“Pandora’s Promise” and “Switch” Raise the Right Issues but Get Nuclear Wrong

Two recent movies, Pandora's Promise and Switch, promote massive changes in the U.S. energy economy; both embrace nuclear power and point to France as the nuclear success story. The two-part company, however, on natural gas: Switch sees gas plus nuclear as the major energy sources of the future, but Pandora gives gas no significant role.

Together the two films rivet attention on the role of the energy industries in climate change. With superb photography, they effectively seduce the viewer. Make no mistake about it: These films engage and persuade. That's precisely why the nonsense of their conclusions is so deadly.


“Pandora’s Promise” and “Switch” raise the right issues but get nuclear wrong - Grist