What the oil industry doesn’t want you to know - Stephanie Honchell Smith

Uncover the oil industry’s decades-long campaign to discredit climate change science regarding the danger of fossil fuels.

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Throughout the 1980s, oil industry reps discussed the dangers of burning fossil fuels, acknowledging the risk their product posed to the future of humanity. However, instead of warning the public or pivoting towards renewable energy sources, they doubled down on oil — and launched a decades-long campaign to discredit climate change science. Stephanie Honchell Smith digs into Big Oil's tactics.

Lesson by Stephanie Honchell Smith, directed by Sofia Pashaei.

This video made possible in collaboration with Speed & Scale

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[shafiurrahaman]

This is what they mean when they say: "The world has enough for all of man's needs, but not enough for all of man's greed"

[Haroon]

The people who should be stopping them are being paid by them 🤷‍♂️.

[aditsaraff]

Props to TED-ed for touching such a dangerous topic. They really have balls of brass.

[dragonluvver]

I'm glad they're talking on this and people are buying less into "we need to recycle!" and more into "companies need to make products that aren't harmful"

[bachdotrong]

I love how instead of actually solving their business model killing the earth, these corporations spend as much if more on PR to not deal with them in the first place

[gravel]

And it definately worked. Its not seen as very strange for people to disbelieve climate change.

[OnePoundBird]

The disgust in the narrator’s voice makes the whole story even more impactful, as it deserves to be

[philrabe]

"We're All in this together"™ is one of the industry's most revolting ad campaign.

[mackerelmafia]

Climate change should not be a partisan issue. Everyone wants, at the end of the day, to leave a better world for their children. Both sides of the political aisle are trying to do that, just in different ways aligning with their own beliefs on what that 'better' is (or at least, they should be.) But better is easily clouded by short-term gains, even if all it will leave people is a burning, broken world. Prancing about the mess they've made and pretending it's a throne is not a mark of power. It is a mark of blind greed, but no amount of money can drag someone out of moral bankruptcy.

[satyam]

Watching from India after enjoying 50°C + Avg temp this summer feeling so human

[theWZZA]

Thank you, Ted-ED, for telling the truth. Listen to scientists, not podcasters.

[msxcytb]

there is one error in the animation (commonly made). Shift should be done to "low carbon energy sources" and not necessary "renewable sources". The later exclude Nuclear power (the most efficient decarboniser as per historical evidence), geothermal power and some others.

[kevinroisalamat]

its kinda ironic that most of the top producing oil companies today are state-owned

[camsiv]

Anytime a TED-ED video comes on, I drop everything to watch because I always learn so much.

[Miamove]

Breaking news: oil companies are greedy

[lucianoosorio]

“The Ottoman entry to the war was a particular concern to the British, since the Middle East is full of oil and Britain wanted all that oil.” Oversimplified

[knightshade]

The owners of those oil companies live in luxury in their rich country. but who suffer the effects of climate change?... It is us in the 3rd world nation, we supply most of their food export yet we cant even feed our people. 🥺🙏

[El.fish.the.chocolate]

You know, it's not so surprising to hear this, it was expected, like nuclear education being inexistence in school when it's as important for the future.
But, as a wise man once said: *"...but the monopolies always have the last word and nothing was done."*

[samstromberg]

See when people ask me why I don't have much faith in humanity and am quick to assume corruption and selfishness of others, I just don't know what to tell them

[TooLiveChris]

Idiocracy (2006) wasn't a movie it was a documentary