Michael Moore and his “Bowling for Columbine” producer colleague discovered some inconvenient truths when they set out to do a documentary on the green energy movement:
“It turned out the wakeup call was about our own side,” Gibbs said in a phone interview. “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.”
“I like so many people in the film and I’m one of those people who wanted to believe all of these years that that was the right path,” Moore said. “(But) I refuse to let us die out. I refuse to let this planet die.”
“It’s up to people who actually share the same values to sometimes call each other out and bring out the uncomfortable truths,” Gibbs said. “This is not a film by climate change deniers, this is a film by people who really care about the environment.”
Kudos to Moore for continuing the project even after it took the unexpected turn.
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2 replies on “New Michael Moore Doc Tackles Alternative Energy”
These economic illiterates can’t stand the fact that the production and delivery of energy to consumers is a business, and a profitable one at that. Therefore they support “alternative” energy sources, and they are shocked, SHOCKED! that these sources can also create profits for their providers. Why should we listen to them on anything?
-Dave Olson
I’ll wait to see some reviews of the movie before praising Moore. Somehow I think it’s going to turn out that the glorious green future was ruined by the evil capitalists.