The Bill Nye/Ellen DeGeneres Epcot Ride from Hell

In the 1990s, Epcot had an extremely weird educational ride starring Bill Nye, Ellen DeGeneres, a bunch of dinosaurs, and—because apparently this wasn't weird enough—Exxon. Ellen's Energy Adventure was supposed to teach guests about the history of energy, but the ride's story had some very strange implications about fossil fuels, renewable energy, and climate change. And some of the animatronics were genuinely very bad. So let's take a look at what this bizarre Disney ride got wrong, what it left out, and how you can make propaganda without technically lying. This video explores Ellen's Energy Adventure, Epcot history, fossil fuel advertising, climate change communication, and the surprisingly powerful way that the order and framing of information can shape a story. WHERE ELSE CAN YOU FIND ME? Beacons: https://beacons.ai/yourlocallibrary TikTok:   / yourlocallibrary   BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yourlocallib... LinkedIn:   / yourlocallibrary   Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/savannahgeary SciShow:    / @scishow   ABOUT ME I'm a producer and host on @SciShow. Here's where I make my own stuff. Theoretically I'm making content about science and science-adjacent topics, media literacy, or pop culture analysis. In reality, I'm yelling about whatever I want. — Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...