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Banana Town: Where Michael Moore Stokes Controversy over Renewable Energy

Banana Town: Where Michael Moore Stokes Controversy over Renewable Energy

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Banana Town: Where Michael Moore Stokes Controversy over Renewable Energy

FromCrazy Town

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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Paying attention to the buzz around Planet of the Humans, the new film by Michael Moore, is like standing in the middle of a three-ring circus. In ring #1 are the filmmakers, who raise critical questions about how renewable sources can power industrial society, but do so with questionable facts and mean-spirited attacks. In ring #2 are the left-wing enviros, who are barfing out lazy accusations of ecofascism and doing all they can to avoid addressing the film’s legitimate questions about population and consumption. In ring #3 are the oil-soaked, right-wing libertarians who think this film will help them keep earning and burning their way to the bank at the end of Armageddon Road. Asher, Rob, and Jason grapple with the cacophony, hash out the good and bad of the film and the response to it, and argue for an honest, messy-middle approach to the transition away from fossil fuels. For episode notes and more information, please visit our website and sign up for our newsletter.Support the show (https://www.postcarbon.org/supportcrazytown/)
Released:
Apr 29, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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With equal parts humor and in-depth analysis, Asher, Rob, and Jason safeguard their sanity while probing crazy-making topics like climate change, overshoot, runaway capitalism, and why we’re all deluding ourselves.