Comments by "Neolithic Transit Revolution" (@neolithictransitrevolution427) on "Who Actually Controls Gas Prices? | Climate Town" video.

Agreed, far bigger issue than oil and gas. The only fossil fuel with a similar impact is coal. Not that car centric fossil fuel run civilization isn't a giant problem. It just shows how large of a problem Animal Agriculture represents.
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Could you lower them please? I have a big drive this weekend
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@oisiaa Nice, solar is a great thing for improving the sustainability of suburbs. My fear though is that it will make the (electric) car centeric model of suburban planning appear sustainable which it really can't be. If you have ongoing projects, look into Ground Source heating or maybe Solar water heaters. Great ways to further improve your self sufficiency.
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I disagree, there is no shortage of goods for our population, the issue is mainly poor effecientcy. We don't need any population control, we need more plant based foods and dense communities with public transportation.
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Well he isn't fighting for work from home to stay in place, and instead is pushing for return to work, which does mean more demand and higher prices.
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Do you have a storage system on site? When you say 100% of home needs is that like on net? Also, out of curiosity, how large an area do you need for solar pannels/how large is your property?
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Covid was ending and people all over the world were starting to travel and commute again.
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Solar is maybe even problematic imo. On one hand, it fits great on home roofs and parking lots to provide local power and reduce heat islands. On the other, it makes single family homes and parking lots seem sustainable. Solar is best above reservoirs and canals, and should be rolled out as quickly as possible in these settings. Wind and Nuclear are the best mix though I agree. Space based solar might be easier to accomplish and less expensive than fusion though (I have 0 faith or see 0 value in fusion).
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But, OPEC+ would react to this by cutting back production to maintain prices. Which is what they have historically done, and why Russia was so eager to drop prices in Covid and try and put North American producers out of operation.
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Worth pointing out that workd leaders (including Biden) are pushing for return to work policies, which means more commuting and demand, which does actually increase the price.
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@MarcosProjects Okay but in your example you are actively reducing your meat intake pretty drastically. So you fit the requirement to be an environmentalist, just like you can chose to drive somewhere for fun and be an environmentalist. But you have to accept that just like driving, eating meat has an environmental impact. Chicken is probably the least impactful environmentally, it's a big user of Soy but most soy is grown for human use (Don't beleive the rediculous statistics where 80% of soy is for animal Agriculture, thats by mass, a soy plant is harvested for Soy oil (Vegitable oil) and Soy meal (animal food) which exist in an 80/20 ratio in the plant) and otherwise uses minimal land and food inputs. It is arguably amont the crueler things. And critisizing "environmentists" who want a subsidy for thier roof to have solar panels but then pay someone to burn down some rainforest because they like the flavour is 100% valid.
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@catkiller395 You could say really the same thing about being anti coal, oil, gas, cars etc. Animal Agriculture, particularily beef, is probably the most impactful and least necessary thing we do. Unlike oil and gas which we actually can't just quite, this is literally a matter of taste. Reducing consumption is a great goal, and a total prohibition is probably a bad idea (regenerative agriculture does exist), but people who strive to be environmentalists should act appropriately to the issue.
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@catkiller395 I agree, but should we spend more time talking about the Texas produces the most Wind energy (And I think non-hydro renewable energy) is the US, or that it has a huge emphasis on Car centric cities and the oil and gas industry? We should talk about both, the state of Wind energy in Texas should be a model we talk about, but that certainly doesn't mean texas should be immune to criticism.
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@samuelmiensinompe4902 I don't see why slavery would be linked to population size... are you saying its a higher percentage of people or just more in absolute numbers. Obviously slavery is bad. I think a lot about environmental destruction though, but this is driven by specific (stupid) policy goals. Rain forst loss is heavily driven by increased meat consumption (brazil, beef consumption) and bio diesel production (Indonesian Palm oil). Dead zones in the ocean again are largely unrelated to the population size, its an issue of allowing run off and overfishing. Long term resources are mainly recyclable or maybe we'll be in space idk that point is vauge. I support tax breaks for children, I really think we run a greater risk of under populating than over. That said, increasing education in low income countries, particularly for women, has been shown to great reduce birth rates, and I do of course support that.
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@Denver_____ Idk why you're going after bagged milk Canadians aren't Simping for Russia like this guy is
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Idk, depending on the statistics you accept the methane leakage from national pipelines and fracking may be considerably worse than the combustion of oil. I'm pretty anti-car orientation but I'm not particularly pro EV vs IC cars. Throw a few SMRs onto a SAGD opperation and the refinery and thats just as good repalcing gas peaker plants, but without the practical difficulty. Fracking is the worst, wether its for oil or for NG.
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