Are FOSSIL FUELS really all that bad??

The fossil fuel propaganda machine has been extremely effective in recent years at highlighting what it suggests are the terrible environmental harms being perpetrated on mother nature by those horrible people making solar panels, wind turbines, batteries and anything else that dares to carry the label 'renewable'. But the big boys of big oil, gas and coal are not so quick to point out the damage done by their own products, are they? So, let's take a look. Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Video Transcripts available at our website http://www.justhaveathink.com GET TICKETS FOR EVERYTHING ELECTRIC HERE - USE CODE JHTEE20 FOR 20% DISCOUNT https://uk.everythingelectric.show/south/ Reference Links: Human Rights Watch : Mountain Top Mining https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKwrlzntYU0 WPSU - Coal mine 'acid mine draining' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRValJLHgXY New Scientist article debunking US govt emissions claim https://www.newscientist.com/article/2490579-us-says-co2-emissions-arent-harmful-climate-science-shows-otherwise/ ITOPF Article on oil spills https://www.itopf.org/knowledge-resources/data-statistics/oil-tanker-spill-statistics-2024 US govt data on pipeline leaks https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/data-and-statistics/pipeline/pipeline-incident-20-year-trends Reuters report on gas pipeline accidents https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/us-natural-gas-pipeline-accidents-pose-big-unreported-climate-threat-2024-03-08 Centre for Biological Diversity - America's dangerous pipelines https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/americas_dangerous_pipelines/ FracTracker - pipeline leaks https://www.fractracker.org/2025/04/pipeline-incidents-are-a-daily-occurrence EPA guidance on abandoned mine drainage https://www.epa.gov/nps/abandoned-mine-drainage Centre for Biological Diversity - Mountaintop Removal https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/mining/mountaintop_removal IRENA Renewable Energy Statistics 2025 https://www.irena.org/Publications/2025/Jul/Renewable-energy-statistics-2025 EIA stats on US capacity additions https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65964 IEA projection for 2026 https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-mid-year-update-2025/executive-summary Visual Capitalist chart of world power https://www.visualcapitalist.com/what-powered-the-world-in-2024/ World Health Organisation - air pollution stats https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/air-pollution Our World in Data - Air pollution deaths map https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/pollution-deaths-from-fossil-fuels Our World in Data - Accidents and deaths per terawatt hour https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/death-rates-from-energy-production-per-twh IMF - fossil fuel subsidies https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion USA not attending COP30 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/29/climate/us-fires-climate-negotiators-cop30-china Methane emissions from Australian mines https://reneweconomy.com.au/single-queensland-gas-bore-emits-as-much-methane-as-10000-cars-new-study-shows/ Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators zentouro: https://www.youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: https://www.youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Levi Hildebrand: https://www.youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karvner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw ClimateTown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ