Saudi Arabia’s Secret Plan To Keep Us Hooked On Oil | Climate Town
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So proud watching our climate town grow into a climate city 🥹
Turned the Climate town into a Climate community
We're over half a million strong!
It's is sprawling like crazy tho :')
Can't have a climate town without a climate home!
Does he have a cathedral now?
Just a reminder that Saudi Aramco began as the SAUDI ARabian-AMerican oil COmpany.
AHHHHHHHHHH
That's freaking nuts!!!
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@@whatsthisidontevenSertlom, Sodpaz, Onucitra?
@@ClimateTown Explain the petrodollar
As a texan, the f-150 comment hit too close to home. I will never stop being angry at lifted f-150s having a hard top cover for the truck bed, NEVER seeing an ounce of lumber or gravel
Haha that was a good one! 😂
Then they come to the bar, complain about their finances when they're paying an extra 50k to have the same utilization as a compact, and blame Democrats for it.
I hate that after all this discussion over fuel emissions, people are apparently buying more suvs/trucks. Now i don't believe that people are actually buying them, the car companies just lie to us because its cheaper for them to make the giant cars, even though its the cheapest used cars that get sold the fastest. I also don't believe slapping a tablet in a car is making people buy more of them, its cheaper for the companies to put in,but more expensive for customers to get fixed. They're even using the electric cars against us by refusing to put in more charging stations so people could reasonably use said electric cars, they'res just not enough milage on one charge to go that far, especially when environmental controls use up most of the battery.
Free country.
It's the fox promising to solve the theft of chickens.
'Just give us they keys of the chicken coop , and things will be fine ;)'
*Saudi Arabian officials looking out the window*
"If the world moves away from fossil fuels, we're screwed!"
*looks out over sun bleached desert*
"What other energy resource could we possibly make use of?"
*Walks through an infinite expanse of flat arid land with nearly uninterrupted sunshine*
Sand would probably fuck up all the solar panels though. I wonder, what do they even do with all that money? They could easily afford a new solar technology and lead the world in energy innovation.
@@puhbrox They should use the oil money to build huge solar farms and green hydrogen, ammonia, and efule plants so they can sell those after they can't sell oil any more.
@@puhbrox Forget solar panels in this case, we have better technologies for that: Solar Power Towers. (TL;DR is mirrors focusing the sun on a central pillar where salts or other fluidlike substances are molten by the extreme heat of the focused sun and then ran through a turbine setup to extract the heat from the salts.)
@@Volvary Why do you call Solar Power Towers 'better' than Solar PV? They are more than twice as expensive per kWh and they only work in places with direct sunshine (i.e. it's very rarely cloudy) . They can have smoother/longer output because adding a molten salt store for overnight generation is much cheaper than batteries (and doesn't need loads of water or a mountain). So they are not really 'better', just 'different', with the usual set of pros and cons of any generation technology. I'd expect PV to be more sandstorm-resistant than power towers, because a scratched panel still lets light through, but it probably does a bad job of accurate refleaction. Then again maybe they are easier to re-polish. It all depends.
Is the answer 'slave labor'?
Pointing out that there are only a few refineries on earth that can even process the "heavy" oil (sludge), and that the only one in North America is the foundation of Koch Industries, might be worth a video. From average super-rich east Texas kids to global super villains, the Koch family doesn't get nearly enough coverage.
They helped shut down a light rail project in Nashville, a city with horrible traffic and one THEY DON'T EVEN LIVE IN. They really are super villains.
@@justin10054 Sound almost a bad as Elon Musk "inventing" the Hyperloop in order to block high-speed rail.
The Koch family has literally caused more climate change than the combined "carbon footprint" of the 6 *billion* poorest people on Earth.
@@jamesphillips2285 Its worse, really. If Elon hadnt come along and invented flammable cars on rails in a tunnel with no fire exits, LA probably wouldve found something else equally stupid to waste their money on and not solve anything.
In Nashville's case, they had an actual solid plan for establishing a light rail network that the Cock brothers intentionally sabotaged for no reason other than pure villainy.
Elon is a loud idiot, but the real bond villains keep their mouths shut.
i commented elsewhere that heavy fuel needs a proper burn. preheat to 400°C, two/three stage burn, oxygen enrichment, heat exchange and filtration. the question is how to impose high standards on the entire shipping industry. remember that they all dump the bilge at sea, often at night and nothing has been done to police it. i believe heavy fuel is a straw man for the pollution debate.
I remember going to see a famous comedian once and their opening act (I don’t remember their name) had a joke about how Arm & Hammer baking soda had the best business model ever because in their ad they would tell you to buy a box and go home and pour it down the kitchen sink. So I’m surprised that Saudi Arabia’s oil company doesn’t have as one of their goals to convince people to buy oil and just burn it. :-)
I'm sure they've considered it.
Rollin coal baby
The sad trumpet music will never get old
I am from Uruguay, a country seemingly quite committed to the environmental goals of the Paris Agreement. However, some days ago, the government granted licenses for oil exploration in the territorial sea to several companies. The point is that all companies and most governments tend to prioritize profits above all, and if they can polish their image, they will do so. It is our duty as citizens to demonstrate that we are not fools and to compel them to do the best for the benefit of people and the environment
Well said my friend!
Fucking SovOil
Cesar, nunca me imaginé encontrar a alguien más de Uruguay en los comentarios de Climate Town. Que crack!
It's an area to watch out for. There are huge undiscovered reserves off the coast. That's what the Falklands war was all about! Britain wanted to maintain a military footprint to control the extraction of that oil.
@@agustorenax3
I think I speak for every single last viewer when I say we *want* a video of you going over every single scheme in the slide deck. You think we can get enough of Rollie, producers? We're like Saudi Arabia and Rollie is our oil.
Do you listen to his podcast? He might cover more of them in that. It's called The Climate Denier's Playbook
@@adrianthoroughgood1191 I can't look at Rollie in a podcast. I want to look at Rollie. Buuuuut....thank you for that, added to my list.
@@adrianthoroughgood1191 it's so good. him and Nicole make the topics so easily accessible and digestible, while being just as informative and funny as these videos are. just wish there were more frequent episodes.
@@probag8414 you can still hear his smooth voice! His Co presenter has a nice voice too.
also we want 4 hour videos, not shorter videos!!
The actually somewhat significant silver lining to this is that even oil companies are starting to see the green transition as such an inevitability that they have to spend significant resources just to maintain their market.
So why are two new coal plants being built every week?
Oil companies started doing that in the 70s. Their plan has been so successful they got the problem to only ever become worse for the last half century, enduring through several recession and a major oil shock (baby steps taken during that oil shock having been reverted as soon as the cheap oil tap opened again).
The best case scenario is that all the oil companies keep banking on oil but then nobody buys any of it and the oil companies go trillions of dollars into debt with no one grieving them.
@@justinr9753Oil and coal are not rivals, they are both complementing each other as carbon based fossil fuels.
I clicked the link to say the same thing. Good on you @@Bob-nc5hz
Chemical engineer here. You're going to get heavy fuel oil from any crude, but it can vary based on the quality of the source (lightness vs heaviness). It's just the longer chain carbons and whatever else is trapped in the good. Burning with sufficient emission scrubbing is honestly a good end for a LOT of nasty stuff like unrecyclable plastic and other petroleum products, but barges and boats probably isn't the best place to convert fuel oil into power.
I hope your videos get recommended to more people. I wish solving climate change was a priority for more people in this country.
Climate change can't be solved. It can only be mitigated.
For more people in the world
And while all this shit happens you and I have to drink through paper straws…it’s insane how fucked up the priorities are
@@dumbodumsolving problems in the wrong areas. The entire shipping industry is locked in 1970s emissions and we have scaled up dramatically there. Why don't we have solar powered ships? Because it's too much risk to the supply chain.
@@TBonertonmaybe the supply chain shouldn't be so fragile then. wonder why they never considered that. 🤔
Can't wait for the Right to Repair video!
Apple's greenwashing needs to be stopped.
The fact politicians here in Denmark seem more occupied with windmill wings right now over issues like this is kinda scary.
WARNING
Climate criminals are committing env and human rights atrocities acts of ecocide
Did your political reps inform consult, warn you that the extensive long term negligent damage to environment, to our life support system should be prosecuted as environmental and human rights atrocities acts of ecocide?
The book The #PetroleumPapers documents the oil corp being warned by their scientists that climate change threatens our future, then lying to humanity, investors and politicians . While funding politicians to collude with them to obstruct climate protection legislation. Climate Town could interview the author Geoff Dembicki He has interview on UA-cam
Stop Ecocide International is the lead organization to have nations and the International Criminal court prosecute the organized crime, corporate leaders and politicians causing extensive, negligent, long term damage to the environment, to the atmosphere, species, oceans and terrestrial ecosystems to our life support system for acts of ecocide. In support of this campaign the EU Parliament voted to add env crimes to the EU criminal code in Nov 2023
I suggest you ask your political rep
What is the assessment of the IPCC they are using ?
What are organized crime, criminal corporate leaders and politicians doing in response to the climate change warnings?
Should the extensive negligent long term damage to the environment be subject to criminal prosecution , time in jail for climate criminals?
Is Donald Trumps assessment of the IPCC climate change warnings, fraudulent, negligent, criminal, ecocide?
Gordon Chamberlain
Ecocide law advocate since 2010
I heard the Germans' preference is coal because big turbines are unsightly above the rose gardens, nuclear fission is just plain weird & scary and needs "science" & "engineering" & "brains" and impossibly-weird stuff like that, and methane is always available dirt cheap from the ever-reliable altruistic Ruzzians anyway. That's what I heard.
saw an ad for a far right party trying to use it as fearmongering fuel and lost a bit more faith in this fake ass country
Just don't let your healthcare become American healthcare ok? Don't wanna get into $50,000 usd debt because you became unconscious and got taken to an "out of network" hospital that your insurance does not cover (please help us)
@@ZentaBonChile has the same system but worse ever since the US forced us into it via coup d'etat; and as I leave for the clinic to pay my 835.000 bill for a single day of hospitalization it comforts me knowing that Gringos are also suffering from this hellish system that y'all forced on us.
Your voice becomes Philip DeFranco’s voice for the first half of about a third of the sentences you say and it’s stunning
Would be cool if the news outlets giving Saudi Arabia all this positive press did anywhere near this level of research
They are bought by saudis companies.
Don t badmouth the boss is kind of a hardground rule.
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I feel like some people working at the outlets might have enough of a conscience that if you pointed it out to them they'd protest/strike. LinkedIn is a really powerful way to do this.
The MSM has been bought and sold for some time. Organisations that claim impartiality like the BBC have had their oversight boards stuffed with right wing activists who think Climate change, if I can quote former British PM David Cameron is, 'Green Crap'.
kinda hard to do research when your boss fashions a blindfold made of literal money
I like that these execs haven't seemed to have learned not to say incriminating things on an virtual call that can be easily recorded.
Shhhhhh, don't tell them
Good luck trying to charge them with anything. These people just don’t care.
They should just be open like the ones building two new coal power plants every week 😂 the biggest polluters in the world compared to everyone else combined!
@@Oscar-rq8zrthe only thing that can be done to stop these villains from destroying the planet is [redacted]
@@TheModdedwarfare3 unfortunately you are probably correct. However with so many villains around- the “activists” have got their work cut out for them.
On the one hand, not surprising and definitely depressing. On the other hand, I love your videos so much. I wish I didn't have to be both highly entertained and depressed watching them, but I'm glad you make these.
Reminds me of norway. Emissions in their country appear low by most accounts, but if you take into account the massive amounts of gas and oil burned in other countries purchased from norway's national oil company, suddently they don't look so green anymore...
most of those emissions represent hundreds of thousands of people getting access to essential services, education, and food. That's the predicament we're in, so I don't think that it's right to demonize consumption, rather it's the development and investment into adequate alternatives that ought to be scrutinized. Either way oil will remain a part of our daily lives for quite some time. I'm not optimistic about the climate...
Ohhhhh Shit...😢
I'm so tired of greed holding us back.
If it's any small consolation, actuaries and risk management suits have finally factored in the end of civilization as we know it to their risk models and they all point to generating profit under global collapse to be "exceedingly difficult".
Problem is that the system has pressures that positively select for sociopathy and short sighted thinking for leadership positions.
The worst isn't governments saying one thing and doing the opposite, it's using taxpayers money to fund both pro-oil and anti-oil programs.
It's like if you had a problem where you spend to much at the grocery store and instead of spending less, you would spend more at another business which would push you to spend even more at the grocery...
If I'm not wrong, saudi arabia doesn't have taxes as it gets it's revenue from oil.So it's probably easier for them to spend in these type of activities... However its still not any more justifiable
@@brandonchan4537 Saudi Arabia is making bank from the USA after it bought the largest oil refinery in the country while Trump was President.
Renewables are only great on small scales at this current point. Probably for another few generations too. Its funny how they use our tax money to sell us the product they made with our tax money.
We need more people like you, that give us something to hold on. Never give up. Please
I just binged ALL video's here.. Shoutout from an Extinction Rebellion rebel from the Netherlands.
personally love how transparent and open they are about supporting car centric urban planning and infrastructure because it just adds more. credit and legitimacy to the 15 minute city push, which is good and valid.
15 minute city? o3o
Uh oh you said the nono word
Unlikely that'll happen for a long time. Big cities would need reasons that go like 700 km/h for that.. Lol
In most big cities it can take 2 hours to get from end to end.
@@OviWanKeno9i there exists a middle in between a 15 minute city and 2 hour sprawl
It's not about getting across the city, it's about access to what you need to live.
I'm close to that situation already.
Don't visit the embassy dude. I don't care how awesome the invite sounds.
Forget the oil addiction I am addicted to Rolie's videos! If more people watch these instead of all the car commercials we see we may just save the planet.
Awesome video, awesome shirt. Always enjoy Climate Town's info-taining videos, but also appreciate Rollie's extremely-limited wardrobe. I like the roll-neck sweater over-caffeinated Edit Bae is wearing in this video, but my favorite is the well-worn, tan crew-neck sweater.
Can't even put into words how happy I am when I see a new climate town video. Better than any Christmas present.
To bad this didn't come out during Hanukkah. If it did there would be so much potential for miracle of oil puns/jokes, lol.
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LMAO you should have kept the title! Oil Barons Gone Wild!!!!! I kept cracking up about that while I waited for the video to premier!!!!!!
Seriously, the trombone champ parts, so good
Always a pleasure to have a new video here, but damn these these times really feel hopeless
Came for the hot guy.
Didn't leave because hot guy is smart and cool.
Stayed for the solid commitment to green issues and making it cool.
facts. 🔥 came for environmental topics. enjoying looking at the hot guy as we go.
Creepy
yep, this channel is 🔥 FYRE
Nice try, Rollie's mom.
@@noleftturnunstoned envious, much?
There must be a consequences to government leaders for not meeting promised goals. Like brake a leg or loose a finger? Inability to be elected again would be a good start.
its complicated, because some goals can't be achieved, either because unforeseen occurrences or because you know, we live in a democracy, just because a leader premised something doesn't mean congress will pass it. however, we can 100% still keep countries as an entity accountable, if a previous leader made a promise to international bodies, then every leader after them should be responsible to keep this promise.
Saudi Arabia is a monarchy, not much you can do to a king (or crown prince) without convincing most of the country to get all French about it.
@@SwipSedai except most of the country are people benefiting from them, and the people that are not are mostly immigrants they hire (more like buy) to do the shitty jobs for them. its basically a county without a working class to revolt, and since most of the people with power to promote revolutions are very happy with the direction the country is going, its NEVER going to change. the only way for Saudi Arabia to change is of their oil runs out or the world become independent of fossil fuels.
its not about the individuals themselves. They are systemic incentives
There is no system to enforce these international agreements, even the human rights agreements legally unenforceable, only if a majority of the countries act together then an agreement’s punishment clauses, if there any, becomes enforceable.
If there is a domestic, meaning within country itself, checks for such a thing then you can look for a punishment to state leaders. But as climate is a politically polarising issue and as it’s core effects a country’s economic growth and prospects, a state leader very easily can argue that they choose their country’s welfare, like everyone should do. I can go on and on but I think it’s not necessary. Hope this helps.
Surprised you didn't reference Sting's legendary role as Feyd Rautha in Dune. A film you famously can't read as a metaphor for oil consumption at all. Also it would've confused the zoomers even more.
Here is my comment!!! Thank you Rollie!
Always impressed how you are always able to make me laugh, despite the horrible truths you are sharing with us - kudos !
Tbf, the reality is cartoonish level of villains.
Hard to not make it a caricature when it already is one.
We are so focked.😢
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I love the mini-mic taped onto a larger, handheld microphone.
Keep up the important reporting Rollie!
Rollie whoever told you to stop making 30 minute videos was a horrible person, we demand 45 minute videos!
Let's turn that climate town upside-down ... that's not anything is it
It's good man
hey what'are ya trying to give Climate Town a bad case of Vecna shenanigans or something? Good lord we've enough problems with the environment as it is without invasive species' of Eldritch abominations to boot!
no you might be onto something
Final Fantasy 7 had this little group called Avalanche that was fighting evil energy companies and i just think that's neat and something people should consider.
they are, but they are mostly turned into the villains and used to justify why their way of thinking is dangerous and how they are fighting against the nation and your comfort.
Its so disheartening to learn that most truck owners don't use their trucks much for hauling but mostly for basic commutes and pageantry.
Saw this vid early live in Denver, I had such a blast thabks for putting on such a great comedy show Rolly! ❤
Watched a meeting of the Arctic Council some years ago in which they identified heavy bunker fuel as a leading contributor to Arctic sea ice melting, because bunker fuel produces so much particulate matter pollution, which then falls on the ice, reducing its albedo from ice’s normal 95% reflectivity to something less than 30%.
IDK. if the sun glows a fraction cooler than normal for 3 years in a row it's gonna chill the polar regions pretty hard. but maybe sudan and australia will have bumper crops to compensate. same thing in reverse. when sudan and australia get frazzled, could be a bumper crop throughout the steppe and central asia. globalisation baby!
@@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321 they’re talking about the reflectiveness of polar ice, not the weather mate. learn to read.
@@dawntreader1247 amigo, it is you that needs to strive for functional literacy. the OC was about the rate of ice melt and what causes it to vary. i responded that there are other factors. surely, you will be aware that a fraction of the planet is frozen while the majority stays warm. between different regions, there are ocean/air currents and heat exchange. also, there is volcanism. also, climate is periodic. you will notice that my comment points to this periodic change and the balance between different regions.
@@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321The sun's output doesn't fluctuate that much, not on human timescales, aside from a very slight and very predictable eleven-year cycle. It's remarkably constant, really.
@@vylbird8014 my east euro grandparents were born as the planet emerged from a mini ice-age. my wife grew up in the caatinga region during a prolonged epoch of increasing drought. that drought only broke with the recent solar minimum. during my teenage years in britain, i clearly remember a 3-4 year period of cool, wet weather which caused my generation to stay indoors. that really impacted our development. every region has its local climate swings. this includes glaciers and ice floes.
"i promised my editor i wouldnt make videos that were 30 minutes long"
how dare them, i unironically love the long form stuff. everything on youtube these days is crammed down into the shortest possible length and it ruins the videos.
thank you for your invaluable contribution to these issues rollie, i admire your ability to discuss these topics thoroughly and with so much infectious, entertaining energy and i think it's the only way to really get others to see this from a different perspective for the first time in their lives. it's really important that there are creators like you taking the time to avoid needless pretension, contempt, or wildly directed anger; allowing others to join us as free of unproductive guilt and shame as possible. like, see! look, we can *all* point, laugh, and scream like a banshee in fear and anger at the oil and automobile industry, you guys! this is OUR planet!
anyway, you can't count out touchdown rollie, hes rallying the troops; a leader of men, the intangibles, lunch pail kinda guy, first guy in last guy out kinda guy. i hate this comment but thank you rollie i do not hate you thank u for existing buddy
12:22 - song is "Prestige production" by Neil Richardson
the second saddest thing about your videos is that it's a scream watching you deliver the content. you kill it every time. it's where it's at. and it makes me feel incredibly guilty to smile and laugh as you share the depth of depravity that will bring life on the planet to its knees or worse.
the saddest thing is the situation, of course.
no mention of NOx diesel propaganda by the German auto industry, or that natural gas and "carbon footprint" are propaganda terms to fight nuclear power
c'mon man
You would think monopolistic economies like Saudi Arabia and Russia would want to use their excess revenue from oil and gas to invest in new or non-existent economical sectors in their country to diversify their economy and hedge against downturns like literally any economist would do instead of tripling down on shoving oil down everyone's throat. True madnesss
Socio Technological lock in syndrome.
People in power are the ones who rose there because of oil money. They just can t imagine doing otherwise.
That s what happens when the power circulation gets stale and it works for our countries too. (Our oligarchs are also blocking change)
Russia and Norway already diversify. Saudis do not.
Saudi's diversifying, they're just doing it quite inefficiently, with the NEOM project, Six Flags Quiddiya and other ventures.
They actually did this to my country Brazil, and suceeded. My country is hopelessly dependent on motorized transpotation for long distances, and barely any train connections have opened up since the construction of Brasilia (which we took massive loans from companies in oil rich countries, saudi aramco being one of them), and this is actually a huge reason why my country's exports suck, roads are so expensive to maintain they actually tax exports to pay for the costs.
Your channel is so fun to watch. Love your editing and production. Your sense of humour.
In my humble opinion, we need at least 8-16 more minutes for a video.
Also, it we awesome to have full season of 30-31-45 min episodes each!
I know it's my inner consumer talking right now, but maybe it is what we all need!
But seriously, thank you again and each time for your research and your for your videos!! You really do make changes ❤
In the edit he shows how much work he puts in, it's really time consuming to put out this great quality content
Sure - but not everyone has your attention span
Shorter than 30 minutes? Petition for these videos to be at least one hour!
The clip mic taped to the handheld mic got me. Bravo, Sir.
Keep doing 30+ minute videos! I love watching and hearing all you have to say!
You say "limited wardrobe" -- we say "iconic"
"The Planet isn't dying, its being killed"
Love your videos, very informative and unbiased while also being entertaining. You're fighting the good fight
I lived near Atlanta city airport in NJ I watched the concord land and take off. It didn’t land there all the time but when it did tons watched.
Your work is so important and immensely appreciated, I try to share as much as I can, keep it up!
Yay! A new video from one of my favorite channels. Just in time before Christmas to get me horribly depressed about how the people running the world are doing everything they can to kill it.
Don't get depressed, get angry!
Thanks for doing what you do.
6:00 - Small, mostly off-topic point: While trucks can tow things, they're more for putting things in the bed. _Any_ vehicle can tow things if it has a hitch and the proper suspension: trucks, SUVs, minivans, wagons, sedans, coupes. Towing packages were common options on new cars in the past (no idea now). I have two old sedans setup for towing more than their own weight. This is a sticking point with me because everyone complains that "EV trucks can't tow things", but that's just not really what a pickup truck is for. It _can_ do that, but the unique and primary utility it offers is the open bed for hauling large items. Some people will buy a truck for the express purpose of towing things, but they are the minority (even when you exclude all the dummies that never even use the bed).
I had a good chat with your dad at the Denver show. He is a very accomplished Boy Scout leader. Thanks for another great video!
Your channel is the best. I'm sure reading this shit all day is exhausting but it is incredibly important. Thank you for all that you do :)
I love your painters tape for attaching your mic. OK seriously, I've been a fan of your videos for years.
I always look forward to your videos. Thanks for all the research, videography, script writing, recording, editing and everything else that comes with producing these videos.
Btw, I tried brainstorming what we are. Clownies was my first thought, but I like Climates (pronounced like primates) better.
I'm really glad these journalists are doing this work!
I hope your videos get recommended to more people
Its honestly depressing to hear about plots like this. The mountain we have to climb to get the world greener is filled with evil POS like this, its intimidating
I also remember Saudi Arabia as that country that almost certainly funded 9/11. Why...why are they still allowed to just scheme?
These people saw The Road and took it as a challenge
They even got that nice exxon man to ask himself the probing questions. They are really good at stinging.
Thank you all for the work you do!
Climate Town is hands down my favourite youtube channel, keep up the great work!
I am shocked !!!! (sarcasm), Saudi Arabia openly fighting green energy would lead to a faster decline in Oil . The obviously thing to do is "join them" and manipulate the change from the inside.
Please keep the content coming, the information you put out is great. Not just some superficial infos that get regurgitated all the time. You should be on national television as well!
The lapel mic blue taped to the bigger microphone is a beautiful commitment to a bit
Just rewatched this, great video, man!
I think maybe the problem with COP is the requirement for unanimity. It means that the most anti climate action country can derail the whole thing. Most (not all) of the biggest oil producing countries have relatively small local carbon emissions. It's the countries burning the FF that need to take action to cut consumption, not the ones digging them up. If countries like Saudi just weren't in it then the greater progress among the majority of countries would more than make up for the emissions of those countries carrying on outside the COP process. Or have a voting system requiring the agreement of 90% of countries instead of 100% or something like that.
You can't have anything other than unanimity because that'd require some sort of international enforcement mechanism and no country in the world is willing to agree to that. Even in the EU consensus is usually more or less required though the EU does have actual enforcement mechanisms. It is of course possible for countries to just make agreements outside the COP framework and that happens, again look at the EU, but the great thing about COP is that it lets the blocs concerned about climate change put a lot of pressure on the rest of the world. In COP28 it was an alliance of third world countries and the EU that really pushed through the final version of the text that made the call for phasing out fossil fuels much more strict, without something like COP those third world countries would barely have any influence.
Watched on Nebula, watched the edit also..
You were funny 🙌 kudos to the last 3 days version of you.
Keep on keeping on, thanks for the inspiration 💚
If only learning was this easy and fun in school.
Great Video!! Thank you for all of the information!!! Love your videos!
Rollie, amazing video as always. I love your jokes even if they're about things that would normally make me want to hurl myself of the highest ledge I can find!
I think calling us climate townies is a fun word for all of us and calling us townies is (in my book) a suitable shortening.
Happy holidays!
Mic taped to a mic...dope as fuuuuu
Ah, 😹You get me every time, the self call out on "limited wardrobe" was too funny! Keep up the excellent content!
Thank you for communicating this important information. Please do one about air quality in the US.
You need to put out more videos. I'm a big fan of them.
Keep up the good work, this absolutely needs to reach more people
Dude, I am jammin to your title card theme every time. Thanks for doing what you do
These videos make me feel good about my investment of waiting for my mountain cabin to mature into a beach front bungalow, and prepare for the Water Wars.
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If my options are Climate Town in a classic button down T or the announcer outfit I choose BOTH. Fantastic information with solid entertainment value. Family friendly and brilliant every time.
Thank you for leaving it in
The lavalier mic taped to the hand mic is a nice touch
No, they would never try to sell more fossil fuels to developing nations. Just like how the tobacco industry did not focus on those nations after their advertising was banned in the developed world...
One of your best episodes yet, cheers!
This is the second time I'm watching this video in less than 24 hours because it was SO GOOD. Loved and shared
Limited wardrobe? I'd say concise. You found something that works and stuck to it. To the point and on point. Finger guns