WEBVTT - New Season Coming Soon: Light, Sweet Crude

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<v Speaker 1>For more than a century now, the fossil fuel industry

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<v Speaker 1>has been telling one story more than any other. We

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<v Speaker 1>owe not just our way of life, but our lives

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<v Speaker 1>themselves to this industry.

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<v Speaker 2>Fossil fuel use does not contribute to improvements in life expectancy.

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<v Speaker 1>Does the promise of oil wealth actually pan out?

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<v Speaker 3>Generally does not pan out.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what the record shows today. Oil companies are racing

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<v Speaker 1>to drill while they still can in a global game

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<v Speaker 1>of high stakes musical chairs. No one wants to be

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<v Speaker 1>the company left holding the most untapped reserves when the

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<v Speaker 1>jig is up. And one small South American country is

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<v Speaker 1>at the forefront of this last wave of oil colonialism.

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<v Speaker 4>Offshore Guyana. We reached the huge milestone of declaring ten

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<v Speaker 4>billion oil equivalent barrels.

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<v Speaker 1>In three short years. It's gone for the world's top

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<v Speaker 1>eco tourism destination to one of the world's largest oil states.

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<v Speaker 5>The majority of people, including the IMF, have gone on

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<v Speaker 5>record as saying it was a very unfair deal.

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<v Speaker 6>For the end, it's really extraordinary the leverage industry has

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<v Speaker 6>over the country.

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<v Speaker 7>Oil has really changed the landscape. It's even more difficult

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<v Speaker 7>to criticize the government.

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<v Speaker 3>The amount a number of attacks we have received from

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<v Speaker 3>members of the government. It shows that the government is

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<v Speaker 3>not ready to accommodate persons who are willing to speak out.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Light Sweet Crude, a new season from the

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<v Speaker 1>teams behind damages and drilled that looks at the idea

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<v Speaker 1>that oil makes everything better and asks who's really winning

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<v Speaker 1>in the fastest growing economy on Earth.