I think you're reading too much into this and missing the bigger picture. I can understand your concern for not pitching a product on Ecolog, but that was not the intent. I think the idea is to raise questions on how we expect to sustain our need for energy now and into the future. Maybe if you watched the film, you might get your questions answered. If not answered, at least you might have some new insight beyond just catchy phrases about sliced bread, the Titanic, hot air of leverage and references to a money trail.
Steve -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Tyson Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 9:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Resource: Animated Video about Renewable Energy Ecolog: This is an ad. I feel mislead. The film this pitches for may be the greatest idea since sliced bread, but all it was was a pitch for a film, and said zero of substance (except the remark by an unidentified man who said "We use SO much energy"). So what else is new? The production values were very high, which leads me to believe it was well-financed. Follow the money. The German product (even more overproduced) drove me nuts with it's canned, irritating "drum" beat, but I watched it up to the point where they implied that corn ethanol was one of the viable solutions, and the old "carbon" neutral pitch about biomass also turned me off. Frankly, I don't care if somebody pitches a product on Ecolog, but if they're going to do it, they should have something of substance to say that's new. Why not reveal who's behind this? Why are net energy calucluations never mentioned in these pitches? It's like the old saw about shifting the deck chairs while the Titanic goes down and "there's no free lunch." And why are effects on ecosystems never mentioned. E.g., what must be sacrificed for corn, sugar cane, switchgrass ad nauseam? I felt suckered. I hear that Giant Sucking Sound, and I smell the hot air of leverage. Follow the money. WT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Resource: Animated Video about Renewable Energy Interesting. Here is another one with a little bit different take. Maybe some of you have seen it? http://www.switchenergyproject.com/ Steve -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Künzl Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 8:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Resource: Animated Video about Renewable Energy Dear List Members, the german non-profit organisation /e-politik.de/ e.V. has released an animated online-video about Renewable Energies and the German Energy Transition. It can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25bmXpEPosc The Clip is licensed as Creative Commons and can be used and distributed for free. If you like the clip please share! Feedback would be appreciated! Best regards, Jan Künzl -- Projektleiter WissensWerte Gaudystr. 2 10437 Berlin Tel: 030/23130075 Mob: 0176/20790628 www.wissenswerte.e-politik.de ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1427 / Virus Database: 2441/5327 - Release Date: 10/12/12
