Posts Tagged ‘oil’
A Crude Awakening (2006)
See this movie, then read Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”. Then march in the streets for solar power! A very convincing documentary. In the world just before oil there were maybe 300 million inhabitants. With oil we now approach 7 billion, with India and China just arriving at the oil party as the glass is half full and dropping. The only reason we have been able to support a population this size is by using massive amounts of fertilizer (the green revolution). Fertilizer is made from oil (as are insecticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, clothing, the computer you are reading this on, etc.) You do the math. In this light, a global recession could be seen as a good thing. It will leave more oil for your ancestors. Just maybe your grandchildren will be able to experience an airline flight before such things become an insane extravagance. I think this film also makes it perfectly clear why we are in Iraq.
The End of Suburbia (2004)
No one doubts that oil is not an unlimited resource, that we’re burning through what we have at a rapid and accelerating pace, that this activity is harmful to the planet, and that sooner or later some serious shit is going to hit the fan. This film examines how we got here and where we might want to go.
