The Brainwashing Of America's Children | Climate Town

Why oil is still the best energy today: Because the petrol companies have spent billions of dollars preventing us from developing better sources of energy. That was easy.

I went to a STEM high school partly funded by Exxon Mobil and found out the hard way what happens to students who try to do science fair projects testing the effects of petroleum products on plants. Didn't understand the venom I was receiving then, but later on in life it dawned on me what was going on behind the scenes.

Being old, I get to see this pattern over and over again. Tobacco companies for decades denying that smoking is linked to cancer is the best example. When you are up against big money or closed minds, facts seem nearly irrelevant.

As a web developer I find it very sweet that you are impressed by the two-level menus.

I am appalled, not really by the oil and gas industry, but that people would in general allow such commercial influence on the school curriculum. Where I live people were angry when Unilever (a food conglomerate) decided to sponsor breakfasts at schools. Not because there was really anything wrong with the breakfast, but because a food company should not be teaching kids what to eat for breakfast.

It’s remarkable how little conservatives care about things they’re not told to care about

I'm a wyoming native that use to be a high school science teacher. I can confirm if you're elected to ANY office in this state oil and gas have absolutely, 110%, undeniably, bought you. We were one of the only states to reject the common core standards. A handful did so due to evolution being a core part of the biology curriculum. Wyoming was the only conservative state that was pretty much completely okay with evolution, we rejected it specifically because "of how the new federally backed curriculum is hostile towards our primary source of tax revenue" to put it into the words of our state superintendent. Yeah they didn't even pretend they made their choices based on anything but money.

I was part of a National Science Foundation-funded program that taught K-12 science teachers scientific research skills with a focus on environmental sustainability. One of their classes was dedicated to climate change and the professor actually showed them your videos (which they loved but many couldn't show in class bc of language - though I'm sure they recommended them!). Many of the older teachers were extremely grateful for the class because they did not have any formal teaching in climate science and so were hesitant to teach, especially in rural America. Teachers WANT to know how to teach climate change! Actually, one of my good friends (and a great teacher!) writes lesson plans for SubjectToClimate, which provides free, standards-aligned climate change lesson plans for all subjects. Easter egg!

Children's cartoons depictions of environment destroying villains really was 100% accurate.

As a non-American teacher, its wild how similiar these resources look like the scripture resources. Designed to work the same way.

I find the fact that there is no baseline national curriculum in the US completely wild!

“B is for Buy&Large, your very best friend!” - Wall-E in fucking 2008

Last year I was doing an easter egg hunt with my cousin who's a toddler (she's adorable). She came back with a "What are Fossil Fuels? How Oil is Made!" book that she had found hidden in a giant easter egg by the side of the road. Truly disgusting the lengths these companies will go to to brainwash our children.

As a driver who makes a living off of using fossil fuels, thank you for your videos. In a society who is dependant (*edited from "thrives") on a single resource, the only way to change it is to start educating and get the facts out there for people, not brushed under the rug by profits.

Man your editing is always so fun! I always make sure to actually watch them in fullscreen with no distractions instead of just listening to them in another tab becuase I just have so much respect for the level of craftsmanship on display here. Gotta appreciate how much effort you put into these and you're a huge inspiration for me as a fellow video editor <3

I remember the cartoon! It was on the development of ‘economy’ and they learned to use clams as currency instead of barter/trade. The one guy needed fire for his business and ended up chopping down most of the trees. I remember being sad when the couple stood by and the woman was crying about them losing their favorite spot in the woods 😭. The guy apologized but said it was necessary for Progress. Tool. Also, in 8th(?) grade science we did a unit on oil drilling development. It was a computer program that allowed us as teams to have a budget for oil exploration. We could pay for a survey to narrow down if an area might have oil, or pay to build a drill. You could run out of money surveying or run out of money building drills over nothing. The point was to demonstrate how expensive and reliant on luck oil exploration and development is. To make us feel sorry for the oil companies and not question the high gas prices?

This dude has the ability to tell the most doomer stories with the brightest smile on his face. We need more people like that for what's coming.

It's kinda crazy how openly evil these companies are.

It's crazy that you can read a sentence like "These books need to be banned for indoctrinating children" and have no clue what political belief the writer holds.

I grew up in Illinois during the 90's and 2000's, I never was taught anything about the climate. I only learned about the situation because of rumors about Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" that was circulating around class in middle school. I can only hope that this generation is taught the lessons that we were deprived of.