How the Okavango Became a Big Oil Victim | Earth Explained!
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The Kavango Basin is a remote rural region that has remained largely untouched . . . until now.
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ReconAfrica, a Canadian company, has recently begun prospecting for oil and gas here. Their test wells are located on the rivers that feed into the world-famous Okavango Delta.
This unique area of biodiversity relies heavily on the river water, but also on migrating savanna elephants. Now, all this is under threat - particularly if fracking is involved. We investigate the impact of oil drilling in the region, and look at recent whistleblower allegations. Can the Okavango region still be saved?
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:13 - Oil exploration activities in the Kavango Basin
03:17 - The Okavango Delta: wildlife & ecosystem
05:40 - Why is drilling for oil in the region a problem?
06:27 - Fracking: theory, history and threats
08:51 - Is ReconAfrica fracking for oil?
10:41 - Whistelblower report: Is it all a scam?
12:12 - Disclaimer!
12:32 - Outro
🔗Sources:
(1) CISION PR Newswire: www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...
(2) CISION PR Newswire: www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...
(3) ReconAfrica - Voices of Kavango - Chapter 2: vimeo.com/user116316027
(4) Natural Gas Intelligence - Information about the Barnett Shale: www.naturalgasintel.com/infor...
(5) VPro Documentary - Shale cowboys: fracking under Trump | VPRO Documentary | 2017: • Shale cowboys: frackin...
(6) Google Earth - Barnett Shale, Texas: • Barnett Shale, Texas
(7) Mongabay: news.mongabay.com/2020/12/ala...
(8) ReconAfrica - Investor Presentation Sept. 2019: www.documentcloud.org/documen...
(9) Namibian Broadcasting Corporation - Early oil and gas discovery onshore Namibia rules out fracking: • Early oil and gas disc...
(10) Lewis & Clark Law School - National Geographic Whistleblower Story Quotes Professor: law.lclark.edu/live/news/4613...
(11) ReconAfrica Official Website - Directors and Officers: reconafrica.com/about/directo...
(12) Oil and Gas Global Network (OGGN) - OGGN & API HOUSTON CHAPTER PRESENTS: The Opening of the Deep Kavango Basin: • "OGGN & API HOUSTON CH...
(13) Namibian Broadcasting Corporation - Recon Africa says oil and gas exploration activities in Kavango basin are above board
(14) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - Renaissance Oil Corp. Annual Report: www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...
(15) National Geographic - Oil exploration company in Okavango wilderness misled investors, complaint to SEC says: www.nationalgeographic.com/an...
(16) SMITHWEEKLY RESEARCH - Discussion with Scot Evans | Recon Energy Africa: • Discussion with Scot E...
(17) CISION PR Newswire - Big Oil Missed This, Now It Could Be Worth Billions: www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...
(18)OilPrice.com - The Best 2 Stocks To Hold As Oil Prices Explode oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil...
(20) ReconAfrica - Kavango Basin Research Report May 2020: reconafrica.com/wp-content/up...
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Producer & Editor: Philip-Jaime Alcazar
Voice-Over: Julian Nightingall
Motion Graphics: Elias Freiberger
Assistant Producer: Katrin Blass
Sound Design: Hubert Weninger
Production Assistant: Emily Shreyvogel
Footage & Media Quotes:
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ReconAfrica Press & Promotional Materials
Namibia Broadcasting Corporation
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@terramater 2 жыл бұрын
Have you seen our video on the Nile conflict and why the Egyptians fear that their lifeline could disappear? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbFziph4zJyqlqM.html
@abhyudaysarkar5012 2 жыл бұрын
Anyone else came here from Caspian Report? I honestly thought it was a Caspian report video.
@miraclemaker1418 2 жыл бұрын
It looks like a top notch channel as well, thanks Shirvan for introducing this channel to us
@reinhardlowen2032 2 жыл бұрын
yes
@jackblack1494 2 жыл бұрын
Yup, but I'm very glad it happened...
@ramasodimalete2699 2 жыл бұрын
Yep 🔥🔥🔥
@kalzonenu 2 жыл бұрын
+
@NorroTaku 2 жыл бұрын
Caspian report sent me here
@terramater 2 жыл бұрын
welcome!
@abdelkerimal-habbo646 2 жыл бұрын
Me too!!!
@srvaudiau 2 жыл бұрын
Same
@reinhardlowen2032 2 жыл бұрын
same
@yay-cat 2 жыл бұрын
my parents live to the south of the Kalahari basin (central south africa - can be very arid at times). I once heard a story where some researchers put some dyes into the the Botswana wetlands and traces of these dyes were found in groundwater at the eye of Kuruman (largest natural spring in southern hemisphere) which is about 1000km away. Theres an extensive network of underground tunnels and caves that span this distance. The fracking video has a neat little lasagna where the ore is neatly below the water table but I cannot imagine that’s it’s that tidy/simple in reality
@monarcal8365 2 жыл бұрын
That’s a shame. Honestly, it looks like they’re using that area in hopes no one will speak up. I’m glad ppl are speaking up. They ruin the water here in the us with it too
@annak2764 2 жыл бұрын
I can barely watch this til the end, it makes me so sad and tired to see how reckless people can be
@motocross6539 2 жыл бұрын
Lol u support them
@TorontoDrivers416 2 жыл бұрын
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@roberthawk5390 2 жыл бұрын
The video is mostly fiction so relax.
@dougsmith7195 2 жыл бұрын
No one is being reckless.
@NoNo-qd2rm Жыл бұрын
Get angry!
@ss-pm6oj 2 жыл бұрын
CaspianReport got me here. Great report. Feel sad by acts of these greedy people who wont let this world for next gens
@yahyafati 2 жыл бұрын
I just stumbled up on a gem. This channel is awesome
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you so much Olive for your very kind words! Welcome to Terra Mater - we would be very honoured if you. would join our community and consider subscribing 😊😉
@traumateaminternational4732 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not normally on the environmentalist bandwagon, but the disruption of an ecosystem this intricate and unique would truly be a loss for all of humanity. I also hope they don't try fracking for the sake of the natives. Having to Watch your only water source diasapear a little more each day because somebody else is using it for their "project" would be terrible.
@ilayohana3150 2 ай бұрын
if youre not you will be
@hadesapocalypse 2 жыл бұрын
It’s Canadian election time, probably to late for this to be a talking point though..
@RDRF_SB13 2 жыл бұрын
First I've heard of this. I was sort of stunned when I heard "Canada". Fraking has devastated areas of Northern Alberta, a large portion of people here think it is "harmless", when in fact it is the dirtiest oil in the world in terms of environmental damage. I've seen them with my own eyes, I worked in the industry for 5 years, my father and brother worked on the rigs. Grasslands churned into tar sands. It's not in the least bit "clean".
@marchesiamatteini 2 жыл бұрын
The image of Canada as a place inhabited by kind and nice people is a weapon used to project soft power abroad. A Canadian gold mining company called Buffalo Gold destroyed an entire ecosystem on the Italian island of Sardinia and the Italian government had to intervene to clean it up. All this without producing wealth for the local populations. This has happened in Europe; imagine now what is happening in Africa. We are facing a global crisis caused by CO2 and they are still searching for oil. Pecunia non olet as the ancient Romans used to say.
@RDRF_SB13 2 жыл бұрын
@@marchesiamatteini I'm Canadian (well a resident of 21 years) and I'm proud to criticize my nation. We aren't exposed to this in our media. We are inundated with news from across the border. But we aren't innocent.
@Theguywhoismeok 2 жыл бұрын
@@RDRF_SB13 you have no clue have you ever worked or even been there? The re planted areas are healthier than they every were or would be since the bitumen is seperated
@RDRF_SB13 2 жыл бұрын
@@Theguywhoismeok yes I worked in the industry for ~5 years. I worked in design of electrical upgrades for facilities based in mainly Northern Alberta. My father and brother worked at various sites as electricians. The pollution of ground water, those massive toxic waste ponds, that methane smell, that oily dirt that balls up under your boots. It's not clean.
@WK_MERCURY 2 жыл бұрын
It’s not just ReconAfrica that we should gear our rage towards, but also to the Namibian government that gave these licenses to the company. We need names of those government officials. How much were they bribed?
@ashleydolin4292 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly the company wouldn't be able to do anything if Namibia had a competent goverment.
@gladlawson61 2 жыл бұрын
Lol you're both wrong.
@ashleydolin4292 2 жыл бұрын
@@gladlawson61 how so? It's not like a Canadian company can just show up in any country and do another wishes it need the permission of said government first. It's really not that hard of a concept.
@kaukoi6381 2 жыл бұрын
What makes you think the Namibian Gov officials were bribed? Is it hard for you to imagine that oil revenues of say $100 Billion can transform the livelihoods of 2.5m Namibians and the Gov would welcome such an investment? Sure there's legitimate environmental concerns but this is not unusual for most projects of such a magnitude. Bottom line is the vast majority of Namibian people who're experiencing economic hardship welcome this investment and there's nothing you can do about it. Even if you were to put pressure on ReconAfrica and block their funds in Canada, we'll simply turn to the Chinese and they'll gladly takeover the project - which will spell bad news for all of you tree-huggers out there since the Chinese care less about the environment. At least the Canadians are more concerned about their reputation and will try their best to protect the environment.
@Critical-Thinker895 2 жыл бұрын
So you're a citizen of that country? Stop oppressing other countries just so you can keep nice scenery.
@gemaskerdeskedel5040 2 жыл бұрын
18 months ago I laughed when one of the employees on vacation admitted that they will be drilling for oil in the near future. Yup. Goodbye peaceful Namibia
@gladlawson61 2 жыл бұрын
Or namibia has Kuwait sums of barrels of oil and can transform lives of the people living in the country. AND THERE IS NO FRACKING!! THE OIL IS SO GOOD THERE THAT THEY DONT NEED TO!!!
@liamthomas8029 2 жыл бұрын
@@gladlawson61 If Namibia has corruption, it might turn into another Venezuela, or Nigeria at best where all the money goes to corrupt government officials instead of the people.
@aliababwa3866 2 жыл бұрын
@@gladlawson61 leave it in the ground
@MRptwrench Жыл бұрын
Great job. Effective communication of importance of wildlife and then reveal of threat to that wildlife. I think every viewer can see there needs to be a resolution. Thank you, Terramater team!
@terramater Жыл бұрын
Hi Pete! Thank you for the kind words, and for watching our videos! 🙌
@My_FliX111 2 жыл бұрын
Who's here from shirvan ?
@navneetnair3314 2 жыл бұрын
here
@aqua2aqua 2 жыл бұрын
Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu (India) have the same situation and methane gas extraction happens in areas of the world famous cauvery delta. The delta region have one of the world's best rice producing ecosystem.
@amk4956 2 жыл бұрын
Caspian report brought me to your channel, so far I’m liking it and have subscribed
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
Wow this is amazing! Thank you so much! We are happy to have you as part of our Community 😊
@roberthawk5390 2 жыл бұрын
The area of interest for oil harvesting is far away from the Delta. The 2 D strat results show fracking will not be considered and would be a great expense that is not needed for harvesting oil here.
@rixille 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, it's going to be exploited even if the company decides to abandon the project; some other may pick it up. It's situations like this which can lead to the IUCN's growing list of endangered species.
@blank1778 2 жыл бұрын
The countries that allowed these test sites are corrupt they don’t care about anything but their pockets
@rixille 2 жыл бұрын
@@blank1778 Indeed.
@madrigale6396 2 жыл бұрын
@@blank1778 true, I feel like the only way we are to save a place like this or the rainforest in Brazil is to pay those people or counties not to exploit it
@blank1778 2 жыл бұрын
@@madrigale6396 honestly it seems like the only way unless your lucky and get a corrupt leader that actually cares about his surroundings it has happened before in Africa
@justanotherhuumon 2 жыл бұрын
"Oh hey here's another environmental- ooh that's my country's flag... Shit. : /" PS - Shut down the well.
@cstepaniuk8611 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. We ain’t the international good guys we liked to believe. Oh Canada, our home, the natives land.
@liamthomas8029 2 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of Canadian mining companies which mine in other countries and which the locals hate. There was a BBC report on how the people of an Indonesian island were protesting a Canadian gold mining company buying up their island. The CEO sounded like a jerk.
@metalbob123 2 жыл бұрын
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@sarathes3938 Жыл бұрын
Terra matter picking topics which others are afraid to bring up....love u guys..keep doing ur work!!
@terramater Жыл бұрын
Hi sarath! Thanks for the support and for watching our videos! !🙌
@superdupergrover9857 2 жыл бұрын
Fracking basics: Sometimes oil or gas is contained within rock that does not transmit it well. So it contains oil, but the oil 'drains' so slowly that it isn't worth drilling for, were it not for fracking. Fracking uses hydraulic pressure to fracture the rock, allowing the oil/gas to escape, BUT also has sand or other grit (proppant) that wedges into the cracks to keep them open. Franking, in and of itself, isn't that harmful except that the weakening of the rock can initiate earthquakes from already stressed geological formation. (the potential for an earthquake must already exist for fracking to trigger it). It can also cause petroleum to go where it is unintended. The real issues are 1: the support infrastructure, which is hardly unique to fracking, and 2: the chemicals used in the fracking solution.
@hermanhaertner4614 2 жыл бұрын
It's up to the PEOPLE of NAMIBIA to decide and their ELECTED OFFICIALS... "NOT OUTSIDERS", Not Me, Not You, not the World even. I will let the government and the party whom the people of Namibia keep re-electing over and over, decade after decade, since they were created as a Sovereign Nation in the early 1990's. The NAMIBIAN PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT determine who does exploration and for how long, also who does production and for how long and what kind, etc... they determine everything. THEY SAY STOP..... YOU STOP! THEY SAY DRILL.... YOU DRILL! Not the UN not RECON AFRICA , not ENVIRONMENTALIST, not CANADIAN GOVERNMENT not USA not the WORLD. IF NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT say no to FRACKING ..... Guess what that means... NO FRACKING! FRACKING is no longer economical anymore anyways, you got to be extracting oil by CONVENTIONAL MEANS to be able to compete with Saudi Arabia. These days all the land based oil is found and produced using fracking. So you bring up that everybody's experience on RECON AFRICA team is from fracking.....ummm.... well of course it is.... that's the method used in USA and MEXICO because all the easy oil(CONVENTIONAL) in those once virgin basins of (eagle ford) has already been used up over the last 50 years in Texas. If you want people experienced in Conventional Oil on land then travel back in time to the 1920's to 1970's. Most are retired or dead. So to say they have experience in fracking is a no brainer....ugh the uneducated. Bet if the conservationist for land and animals worked together with RECON AFRICA instead of against them then could be a real good outcome. Show them where to plant trees along a new migration line so that elephants have bark to eat along the way, etc. New game wardens yo protect the animals, more people employed so less illegal poaching and deforestation. So much good can be done at the same time just tooo many negative mines and lack of trust of each other.
@Prince7G 2 жыл бұрын
I learned about "KEY SPECIES" of an in a It's okay to be smart video. I think here elephants are that "KEY SPECIES" for this ecosystem
@princeofchetarria5375 2 жыл бұрын
Namibia is such a beautiful country. I’ve not been to Botswana but heard it is also amazing. Canadian oil companies need to keep the hell out. This behaviour is disgusting.
@Ali___ 2 жыл бұрын
Not all the blame is on the Canadian company, our government will *gladly* sell out our land to line their pockets
@gregorythomassr5485 2 жыл бұрын
Look around the Earth everywhere these type of people go your place gets destroyed. Paper money,clothes,shiny cars it's not worth it. I understand the West has brainwashed everybody Worldwide we all don't live like they show it on TV!!!
@jimmyteerex2177 2 жыл бұрын
If they screw it up, yup its bad news. If they do it properly, it could pull the locals out of poverty with minimal impact on the environment. The actual physical footprint of their infrastructure would be a drop in the Ocean and royalties from the oil could actually assist with protecting the area. Do I think ReconAfrica should be permitted to do it given the directors are selling stock while hyping the firm? No.
@RandomNorwegianGuy. 2 жыл бұрын
As long as there is huge money to be made, there is no limit to how far humans will go. Greed is the driving force of the "modern world"
@simplywellwritten1073 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for spreading the word!
@stanleytolle416 2 жыл бұрын
I live in the fracking zone of Colorado. Fracking as I have observed in my local are is actually much less environmental damaging than older drilling methods. With fracking, drilling is concentrated in pad areas where multiple wells are drilled out horizontally. By concentrating the drilling in discreet spots, 3 to 4 miles apart, it is much easier to control environmental impacts. Even things like methane leakage can be controlled easier. While water usage may seem high for a fracked well it really is quite small compared to irrigation for agriculture and it is not continuous usage. In the area I live there has been no contamination of fracking chemicals with ground water. Waste water, if deep injected, will not cause any environmental damage either. One thing that can cause problems is the drilling ponds if they are not lined and covered with bird nets. So what I am saying is that fracked oil production in itself can be done in a non-environmentally destructive mannor. The concern I would have in this area would be if there is enough political pressure to insure that any oil extraction take place in a environmentally sound manner.
@stanleytolle416 2 жыл бұрын
@Lungelo Khumalo there is all ready a industry in the area that is dependent the area not being environmentally trashed. It's the wildlife tourist industry. In fact, where do you thing the money came from to make this video? Hopefully, this current industry can put enough world wide political pressure on the oil companies and governments in this area to keep development under control.
@lu881 2 жыл бұрын
That's a centrist look at it. And would probably fly if the government really needs the economic boost. But according to a paper released recently on climate change, projects like this should've been shut down yesterday ago. Anything that can contribute to climate change at this point shouldn't be approved, and a green alternative should be used. Namibia has a lot of sun. It is practically built in a desertit can boost foreign direct investment through renewable energy, not through destroying its environment like this.
@saulofontoura 2 жыл бұрын
@@lu881 Well you could generate energy from the Sun there, yes, but that would pretty much only be useful to Namibia and its neighbors. Which is amazing, but I fail to see how that would be attractive to foreign investors. Oil on the other hand can be transported anywhere and it’s much easier to profit from.
@lu881 2 жыл бұрын
@@saulofontoura Totally understand the dilemma. But any profits they receive would be short term. Investment in oil at the moment is pretty much like investing in railways when planes are making regular passenger trips. They will be left behind in the future, and will have to play catch-up in the renewable energy market which will probably be saturated, and dominated by Western companies, because they would've thrown their money in oil and oil would've been obsolete. And they would be in the same position they're in once more. They should invest in the future. And just use renewables. They're better off digging for lithium instead.
@E4439Qv5 2 жыл бұрын
@@lu881 Railways will always matter for freight. Fast, cheap, high-capacity, and less carbon-intensive in bulk loads than flights. It's unattractive as infrastructure, but it can make a huge difference in market competition.
@theaansel8738 2 жыл бұрын
Great move Canada, you should be very proud of yourself. What do you do when you feel so helpless in the face of such rampant Gluttony. Some humans will not rest until they have destroyed everything.
@Si1ete 2 жыл бұрын
This needs to be shared
@normanwells2755 Жыл бұрын
Nope. It belongs to Namibia. Go drill your own. Freeloader.
@Ravi-ot6xj 2 жыл бұрын
beautiful visual representation.
@dwele7852 2 жыл бұрын
Well done!! there's a class action suit against all the people you mentioned share holders are lining up
@abdullahbokov 2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Chechnya and Ingushetia!
@the-quintessenz 2 жыл бұрын
Say Hi to Ramsan!
@FThisW 2 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal reporting
@hamzasyed 2 жыл бұрын
3:56 what am I looking at? So dark and can't tell it's too zoomed in or too zoomed out.
@Justafreesheep 2 жыл бұрын
A great example of people not having a good understanding of what's ACTUALLY happening in this area. I've been invested with recon since last year and follow the exploration extremely closely. I'm also very environmentally conscious and supportive. Recon is a Canadian company (meaning they must abide by all Canadian environmental laws even in Namibia) and they're doing a TON to help the environment there. Their initiative is carbon neutrality with their project (basically pumping Co2 back into the ground, to have a net effect of zero from their operations). They're planting thousands upon thousands of new trees. Recon is also providing funding for wildlife protection in the parks near them, to help stop poaching (which is the largest threat to wildlife in these areas and is rampant). They're drilling conventionally (no chemicals whatsoever) and they're using water based organic mud as a drilling fluid (can be used as fertilizer and is very expensive). They're drilling water wells for the namibian people to give thousands access to water they otherwise walk miles for every day. They're employing the local namibian people primarily for the jobs (already hundreds). This is a poor country with high unemployment and little food in these regions. Recon has the full support of the Namibian government, including their president. They will not be fracking, this has been made VERY clear by both recon africa and the Namibian government. It's an absolute no go. Conventional oil drilling is very safe, basically drill a hole, suck out the oil, fill the hole back in eventually and re-plant over it. The environmental concern here is almost nothing. They're over 200 miles away from the okavango delta and the river referenced is very far north of their exploration area. Any water they use comes from deep aquifers underground. Their wells are cased in cement so there is no chance for oil to leak out. Coming after this company and spreading lies about them is only going to hurt an incredibly impoverished country and people. This is the best and most responsible company to help namibia utilize their own resources and make the proper investments towards green energy (very expensive) and lift them out of abject poverty. I stand with that. I want to see namibia become a more prosperous country and that requires investments and money. They have no other means to become a more developed nation. This is the right move for them and it hurts nobody, certainly not the environment there. Namibia doesn't have the resources to develop their own resources, they NEED foreign investment and they're desperate for it. Left to their own development, their circumstance will not change. If you want to actually do some good in the world, help support this company in bringing these people the means to have better lives. Food, clean water, homes, and jobs.
@steven6731 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to read a different view. It is not always black or white.
@cornelism2738 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! I almost blamed a company that is doing good work!
@jumbubumbu3895 2 жыл бұрын
So many untrue facts in this video! Well I guess they need otherwise it would not be as interesting. This is potentially the best thing that could ever happen to Namibia. Become energy independent instead of having to rely on importing from other countries, give people access to basic needs like electricity and water, give them an opportunity to get a job. Take the money and invest further in education for their children, wildlife protection (reduce any poaching), etc etc. I could keep on going.
@jasonk.burress4937 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Recon Africa is helping the people of Namibia. The government is very supportive of these efforts. The company has also drilled many water wells for these people.
@JA-xv3qp 2 жыл бұрын
That sounds reassuring, but the main point of the video wasn’t the economy of Namibia or its people, but the connectivity of the bordering national parks and the delta, for wildlife these migration routes are everything. Any advancement in that area is ought to be causing major disruption for the wildlife. Where are they planting those thousands and thousands of forests? And from what funds? Fixing co2 is great but what about methane? Can you link sources to your points?
@ninjam77 2 жыл бұрын
I think it's right to be concerned a out the eco system, especially when fracking would be used but the economic benefits to Namiba should also be presented. Sollutions that mediate between both interests would also be interesring.
@sergpie 2 жыл бұрын
Mindful extraction and protecting lands is the key here, but Botswana and Namibia are (relatively) broke, and will circumvent any protected species’ status to squeeze out some revenue. Emissions-reduction is a fruitless cause, as they are extremely negligible in their influence on atmosphere and temperature. All this focus on carbon and not proper land and resource management; lol when you realize the globe was hotter in the 1910s-1950s when carbon was far lower in atmospheric concentration.
@antonschmidt1698 2 жыл бұрын
So true. We need the revenue. Off course Hage and his Swapo cronies will mos squander most of it, but at least we can maybe pay the Chinese loans back and get the economy rolling again.
@phineas7423 2 жыл бұрын
One side wants profit over the wellbeing of people. There is no negotiating with that.
@jimrye4678 2 жыл бұрын
There will be no fracking. It's amazing how people can have an opinion without doing any research at all. Personally I think making a statement based on one video on KZfaq makes you FEEL smart and engaged, but it does the exact opposite for those who have looked into it.
@ninjam77 2 жыл бұрын
@@jimrye4678 I just respinded to the video and, unlike the person who made the video I do not pretend to know very much about the topic. However after searching for it I do think that there are plans that at least consider starting fracking in the region.
@laMoria 2 жыл бұрын
I would have liked to hear more of ReconAfrica. Is the company supported by local governments? Are those govs corrupt?
@francoisp9776 2 жыл бұрын
@@PBFoote-mo2zr Keep these people poor so that the rich like us can have video to watch. Its sick the misinformation.
@Mysikrysa 2 жыл бұрын
@@francoisp9776 How mentally sick one has to be to write a bull*it like your disgusting, gaslighting, psychopathic comment?
@louvendran7273 2 жыл бұрын
Corrupt as hell, learnt from big brother, South Africa.
@GoldenslSongs 2 жыл бұрын
it's a shame what humans do to this BEAUTIFUL plant..☹😟
@softarmor111 Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@terramater Жыл бұрын
Hi, a! We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! :)
@sasazamami 2 жыл бұрын
I can't even finish watching this its so sad
@normanwells2755 Жыл бұрын
That's ok. I'll tell you what happened. They have found promising formations and are exploring further. The country hopes they will find producible reserves. Environmentalists are upset the people of Namibia may prosper.
@angustin6590 2 жыл бұрын
CaspianReport sent me here :)
@l4zrh4wk 2 жыл бұрын
Me too
@jackblack1494 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Mama Africa needs all the help she can get...
@normanwells2755 Жыл бұрын
Yes. Hopefully they will find lots of oil and prosperity will result.
@ghazalaansari9283 2 жыл бұрын
I was expecting a Rhinoceros in the wildlife you showed. But then I realised that the Chobe Black Rhinoceros, an endemic local subspecies of Black Rhinoceros, only found in the Chobe National Park, has only "one" individual Rhinoceros living. Some of us know that the Northern White Rhinoceros (a subspecies of White Rhinoceros) has "2" individuals left.
@ghazalaansari9283 2 жыл бұрын
And some care about the Northern White Rhinoceros but the Chobe Black Rhinoceros needs attention too
@sergpie 2 жыл бұрын
All rhinos matter
@ghazalaansari9283 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergpie yeah what's even worse is that there are many subspecies of Rhinoceros with "low" numbers Western Sumatran Rhinoceros - "50 individuals" Bornean Rhinoceros - Atleast 2 individuals Northern Sumatran Rhinoceros / Ear fringed Rhinoceros - "Less than a dozen, if any" Indian Javan Rhinoceros - "Extinct" Vietnamese Javan Rhinoceros - "Extinct" Indonesian Javan Rhinoceros - "60" Chobe Black Rhinoceros - "1 INDIVIDUAL" Southern Black Rhinoceros - "Extinct" Western Black Rhinoceros - "Extinct" Northeastern Black Rhinoceros - "Extinct" Northern White Rhinoceros - "2 individuals" Sunderban Dwarf Rhinoceros - "no individuals"
@sergpie 2 жыл бұрын
@@ghazalaansari9283 Poor babies 🦏
@ghazalaansari9283 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergpie yeah and all because they are poached for their horns Chinese and Vietnamese doctors prescribe rhinoceros horns, pangolin scales and everything unique like some unique wild monkey parts for natural substitute of viagra to all the way to treat cancer, none of this is proved to be effective at all Wor to these traditional medicines
@Fuhrerjehova 2 жыл бұрын
Intresting! However, I feel that it's almost always people from industrialized rich parts of the world who tend to think in this way. We already slaughtered our wilderness in order to get where we are. And we expect africans not to, they should just stay poor and have their lands be national parks for us to visit. My point is, if we westerners wants africans to protect these sensitive areas and not drill for oil, we should pay for it. As much as we would have given for the oil. It's the same with the rain forest. Of course Brazil cuts it down. Living rainforest do not pay the bills. I'm from Sweden, we happily whine on Brazil while we keep having a huge mining and woodcutting industry as well as being huge consumers. Of course we can't stop mining and woodcutting, then we would become poor. Poor is something South Americans and Africans should be. Not us Swedes :) Anyway. Great video. Caspian sent me.
@yoshi9358 2 жыл бұрын
There has to be some carbon offset tax for nations
@SunilKumar-nf7ft 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking ❤️
@TheDovakhin01 2 жыл бұрын
It's not really like the exploitation of oil in Africa by a North-American company would make the life of local people better. There aren't many countries that are rich thanks to their natural resources. Maybe an elite could become extremely rich, like in golf contries, but the common people would never see the benefit of this oil.
@Fuhrerjehova 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDovakhin01 A lot of countries see a huge benifit from natural resources.
@callsignfives4403 2 жыл бұрын
I live in Botswana and no one here wants the oil company, we don't want them here because we cherish our environment, not because of money, we have a thriving diamond industry, 3 out of 4 of the world's biggest diamonds came from us. The goverment sponsors and pays students to go to school, free healtchcare and many other benefits. We are not poor.
@igkslife 2 жыл бұрын
Video: north American oil company The world America no! USA: what? The world: sorry force of habit. The world: Canada no! Canada: oil. Yes.
@aishwaryasingh6859 2 жыл бұрын
One solution, the share price is negative today, only $4, I think people, instead of merely expressing frustration start purchasing the shres directly. Once when the combined force of investors tell the company to remove its function from this place, they by law will have to
@cuddlemuffin.9545 2 жыл бұрын
Why would investors want to lose money lmao
@navneetnair3314 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, exactly, that's not how the stock market works
@aishwaryasingh6859 2 жыл бұрын
@@cuddlemuffin.9545 its not for the profit makers, it for the people who only cry and heave with no action.
@louvendran7273 2 жыл бұрын
@@navneetnair3314 it is, shareholders determine the running of the company
@navneetnair3314 2 жыл бұрын
@@louvendran7273 yes I know, but the investors won't want to lose money would they? Removing their operations from the place would result in a net loss and the investors would lose their money, so there really isn't an incentive for them here
@drberryyt3948 2 жыл бұрын
Africa is a beautiful country its so sad we are destroying it :( Its sad we just use them :/ like we need nature without nature theres nothing i wish the government would understand this :c
@TheEF78 2 жыл бұрын
Africa is not country
@flamingflamingo4021 2 жыл бұрын
Caspian Report gang, please respond ;)
@terramater 2 жыл бұрын
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@MrDingo-lo7zs 2 жыл бұрын
I have already subscribed i just share these videos to my friends 🙂
@estherjacqueline8625 2 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the video, it hurts to know how this oil company is going destroy the surroundings and animals and birds and MOST IMPORTANTLY WATER. ISN'T THERE A WAY FOR US TO STOP THIS UNMINDFUL DESTRUCTION. I fully understand the future of the people of these regions.
@gjsoriano1 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your continuous informative videos!!! Where can we see the NatGeo article link?
@HelloAllie 2 жыл бұрын
I am the principal of a small school in Florida. I will ask my science teacher to use these videos as 'bell ringers' and/or create an entire lesson from them♡♡
@terramater 2 жыл бұрын
@@gjsoriano1 Thank you! it’s link no 15 in our sources list in the description!
@danieljudkowicz1667 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video broooo
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Daniel!
@freiht7508 2 жыл бұрын
This situation involves so many aspects that is hard to objectively judge it, some people points how it can help the economy but, will that really happen? I live in a country with one the greatest reserves of oil in the world and with one of the worse economies because from the start the oil companies/big executives/government are the only ones getting the big money out of it not the country, plus if one of those water sources gets poisoned it will not only effect the whole ecosystem but also all the population living out of those water sources and if this project is successful who can guarantee that this "small piece of land" use for extraction won't keep growing and growing until it push out all the species living there? I would like to believe that if they keep it up they will do it responsibly but I honestly doubt it, profits is the only thing that matters for these people.
@sudeepsaxena8023 2 жыл бұрын
Are you from Venezuela?
@m2mike38 11 ай бұрын
@Frei HT you have spoken well.
@meh23p 2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Once again, fracking is terrible and we should work towards banning it on a global scale as soon as possible!
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 😊 That is so true! It is highly dangerous for the environment and the ecosystem - so raising more awareness about this problem is a good start!!
@marcorozo9922 2 жыл бұрын
0:24 I really thought that it's a language itself in that part of Africa
@demahonesto5576 2 жыл бұрын
She got me too...🤣
@notyourfriendlyneighbor2733 2 жыл бұрын
Well its a launge and its in the part of Africa so your not wrong
@louvendran7273 2 жыл бұрын
She is speaking Ovambo.
@alyoon6590 2 жыл бұрын
Is there anything that we can do to help?
@thedarkdragon1437 2 жыл бұрын
here is a question: who licences it to them`?
@altrimmamuti9317 2 жыл бұрын
This video was very analytical and informative. Well executed. I was wondering what are the Canadian Environmental Agencies saying about this? Are they stretching to find out more and actually denounce the CEO and the rest?
@normanwells2755 Жыл бұрын
Canada's Department of Environment has no authority in Namibia. Namibia is an independent country and makes it's own decisions.
@walterclements7968 Жыл бұрын
@@normanwells2755 And they are not doing anything wrong/dangerous to the environment there.
@bebo1293 2 жыл бұрын
There is no fracking. The drill site is hundred of miles away from the delta. Namibia will received 50% through taxes. Striking oil will have major benefits to the people of Namibia. It hurts that I was sent here from caspian report, a Channel I really love. I don’t think you mentioned how recon Africa is also drilling 20 water wells for local villages. Update for anyone who actually waste their time watching this video: Recon Africa has begun removing live mines.
@cstepaniuk8611 2 жыл бұрын
Ever watch Star Trek?
@JCdevoss 2 жыл бұрын
How did the governments fishing license distribution go? And the exporting of Namibian rosewood ban? Did that stop. No the corrupt and smugglers still managed to get tons of these rare and ancient trees. The fishrot and rosewood scandals just show that the elite and corrupt are the only ones benefiting from the projects and when it comes to this oil project in the Delta area I have no doubts that what is reported by government officials and what is reality are different
@botneo2427 2 жыл бұрын
When was the last time western companies paid taxes to African nations?
@louvendran7273 2 жыл бұрын
@@botneo2427 Yeah boi 😎
@bebo1293 2 жыл бұрын
@@botneo2427 i get taxed so the USA can send that money to every other country in the world including namibia 😂😂. Youre obviously ignorant. Read a book or anything besides Twitter.
@hankschrader2353 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine being the kind of guy watching this and be like "mh yeah that sounds pretty good"
@danielelkin995 2 жыл бұрын
Recommended by CaspianReport. Glad I watched.
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
We are glad too Daniel 😊Welcome Here at Terra Mater!
@MrDingo-lo7zs 2 жыл бұрын
Terra Mater helps a lot to raise awareness I love your videos
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words! We are hoping to raise as much awareness as possible with our topics and videos 😊
@NiMi93 2 жыл бұрын
6:10 it is unclear how a couple handful of sites (a fraction the footprint of a Costco store) might seriously impede elephant movement across such a vast space -thoughts?
@jonathanturek5846 2 жыл бұрын
Roads and pipelines noise and wildlife has learned to stay away from us due to poaching and hunting. A few people already rich get richer at our world's expense
@campbell7128 2 жыл бұрын
I think it Is because those small sites will still poison large areas of land due to them being so close to rivers and the rivers being connected to the delta. the poisoning of the water will kill off plant life over large areas. this would impede on elephant movement due to how they migrate, elephants will travel searching for new greenery throughout that multinational park following old 'Elephant Roads' (created by thier ancestors) easily (it is actually a very small plot of land for them to migrate across, they used to migrate across the howl of Southern Africa). If the plant life along those roads is dying then elephants won't be able to feed themselves on thier journey, thus interrupting elephant movement. Additionally those roads will often follow rivers, so just by the rivers being poisoned, means that elephants would not be able to migrate cause they could not rehydrate. Last point is that Elephants are naturally very aggressive and are even more so in those parts due to poaching (elephants know that humans hurt them, they are very smart animals), the movement of vehicles in that area will result in many cases where elephants will destroy these vehicles witch will cause the oil company to push them out of the area, additionally those sights could be on old elephant roads.
@campbell7128 2 жыл бұрын
Those small sites are like cancer in that ecosystem
@Critical-Thinker895 2 жыл бұрын
Liberal do-gooders who live in luxury compared to these people want to oppress people of another country just so they can do some virtue signalling.
@micahgelfand8282 2 жыл бұрын
@@Critical-Thinker895 Notice how it's a foreign company doing the development
@lovebutnosoilder 2 жыл бұрын
How can we spread the word and what can we do?
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
Share this video and help us reach as many people as possible 🙌 Thank you Alex!
@noegiducos5609 2 жыл бұрын
Why this was not discuss in the COP summit.
@roycefruciano5418 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like all the species from 200,000 or so years ago really curse their luck for having to be the ones to experience humans :(
@roycefruciano5418 2 жыл бұрын
Dinosaurs probably just did their thing for millions of years with no issues… well almost
@scottchirco6191 2 жыл бұрын
You mean humans who are created in the image of God with unique skills, talents, and are immeasurably precious to Him? Do you think humans are a plaque to Earth, it’s wildlife and ecosystem? Have your brains rotted completely inside your skull? Some are evil and exploit animals so lump us all together right donut?
@feelsweirdman_1823 2 жыл бұрын
The same way we hate mosquitos, animals are not all friendly puppies, some are dangerous and would not waste a second on killing prey or humans
@sergpie 2 жыл бұрын
@@scottchirco6191 Finally, a fellow humanist! I wanna know how many of these “animals-first” types eat animals or wear leather, or believe that predator-prey relationships exist only on TV 😂
@erikpienk 2 жыл бұрын
As a petroleum engineer I hate when they misrepresent a widely available science that is fracking. They love to put the oil reservoir right next to the water table, which is not the case. In the deepest places water can appear as deep as 500ft. Each region has its water table depths well defined. the least average reservoir is 3000ft deep, and most goes above 6000ft. So very far away from a water source. Contamination of water is possible but almost all cases happen because of bad waste management on surface. Meaning even in the rare even contamination happens it is limited. From all that water injected to frack most of it its recovered +90% as it returns to surface and can be treated and used again. This is common for companies at it reduces cost and water must be compatible with the reservoir.
@Mysikrysa 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, sure... You work in this fu*ked up industry, why would you talk against it?
@lincolnlog5977 2 жыл бұрын
@@MysikrysaAwww yes. Great fallacy. Oh you’re an expert who knows what they are talking about? Well that just means you’re in on it.
@Mysikrysa 2 жыл бұрын
@@lincolnlog5977 OMG that person´s username is literally "petrol".
@joeshmoe8345 2 жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks
@jeffwindham6834 Жыл бұрын
Noticing the failure to disclose the number of local freshwater wells put in place by Recon for the sake of local populace that are completely unrelated to oil production. Good journalism tells all the facts. A simple internet search would find this.
@jonathanturek5846 2 жыл бұрын
I am sick of this crap happening... I am deeply disturbed by humans destruction fuelled by greed.take your share holders and profit and feed the executives to the lions
@contrarianduude3463 2 жыл бұрын
I remember back when I was a kid. A bunch of dudes dragged a tree into the cave and set it on fire. I remember the warmth, but I knew it was just the start of big timber. Then came those ranchers and their cattle"big rancher" soon to be followed by "big Farmer" and their wheat and cotton. Big copper was soon followed by big iron. We could solve this problem by getting rid of all those other people not part of my clan. And I could live at peace in my cave with my clan, that is what's important to the earth.
@micahgelfand8282 2 жыл бұрын
You certainly are contrarian
@freshiie22 2 жыл бұрын
Damn I have these guys on my stock watchlist
@italocarvalho3844 2 жыл бұрын
Finding oil in its territory it's the worst thing that could happen to a developing country.
@bhishmadevkarali984 2 жыл бұрын
Hey terramatters, can we get a video on recent IPCC report?
@priyanks91 2 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for a good video on that.
@FabioTheGreat 2 жыл бұрын
Btw, Angola just changed the constitution to allow resource extraction in protect areas. This mean, they will start explore resource in the upstream part of Okavango. This won't end well.
@alifkembaraalam2487 2 жыл бұрын
I think i want to read that news if you have the source btw
@galadriellothlorien4811 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds Donald Trump to me!
@oceejekwam6829 2 жыл бұрын
All three of these countries are fairly wealthy. They are not starved and desperate. All are middle income countries.
@FOLIPE 2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully with local companies?
@sergpie 2 жыл бұрын
@@galadriellothlorien4811 Trump opened Bureau of Land Management and federally-owned lands to extraction, none of which were in areas deemed sensitive or housing threatened species. Like, how do you even compare the two? Not that the USA has a perfect track-record, but we have done far more than ANY African nation could ever aspire to do, when it comes to safeguarding our - and others’- environment. I’ve been to mining operations in Africa and South America and the disrespect one can commit on “protected land” with a wad of cash handed to some dude with a rifle, is insane. I’ve seen swathes of rainforest canopies- orchids and bird nests and all- lying chopped-up on the ground for what ultimately ended up being about 50 carats of gem material. A literal small handful. This was overseen not by an operator or manager of the mining company, but by the custodian of the land itself! Try to find an analog of that in modern USA or Western Europe. I’ll wait.
@jakethesnakelimited 2 жыл бұрын
Probably would have been better for the environment to just expand oilsands capacity in Canada!
@izuix5629 2 жыл бұрын
1:45 fits too well together with 6:12
@kilowhiskey7973 2 жыл бұрын
This video needs a substantial amount of context to be provided. These exotic wildlife-rich nations, are poor. For their citizens trying to survive on low income, poaching is an extremely lucrative market. The lack of good paying jobs in these areas is what causes an unreasonable amount of destruction of wildlife and it’s ecosystems. No jobs in these areas can also mean revolt- and ultimately; WAR. Sure, you won’t have oil being sucked out of the ground with brand new technology that is designed to be more eco-friendly than the traditional image of drilling that we have in our minds with smog and polluted rivers. But you’ll have people killing every inch of exotic wildlife trying to make a living, you’ll have bombs blowing up factories and vehicles and gas stations, you’ll have indirect disasters in your region. The truth is that these energy companies are not perfect, and no energy company is. However, they do have an image to uphold. They want a “clean” reputation. Their intention is simply not to destroy the area they are drilling in- like in this case. Energy companies WANT other countries to trust them to drill within their lands. The money that it takes for them to do this is nothing to them when they consider how much money they’ll still be making at the end of the day. It’s a win-win for everyone involved. The country which will be more politically stable when it’s people are happy and working, it’s people who will be more financially stable by being put to work, and the companies who can maximize their profits. This video is extremely ignorant. It bases its entire argument off “non renewable bad” “oil and ecosystem don’t get along”, etc etc. It’s nothing more than some NPC overly-awoke bullshit without any in-depth context or logic being taken into consideration.
@alysonv6398 2 жыл бұрын
for even more context; they are not only rich in exotic wildlife but they are also rich in resources, resources that are used to uphold big economies of the west etc, economies who then provide "aid" when they are basically stealing from them in the first place.. this video is not ignorant at all- in fact it is highlighting a very important truth that the lives we live, cities urbanization and over consumption, are unsustainble, wreckless and harmful to ourselves and others. You are right, war is definitely a possibility when it comes to such a situation, because of underlying greed that persists in how we humans are currently living.
@jestork1 2 жыл бұрын
In Alberta, I frequently drive through areas where there has been significant oil based development and many wells in some areas. The land disturbance is minimal, the sites are clean. Other than the immediate sites (which are small areas), there is little disturbance to the local landscape with virtually no impact on wildlife. Disruption from putting pipelines in the ground leading to pumping stations are temporary, and are hard to detect once they are covered and the land is reclaimed.. It is easy for people to downplay such development when they are living good lives that come from or depend on the peotroleum industry in one way or another. It is funny that they don't mention how this company has already improved the lives of many people in the area by drilling water wells so they have easy access to clean water as well as providing jobs and training for many as well. Of course the development needs to be monitored so that it does not lead to the destruction of the area in the future. If they follow the environmental guidelines we have in Canada, I would not hesitate to let them develop near where I live.
@Luna-wm8nl 2 жыл бұрын
this is dead sad, and the fact that this could be an scam its just awful
@Mysikrysa 2 жыл бұрын
There was already a case of a scammer who destroyed part of rainforest in south America just to make his scam look like real thing, destroyed the environment and run away with money from the investors and if I remember correctly, he also probably faked his own death.
@shahinchoudhury8256 2 жыл бұрын
who else here from CaspianReport?
@ramasodimalete2699 2 жыл бұрын
Noooooooo 🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️ that’s the beautifulest place ever!
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
It really is - and it should stay that way! 🙌
@cavedahonesty105 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS REPORT. IF WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A PLANET, We must stop Big Oil.
@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869 2 жыл бұрын
How much death are you willing to embrace?
@ir0n392 2 жыл бұрын
And the governments of countries that allow this. The Namibian government is just as much to blame as ReconAfrica.
@klaudelu18 2 жыл бұрын
Hey, Terra Mater! Could you, please, link to a page (or doc) that has the video's transcript. I am an Eastern European English teacher, and I sometimes use such videos as teaching material; both for the language, and for the topic.
@terramater 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Claudiu, please leave us a short note at social@terramater.com. Thanks!
@craigforest7970 2 жыл бұрын
Oh good, glad to see a teacher is spreading misinformation to their students. Maybe you should teach your students how to do research first. 🙄
@parshu.9309 2 жыл бұрын
Really fracking is dengerous for planet
@Nick-lx4fo 2 жыл бұрын
Fracking is a very clean method of petroleum extraction
@isaaccamarafernando8343 2 жыл бұрын
In Angola the government try to do the same but failed
@qjimq 2 жыл бұрын
I would buy into your story more, if they didn't lie so much about Keystone XL pipeline. As an industrial Engineer I don't work in this field, but I know that a pipeline is safer than a train (but the trains are owned by Bloomberg, Gates and Warren Buffet). So, I'm sorry I've lost faith in these 'fear' tactics used in the USA to stop the XL Pipeline to make Buffet richer.
@TreacherousFennec 2 жыл бұрын
Instead of blaming Canada for drilling oil there, why don't we blame the african officials who secure them the licenses to do so? If you arent willing to protect yourself and what is yours, dont expect others to do any better. Afghanistan recently is a good example of that. PS. Ain't Canadian or defending Canada in this statement
@gladlawson61 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody is blaming canada. This is alarmist and based on b.s by short sellers who are on the hook for millions. This screams of a hit piece.
@seeker11 2 жыл бұрын
Indeed but thats what happens when most people there are uneducated and are run power hungry politicians.
@nande67 2 жыл бұрын
Here are my two cents as a Namibian. Everyone is to blame, just because the Canadian company can’t hand themselves the licenses doesn’t mean they aren’t wrong. You say you aren’t defending Canada but you very much are when you try and shift the blame in one direction. Everyone is who has a hand in this is at fault period.
@TreacherousFennec 2 жыл бұрын
@@nande67 Canada is using an opportunity here, they are to blame because it dangers the wildlife and they surely know it. But I hold Namibia accountable for all of this more than canada because it's your nation, your land and your country. If you arent gonna defend it and keep it intact, you can't expect someone else from another country to do it for you. Hence the example of today's Afghanistan.
@nande67 2 жыл бұрын
@@TreacherousFennec The accountability is shared, there is no one more accountable than the other, they are working to benefit each other, its not a one-sided arrangement. We've been in the streets protesting about it for months, we as the people can only do so much to stop it.
@krwiles 2 жыл бұрын
So we can do journalism here but not anywhere else i guess.
@TheCreep144 2 жыл бұрын
To wait and see what happens is no different than just doing it for them. It’s already too late to stop it.
@roberthawk5390 2 жыл бұрын
There are so many misleading things in this video it is amazing that people are so complimentary of this work.
@lathapauline1063 2 жыл бұрын
Protecting our environment must be prior to anything else, if we lose our planet where will we go?
@chadscott5223 2 жыл бұрын
Mars. Hence Elon Musk.
@ccproductions50ify 2 жыл бұрын
@@chadscott5223 and then what are we gonna do when we destroy Mars the same way we destroyed the earth?
@feelsweirdman_1823 2 жыл бұрын
@@ccproductions50ify next one
@ccproductions50ify 2 жыл бұрын
@@feelsweirdman_1823 y’all are really ok with having an endless trail of destruction 💀
@sergpie 2 жыл бұрын
Protecting the environment is a really vague proposition; like, I get the notion of not shitting where one eats (talking to you India and Ghana), but what does that mean, really? Ought we not to protect ourselves from the environment, and not the other way around?
@phoule76 2 жыл бұрын
Does Morty still have the five rings?
@--Paws-- 2 жыл бұрын
I assumed it to be the US but from Canada, didn't expect that.
@normanwells2755 Жыл бұрын
Canadian energy investment is moving away from Canada because it has become a shithole.
@maftab3818 2 жыл бұрын
Protect the nature and the animals
@lenafromterramater3690 2 жыл бұрын
That truly is highly important 🙌
@maftab3818 2 жыл бұрын
@@lenafromterramater3690 Why don't wildlife stop them?
@w1ndache 2 жыл бұрын
The problem is that as important as the delta is, it can't bring the locals economic benefits, but drilling will. No one will pay them to maintain the delta even though it is important, so they are incentivised to drill. It's the same with the Amazon.
@w1ndache 2 жыл бұрын
@GMan5090 They still have to pay for the drilling rights and permits, but usually with these projects in Africa there will be some corruption involved so the locals may not get a fair share. But even that will be many fold whatever the locals are earning before, which is the sad part.
@ilikepizza5292 2 жыл бұрын
This is disturbing and sad
@izuix5629 2 жыл бұрын
1:45 the elephant's paths of migration
@philophos 2 жыл бұрын
If you don’t want people in the global south to become rich through ecologically harmful methods, petition your governments to help them build the infrastructure to avoid it. Don’t just get mad at a shady company or blame the Namibian government for being interested in economic development. For the most part, human beings follow the path of least resistance + the path of highest incentive. Make it easier and more worthwhile for Namibia to not exploit their oil reserves.
@normanwells2755 Жыл бұрын
The people who complain about his don't want to spend their own money.
@kevindotson3552 2 жыл бұрын
What about shorting a stock. This looks like Terra Mater created a video for this purpose.
@stevek8288 2 жыл бұрын
Bingo!
@warrenking7965 2 жыл бұрын
This guy gets it
@lanceroparaca1413 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you maje a vídeo about Mexican Vaquita Marina, just about to disappear.
@igkslife 2 жыл бұрын
.... Fusion reactors kick started using neutrons could be the new power plants of the future. Hydrogen powered vehicles could replace gas powered vehicles. Hydrogen is abundant through out the world, and the solar system. Hydrogen can be used to power plants as well... Not just in fusion reactors, but rocket powered power plants. Where you combine hydrogen, and oxygen together in a explosive way to produce electricity. Now why am I saying this? Simple. Oil is refined to produce fuel for all types of vehicles, and to produce power. Same with natural gasses other than hydrogen, and oxygen.. Like methane ( which is 1 carbon atom, and 4 hydrogen atoms) or like propane gas. So, even though I'm off topic, it's on topic in regards to use.
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