Australian Coal Producers Roll Out New Climate Policy

What many describe as a stunning revelation.. but see for […]

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March 8, 2014

What many describe as a stunning revelation.. but see for yourself this eye opening company statement from the Australian coal industry.
Actors:  Peter McAllum & Will Young via http://www.annewilson.com.au

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127 Comments

  1. IPlayPianoInMyPjs March 3, 2014 at 12:27 am - Reply

    Excellent video.

  2. toby semler March 3, 2014 at 7:27 am - Reply

    Aussie Coal FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. John Wood March 3, 2014 at 8:13 am - Reply

    Brilliant!

  4. william young March 4, 2014 at 12:22 am - Reply

    Good to get a laugh at the expense of the corporate crooks polluting Planet Earth…

  5. Lachlan McKenzie March 4, 2014 at 12:58 am - Reply

    Just Brilliant!!!
    Normally I do not like use of expletives but in this case the use is extremely apt!!!

  6. Kim Lang March 4, 2014 at 8:46 am - Reply

    Policy we can all get behind

  7. rosiepyett March 6, 2014 at 3:09 pm - Reply

    Classic. Please share widely. It deserves to be seen.

  8. toby semler March 6, 2014 at 11:30 pm - Reply

    I can’t believe that this has less than 3,000 views. Come on people, this
    is genius. Get behind it!

  9. Tristam Sculthorpe March 7, 2014 at 12:31 am - Reply

    I doubt any sociopath on the planet could have expressed it any better.
    Unless they are stopped and we change our ways, the only satisfaction that
    we will have is when rising sea engulf the last of their private islands
    and sea front real estate. That will include ALL of their real estate in
    any city within 330′ elevation of present sea levels.

  10. Freesixty Noscope March 7, 2014 at 1:37 pm - Reply

    fish eyes

  11. consuelo sartori March 8, 2014 at 1:01 am - Reply

    Genius! Deserve to be shared widely ; D

  12. Andrew Olmstead March 8, 2014 at 2:06 am - Reply

    She mentioned something about the gap…it was right between her eyes the
    entire time.

  13. Mac Cam March 8, 2014 at 3:08 am - Reply

    Truth in Advertising… should be more of it.

  14. Doug Alder March 8, 2014 at 6:42 am - Reply

    At last some truthiness from a coal company

  15. Graeme Waymark March 8, 2014 at 10:47 pm - Reply

    This is why satire exists; anyone can take it as humorous, witty,
    diabolical, perverse, the truth, a lie, propaganda, marketing, – anything
    one wants except for one thing: there are no FACTS to debate. There are
    no facts. This is about probability, cause and effect, emotion and even to
    an extent ideology but not about culture, religion, gender, age or
    political preferences. This is even NOT about entrepreneurship or
    capitalism, communism or unfettered control – it is only about corporate
    values versus humane values. It is about TRUTH versus the other stuff – the
    stuff of satire. One can make what one wants of it, walk away from it
    disgusted or enlightened or 1/2 way in between. One cannot walk away making
    a judgment. I love it for what it is and for what it provokes. In
    conclusion, I would say that ‘what it provokes’ is, in the final analysis,
    going to prove the worth of this satire as an instrument to promote
    awareness in people and everyone of us has a different type and level of
    awareness that needs to be addressed. I for one found mine. Thank you
    whoever made this piece and promotes it.

  16. Yannis Nikolakopoulos March 9, 2014 at 12:39 pm - Reply
  17. Marcel Kuil March 9, 2014 at 1:56 pm - Reply

    The companys new policy of…*FUCK YOU!* (01:12 minute to end)

  18. Eric FAÏSSE March 10, 2014 at 11:46 am - Reply

    #FY la qu’il vous faut investissez les yeux fermés….

  19. Teri Merlyn March 11, 2014 at 8:25 am - Reply

    Fucking Brilliant Snapping Synapses!

  20. Christopher Dean March 12, 2014 at 1:29 am - Reply

    important Policy Update as Australia leads the way again….

  21. Michael Cowley March 12, 2014 at 8:55 am - Reply

    Great work, deserves to be seen more widely.

  22. Jan Davis March 12, 2014 at 9:36 am - Reply

    Brilliantly done!!

  23. Liora C March 12, 2014 at 2:41 pm - Reply

    Yes – at last – the truth from the mining companies

  24. Anonymous March 13, 2014 at 1:23 am - Reply

    Refreshing!! Major corporations, especially those that extend an influence globally, have been operating on this premise for decades. It’s time that Australian Coal took the bull by the horns and honestly stated the behaviour. From those business that rape our natural resources to cable companies, big box department and electronic storss, auto manufacturers and their dealer/service networks – hell, to the convenience store on the corner have perfected the “F–ck You” concept beyond imagination. Like lemmings to the sea, we sit back and let it happen! Go figure.

  25. Ursula Tischner March 13, 2014 at 5:45 pm - Reply

    hilarious but unfortunately ….. true

  26. Erland Howden March 14, 2014 at 5:11 am - Reply

    Australian #coal mining policy update 2014

  27. Dimitar Dobrev March 14, 2014 at 5:50 am - Reply

    roflmao!

  28. Vold emort March 14, 2014 at 8:57 am - Reply

    The fat one who says fuck you is my dad :)

  29. Wendell Fitzgerald March 14, 2014 at 10:47 pm - Reply

    CORPORATE POLICY TRANSPARENCY FINALLY AND CLEARLY ARTICULATED This is a surprisingly candid announcement I’m sure you will agree. Thanks to friend +Bill Kauth for sharing it.

  30. marekbage March 15, 2014 at 12:52 pm - Reply

    At 1:10 the silver haired bloke says “the company” which is an obvious edit from the original recording. I wonder what corporate name was used before the lawyers stepped in? :-)

  31. Adrian Carter March 18, 2014 at 11:15 am - Reply

    Finally – Corporate Transparency ;)

    (Note, if this was on TV, the AFLC would have ensured there is an “MA: coarse language” tag applied. I hate spoiling quality black humor – but I guess overseas viewers may not appreciate good old fashion Australian self-deprecation :) )

  32. Ian Howard March 19, 2014 at 2:08 am - Reply

    Corporate honesty. Brilliant.

  33. Doris Bracey March 20, 2014 at 2:09 am - Reply

    Hilarious. How proud I am of our Aussie humour!!

  34. George Mokray March 24, 2014 at 9:20 pm - Reply

    AUSTRALIAN COAL MINING POLICY UPDATE 2014 – corporate honesty at its best (NSFW – a mark of their honesty) http://youtu.be/tqXzAUaTUSc

  35. matthew cleary April 3, 2014 at 5:40 am - Reply

    3.30 minutes I’ll never get back.

  36. John Soanes April 5, 2014 at 1:49 am - Reply

    Finally – a corporate statement on climate change that you can actually
    believe.

    #coal #climatechange #truth

  37. John Soanes April 7, 2014 at 9:49 pm - Reply

    It amazes me that this video hasn’t gone viral — I guess not as cute as
    dancing cats.

    It so describes the mantra of today’s corporations. #monsanto #kellogg or insert your own corporate monster here
    *___________*.

  38. John Rayner April 8, 2014 at 11:22 am - Reply

    excellent clip love it

  39. neiallswheel April 14, 2014 at 11:15 am - Reply

    Australian courts have just allowed the first of many huge coal mine
    projects.
    An amusing take on the coal industrie’s TRUE message
    Lol

  40. Werner Rhein April 15, 2014 at 1:27 am - Reply

    So how much more clarity do people need to stand up and do something about
    the greed on this earth. Yes this is a little play but in reality this is
    the truth.
    Fanny yesterday I talked to a normally, smart guy but he is totally opposed
    to renewable energy. Reason he want’s to drive his big oversized truck and
    want’s to enjoy the comfort of his heated house? How can we reduce the
    population from dummies like him.

  41. Ian Cleland April 15, 2014 at 5:22 am - Reply

    FU Policy of the mining Industry

  42. Kevin Foley April 15, 2014 at 7:35 pm - Reply

    That woman looks so much like Cersei, that I’m just convinced she is

  43. Totheseaigo April 16, 2014 at 8:21 am - Reply

    Come on Gina and Clive – stand up and tell us the truth too! ; )

  44. jamesbomb0069 April 16, 2014 at 11:26 pm - Reply

    You do realise that anthropogenic CO2 is only 3%, right? Do you also
    realise that by increasing the cost of energy, you are ensuring the
    mass-genocide of the poorest people in the world who can’t afford the
    increases? Not only that, you are also increasing the wealth gap too?

  45. Sonja .Norberg-Sanchez April 17, 2014 at 6:41 am - Reply

    Only that it isn’t future generations and your granddaughter’s
    grandchildren who will face the suffering of climate change. The damage we
    are dealing with today is from Co2 from 40 years ago and we have put more
    Co2 in the atmosphere this year than in all years combined. This is our
    life time. This is not a matter of someone else dealing with the effects
    of climate change in the future. This is plants not being able to grow as
    early as 2030 because plant proteins denature when it is too hot . If
    people understood that it is us now that are in real danger it may make a
    difference in their decisions but when they choose to ignore the science or
    think it is a far off problem for someone they don’t have any feelings for
    to deal with, they do what suits them today. I don’t believe this because
    I want to. There is no motive in believing in the devastation of climate
    change. It actually really sucks. But there is one to deny it and that is
    to greed, and unwillingness to change and give up luxury at the expense of
    all life. Think climate change is wrong? That is a big risk to take with
    my life and the lives of my 2 children.

  46. Goldendeed April 17, 2014 at 9:47 am - Reply

    “solid returns to our shareholders, by killing their grandchildren” oh my
    god lololol

  47. matthew cleary April 17, 2014 at 11:45 am - Reply

    lol. I’ve read about people like you. So very eloquent little man. Lol

  48. Lee Purcell April 17, 2014 at 1:28 pm - Reply

    A incisive look inside the brains of those who are cheerfully destroying
    the planet. . .

  49. TheWayOfThePasta April 17, 2014 at 2:28 pm - Reply

    Truth in advertising we can all get behind.

  50. Ian Crawford April 17, 2014 at 2:32 pm - Reply

    A very honest corporate appraisal by this energy company – “It ensures
    solid returns to our shareholders by killing their grandchildren”
    #greenliving #satire

  51. Amanda Massaro April 17, 2014 at 3:19 pm - Reply

    Brilliant!

  52. Dean Harry April 17, 2014 at 4:59 pm - Reply

    The very awe inspiring “fuck you” video:

  53. Southwest Skateboards April 17, 2014 at 5:06 pm - Reply

    Lol, responsibility to humanity AND a dedication to their shareholders.

  54. Matt Black April 17, 2014 at 5:27 pm - Reply

    cut to the Truth.

  55. Connie Goehler April 17, 2014 at 6:28 pm - Reply

    WTF????

  56. francesca cakes April 17, 2014 at 6:47 pm - Reply

    What race is the woman in this?

  57. Michael Chmara April 17, 2014 at 7:18 pm - Reply

    Truth in advertsing…

  58. An Drew April 17, 2014 at 8:23 pm - Reply

    Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Fuck you!!!

  59. An Drew April 17, 2014 at 8:23 pm - Reply

    Hahahahahahahahaha!!! Fuck you!!!

  60. ephimeri April 17, 2014 at 8:35 pm - Reply

    Does anybody recognize the accents in this video? I’m particularly
    interested in the woman’s accent.

  61. ephimeri April 17, 2014 at 8:35 pm - Reply

    Does anybody recognize the accents in this video? I’m particularly
    interested in the woman’s accent.

  62. Paul Boylan April 17, 2014 at 9:21 pm - Reply

    Brilliant. Simply brilliant – and so very Stralian.

  63. kemp10 April 17, 2014 at 11:07 pm - Reply

    That girl has a distractingly weird face

  64. W Smith April 17, 2014 at 11:39 pm - Reply

    They are late to the game. Obama has had this policy for Americans for 6
    years now.

  65. Nick Bauman April 18, 2014 at 2:18 am - Reply

    Those crazy Aussies!

  66. Robin Minkler April 18, 2014 at 2:50 am - Reply

    WTF is going on with her eyes???

  67. Steve Heath April 18, 2014 at 3:04 am - Reply

    I think she’s an android, never saw a human face like that

  68. Thomas Piraino April 18, 2014 at 3:37 am - Reply

    Our new policy: F— You!

  69. Nick Berigan April 18, 2014 at 4:03 am - Reply

    A breakthrough in corporate responsibility.

  70. schmoborama April 18, 2014 at 5:08 am - Reply

    /watch?v=seYO0hkIF54

  71. MazzifLOL April 18, 2014 at 7:18 am - Reply

    I think she hot. <3

  72. Walter Boxhead April 18, 2014 at 9:18 am - Reply

    What did he REALLY say at 2:24?
    Go on, let us in on the secret – I won’t tell the lawyers.

  73. Thomas Houiller April 18, 2014 at 1:26 pm - Reply

    The Minerals Council of Australia have inadvertently set social media
    alight with their hashtag #australiansforcoal
    Here is a very amusing satirical response :)

  74. Don Blevens April 18, 2014 at 3:27 pm - Reply

    This is SATIRE folks but it is so true

  75. sarana dd April 18, 2014 at 3:29 pm - Reply

    Reminds me of some of the Suspicious 0bserver comments we get! Quite funny
    too.

  76. masofnos April 18, 2014 at 3:31 pm - Reply

    well if you put it like that, makes perfect sense!

  77. David Bole April 18, 2014 at 3:57 pm - Reply

    Brilliant!

  78. Kevin Simmons April 18, 2014 at 6:27 pm - Reply

    This is fantastic! Great job!

  79. Henry Arenas-Castro April 18, 2014 at 8:02 pm - Reply

    Fuck you new policy

  80. Rox E April 18, 2014 at 8:51 pm - Reply

    ha- Truth in Adverstising!
    http://youtu.be/tqXzAUaTUSc

  81. Armando Lioss April 18, 2014 at 9:29 pm - Reply

    *An honest corporate stand on coal…*

  82. David Basanta April 18, 2014 at 10:03 pm - Reply

    The gap or what to do when you are trying to hold two incompatible
    positions. #climatechange

    HT: +Simon Hayward

  83. James Fletcher April 18, 2014 at 11:27 pm - Reply

    HAHAHAHAHA!! PERFECT the pain of Republicans laid bare. LOL

  84. Calvin Arnason April 19, 2014 at 12:13 am - Reply

    In the United States (and elsewhere) FU has also been the policy for
    certain companies towards safety concerns of miners in favor of higher
    financial return.

  85. Tim Sproule April 19, 2014 at 12:45 am - Reply

    Where is your super?

  86. Ted Lemon April 19, 2014 at 1:08 am - Reply

    A new policy for a new tomorrow!

  87. Ashley Wilson April 19, 2014 at 1:25 am - Reply

    Brilliant insight into the coal industry.
    Thanks Australia.
    #funnybuttrue

  88. Steven Cleghorn April 19, 2014 at 2:39 am - Reply

    A wonderful HAPPY EASTER message from the people that ensure that we have
    enough energy to be trolls online:

    http://youtu.be/tqXzAUaTUSc

  89. William Huston April 19, 2014 at 4:16 am - Reply

    Brilliant! Thanks.

  90. getplaning April 19, 2014 at 6:20 am - Reply

    Fucking…brilliant

  91. deceiver April 19, 2014 at 12:29 pm - Reply

    The policy of truth

  92. Bluejay April 19, 2014 at 2:20 pm - Reply

    It’s a shame, because the girl has this affected, overly-posh voice, and is
    clearly reading her lines. Matching her monotone voice is her strange,
    blank expression, her face completely frozen and her eyes staring into
    nothingness. She’s like a bizarre robot, who can almost approximate human
    speech patterns and is sheathed in convincing synthetic skin, but is
    nonetheless a cold, lifeless machine.

    She’s missed the mark completely, and it detracts from the perfectly
    natural performances by the other two.

  93. Cadaver2014 April 19, 2014 at 2:34 pm - Reply

    what happened to her face?

  94. wraine999 April 19, 2014 at 4:47 pm - Reply

    Marx’d already said “Fuck You” but you only listen to them now.

  95. Randall Snyder, Jr. April 19, 2014 at 6:25 pm - Reply

    Now here’s a concept whose time has come. Truth in advertising. Maybe we
    shouldn’t be so hard on them. Enjoy and share. :P

  96. Terris Linenbach April 19, 2014 at 6:52 pm - Reply

    To our investors, it’s 20 billion dollars. To your grandchildren, it’s 20
    billion fuck yous. #climatechange #fuckyou #ecowar

  97. Randy J. April 19, 2014 at 10:57 pm - Reply

    Concerned over our environment?
    So are these folks…

  98. Simon XanthiX April 19, 2014 at 11:08 pm - Reply

    :-)

  99. Lawrence Wilkinson April 20, 2014 at 2:36 am - Reply

    Exquisite: a business on its social responsibility…

    via +Marty Krasney

  100. Reboot Common Sense April 20, 2014 at 9:30 am - Reply

    Thanks for finding this gem, +Kathy Russell. Everyone should think of this
    before making any sort of investment.

  101. jemohseni April 20, 2014 at 10:54 pm - Reply

    Oh, so very very true. We are doomed…enjoy the blue skies while we still
    have them folks. This poor poor planet :(

  102. Steve Gould April 20, 2014 at 11:30 pm - Reply

    Awesome! FUCK YOU! Now that’s a policy!

  103. Dean Marciny April 21, 2014 at 2:28 pm - Reply

    Lol…corporate honesty…??!

    AUSTRALIANS FOR COAL. What is your investment dollar doing?

  104. Rick Cogley April 22, 2014 at 12:36 am - Reply

    People have been responding and sharing as though this is a real company
    and a real ad. It’s pretty obvious that it is satire, but that it’s in the
    “comedy” section, and that actors are credited in the video description,
    gives you a hint, no?

  105. Michael Gannon April 22, 2014 at 6:35 am - Reply

    this is the greatest satirical video i have ever seen. massive bravo to
    the people who made this, and the message they are sending. i only hope
    that even ONE person contributing to the doom of the earth (which everyone
    who has ever done so much as driven a car really) is deeply affected by the
    message. cheers, and have a great life, while we still can live

  106. Florence Treverrow April 22, 2014 at 11:27 am - Reply

    I just love this satirical video about the Australian coal lobby (language
    warning) – honesty is so refreshing.

  107. firecloud77 April 22, 2014 at 2:01 pm - Reply

    Satire as a weapon against CO2. What idiocy. These morons should stop
    breathing. The CO2 they are exhaling is polluting the planet.

  108. Adam Pearce April 23, 2014 at 3:02 pm - Reply

    Without the UPWORTHY garbage. This is an awesomely frank expression of what
    most corporate communications strategies really mean.

  109. Terri Valko April 23, 2014 at 4:42 pm - Reply

    This is what coal really wants to say to us is fuck you. Alot of fuck yous
    in this but is funny and true

  110. Electric Cars April 23, 2014 at 9:00 pm - Reply

    RT James Spearman: Hilarious/sad satirical coal mining ad from Australia.
    Via Digital Urbanism http://buff.ly/1jMHAKY Go #waroncoal! #auspol #FU

  111. Mark Raleigh April 23, 2014 at 9:07 pm - Reply

    Where in the hell did they dig up this frankenstein looking bitch? She
    looks like the daughter of Lurch from the Addams Family. LOL!!!

  112. annie46664 April 23, 2014 at 9:17 pm - Reply

    Excellent! Although Global Warming is a load of CROCK … ALL mining,
    drilling, fracking, chemtrailing, HAARPing, GMOing etc. are very, very
    REAL, and ought to be everyone’s concern!

  113. Simon Cox April 24, 2014 at 5:35 am - Reply

    Cognitive dissonance exposed.

  114. John Englart April 24, 2014 at 7:00 am - Reply

    This satirical video is about coal company culture and climate. Language
    warning! #satire #coal
    AUSTRALIANS FOR COAL. What is your investment dollar doing?

  115. Murray J Brown April 24, 2014 at 9:26 am - Reply

    *Satire in the service of climate activism*

    *Some days the climate change debate is so awfully absurd that it’s a toss
    up between whether to laugh or cry. Most days, in fact.*

    *On one hand, we hear that leaders of the IMF, World Bank and UN are
    pushing for a price on carbon, and that Archbishop Desmond Tutu is calling
    for an anti-apartheid style boycott of the fossil fuel industry, and the
    New York Times says we are running out of time for effective action.*

    *On the other hand, there is Attorney General George Brandis suggesting
    that those who grasp the seriousness of climate change are ignorant and
    medieval, the Federal Government’s chief business advisor Maurice Newman is
    promoting denialism, and Clive Palmer’s latest intervention, which The
    Guardian describes as the latest in our “sorry climate policy saga”.* …

    *One possibility not directly explored in the book is the potential for
    satire to help with this reframing of the debate…*

    http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2014/04/23/is-satire-a-useful-tool-for-climate-change-communications-and-some-f-bombing

  116. Filby Sama April 24, 2014 at 11:36 am - Reply

    Fuck you corporate Australia. Fuck you banksters. Fuck you government. Fuck
    you satan.

  117. Gary Stock April 24, 2014 at 2:14 pm - Reply

    Finally! A video accurately captures corporate strategy on climate
    change…

  118. Dede Selim April 25, 2014 at 6:45 am - Reply

    AUSTRALIANS FOR COAL . . . (contains course language). . . :))

    A +John Englart post

  119. justinwoolee April 25, 2014 at 8:38 am - Reply

    Yes, global warming is a sham. I always say fuck you to frauds.

  120. S Kim April 25, 2014 at 8:26 pm - Reply

    What big energy really thinks…pretty funny. #climatechange

  121. James Keil April 26, 2014 at 3:53 am - Reply

    In the continuing spirit of Earth Day, I’ll share a clip that really moved
    me. I’ve never felt so inspired.
    WARNING: THERE MIGHT BE A FEW EFF-BOMBS IN THIS VIDEO, SO DON’T BLAST IT
    NEAR THE PLAYGROUND.
    Have an above average day,

  122. John V. April 28, 2014 at 10:27 am - Reply

    Language warning !

    #australia #coal #mining #climate #future

  123. JFB1111 April 28, 2014 at 10:41 pm - Reply

    Very nicely done, laughed a lot, good job. Reminds me a an American sitcom
    years ago called Dinosuars, I think, and was like the old Honeymooners
    except all Dino’s of course. Anyhoo, everyone worked for and everything
    was practically owned by the “We Say So Corporation”

  124. VeryEvilPettingZoo May 1, 2014 at 2:41 pm - Reply

    YES!

  125. Mat Trevors May 29, 2014 at 5:28 am - Reply

    (There be some swears in this)

  126. Eman Hashim June 7, 2014 at 11:35 am - Reply

    cause FUCK YOU!

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