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I mean, you're petroleum industry apologists, so for a change I'm not that broken up.
Kurzgesagt? I didn't know this, how come?
They have gotten money from Bill Gates foundation. Still its a pop sci YouTube and does a good job at it. Some say its spreading misinformation or that context is missing. I don't really see malicious intentions. Expecting more of a pop sci publication is kind of absurd; take a real class and study if you want more.
An example:
How Kurzgesagt Cooks Propaganda For Billionaires
While not wrong, this is now quite a bit dated. Kurzgesagt acknowledged being called out for it and addressed it via various channels. One of them here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/10jlyyk/kurzgesagt_statement_to_the_conflict_of_interest/
🚨 🚨 PURITY TEST INCOMING! 🚨 🚨
I feel like propping up the industry primarily responsible for one of the largest (if not the largest) crises in human history is an appropriate place to draw a line.
This really isn’t where we need to be wasting our time. See my other comment on the matter.
They've continually called for switching to renewables though, and put out a bunch of videos on how damaging climate change is and will continue to be...