U.S. Oil & Gas Companies Trying To Profit From War In Ukraine | Climate Town
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- Опубліковано 8 бер 2022
- Thanks for watching. First things first - links to Ukrainian aid:
crisisrelief.un.org/t/ukraine
www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine
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SOURCES SOURCES SOURCES:
FIRST GO AND FOLLOW THE INCREDIBLE AMY WESTERVELT:
www.hottakepod.com/war-who-is...
And follow Popular Information
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Oil and Gas Leases:
www.forbes.com/sites/ianpalme...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...
www.blm.gov/programs/energy-a...
www.npr.org/2021/11/26/105939...
Keystone XL and Drilling:
www.npr.org/2021/03/06/973649...
www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/bu...
www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/energy...
www.reuters.com/article/factc...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news...
www.naturalgasintel.com/gop-d...
VIDEO INTERVIEW ABOUT NOT WANTING TO INCREASE DRILLING: • Oil Prices Won't Impac...
www.nrdc.org/stories/what-key...
pboilandgasmagazine.com/repor...
www.mrt.com/business/oil/arti...
Oil Profits:
www.reuters.com/business/ener...
www.theguardian.com/business/...
www.cnbc.com/2022/02/10/total...
Natural Gas:
www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_e...
www.gti.energy/wp-content/upl...
www.energy.gov/sites/default/...
www.eia.gov/dnav/ng/ng_move_e...
Russia, Germany, Europe:
www.reuters.com/business/sust...
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www.reuters.com/markets/europ...
www.investopedia.com/articles...
Thanks to Ian MK Cessna for the intro animation
Written by Rollie Williams, Matt Nelsen, Ben Boult & Nicole Conlan
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Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA): www.cesa.org/
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Electrify by Saul Griffiths
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations by Daniel Yergin
Short Circuiting Policy: Interest Groups and the Battle Over Clean Energy and Climate Policy in the American States Book by Leah Stokes
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate by Naomi Klein
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein
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Actually crazy how fast you got this out, but also not surprising how fast the oil companies pumped out their propaganda
Gas is 4.09 in DFW. It was 3.28 less than two weeks ago. I’m flabbergasted.
I imagine they saw it coming.
@@lukebetterton 100%
did they ever stop?
It got out because it is absolute nonsense pushing myths that were debunked decades ago
It always baffles me that lobbying is legal in the US. In other places it is called corruption.
Lobbying is just talking to politicians about policy issues, democracy wouldn't work if that were illegal. What other places call corruption is the Political Action Committees who hire lobbyists also being able to give unlimited amounts of money to politicians' campaign funds.
Lobbying is public, corruption is hidden
@@VitalVampyr very interesting
Any chance that by “talking” you mean the whole “money is speech” thing?
I grew up in Nebraska, and want to clarify a few things about the Keystone XL pipeline. In the beginning, farmers and ranchers in Nebraska were all for the pipeline. Like having a cellular tower on their property, it would be a steady income stream that generally would not impact their operations. Except that right before the XL was announced, the original Keystone pipeline suffered a series of leaks (LINK AT END). When investigating the leaks, it was found that the steel quality and welds were deficient. In other words, to save money, Keystone cut corners that resulted in leaks. Plus, to avoid lawsuits, small sections of the pipeline were put under different front companies, so Keystone could declare bankruptcy with the small company, sell the pipeline to another front company, and avoid legal damages.
Nebraska sits on the Ogallala Aquifer, and for an agricultural state with no natural resources, that underground water is critically important. Dumping thousands of gallons of oil into it can basically destroy a farm. But even that wasn't the deal breaker.
To start the XL pipeline lease process, Keystone sent big-city attorneys out to knock on property owners' doors. They introduced themselves by saying: "sign this goddamn lease agreement right now, without having an attorney review it, or we will sue your ass into the stone age." Thousands of Nebraskans got their land from the Homestead Act. Just on my dad's side of the family, there are three plots of land that were obtained that way. No one else has ever owned that land, since it was divided up from open prairie. There are six generations of my family buried in a little country cemetery there. In Nebraska NO ONE walks onto your land and threatens to take it away from you. So in a politically conservative state, suddenly there was overwhelming opposition to Keystone and their tactics. In what might have been a historic first, environmentalists and farmers stood shoulder-to-shoulder protesting the project. Only those being well compensated by the oil companies are for the project.
Plus, you know, it doesn't even benefit Americans. It was to sell dirty Canadian tar sands oil to the Chinese. It was built with Chinese steel, would have provided a few jobs during construction, and then almost no jobs after completion. Except for maybe jobs cleaning up oil spills.
boldnebraska.org/keystone-pipeline-spill-history/
When it comes down to it...when those lawyer showed up, they somehow ended up missing! There is only so many lawyers before none. Any law enforcement who carries out protecting these unethical practices are an enemy to the people and deserves the same outcome.
Won't somebody think of the families of the oil spill cleaners and lobbyists? 🙏
President Trump would never support those business practices. He does support US Oil Independance and if he was aware he would demand that those tactics would be punished and pipeline leakes fixed.
What shocks me is how these conservatives, after getting absolutely SCREWED by these fossil fuel companies, still fall behind them with shocking uniformity. These places are cess pools of corruption, held together by propaganda intentionally meant to dupe rubes by distorting their values. It makes me so frustrated that these same conservatives create such huge problems for America and the world, and not even for their own benefit!
dont get fooled it was the local people the one who broke the pipes and you talking about china ..what an imagination you have
This was honestly such a great video because by the end when you went "and we didn't even talk about climate change!" I had gotten completely absorbed by the economic reasoning and just started laugh-crying over how good of a position you can make against oil without even touching that issue.
This is a weird opinion of mine, but I feel like climate activists focus a little too hard on the science and technical aspects of climate change, and need to bring topics like this to the limelight in order to convince more people. Rollie, you have changed my perspective on climate because of your commentary on the lies purported by corporate America and politicians-- that is what ultimately got me hooked!
I've been thinking the same for a while now as well
They've been goaded into doing so by the opposition denying basic facts.
As an economist, I have always found it strange how little "the left" talk about economy. Especially considering the fact that the numbers often are in their favour
Agreed. The climate science is important, but it’s actually one of MANY reasons for us to take these actions.
On second thought I don't know if this is true because there have been a large groups of people who ONLY make the economic argument, and they haven't gotten anywhere either.
As a Ukrainian I liked how at the very first day of the invasion our government was like "don't you fucking dare increase gas price you fucks!" and the gas stations were like "but what if we did tho?..".
They did it everywhere...
@@davidty2006 yeah, but that's technically price gouging in war time
@@davidty2006 And we should be pissed off. Why do we allow these companies to steal from people for damn near any reason they see fit?
And we are forced to buy gasoline because we're forced to drive, it's literally a conspiracy and not even a theoretical one.
I don’t know about Ukrainian law, but I know that American law has it illegal to price gouge.
The issue though is that PROVING they did it can be very difficult. So the penalties often come waaaay later than the actual crime.
We don't drill for oil in Canada .
We strip mine the Athabaska river plain for tar then use a huge amount of clean fresh water and natural gas to separate the tar from the sand.
The result is low grade bitumen, GHG emissions, polluted water and destroyed ecosystems.
I have been studying and teaching about Climate Change for 28 years. I wish I had these videos for my classes back then. I am retired and have worked for years with CCL, Citizens Climate Lobby. I still feel, as difficult as it may be politically, that passing a National Carbon Fee and Dividend program which CCL has pushed for years, is the single fairest and best way to accelerate clean energy. It will also have FF companies pay for their pollution without just passing it off to their customers. It will also put pressure on onther countries to do likewise or pay a border adjustment tax. It is working well in Canada and several other countries. It will work in the US and support so many other carbon saving actions which will get them working sooner. Keep up the great work. The links are awesome.
"And we didn't even talk about climate change!"
Honestly, I think that's important. Climate change is bad, and should probably be the priority... but the thing is, when we emphasize it so much, we create a sort of illusion that it's the *only* reason why we should change the way the world works. As it turns out, dependence on fossil fuels isn't just bad for the environment, it's a bad way to help Ukraine, it's bad for economic stability, and it's even bad for your wallet! The only thing it's good for is oil executives' profit margins. And because of that, they are incentivized to feed us any story that keeps them on top.
Yup, sometimes focusing on it as the only reason, as if it can act as a singular trump card, helps solidify the idea that it's climate versus everything else and everyone else. In reality, climate change and the impending disasters are only the peak of the multitude of reasons why we need to invest in renewable energy, livable and walkable cities, reductions in consumption and manufacturing, etc.
Turns out, oil exporters are more often than not dictatorships with absolute disregard to human rights
So... While Russia and CHINA are getting more power for their war machines via oil... You think the West fighting climate change is gonna defeat Russia and CHINA in a WW3??
That's like thinking the hippier you are the less that muscular aggressive bully is gonna take away your stuff.
@@hermitcard4494 we have PLENTY of oil reserves to fuel our own war machines. Also DOD has already stated for years we need to move to an electrified defense force for our own national security.
Yea, the more I investigate so many climate topics the more I find out that it’s economically and socially in our best interest to do a lot of this stuff.
If we literally only want better lives, then getting rid of oil is one of the best things we can do! Also, it stops us all from dying on a burning planet and stuff…
Climate Town has a real gift for discussing the scariest things with humour, grit, optimism, & a sense of championing hopeful individual actions & a collective problem-solving approach. I really appreciate that, as a Faller Into Despair-er Way Too Often -type of bird. Putting the SOLID into Solidarity.
I like what you did there :)
Sadly I am now forbidden from seeing this video.
No, not at all. He's biased and ignores vital points which debunk his own positon.
A real climate change activist would prefer american "cleaner" oil, compared to importing oil from countries that have no regulations for protection of nature while drilling for oil.
Also: The 9000 leases is a lie debunked by "Walk! Don't run production" on youtube.
@@googleuser9383 Or how about just going renewable and not trashing the planet?
He is largely wrong about everything. Also, this supposed solidarity you speak of is only within your echo chamber. People like Shellenberg and Moore have leave your alarmist bullshit ideas for better more rational ideas. Former scientists at NOAA speak out about the misrepresented data after they retire because to do so before would get them fired. Youre side is only good at making terrible predictions and shitty UA-cam videos.
We live in a deeply capitalist society. While the science of climate change theoretically SHOULD be enough to convince the public, I think that talking more economics and energy independence would actually be a really effective way of convincing people.
I got hooked on climate town because of your single family housing video, one that is only tangentially related to climate change but really bolstered my opinion on the topic!
Society 😔. .
In all seriousness you have a good point. However, it should also be noted that a capitalist society follows what is profitable, meaning that it will invest more in renewables as they become cheaper and more advanced. We’re already seeing evidence of this as renewable energy is now starting to make massive returns for investment, even without government subsidies. Furthermore, the huge spike in gas and oil prices is going to create a huge demand for cheaper energy, which is definitely going to improve the market value of renewable energy since its independent of the war. A lot of work still needs to be done of course in order to fully or at least mostly replace the current energy industry with renewables, but it is looking ever more likely that we will accomplish it under capitalism (although it still needs some ironing out in many areas).
climatologist of global warning is Socialism, dont get confused and fooled.
Interesting video; you are making excellent points! What I’m missing in many videos about this topic is the many advantages of changing to renewable energy. I live in the Netherlands. Gas costs about $10/gallon at the moment. I recently moved to a four bedroom house and when my car lease was up I opted for an electric car. I had solar panels installed on my roof. My first year energy bill worked out to about $20/month but this year I’ll pay around $10/month. That includes heating, cooling, cooking, hot water AND around 8,000 miles in my electric car. If I would have stayed with a gas guzzler and natural gas for heating and cooking I would have paid around $250/month instead of $10. So not only am I saving literal tons of CO2 emissions but I am also saving tons of money. The switch to renewables does not cost money or jobs; instead it saves money and creates jobs. It’s time to change the narrative and explain that we are being lied to on an unprecedented scale.
Meanwhile I’ll keep enjoying my warm comfortable house and my electric car - which outperforms pretty much any gas guzzler to boot!
Agreed. So many people forget that living more sustainably almost always also means saving money!
It’s weird how so many conservatives claim to be fiscally responsible and yet they want to keep themselves captive to fossil fuel companies!
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet just like a business, your goal should be to cut costs where you can even if you have to invest to do it. Solar panels powering everything you need is such a no brainer as long as you can afford installation which is why we really need a whole sweeping government campaign to install as many as we can very cheaply for Americans. It would pay for itself in less than one generation.
Another good way to end dependence on oil and gas is to build communities where people can live without needing a car to do literally everything
Agree 100%. I reviewed some of the plans that my city has for bike and public transportation infrastructure and seriously can’t wait until it’s all built out!
My goal is to be a 1 car family by 2030.
Ah yes, have people enslaved, where they are killed if they ever leave their master's property
@@gholland5840 What on Earth are you talking about?
@@gholland5840 we are all kinda enslaved already
@@gholland5840 What on Earth are you talking about? This has nothing to do with plantations or whatever you're thinking of. Quite the opposite. There's many videos around UA-cam pointing out that America's obsession with suburbs, instead of direct urban expansion, and with hard-line residential districting instead of mixed residential/commercial properties like Europe, is half the result of oil and automotive lobbying. The transportation industry thrives off of the vast majority of Americans having to drive to work. Mixed-district urban planning, widespread bike lane adoption, and a robust local public transportation system would all do leagues to decrease American dependence on cars.
If countries actually shift to renewables, it will completely change geopolitics. That, of course, is why a lot of powerful people don't want it to happen.
I fully support all fossil fuel revenues to governments, perhaps even the income taxes of workers in those industries, being set aside to help finance the transition.
Amy gets it!
Renewables generate power, they are not energy storage, they have nothing to do with oil
@@dougpatterson7494 Ah yes, you support having tens of millions die to support your whims
@@gholland5840 you need far far far less battries than you need oil. We aren't talking some AAA battery that you smooth brain conservative Joe Rogan fans think of. You need Lithium and then maybe Gallium when that tech comes (and some of it is already in phones) but you need far less of it than you need oil.
We need more people calling out these corrupt politicians. I don't understand how they get away with all this.
I'm sorry for Sullivan, I'm Alaskan and am totally ashamed of the quack.
When talking to people that think climate change is a hoax I often start by explaining the economics of renewables over that of fossil fuels instead of focusing on climate change itself. The economic argument is usually an eye opener that can lead to further acceptance of of the validity of renewable energy sources. I appreciate you take on the subject.
I've found that to be the case but I'm still more suspect of a lot renewable energy and EVs for other reasons.
I remember learning about global warming (what it was called back then) in the late 80s in primary school. They had illustrations on what future cities would look like and honestly, it was pretty cool and very achievable (solar panels, glass and monorails everywhere). It's just mental that we've some how regressed our way of thinking.
I've always just accepted that even if climate change isn't as bad as I thought, burning finite resources that spew shit into the air isn't ideal. It's insane to me that people believe companies that are set to profit off things staying the same. Instead of what's clearly in their own best interest.
Climate change is a hoax and renewables have nothing to do with oil.
@@boohennessy4638 Just because something is finite does not mean we are running out of it soon. There is enough coal in the state of Wyoming to fulfil the US's energy needs for the next 300 years.
Both climatically and economically renewable >> drilling our own oil>>> importing from other countries. The US is currently considering the 3rd option because the 2nd option is worse than the 1st. That just doesn't make any sense to me.
Oil companies: We control what you pay for gas at the pump, all we care about is making more money, we will use any excuse to raise prices
Americans: This is all the president's fault
Basically yes
To be fair, it is. And not just this president, every president.
Enforce the anti-monopoly laws already on the books. They were put in place to break up standard oil.
If you do that, you will radically cut their profits, and by extension, their lobbying power. All sorts of good environmental changes will follow.
@@Yura135 Crazy how Teddy Roosevelt would probably get called a communist today
my grandma’s husband watches fox news and i heard one of the hosts say “biden isn’t taking any responsibility for the high gas prices” ????
i am actually disappointed that
Climate Town is also biased. biden can control the price.
"F*ck your gas, we have blankets" (seen on a sign by a protester)
Thanks for the "at least what's what they're saying" addendum to Germany. I'll believe it when I see it.
Great video, as always. Corporations profiting from human suffering should be no surprise really.
German here, there's already talk about building LNG Terminals here and I shit you not it was Germany that pushed the thought in the European Union that Gas should be labeled "green", so thats that. But we can still dream right?
We have something similar in America where they started pushing the term “Natural gas” hard. It helped that NG electricity actually did have lower emissions than when made from coal…but it was only ever supposed to be a stepping stone.
Now that the time has come to move onto renewables we suddenly have all these gas companies saying “wait no, you can’t leave us!”
Profiting from a war is such an American thing to do.
lololol god I wish you weren't so right.
I mean, this is a war they helped manufacture, so they knew what was in it for them. The military industry is huge beyond our wildest dreams, and there are disgusting sums of money involved in profiting from war-related suffering
Yep only company that really should be profiting is Lockheed.
Aka that one arms company.
Every US soldier is a war profiteer. A profiteer of wars that couldn't be waged without them.
Sadly, it's such a human thing to do.
Also worth noting that gas prices started spiking well before supply became more constrained through Russian oil sanctions, which were only enacted yesterday. They were literally just raising prices early to make extra money because they could and because people largely wouldn’t question it
That was because Europe was struggling to get gas, even with the supply of Russia. And now that the war happened, all prices are just pure speculation. I think we should just show those companies the middle finger and refuse to buy at such outrageous prices. Better to put a blanket on, than to participate in this madness.
There is more than sanctions affecting the oil price. The market knows. For example oil tankers have been avoiding Russian oil for a while in case of sanctions, which would make them unable to unload it in large parts of the world.
Oil prices started spiking because demand returned to pre-covid levels and OPEC and others could not meet that supply constraint. American oil companies do not dictate prices. Dealers, traders, speculators, and OPEC do.
Demand was low due to the pandemic so they lowered production last year in order to stop oil prices from dropping too much. By 'too much' I mean they wanted to maintain profits so yeah they purposefully decreased supply. Now that demand is rising combined with the Russian invasion they're faffling about avoiding the production increase because getting more money for less oil is g$$d for bu$ine$$.
@@Sylvarile it wasn't just to "stop oil prices from dropping too much", it was try to maintain profitability when they were hemorrhaging money in many places. Also keep in mind that many smaller country's economies are built on oil, and US oil companies don't ramp up production to meet that demand if it doesn't make financial sense for them. That should be a good thing to environmentalists: less oil being drilled and burned at any given time.
To understand oil and the environmental impacts and solutions, you also have to understand the basic business and market dynamics.
Side note, many countries can't just ramp production up or down to instantly meet demand. There's a certain amount of response time, and often by the time it takes to respond, demand numbers have already shifted.
The real solution to oil/natural gas is nuclear imo. It is clean and fulfills fossil fuels current role: baseline power load with renewables supporting fluctuating amounts and storing excess when available.
These oil companies are sitting on thousands of permits already to drill oil. Hey oil companies---why don't you drill on the existing permitted leases that you have already from the U.S.? Look into how many leases the oil companies are sitting on and not drilling. Its shocking.
Hi, German here. The goal is a big cope. The people are changing how they heat (heat pumps) and wind power is cheaper in Germany than other sources. The government hasn't done and isn't doing shit.
I'm a Climate Town fan boy, and I can't believe you got this made and posted in such a short time. It's almost like you predicted that oil companies would take advantage of a crisis and find a way to make money at the expense of others... weird.
Almost like it happens every time. I've been trying to explain this to my pipeline loving "friends" and they just can't get it.
Haha good point! Totally possible he had a whole script written for a year and just had to go back and fill in the blanks with “Ukraine” haha.
If so then that’s some amazing planning on his part!
It was posted in such a short time because it is nonsense. Every single time gas has gotten expensive, oil and gas companies have been investigated, and every time the results have been the same - it is market factors at play, they are not price gouging.
@@gholland5840 Did you watch the video? It's not just about oil price. It's them using the inflated oil price to spark public sentiment and influence political will. It's a pretty short video, you should watch it again and this time pay attention. Learning is fun!
@@jeremiahtitus5568 So its just evil corporations who want to earn more money? Nothing more? Government has no role whatsoever in controlling oil prices? Government regulations, statements, actions literally play zero role in oil prices? If you watch this video you will certainly think that the actions taken by the President of USA literally have zero impact on oil prices because of evil corporations controlling everything.
Now watch another video on this issue"ua-cam.com/video/Bck06b9pxJ8/v-deo.html", little bit more nuanced than Climate Town video.
The video I linked certainly have its biases and I'm not saying it's 100% accurate, but you will get little bit more context than Climate Town video, whose conclusion in almost every video is "Evil Corporations" did everything.
I'm certainly not defending Corporations here, but to blame it on corporations without even mentioning the actions taken by the politician is dishonest.
Geo-political issues that change every 4-5 years, I'm saying 4-5 because most democracies elect new leader every 4-5 years, and those elected leaders change their policies towards these issues have a huge impact on oil prices. This is just one factor in this complex issue.
You say "It's them using the inflated oil price to spark public sentiment and influence political will", by it's them you say oil companies. Why do you thinks it cant be other way around? Why cant it be "Politicians can spark public sentiment and influence oil companies to raise prices". And again i'm not saying its my way, i'm saying its both ways. And a video of a guy who has a degree in Climate Science won't think about these issues and just blames Evil corporations is little bit dishonest i think.
The video i linked is clearly a biased guy who makes video on politics did more research and had more nuance than the guy who has a university degree. I expect better from guys who spent 4 to 5 years in University.
On a personal level I have transitioned to solar, gardening, fishing, composting and mostly reducing. It has taken 6 years and many thousands of dollars. It was very difficult but now I am starting to see a small payoff. The biggest payoff is sleeping better at night knowing I give as little as possible to big corporate.
We're on our start that way ourselves. Solar may have to be a later investment, but water collection and gardening is already in the works
Kudos to you Sir/Ma'am/horse.
@@christaylor9095 Hahaha
@@Radhaun you do realize that all of those businesses use anticompetitive tactics, possibly even worse then standard oil, and that none of which benefit from bettering the world? At least with solar you can say exactly the same things as oil ethics wise. I'd prefer to be more careful and creative cause renewable energy can be great but renewable companies don't exist, yet
Excellent
I really love how you present the facts. With sarcasm, humor, and despair. But also some optimism. It makes me excited about taking on policy makers and oil and gas companies. I think the awareness is awesome! Thank you so much for using your degree and knowledge to spread awareness. I hope you become a major player in Climate policy reforms!!!!
Your channel brings me back to the golden years of Jon Stewart. Great work
I live in Alberta where the Keystone XL project is sacrosanct, to speak against it will get you at the least on a watch list. It's hilarious that right after I watched this video my local news was posing the question will oil companies pay overdue taxes now they are making hand over fist cash!? They owe billions to Alberta and especially to rural municipalities that do not have a huge tax base to begin with. My guess is that they will get a pass and the burden will be handed down to taxpayers. We also have a lot of abandoned oil and gas wells that are dangerous to the environment but there is such a long history of this many of those responsible are long defunct. Who should pay? Don't even get me started on strip mining the Rocky Mountains for ore bearing coal. We live in an almost science fiction environmental disaster story here!
Hello from Québec! Being an environmentalist is certainly an uncomfortable position for one living in Alberta.
@@alexseguin5245 Bonjour, Quebec certainly benefits from Alberta transfer payments so you're not completely innocent either!
Hello fellow Albertan. 👋 Calgary here
The oil and gas indoctrination and propaganda in Alberta is insufferable. Probably my least favorite thing when I lived there, that and the entitlement.
@@Marcel-eg9bz yeah I imagine it's a lot for an outsider. I grew up here and I still roll my eyes when I see the "I ♥️ oil and gas" stickers.
Thank god. Someone is speaking sense. Saw way too many instagram stories from friends that said "turn on the pipeline hur dur". It's so bad. We need to diversify. We NEEEED TO DIVERSIFY.
If you're looking for a quick solution to have less dependency foreign oil, turning on pipelines will help. Your 'hur dur' friends are right. You can be for renewable energy and still recognize making locally produced fuel more expensive is not the solution
@@LeeVermeulen Agree. Should've said that they referenced turning on the keystone pipeline...got a little tilted writing the comment. I am for diverse energy.
@David Moore personally, solar and wind shouldn’t be used because of high maintenance being required, and that’s a big problem when done (at least at a large scale)
@@LeeVermeulen how does a pipeline importing foreign oil reduce foreign dependency
This is world wide. Example from Europe - Poland. Oil import companies increase their profit margin from 4.9 to almost 38%.
"Gonna go back to wondering wtf is gonna happen next...." Big same.
Really impressive he managed to get this out on such short notice, looking forward!
Yea, it’s always cool when you see a channel starting to turn into a well oiled machine with their videos.
This quality is honestly the same level I’d expect from something like “The Daily Show”.
You just solidified my belief, I have a relative who's been leasing their land to oil companies for the last 40 years, as well other independent land owners in the region. This is just incase they need to drill for oil today, they can start tomorrow. To date, all those oil companies have yet to drill or pumped any oil! So what's this crap about needing to build a pipeline that will take 5 + years, going to help us today. If it wasn't for a family member I certainly wouldn't have known this fact, therefore you can bet most of the American people are clueless about it too.
Makes me think that those leases should come with some kind of condition in the contract that'll ensure that leases which do not get used get given to someone who actually will use them.
You must be affiliated with one of the some 7000 leases the API is holding in their back pocket! Very true, not something that makes the news cycle
I like to consider myself a bit more obsessed with climate change than the average American and this was news to me!
Because there is no oil there...
@@SeeNickView Those 7000 leases with no oil there
The gas companies have over 9,000 permits to drill for oil, even offshore, that the GAS COMPANIES aren't using right now. America already said they'll issue more once these companies start using them and start pulling up more oil.
hi, I'm from Ukraine, thank you for your words
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@@saintaclaws1957500,000 ruZZians kaputt so far.
I knew the big boi oil companies were up to something...
When US and Britain only import single digit percent of russian oil and gas that could be easily swapped for well middle eastern oil and gas prices clearly shouldn't be rising......
Thanks Rollie just what i needed.
This is so timely and I’m impressed by the speed of this release! Wonderful work! I’m working on a script on a similar video to release soon so this is super appreciated
Can’t wait to see what you release! I don’t think we could have TOO MANY videos on this topic and I always enjoy seeing/hearing your view point :-)
It is so timely and well researched, we need to share it as much as possible
I'm impressed this came so late, having time for decent editing and not just rage-upload immediately when Fox News decided to have more Play Adult time.
They Keystone XL is a real Shapiro-Aquaman Transaction. It drives me to drink.
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet thank you so much!! That means a lot. Really appreciate the kind words and I look forward to your new videos too!!
engagement. The fact that we pay oil and gas companies billions in subsidies is sickening.
The production quality of your videos are top notch. Like how you just use tape to attach the microphone to your chest. No bullshit, no fluff, straight to the point and nothing else. Oh, and a little humour. 10/10 would watch again!
Hi big fan we literally just discussed this in government class today, my government teacher spent an embarrassing amount of time explaining to everyone else that Biden does not control the gas prices. I love all your videos but this one is rlly good cuz u explain everything clearly and with relevant examples, surprised u got it up so soon. Love how u always try to keep the topics upbeat and remind people they can make a difference! Anyways I might share this with my government teacher, sometimes he plays those crash course videos at the end of the hour if we have time, and considering this is so relevant he might show it instead
Climate Town should definitely be shown in some lectures!
Your teacher is correct, Biden does not control gas prices. However, oil companies do use state and federal governments to keep the industry relevant.
Its more embarrassing that your teacher should have to waste his time explaining reality to half the class that is completely brainwashed to believe stupid Republican/Russian/Fox news lies
Oh god. That's so upsetting, these poor teachers have to try to give real information to kids who are bombarded with misinformation and many of them won't believe the teacher, who spent time researching to get the facts right, because liars are so good at convincing people to believe them and be hostile to anyone who tries to correct them 😔 what a sad sad world we live in.
Oof, I can only imagine all the arguments in the homes of your classmates with their brainwashed parents later that evening. The reason that your teacher had to spend so much time explaining and convincing your class is because the parents of your fellow classmates keep feeding them the same rhetoric they’re fed.
in the past i was never a firm believer in climate change. i fell into the same old tricks "first global warming now its global cooling, its a natural cycle" and things like that. after watching videos like this that explained climate change in a fairly simple and logical way its kind of been eye opening. too many climate activists fail to appeal to the common sense part of most people, but this guy knows how to do it properly. thanks Mr. Town, keep up the good work
Agreed. Too many people try to make only very emotional arguments about climate change. That works well enough for a specific group of people, but there’s many more who are selfish or pragmatic and it doesn’t work for them!
We need a variety of arguments for a variety of people.
No one believes in climate change. At least no one should. You accept it.
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet Too often logical arguments (the scientific facts behind anthropogenic climate change) don't work as well as emotional arguments.
Why? Because the uncertainty of scientific knowledge was easily exploited by oil companies, sewing effective FUD campaigns, paying other scientist and groups to provide "counter" argument (doesn't matter if they are debunked quickly. It's a 'throw enough mud - see what sticks' tactic) etc.
Trust me, I held enough arguments with climate change deniers, relying strictly on publications in science journals. As for all misinformation and conspiracy myth victims, you need to come from a different approach since they are wired to directly counteract your first line of reasoning.
The OP admitted it himself. "first global warming now its global cooling, its a natural cycle" --> all quickly debunked with facts and logic(tm). So why wasn't he convinced then?
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet Eh, most of the arguments for climate change aren't really emotional. They're altruistic and long-term solutions, which obviously doesn't work for selfish people (who always like to think of themselves as pragmatic: "I'm not an asshole, I'm right!" is the calling card of someone who is both very much as asshole, and is almost never right).
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet CANT Climate-Town or Second-Thought cover
the Green-Tech from the video "Mad Scientist's homestead is parking size, off-grid System"??
Thank you for your journalism
Your righteous indignation fuels me. I love the way you use basic critical thinking skills to point out the absurdity of these situations. You make it so accessible, and the humour takes the terror of being powerless bystanders down a notch.
your videos are the perfect in between for doom scrolling and informative content. Thank you for your services :)
Please stop doom scrolling, it is terribly unhealthy and comparable to a collective version of self harm.
@@MammaApa never! i will continue to inflict mental pain on myself indefinitely
@@startalizing I have no mouth and I must scream - selfie edition. Sorry if the reference was incomprehensible. I am ancient.
I honestly feel like we’re at a pivotal crossroads for the environment. If we handle this energy crisis by doubling down then we can get a lot closer to our 2035 and 2050 goals!
But if we “unleash American oil” then I feel like we’ll just be sealing our fate.
Thanks for calling attention to this in such a fun way Rollie!
If sealing our fate means ensuring our survival against Russia in the future, then yes. The tech isn't there yet. If we're wiped out by a nuclear power, do you honestly think they will take on the goal of saving the planet from climate problems?
Shutting down economies and energy production just to depend on our enemies was the dumbest thing our leaders have ever done. What did you think would happen?
Flee the fight so you can another day. We can't fix anything by jumping off of a cliff.
@@MuDkipzCHancelLOr by “seal our fate” I mean lock in emissions at a level where we can’t reduce them in time.
I’m not saying that we can wave a magic wand and make all new energy demands be met by renewable energy…but if our first instinct is to drill more domestic oil then we’re just accelerating towards the cliff of climate change.
A cliff which we are ALREADY driving at very very fast.
So I want to see the first reaction be to lower our demand for oil. Figure out what extra activities we need to cut in order to keep the sanctions in place. Then expedite as many renewable energy projects as possible and see how much we can bring in the date of the energy transition. Finally we can use extra drilling for the rest of the demand.
@@MuDkipzCHancelLOr
Fight another day? Mate, climate change doesn't pause because you want a timeout. Putting our future into the hands of oil companies means giving the wolf your keys to the sheep shed.
We will survive without the Gas from Russia, without the oil from the US. Renewables and Nuclear are much better investments in the long run and much more environmentally friendly than coal, gas or oil.
The tech is not completely here, yes. But R&D is continously improving and reinventing, making our alternatives cheaper, more stable and in general just a much better path than relying on the assholes who knew climate change was happening because of them and who lied to everybody about it.
Drilling more domestic oil is fine if the goal is to survive and eventually get off of it.
We're still using it and developing green tech required a thriving economy. If oil prices skyrocket, nobody has as much money, investments aren't happening, and new tech comes to a halt. It's a catch 22. Nobody is going to be going out and buying a Tesla if they're worried about paying rent/mortgages. Much less are investors going to sink money into companies like that if nobody is buying their product.
Putting a deadline on something was complete insanity. Because apparently, a crazy guy can invade a country and set us back years.
@@MuDkipzCHancelLOr Did you actually watch the video? Please do that and return to the comment section.
Also shout out to Germany for building bloodstream 1 and 2 and trying to convince Europe that burning russian gas is green, ignoring totally fugitive emissions while closing almost all nuclear plants that provided 25% of their energy mix. Yes they decided to close nuclear plants in favour of burning really dirty russian gas providing those sweet sweet euros for russian military
I tolerated this all the way to the end, thought I would let you know and give a thumbs up. 10/10 would tolerate again
Germany: 100% Energy from renewables by 2035
Also Germany: Plans to build several LNG-Terminals to be more independent from Russian gas, which will take years to build and be operational, while wind parks do not get permits because "it does not fit landscape very well to be honest"
German energy companies know that renewables increase dependence on dispatchable energy sources, like natural gas.
The same Germany that shuts down its own nuclear energy power plants (cuz muh environment) just to end up using coal anyway
hmmm that sound like their local energy companies trying to intervene and save their own obsolete ass!
Germany: kills nuclear plants
Also Germany: more dependence on LNG, making it hard to decouple from Russian gas when push came to shove
"Why would he do this?"
*insert Eric Andre shooting Hannibal meme*
@@schizomode yea, hilarious. Germany uses something like 40% renewable energy but it's so inefficient which is why the energy price is so high over there.
Ughh....just when you thought the industry couldn't get any more slimey.....
democracy died long ago, this is pure capitalism it only gets filthier.....
@@MrDisgruntledGamer1 well your not wrong because of lobbying....
Please guys pay attention to that - > 10:43 "So if oil prices spike up everytime anything major happens I guess it's not that reliable of energy source" This is so well said! I can't believe media isn't focusing on this aspect!!
Your denim game is...I mean, you're singlehandedly keeping Levi Strauss in the black. Well done, sir, well done indeed. On point.
Just a remark on the German goal you mentioned.
- 2035 100% is correct
- 2030 is set for 80%
- Germany builds two LNG terminals that will be repurposed for H2 in the future
- There will be 200 billion euro invested by the government in renewables in the next 4 years, there's also a great emphasis on private investments
- The 80% and 100% include the projected increased electricity demand (electric cars and heating with electricity)
Personally I'm quite optimistic. Our newish government did a good job so far. Renewable energy was one of their main topics from the start, but now with the current crisis it got turned up a notch. It is now called "freedom energy"! :D
I am questioning whether Germany could not re-activate some Nuclear capacity within about a year tops. They've been closing Nuclear powerplants left and right since Fukushima, at least a some of them must still be in good condition right? If the German population can make a 180 on Armament and Defence, maybe a 180 on nuclear power could help fight Russia just as much, if not more?
Where does their plan state they are at currently (50%)? Why a focus on private solutions?
@@mariusdufour9186 There are still 3 nuclear powerplants working. Nuclear powerplants could soften the transition but there not really helping in the long run with in a renewable strategy, because they are not good as a back up energy, since you can switch them on and off easily.
@@henningbartels6245 Nuclear is still great for meeting the base energy load, which I believe Germany has primarily been filling with coal since they started shutting down nuclear plants.
@@henningbartels6245 Sure, if you have the majority of your power output coming from renewables. But right now, Germany could use some extra baseline power. I'm not saying they need to start building new nuclear power plants, just recommission as much as can realistically be done to reduce gas and coal burning. Then they could decommission whatever coal plants they still use occasionally, and use gas almost exclusively to plug the gaps when renewables are down. And then, as you add energy storage capacity, you can switch off gas power plants, and as you build more renewable power, you can decommission nuclear plants for good. This would be a much less CO2-intensive energy transition with the added strategic benefit of requiring much less Russian gas.
I'm getting solar installed on my house next month. Also looking at trading my car in on a used chevy volt. I don't drive more than 30 miles a day anyway. Doing what I can to free up demand for fossil fuels. Thanks for the video, it pretty much verified the conclusions I've come to in my own research.
Good job. Individual actions aren’t worthless so keep pushing yourself to keep doing better. Don’t forget to push for the legislative changes that we need as well though!
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet I absolutely am, unfortunately Weld County in Colorado (where I live) is known as "Frackistan" here. I'm trying to get people in my neighborhood to sign a petition against the fracking near us. The sound at night can be pretty annoying even to those who aren't inherently against fracking.
@@JC-lk3oy nice. Sounds like you’re doing a good job of tailoring your argument to you audience! I hope you’re successful!
@@JC-lk3oy Without fracking people would die from a lack of food.
@@gholland5840 now that's a leap. Care to elaborate?
I'm a 72 year old who was raised in So Cal during the 50's and 60's when our air pollution was some of the worse in the nation and new superfund toxic pollution sites were being added to the list every day. This was a time before the EPA and the Clean Water and Air Acts and I sure don't want a return to those days when corporations had free rein to do anything they wanted and neither do you.
Past simple greed, there is little reason why we are still so heavily involved with fossil fuels.
So glad you did the collab with Not Just Bikes so that me and I imagine many others were able to discover your channel!
Yes thats how i found this channel out.
Thank you for your independent journalism @Climate Town. The amount of effort you put into the videos, and the tremendous effort you take to spread truth is unspeakable and scarce these days. I personally congratulate you and hope to see more content in the future. I'll be sharing your content to hopefully get your channel more traffic.
It was posted in such a short time because it is nonsense. Every single time gas has gotten expensive, oil and gas companies have been investigated, and every time the results have been the same - it is market factors at play, they are not price gouging.
@@gholland5840 prove it
@@gholland5840 I'm lost, investigated by who? Define your meaning of market factors. Someone could say that "Shareholder profits" are market factors.
@@dolorlux4612 Auditors. Both government ran and private entities
And if you dont have the money that shareholders gave you for an IPO, you are not drilling for oil at anywhere near the scale you are.
@@loganwillis4644 Auditors already have.
Loved the video all the way till the end, simple to understand, approachable, and yet insightful!
As I a German citizen thought I have to push back hard against the way this country is used as a positive example.
The big one is that Germany just more than trippeld its defense budget for this year and after that wants to
That war and militarization is bad in general should not be up to debate but also war is not only killing people, destroying their infrastructure, makes people involved mentally sick and is an overall crime against humanity, it also on top of that is hurting the climate like nothing else does.
The german center left government has not really done anything that would meaningfully combat climate change. Instead, they tow the neoliberal line of fiscal responsibility when it comes to social issues and climate justice and now just saying that we suddenly don't need Russia oil and gas - which we do need since there is no infrastructure to abandon 1/2 of our oil and 1/3 of our gas requirements - is just ceasing the moment to look like you want to do well (gathering international praise in the process).
What the government actually does is warmonger with a extra 100 billion Euros for an industry that definitely won't safe us from climate change to say the least.
I wish governments across the globe would be able to just spend that kind of money on issues that would actually improve their citizens socioeconomic conditions but no:
WAR IT IS!
😂 thanks, great video.
Hello from Denmark 🇩🇰
I imagine every single oil company CEO right now is sitting in their offices and they have the same weird evil grin on their face that Scott Sheffield had in that interview. They know the rumbling sensation when their money machines are switching into higher gears.
Definitely. And I for one think that if a group of elites gets gleefully happy over war and oppression then maybe our system needs some changes!
Every single time gas has gotten expensive, oil and gas companies have been investigated, and every time the results have been the same - it is market factors at play, they are not price gouging.
If it's really a security concern, the industry should be nationalized. Can our entire society can be brought to its knees by holding cheap gas hostage?
Gas might go up, we better give the mad man a sovereign country.
Should the government be able to kill you for not having kids, considering that age demographics is a national security concern?
@@gholland5840 i hope Shell sees this bro
@@furiousfuryan Answer the question.
@@gholland5840 no because it's a stupid fucking question. I don't entertain reactionary shills, they entertain me
Nationalizing the oil industry would be disastrous. In fact its already far too nationalized - we should be removing the subsidies we give them and try to come up with regulations to limit the amount of influence oil and gas lobbyists have over policymakers (ideally written in such a way to limit the amount of influence _all_ lobbyists. The government should enact the will of the people, not the will of whatever corporation writes the fattest check).
And yes, that would make gas really really expensive. That's kind of the point. Increased gas prices drives concepts like adopting mass transportation, adopting EVs or at least cars with better fuel efficiency, promotes the construction of walkable neighborhoods over sprawling suburbs, etc.
Kowtowing to the fossil fuel industry is limiting both our ability to respond to climate change and, as has become more and more obvious over the past few years, is also limiting our national security capabilities and limiting potential growth prospects - and those subsidies mean taxpayers are essentially paying to fuck the country over for the benefit of a handful of ultrawealthy oil barons.
And we let them get away with it because we're paralyzed by fear. Not entirely unjustified fear - there would be a fairly painful transition period thanks to so much of our cities already being built as car-dependent suburbs. They will take a long time to rebuild and replace (though not as long as you might expect - it would already be happening if cities would allow more mixed-use zoning. Mixed-use neighborhoods have been in _very_ high demand for at least a decade or so now, especially among the younger generation who don't yet have a family and the extra space provided by a suburban McMansion is more of an expensive hassle than a dream home, and after decades of wage stagnation that's an expense most don't want to take on until they absolutely have to).
Once the transition gets rolling though, people will quickly realize that their fear, though often justified, has been greatly exaggerated by those who profit from the world not being allowed to improve. Sure, there are always those for whom an extra $5/mo in fuel costs is right at the make-or-break level, but for the vast majority of Americans - and particularly the vast majority of Americans who have the free time to spend writing rants about how horrible the gas prices are - the effect of gas going up by even 10-20% is near-meaningless. They can drink one or two less beers a month or plan their dinners an extra day in advance to avoid an extra trip to the grocery store each week. Annoying perhaps, but hardly the country-destroying calamity that Shell and Exxon want you to believe.
Real energy security would come from weening ourselves off of fossil fuels. People have been saying this since the oil embargos of the 70s.
As an Alaskan and a geology student; YEP, and thank you!
As a renter, I thought I was dependent on my utility to transition to renewables. Thankfully, I found out about community solar gardens. Now my home runs on 100% solar during the day. I encourage folks to look for solar gardens in your area!
Waaaaaiiit what??? Gonna look this up
Another great episode! Thanks man, you're one of the best channels on the whole platform!
This is exactly what I needed right now, sending this to everyone I know. Love your work!
- Another environmental science and policy student :)
I'm glad to hear you mention nuclear. I'm a physics prof (and fellow CU Alum), and it's always frustrating to here it overlooked. The stigma from past accidents is effectively unfounded with current tech. We can even re-use coal power plant infrastructure by building the reactor and containment and running the pipes to the turbine and generator that already exists. Modern nuclear reactors can actually cool themselves down to safe shutdown via convection in the case of a complete power loss, as what happened in Fukushima to the first generation reactors designed in the 1950s and were constructed in a region prone to earthquakes along a shoreline prone to tsunamis....
You're one of the only left-leaning people with more long-form type of content who is commenting on the current situation with Ukraine, and you cannot believe how grateful I am for it.
Adam Something has been all over it, would recommend checking him out
@@kcazllerraf Also Vaush is insanely good.
@@kcazllerraf adam something is from europe and a decent human being. American leftists who are "against identity politics" are usually right wingers pretending to be progressives. Their only concern is wanting free healthcare. They would elect a nazi for this. They also complain about gay rights, womens rights and everything else.
@@clamstea7036 I'm one of those American 'leftists' but I would certainly not elect a Nazi... my concerns are mostly the environment and climate, single-payer health care policy, and "pro-human" city planning and housing policies. Unfortunately these things are not politically popular for ANY party and everyone would much rather waste time playing identity politics and feeding off of people's insecurities while achieving nothing substantial for the welfare of any major American population (or the world). I'd of course also love to see the disentanglement of shady money from politics, but I suspect that that is unfortunately just a part of the human condition.
Man. Been watching you for almost a year and just realized I wasn't subscribed! I have saying the same things you said in this video! People have been so brainwashed by the car and oil industry that when gas prices go up, they ask, what can we do to get it down instead of "what can we do to avoid depending on gas all together " ... the people in the US are such surface level thinkers and never actually think deep on anything. It's is very frustrating.
Oh my gosh yes! I bought my EV during the most recent gas price rise before this and I remember listening to a news report about this subject with my wife. I remember sitting there asking her “do these people not realize that gas is a limited resource?!?!?”
That line: "the people in the US are such surface level thinkers and never actually think deep on anything", I like it. I've been saying for years, people today fail to see 15 seconds in front of themselves. Or while behind the wheel of their cars, If it doesn't happen in the space between their shoulders and their nose, it's not their fault.
Those solutions will take time, though. No matter what you think about energy policy, gas availability is a day-to-day problem where any sort of post-carbon energy and transportation plan will take years (or, indeed, decades in the case of de-car-ifying cities and population hubs) to institute.
@@Ithirahad yes, but cities could slash the price of their public transportation in the meantime. It wouldn’t be a solution for everyone, but there’s a chunk of people who might make the switch and lessen the demand for oil.
To quote the great Jasmine Masters, here is what I think about these companies: "Just as I thought... trash!"
It is a national resource, it should be the nation that is shareholder. Not some rich private persons that only get richer because money makes money.
Whenever he comes out with one of these videos I stop whatever I'm doing immediately and watch it.
I LOVE THIS MAN! But not fuel companies🙂🌱
I love it when inconvenient facts interfere with corporate propaganda. Well said!
Glad I found your channel.
Thanks
Bob
This is a really important video. Keep it up Climate Town. Tackling these problems from an economics point of view is the only chance we have and you make this really easy to understand for everyone. Thank you
Yea. We spent 50 years building a culture which is obsessed with money. So our arguments can’t ignore money or else we might as well just talk to a brick wall.
German here. I hope we accelerate our transition out of fossil fuels, but my confidence is pretty mid. After all we announced an out of nowhere 100 billion Euro investment into our military, and not into renewable energy.
I feel like it’s the same on every country. Our politicians make big green goals and we all go “sounds great, but I’ll wait to celebrate until you show me some action!”
There is always money for WAR, same in all countries.
Bruh what a pußßy LMAO 💀👌🏿⚡⚡
*give war a chance*
-charles Xll
I Fûckin hope to god berlin gets conquered just like 1945
You talk about serious matters - in such an entertaining way! You're more hilarious than John Oliver :)
We agree. Thats why we consider this channel our great hero and try to copy as much as we can in our channel. Take a look ua-cam.com/channels/0ylBPw9PlhCHVEuHAfImyQ.html
My understanding of the keystone XL is that it was going to get refined here on the Gulf of Mexico coast and shipped out to other countries anyway so none of it would be coming into the United States.
Thank you for this video. This topic has been so irritating to see the oil and gas industry, successfully in many cases, make the Ukraine crisis all about them and how they should get to drill more oil.
My parents watch Fox all the time and I like to watch a little just to see the talking point of the day. Recently the talking point has been “remove the gas tax”. So not only are corporations able to extort us for more profit, the government wants to strip tax revenue for things that (should) go to helping people in bad situations. Everything about this sucks.
That’s such a hilariously short sighted argument too! So we take away the gas tax and then in 2 years we run out of money to repair our roads with!
God Fox is trash…
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet I agree I only get my news from Vaush and H3H3
Plus, you know, removing the gas tax will lower the price of gas, which will increase consumption of gas, which is exactly not what we need during a shortage. If they really wanted to fix the problem they would say "let's finally get serious about mass transit."
@@texaswunderkind Fox has never wanted to fix any problem. Their goal has always been to leech off any problem to engender even more partisanship and division, because baseless outrage gets them ratings and therefore profit.
I had this argument with a couple of family members last week. "Trudeau should scrap the federal gas tax, the government is just profiteering (!)". I had to show them that most taxation is based on quantity (litres) and not price. "Oh, well, he should remove it anyway!" These are the same people complaining about the debt rung up for Covid response. I guess it's okay to subsidize their driving and consumption habits, but not okay to support people who lost their jobs or are off sick.
You are one of the only youtubers that I consider MUST WATCH. Great stuff.
I forget which party wants to do this. But in Canada one of our parties wants to build a natural gas mine on Newfoundland, for the sole purpose of shipping that gas off to Europe. I think they would be able to convince more people that they should build it if they said that all the money from that would go into our grid so we can get on 100% nuclear, and renewables.
Thank you Mr. Town for this informative video. First name Climate, last name Town.
I literally saw an ad today that had all the things we “wouldn’t have without oil and natural gas” and it was slowing getting rid of almost everything the family in the video had. I’ve never seen a pro oil and gas ad before lmao
Those ads are so silly too cause they’re trying to be “all or nothing.” When in reality we could get rid of 25-50% of that stuff immediately without ruining our lives and it would buy us a whole lot of time to work on figuring out how to replace the rest of the stuff.
Oil companies act like humans didn’t live before plastic was made.
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet
I agree. The whole “climate change” movement typically pushes legislation that will see are carbon and methane footprints lower over a period of 10-20 years. It’s hilarious how disingenuous company’s like them are. Reminds me of the whole “gas stove nostalgia” marketing he talked about in a previous video.
I actually found the ad in question but I don’t think youtube allows links on UA-cam comment sections anymore. It’s called “life runs on energy” by energy transfer. It’s honestly a treat to watch.
The statement that a lot of things are made of oil isn't necessarily a pro-oil statement. I had a chemistry teacher who said that since that so many things are made out of oil, burning it (for energy) is the most stupid thing you can do with it. She was making a "use other sources of energy" statement with that.
Annoyed that I'm subscribed to this amazing channel and did not get any notifications for the last couple videos.
Its actually pretty bad here in Estonia right now, liter of disel is 2 euros and soon there will be probably cheaper for me to stay home than go to work. Hope that price will go down soon.
I'm an Ukrainian, thank you for the true and your dedication
Higher gas prices suck I guess, but honestly, we need that motivation to stop using petroleum fuels. How it's legal to buy a car with less than 20 mpg in 2022 is beyond me. All the pearl clutching and efforts to lower gas prices to me demonstrates that we are in no way shape or form going to stop climate change. It's not hopeless, we are.
Unfortunately 60%+ of America is living paycheck to paycheck so that’s the only reason for their pearl clutching. If we can solve that then I bet stuff like reducing oil would suddenly have a lot more support.
Our entire economy is based on oil, we will die without it
Ever since the crash of January 2020 (my husband worked in flowback out in West TX), his ex-employer has been CAPPING PRODUCING WELLS. They've been getting paid to stop production instead of increase production. I have a lot of thoughts but I will keep at it. Thanks for this great video, going to share it.
We need people who have direct knowledge on these fields to tell people what really happens. So please do
Share any info you have. Politicians are bought and paid for by lobbyists of whatever company pays them. Same with most news media
Outlets. It is so hard to find out the truth these days. We are in a time more than ever we need people who have real, honest, first hand experience in these fields to Tell us what these companies try to hide and twist around more than ever.
Educational and relevant. I learned a lot about what's happening right under us. Really great channel. Thank you
I live in the Netherlands. We import roughly 20-25% of our oil and gas from Russia, which obviously is a concern right now. On this topic I recently read an article which detailed why we can't just switch to American oil. Russian oil is different from American oil and thus requires different oil refineries than Russian oil does. We simply do not have the infrastructure to just switch from one oil source to another. So yes, renewable energy is definitely one of the most discussed solutions here.
I was literally saying this to the guys at work complaining about the gas prices. The only motivator I understand is greed. They will find any excuse to raise price. God forbid their profit margins slowdown a bit
It’s a lot like why stadiums have such expensive food: captive audiences. They’ve basically created an infrastructure which turns us all into captive audiences so they can charge whatever they want for gas! Kind of…
i work with maga peolpe so having this consversation doesn't work
Thank you for making this video!!! Your content is so needed. Well done!
Thanks for another great video! Super impressed with the quality of the information, perspective, and humor in this one, especially for being so timely.
I wish you had more videos out so I could watch more of them but I understand that quality, doing research and fact checking and all that stuff takes time and effort and I'm more than happy to let you do your quality content instead of focusing on just hitting those certain release dates for videos. Keep up the good work!
I love these videos, and they are always so well written, but damn do they make me feel sad. Just seeing how little regard these massive companies have for anyone, and how fast they are to jump on any opportunity, no matter how immoral, really hurts.
Well said.
You possess the most illegal thing of all empathy.
Yea it’s really rough. At least he brings a lot of comedy to the topic which makes the bitter pill a little easier to swallow.
Every now and then when I get too down in the dumps I need to just cut off all environmental news for a day/weekend and just go play video games.
Give yourself a break sometimes so you don’t burn out.
@@SaveMoneySavethePlanet I like bread, have a good one, semi-stranger!
Yep, capitalism doesn't care about morals, only profits at all costs.
What's really crazy is that each of these companies is owned by shareholders. Who breathe air, and drink water, and probably have grandchildren who will inherit a degraded Earth thanks to them.
The very first thing I thought about on the very first second I read about Russian invasion of Ukraine was "wouldn't be amazing if we would switch to renewable as fast as possible and Russia is like a non existing economic in 50 years from now?". But then I see these videos about what the oil companies suggest we should do and it's absolutely incredible.
great dude, that's all we need to know about you americans. Russia is like a non-existing economy. thanks dude for sending 150 mln people to extreme poverty. well u are used to it right? all these countries Uncle Sam destroyed.. keeping your wealth and destroying the world.. how american that is
@@sampejke I'm not American, I'm Italian. Russia is not a non-existing economy, but all of its GDP comes from fossil fuels. It's clear that we cannot use fossil fuels anymore and if Russia doesn't switch to renewables and diversify its economy they will be non existing in the future. And that will happen to US too. What the US is not realising is that China is driving the renewable transition so if they don't catch up they will also become a way less powerful economy.
Pretty sure it's universally called 'diving'