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It wasn’t so long ago that one had to developed “fully burdened” analysis (considering climate impacts, social impacts, etc …) to justify powering up from the sun. Many thought it was a pipedream in late 2007 when Google started its RE<C (renewable energy less than coal) effort (which it left behind seven years later) to […]

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For Earth Day 2020, Michael Moore announced 30 days of YouTube access of the Jeff Gibbs written/directed and Michael Moore ‘executive produced’ Planet of the Humans. This free mass release sparked viewership and a discovery that, sigh, this was mediocre propaganda. Like Robert Bryce’s work, this film has the same fundamental flaws: too error-filled for non-educated/knowledgeable people […]

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So, three posts in two days on Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans is roughly three posts more than this atrocious mockumentary merited when we should be focusing on solutions and opportunities rather than engaging in constant defensive struggles against fossil-foolish truthiness and deceit. Sigh … In any event, this guest post below adds background […]

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For Earth Day, Michael Moore released released the fundamentally misleading Planet of the Humans.  Highlighting this at Daily Kos generated attention with 356 comments (as of the moment), many defending Moore as insightful and too many dismissing Moore’s rampant truthiness.  For the same reasons that Moore got lots of soft-peddled media attention for the release, […]

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To reinforce his wonderful judgment in supporting Nader to undermine Gore and help give US George Bush, for Earth Day 2020, Michael Moore has released “Planet of the Humans”. Sadly, with this, Moore demonstrates how not to do a quality film about important issues.   Environmental scientist Dana Nuccitelli (publications) clearly makes the case of Moore’s failure in the following twitter […]

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Under pressure from all directions (improving efficiency and alternatives (electrification); coronavirus economic collapse; and Saudi-Russian price war), the U.S. oil market collapsed (even further) today with WTI prices as low as $11.50 earlier this morning. While there are reasons for the particular collapse (oil futures timing) and while the gap between WTI / Brent Crude […]

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Amid Coronavirus’ horrific impacts across humanity (from illnesses and deaths to economic devastation) are glimmers of how to seize a better path forward and what could result from a concerted global impact.  From countries restructuring economies to emphasize assuring basic needs and human dignity (such as South Korea launching a Green New Deal as its […]

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