CLIMATE PROPAGANDA: Telemundo Forces Green Agenda On To Viewers

What do a Latino blueberry farmer and an international solar panel producer have in common? Telemundo did not report anything, although it included this victim perspective on a Georgia activist report about Hispanics at a Georgia solar panel factory. 

Vanessa Hauc demonstrates it. Telemundo´s resident climate activist, adds a sob story about a spring freeze to a 4-minute advertorial for South Korean giant Q-Cells’ facility in Georgia:

Noticias Telemundo 

08/18/2022

VANESSA HAUCK: Hector visits his Georgia blueberry fields every morning. Do these blueberries have the right to be eaten?

HÉCTOR BUITRAGO: These are ready to eat, yes of course

HAU: On six acres, he has over 3,200 plants and harvests more that 30,000 pounds every year. But 2 years ago…

BUITRAGO : All was bloomed and fully ready to bear fruit. And then the frost fell at the precise moment when they were flowering and turned-, totally destroyed the plants…

HAUC = You have lost all.

BUITRAGO: …the flowers. 90 percent of the flowers were lost. It’s quite a loss.

HAUC – Temperatures fell to 27 degrees during spring.

BUITRAGO

HAUC: Just 2 hours from the farm, they’re betting on a solution. This is where Q-Cells’ solar panel factory, the largest in the hemisphere, is located.

The country’s fastest-growing and cheapest source of electricity is solar energy. Its price has fallen by 70% in the past decade. This fuel is even more affordable than other polluting ones like oil and coal. Hector is filled with optimism.

“Solar energy is the cheapest and fastest growing source of electricity in the country. Its price has fallen by 70% in the past decade. This fuel is even more affordable than other polluting ones like oil and coal. Something that fills Hector (the blueberry farmer) with hope”.

You can hope for… Hauc did not bother to elaborate, quickly moving on to her advertorial for the Korean energy giant’s Georgia plant, where “much of its workforce is Latino”, as a cure-all for whatever ails our heroic blueberry farmer. 

Hauc´s promo included a sales pitch from Georgia Democrat senator Jon Ossof, who “as the youngest in the Senate… is leading in the fight against the climate crisis, but he also knows that investing in solar energy is good for the planet and for the economy”- never mind that the technology remains out of reach for millions of Americans struggling with inflation costing an additional $700 a month on average. 

Hauc spoke of how vital solar energy was in combating global climate change. But the report didn’t include any harsh reality about how unrecyclable sun panels really POLLUTE the earth or the amount of land required for large-scale solar farms such as that shown in the report. Telemundo’s viewers also remain unaware of the fact that lithium and cobalt, two critical elements needed to produce the batteries for storing solar power, are mostly mined by children in Africa.  

But of course, such truth-telling would make Hauc´s ´Planet Earth´ more like Planet Hell, not good for Hauc´s ROI.

Advertisers like Pfizer should be aware of the biases they allow in stories such as this. They should be called out Here.

To view the entire transcript, press on the expand button.

JULIO VALERO: Solar energy is one of the many sources that can produce power and can help to stop climate change. Georgia has the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar panel manufacturing plant, with a large Latino workforce.  The In Planeta TierraVanessa Hauc, (Planet Earth), visited the place.

VANESSA HAUC: Hector visits his Georgia blueberry fields every morning. 

These are ready for you to eat.

HÉCTOR BUITRAGO: These are ready to pick, yes of course

HAUC: His 3,200 plants cover six acres and he annually produces over 30,000 pounds. But 2 years ago…

BUITRAGO : All was bloomed and fully flowering, ready to bear fruit. And then the frost fell at the precise moment when it was flowering and turned- totally destroyed the plants…

HAUC = You have lost all.

BUITRAGO: …the flowers. 90 percent of the flowers were lost. It’s quite a loss.

HAUC – Temperatures fell to 27 degrees during spring.

BUITRAGO

HAUC: Just 2 hours from the farm, they’re betting on a solution. This is where Q-Cells’ solar panel factory, the largest in the hemisphere, is located. This factory is available seven days per week and produces over 13,000 solar panels every day. Each panel is comprised of 32 photovoltaic cell that have been printed using 3D technology.

MIRIAM HERNANDEZ

ENRIQUE: Click Here

Quality Control: Enrique oversees quality control.

ENRIQUE: We are checking that all is well. We can now see if any cells are damaged or scratched.

HAUC: They then go through a simulator that simulates sunlight to see if they are capable of converting sunlight into electricity.

ALAN RODRIGUEZ

HAUC is eighth in the nation’s solar energy production. However, it is aiming to lead in the development of clean energy solutions and electric cars.

JON OSOFF (D-GA),: Georgia is the leader in manufacturing and renewable energy innovation. 

 HAUC: As the youngest in the Senate, John Ossoff is leading in the fight against the climate crisis. He also understands that solar energy investment is both good for the environment and the economy.

OSSOFF – It is about creating new jobs and lowering our energy bills. 

 HAUC: Jobs that pay up to 21% more than average jobs.

JOSÉ ACEVEDO: The best thing is that as the sun shines we can then capture the energy that is produced with the solar panels, with a battery. The battery eventually uses this energy, and is able to supply energy even when the sun doesn’t shine.

HAUC is: The sun can provide infinite energy. The sun produces enough energy to supply the human needs for nearly a full year in just one hour. This Georgia solar farm can generate electricity to power 1200 homes per day. The country’s fastest-growing source of electricity, solar energy, is also the most affordable. Its price has fallen by 70% in the past decade. This fuel is even more affordable than other polluting ones like oil and coal. Hector is filled with optimism.

BUITRAGO: If we humans don´t act, if we do not do our part to help the system, then in the future, our children, the grandchildren of the grandchildren will be suffering a lot.

HAUC: In Georgia, Vanessa Hauc, Noticias Telemundo

 

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