Penn & Teller: Bull! 1x13

1. 1971—THE FIRST OFFICIAL EARTH DAY CELEBRATION.

2. ON THE, UH, UNICYCLE HERE,

3. THIS IS PENN JILLETTE,

4. COLIN MOSHEN,

5. AND THAT WAS BULLSHIT.

6. NOW IT'S 2003, AND THIS IS PENN JILLETTE,

7. IS HIS PARTNER TELLER,

8. AND THIS...

9. IS BULLSHIT.

10. Penn Jillette: THIS MAY LOOK LIKE 1971,

11. BUT, ACTUALLY, IT'S TODAY.

12. YOU DON'T REPRESENT THESE PEOPLE! FUCK YOU!

13. ONCE AGAIN, PEOPLE

14. ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE.

15. TOGETHER TO DANCE,

16. YELL, AND SAVE THE WORLD

17. CATASTROPHE?

18. CATASTROPHE AS 1971

19. CATASTROPHE?

20. OR IS IT THE SAME CATASTROPHE,

21. ONLY NOW IT'S REALLY A CATASTROPHE,

22. WHEREAS, 32 YEARS AGO,

23. IT REALLY WASN'T THAT BAD A CATASTROPHE,

24. THEY SAID IT WAS.

25. YOU KNOW...

26. IT CAN GET CONFUSING,

27. THIS ENVIRONMENTAL HYSTERIA,

28. THERE'S SOME BULLSHIT HERE.

29. HERE, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

30. ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY,

31. IN THE CLEAR BLUE SKY,

32. OF POLLUTION AND DECAY.

33. ACTION NETWORK.

34. SPEND THE DAY WITH,

35. ENVIRONMENTAL IDEALS.

36. TO THIS WOMAN...

37. WE'RE AT A PERIOD OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

38. AROUND THE WORLD,

39. THE POWER TO CHANGE IT.

40. I'M KATE LOEWE, A GLOBAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST.

41. ACTION NETWORK.

42. THE MESSAGE OUT.

43. CLEAN YOUR ACT!

44. Kate Loewe: WE NEED

45. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED.

46. AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.

47. KATE IS YOUNG, PASSIONATE, AND MEANS WELL,

48. BUT SHE'S ALSO A LITTLE ALARMIST AND NAIVE.

49. AND SHE'S NOT ALONE.

50. RIGHT NOW WE'RE FACING A GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL CRISIS.

51. IF WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE

52. LEFT IN 50 YEARS.

53. WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE ENOUGH WATER FOR THE PLANET.

54. INCREASES,

55. IT'S DEFINITELY

56. TO START MELTING.

57. YOU KNOW, IN 50 YEARS,

58. THE OCEAN LEVEL'S RISING.

59. I'VE BEEN REALLY AFRAID. LIKE, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE

60. AWAKE AT NIGHT, IT'S GLOBAL WARMING.

61. GET IDEAS LIKE THESE?

62. WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

63. DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE

64. IT'S OVERWHELMING.

65. IT'S REALLY SCARY.

66. I'M ROSS GELBSPAN,

67. AND I'M AN ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST.

68. THERE'S NO DEBATE THAT THE GLACIERS ARE MELTING,

69. ARE WARMING UP,

70. ARE GOING EXTINCT,

71. ARE DYING OFF.

72. THERE'S NO DEBATE ABOUT THAT STUFF.

73. ABOUT THIS STUFF?

74. BULLSHIT!

75. HAS TO BE DEBATE.

76. BASICALLY, THEY ARE USING SENSATION,

77. MISINFORMATION, AND SCARE TACTICS.

78. I'M PATRICK MOORE,

79. ENVIRONMENTALIST.

80. WITH ANTI-CORPORATISM,

81. ANTI-GLOBALIZATION, ANTI-BUSINESS,

82. WITH SCIENCE OR ECOLOGY.

83. AND THAT'S WHEN I LEFT.

84. AND WHAT DID HE LEAVE?

85. THE GREENPEACE ORGANIZATION.

86. YEAH.

87. OF ALL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS.

88. BY POLITICOS, BASICALLY,

89. FOR FUND-RAISING PURPOSES.

90. Protesters, chanting: HEY, HEY! WHOA-HO!

91. HAS GOT TO GO!

92. IN FACT, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PROTESTERS,

93. YOU START TO WONDER,

94. FOR THE ENVIRONMENT,

95. TO DO WITH CAPITALISM?

96. Protesters, chanting: QUARANTINE CORPORATE GREED!

97. QUARANTINE CORPORATE GREED!

98. WHAT'S CREATING

99. AND THE INSTITUTIONS.

100. THEIR BOTTOM LINE IS,

101. AT THE END OF THE DAY?

102. ISN'T THAT THE DEFINITION OF BOTTOM LINE, MORON?

103. MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY?

104. THE REST OF US, OUR BOTTOM LINE IS,

105. TO BREATHE?

106. TO DRINK?

107. ON OUR PLANET?

108. OOH, OOH! I KNOW THE ANSWERS!

109. YES, YES, AND YES.

110. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF YOU'RE PRO-SOCIALISM

111. OR ANTI-CORPORATION,

112. THOSE ARE ALL FINE, DEBATABLE IDEAS,

113. IS BULLSHIT!

114. JUST SAY WHAT YOU MEAN.

115. DON'T SAY, "CORPORATIONS ARE BAD

116. IS WORSE TODAY,"

117. ISN'T WORSE TODAY.

118. WE'RE NOT GONNA SAY

119. FOR SOCIALISM,

120. AIN'T ONE OF 'EM.

121. IN NON-VIOLENT, DIRECT ACTION

122. CORPORATE GREED.

123. Patrick Moore: MOST

124. IS COMPOSED OF WHITE,

125. WHO ARE, I THINK,

126. OF THE WORLD WHAT TO DO,

127. WHERE PEOPLE DON'T LIVE

128. AND DON'T HAVE

129. AND GOOD HEALTH STANDARDS.

130. IS BASICALLY ELITIST.

131. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

132. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 2 DAYS NOW.

133. YEAH, I THINK

134. THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE HERE FOR.

135. I—I REALLY DO.

136. I THINK THEY'RE PEOPLE

137. THAT THEY'VE JUST GATHERED TOGETHER,

138. AND I DON'T REALLY

139. THEY'RE HERE FOR.

140. THEY'RE HERE FOR DRUMMING AND DANCING.

141. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DRUMMING AND DANCING,

142. WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE.

143. ACROSS THE ENTIRE WORLD,

144. AND I THINK THAT'S

145. BY DATA.

146. LIKE, OZONE DEPLETION

147. IS A BIG THING.

148. OUR SUN IS, YOU KNOW, VERY POWERFUL.

149. YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARMER OUT RIGHT NOW.

150. IT'S KIND OF A NICE THING, ACTUALLY.

151. I MEAN, I GET TO SIT OUT IN THE SUN ON—

152. IN OCTOBER AND GET A TAN.

153. UM...

154. WAS ON THIS SIDE!

155. ANYWAY, THE IDEA THAT THESE FOLKS DIDN'T REALLY KNOW

156. WAS A BIT DISTURBING.

157. TO CHECK THIS POSSIBILITY,

158. McGAHA—

159. FOR A PETITION.

160. SHE'S GONNA ASK PEOPLE

161. DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE.

162. THAT'S DI...

163. HYDROGEN...

164. MONOXIDE.

165. WATER. THAT'S RIGHT, WATER.

166. AND SHE'S NOT GONNA LIE

167. OR EVEN STRETCH THE TRUTH, NOT AT ALL.

168. SHE'S JUST GONNA

169. OF ENVIRONMENTAL HYSTERIA.

170. UH, THIS IS A PETITION FOR DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE.

171. WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A CHEMICAL

172. AND IN LAKES...

173. PESTICIDES,

174. ARE USING THIS...

175. IT'S STYROFOAM COMPANIES, NUCLEAR—

176. NUCLEAR COMPANIES,

177. AND, UH, NOW,

178. IN PESTICIDES,

179. WHEN WE'RE WASHING OUR FRUIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT,

180. IT'S NOT COMING OUT.

181. THAT IT'S ENDING UP

182. AND IN OUR BABIES' FOOD,

183. AND STUFF LIKE THAT...

184. IT CAUSES EXCESSIVE SWEATING,

185. EXCESSIVE URINATION...

186. THE ENVIRONMENT.

187. THESE PEOPLE SIGNED.

188. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY THOUGHT,

189. BUT THEY SIGNED.

190. THERE WE ARE.

191. MEANWHILE, LET'S GO BACK TO KATE.

192. ONCE AGAIN, SHE'S

193. ACTION NETWORK.

194. SURELY SHE'S HIP

195. THEIR OFFICIAL STANCE.

196. HOW BIG

197. IS GLOBAL WARMING?

198. IT'S HARD TO SAY.

199. GLOBAL WARMING'S

200. TO THE PLANET. IT INCREASES TEMPERATURES,

201. SOME SPECIES...

202. IT—IT—

203. SO, HOW—HOW BIG IS GLOBAL WARMING?

204. LET'S START OVER.

205. OK,

206. ON GLOBAL WARMING.

207. BUT WHO IS?

208. OR EVEN HOW BAD IT IS.

209. IT IS NOT HAPPENING AT ALL.

210. IS THAT INCONCLUSIVE,

211. IF IT'S POSSIBLE

212. ARE A NATURAL PROCESS,

213. IS ALL THE HYSTERIA ABOUT?

214. WE'RE LIVING IN AN INCREASINGLY NARROW MARGIN OF STABILITY,

215. IS ALL AROUND US.

216. ENVIRONMENTALIST,

217. AUTHOR, AND LECTURER.

218. OF OUR EARTH'S FUTURE.

219. IN FACT, HE SEEMS TO GET OFF ON IT.

220. EVEN IF THESE STUDENTS DON'T.

221. Ross Gelbspan: THE CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING HERE AND NOW.

222. IN THE YEAR 2002, WE'VE SEEN 1,000 PEOPLE DIE

223. AND HALF THE U.S. IN DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

224. WE'VE LOST SOMETHING LIKE 6 MILLION ACRES

225. IN THE WESTERN U.S

226. TO FOREST FIRES.

227. WE'VE SEEN

228. AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC.

229. IF YOU READ ANY PAPER,

230. ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER,

231. UNDERSTAND IS,

232. BAD NEWS SELLS.

233. I'M BJORN LOMBORG.

234. I'M A SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST.

235. AMONG ENVIRONMENTALISTS.

236. CARRYING ONLY ONE PERSON.

237. IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.

238. WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS REALLY...

239. I'VE TRIED TO LOOK

240. THAT WE'VE TAKEN

241. AND SAY, EVERYTHING IS GOING DOWNHILL,

242. AT IT AND SAID,

243. IS THIS ACTUALLY TRUE?

244. IT TURNS OUT, NO, IT'S NOT.

245. IS BASED ON MYTHS,

246. WE'RE LIKELY TO MAKE BAD JUDGMENTS.

247. LOMBORG'S

248. ON ALMOST ALL FRONTS.

249. IT'S NOT GETTING BETTER,

250. IT'S GETTING WORSE

251. THAN IN YEARS PAST.

252. THE OPPOSITE CONCLUSION.

253. AND THAT'S NOT THE END OF BJORN'S HERESY.

254. HE'S RAISED THE IRE

255. BECAUSE HE DOESN'T BELIEVE

256. AT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.

257. A LOT OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS WILL TELL US,

258. "YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS A GOOD CAUSE,

259. "WE SHOULD DO IT.

260. IT SHOULDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH IT COSTS."

261. IS SOMEHOW IMMORAL.

262. ON BIRDS SINGING.

263. AND—AND THAT SEEMS IMMORAL.

264. THE SAME EMOTIONAL RESPONSE.

265. THE DANGER OF "THE DOOMSDAY

266. AROUND THE CORNER"

267. PRIORITIZING INCORRECTLY.

268. EVEN MORE HYSTERICAL.

269. THE COST OF INACTION WILL BE UNBEARABLE.

270. ABOUT CROP FAILURES,

271. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT INDUSTRIES SHUTTING DOWN,

272. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LOTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

273. UNCHECKED,

274. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY BY 2065.

275. GET THAT DATA?

276. THAT DATE?

277. I'LL TELL YOU HOW.

278. HE'LL BE DEAD BY THEN

279. AND WON'T HAVE TO OWN UP.

280. IN THAT RESPECT HE'S A LOT SMARTER THAN THE PEOPLE WHO,

281. IN 1970, SAID WE'D ALL BE IN HELL BY 2000.

282. ARE STILL ALIVE,

283. AND, OH, HO,

284. STILL FAMOUS,

285. AND LAUGH.

286. WHERE WE SAY,

287. OH, THIS IS A GOOD IDEA,

288. BE A LITTLE BETTER,

289. NOT WORTHWHILE DOING RIGHT NOW,

290. A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE,

291. LEVELHEADED MANNER.

292. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY

293. INTO DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.

294. A SERIOUS, LEVELHEADED DEBATE?

295. OK, ROSS, GIVE US YOUR WORST.

296. FIRST OF ALL, FROM WHAT WE KNOW IN RECENT HISTORY,

297. 16 OF THE 17 HOTTEST

298. SINCE 1980.

299. THE 5 HOTTEST CONSECUTIVE YEARS WERE '91 THROUGH '95.

300. 1998 IS THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD.

301. THAT'S IT?

302. WE'RE THROUGH THE PEAK?

303. 1998 WAS A FEW YEARS AGO.

304. DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE NOW HEADING INTO AN ICE AGE?

305. SHOULD WE RUN OUR SUVs

306. COOLING TREND?

307. OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS,

308. THAT WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ABOUT,

309. AND DRAW A TREND LINE,

310. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN

311. IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS.

312. I'M JERRY TAYLOR, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR

313. STUDIES.

314. HE'S WITH THE CATO INSTITUTE,

315. IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

316. Jerry Taylor: THE WARMING WILL BE RELATIVELY MODERATE,

317. ABOUT 2, 3 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT

318. OVER THE NEXT 100 YEARS.

319. THAT WE'VE HAD

320. IN THE LAST 100 YEARS,

321. AND WE'VE SEEN

322. IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.

323. AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN

324. ALL DURING THAT TIME.

325. IS NOT GONNA KILL OFF HUMANITY,

326. GONNA BREAK APART A GLOBAL ECONOMY,

327. IT'S GONNA BREAK APART A COHERENT POLITICAL SYSTEM,

328. AND IT'S REALLY GONNA

329. UH, AGAINST EACH OTHER

330. IN A SURVIVALIST MODE,

331. AND IT'S REALLY

332. TOWARD THE CAVEMAN ERA.

333. YOU KNOW, HE MAY HAVE SOMETHING THERE.

334. WHEN IT'S HOT OUT.

335. IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING,

336. WE'RE GONNA SEE, UM,

337. OF INFRASTRUCTURES,

338. WE'RE GONNA SEE INTERRUPTIONS IN THE FOOD SUPPLY,

339. WE'RE GONNA SEE BIG INCREASES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES,

340. WITH THOSE DISEASES.

341. I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY UGLY, REGRESSIVE KIND

342. THAT WE'RE FACING.

343. AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN,

344. AS JEANNE DIXON'S PREDICTIONS

345. IN THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

346. IN THE MID-70s WE WERE TOLD

347. TO CAUSE A NEW ICE AGE,

348. UH, BECAUSE WE HAD SEEN TRENDS TOWARDS COOLER AIR.

349. IT TURNS OUT THAT WAS WRONG,

350. AND ARGUED THAT,

351. NO, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

352. WARMING WORLD, UH,

353. WITH VIRTUALLY, UH, NO BREATH IN-BETWEEN.

354. BY THE LAST 100 YEARS,

355. WHERE IT'S NOT OCCURRING.

356. WE GATHER MORE DATA. WE ADVANCE OUR IDEAS AND OUR THEORIES.

357. IT'S OK

358. FROM GLOBAL COOLING TO GLOBAL WARMING,

359. THAT WE'RE STILL GATHERING INFORMATION!

360. WE'RE NOT SURE YET!

361. STAY BACK.

362. MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RALLIES,

363. AND, WELL, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE THEY COULD YELL ABOUT.

364. WATER FOR PEOPLE, NOT FOR PROFIT.

365. HEY HEY! HO HO!

366. HAS GOT TO GO!

367. WHOSE STREETS?

368. OUR STREETS!

369. WHOSE STREETS? OUR STREETS!

370. OUR PLANET, THEIR PROFITS, STOP EXXON MOBIL!

371. TO SIGN A PETITION RIGHT HERE?

372. WHAT FOR?

373. UH, BANNING DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE.

374. OH, YEAH, I'LL SIGN THAT.

375. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

376. WAS GETTING SIGNATURES LEFT AND RIGHT.

377. OH, OK, MOSTLY LEFT,

378. BUT, MAN, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AGAINST THAT EVIL WATER.

379. IT'S EVERYWHERE, AND WE JUST REALLY NEED TO BAN IT.

380. 2 MORE SUPPORTERS.

381. THESE PASSIONATE,

382. DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO ASK WHAT DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE IS.

383. THEY DIDN'T EVEN ASK.

384. REPLACE COMMON SENSE?

385. THE DESIRE TO JOIN UP AND DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

386. IT—IT'S SEXY... TO SAVE THE WORLD,

387. TO FIND OUT IF YOU'RE

388. WHO MAY NOT

389. IS A GOOD IDEA.

390. OF LYING.

391. MAN, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED THE PETITION,

392. AND WE'RE NOT TALKIN' A HANDFUL OF DOPES.

393. WE'RE TALKIN' HUNDREDS.

394. OF URINATION, VOMITING.

395. YEAH. I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT.

396. OH, OK.

397. OF THIS RALLY SIGNED THE PETITION EAGERLY.

398. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

399. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

400. MEANWHILE, THE HYSTERIA CONTINUED.

401. IT'S CRITICAL FOR THE PLANET THAT WE HAVE OUR FORESTS INTACT.

402. WE'VE ACTUALLY

403. WHERE WE HAVE LESS THAN 20% OF OUR OLD-GROWTH FORESTS LEFT GLOBALLY.

404. IF YOU SAY THE WORLD IS NOT GONNA COME TO AN END,

405. IS COMING TO AND END, YOU GET HEADLINES.

406. AND SO SENSATIONALISM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COMBINED WITH MISINFORMATION,

407. ACTUALLY TOTALLY MISGUIDED.

408. FOREST LOOKS LIKE.

409. JONI MITCHELL'S ANCIENT BIG YELLOW TAXI?

410. LET'S TALK

411. TO THE RAINFORESTS.

412. THAT DON'T HURT THE ENVIRONMENT?

413. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON LOGGING.

414. THAT I'M HERE

415. AND DESTROY PEOPLES' LIVES.

416. OK, WELL,

417. ON LOGGING, EITHER.

418. SO FOR ANSWERS, WE WENT TO ONE OF THE LEADING AUTHORITIES ON TREES.

419. YES, INDEED, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

420. I'M A TREE-HUGGER.

421. I'M JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL.

422. I'M A PERSON WHO CARES PASSIONATELY ABOUT LIFE,

423. AND I'M WILLING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

424. IN DECEMBER, 1997,

425. FOR 2 YEARS STRAIGHT

426. BY A LOGGING COMPANY.

427. EL NIÑO OF '97, 90-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS,

428. AND SNOW EVERYDAY.

429. AN ACTIVE LOGGING PLAN,

430. WE CAN'T REPLACE.

431. I'M NOT AGAINST SOMEBODY

432. TO THAT PARTICULAR TREE.

433. I MEAN, IT WAS A VERY OLD TREE,

434. AND IN THE END, IT WAS PROTECTED,

435. SO SHE WON, AND THAT WAS GOOD.

436. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,

437. THERE'S A TENDENCY

438. TO RESORT TO EMOTIONALISM, KIND OF 100%.

439. I DIDN'T CLIMB INTO THE TREE EXPECTING NATURE TO COMMUNICATE.

440. I STAYED THERE,

441. WAS COMMUNICATING WITH ME.

442. DOWN TREES ALL AROUND THE TREE I WAS IN,

443. STARTED POURING SAP,

444. THAT WAS THE TREE COMMUNICATING ITS GRIEF.

445. WHEN YOU CUT IT DOWN AND THAT SORT OF STUFF,

446. THAT'S PRETTY WELL KINDERGARTEN TALK.

447. I MEAN, IT'S NOT TRUE.

448. TREES ARE PLANTS, LIKE CARROTS AND CABBAGES.

449. BUT IT'S TOUGH TO GET MONEY TO PROTECT CARROTS,

450. 2 YEARS LIVIN' IN ONE.

451. NICE TREE.

452. TAKE SOMETHING FROM LIFE THAT I DON'T NEED,

453. AND I THINK THAT'S OUR

454. IS, UM, WE ARE DESTROYING WHAT WE NEED FOR WHAT WE WANT.

455. WE'RE ADDICTED

456. TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR CHOICES.

457. SO I WOULDN'T CUT DOWN A TREE FOR PAPER BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A STUPID WASTE

458. OF A GIFT OF A RESOURCE.

459. SHE HATES PAPER?

460. SHE'D RATHER HAVE

461. OR A PICASSO PAINTING?

462. YOU KNOW, THE ACTION THEY'RE TAKING IS TURNING INCREDIBLE,

463. CAN HAVE DECK OR SIDING.

464. OR A TREE HOUSE.

465. HER LUMBER CAME FROM?

466. MISLEADING THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

467. IT'S TRUE THAT WE ARE LOSING FORESTS IN THE TROPICS OF THIS WORLD,

468. BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF LOGGING COMPANIES.

469. IT'S BECAUSE OF POOR PEOPLE, MILLIONS OF THEM,

470. AND GROW SOME FOOD FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

471. THE FACT IS, IN NORTH AMERICA,

472. THERE'S STILL AS MUCH FOREST AS THERE WAS 100 YEARS AGO,

473. THERE'S SO MUCH FOREST IS BECAUSE WE USE WOOD,

474. TO MAKE OUR HOUSES.

475. AND BUY WOOD, YOU'RE CAUSING THE FOREST TO BE DESTROYED,

476. WHEN, IN FACT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING

477. TO BE PLANTED.

478. THE 6 BILLION PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH.

479. WHAT'S GOIN' ON...

480. MEANWHILE, THE THOUSANDS

481. WERE REALLY CUTTING LOOSE.

482. UP IN PORTLAND, OREGON, PRIMATE CENTER,

483. THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEVERING MONKEYS' SPINES.

484. WE WANNA OFFER A SOLUTION, SOLUTIONISM.

485. WE CAN OPPRESS PEOPLE, WE CAN OPPRESS ANIMALS,

486. RAINFORESTS.

487. WE WANT FOR MONEY.

488. HI. WILL YOU SIGN MY PETITION?

489. WAS STILL GETTING SIGNATURES.

490. COMPANIES, LIKE PESTICIDE COMPANIES,

491. STYROFOAM COMPANIES, NUCLEAR COMPANIES,

492. USE IT.

493. I'LL SIGN.

494. FINALLY, WE LET HER TIP IT.

495. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT WATER?

496. I AM. YEAH.

497. THAT, UM...

498. SHOULD BE BANNED?

499. SHOULD...

500. WATER.

501. SHOULD BE BANNED? YES.

502. NO. I DON'T THINK SO.

503. WE NEED TO DRINK WATER,

504. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY WATER SHOULD BE BANNED.

505. IS TO BAN WATER.

506. IS WATER...

507. WHAT? H2O.

508. NO, NO, NO.

509. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

510. HA HA HA!

511. WHA... OH, GOD! HA HA HA!

512. OK.

513. YEAH, WE SET THESE FOLKS UP,

514. THAT MAYBE THEY'RE NOT SO MUCH ENVIRONMENTALISTS

515. AS THEY ARE JOINERS...

516. OF ANYTHING.

517. THEY'VE BEEN GUILT-TRIPPED FOR HAVING A CAR,

518. FOR HAVING A BIG HOUSE, FOR SENDING A KID TO AN NICE SCHOOL.

519. I THINK THAT'S WHAT ENVIRONMENTALISM REALLY IS TODAY.

520. IT'S A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET RID

521. ABOUT THE WAY THEY LIVE.

522. IF EVERYTHING'S FINE,

523. SAYING, "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. YOU'RE DESTROYING THE PLANET."

524. TO HAVE THEM SAY THEY'RE

525. OF TRADE ARE CELL PHONES AND THE INTERNET.

526. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

527. WHETHER IT'S JET PLANES

528. OR LAPTOP COMPUTERS,

529. YOU'RE A PART OF GLOBALIZATION,

530. SO HOW CAN YOU BE AGAINST IT?

531. LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH KATE.

532. REMEMBER, SHE'S A PROMINENT MEMBER AND CHOSEN SPOKESPERSON

533. ACTION NETWORK.

534. SPECIES EXTINCTION. KATE?

535. SAYS WE'RE LOSING 300 SPECIES EVERY DAY.

536. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT,

537. A DIRECT PART OF THAT.

538. PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES BECOME EXTINCT?

539. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T KEEP SAYING THAT,

540. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE JUST PICKING ON SOMEBODY.

541. SHE'S NOT SOME POOR LITTLE GIRL. SHE'S A WOMAN,

542. AND SHE'S THE WOMAN THEY CHOSE TO REPRESENT THEM.

543. SURE, WE'RE A PIDDLEY, STUPID, CRAP SHOW,

544. THE JUNIOR VARSITY SPEAKER.

545. ANY OF THESE VERY BASIC QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED?

546. SHE SO FERVENTLY SUPPORTS?

547. LET'S HEAR FROM ANOTHER ALARMIST ON SPECIES EXTINCTION.

548. WE'RE ON A CRASH COURSE

549. SPECIES' EXTINCTIONS IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

550. I'M NINA FASCIONE,

551. OF WILDLIFE.

552. WE COULD LOSE 1/5, OR 20%, OF OUR SPECIES

553. THE NEXT 2 DECADES.

554. THAT'S A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

555. WELL, GREENPEACE

556. THAT 50,000 SPECIES ARE

557. WHEN THERE ISN'T ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE FOR THAT.

558. WE'RE TALKING

559. AND WITHIN ANIMAL,

560. AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, BIRDS, AND MAMMALS.

561. WHEN IT'S A RESULT OF HABITAT LOSS.

562. IS LOGGING.

563. OF COURSE, THEY LOVE TO BLAME LOGGING FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING BAD IN THE WORLD,

564. BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS.

565. OF 50,000 SPECIES GOING EXTINCT.

566. TELLS US THAT LESS THAN 1% OF THE SPECIES IN THIS WORLD

567. IN THE NEXT 100 YEARS.

568. SO WHAT ABOUT THIS?

569. IT'S DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN HARD NUMBERS ON THIS...

570. AHA!

571. ON THIS ISSUE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT

572. THAT IF YOU'RE ON A SHIP HEADING TOWARD AN ICEBERG,

573. YOU DON'T WAIT

574. PUT ON THE BRAKES.

575. WITH THAT GREAT, FICTITIOUS, WHITE WHALE.

576. MORE NOW THAN THEY USED TO,

577. SO, THEREFORE, WHEN SPECIES GO TOWARDS THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION,

578. IN PLACE TO HELP THEM.

579. THAT'S A GOOD THING.

580. HALF THE WORLD'S SPECIES

581. IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS, IS ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE.

582. THESE PEOPLE?

583. THERE'S REALLY

584. ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

585. IS TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THINGS BETTER,

586. AGAINST EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD,

587. IN A NEW WAY

588. AND SERVICES WE NEED,

589. TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

590. THERE ARE REAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT,

591. AND IT'S A NATURAL THING TO WANT TO SAVE THE WORLD,

592. TO BE THE HERO, TO PURGE THE CORRUPTION, TO LEAD THE REVOLUTION.

593. ARE ESSENTIAL.

594. REVOLUTION GAVE US FREEDOM. REVOLUTION GAVE US SCIENCE.

595. WITHOUT REVOLUTION, WE SHRIVEL, WE DIE.

596. THAT SEXY INSTINCT TO SAVE THE WORLD,

597. WE'RE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.

598. IF WE DON'T STOP AND DO OUR HOMEWORK,

599. OUR NOBLEST INSTINCTS ON BULLSHIT.

600. IT'S EASY TO FEEL LIKE A HERO.

601. IT'S A LITTLE HARDER TO BE ONE.

602. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO WHAT THEY CAN?

603. YES, I DO. I DO.

604. DO YOU DO THAT YOURSELF?

605. I MYSELF? I DON'T.

606. HAS COME TO A CLOSE.

607. WE'VE MARCHED ALONGSIDE THESE JOINERS,

608. AND WE'VE SEEN THEIR COMMITMENT.

609. BUT WHAT'S BEHIND IT ALL?

610. LET'S ASK THE SPOKESPERSON

611. ACTION NETWORK. KATE?

612. WHY ARE YOU SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS?

613. WOW. UM...

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