“Let me stop you right there.” The BBC’s missed opportunity to talk about colonialism, elite capture, the climate crisis and Exxon’s carbon bomb in Guyana
“Let me stop you right there.” The BBC’s missed opportunity to talk about colonialism, elite capture, the climate crisis and Exxon’s carbon bomb in Guyana
A few weeks ago, a clip of an interview between Stephen Sackur of BBC’s HARDtalk show and President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana went viral. Sackur asks about the two billion tonnes of carbon emissions that will result from the exploitation of the oil and gas off the coast of Guyana. “Do you know that Guyana has a forest forever that is the size of England and Scotland combined?” Ali replies.
Professor Bulkan gets it right on every point! And it is not possible to truly debate someone like President Ali who is intent on bluster and fueled by the dream of being a petro-state with attendant social "development" (read environmental degradation). How can "we" get it across to the "developing" world that the "good life" they see depicted on Western TV was a most grievous mistake in the history of the world? Do Not Emulate? Yes, so many countries are in a rush to get oil/gas/LNG exported before it is all (properly) banned. Choose Life or oil.
Professor Bulkan gets it right on every point! And it is not possible to truly debate someone like President Ali who is intent on bluster and fueled by the dream of being a petro-state with attendant social "development" (read environmental degradation). How can "we" get it across to the "developing" world that the "good life" they see depicted on Western TV was a most grievous mistake in the history of the world? Do Not Emulate? Yes, so many countries are in a rush to get oil/gas/LNG exported before it is all (properly) banned. Choose Life or oil.