The left wants to cancel documentary darling Michael Moore
Michael Moore’s new documentary exposes the environmental impact of the renewable energy industry, and for that he has raised the ire of climate activists.
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Michael Moore’s new documentary exposes the environmental impact of the renewable energy industry, and for that he has raised the ire of climate activists.
Left-wing activists have now turned against their very own in Michael Moore‚ who produced the new documentary Planet of the Humans, which exposes the follies of renewable energy, arguing that solar energy, wind farms, and biomass have done tremendous damage to the environment.
Josh Fox, director of the anti-fracking documentaries “Gasland” and “Gasland II,” reached out to fellow activists and scientists, urging them to sign a letter “demanding an apology and an immediate retraction by the [film’s] producers, director and other advocates.”
1) I just received notice that the distributor of Michael Moore's #PlanetoftheHumans is taking the film down due to misinformation in the film.
Thank you to @FilmsForAction for responding to our demand for a retraction and an apology from @mmflint. See below. And thank you to... pic.twitter.com/3ZzkLhTVyC
— Josh Fox EndFossilFuels (@joshfoxfilm)
Fox wrote: “It is very difficult to write this letter, because Michael Moore has always been a hero of mine. I’m a first-person documentary maker, I have watched his movies since I was a kid and they have inspired and delighted me. However, I am compelled to write this letter because his latest film PLANET OF THE HUMANS, which he executive produced and is promoting for Earth Week, is such a blatant affront to science, renewable energy, environmental activism and truth itself.”
“The film trades in debunked fossil fuel industry talking points that are specious and meant to disparage the efficiency, durability and affordability of renewable energy.”
“The film is dangerous, misleading and destructive to decades of progress on environmental policy, science and engineering.”
Among those who have signed Fox’s letter is Michael Mann, who came up with the now-discredited “Hockey Stick” chart that was previously quoted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as substantial evidence of man-made climate change.
But there are those who have criticized the Left’s attempt to maintain its shaky narrative on renewable energy while simultaneously shutting down anyone who has come to a different conclusion.
Congrats. You shut down a film you don't agree with. Is this the new scientific method? I went to unfollow Mann but he had already blocked me. Egg shell egos. You accuse the film of 'fossil fuel talking points'. Do you have evidence of the suggestion it is connected to Big Oil?
— Simon Jackson ? ? ?? (@SimonJa44780019)
Mike Shellenberger, an environmental activist, has provided evidence that Fox’s “Gasland” is the documentary film that should be dismissed, as it is riddled with false information that has misled millions of people.
The doc film that should be canceled isn't "Planet of the Humans," it's "Gasland"
The person who should apologize is you, @joshfoxfilm
You *deliberately* mislead millions of people into believing fracking for natural gas caused that sensational fire
Here's the proof
THREAD https://t.co/8H1HFePpph
— Mike Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD)
In 1889, a driller burned his beard after lighting water from a well he drilled in Colfax, Louisiana. There’s a historical marker at the site of the well, which was featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
— Mike Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD)
Planet of the Humans arrives at possible solutions that may be difficult for some to accept, such as population control and a serious reduction in consumption.
“[W]e are not going to be able to solar-panel and windmill our way out of this,” Mr. Moore said on CBS’s Late Night with Stephen Colbert. "We need a serious new direction.”
“The only reason we’ve been force-fed the story ‘climate change plus renewables equals we’re saved’ is because billionaires, bankers and corporations profit from it,” Mr. Gibbs said, according to The Washington Examiner.
Moore admitted in interviews that he “thought solar panels last forever” and “didn’t know what went into the making of them,” referring to rare-earth minerals such as quartz and fossil fuels currently used in production.
Moore used to support electric vehicles, but says “I didn’t really think about, where is the electricity coming from?” More than 60 percent of the US utility-scale power grid operates on natural gas and coal.
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