposed to really do.
Since the SCOTUS "Citizens United" ( 5-4 decision ) literally legalized BRIBERY in this nation and created an open auction system in our elected representation - I think that ALL Lobbyists in DC should be required to wear functioning body cameras at every interaction with CONgress members - and publish the videos daily on youtube. And all emails - texts - paperwork and communications of any kind should be available to the public as well.
Yes!!!! Exactly we need lawyers on these yt videos. We can make a change we just need the right people and will!!!
Do you think a law like this could win a stand in the congress? Nope, you either take it at gunpoint or keep burning your patience against the carefully structured systems of disinformation, bribery and consumerist cattle that plague this country
@@Mipetz38There's another less murdery option - run for office yourself. And then don't accept the bribes. Certainly not an _easy_ option but much more effective if you can pull it off.
@@altrag have fun burning your patience and having scandals made up against you out of thin air thanks to the chain of disinformation
@@altrag .... We need the politicians to act NOW! .... We no longer have the time to wait till new people come in. The fossil fuel companies have used up that time.
Nicely made video thanks :)
Vice has some nerve making content so good it leaves me with nothing to complain about.
The statistical evidence that suggests 97% of scientists agree seems outdated at this point. That number has been used for years and I doubt that there is that much dispute among them in 2021.
Yeah, it was published in April 2016 by Cook, et. al.
Only the scientists still funded by Oil at this point I would guess.
@@rickmont1613 well they don’t really debate it, they know what’s true but they just are a front, look at dr.fauci after he switched up on corona and trump after he left office.
@@AlexanderNathan2346 You should go to a shrink for your Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS)
@@Freakishd lol you’re really butthurt over a fact my g🤦🏾♂️pathetic. Saying a fact doesn’t show who I like and who I don’t and your assumptions show nothing but your stupidity because what illogical idiot makes such assumptions based off of a statement.
Nothing more human then deciding greed is more important then existence lol how have we come this far and we still don’t fear the inevitable
late stage capitalism!
Capitalism at its -worst- finest!
@@swanky_yuropean7514 I think that's the Dutch mate.
@@Tom36907 -- If you want to see someone go off topic read this:
SURYA DATHAN
9 minutes ago
If you want to see socialism at its finest go to China or North korea
if they keep that mindset im not suprise next Anarchy gonna rise and kill the rich...and chaos start.. its all begin this retarded rich people still drunk with more power.
I remember BPs “We are sorry” ads that no one bought
Kudos for Vice for giving this top documentary and also provided English subtitile for hearing disabilities to watch it. Thank you very much Vice.
If people knew just how much oil and pollution is in the fish in all the oceans, people would never eat fish again! These effects from oil will be around for hundreds, if not thousands of years
try millions, if the planet ever recovers
@@adrianc6534 of course you bring no scientific data to your statement but it sounds good and you must be feeling quite pride about yourself.
@@luismart7714 Then ask respectfully for research; character assassination does nothing.
@@annieareyouok1451 I did not ask for research to spare her from having to shove him hand up his ass.
and plastic...but then again that stuff is in our drinking water and us too....
"Greed", greed fuels almost every problem on the planet, oil is just one of many conduits used.
The US needs to fix its climate policies. Vice's lack of reporting around China's CO2 emissions is striking, though.
So true mate
Best doc I have seen in years
They have to be punished, the dutch government punishing Shell was a good start, however each nations governments (UK for BP etc.) have to be doing more to hold these fossil tyrants accountable
Hey look everyone. Adam Din uses no plastic and has never driven a gas burning vehicle. Go get 'em Adam!
@@andyw6996 I think you've missed the point of the video in an attempt to be funny and edgy. The point isn't the consumer, its the fact that the oil companies knew about climate change and chose to hide the information for over 30 years, then when called it out about it, try and shift the blame to the consumer. But yeh, you feel free to go support them ✌🏽
dikwad, do u understand that by punishing Shell or Exxon you just raise the oil prices (and so all of the products & transport) that will be paid by consumers anyway?
you destroy YOUR OWN companies, on the flipside in china or russia they expand, destroying climate but no one cares about it there
@@andyw6996 Adam is just another hypocrite that talks a big talk but will not do anything inconvenient to change it. I’m sure he is a Bernie fan.
@@adamdin6243 I don't think your statement about "...oil companies knew about climate change..." is accurate. I think it is accurate to say that oil companies knew about the ARGUMENT for climate change, and supported (and still support) arguments and therefore policies against it.
"Knowing about climate change" implies it as a truth, which is still very much in dispute.
that thumbnail tho😳😭
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Vice strikes again with another incredible example of journalism
Problem: CEO types are protected by the Corporate Sheild, there's no punishment for the lies, none. Take away Corporate Sheild end of problem.
What’s the corporate shield
@@michaelgilmore4267 Corps are people under the law. That's why corps can be sued. And, when sued it's the worker that gets hurt, not the corp officers. But, corp officers can manipulate stocks (stock buybacks) and get a bonus when corp goes bankrupte. They are protected, thus the corp shield.
@@danpress7745 thanks!
Can you just imagine if the lithium for a way to run a car had of been put out for all to study back then... Can you imagine?
Vice would be running a video about how lithium companies hid research about how bad lithium mining is for the environment.
@@Rudyelf1 yea it's funny how that part is left out of the video
@@Axel_Kovacs still makes more sense than petrol. having to use the resouces ONCE vs having to use fossil fuels forever.. i still don't get how that's even up for debate
@@lit_for_20 My issue is that these media company's keep peddling battery's as the saviour of the future when I believe were just trading one finite toxic resource for another. Lithium. Not to mention all the graphite that is required in the battery's. Have you seen open cast lithium & graphite mines? Were not even considering the increased power demand for these battery's which in most cases is NOT from renewable sources.
@@lit_for_20 You dont use them ONCE. Batteries wear out and are extremely expensive to recycle
We need a rerun of the Nürnberg trials.
Run it back Turbo
No, a return of the French Revolution
90% of world's leaders would be in
Out in the open, yet no convictions, no one held responsible...
This boils my blood! So heartbreaking 💔 our poor planet 🌎🌎🌎🌎
The pr campaign worked just the same way it worked for cigarettes, because most of us really don't want to hear the truth and want any kind of possible denial to just make it feel better
"We're sorry "
Everyone reading this, i want you to scroll up and lie this video right now to get this video to blow up. This report is so amazing.
11:09 "the city Is fighting back" then shows a guy building a 3ft high bank made of sand to keep the sea out 🤣
There’s not much a single dude can do
In Austria, on the Shell gastation they re actually even asking you for a CO2 balance fund when paying the gas bill.
Fact for some:
These companies also have PMC (private military contacts) out in Africa & other locations, where they actively defend and engage in combat while defending their stolen land.
I grew up in Northshore Texas. Just downwind of all of the refineries in the ship channel. Advertised as an idealic escape from the city. The area of where "Urban Cowboy" was filmed and some inspiration into the making of "King of the Hill".
As a child, I was no different than Greta Thunberg. I cursed them and criticized them, only to be mocked and rejected. That was nearly 50 years ago.
I learned the hard lessons of how the money will destroy us. Nobody listened then. Nobody is listening now. I've never been one to promote violence but if we want to save the Earth, we have no choice but to prejudicially destroy those who remain indifferent to the climate crisis as it is now knocking on the front door. This our only option. The fight will be against authoritarianism, totalitarianism, greed and corruption. If we don't act immediately, we will lose this battle. It will be too late.
Welcome to the beginning of the war.
Man's *GREED* is possibly the *GREATEST* downfall of society 🤑
“Windmills give you cancer”
-Donald trump
Oil & coal: thank you mr. president 😈 💰
"B-B-BUT HER EMAILS! AND CAN WE TALK ABOUT HUNTERS LAPTOP?! WUT ABOUT OBAMAGATE?!?!?!? WUT DO U MEAN IVERMECTIN IS TEARING MY INTESTINAL LINING FROM INSIDE ME? ALL THAT STRINGY STUFF IS THE 5G CHIPS!"
*takes more horse dewormer*
Weren't these corporate lies extraordinarily obvious? Step one isn't to be skeptical all the time, which seems to be an internet obsession, it is to insist on a proper education for yourself and your children. It's far more difficult to fool people who have a broad understanding of how the world works.
Yea but the thing is. There's alot of suckers in this world that'll fall for anything. Once it's hearsay. Most people won't look too deep into it at all
If I can make a candle out of half an orange (peel + inner core pith) and olive oil, why can’t we run cars on it? Haven’t we been using olive oil for literally millennia?
I watched this on my iphone in my V8 lifted SUV truck while it was parked in my driveway running and burning fossil fuels the whole time.
Good job making such a long video vice *thumbs up*
They are literally laughing at us. Reminds me of that movie 'Thank you for smoking'.
imagine curing your entire species for hundreds of years because ; shareholders
Poor people think about what they can buy with their money, Rich people think about what they can invest in with their money 💰💰💰;
The rich stay rich by investing and investing without stopping then the poor stay poor by spending like the
Rich but yet not investing like the rich
Investing is a stepping stone to success, investing is what create wealth.
The best thing to do in this period is to invest in silver and crypto
The rich become richer by spending like the poor and investing None stop, While the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not making any investment
Trading crypto has been a lucrative way of making money 💰 💰
On 🔥
Here's a dirty truth, we cant just stop using oil and transition to electric energy.
Why not ?? we can easily transition to 60-80 % to renewables within 10-15 years. Solar & wind is already cost competitive with natural gas/coal power plants. As for electricity storage a lot of tech has been developed. all of them are now being deployed at scale
Not "just". It's going to be extremely difficult and take a long time. It may take more technology that we don't even currently have.
Or our civilization may totally collapse if we don't manage that transition well.
...As it is, I expect we're going to lose hundreds of millions to crop loss, storms, heat, ocean rise, and wars over resources.
@@PK-tt5kk it's not that easy especially for developing countries.....
@@PK-tt5kk Where are you going to get the raw materials to build all that? I'll give you a hint, massive mining machines powered by diesel. Massive refineries and factories, all powered by fossil fuels. If it wasn't for oil, there would be no plastic and no advanced composite materials.
Without oil, all modern pharmaceuticals go away.
The easiest way you can make a difference in the world is to vote with your food dollar and shake the hand that feeds you.
@@grmpEqweer You are more optimistic than I am.
this is why i didn't plan to have my own family earth is doomed 20 years from now.
you are not alone,... 35 now still no planns not even trying. no point... i been asking all that keep having kids,. why!?
Black pillers lol
🔴SERCH ADITYA RATHORE-HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE VICE
Earth isn't doomed. We're making the Earth uninhabitable for man. Once we die out the Earth will be fine.
It's part of why I had no kids.
Scary!
The first couple weeks of the Lockdown with no one driving all across the world. In just 4 short days our skies went from constant overcast to blue sunny skies. I haven't seen skies that clear since I was a kid.
If you call yourself a scientist and say climate isn't changing, maybe it's time to retire, or wake up
hey let's be real, no matter how genius they are, scientist are just as human as you are, and science didn't stop you from lying, science help you how to lie better, the one that told you not to lie is religion and nowadays people call it bullshit, ....and what do you expect from this scientist who trust science so much?
or learn how to read the numbers of a meter
Yea I wonder who was polluting the planet during The Ice Age era...
We the People of Planet Earth are Listening! Thank you for posting this Knowledge!
God vice you just LOVE cooking, Keep it up! but people bear this in mind and remember to resource more information and make your own mind up.
You know what's fckn crazy? There was a shell commerical in "how easy it is to save money, use our gas card"
“ There’s nothing illegal about that” they’re responsible for hundreds of deaths😐
You my boi for that one Ramses
F this industry
And again we sit back and watch
Whats disgusting is that this was done by very few people. 40 years of greed later and here all 7 billion of us are.
Reminds me of that 1 episode in Rick and Morty where Jerry goes to pluto.
This world is a Cold Cruel World
well this was q good documentry
This is something I would take up arms and be willing to fight in a war to stop it, even as a passavist. Mother earth is our only life line right now, and oil and natural gas companies are hanging our mother by a noose for all of us to see.
Edit; typo.
Bass Powered Hover Cars
none of this was a secret
Bangladesh is one of the most affected country of climate change..but the documentary don't show any footage of Bangladesh....
This is maddening
All their secrets are dirty...and what's up with the crude oil water-boarding in the thumbnail?
greed eating greed.
Artistic license 🤷🏽♂️
they're symbolically shoving oil down someone's throat
It's a false statement to say that electric cars will not emit CO2
The process of making electricity still requires creating CO2.
Little details are important.
I live next to a box refinery. When the wind is right whatever they are pumping in the air smells so bad. Birch Bay Washington BP.
this isn't a fucking joke anymore. It's time for change now.
Say what you want about other countries, but the US government and companies like these are the most crook of them all. As viewers and consumers what can we do next?
Make use of the second Amendment.
What was the alternative in the 80's and 90's? Even today we do not have the technology to fully decarbonise our economy.
That's exactly the point, we don't have it today because we didn't start developing it in the 80s and 90s when the fossil fuel industry had already realized the huge impact emissions were having on the planet. It's insane to think that in my short lifetime the proportion of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased by a full 20%. There's one-fifth more CO2 in the air I breathe now than when I was born, it's so crazy to think about. We should have invested in carbon recapture and planting trees decades ago, it's not too late to make a difference but we have such a late start and still so many roadblocks that it's hard to see anything positive in the world's future. I truly do not envy kids who are born today, this planet will be hell by the time they're old.
Wow you said something about it. Go VICE!🤘😭