Big Oil vs the World

The show makes a very strong case for Big Oil refuting climate change, despite knowing it was real. They created uncertainty and sowed doubt for decades. They paid for political support.

It really labours the point and is well researched. This is not history, this delay in change continues to recent years. An informative show.

'Big Oil v The World' is a good but depressing series. Put simply, the large fossil fuel companies were in the vanguard of discovering the truth about global warming; and chose to obsfuscate rather than to convey that truth. They pumped millions of dollars into disinformation, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to justify action, even when their own data spoke otherwise. This isn't exactly a surprise, but it's sad to see that "freedom of speech" is intepreted as "freedom to lie in one's own narrow self-interest". Some of the people interviewed are now apologetic; in some cases, one can sympathise, in others, one senses, it was just too convenient not to speak up earlier. Meanwhile, the world keeps getting hotter, and years when we could have been taking more robust action have been squandered.

More than just a surface look.

Digs deep and reveals more than most know about this topic.

Watch it so you can be informed at future talks with friends. :)