There is soooooooo much misleading junk in this film. Most of it is focused on biomass from wood, which supplies 2% of energy in the US. And wind turbines are bad because ... they only last several decades and NIMBYs don't like them?
I yelled at the screen 3 times watching this.
I yelled at the screen 3 times watching this.
The film's solution is, I guess don't use any energy because no source of energy is perfect? There's no comparison of pros and cons, no consideration of benefits at all. It only looks at the downside of every source of energy and thus basically concludes that civilization is bad.
My favorite part was when they looked at a former solar farm location in Daggett, CA, now just sand, and declared the revelation that it's become a "solar wasteland."
I pulled up Google Maps and found Daggett in the Mojave Desert. It's all sand out there!!! WTF?!
I pulled up Google Maps and found Daggett in the Mojave Desert. It's all sand out there!!! WTF?!
I mean, how horrifying that a solar farm left behind a sandy desert landscape here. Clearly solar panels are a tool of the Devil. 
The film also wrote off EVs because of one example in Michigan where the electrical utility got 95% of its electricity from coal. Even in that circumstance an EV would produce less carbon pollution than a gas car, and most of the grid is cleaner and becoming increasingly clean.
The Ivanpah solar thermal plant is written off because it uses some natural gas to keep the system primed at night and align the mirrors in the morning. Sure, it's not perfect, but it still generates a ton of solar energy!
The film mentioned creosote-soaked railroad ties being burned in biomass facilities. Not mentioned in the film - there are regulations on how much of that is allowed, and many locations are advancing legislation to ban it.
Basically the film presented any imperfect energy source (which is every energy source) as inherently bad. No consideration of pros vs. cons, just the cons.
It's fine to look at downsides; we're already working to improve most of them. But ignoring the upside is not constructive
It's fine to look at downsides; we're already working to improve most of them. But ignoring the upside is not constructive
