Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: PLANET OF THE HUMANS' STREAMING: HOW TO WATCH THE MICHAEL MOORE-PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY ONLINE FOR FREE [View all]Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)pointing out it glaring errors, and its smearing of Bill McKibben.
Solar panels do NOT cost "millions of dollars per square inch", they actually run about 10¢ per square inch. Solar panels are not "8% efficient", unless you bought the panels back in the 80s. Current panels run 17%-23% efficiency, with that number increasing annually (while they get cheaper). 30% efficiency panels are on the horizon for the next 5-10 years.
A 60 panel array is dismissed as producing barely enough electricity to power a toaster, which is demonstrably wrong. I have a 66 panel array and power my entire house, two EVs, and send out about a 500-1000kWh per month to power my neighbor's homes, depending on the time of year. I have not paid for electricity since 2018, nor any gasoline (I used to burn around 800 gallons a year).
I can tell your from first hand experience that this "documentary" is full of errors and will cost us dearly going forward.
https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/skepticism-is-healthy-but-planet-of-the-humans-is-toxic/