Dollars & Destruction

How Renewables Harm Our Farms & Cost the Earth

Dollars & Destruction: How Renewables Harm Our Farms & Cost the Earth is a 48-minute Australian documentary released in late 2024 that powerfully and poignantly illustrates the dark side of wind and solar energy, highlighting, in particular, the negative impact on rural communities and landscapes. The film was made by independent political group ADVANCE Australia, which is working to refocus attention on the mainstream values of freedom, security, and prosperity.

In a montage of interviews with farmers, community activists, wildlife specialists, energy experts, and more, the documentary skillfully leads viewers to the inescapable conclusion that renewable rhetoric and reality don’t match up. This comes across in quotes such as:

• “Renewables are not the cheapest form of energy, they’re the most expensive form of energy.”
• “You don’t clear forests to fix the climate.”
• “We’re poisoning the planet to save the environment.”

As the film’s protagonists explain, the wide-ranging and often irreversible adverse impacts of industrial-scale wind and solar include diminished human, animal, and soil health; impaired sleep; fractured families and communities; ruined businesses and livelihoods; “A-grade, food-producing land” taken out of production (with dire implications for the food supply); greater dependence on other nations (90% of Australia’s solar panels come from China); and, ironically, more expensive and less reliable energy.

Although none of the protagonists specifically uses the words “land grab,” their comments reveal a gradual realization that the renewables agenda represents an attack on property rights and property ownership. The film also provides context for the ambitious energy plans of MP Chris Bowen (who joined Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government in 2022 as Minister for Climate Change and Energy), referencing globalists’ implacable 2050 “net zero” targets.

Bowen’s “globetrotting” recently earned the scorn of a public that condemned his visits to 10 countries in 55 days as emitting “13 times more CO2…than the average Australian does in an entire year.” There is also a “growing revolt” of the business community against Bowen’s “renewables-only” energy strategy. In March, businessman and MP Ted O’Brien gave voice to citizens’ and entrepreneurs’ complaint:

“Three years ago, Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen promised cheaper power bills. Instead, they’ve delivered among some of the highest electricity prices in the world…. Bowen is driving up power prices, pushing businesses to the wall, and leaving Australians worse off.”

The lessons shared in Dollars & Destruction are applicable everywhere that the “green” agenda is rolling out, making the film well worth a watch.