I'm an Indian🇮🇳 as you'll know indian press is on rank of 161/180 , I believe on frontline more than any source of knowledge , it's unbiased and really appreciable, thanks frontline from bottom of my heart ❤❤❤❤
Who is the narrator? His baritone voice is superb. He talks with authority. You would believe anything he says. Yes keep him on the voice over until his end. Like a preacher he.makes us believe.
My dad (1917-2009), the middle of 5 brothers who all became engineers and worked in the Petro Industry. By the 1970's they had all quit the biz due to the corruption and pollution the industry was causing. He took me and our family all over the country to show us the damages done. He would cry and tell us what used to be there and how beautiful it was BEFORE the oil spills and rigs, on and off shore. My folks had a Chesapeake pipeline under their house, but they refused the royalty checks because it would give the industry permission to continue their deadly behavior. I'm so proud of my family for standing up for what they believed.
Extremely, extremely UNLIKELY that your story ever happened. You will have to provide more evidence for such historical, selfless, and heroic behavior (news articles, uncashed checks, recorded interviews, etc). Turning down royalty checks from an energy company would have made news headlines in the 1970's!! (however small those checks were). And even if you have evidence (which you don't) talking about it today is too little, too late, anyway. How stupid do you think the readers of these comments are?
No they need to first show the data to prove that climate change has significant enough an effect that more lives will be lost and worsened by a climate change then then the amount of lives that will be lost or worsened by a reduction in energy available, (thorium floride liquid salt reactors is the most fesable technology we could harness in the next 50 years that can generate the amonts of power required for civilisation, and is the most ethical proposal ive heard for reducing greenhouse gas emmisions ) without clear stastcal data for a clear and iminent danger of total envyromental collapse within 100 years any policy to force a cut in greanhouse gas emmisions is inmoral. (TLDR immeadiet construction of thorium nuclear reactors if were about to lose billions of lives to some catasteofic event, otherwise take a longer aproach and move to trying to make economical energy storsge and dirt cheap low maintnece solar wind hydroelectric and switching off fosil fuels when we are able to replace that energy generion with renewable and inexaustable sources)
LIERS WE HAVE MORE OIL THEN WE NO WHAT TO DO WITH DEMOCRAT PARTY ARE NUT JOBS THEY ROBBED TRUMP AND WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FJB AND HIS PARTY AND HIS FAMILY ROBBING
Somebody is paying the PBS to "report" the real story. Life isn't a ferry tale and they are not the Robinhood. Everything translates to money and power.
@生活有滋有味 It's a lie. Pollution does, however, your country is the #1 responsible for it across the world. This is your fault, stop fucking with us and fix it.
I will learn more from this one (3/3) part of the entire documentary here than any other source made available by journalists (elsewhere). PBS is the standard, clearly.
Yeah, they are standard if the product you listen to is strongly biased with liberal politics that don't work. I don't know you, but I know for sure that you voted for Biden. Your "boy" is ruining your country. Wake up and smell the destruction.
@@michaelcap9550 no don’t confuse left/liberals. Left is not neoliberal, it fights for justice and ethics on behalf of working class and those left behind by sociopaths of industry. PBS is doing great journalism IMO-presenting both sides, highlighting externalities, juxtaposing claims with facts and asking hard questions to people directly involved in the events they investigate.
Absolutely! And clearly, your grade school English teachers were held to no standard whatsoever. Please excuse me if English is a second or third language you learned outside the USA (elsewhere.) (sigh)
The fact that the Sierra Club just happily took millions from gas companies without any accountability … disgusting. Every corner of this country rots.
The Sierra club was being realistic. They knew, as we all do that coal is a disgustingly dirty fuel. Natural gas was the least of 3 evils. Still evil but it was causing much less damage than coal and/or oil. The Sierra club knows very well the gigantic structure that they would have to fight against. Without any allies in the energy industry, their crusade would be impossible.
@ellemarr. Absolutely right! Please check the record of the (supposed environmental-supporting) organizations you donate to. A lot of them (like the Sierra Club, and Greenpeace, for 2 examples) have been hijacked by money from big corporations due to their previously sterling records embracing the environment. Corporate money has taken over the boards of these environmental organizations and corrupted many of them just as it has corrupted the EPA, FDA, and other organizations whose purpose was to protect we the people, not we the corporate shareholders.
As someone living in Indian Archipelago, I'm struck hard by this documentary. That so many people want to continue with oil I've seen the effects of climate change in my own lifetime. Especially over last 20-25 years. Summers have become hotter (from 25 degree Celsius to now reaching 40), Monsoon ( Rains have reduced to less than 3 months, back in the day it was about 6-8 months). And most visible of all cyclones, we now have 2 seasons of cyclone in a single year (April- May and Nov-Dec). They are getting stronger as the years pass by. It makes me angry that big oil will continue with this not caring and keeping their supporters blind about the reality on the ground.
We all know they know the truth on climate change just look at how the government handle these corporations if it was setup like a real court and there was real consequences for there actions for lies and misinformation. These crimes on humanity would stop. The real estate mess, car companies, banking, investment companies if the ceo, scientists, staff etc were looking at min 20 yrs each for lies and misinformation it wouldn't happen.
Windmills kill massive amounts of beneficial birds that feed on insects and rodents. The decaying fiberglass blades blow microscopic fibers of glass that cause cancer in lungs
PBS- frontline makes some of the very best documentaries. The problem is that largely only the educated democratic-leaning folks in your country are watching them...the rest are watching reruns of the apprentice..
Big fat lie! The reason you think ppl like me don't watch Frontline is bcz ppl like me also don't need my fake virtue on display like the Democrats. Real ppl just go about the task but fake ppl need an audience and applause! You don't know what you're talking about! Also when the Democrat creeps interview Trump supporters, they always look for the one they think will be the least articulate and do you really think that Trump has spent the last five decades rubbing shoulders with idiots from the backwoods of Alabama? The man has kept company with super rich Democrats and Republicans all around the world he's kept company with people that are famous or Rich. If Republicans really wanted to fight back they would start interviewing the real Trump supporters but most people in that camp are not interested in the applause of strangers their interested in completing the task at hand which is reading this Govt of the godless lawless Dems in as much is possible. I would venture to say that you could interview 10,000 Trump supporters and not one of them has ever seen an episode of The apprentice. Your comment exposes your liberal virtue signaling.
I'm probably too old, but I hope my son will live to see the day; when these CEO's and Politicians, willing to sacrifice the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants to satisfy their greed, will be held accountable.
You know people can stop over consuming, going on trips, etc....those CEO's and politicians are just scapegoats. Why would any thing change if nobody wants to sacrifice there lifestyle.
@Beeraltar hate to tell you but we all have to drive to work just as you do. I would make a bet that the greatest consumption of fossil fuels during transportation is not at trips longer then the average commute distance .
It's never going to happen because these CEO's get $100 million plus retirement parachutes and can build their own secure bunkers where they and their own can live safely and securely inside climate-controlled environments while the world they created goes to hell.
Yes. With all due respect. This reporting is coming from a certain view of the workings of the world. Although it is well put together, I disagree with their view completely. If I believe only in their , we are all doomed. With God's perfect plan in effect, we have Eternal Hope in Jesus. The best Friend that we will ever have. Shalom
hard to trust any media these days. it seems as theres always a deep rooted bias or group pushing their view from a distance. years ago, i enjoyed media n statistical news not involved n agendas
@@leoncardinal2035 If you disagree with the view presented here, then you disagree with reality, facts, and science. In other words, you are delusional and purposefully ignorant.
@生活有滋有味 The climate war story has brain washed everyone. Ask yourself: does the world need less carbon or less billionaires flying jets and launching space shuttles? They create all the emissions, not everyone else. One space shuttle launch emits more CO2 than will the poorest billion people n their life times. Its hypocrisy to the 100th power!
What do you mean "good solutions"? If you're speaking technically, we have had those solutions for at least the last 30 years. Wind, solar, geothermal, hydro-electric. If you mean political solutions, then they just spent 3 hours explaining why we don't have any political solutions. The billions of dollars that would have gone towards a clean energy agenda that were in the Build Back Better agenda are never going to happen. Republicans will likely take the house and senate, and there is a very good chance republicans will win the presidency in 2024. Without government policy to back a drastic change to clean energy we are cooked. Addressing climate change to avoid catastrophe has failed.
Coz there are none to be honest atleast for us. Investment on public transit based on electricity would be one but car culture of this nation wont accept that
@@sumitshresth That is not true at all. There are abundant solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but oil and gas interests won't allow any of it.
Sumit Shrestha, You have to produce the electricity before you can use it. This is done using natural gas (38%), coal (23%), nuclear (20%), other renewables (11%), and hydro (7%). Even the "biofuel" scam is just cutting and burning trees for the most part. The "green" alternatives create more destruction of the environment and pollution to build and maintain than most of the current methods do.
I think this series is excellent, but am sure this would be illegal content in Florida.Yet another indication of the reach of the fossil fuel industry.@@carynmartin6053
When Mr. Lyman will no longer narrate these and other documentaries, it will be difficult to find someone that would even come close to his pleasant voice. Others that are gone: Peter Coyote, Richard Kiley, Peter Ustinov Hal Holbrook etc... but none can close to his voice! He will be sorely missed!
Yes, of course. Multibillion dollar transnational oil corporations HQed in the USA should have no power. No one has ever thought of that before. That is a great solution - how do you get us there?
“If they found out that there was a problem, they’d have to do something about it “ - when they realize they can’t eat or drink money they’ll do something about it, but it’ll be far too late.
I saw books discussing the changing climate in 1987. These books were government studies involving industry military and all power players in the country. All were making changes accordingly. The book had been among a judges collection and came to me when he retired. I have often laughed at the misinformation pumped out by the oil and gas industry. I'm not laughing anymore. ✌️
If the amount of natural gas leakage during production, transportation and use exceeds ~4%, it produces more greenhouse gases than either coal or oil burning. Actual measured leakage rates are FAR higher than this for most of our gas production. Methane should not be considered a safe transition fuel and it is doing severe damage. Burning methane doesn't have the toxic ash, heavy metals such as mercury and particulate emissions that coal does so I guess that's something.
Thanks you Frontline for amazing information and always getting the truth out there. The. GREED THE GREED OVER HUMAN LIFE GOD BLESS YOU FRONTLINE 🙏 N GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸
This boom happened in my town of Central PA now looking at Google earth over the Waterville Pine creek area all you can see are little squares where they fracked they destroyed a lot of state game land and now the area is poor again they came in took what they wanted and when they left if you weren't willing to travel with them you were out of a job😖
@@om-nj2hw yea it was amazing the amount of greed that took place people buying up land hoping to get a gas lease and royalties the big Texans with there motor homes moved in gas company's bought up houses and converted them to dorms rented out whole floors in the hotels they were throwing money around left and right I remember thinking 19 dollars an hour to sit up on site and count water trucks was a lot of money the problem is when they left the rent didn't drop its still 1200 to 2000 in some places where most jobs are 9.50 to 10 bucks and the minimum wage is 7.25hr Pennsylvania hasn't had a minimum wage increase since the 80s or 90s the media never talked about that!
US companies through the 20th century committed this same act of economic imperialism all around the world, sticking to one foreign area and sucking it dry for profit back home and local populations/economies/environments be damned. in the 21st century there are no more corners of the globe to exploit easily for profit so now these big companies are forced to imperialize US soil to keep up the same level of profits. this is what late stage capitalism truly is, the decision to cannibalize their home nation's land and people to keep the same distorted historical profit margins.
@@andythunders1049 that is funny because i didn't grow up red my family was democratic and the past few govenors have been democratic but a lot of people in the area supported Trump not a lot like Obama and it was Obama who gave the greenlight in 2008 to start drilling
That would mean admitting you were irresponsible and believed everything you were told, and/or you are stupid, or were duped beause you did not investigate these issues yourself and make your own informed decisions. Who is going to do that?
Never underestimate the power of a person with a pitcher of kool-aid. There is never a shortage of people anxious to guzzle it down, even if it kills them.
As usual : I latched on to one of your documentaries and wouldn’t let go. I feel more knowledgeable and informed on the documentary’s subject. Again, great narration by Will Lyman.
I believe in the first part of this documentary Richard Nixon signed the creation of the new EPA, which I knew he did, but what I didn't know (that was revealed in prior episode) was that he turned around and vetoed it! Then, for the first, and only time in history, Congress unanimously overruled his veto! At one time our government did have a moral compass.
One thing not discussed in this coverage is the multiple polluting points of the fuel industry. i.e. production of plastics and their promotion of its ability to be recycled, which is a falsehood. Most plastics are not able to be recycled or no method has been found to reuse them. Not to mention the polluting effects on most aspects of our environment -- earth, air, water, animals, and ourselves.
That's a good point. But these problems are so immense that just getting the energy companies to admit that climate change is real and caused by their emissions has been nearly impossible. Try getting the same companies to admit their responsibility for plastic pollution? That is another battle that there is insufficient public willingness and resources to prosecute--too many jobs rely on it. Winning the role of fossil burning on climate change took 40 years to accomplish.
And....Will Lyman's narration was spot on again! It would be so much tougher to not get sick with disgust if someone else were narrating it. (To the few Lyman/narrator haters, just keep on scrolling by! Nothing to see here).
Me being 49, I remember as a kid, that I could stay outside all day in the summer without being COOKED within the first 8 minutes of stepping outside and riding my bike.
And having actual snow in the winter. (I'm in Maine). Ticks are wiping out the moose because there's not enough of a winter to kill them off, and people here are still in denial.
@@leomartin1903 well then, much respect! Lemme know if ya need any bicycle parts. We have a few boxes of old mountain and road equipment over ;here. Stay safe and healthy, brother!
You shouldn’t be subsidizing an industry. It’s good to give research credits or let’s companies expense it but to waste money on tech that may or may not work is bad. Think of it. If solar panels last twenty years that’s not very green. How many years does it take to offset the energy and pollution that went into making the solar panel? Solar and wind has become more affordable yes because the last decade fossil fuels hasn’t been sky high. Bottom line if global warming is an existential threat you should support nuclear and even Obama didn’t. Everyone is a hypocrite hating nuclear but thinking solar and wind is the future when they don’t look at the energy that goes j to those things or the pollution generated. Electric cars support tons of pollution and open pit mines that maybe just as bad as fossil fuel.
@@koltoncrane3099 I know it might have been before you were born, but it was a consumer tax credit. You can call that a subsidy but if you are thinking we don't subsidize fossil fuel industries you are fooling yourself. That credit was not just solar, it was many qualifying renewable energy sources. And I agree that nuclear has taken some bad publicity. Probably shouldn't build plants on faults or in earthquake zones and we do need to find a way to get rid of spent materials. That mountain in Wyoming is gonna fill up someday.😉
@@johnmonrow9981 There's the side of the story that provides scientific facts, and the side that provides fossil-fuel-funded bullshit. Which side are you on?
@@DirtFlyer What about all the scientific fraud in the climate side? Or the activist bias? And why are all the studies that dis-agree with your side bullshit?
There simply isn't enough bipartisan political will particularly in the US to do anything really serious about climate change that won't be reversed with the next administration. The oil industry has already won that war, and the right-wing media ecosystem perpetuates that dominance. We need to invest in new technologies to handle a country with a lot scarcer water supplies and increasing aridification, particularly in the west. Infrastructure bills need funding to go to vulnerable cities along the coasts to build bigger levees to try and handle increasing storm surges and generally rising sea levels. On the plus side, Alaska by the end of the century is going to become prime agricultural land for the US. Russia is also going to be a major beneficiary of climate change with their climate becoming more temperate like the US has enjoyed through most of it's history.
@@aeroripper Unfortunately, i believe you are right. History will remember them as very foolish. I think there will eventually be a migration out of the areas most harshly affected. Some parts of the US will become very crowded. I will be moving soon.
I wish I could get an explanation of how the us government subsidies the oil and gas industry. I have heard that the tech from fracking could be used for hydrothermal electrical generation. Also, hydrostor is a company that use technology from the gas industry to store energy from renewables.
That’s basically like saying alcohol is lucrative for an alcoholic….literally. It’s called addiction corruption and willful crime. I can’t even remember how many organizations were protesting Exxon and Shell when Bernie first ran in 2016, fossil fuel corporations have given us the Anthropocene and they will pay.
funny how senate hearings on big oil and big social media all look the same and have the same outcomes... nothing that protects our grandkids and their kids.
For whatever reason, I just feel like this video only having 1M views says a lot about how much climate change comes into most people's minds. Climate change being such an important topic, one would think there would be so many more views. How does the average layman get their educational information on climate change, how often do they get it, and how does it influence their behaviors?
The worst thing is people watch theses documentaries and are aware of the destruction currently happening, but we just go about our daily lives and mind our business.
@@BruteStrength99 literally anything? Buy less crap so it’s not being shipped around and filling dumps. Driving less would be good too but the main thing would be to get pissed off and force the “political will”, we vote them in, let’s vote them out! Email them, write them, PROTEST them… Hell, make a sign and start picketing the courthouse of your town. And be loud! Don’t let your neighbor get away with being a climate denier, tell them what’s up and tell them they’re dumb! At this point I doubt there’s any chance that we don’t suffer A LOT from climate change, its already making things harder and it’s just getting started! But if we continue to let these fiends destroy our world, or our world is going to destroy us.
man I remember in 08 when they were doing that in my sm,all town , all the trucks running the small roads pipes everywhere and they ruined all the small winding roads but lots of farmers became rich overnight
@@angelochecklight6916 what about them? What make you so sure Anthony bha has “used oil or gas”? And what does that mean? It’s not a drug, we rarely say “time to go use some gas!” Even when I directly “use gas” it’s by driving my car, heating my house etc, sand with oil, it’s just plastic which we are surrounded by it! Not so much by choice, it’s indirect use, we want to use our car or want a bite of food, but to travel or eat we “use gas and oil” At the same time, MY use is creating pollution, many different kinds of pollution that go affect others, they may not have an association with petrochemicals. I’m not sure who deserves to get sick or be affected negatively by this stuff. It’s really not about blame or who will pay… if we’re alive now, we are paying for the problem, and probably contributing to it as well. We need to stop contributing and start paying up as fast as we can!
What about the oil fueled ambulance that brought you to the hospital, the fuel that provides heat and light to the hospital, and the huge embedded energy tied up in the development and production of pharmaceutical drugs? People are quick to point out possible harms of certain energy sources, but they totally ignore the massive increase in the standard of living and quality of life that the energy makes possible.
There are some widely promoted, very popular, voices that are completely absent in this episode. And frankly, I'm very, very pleased. As for those on the opposite extreme, such as Pruitt, I say give them plenty of rope, as they make fools of themselves.
The release of so much methane even before the disaster of fracking is staggering. Methane's lesser dissipation time is irrelevant; it's not only around long enough, but coupled with the self-perpetuating cycle of increasing climate chaos, we've already lost the battle thanks to big-pig oil. We have to change and adapt to a new hothouse world, or perish.
Don’t most solar farms have a gas line running to them. Everyday Americans vote with there dollars, the food we eat-natural gas for the fertilizer, the field workers no longer surfs, but machines that spit out c02. The rich persons green energy, solar panels that require intense industrial process with coal in China, than ship them across the Ocean. No one has put more into solar and wind then Germany, they are pushing to get natural gas labeled as renewable energy, they currently run coal plants to make up for the renewable failures they suffer from. Their greenest electricity is the nuclear electric they buy from France. The king of carbon, John Kerry, the Queen, Ann Kaldacot, their campaign to kill next generation fission nuclear and nuclear in general is why we are where we are.
@@camonty1 The solar flux in Germany is so low that not only does solar not make economic sense, it actually doesn't achieve carbon breakeven which means it exacerbates the carbon situation. In reality, we have nothing to be ashamed of. Climate related deaths have declined 99% in the past 100 years, in spite of increasing population. And the reduction is made possible by the energy which facilitates the massive infrastructure that insulates humans from a naturally hostile climate. The Greens coincidentally oppose large scale hydroelectricity projects and nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is the only non-site-specific form of reliable and cheap energy that could power industrial civilization.
There are up to 1500 gigatons of methane stored in the Arctic which will be released when it gets just a little warmer up there. This has already started per satellite measurements. An addition of just one gigaton of methane to the atmosphere doubles the human contribution of greenhouse gasses. And much more than that will be released soon. Very soon.
This is the direct result of NOT accepting climate change at a time when the warming would have stopped before the drastic melting that is causing the leaks in the Arctic.
@@truthhurtsdontit yea that would be cute, not very practical. Unless you have some bright idea? Doubtful. At least you didn’t say “since it’s happening anyways, why even worry about it” 👍
@@truthhurtsdontit Yea right....if we capture all that methane we could all be billionaires! Or we could mine the comet of precious minerals that is barreling towards us!
I'm no environmentalist or am I a part of the industry. However, what i do poses is a mind that's always on the go. Now my question to those in the know is, wouldn't the solution to recapturing most of the co2's we release back into the atmosphere be to simply replant more trees? nature has always provided us with everything we need. The huja Green Giant is an evergreen tree that can grow in Zones 5 to 9 at a rate of 3 to 5 feet per year. After three years it can reach 15 to 20 feet and at its mature height, it stands at 30 to 40 feet fall. It's obvious that we cannot totally get away from fossil fuel energy but what we can do is is to trap most of the co2's we have released. Can this even be done though?
Learned a lot with this series. The biggest problem for trying to find a workable solution is that the whole discussion has been politicized. The folks trying to get things done about climate change have practically depended on politicians to win people over and that's never going to work. The pain of getting off fossil fuels is being pushed completely onto the consumer and that's never going to work. When I started looking into going solar, the government has it set up where I can only do this if I'm going to feed back into their power supply and still have to pay their power supply company money every month. On top of what the solar array and storage is going to cost me. The government wants the regular person to tough it up and just eat the added expense of getting off fossil fuels while they don't have to change anything? no thanks. But they simply will not allow me to use the Sun to generate my power unless they're somehow getting a cut on it, beyond the cut they get in sales tax when I buy the stuff. It's a complicated to understand problem due to all this misinformation, but again, without getting the average person to understand it, you'll never get going in the direction to make anything better. As long as you're depending on the government to force it on people, it's just not ever going to happen. People need to feel like they're doing it because they want to, not because they're being made to.
I've been saying for a few years now that it's all going to come down to technology. Fossil fuels will stop being the #1 energy source when we have something better to take its place. Private research and development is going to make that happen, not legislation and taxation. Though government is more than welcome to help foot the bill for R&D, which is much cheaper than taxation and subsidies. We are already doing a ton of research and are just a few breakthroughs away from better energy supplies. I agree that politicization has become the biggest problem. And the left's insistence that the government be the one to mandate changes. And, for me at least, the constant cries of DOOOOOOM!! by the left completely erode the credibility of anything else they say. If they could just say "This is an issue and we're going to take a slow approach to evolving our energy systems while causing minimal harm to the economic well-being of average people", they'd have had me on-board 100% from the beginning. After all, it was Margaret Thatcher who originally sounded the horn on global warming in the 90s. Better energy sources and carbon capture technology will resolve these issues in 50 years or less. There is absolutely zero reason to act like we're going extinct before 2030.
One of my favorites!! Dark Waters is good too... based on the true story about DuPont and all the PFAS they put into the ground even though they knew it would kill people.
If we think the wars over oil have been rough then just wait until we are fighting wars over access to drinking water. We as a species is taking the easy way out and I fear we will pay the cost in the long term.
Here’s the problem with renewable energy. The power companies won’t buy alternative energy produced by a new technology because they’ll go broke and it’s impossible to sell it without having access to their power distribution infrastructure. Without a monopoly on generation electrical companies are pretty much bankrupt.
It is not. Maybe in the 'save the earth' book. You have been lied to. The earth is doomed and so are all men. You have only one chance to get it right: Jesus died for you because of Our Father's Infinite Love for every last one of us. He is The Way, The Truth and The Life. Shalom
These criminal should be locked up. Solar on every roof, wind turbines wherever possible, and of most importance, battery storage. These are the things we need to do.
Solar and batteries requires strip mining for nickel, lithium and other metal. Most panels are built in China using coal fired power to produce. Wind turbines can effect bird populations and sea life when pounding piles into the ocean floor. Fish are driven away. Nothing is perfect. Nuclear power is probably the best way to go. With more modern designs, it can be safer. But it will never happen because it gets a bad rap. Nukes don't give people the warm and fuzzies like solar does.
Thank you!! Please keep these type of videos comming!! I am absolutely thrilled with the videos! If this country is going to survive what is taking place on all fronts...we absolutely need this information in order to make informed decisions. I fact check what ever I watch, what I read, and I hear. You do an EXCELLENT job! Once again, THANK YOU!
Has the fossil fuel industry been so successful at impeding necessary change in part because the most efficient and fair policy option is not mentioned in news reports? IF we charge a high fee to industries when they extract natural resources, emit pollution or destroy wildlife habitat, all economic actors will strive to *reduce* harmful impacts. If fee proceeds are shared equally to all people (or all adults), the policy will be fair. It will benefit those who are least well-off. Why do news reports not name systemic flaws and systemic solutions? [Systemic flaws include dishonest prices (externalities) and our failure to share (a monetary representation of) natural wealth.]
BOTH SIDES IT'S NATURE AND OUR ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE IF YOU STOP AND THINK OUR OIL AND GAS IS GLOBAL SO IF THAT'S THE CASE WE ARE GETTING NATIONWIDE POLLUTIONS THAT'S BURNING UP TOWARDS THE SUN. BECAUSE ALL IN REALITY NOW MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD A ELECTRIC CARS. BUT THE RICH PEOPLE. SO WE JUST ASSUME KEEPING THE GAS & OIL WE HAVE BEEN HAVING FOR YEARS.
Biden's son on the board of Burisma Afghanistan and an abandoned $80 billion of weapons under daddy Joe Biden, soon to be a major petrol and gas supplier to Europe through Ukraine. Revisit this comment in 10 years
@@milky_joh6281 Donald Trump kills and eat babies with former alive jeffrey epstein and spent 100 trillion of making a factory to hunt down children in the jungle
Did they discuss in any of these series how many products have oil and gas? If not, I think that would be a good one to educate people. You can also look online or in RUclips.
Or that only 9% of plastics are recycled? And that those recycled plastics require 'virgin' plastic to be added to it to make strong enough? A war on packaging needs to occur. And plastic consumer products.
Yes, oil and gas are very useful... even if they are burned. But we cannot keep burning them without wrecking the planet even more than we already have. Thank goodness there are good alternatives (we haven't bought gas since 2016 and our EV is a superior product to a gas or diesel vehicle. oh wait, we have two now).
"We're not going to solve the Big Oil problem unless we solve the Misinformation problem." Not just about Big Oil, either. Turns out, planet habitability AND democracy are both being assaulted by Misinformation. Then, there's that thing people have about Power.
About a year ago I watched a video about making motors more energy efficient, for consumer use. It said that motors in frigerators, air conditioning unit, washers, dryers, pumps and fans used a good portion of our energy. If the commercial grade technology were economical enough to be used in consumer products, it could cut or energy use by 1/3.
But as usual, the big corps lobbyists are always purchasing the lawmakers and politicians who have their best interests at heart, not the planet's or the population's best interests
@@carynmartin6053 I would normally agree, though I think some of this is down to the individual companies. Greed gets in the way. I can understand wanting to keep the lights on and pay the employees a fair wage, but then people want to put their company on the stock market.
What is clearly not understood is how fraaking increases the possibilities of earthquakes & groundwater toxicity,due to the emulsifiers pumped into the appropriate geologic strata to extract said oil & natural gas.
@@eagledice2008 And here in California Trump approved over 200 fraaking wells ON PUBLIC LAND,& when Biden took control just rubber stamped those leases-APPROVED,right over the San Andreas fault...geniuses at work.
I am a resident of the United States, and I have to say that most of the industries out there are guilty of one type of pollution or another. Stop pointing the finger at everybody else, and get your own industry in order with detection devices and ways to combat the problems, even if it cost you a little extra money. Trying to hide the omissions from the public is going to cause people to rebel against you in the long run when they find out the truth. Philip Morris did research on cigarette smoking, knew the answers to the questions long before cancer was proven in the public eye, and got fined for it and yet they still say they didn’t do anything wrong. How many people died because of their lies and how many more have to die because of other industries lies. If you want the faith of the American people, then you have to do somethings that keeps your industry regulated and clean because if you don’t then at some point, an alternative is going to be developed and you guys are gonna be stuck and your workers are gonna be out of work because you failed to follow the trends. Your research has been done. All you have to do is institute the upgrades , I know it’s expensive but in the long run it would help your industry. Be better!
This whole series has made me so upset. They've known about and in the same breath denied climate change since before i was born. Now, because of the neglect and misinformation done by the people in power, I might die from a heat stroke in 20 years because the earth will be nearly unsurvivable. We needed degrow in the 80s, now we need to do even more than that. To see that we STILL have not moved away from it is unbelievable and so shameful. These rich people have no shame and no collective responsibility to the human race. They're literally working against their own physical interest.
I'm an Indian🇮🇳 as you'll know indian press is on rank of 161/180 , I believe on frontline more than any source of knowledge , it's unbiased and really appreciable, thanks frontline from bottom of my heart ❤❤❤❤
The fact that we get free documentaries on RUclips by FRONTLINE is truly a gift. 👍👍👍
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I have the same thought all the time.
Free? Lol. PBS is funded primarily by the US govt (aka the American people) and private donors.
I Absolutely Agree with
@Chishio Chishio When all else fails...."You're all Commie Pinko Socialist Sheep!"
Right? RIGHT??!!
Watching PBS Frontline documentaries is more educating and entertaining than school. Also, please keep this narrator.
Will Lyman is a PBS narration legend.
You said it, this dude for Frontline is like Steve Perry was for Journey lmao
except the Boeing scandal episode. sugar coated.
Who is the narrator? His baritone voice is superb. He talks with authority. You would believe anything he says. Yes keep him on the voice over until his end. Like a preacher he.makes us believe.
dont be naive this is propaganda
My dad (1917-2009), the middle of 5 brothers who all became engineers and worked in the Petro Industry. By the 1970's they had all quit the biz due to the corruption and pollution the industry was causing. He took me and our family all over the country to show us the damages done. He would cry and tell us what used to be there and how beautiful it was BEFORE the oil spills and rigs, on and off shore. My folks had a Chesapeake pipeline under their house, but they refused the royalty checks because it would give the industry permission to continue their deadly behavior. I'm so proud of my family for standing up for what they believed.
to be wealthy u have to ruthlessly exploit vulnerable pple and this planet's resources, hard fact.
Liar.
Oh, you poor thing. 😢
Standing up for GARBAGE
Extremely, extremely UNLIKELY that your story ever happened. You will have to provide more evidence for such historical, selfless, and heroic behavior (news articles, uncashed checks, recorded interviews, etc). Turning down royalty checks from an energy company would have made news headlines in the 1970's!! (however small those checks were). And even if you have evidence (which you don't) talking about it today is too little, too late, anyway. How stupid do you think the readers of these comments are?
PBS and Frontline is a powerhouse of quality, credible journalism in an era where we need journalism we can trust.
And this isn't it .
@@codyfezatte5130 Any specifics? Or do you work for big oil?
Your check's in the mail MF!
No they need to first show the data to prove that climate change has significant enough an effect that more lives will be lost and worsened by a climate change then then the amount of lives that will be lost or worsened by a reduction in energy available, (thorium floride liquid salt reactors is the most fesable technology we could harness in the next 50 years that can generate the amonts of power required for civilisation, and is the most ethical proposal ive heard for reducing greenhouse gas emmisions ) without clear stastcal data for a clear and iminent danger of total envyromental collapse within 100 years any policy to force a cut in greanhouse gas emmisions is inmoral. (TLDR immeadiet construction of thorium nuclear reactors if were about to lose billions of lives to some catasteofic event, otherwise take a longer aproach and move to trying to make economical energy storsge and dirt cheap low maintnece solar wind hydroelectric and switching off fosil fuels when we are able to replace that energy generion with renewable and inexaustable sources)
Their just one sided. I’m not saying what they are talking about is true! But there’s more too be told!,,,
Frontline is a national treasure. Knowledge is power.
HAHAHA!!! scottybee33 you said a mouthful right there, brother. Power, brother!
Oh what luck! You are a winner of some valuable prize(s.) Sooo jealous...
I always used to dump used motor oil in the ally way drain behind my house at night time.
@@todddennehy804 fool you need to sit down when your trying to stand up for yourself!
Nothing changes.
PBS frontline produces easily the best documentaries anywhere! Journalism at it's very best! Thank you for this amazing public service!
also check out DW English documentaries on RUclips
LIERS WE HAVE MORE OIL THEN WE NO WHAT TO DO WITH DEMOCRAT PARTY ARE NUT JOBS THEY ROBBED TRUMP AND WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FJB AND HIS PARTY AND HIS FAMILY ROBBING
Somebody is paying the PBS to "report" the real story. Life isn't a ferry tale and they are not the Robinhood. Everything translates to money and power.
@@techcafe0 Global warming is a debunked hoax.
@生活有滋有味
It's a lie.
Pollution does, however, your country is the #1 responsible for it across the world.
This is your fault, stop fucking with us and fix it.
I will learn more from this one (3/3) part of the entire documentary here than any other source made available by journalists (elsewhere).
PBS is the standard, clearly.
Yeah, they are standard if the product you listen to is strongly biased with liberal politics that don't work. I don't know you, but I know for sure that you voted for Biden. Your "boy" is ruining your country. Wake up and smell the destruction.
The standard on presenting the Left's view only, unfortunately.
@@michaelcap9550 no don’t confuse left/liberals. Left is not neoliberal, it fights for justice and ethics on behalf of working class and those left behind by sociopaths of industry.
PBS is doing great journalism IMO-presenting both sides, highlighting externalities, juxtaposing claims with facts and asking hard questions to people directly involved in the events they investigate.
I never 👎 gas ⛽️
Absolutely! And clearly, your grade school English teachers were held to no standard whatsoever. Please excuse me if English is a second or third language you learned outside the USA (elsewhere.) (sigh)
Interesting quote from the beginning of the PBS documentary: "We won't solve the climate crisis until we solve the misinformation crisis."
which basically described Trump's term in office
@@jeffsmith5196 "Clean coal" says the Orange Man who also likes to say : " Nobody knows about ..... better than Me"
Start with locking down the internet, wikipedia, and scrutinizing it all before opening the gates again... Then passports to use it
Barracks don’t know that much i school
PBS and Frontline to main contributors .
This is the best documentary series/investigative reporting I have ever seen, and I watch a LOT of documentaries.
The fact that the Sierra Club just happily took millions from gas companies without any accountability … disgusting. Every corner of this country rots.
100% correct, it's very disappointing to say the least. The greed is sickening.
considering the long heritage the Sierra club had with preservation this makes me sick
The Sierra club was being realistic. They knew, as we all do that coal is a disgustingly dirty fuel. Natural gas was the least of 3 evils. Still evil but it was causing much less damage than coal and/or oil. The Sierra club knows very well the gigantic structure that they would have to fight against. Without any allies in the energy industry, their crusade would be impossible.
All of these anti-nuclear groups are taking money from the natural gas lobbies, sometimes even the Russian government! 😂
@ellemarr. Absolutely right! Please check the record of the (supposed environmental-supporting) organizations you donate to. A lot of them (like the Sierra Club, and Greenpeace, for 2 examples) have been hijacked by money from big corporations due to their previously sterling records embracing the environment. Corporate money has taken over the boards of these environmental organizations and corrupted many of them just as it has corrupted the EPA, FDA, and other organizations whose purpose was to protect we the people, not we the corporate shareholders.
I hope they're planning for part 4. Thanks for posting.
As someone living in Indian Archipelago, I'm struck hard by this documentary. That so many people want to continue with oil
I've seen the effects of climate change in my own lifetime. Especially over last 20-25 years. Summers have become hotter (from 25 degree Celsius to now reaching 40), Monsoon ( Rains have reduced to less than 3 months, back in the day it was about 6-8 months).
And most visible of all cyclones, we now have 2 seasons of cyclone in a single year (April- May and Nov-Dec). They are getting stronger as the years pass by.
It makes me angry that big oil will continue with this not caring and keeping their supporters blind about the reality on the ground.
We all know they know the truth on climate change just look at how the government handle these corporations if it was setup like a real court and there was real consequences for there actions for lies and misinformation. These crimes on humanity would stop.
The real estate mess, car companies, banking, investment companies if the ceo, scientists, staff etc were looking at min 20 yrs each for lies and misinformation it wouldn't happen.
@harish n -
As things stand, your Indian archipelago, will soon disappear under water.
Drill baby drill
This three part series was just amazing, great story telling and getting us inside in dirty oil industry
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair
I always thought that quote was from Adam Smith. Regardless, brilliant but sadly accurate throughout history.
@@teamtoken ono
Windmills kill massive amounts of beneficial birds that feed on insects and rodents. The decaying fiberglass blades blow microscopic fibers of glass that cause cancer in lungs
"if you drink the Kool Aid everything will be beautiful" Rev. Jim Jones
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PBS- frontline makes some of the very best documentaries. The problem is that largely only the educated democratic-leaning folks in your country are watching them...the rest are watching reruns of the apprentice..
Or fox news 😑
The "educated democrats" are watching while drinking kool-aid with their tin hats on.
not so sure about that. I certainly wouldn't consider myself a democrat. But then again, I don't think in binary red / blue or right / left
Big fat lie! The reason you think ppl like me don't watch Frontline is bcz ppl like me also don't need my fake virtue on display like the Democrats. Real ppl just go about the task but fake ppl need an audience and applause! You don't know what you're talking about! Also when the Democrat creeps interview Trump supporters, they always look for the one they think will be the least articulate and do you really think that Trump has spent the last five decades rubbing shoulders with idiots from the backwoods of Alabama? The man has kept company with super rich Democrats and Republicans all around the world he's kept company with people that are famous or Rich. If Republicans really wanted to fight back they would start interviewing the real Trump supporters but most people in that camp are not interested in the applause of strangers their interested in completing the task at hand which is reading this Govt of the godless lawless Dems in as much is possible. I would venture to say that you could interview 10,000 Trump supporters and not one of them has ever seen an episode of The apprentice. Your comment exposes your liberal virtue signaling.
I'm probably too old, but I hope my son will live to see the day; when these CEO's and Politicians, willing to sacrifice the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants to satisfy their greed, will be held accountable.
may he live long enough to see all the murderers of planet earth sent on a loooong trip to space.
You know people can stop over consuming, going on trips, etc....those CEO's and politicians are just scapegoats. Why would any thing change if nobody wants to sacrifice there lifestyle.
@Beeraltar hate to tell you but we all have to drive to work just as you do.
I would make a bet that the greatest consumption of fossil fuels during transportation is not at trips longer then the average commute distance .
It's never going to happen because these CEO's get $100 million plus retirement parachutes and can build their own secure bunkers where they and their own can live safely and securely inside climate-controlled environments while the world they created goes to hell.
Thank you PBS for your informative journalism and unwavering integrity.
Yes. With all due respect. This reporting is coming from a certain view of the workings of the world. Although it is well put together, I disagree with their view completely. If I believe only in their , we are all doomed. With God's perfect plan in effect, we have Eternal Hope in Jesus. The best Friend that we will ever have. Shalom
hard to trust any media these days. it seems as theres always a deep rooted bias or group pushing their view from a distance. years ago, i enjoyed media n statistical news not involved n agendas
@@leoncardinal2035 If you disagree with the view presented here, then you disagree with reality, facts, and science. In other words, you are delusional and purposefully ignorant.
@生活有滋有味 got to love oil, gas, diesel, the sweet smell of it n the morning.....
@生活有滋有味 The climate war story has brain washed everyone. Ask yourself: does the world need less carbon or less billionaires flying jets and launching space shuttles? They create all the emissions, not everyone else. One space shuttle launch emits more CO2 than will the poorest billion people n their life times. Its hypocrisy to the 100th power!
I wish there was a forth episode that focused on good solutions we can start advocating for.
What do you mean "good solutions"? If you're speaking technically, we have had those solutions for at least the last 30 years. Wind, solar, geothermal, hydro-electric. If you mean political solutions, then they just spent 3 hours explaining why we don't have any political solutions. The billions of dollars that would have gone towards a clean energy agenda that were in the Build Back Better agenda are never going to happen. Republicans will likely take the house and senate, and there is a very good chance republicans will win the presidency in 2024. Without government policy to back a drastic change to clean energy we are cooked. Addressing climate change to avoid catastrophe has failed.
Coz there are none to be honest atleast for us. Investment on public transit based on electricity would be one but car culture of this nation wont accept that
@@sumitshresth That is not true at all. There are abundant solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but oil and gas interests won't allow any of it.
No talk ever of the 7 billion elephants in the room. Overpopulation is our biggest antagonist of climate change.
Sumit Shrestha, You have to produce the electricity before you can use it. This is done using natural gas (38%), coal (23%), nuclear (20%), other renewables (11%), and hydro (7%).
Even the "biofuel" scam is just cutting and burning trees for the most part. The "green" alternatives create more destruction of the environment and pollution to build and maintain than most of the current methods do.
Thank you for journalism that makes democracy possible ❤️
where do you see democracy?
@@scientifico I was wondering that myself.
@@scientifico in the usa, western europe, and asia
@@scientifico and the people who still care
Thank you Frontline and PBS for continued incredible real journalism 👏 best in the business!
Oh My Gosh! You're so welcome, GoldfishOrgasm!
I like the way you say GoldfishOrgasm.
FYI - The G is capitalized because it's a person's name
Y.deque.año.es.este.video.de.documental.que.no.tiene.fecha.que.bueno..con.presidente.obama.y.esposa.me.paresebien.pero.el.no.sea.lanzado.para.presidente.para.estos.tiempos.de.20.24.
@@mattrasmussen3232 exactly 😅 can't believe my name still showed that as my name. I thought I changed it to CaptainRedbeard
“You will observe with concern how long a useful truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally received and practiced on.”
- Benjamin Franklin
This is a "survival" truth and it still doesn't get through.....
☝️ These 👍
This 3-part series is amazing... Everyone should watch it... Everyone.
It would be a great edition to any high school history class!
@@carynmartin6053 Agreed!
I think this series is excellent, but am sure this would be illegal content in Florida.Yet another indication of the reach of the fossil fuel industry.@@carynmartin6053
Great job Sharon, these people need to know they're being watched. 😊🌻
My mom's name is Sharon. She says thank you Kate.
Fossil fuels 🤒🤒🥵🥵
When Mr. Lyman will no longer narrate these and other documentaries, it will be difficult to find someone that would even come close to his pleasant voice.
Others that are gone: Peter Coyote, Richard Kiley, Peter Ustinov Hal Holbrook etc... but none can close to his voice! He will be sorely missed!
I always liked Morgan Freeman's smooth voice but Liev Schreiber has the perfect narrators voice
Dude… is he sick or something?
You tryin to hex him?
@@swayback7375
No he is not sick!
But, YOU are!
Stacy Keach narrates many shows on PBS.
@@michaelcap9550 Mr. American Greed?
Journalistic Integrity - again Thank you Frontline ❤️
More Koolaid Massa?
Big oil should have no power. This is part of what's wrong with America and the world at large.
Yes, of course. Multibillion dollar transnational oil corporations HQed in the USA should have no power. No one has ever thought of that before. That is a great solution - how do you get us there?
“If they found out that there was a problem, they’d have to do something about it “ - when they realize they can’t eat or drink money they’ll do something about it, but it’ll be far too late.
I saw books discussing the changing climate in 1987. These books were government studies involving industry military and all power players in the country. All were making changes accordingly. The book had been among a judges collection and came to me when he retired. I have often laughed at the misinformation pumped out by the oil and gas industry. I'm not laughing anymore. ✌️
"When the last tree has been cut, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realise that you cannot eat money"
- Indian Proverb
If the amount of natural gas leakage during production, transportation and use exceeds ~4%, it produces more greenhouse gases than either coal or oil burning. Actual measured leakage rates are FAR higher than this for most of our gas production. Methane should not be considered a safe transition fuel and it is doing severe damage. Burning methane doesn't have the toxic ash, heavy metals such as mercury and particulate emissions that coal does so I guess that's something.
How do you figure that? CO2 emission per unit of heat produced is about double for coal as it is for gas.
@@nemonooit You figure that by watching this documentary and by reading science books and science journals.
Thank you PBS for championing truth ♥️
Thanks you Frontline for amazing information and always getting the truth out there. The. GREED THE GREED OVER HUMAN LIFE GOD BLESS YOU FRONTLINE 🙏 N GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸
This boom happened in my town of Central PA now looking at Google earth over the Waterville Pine creek area all you can see are little squares where they fracked they destroyed a lot of state game land and now the area is poor again they came in took what they wanted and when they left if you weren't willing to travel with them you were out of a job😖
That needs to be in the news, Media outlets are just as much to blame
@@om-nj2hw yea it was amazing the amount of greed that took place people buying up land hoping to get a gas lease and royalties the big Texans with there motor homes moved in gas company's bought up houses and converted them to dorms rented out whole floors in the hotels they were throwing money around left and right I remember thinking 19 dollars an hour to sit up on site and count water trucks was a lot of money the problem is when they left the rent didn't drop its still 1200 to 2000 in some places where most jobs are 9.50 to 10 bucks and the minimum wage is 7.25hr Pennsylvania hasn't had a minimum wage increase since the 80s or 90s the media never talked about that!
US companies through the 20th century committed this same act of economic imperialism all around the world, sticking to one foreign area and sucking it dry for profit back home and local populations/economies/environments be damned. in the 21st century there are no more corners of the globe to exploit easily for profit so now these big companies are forced to imperialize US soil to keep up the same level of profits. this is what late stage capitalism truly is, the decision to cannibalize their home nation's land and people to keep the same distorted historical profit margins.
That’s what ya get when you live in a red state. I was born there and glad I got the hell out.
@@andythunders1049 that is funny because i didn't grow up red my family was democratic and the past few govenors have been democratic but a lot of people in the area supported Trump not a lot like Obama and it was Obama who gave the greenlight in 2008 to start drilling
its crazy how so many people i know still will argue climate change and cant admit theyve been manipulated by big companies
That would mean admitting you were irresponsible and believed everything you were told, and/or you are stupid, or were duped beause you did not investigate these issues yourself and make your own informed decisions. Who is going to do that?
Never underestimate the power of a person with a pitcher of kool-aid. There is never a shortage of people anxious to guzzle it down, even if it kills them.
@Briand Beaudin .. +1 .. A quotable quote ..
Especially the kind of Kool-Aid that comes with a ANTI-TRUMPER label on it
Say lots of tanks full of cooling water islands full cheap.K 😬
Stop drilling, Stop Polluting.
We need Clean Energy, Not Air and Water Pollution.
Save Wildlife, Save Families. Fight Climate Change 💚
As usual : I latched on to one of your documentaries and wouldn’t let go. I feel more knowledgeable and informed on the documentary’s subject.
Again, great narration by Will Lyman.
I believe in the first part of this documentary Richard Nixon signed the creation of the new EPA, which I knew he did, but what I didn't know (that was revealed in prior episode) was that he turned around and vetoed it!
Then, for the first, and only time in history, Congress unanimously overruled his veto!
At one time our government did have a moral compass.
One thing not discussed in this coverage is the multiple polluting points of the fuel industry. i.e. production of plastics and their promotion of its ability to be recycled, which is a falsehood. Most plastics are not able to be recycled or no method has been found to reuse them. Not to mention the polluting effects on most aspects of our environment -- earth, air, water, animals, and ourselves.
That's a good point. But these problems are so immense that just getting the energy companies to admit that climate change is real and caused by their emissions has been nearly impossible. Try getting the same companies to admit their responsibility for plastic pollution? That is another battle that there is insufficient public willingness and resources to prosecute--too many jobs rely on it. Winning the role of fossil burning on climate change took 40 years to accomplish.
And....Will Lyman's narration was spot on again! It would be so much tougher to not get sick with disgust if someone else were narrating it. (To the few Lyman/narrator haters, just keep on scrolling by! Nothing to see here).
The saddest part is that all the people responsible will be dead by the time there is political will to execute them
Frontline PBS has the BEST documentaries! Big thanks.
Impressive, indeed!
After watching all three parts my mindset towards climate change has changed drastically.
It's called brain washing , part of the indoctrination process .
Me being 49, I remember as a kid, that I could stay outside all day in the summer without being COOKED within the first 8 minutes of stepping outside and riding my bike.
And having actual snow in the winter. (I'm in Maine). Ticks are wiping out the moose because there's not enough of a winter to kill them off, and people here are still in denial.
If you're gonna be fine without it, might I make an offer on that barely used bicycle behind your garage?
@@todddennehy804 I would if I had a garage. I got an Apt. and MY BIKE "is" MY LIFE.
@@leomartin1903 well then, much respect! Lemme know if ya need any bicycle parts. We have a few boxes of old mountain and road equipment over ;here. Stay safe and healthy, brother!
I'm 69, and remember the same. Summers were milder and winters were harsher in the 50's and 60's. I presume because the planet was cooler.
I love PBS so informative.
Imagine if Reagan had not cancelled Jimmy Carter's "Renewable Energy Tax Credit", 1981?
Lost 40 years of science!😐
Yep if they would of just listen to Mr. Carter!!
We would of been at least 30% on renewable energies by now!!
You shouldn’t be subsidizing an industry. It’s good to give research credits or let’s companies expense it but to waste money on tech that may or may not work is bad. Think of it. If solar panels last twenty years that’s not very green. How many years does it take to offset the energy and pollution that went into making the solar panel? Solar and wind has become more affordable yes because the last decade fossil fuels hasn’t been sky high.
Bottom line if global warming is an existential threat you should support nuclear and even Obama didn’t. Everyone is a hypocrite hating nuclear but thinking solar and wind is the future when they don’t look at the energy that goes j to those things or the pollution generated. Electric cars support tons of pollution and open pit mines that maybe just as bad as fossil fuel.
@@koltoncrane3099 I know it might have been before you were born, but it was a consumer tax credit. You can call that a subsidy but if you are thinking we don't subsidize fossil fuel industries you are fooling yourself. That credit was not just solar, it was many qualifying renewable energy sources. And I agree that nuclear has taken some bad publicity. Probably shouldn't build plants on faults or in earthquake zones and we do need to find a way to get rid of spent materials. That mountain in Wyoming is gonna fill up someday.😉
It’s always Republican 🤮
At least the Professor has faced the TRUTH, that what he has helped unleash, is an environmental mess, the NET RESULT OF FRACKING !!!
According to one side of the story.
Yeah after enriching himself....
@@johnmonrow9981 There's the side of the story that provides scientific facts, and the side that provides fossil-fuel-funded bullshit. Which side are you on?
@@DirtFlyer What about all the scientific fraud in the climate side? Or the activist bias? And why are all the studies that dis-agree with your side bullshit?
Oppenheimer had the same moral dilemma after creating the Nuke. Seems his creation will not be the end after all...
I have never understood fossil fuel and climate change more than I have after watching this documentary, THANK YOU FRONTLINE.
Read the book Dark money by Jane Meyer..
There needs to be a sequel to this documentary on how we can invest in cheeper, clean renewable energy!
There is no cheaper, clean renewable energy, unless you are talking about nuclear power.
"How to Prepare for Climate Change" suggests some renewable energy investments. There are quite a few good opportunities.
There simply isn't enough bipartisan political will particularly in the US to do anything really serious about climate change that won't be reversed with the next administration. The oil industry has already won that war, and the right-wing media ecosystem perpetuates that dominance. We need to invest in new technologies to handle a country with a lot scarcer water supplies and increasing aridification, particularly in the west. Infrastructure bills need funding to go to vulnerable cities along the coasts to build bigger levees to try and handle increasing storm surges and generally rising sea levels. On the plus side, Alaska by the end of the century is going to become prime agricultural land for the US. Russia is also going to be a major beneficiary of climate change with their climate becoming more temperate like the US has enjoyed through most of it's history.
you can run any car on hydrogen made from water and baking soda.
@@aeroripper Unfortunately, i believe you are right. History will remember them as very foolish. I think there will eventually be a migration out of the areas most harshly affected. Some parts of the US will become very crowded. I will be moving soon.
This was a great series. I learned so much through it.
I wish I could get an explanation of how the us government subsidies the oil and gas industry. I have heard that the tech from fracking could be used for hydrothermal electrical generation. Also, hydrostor is a company that use technology from the gas industry to store energy from renewables.
The driver in this denial, doubt and delay is that fossil fuels are lucrative for those who produce and market it.
That’s basically like saying alcohol is lucrative for an alcoholic….literally. It’s called addiction corruption and willful crime. I can’t even remember how many organizations were protesting Exxon and Shell when Bernie first ran in 2016, fossil fuel corporations have given us the Anthropocene and they will pay.
Could be risky should the temperament for prosecuting crimes against humanity arise. It will, when the earth is on fire...
You need to continue this
No wonder the mental health of young people especially is in such persistent peril...
funny how senate hearings on big oil and big social media all look the same and have the same outcomes... nothing that protects our grandkids and their kids.
For whatever reason, I just feel like this video only having 1M views says a lot about how much climate change comes into most people's minds. Climate change being such an important topic, one would think there would be so many more views. How does the average layman get their educational information on climate change, how often do they get it, and how does it influence their behaviors?
"We won't solve the climate crisis unless we solve the misinformation crisis..."
And you can replace "climate" with many other topics and it still speaks volumes.
The worst thing is people watch theses documentaries and are aware of the destruction currently happening, but we just go about our daily lives and mind our business.
What would you have us do?
@@BruteStrength99 literally anything?
Buy less crap so it’s not being shipped around and filling dumps.
Driving less would be good too but the main thing would be to get pissed off and force the “political will”, we vote them in, let’s vote them out! Email them, write them, PROTEST them… Hell, make a sign and start picketing the courthouse of your town.
And be loud! Don’t let your neighbor get away with being a climate denier, tell them what’s up and tell them they’re dumb!
At this point I doubt there’s any chance that we don’t suffer A LOT from climate change, its already making things harder and it’s just getting started!
But if we continue to let these fiends destroy our world, or our world is going to destroy us.
true i use these documentaries to sleep
@@BruteStrength99 we're supposed to "vote to make change".. what a joke that is
Gotta eat numbnuts
man I remember in 08 when they were doing that in my sm,all town , all the trucks running the small roads pipes everywhere and they ruined all the small winding roads but lots of farmers became rich overnight
Sitting in a hospital choking through an asthma flare up.....big oil had a hand in my and every other life with a lung struggling for life.
And what about people who never used any oil or gas in their life for generstions but still have the same asthma and other awful diseases?
@@angelochecklight6916 what about them?
What make you so sure Anthony bha has “used oil or gas”? And what does that mean?
It’s not a drug, we rarely say “time to go use some gas!” Even when I directly “use gas” it’s by driving my car, heating my house etc, sand with oil, it’s just plastic which we are surrounded by it! Not so much by choice, it’s indirect use, we want to use our car or want a bite of food, but to travel or eat we “use gas and oil”
At the same time, MY use is creating pollution, many different kinds of pollution that go affect others, they may not have an association with petrochemicals.
I’m not sure who deserves to get sick or be affected negatively by this stuff.
It’s really not about blame or who will pay… if we’re alive now, we are paying for the problem, and probably contributing to it as well.
We need to stop contributing and start paying up as fast as we can!
What about the oil fueled ambulance that brought you to the hospital, the fuel that provides heat and light to the hospital, and the huge embedded energy tied up in the development and production of pharmaceutical drugs? People are quick to point out possible harms of certain energy sources, but they totally ignore the massive increase in the standard of living and quality of life that the energy makes possible.
There are some widely promoted, very popular, voices that are completely absent in this episode. And frankly, I'm very, very pleased. As for those on the opposite extreme, such as Pruitt, I say give them plenty of rope, as they make fools of themselves.
I've never ever seen a wonderful documentary like this. Thanks a lot.
I was waiting for this! Let’s watch it
Yep same final part should be interesting.
I like oil.
@Helton Mendes _Please don't_ tell me what happens, you're 39 minutes in already.
Weak phoney American accents. You just know you're being fed a pile of lies and propaganda
@Jay Dee aww, phooey.. so no happy ending?
Frontline always produces a documentary that's fair, balanced, and pro big government.
Found the Koch industry burner account
@@tdk99-i8n You missed my sarcasm....
Great doc, thank you.
Stupid accents make you feel uncomfortable and fed lies
how can you guys be so positive about this and not discuss the actual issue? what the actual hell is going on here
The release of so much methane even before the disaster of fracking is staggering. Methane's lesser dissipation time is irrelevant; it's not only around long enough, but coupled with the self-perpetuating cycle of increasing climate chaos, we've already lost the battle thanks to big-pig oil. We have to change and adapt to a new hothouse world, or perish.
Don’t most solar farms have a gas line running to them. Everyday Americans vote with there dollars, the food we eat-natural gas for the fertilizer, the field workers no longer surfs, but machines that spit out c02. The rich persons green energy, solar panels that require intense industrial process with coal in China, than ship them across the Ocean. No one has put more into solar and wind then Germany, they are pushing to get natural gas labeled as renewable energy, they currently run coal plants to make up for the renewable failures they suffer from. Their greenest electricity is the nuclear electric they buy from France. The king of carbon, John Kerry, the Queen, Ann Kaldacot, their campaign to kill next generation fission nuclear and nuclear in general is why we are where we are.
@@camonty1 The solar flux in Germany is so low that not only does solar not make economic sense, it actually doesn't achieve carbon breakeven which means it exacerbates the carbon situation. In reality, we have nothing to be ashamed of. Climate related deaths have declined 99% in the past 100 years, in spite of increasing population. And the reduction is made possible by the energy which facilitates the massive infrastructure that insulates humans from a naturally hostile climate. The Greens coincidentally oppose large scale hydroelectricity projects and nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is the only non-site-specific form of reliable and cheap energy that could power industrial civilization.
How do you adapt to not having enough food to keep you alive, or enough water to drink?
Thanks for excellent reporting.
More Koolaid?
@@henryhill3778you’re on the wrong side of history.
There are up to 1500 gigatons of methane stored in the Arctic which will be released when it gets just a little warmer up there. This has already started per satellite measurements. An addition of just one gigaton of methane to the atmosphere doubles the human contribution of greenhouse gasses. And much more than that will be released soon. Very soon.
Since it’s going to be released anyway. Might as well find a way to capture it. 🤷🏾♂️
This is the direct result of NOT accepting climate change at a time when the warming would have stopped before the drastic melting that is causing the leaks in the Arctic.
@@truthhurtsdontit yea that would be cute, not very practical. Unless you have some bright idea? Doubtful.
At least you didn’t say “since it’s happening anyways, why even worry about it”
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@@truthhurtsdontit Yea right....if we capture all that methane we could all be billionaires! Or we could mine the comet of precious minerals that is barreling towards us!
I'm no environmentalist or am I a part of the industry. However, what i do poses is a mind that's always on the go. Now my question to those in the know is, wouldn't the solution to recapturing most of the co2's we release back into the atmosphere be to simply replant more trees? nature has always provided us with everything we need. The huja Green Giant is an evergreen tree that can grow in Zones 5 to 9 at a rate of 3 to 5 feet per year. After three years it can reach 15 to 20 feet and at its mature height, it stands at 30 to 40 feet fall. It's obvious that we cannot totally get away from fossil fuel energy but what we can do is is to trap most of the co2's we have released. Can this even be done though?
No because we emit more than what could be taken in even if we had never touched one tree
Learned a lot with this series. The biggest problem for trying to find a workable solution is that the whole discussion has been politicized. The folks trying to get things done about climate change have practically depended on politicians to win people over and that's never going to work. The pain of getting off fossil fuels is being pushed completely onto the consumer and that's never going to work. When I started looking into going solar, the government has it set up where I can only do this if I'm going to feed back into their power supply and still have to pay their power supply company money every month. On top of what the solar array and storage is going to cost me. The government wants the regular person to tough it up and just eat the added expense of getting off fossil fuels while they don't have to change anything? no thanks. But they simply will not allow me to use the Sun to generate my power unless they're somehow getting a cut on it, beyond the cut they get in sales tax when I buy the stuff.
It's a complicated to understand problem due to all this misinformation, but again, without getting the average person to understand it, you'll never get going in the direction to make anything better. As long as you're depending on the government to force it on people, it's just not ever going to happen. People need to feel like they're doing it because they want to, not because they're being made to.
I've been saying for a few years now that it's all going to come down to technology. Fossil fuels will stop being the #1 energy source when we have something better to take its place. Private research and development is going to make that happen, not legislation and taxation. Though government is more than welcome to help foot the bill for R&D, which is much cheaper than taxation and subsidies. We are already doing a ton of research and are just a few breakthroughs away from better energy supplies.
I agree that politicization has become the biggest problem. And the left's insistence that the government be the one to mandate changes. And, for me at least, the constant cries of DOOOOOOM!! by the left completely erode the credibility of anything else they say.
If they could just say "This is an issue and we're going to take a slow approach to evolving our energy systems while causing minimal harm to the economic well-being of average people", they'd have had me on-board 100% from the beginning. After all, it was Margaret Thatcher who originally sounded the horn on global warming in the 90s.
Better energy sources and carbon capture technology will resolve these issues in 50 years or less. There is absolutely zero reason to act like we're going extinct before 2030.
@Pinion512
You're an average person
@Gus Sampson
You spelled doom wrong
Sharon Wilson reminds me of Erin Brockovich, the PG&E whistleblower! Watch the movie; it's a great one!
Great movie. All the acting is great but Albert Finney made that movie
One of my favorites!! Dark Waters is good too... based on the true story about DuPont and all the PFAS they put into the ground even though they knew it would kill people.
Best 📺 on 📺 today. I love PBS and frontline because i trust them to speak truth to power. And both always do
Cascading effects are irreversible! I am not pessimistic, definitely cannot be optimistic but let's be realistic and face the Truth
If we think the wars over oil have been rough then just wait until we are fighting wars over access to drinking water. We as a species is taking the easy way out and I fear we will pay the cost in the long term.
Hi I think this is useful documentary for us against climate crisis🌠
Here’s the problem with renewable energy. The power companies won’t buy alternative energy produced by a new technology because they’ll go broke and it’s impossible to sell it without having access to their power distribution infrastructure. Without a monopoly on generation electrical companies are pretty much bankrupt.
The definition of "prolonging the agony" is delaying action to mitigate climate calamities.
It is not. Maybe in the 'save the earth' book. You have been lied to. The earth is doomed and so are all men. You have only one chance to get it right: Jesus died for you because of Our Father's Infinite Love for every last one of us. He is The Way, The Truth and The Life. Shalom
These criminal should be locked up. Solar on every roof, wind turbines wherever possible, and of most importance, battery storage. These are the things we need to do.
Solar and batteries requires strip mining for nickel, lithium and other metal. Most panels are built in China using coal fired power to produce. Wind turbines can effect bird populations and sea life when pounding piles into the ocean floor. Fish are driven away. Nothing is perfect. Nuclear power is probably the best way to go. With more modern designs, it can be safer. But it will never happen because it gets a bad rap. Nukes don't give people the warm and fuzzies like solar does.
Deliberately objectively disregarding the danger of their activities needs to be viewed as the real danger we are facing.
I tell everyone I know that Frontline is the best show on television hands down
Part 3 ❤️
Thank you!! Please keep these type of videos comming!! I am absolutely thrilled with the videos! If this country is going to survive what is taking place on all fronts...we absolutely need this information in order to make informed decisions. I fact check what ever I watch, what I read, and I hear. You do an EXCELLENT job! Once again, THANK YOU!
Thank you for your hard work. An excellent documentary
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Thank you WGBH.
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KCET baby!!!!
Has the fossil fuel industry been so successful at impeding necessary change in part because the most efficient and fair policy option is not mentioned in news reports?
IF we charge a high fee to industries when they extract natural resources, emit pollution or destroy wildlife habitat, all economic actors will strive to *reduce* harmful impacts.
If fee proceeds are shared equally to all people (or all adults), the policy will be fair. It will benefit those who are least well-off.
Why do news reports not name systemic flaws and systemic solutions? [Systemic flaws include dishonest prices (externalities) and our failure to share (a monetary representation of) natural wealth.]
Because greedy people gonna greed
Looking into the eyes of our grandchildren: nothing more important to do, really
"The republican party is the most dangerous organization"
-Noam Chomsky
BOTH SIDES IT'S NATURE AND OUR ATMOSPHERE BECAUSE IF YOU STOP AND THINK OUR OIL AND GAS IS GLOBAL SO IF THAT'S THE CASE WE ARE GETTING NATIONWIDE POLLUTIONS THAT'S BURNING UP TOWARDS THE SUN. BECAUSE ALL IN REALITY NOW MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD A ELECTRIC CARS. BUT THE RICH PEOPLE. SO WE JUST ASSUME KEEPING THE GAS & OIL WE HAVE BEEN HAVING FOR YEARS.
what a joke
Biden's son on the board of Burisma Afghanistan and an abandoned $80 billion of weapons under daddy Joe Biden, soon to be a major petrol and gas supplier to Europe through Ukraine. Revisit this comment in 10 years
@@milky_joh6281 Donald Trump kills and eat babies with former alive jeffrey epstein and spent 100 trillion of making a factory to hunt down children in the jungle
Did they discuss in any of these series how many products have oil and gas? If not, I think that would be a good one to educate people. You can also look online or in RUclips.
Or that only 9% of plastics are recycled?
And that those recycled plastics require 'virgin' plastic to be added to it to make strong enough?
A war on packaging needs to occur. And plastic consumer products.
Exactly they need a good movie breaking down the entire extraction process and the wastes and jobs created, a thorough look
Yes, oil and gas are very useful... even if they are burned. But we cannot keep burning them without wrecking the planet even more than we already have. Thank goodness there are good alternatives (we haven't bought gas since 2016 and our EV is a superior product to a gas or diesel vehicle. oh wait, we have two now).
The great thing about moving on to electric vehicles is that there will be plenty of petroleum sitting around to make all the other shit.
"We're not going to solve the Big Oil problem unless we solve the Misinformation problem."
Not just about Big Oil, either. Turns out, planet habitability AND democracy are both being assaulted by Misinformation.
Then, there's that thing people have about Power.
As long as these companies have enough money to afford armies of lawyer’s, nothing will change and they will get away with whatever they want
The most instructive documentary
Great series
Everyone they interviewed said politics were involved politicians are dirty on BOTH sides .
About a year ago I watched a video about making motors more energy efficient, for consumer use. It said that motors in frigerators, air conditioning unit, washers, dryers, pumps and fans used a good portion of our energy. If the commercial grade technology were economical enough to be used in consumer products, it could cut or energy use by 1/3.
But as usual, the big corps lobbyists are always purchasing the lawmakers and politicians who have their best interests at heart, not the planet's or the population's best interests
@@carynmartin6053 I would normally agree, though I think some of this is down to the individual companies. Greed gets in the way. I can understand wanting to keep the lights on and pay the employees a fair wage, but then people want to put their company on the stock market.
When putting on a fucking coat will suffice.
Efficiency gains just make the product easier to purchase. More ppl end up buying it, more ppl are born and get it. Changes nothing in long run.
What video was this? I am interested.
A very powerful documentary.
What is clearly not understood is how fraaking increases the possibilities of earthquakes & groundwater toxicity,due to the emulsifiers pumped into the appropriate geologic strata to extract said oil & natural gas.
Yep even Dallas TX and OKC now has earthquakes these 2 states deserve them
@@eagledice2008 And here in California Trump approved over 200 fraaking wells ON PUBLIC LAND,& when Biden took control just rubber stamped those leases-APPROVED,right over the San Andreas fault...geniuses at work.
I am a resident of the United States, and I have to say that most of the industries out there are guilty of one type of pollution or another. Stop pointing the finger at everybody else, and get your own industry in order with detection devices and ways to combat the problems, even if it cost you a little extra money. Trying to hide the omissions from the public is going to cause people to rebel against you in the long run when they find out the truth. Philip Morris did research on cigarette smoking, knew the answers to the questions long before cancer was proven in the public eye, and got fined for it and yet they still say they didn’t do anything wrong. How many people died because of their lies and how many more have to die because of other industries lies.
If you want the faith of the American people, then you have to do somethings that keeps your industry regulated and clean because if you don’t then at some point, an alternative is going to be developed and you guys are gonna be stuck and your workers are gonna be out of work because you failed to follow the trends. Your research has been done. All you have to do is institute the upgrades , I know it’s expensive but in the long run it would help your industry. Be better!
they want to transition without nuclear energy, don't see how that's possible.
This whole series has made me so upset. They've known about and in the same breath denied climate change since before i was born. Now, because of the neglect and misinformation done by the people in power, I might die from a heat stroke in 20 years because the earth will be nearly unsurvivable. We needed degrow in the 80s, now we need to do even more than that. To see that we STILL have not moved away from it is unbelievable and so shameful. These rich people have no shame and no collective responsibility to the human race. They're literally working against their own physical interest.
That gentleman's final comment was apt.
Over $8 per gallon for natural gas. How's that going to pan out when the demand becomes even higher than it is right now?
Quack hacks like Frontline have zero economic foresight. They think the world can exist without coal or gasoline. They're in la la land.
Don't worry, Biden got ya covered!!