Planet of the Humans

2019

Action / Documentary

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 66% · 27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 3456 3.5K

capitalism energy policy fossil fuel billionaire corporate greed environmental destruction

Plot summary

Forget all you have heard about how “Renewable Energy” is our salvation. It is all a myth that is very lucrative for some. Feel-good stuff like electric cars, etc. Such vehicles are actually powered by coal, natural gas… or dead salmon in the Northwest.

Director

Jeff Gibbs Photo
Jeff Gibbs

Top cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger Photo
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Self
Michael Carr Photo
Michael Carr as Self
Bill Maher Photo
Bill Maher as Self -Host, Real Time with Bill Maher
Al Gore Photo
Al Gore as Self
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nicolas_gallant 7 / 10

#1 problem finally adressed but...

Finally a documentary that finally points out the REAL problem when it comes to climate change: the overpopulation of Earth. Even if every one of the 8 000 000 000 people on Earth would live more sustainably, it would still not be enough to completely save the planet. Have you ever seen the chart that compares the different actions that can be done? Spoiler alert: having one fewer child is 300 times more effective than recycling. I must say though that I still have two problems with the documentary.First, the documentary says that the overpopulation of Earth is the problem but it doesn't say why nobody accepts the simple solution of making less babies. Is it because of religion? Babies are cute? Having more babies equals success in life? The freedom of having more kids is more important than our planet? Less babies is bad for the economy?Second, reducing the population (if we ever do it) will take multiple decades. So, what are we going to do about climate change until then? Hydroelectricity was never mentioned nor nuclear. What about public transportation? What about eating less meat? What about taking the plane once every 3-4 years (and staying longer) rather than flying every year for vacation?
Reviewed by stefan-huybrechts 8 / 10

8 for throwing the stick

It's always good to have people question the present sacrements and enviromental solutions for our overconsumption of the natural resources. But it isn't that well done. I would presume that his budget wasn't so big as the billionaires to state his ideas in this documentary. The criticism that he gives no solutions is not fair, because these are not easily found when overpopulation and the lifestyle of a majority of the inhabitants of the first world countries with a gigantic carbon footprint are the source of the problem. Who is willing to really alter their way of life? And that's a really inconvenient truth.
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