- * This is intended for general audiences. There are no long lists of statistics and endless graphs, though some statistical information is shown or mentioned by the interviewees (including Hubbert's 1975 interview).
* Brief titles are used when displaying credentials for the interviewees, so PhDs, CEO status and the like are absent. This could lead some to not understand the weight of the input by persons like Campbell and Simmons.
* Convincing shots of abandoned oil fields and the people who had been dependent on them helped to reinforce the idea that oil wells really do exhaust.
* Realistic estimates about the availability of other sources of energy to replace oil burst the bubbles of many in the audience, including my guest.
I invited a well-known video journalist to join me (who has two V8 SUVs himself) and he was completely moved by the experience; one could see the gears turning. He expressed concern for the welfare of his children and the state of the economy in the near future. I have mentioned some statistics to him in the past, but seeing this footage and hearing from the experts directly, with a carefully woven story, made for a convincing slamdunk.
Producer Gelpke was on-hand to field questions, and while not a scientist or geologist, was quite adept at handling questions. To my question about the peaking of North American natural gas, he said he understood that to be the case and could greatly slow the extraction of oil from Canadian Tar Sands, limit near term hydrogen production, and place the Country at greater risk for foreign energy dependence.
The film will be shown on cable (Sundance was mentioned) on or around April 19th(?). It will be available for wider screenings in May with DVD sales shortly thereafter. I will be purchasing the DVD.
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