Episode5: HOW THE 1980s COULD HAVE SAVED THE PLANET

In 1982 a super tanker the Esso Atlantic quietly made its way across the world's oceans. It wasn't carrying oil. It was carrying scientists. The oil giants were mapping out the impact of burning fossil fuels. The conclusions were frightening - if they didn't change course the world was on track for a climate catastrophe. Big Oil suppressed the evidence. They then poured billions into disinformation campaigns to dispute the science they knew to be true while promoting massive increases in fossil fuel burning. 

And even as their predictions are coming frighteningly true, they continue with the same lies and deceptions. This episode breaks down the great fossil fuel counter revolution of the 1980s.

Music: 
The Grandfather's Song - L'étranger 1983  ©Angus/Cash
The Summer Before the Storm - Grievous Angels 2020 ©Angus 

https://grievousangels2.bandcamp.com/track/summer-before-the-storm

@Sticks and Stones - L'étranger 1984  ©Angus/Cash