Why fossil free is a movement - VPRO documentary

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024

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  • @BrassLock
    @BrassLock 5 лет назад +20

    This was a program developed 4 or 5 years ago (2014-2015). It would be great to get an update on the state of play in 2019.

  • @ericdew2021
    @ericdew2021 5 лет назад +2

    Don't invest in fossil fuels because it's a losing proposition. Solar, other renewables and new technologies are coming in to hit fossil fuels in the 'nads. The problem with FF is that the fixed costs are so exorbitantly high: it costs hundreds of millions just to put the tip of a drill bit into the ground. At the same time, we're flush with oil and the market prices are plummeting or at least kept quite low (a few years back, it was down around $30/bbl). When oil is that cheap, it would require decades of extraction to make enough to pay for the initial capital costs of drilling. So some drillers just decide not to bother. On the other hand, with just very little initial capital, one can set up a solar plant and start generating power.

  • @NewBookz
    @NewBookz 4 года назад +2

    So will these fossil free people stop driving cars? using products made with fossil fuels like computers and monitors; even producing electricity needs fossil fuels for manufacture. This is a movement from people who are not concerned about finances. Even if you go and live off the land you will need products made with fossil fuel.

    • @nousername5673
      @nousername5673 3 года назад

      Any or all of the following: electricity, geothermal, nuclear energy, and hydrogen or CO2-neutral fuels (e.g. synthetic natural gas produced using clean energy).

  • @sanjuansteve
    @sanjuansteve 5 лет назад +3

    We should all be using electric vehicles charged from the excess power generated from our home, business and covered parking rooftop solar arrays making nearly everything we do 100% solar powered.
    The cost per distance driven is ridiculously cheap when you are your own solar fuel station (less than $0.01 USD per mile)! #nobrainer
    We cannot afford to continue to burn fossil fuels!

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад

      sanjuansteve says"
      "We should all be using electric vehicles charged from the excess power generated from our home,"
      ==
      Don't buy into those delusional story that electric vehicle will save us.
      It'll save only some percentage of CO2. Not anywhere close to prevent the future CO2 emission, much less reverse the trend.
      Even if we stop the use of fossil fuel COMPLETELY today the the temperature will keep rising next several (possibly hundreds of)generations.
      Only hope is that less CO2 emission will slow down marginally so give us a time for someone to invent truly workable solution.
      But even then the chance is slim to none.
      Be realistic.
      Walk and biycle.

    • @sanjuansteve
      @sanjuansteve 5 лет назад

      @@allgoo1964 Thinks it's a 'delusional story' to have enough solar panels to make your home have net zero consumption including charging an electric car. Focus more on trying to convince people to get to net zero fossil fuel consumption, and less on trying to convince people not to bother. Walk, bike and also install solar panels and only use electric vehicles charged with solar power.

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад

      @@sanjuansteve says:
      " Thinks it's a 'delusional story' to have enough solar panels to make your home have net zero consumption including"
      ==
      Do you have a better way?
      Tell me what's better solution?
      On the other hand E-car isn't even close to ideal solution.
      There are many other options if you try,
      You just don't want to.
      "Electric Car Myth Buster - Efficiency"
      cleantechnica.com/2018/03/10/electric-car-myth-buster-efficiency/
      Excerpt,
      "electric cars are just as bad for the environment as gas and diesel ones, or possibly even worse than cars powered by gasoline or diesel engines..."
      Did you know this?
      Ride a bicycle, take a train.

    • @TT-Freak
      @TT-Freak 5 лет назад

      @@allgoo1964 True EVs are just a start, can have a lighthouse effect though. But we need to replant forests on this planet since it helps to be CO2 negative.

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад

      @@TT-Freak says:
      "True EVs are just a start,... "
      ==
      It's a false hope.
      We'd better find another start point.
      "But we need to replant forests on this planet.."
      ==
      We are doing the opposite.
      "The Amazon Is Burning at a Record Rate, And The Devastation Can Be Seen From Space"
      www.sciencealert.com/the-amazon-is-burning-at-a-record-rate-and-parts-were-intentionally-set-alight

  • @BaskingInObscurity
    @BaskingInObscurity 3 года назад

    Public calls for divestment in companies like Shell and de Beers were what finally tipped the fall of the Apartheid system. Remember how students, unions, and fund investors shocked the corporations who'd had business in South Africa support the status quo. Divestment is not a new strategy but one with a proven record.

  • @williambaikie5739
    @williambaikie5739 5 лет назад +2

    Your selling of stocks just allows others to buy them at a discount. I wish I had investment capital, I would put it fossil fuel stocks. Divestment of a globally demanded resource is silly and nothing similar to South Africa under Apartheid.

  • @UnhingedBecauseLucid
    @UnhingedBecauseLucid 5 лет назад +3

    Apart from the cringeworthy hippy hipster wannabe singing, this program was appallingly naive and simplistic. The proposed "solution" solves nothing at all.

  • @b-rad7381
    @b-rad7381 4 года назад

    It is unrealistic to think oil & gas will go away immediately or entirely, but the industry is shrinking and will never be the same. It will be a process, a gradual transition to cleaner, renewable sources as the energy infrastructure is gradually overhauled, especially as technology increases and becomes cheaper.

  • @denuncimesmo2568
    @denuncimesmo2568 5 лет назад +1

    really a fantastic idea, I had some investors who lost a lot with shares of a Brazilian oil company, but it was for another reason, now they will not invest in it again, and I have others who have investments in pension funds for the Brazil, I'll do my part to co-operate with them and think about investing in clean energy funds, electric cars, congratulations to the video.

  • @madhusudhan8505
    @madhusudhan8505 Год назад

    Are they predicting and documenting this or documenting first and creating Their own prediction

  • @gullybull5568
    @gullybull5568 4 года назад

    ' the climate is changing ! the climate is changing ! ' ( Human Little. )

  • @mauriceupton1474
    @mauriceupton1474 3 года назад

    It takes hundreds of open caste mines electical power from coal and oil to make the components that go into solar panels and windmills cellphones and modern technologies..
    Government needs to take an holistic management approach to dealing with modernity technology pollution & not throw the baby out with the bathwater.

  • @donosgamingaddiction4574
    @donosgamingaddiction4574 4 года назад

    Instead of concrete flowing through our cities, let us have Solar Roadways. If every highway was replaced with Solar Roadways, we would have enough energy produced JUST in the USA alone that would power the entire world. oh.. but there's no money in that.. rriiigggghhhhhttttt! We don't even need wind power... a Solar Highway would be enough. Not only would it replace street lights, which are messy and problematic in their own right, but electric cars would actually charge themselves while moving down the highway. You would never need to charge your car at night or anytime. They would always be charged to capacity just from driving down the road.
    There are also new technologies being developed right now that are cleaner than fossil fuels but these companies and individuals that have created them, don't have the infrastructure/capital to fund them. It all boils down to money. Take money out of the equation, and we all, (we being the peoples of the world, not just one country) pull together and make it happen.
    Technologies such as Graphene will revolutionize the world, as well. It's hard to produce right now, again because of money. But if that wasn't an issue, we could, and would find a solution to produce it easily and their uses are abundant. From clothing that is extremely durable, to water filtration.
    We have technologies today that would allow our world to start moving into space, but again, it all boils down to economics. Again, take money out of the equation and then there isn't an issue. If we as a people were not motivated by greed, which equates to power, we would be much better off. Our goals and ideals would suddenly change over night.
    Instead of working a job, that you hate; because you eventually see that there is no end in sight, why not DONATE your time to a project that can revolutionize the world. I'm sure there is some kid somewhere in a third world country right now that is brilliant. But, because of our current economic model; this child will never be properly educated and never realize his or her potential. Imagine what this child could do IF he or she lived in a society that wasn't based on economics, but a society whose goals and values derive from the desire to further understanding of research to actually IMPROVE our way of life instead of making a quick buck! Most people, in my opinion pick their profession based on how much money they will earn in their lifetimes, not because it will best benefit our society as a whole! There are actually people in the world who become Doctors because they actual want to HELP someone, not because they want a fat check at the end of the month. On the other hand, there are a lot of doctors right now working in our hospitals that are ONLY there to earn a fat paycheck.... imagine if everyone was doing what they do best, not for profit as an individual, but for profit for the world. Imagine if everyone had the opportunity to learn directly from the people doing exactly what they want to do, because those people are there because they TRULY want to be there, versus someone trying to teach you something because their getting a paycheck and have to be there, but hate it!

  • @bloodonmyboot5176
    @bloodonmyboot5176 4 года назад

    These people are not a grassroots group

  • @terrybiker2625
    @terrybiker2625 4 года назад

    I watched a bit more, but saddened.

  • @nephildevil
    @nephildevil 5 лет назад

    It is just a matter of time before we will have fossil fuel free, electrical vehicle only zones in cities.
    Investors avoiding fossil fuel stocks is only logical, nobody buys into their lies and scandals anymore.
    #endfossilfeuls

  • @sjefh
    @sjefh 5 лет назад

    It's too late. There is a time lapse of 10 to 20 years between CO² emission and effect. Therefore, we will see unstoppable rise in temp in the coming 20 years up to 6 C above base line. Additional feedback loops accelerating the process. Our civilization will fall apart because of weather chaos and crop failure. After that you will be scratching for food and drinkable water. But not much later there will come relief…in a situation of chaos and anarchy, nuclear power plants will start to pop one after another…the end.

  • @davidmotyka4832
    @davidmotyka4832 5 лет назад +1

    How do you make things work without fossil fuels?

    • @allgoo1964
      @allgoo1964 5 лет назад

      David Motyka says:
      "How do you make things work without fossil fuels?"
      ==
      You have no idea what awaits at the end of the story.
      You'll be eating your own sons and daughters just to survive a few more days.
      Do you still want to keep using the fossil fuel for convenience?
      About 5 hundred years ago, the human didn't use the fossil fuel,
      Learn from them.

    • @dnoordink
      @dnoordink 5 лет назад +1

      This is the predicament of the modern world. We can't transition from fossil fuels at the moment, without billions of people dying. Modern agriculture depends on oil for most of its inputs. Unless alternatives are found to current agricultural methods, we're stuck with fossil fuels... which also doom the planet to climate change. No win?
      And allgoo19, yes hundreds of years ago we didn't use any fossil fuels, but the planet only had a couple hundred million people. So you're advocating mass genocide?

    • @nousername5673
      @nousername5673 3 года назад

      Any or all of the following: electricity, geothermal, nuclear energy, and hydrogen or CO2-neutral fuels (e.g. synthetic natural gas produced using clean energy).

  • @thinkabout288
    @thinkabout288 5 лет назад +3

    THANK YOU 👍👌 ☮

  • @10laws2liveby
    @10laws2liveby 4 года назад

    My only interest is in having a healthy planet so the creatures living on it can do so without the add dangers of our pollutants. I believe in climate change as a natural occurrence and don't know enough about the science to have an opinion as to which scientists are right in the argument. I do believe we need energy and there are many opinions as to which energy source is the best. Unfortunately, politics has a stranglehold on the issue as do radical idealist championing some politically correct position. So while we have some relatively inexpensive fairly clean and readily available energy sources I suggest we clean this damn planet up before we poison what is left and thoughtfully pursue energy sources as we go. Minus the bandwagons. Most likely get hit by an asteroid anyway.

  • @Aaron16211
    @Aaron16211 5 лет назад

    The energy market is already increasingly investing in renewables because they are now the cheapest and fastest options now for new electricity supplies. New wind in the US costs 2 cents per kilowatt online in one or two years. New solar in the US costs 3
    cents per kilowatt online in months. New offshore wind in Britain is the lowest cost option for new electricity. Australia's 100MW wind farm battery with Tesla Powerpacks is smoothing, balancing, backing up and firming the grid there faster, better and cheaper than natural gas peak plants there. In Arizona APS just bought 850MW of Telsa Powerpack grid batteries along with 100MW of new solar PV. California now has too much solar electricity and so they sell it to Arizona. I think with high insulation, thermal electric floors, home batteries, grid batteries and electric vehicles we can make use of abundant renewably powered electricity and phase out fossil fuels cost effectively.

    • @paulmcgreevy3011
      @paulmcgreevy3011 5 лет назад

      When you wake up, add in to your calculations that you need areas of very expensive land much larger than the cities you want to power for solar and wind farms and that during the night or during bad weather you get no energy and you have to provide 100% back up with fossil fuels. That’s why oil and gas and coal companies love renewables. The solar panels and wind mills use a lot of fossil fuel energy during manufacture and cause the back up power stations to run very inefficiently when they have been deployed providing extra income for them.

    • @Aaron16211
      @Aaron16211 5 лет назад

      "...Australia's 100MW wind farm battery with Tesla Powerpacks is smoothing, balancing, backing up and firming the grid there faster, better and cheaper than natural gas peak plants there. In Arizona APS just bought 850MW of Telsa Powerpack grid batteries..."

    • @teksal13
      @teksal13 5 лет назад

      @@Aaron16211 And battery efficiency is constantly improving.

  • @jackwalsh1468
    @jackwalsh1468 5 лет назад +1

    Do an unbiased documentary on the unmitigated and terminal dangers of "Global Geoengineering" and "Climate Engineering" upon everything living. Which in large part, is the single largest factor driving "Climate Change".
    This latest episode of propaganda shows only marginal effects of Hydrocarbon emissions. The overall message is, everything comes down to profit and little else.

    • @vprodocumentary
      @vprodocumentary  5 лет назад

      Hi Jack Walsh, thanks for your feedback and input!

  • @arslongavitabrebis
    @arslongavitabrebis 5 лет назад

    The green movement is a great way to keep oil cheep!

    • @hyric8927
      @hyric8927 5 лет назад

      Not just oil but coal and gas as well. Cheap fossil fuels cut into the profit margins of fossil fuel extraction. Of course, fossil fuels would have to be made cheap due to a lack of demand rather than a deluge of supply.

  • @jameshopkins155
    @jameshopkins155 5 лет назад

    😂😂😂 *Wall Street worry about Climate change **20:17** , who you kidding... i will just simply ask them... so when you guys dumping the stock market like BP OiL.*

  • @DougGrinbergs
    @DougGrinbergs 5 лет назад

    Please use English voiceovers instead of subtitles! Useless for (English) listening (:-(

    • @vprodocumentary
      @vprodocumentary  5 лет назад +2

      Hi Doug Grinbergs, thanks for your feedback. We are a Dutch broadcaster and the documentaries you watch have been produced for Dutch TV, therefore there are subtitles and there is not a voice-over version. Sorry for that!

  • @itrthho
    @itrthho 5 лет назад +1

    More of a religion.....

  • @limitlesscoker6669
    @limitlesscoker6669 5 лет назад +2

    These people don’t really understand what they’re talking about. Silly world we live in!

    • @Xenumiscagive
      @Xenumiscagive 5 лет назад

      They do, just a bunch of communist using fake climate change to get power

  • @MetalGearMk3
    @MetalGearMk3 5 лет назад +1

    nice propaganda video for man made global warming ;)

  • @wunderlichcatt4420
    @wunderlichcatt4420 5 лет назад +1

    impressed