SkyNewsAustralia
A new documentary produced by the “far green left” has in fact put the
argument forward “that renewable energy is not clean, not green and not
practical,” according to Sky News host Chris Kenny.
Environmental documentary film, ‘The Planet of the Humans,' absolutely
“skewers the renewable energy industry,” Mr Kenny said.
“The film goes on to attack major corporations for their pretense, their
virtue-signalling on renewable energy”.
Mr Kenny said the stance taken in the documentary is “kinda strange”
given the executive producer is Michael Moore, who is a “millionaire,
leftist, academy award winning director”.
Mr Kenny said, “why isn't the ABC talking about this, showing this,
debating this?”
“They usually love Mike Moore's films; they usually love to promote the
political films of the green left”.
“This one goes too far for them of course, it attacks renewables and it
attacks climate alarmists that they regard as secular saints, like Al
Gore”.
He said the new film, “seems to present too many inconvenient truths”
for even the ABC to report on.
Thursday, 23 July 2020
Nobody expected 'very left-wing' Michael Moore to issue a film 'critical of renewables'
SkyNewsAustralia
Michael Moore's new film 'The Planet of the Humans' marks the beginning of a "grand awakening" to the impacts of renewables on the natural environment says Environmental Progress founder Michael Shellenberger. Mr Moore has garnered fame and accolades for his documentaries over the last two decades, and has himself been an activist for broadly left issues including environmental protectionism. In his new film he exposes the renewable energy sector as not being entirely green or clean as well as criticising large corporations for virtue signalling on this issue. Mr Shellenberger said Moore is a "very left-wing person who people did not expect to issue a movie that was so critical of renewables". He told Sky News host Chris Kenny, the problem with renewable energy is its fuel is "very energy dilute, you have to spread a huge amount of energy collectors," be it solar panels or wind turbines, over a huge area, "so the land requirements are absolutely enormous". Many people have politicised the issue of energy and environmentalism, but Mr Shellenberger said the problems with renewables exist "whether you have a capitalist society or a socialist society". "They have to do with the inherent physical nature of renewable energy … the better energy sources have more energy, they're higher energy density that means you use less of the natural environment". "It's impossible to just dismiss the people who are raising these concerns anymore as climate deniers or as right-wingers".
Michael Moore's new film 'The Planet of the Humans' marks the beginning of a "grand awakening" to the impacts of renewables on the natural environment says Environmental Progress founder Michael Shellenberger. Mr Moore has garnered fame and accolades for his documentaries over the last two decades, and has himself been an activist for broadly left issues including environmental protectionism. In his new film he exposes the renewable energy sector as not being entirely green or clean as well as criticising large corporations for virtue signalling on this issue. Mr Shellenberger said Moore is a "very left-wing person who people did not expect to issue a movie that was so critical of renewables". He told Sky News host Chris Kenny, the problem with renewable energy is its fuel is "very energy dilute, you have to spread a huge amount of energy collectors," be it solar panels or wind turbines, over a huge area, "so the land requirements are absolutely enormous". Many people have politicised the issue of energy and environmentalism, but Mr Shellenberger said the problems with renewables exist "whether you have a capitalist society or a socialist society". "They have to do with the inherent physical nature of renewable energy … the better energy sources have more energy, they're higher energy density that means you use less of the natural environment". "It's impossible to just dismiss the people who are raising these concerns anymore as climate deniers or as right-wingers".
Environmentalist explains why renewable energy can't save the planet
FoxNews
Solar and wind farms require large amounts of land and come at a high economic cost, says Michael Shellenberger, Environmental Progress president. (Video)
Solar and wind farms require large amounts of land and come at a high economic cost, says Michael Shellenberger, Environmental Progress president. (Video)
Reformed climate activist condemns ‘terrorising school children’ with false science
SkyNewsAustralia
The life-long environmentalist has given Sky News host Chris Kenny a lengthy interview about his decision to speak out against the alarmist rhetoric which he says is creating anxiety in young people. “I have a 14-year-old daughter and she is fine because I’ve explained the science to her (but) her friends are very alarmed,” he said. “Adolescents these days have a lot to worry about, anxiety and depression are rising among everyone really, certainly adolescents, and I thought it was not right to be terrorising school children and giving them false information.” Shellenberger - who has been invited to be an expert reviewer to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - maintains that climate change is occurring but says it is not a “catastrophic threat”. He says the science has been hijacked by a “handful” of activist scientists who are spreading “science fiction”. “The majority of scientists are not activists, there are actually only a handful of scientists who feel the need to terrify people,” he said. “I don’t think this is really that complicated, we need to lift everybody out of poverty, and we need to do our best to preserve natural places and things have just spiralled out of control. “This climate change thing has just got too crazy.” Shellenberger said he had noticed a “dark tradition” of anti-human rhetoric spilling from climate change activists, including views that humans were a “cancer” or a virus. In the second half of the interview – which will air on Sky News Australia on the Kenny Report at 5pm on Thursday night – Shellenberger also weighs into whether climate change was a significant cause of the Australian bushfires. “Yes there is evidence of that,” he said. “However, It is massively outweighed by two factors; the accumulation of wood fuel in the forests and the development of new houses near forests. “Is there some contributing role of climate change? Yes. Is it very significant? No”.
The life-long environmentalist has given Sky News host Chris Kenny a lengthy interview about his decision to speak out against the alarmist rhetoric which he says is creating anxiety in young people. “I have a 14-year-old daughter and she is fine because I’ve explained the science to her (but) her friends are very alarmed,” he said. “Adolescents these days have a lot to worry about, anxiety and depression are rising among everyone really, certainly adolescents, and I thought it was not right to be terrorising school children and giving them false information.” Shellenberger - who has been invited to be an expert reviewer to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - maintains that climate change is occurring but says it is not a “catastrophic threat”. He says the science has been hijacked by a “handful” of activist scientists who are spreading “science fiction”. “The majority of scientists are not activists, there are actually only a handful of scientists who feel the need to terrify people,” he said. “I don’t think this is really that complicated, we need to lift everybody out of poverty, and we need to do our best to preserve natural places and things have just spiralled out of control. “This climate change thing has just got too crazy.” Shellenberger said he had noticed a “dark tradition” of anti-human rhetoric spilling from climate change activists, including views that humans were a “cancer” or a virus. In the second half of the interview – which will air on Sky News Australia on the Kenny Report at 5pm on Thursday night – Shellenberger also weighs into whether climate change was a significant cause of the Australian bushfires. “Yes there is evidence of that,” he said. “However, It is massively outweighed by two factors; the accumulation of wood fuel in the forests and the development of new houses near forests. “Is there some contributing role of climate change? Yes. Is it very significant? No”.
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