Planet of the Humans : Let's just have a think...

On the 50th Anniversary of the first ever Earth Day, Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore released a documentary film free on You Tube. The film is called Planet of the Humans, and it proved quite popular. This week we review the movie and consider its implications for climate activism.
Read Bill McKibben's full response to the original film in Rolling Stone here :
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/bill-mckibben-climate-movement-michael-moore-993073/

See a full bibliography of rebuttal articles here:
http://getenergysmartnow.com/2020/04/25/moores-boorish-planet-of-the-humans-an-annotated-collection/
JHAT on Population Growth
https://youtu.be/kVLp4-27LQw
JHAT on Renewables Recycling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLTJZKYA40Y&t=2s
JHAT on Palm Oil
https://youtu.be/KTbPMODTey8
JHAT on BioMass
https://youtu.be/6RP-jYDgiMg

Help support and influence the growth of the Just Have a Think initiative here:
http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink

Extra information received 11th May 2020 from Mike Bailey, one of the trustees of Solar Fest http://www.SolarFest.org
"For accuracy, Roy Butler was slightly off in the date he suggested to you. Based on the music being performed, this was shot in 2006, not 2005. In 2006, and every year, power was banked to the grid for weeks prior to the festival, with the surplus contributed to the farm. For the ten years SolarFest was at Forget Me Not Farm, we ran a surplus covering all of our usage on a net meter basis. By 2008 the festival was run entirely on solar, including a permanent array with battery backup. Also we shifted to LEDs for the light show to reduce consumption and no longer relied on the grid."

View research links from this video here:
FILMS FOR ACTION STATEMENT
https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/skepticism-is-healthy-but-planet-of-the-humans-is-toxic/
KETAN JOSHI
https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/04/29/this-is-where-hard-work-got-us-another-post-about-the-bad-film/
https://ketanjoshi.co/2020/04/24/planet-of-the-humans-a-reheated-mess-of-lazy-old-myths/
ZEKE HAUSFATHER
https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1253173001069068290
CATHY COWAN BECKER
https://medium.com/@cathycowanbecker/michael-moores-environment-film-a-slap-in-the-face-on-earth-day-a3fea6ac062e
LEAH STOKES
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/28/21238597/michael-moore-planet-of-the-humans-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR252PxviX3SlvDoOhc7etwLx0l_KD4elZ5zoR4UngjimYVAN_UUtRs3Q-8
https://twitter.com/leahstokes?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
GREG ALAVAREZ - American Wind Energy Council
https://www.aweablog.org/fact-check-new-michael-moore-backed-documentary-full-of-errors-fundamentally-misunderstands-electric-system/
PFPI
http://www.pfpi.net/the-eu-wants-to-know-how-to-reduce-forest-destruction
SIERRA CLUB
https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2020/04/sierra-club-statement-inaccurate-and-misleading-youtube-video
https://addup.sierraclub.org
IRENA
https://www.irena.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2019/May/Falling-Renewable-Power-Costs-Open-Door-to-Greater-Climate-Ambition
https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2020/Apr/IRENA_Global_Renewables_Outlook_2020.pdf
RICHARD YORK
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214629618312246
UNITED NATIONS
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/decade-renewable-energy-investment-led-solar-tops-usd-25-trillion
OUR WORLD IN DATA
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-global-habitable-land-needed-for-agriculture-if-everyone-had-the-diet-of
PROJECT DRAWDOWN
https://www.drawdown.org/the-book
TOM ATHANASIOU
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/why-planet-of-the-humans-is-crap/
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2018/03/14/charging-an-electric-vehicle-is-far-cleaner-than-driving-on-gasoline-everywhere-in-america/#56294ef671f8
ADDENDUM: I said in the video "Forbes conceded ..."
I have now learnt from another climate communicator, Adam Siegel, that this statement is a misleading representation of the motivation of the report's author. The cited/shown article was from one of Forbes online contributors called Silvio Marcacci. Silvio is a clean-energy communicator. His piece was spot on but it was not written in an attempt to 'represent' Forbes and I should not have used the phrase 'Forbes conceded'. Apologies to Silvio for this misrepresentation.

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