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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
3739 Posts |
 Posted - 05/07/2007 : 20:37:40
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This month my Humanist group watched Who Killed the Electric Car for our movie night. This was the sort of film that totally had me - hook, line, and sinker. I got all jazzed-up about GM sabotaging the EV1 because it didn't like California's zero emissions mandate and fought the mandate by claiming that there wasn't enough of a market for EVs. I thought it was so horrible that this great vehicle was so maliciously crushed out of existence.
However, today I was poking around the Internet and found this review by Karl Brauer, Editor in Chief at Edmunds.com. It takes a more skeptical view of several of the claims in the film.
Now I'm not saying the film was total crap. But it was manipulative, and not all of its claims were nearly as cut-and-dry as they made it seem, and some conclusions seem to be entirely bs.
This really makes me want to give up watching these kind of films (political documentary). I mean, what's the point of watching something so blatantly biased? Does that really inform me more than it misinforms me? Do I have the time, intelligence, and discipline to really sort out the truth from the speculation and misleading info? I just don't know.
edited to fix links.
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"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Edited by - marfknox on 05/07/2007 20:44:11
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2007 : 01:34:33 [Permalink]
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There can be two views of the same thing. I wouldn't stop watching. There is a rebuttal out there to the criticism of the film. I'll find it for you tomorrow. The bottom line is the people with the cars were willing to keep them and take on repairs/maintenance themselves. But the cars were repossessed and destroyed. The companies excuse for doing so didn't hold water. The lack of a market is one argument, taking the cars back and making an incredulous excuse is another.
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
 Posted - 05/08/2007 : 19:07:39 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
There can be two views of the same thing. I wouldn't stop watching. There is a rebuttal out there to the criticism of the film. ...
Just two?
There are infinite shades of gray, and it gets even more fun if you allow colour too...
Of course, there are only two types of people in the world (insert your favourite qualifier here). |
John's just this guy, you know. |
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Who Killed the Electric Car and other such films
