Noam Chomsky - Peak Oil and a Changing Climate

In this sixth video in the series "Peak Oil and a Changing Climate" from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, linguist, philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky talks about the Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute and other business lobbies enthusiastically carrying out campaigns "to try and convince the population that global warming is a liberal hoax." According to Chomsky, this massive public relations campaign has succeeded in leading a good portion of the population into doubting the human causes of global warming.

Known for his criticism of the media, Chomsky doesn't hold back in this clip, laying blame on mainstream media outlets such as the New York Times, which will run frontpage articles on what meteorologists think about global warming. "Meteorologists are pretty faces reading scripts telling you whether it's going to rain tomorrow," Chomsky says. "What do they have to say any more than your barber?" All this is part of the media's pursuit of "fabled objectivity."

Of particular concern for Chomsky is the atmosphere of anger, fear and hostility that currently reigns in America. The public's hatred of Democrats, Republicans, big business and banks and the public's distrust of scientists all lead to general disregard for the findings of "pointy-headed elitists." The 2010 elections could be interpreted as a "death knell for the species" because most of the new Republicans in Congress are global warming deniers. "If this was happening in some small country," Chomsky concludes, "it wouldn't matter much. But when it's happening in the richest, most powerful country in the world, it's a danger to the survival of the species."
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[NDPdEport]

@aardvark1111 lol ur an idiot. and i swear i have seen you trolling Chomsky vids before. your hypocrisy is comical as you just made a "Vague assertion after assertion... with nothing at all to back (you) up"

[aardvark1111]

Amazing that he can roll off so many words that either mean nothing or are 180 degrees out of phase with reality. Vague assertion after assertion, using key works and phrases with nothing at all to back him up. He's like the "Big Lie" personified.

[LightReuse]

Noam not know that when money comes into existence only through debt attached the result is a monetary system that creates unlimited exponential debt growth that can be serviced only as long as the economy grows? Oil is life blood of global economy. When oil demand outstrips supply, growth must slow. Slow/no growth can not sustain a debt based monetary system. Oil production plateaued in or about 2005. Hubbert's 3 Prophecies.

[ThisSaturatedMind]

Why the fuck am I getting pro-capitalist messages before the video!?

[Dolceliana]

With all due respect, Noam Chomsky is a walking encyclopedia of knowledge that never ceases to astound me. We can learn so much from him. :-)) It's really sad to hear what the US has become: the zillionaires' eldorado. US companies moving their business over to the East and bringing cheap eastern (Indian) workers to the US kicking their American counterparts out of work. How can the law allow that!! That's horrendous and tragic!!

[skydome29]

@draoi99 ...between scientists yes, yes it.

[draoi99]

Science is not a matter of opinion.

[TheTruthDK]

it is easier just to turn your back to it. because the truth is that humanity probably won't make it to the 22th century!

[TheTruthDK]

if the public knew the truth about global warming, society would collapse within a week.

[89cz3ko]

very good, Thank you so much for posting this!!! :)