Podcast: The oil industry’s death throes have begun

The fossil fuel industry is undermining our energy transition. And some politicians and media outlets are going along with it. That is the central criticism in our new episode with Prof. Christian Stöcker. For decades, oil and gas companies have been influencing public debate through lobbying groups, think tanks, and strategic media outreach. Today, the focus is less on denying climate change and more on disparaging its solutions: electric cars, heat pumps, wind power, and renewable energy.

We’ll discuss how this works using concrete examples: How did a study by the Technical University of Munich on the carbon footprint of electric cars become the headline “The EU’s Car Lie”? How did the BILD campaign on the “heating crisis” shape German energy policy? What role do BMW, Axel Springer, lobbying groups, and politicians play? And how are scientific findings deliberately called into question or distorted?

Stöcker’s surprising thesis: The fossil fuel industry’s death throes have already begun. This is because solar energy, battery storage, and electric mobility are gaining ground at an ever-faster pace worldwide. Precisely for this reason, the fossil fuel industry’s defensive battles are becoming increasingly aggressive.

Link to Podcast-Episode: https://youtu.be/PWKyzibm9iw?si=eV-QdC_XCceU1iKG