AP story - New Michael Moore-backed film exposes the "false promises" of green energy
This certainly came out of "left field."
A new documentary that was primarily financed by Michael Moore takes direct aim at the environmental movement's "false promises" about renewable energy.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/07/us/ap-us-film-planet-of-the-humans.html
The film, "Planet of the Humans," goes further than the already well-known reality that wind and solar power produces very little energy relative to the enormous cost. The film says renewable energy is "inextricably tangled" to coal and natural gas and that everything from wind turbines to electric car charging stations are tethered to the grid.
Says director Jeff Gibbs: “It was kind of crushing to discover that the things I believed in weren’t real, first of all, and then to discover not only are the solar panels and wind turbines not going to save us … but (also) that there is this whole dark side of the corporate money … It dawned on me that these technologies were just another profit center.”
The film has reportedly received standing ovations among the festival crowd.
I'm no fan of Michael Moore but I do hope this independent film finds an audience. It could play a significant role in getting more "progressives" to face reality and stop indulging in fairy-tale beliefs about a "Green New Deal."
Here's the reality: If you genuinely believe mankind has to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, the only practical way to produce more energy is for governments to invest heavily in nuclear power.
Renewable energy won't reduce man-made emissions in any meaningful way.
This certainly came out of "left field."
A new documentary that was primarily financed by Michael Moore takes direct aim at the environmental movement's "false promises" about renewable energy.
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/08/07/us/ap-us-film-planet-of-the-humans.html
The film, "Planet of the Humans," goes further than the already well-known reality that wind and solar power produces very little energy relative to the enormous cost. The film says renewable energy is "inextricably tangled" to coal and natural gas and that everything from wind turbines to electric car charging stations are tethered to the grid.
Says director Jeff Gibbs: “It was kind of crushing to discover that the things I believed in weren’t real, first of all, and then to discover not only are the solar panels and wind turbines not going to save us … but (also) that there is this whole dark side of the corporate money … It dawned on me that these technologies were just another profit center.”
The film has reportedly received standing ovations among the festival crowd.
I'm no fan of Michael Moore but I do hope this independent film finds an audience. It could play a significant role in getting more "progressives" to face reality and stop indulging in fairy-tale beliefs about a "Green New Deal."
Here's the reality: If you genuinely believe mankind has to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, the only practical way to produce more energy is for governments to invest heavily in nuclear power.
Renewable energy won't reduce man-made emissions in any meaningful way.
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