Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change
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Published 2021-08-19
DECEMBER 10, 1985
“Witnesses testified on how the greenhouse effect will change the global climate system and possible solutions.”
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All Comments (21)
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And then congress immediately took action and saved the entire planet happily ever after the end.
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Imagine Congress today allowing a scientist to speak, uninterrupted, for 15 minutes.
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It’s embarrassing that the problem was so clearly explained and then no one took action.
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40 years later, and people are still questioning this mans message
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Viewing this video from 40 years ago, I am struck by how the senators are actually listening, quietly, respectfully, paying attention without interrupting Dr. Sagan during this cogent, intelligent remarks. A far cry from the performative nature of government hearings today.
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I just realized I had totally forgotten what it was like when everyone in congress could manage to shut the hell up for a quarter of an hour until someone was done talking. Listening to Carl while they were doing that was icing on the cake. Miss this guy a lot.
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38 years later, corporations are still patting each other's backs for how grandiose pledges they are making for next decade.
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Carl Sagan was as an inspiration, R.I.P. he could explain the most complex subjects in the simplest terms that even a child could understand. An extraordinary teacher.
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Hearing an intelligent mind speaking fluently and uninterruptedly for 16 mins straight is like brain massage to me, in this date and age.
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Within 10 seconds of the video starting you can see how much people's respect, intelligence, and general demeanor have changed. It's scary I had no idea it was this bad.
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I have never come across a more simple, eloquent explanation of a complex topic.
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If Mr. Sagan was alive today, I can't imagine how discouraged he would be in seeing how little has been done to fight this global threat, due in no small part to the massive resistance by those who benefit from the continual poisoning of this planet, and those who so readily believe them.
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"If you don't worry about it now, it's too late later on." Carl Sagan, 1985
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How depressing to know this hearing took place in 1985. And yet here we are.
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What a great last line. "...because we're all in this greenhouse together."
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Climate change was a bipartisan issue back then because it was considered a “future threat.” As soon as it was clear it is a much urgent issue, the disinformation machine of the petro industry kicked in (they even hired the same PR firms as big tabaco) and the “cultural war” on climate change was born.
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Nobody interrupts this man when he speaks... .learned more in 1985 than in 2022.
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It's sad that we don't elect people who are intelligent enough to understand anything this man is saying; and ethical enough to do the right thing.
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One of my childhood heroes. The TV series Cosmos, changed my life. Great man.
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our government needs to be filled with people like this, not former corporate lawyers and executives.
