To go a bit against the grain here: I have watched the movie (slept during part of it) and find it bombastic, manipulative and flashy confronting (
perhaps this is what blum means with meme's). Clearly meant to shock, which it did. Goal accomplished. Now let's talk about the criticisms of 'green technology' and/or 'green BAU'.
This is not an honest and good movie I think, BUT,
it shines an important critical light on:
- green BAU economic growth
- the downsides of our extremely high-energy use
- the humanitary aspects of the mining & production side of 'green technology'
- the environmental aspects of the mining & production side of 'green technology'
- the possible collusion of so-called climate heroes and experts with big business (promoting green BAU growth), especially in the U.S.A. where it's become extremely difficult to be an independent academic scientist
I think the (pro-business) reactionary responses from experts and media is telling me this film has hit a vulnerable spot of the 'green bubble' or 'green Business-As-Usual'. Interesting to see how this develops.
That critical light is very good and important imo because many aspects of green tech are hyped up as THE solution, but, there are no long term views on
- 'green tech' regarding humanitary abuses
- recycling of obsolete 'green tech'
- habitat loss (e.g. mining from ocean floor)
- scarcity of non-renewable mined resources
- socio-political situation of resource countries
- the left-out poor countries in the SH
- in general the whole anti-life and the existentially dangerous paradigm of GROWTH
According to me, a circular and long term sustainable 'economy' can only work with these three things together: no growth, low tech and respect for our fellow lifeforms as equals.
Affluence is unsustainable!
edit: reformatting