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Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans | A Film by Jeff Gibbs | Full Documentary
Planet of the Humans, a full documentary by Jeff Gibbs presented by Michael Moore, arguing that the green movement has been co-opted by corporate and wealthy interests and that techno-fixes are not enough.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN uses it as a contrarian critique of renewables and green tech, often recommended with caveats about bias and flawed conclusions.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Michael Moore
- Topic
- green energy critique
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 17
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Everyone wanting to really understand what is going on with the new green economy and these platitudes should watch Michael Moore's nee documentary he just released free on YouTube called Planet of the Humans. [VIDEO]
mempko on Hacker News · 2020-04
In Our data centers now work harder when the sun shines and wind blows> A lot of cheap solar energy, from the best location. I recommend that you watch the "Planet of the Humans" documentary to understand why there is no cheap solar energy, no so-called "green" energies: [VIDEO] So there will never be any "green" planes, no …
largolagrande on Hacker News · 2020-09
In ZEROe: Hydrogen-hybrid aircraft conceptI recommend that you watch the "Planet of The Humans" documentary to understand why there is no cheap or green energy: [VIDEO]
largolagrande on Hacker News · 2020-09
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