For more than a century now, the fossil fuel industry has been telling one story more than any other. We owe not just our way of life, but our lives themselves to this industry.
Fossil fuel use does not contribute to improvements in life expectancy.
Does the promise of oil wealth actually pan out?
Generally does not pan out.
That's what the record shows today. Oil companies are racing to drill while they still can in a global game of high stakes musical chairs. No one wants to be the company left holding the most untapped reserves when the jig is up. And one small South American country is at the forefront of this last wave of oil colonialism.
Offshore Guyana. We reached the huge milestone of declaring ten billion oil equivalent barrels.
In three short years. It's gone for the world's top eco tourism destination to one of the world's largest oil states.
The majority of people, including the IMF, have gone on record as saying it was a very unfair deal.
For the end, it's really extraordinary the leverage industry has over the country.
Oil has really changed the landscape. It's even more difficult to criticize the government.
The amount a number of attacks we have received from members of the government. It shows that the government is not ready to accommodate persons who are willing to speak out.
Welcome to Light Sweet Crude, a new season from the teams behind damages and drilled that looks at the idea that oil makes everything better and asks who's really winning in the fastest growing economy on Earth.