A new
film about nuclear energy, Pandora's Promise, which appears in theaters in June and will be broadcast by CNN in the fall, features five «converts» who argue that the dire threat of climate change requires humanity to embrace nuclear power as an alternative to fossil fuels.
Not exact matches
On one level a gripping conspiracy thriller
about the power of the
nuclear energy lobby, on another one of the most heartbreaking explorations of loss ever
filmed, this darkly beautiful 1985 miniseries remains one of the BBC's most perfect productions.
It's a shame so few people see documentaries, and that so few politicians pay them any attention, because this
film has the power to change the way we think
about nuclear energy.
Simon Starling's
film Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima) critiques Moore's advocacy of
nuclear energy by inserting him into a Japanese folktale
about deceit and betrayal.
Kennedy's most convincing points were on the economics of
nuclear energy (an area the
film avoids tackling), while Stone effectively challenged assertions
about health risks.
It's too early to say much
about the
film — I haven't seen it yet — but it appears to feature prominent environmentalist, Mark Lynas saying that environmentalists were wrong to oppose GM and
nuclear energy.
This
film seemed to take a sensible approach, or at least the show based on it, that would be a counter point to Patrick Moore's statement
about how wind
energy won't produce the same amount of
energy as oil, coal and
nuclear power.
Below, Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation's environment correspondent, who has been covering the
nuclear industry since investigating it for his book Nuclear Inc. (Pantheon, 1983), lays out the myths the film peddles, followed by the facts about nuclear
nuclear industry since investigating it for his book
Nuclear Inc. (Pantheon, 1983), lays out the myths the film peddles, followed by the facts about nuclear
Nuclear Inc. (Pantheon, 1983), lays out the myths the
film peddles, followed by the facts
about nuclear nuclear energy.