[MCN] A strong dose of necessary, overdue Realism for Earth Day

[Lance Olsen]

New Michael Moore-Backed Documentary On YouTube Reveals Massive Ecological Impacts Of Renewables <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEJJ1lToxUw5psHFWch-o0OYqFQgEKg0IACoGCAowrqkBMKBFMMGBAg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Planet of the Humans” documents how industrial wind farms, solar farms, biomass, and biofuels are wrecking natural environments.
Forbes <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBggKMK6pATCgRQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Yesterday

Michael Moore's 'Planet of the Humans' asks: what if green energy cannot save the planet? <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMimwFodHRwczovL3d3dy5yZXV0ZXJzLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3VzLWVhcnRoLWRheS1kb2N1bWVudGFyeS9taWNoYWVsLW1vb3Jlcy1wbGFuZXQtb2YtdGhlLWh1bWFucy1hc2tzLXdoYXQtaWYtZ3JlZW4tZW5lcmd5LWNhbm5vdC1zYXZlLXRoZS1wbGFuZXQtaWRVU0tDTjIyMzFVONIBNGh0dHBzOi8vbW9iaWxlLnJldXRlcnMuY29tL2FydGljbGUvYW1wL2lkVVNLQ04yMjMxVTg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As environmentalists celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this week, a new documentary poses a sobering question.
Reuters
Yesterday

[planetofthehumans.com <http://planetofthehumans.com/>]
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Greta Thunberg boils the basics down to just 5 words: “… and it will get worse”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQVustYV24 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQVustYV24>


She knows it will get worse because climate scientists had made the same point; e.g., ….


Camilo Mora: “ ….  our choices for deadly heat are now between more of it or a lot more of it.”
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/circoutcomes.117.004233 <https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/circoutcomes.117.004233>

Michael Mann: ““A new normal makes it sound like we have arrived in a new position, and that's where we're going to be. But if we continue to burn fossil fuels ... we are going to ... get worse and worse droughts, and heat waves, and super storms, and floods, and wildfires.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/climate-change-is-making-wildfires-more-extreme-heres-how <https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/climate-change-is-making-wildfires-more-extreme-heres-how>

Kate Marvel: “The whole idea that everything’s going to work out isn’t really helpful because it isn’t going to work out ” said Kate Marvel a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Climate change is going to worsen to a point where millions of lives, homes, and species are put at risk she said. 
https://newrepublic.com/article/151608/case-against-climate-pessimism <https://newrepublic.com/article/151608/case-against-climate-pessimism>

My own view: <<https://mountainjournal.org/why-rising-temps-mean-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it>>

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