Well come to you tomorrow today the science show on d w. d at the risk of sounding corny id say todays show is about me not as food for people or animals but feel to generate electricity. This share of energy from renewable sources is growing every given especially in asia. Europe and north america. Most of the energy is produced from biomass from Something Like me. But the other sources arent doing so badly either. However ive come under a lot of criticism recently while you see for yourself. This field is lush and green but in a way. Its a desert a desert of corn planted to produce biofuel fields like this cover more than a 1000000 hectares in germany corn provides hardly any food for insect biologists say thats one reason for massive insect die offs. One committed by night you can generate biodiversity with a single type of plant a monoculture so you need to sow a range of different plants to get a range of insects it just doesnt work with corn it was the hope and. The idea is to re
Hardy talked about. Michael moore and jeff gibbs released a film in april called planet of the humans it was a frontal assault on the failures of the Environmental Movement accusing it of peddling false leads and selling out to corporate donors it derided the idea that we can hope the current eco side with Renewable Energy the film lambaste environmentalist for celebrating the replacing of coal plants with socalled natural gas plants and then calling these natural gas plants clean or green or describing the burning of trees as a Renewable Energy source whatever you think of the film it is factually incontrovertibly that the leading environmental groups by misreading the nature of power have failed. The activism protests lobbying petitions appeals to the United Nations and misguided trust in liberal politicians such as barack obama and now gore along with the work of countless n. G. O. S have been accompanied by a 60 percent rise in global c o 2 or Carbon Dioxide emissions since 1900 du
In c o 2 was 102200 times faster than what the earth experienced during the transition from the last ice age the United Nations estimates this will be augmented by a 40 percent rise in c o 2 emissions in the next 10 years we are now at 417. 00 parts per 1000000 of c o 2 in the air it is believed to be the highest concentration since humans evolved we will embrace a new paradigm 2 for resistance or die joining me to discuss the film and the reaction to it by environmentalists is jeff gibbs so let layout jeff what you i think did quite successfully what you sought to do in the film and i will talk a little bit about how its been attacked and and finally censored forcing you to take it down off of you tube so to just for people who havent seen it and also tell people how they can see it. Talk about what you did well 1st i want to make a nature film i was thinking oh if we only make it so if i dont make a film showing how bad things are finally at long last look at it and friends were tell
Power have failed the activism protests lobbying petitions appeals to the United Nations and misguided trust and liberal politicians such as barack obama and al gore along with the work of countless n. G. O. S have been accompanied by a 60 percent rise in global c o 2 or Carbon Dioxide emissions since 1900. During the last decade the increase in c o 2 was 102200 times faster than what the earth experienced during the transition from the last ice age the United Nations estimates this will be augmented by a 40 percent rise in c o 2 emissions in the next 10 years we are now at 417. 00 parts per 1000000 of c o 2 in the air it is believed to be the highest concentration since humans evolved we will embrace a new paradigm 2 for resistance or die joining me to discuss the film and the reaction to it by environmentalists is jeff gibbs. So let lay out jeff what you i think did quite successfully what you sought to do in the film and then well talk a little bit about how its been attacked and an
City with the virus was 1st detected well have a live update on life after a long. And a mission to save lives cuban doctors traveling to virus affected countries reject claims theyre being used to spread propaganda. Welcome to the program in the u. S. President donald trump says social distancing guidelines should stay in place for another month to slow the spread of the corona virus it comes as the number of deaths linked to the virus in new york state rises above 1000 well across the u. S. At least 140000 people have now been infected meanwhile British Health officials are warning it could be 6 months before strict social distancing measures are lifted well the u. K. Was put under a partial lockdown just last week and in china some people are going back to work with the virus was 1st detected the city of will hand has been under strict quarantine for 2 months more and thats not a moment but 1st this update from rob reynolds in the u. S. So empty beaches are a sign of the times in So