Fossil fuel companies know how to stop global warming. Why don't they? | Myles Allen

The fossil fuel industry knows how to stop global warming, but they're waiting for someone else to pay, says climate science scholar Myles Allen. Instead of a total ban on carbon-emitting fuels, Allen puts forth a bold plan for oil and gas companies to progressively decarbonize themselves and sequester CO2 deep in the earth, with the aim of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 and creating a carbon dioxide disposal industry that works for everyone.

[blahblahblah]

That guy is on another level and he'd be so disappointed looking at the comments, 90% of the viewers didn't understand a word he said.

[theqwertyman]

Money. There; I've answered the title question.

[seancollins]

Wow this is not being talked about nearly enough! Very eye-opening.

[BEATTECHNQUE]

This guys is great at communicating this issue

[eliasostby]

this guy stares into the soul of my soul

...of my soul

[jaykpjohnson]

We need to move past the idea companies can use and destroy public, common externalities like the environment. They need to at least clean up what they hurt, and ideally leave everything better than they found

[divinelee]

*Warren Buffett once said “If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.”*

[Regirs]

'I don't have to think - I only have to do it, results are always perfect, but that's old news..'

[samm]

Funny how he talks about climate change and stands in front of all these extinct species.

[jamesmichaels]

Short answer: It costs them a lot.
Long answer: it costs the consumer a lot more

[DavidRenelt]

Fossil Fuel Industry: "Meh ... lobbyism is still cheaper"

[marcelo]

Make them pay. All of them? Yes? Let them increase the price? Yes. So who is actually paying?

[kellybacelis]

They lose profit from the current system if they don’t have a solid back up plan

[madhurichaudhari]

Greed is a root of all evils
Just like that

[louisniemann]

Just want to add that we are talking here about climate or respective geo engineering, wich is not as easy or risk free as you might think after this video. Don't get me wrong. The man got a point and states it, but climate engeneering is a field wich is highly complex and fragile. There is a huge scientific debate going on how and if we should use ist at all. Just mind that there are a whole more technologys discussed right now than CO2 storage (CCS in this video if I am right) and I don't want to go too far here.
As fore example a leaking CO2 storage could have devestating effects on ecosystems and groundwater.
Nevertheless I am glad he brought that topic into a wider range of an audience. This should be discussed and can only be done responsibly on a transnational level.

Thanks for your attention reader. :)

[ndrdst]

He talks about fossil fuels and oil as if their only downside is CO2 emissions.
His proposal to keep using oil and just fix it on the other end ignores the dangerous effects of fossil pollution on our health and the environment. How do you de-cancer lungs, de-soot cities, de-stink diesel, de-plastic oceans?

[evanbuckley]

I’ve never seen a video get recommended whilst being posted for several seconds before.

[antoniosantos]

Great video! Well done. Just a constructive advice. Agree that decarbonization is central to stop the global warming problem....but that is not enough. People need education to enforce law changes towards deployment of clean methods (cradle to grave). There have been plenty of propaganda about renewables - and some can be far worse than fossil fuels (e.g., large wind farms, hydro, geothermal EGS, etc.)

[강태규-xp]

Yes l uphold your opinion these days global warming is the most important problem. We have to overcome this disaster.

[paolomath]

Excellent. Very diffent cut, very sensibile and compelling.