Humans have been riding the wave of fossil fuel consumption merrily for the last three centuries. Now we’ve reached the end of that upward climb and most likely face a roller-coaster ride down to a less consuming future. There’s still time to help control this decent to a post-carbon future and this video explains how.
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Big Bang, really?
You bring up an important point. Many fossil fuel producing companies have supported public relations campaigns to convince people that environmental responsibility = communism. Confronting this mindset should be an early priority.
Interesting stuff. Wait, not so much interesting, as potentially terrifying. The comment that “if we do nothing, we still get to a post carbon economy” is terrific and prophetic. It should also be obvious. Thanks for putting this up there. The relevant history of fossil fuels helps to demonstrate that this was a natural progression of basing an entire world economy on a finite (in the short term) resource of almost free energy.
Thanks, y’all, from all of us at Post Carbon Institute. The power of the creative community to affect significant, rapid change cannot be overlooked. It is, of course…and often derailed into/subsumed by political actions…but here’s to Visual News!
The first part of this video was true. When they got to the part dealing with the present it became propaganda. There are so many false claims in the second half to nullify the whole argument.
Awesome video!
Europeans stopped using wood as a primary energy source because goal was cheaper – not because wood “ran out.”
I could see that… Capitalism gives big oil more maneuvering space and therefore benefits them; however, capitalism = competition in other industries as well and therefore the consumer wins there.
I’m crazy conservative, but I try to be open minded before I take my stance. I firmly believe we’re running out of fossil fuels and something must be done… I just don’t think to just stop using oil is the answer, but opening up alternatives and making them competitive to oil is the answer. For example, the Chevy Volt. I like the concept, we’re getting somewhere. The tech still isn’t there, but it’s in the right direction. I’m not going to pay $40k for a car that can go 40 miles on electricity then 300 on gas. That’s stupid. I will spend $40k on a Dodge Challenger that goes really fast and burns tons of fuel… Why? Because of competition of goods and prices. When the auto industry makes electric cars worth-while, myself and others will probably go that direction.
Regardless, now I drive a $12k Jeep that drinks gas like a kid with kool-aid. So both of those options are out. lol
“For example, the Chevy Volt… I’m not going to pay $40k for a car that can go 40 miles on electricity then 300 on gas. That’s stupid. I will spend $40k on a Dodge Challenger that goes really fast and burns tons of fuel… Why? Because of competition of goods and prices. ”
The why is because you personally prefer a muscle car. I won’t condemn that, I drive an old Porsche turbo 944 because I like going fast around corners. It’s not stupid. But spending $40k on a Chevy Volt isn’t stupid either. Some folks want to drop money on the latest bleeding edge tech, and that’s in the Volt not the Challenger.
I think it is certainly worth it for our government to be putting some money into supporting R&D into hybrid and electric car tech. The Chinese government sure as hell is. If we don’t keep up, in a decade Chinese cars will wipe out our domestic manufacturers just as brutally as Japanese cars did in the 80′s.
I once pretended to be cookie monster and demolished an Oreo without even tasting it. You’ll do anything just to keep them eating. Nice thread here, too.
This is the silliest bunch of garbage I have ever watched… Are you a comedian?
I like the thought process this can generate in a creative mind.