The Gospel of Green

As the world confronts the reality of global warming and the inevitable end of oil, the questions of what to do and how to sustain energy without oil or fossil fuels becomes more urgent. Bob McKeown and a fifth estate team travel to Germany to meet Hermannn Scheer, called "Europe's Al Gore," a parliamentarian who is leading the way to increase Germany's reliance on renewable energy sources such as wind power and solar power. To date, 15% of Germany's energy comes from renewable sources. Scheer estimates that if Germany continues on this course, by 2030 that will be 100%. So, if one of the world major industrialized nations can achieve this, why can't a country like Canada? The answer may lie in the fifth estate's investigation of the influence, in this country, of conventional energy industry on politicians.

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Credits

produced by: Neil Docherty
directed by: Neil Docherty, Gil Shochat
written by: Bob McKeown
associate producers: Gil Shochat, Johannes Honsell
edior: Avi Lev
cinematography: John Badcock csc, Brian Kelly
additional camera: Michael Wasilewski, Hans Vanderzande, Paul Seeler, Colin Allison
audio: Larry Kent, Joe Passaretti, Stephen MacAdem
graphic designers: Tim Kindrachuk, Amedeo De Palma
audio mix: Damian Kearns

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