The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas

Oil and gas are the most traded commodities on the planet; they are also the chief causes of the most grievous harm our species has yet faced, the burgeoning climate crisis. Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He examines how the export of hydrocarbons, in particular, has become an enormous threat to efforts to rein in greenhouse gasses. It explores the role that America - the world’s biggest exporter of gas - plays in this ongoing catastrophe. And it looks at the role that non-tradeable commodities - sunshine and wind - play in easing this crisis. Recorded on 10/01/2024. [Show ID: 40220]
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Premise is false

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The premise that trade can be deadly? I'm not sure what you think the premise is...

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Amoc will collapse and then the earth resets

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Thank God, Trump won

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Your comment can only be taken as sarcasm. Or you are a particularly ignorant person.