Never would have expected him to be the Executive Producer of this expose on the Green Energy movement. Certainly meshes with my views on the subject. The last scene is gripping.
Interesting. Being from Detroit he has always been pro working class middle america. When he started out he was really hard on GM and Ford for cutting factory jobs in Flint Michigan. His theatrical slant has always been for the working man. Film style aside, his rooted perspective is the reason why he accurately predicted the 2016 election, a campaign which as we know cat towards working-class jobs.
In the 90’s GM dragged their feet on electric, presumably due to pressures from the oil companies. GM killed their EV1 electric car program which showed some promise (good documentary on that). Given the battery
tech at the time it was probably for the better (EV perception wise).
For some reason, it has taken US 40 years and an ego-driven nudge from Elan Musk to see that electrification can actually create jobs and not cut them.
The next big hurdle is showing America that alternative energy will also create jobs. No point in running electric cars off of coal-fired power plants. The vast majority of solar cells are made in China. Only a handful of US companies are making panels and they are 3X the cost.
Example: Wind Turbine Tech, very fast growing job!
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