Posted on 11/08/2007 9:38:54 AM PST by fishhound
Oil is 'the bloodstain of the earth's economy' and will soon trigger a global conflict that will cost millions of lives. That is the stark claim of a controversial new film, which says a crash in oil production is about to set off worldwide recession and economic collapse.
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, which opens in UK cinemas this week, shows stark images of rusting Texan and Venezuelan wells and fuel riots in Asia and Africa. Such scenes will be repeated thousands of times around the planet in the near future, argue the film's makers, who say the world is facing changes 'more frightening than a horror movie'.
The film is the latest of several polemical documentaries to achieve nationwide release. Others include Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, Michael Moore's Sicko, and the forthcoming Darfur Now, in which Don Cheadle provides a voice-over about the Sudanese civil war.
However, A Crude Awakening has had a boost not available to the rest. Just as its screenings were scheduled to begin here, crude oil prices soared to their highest level for decades, reaching $96 a barrel last week. Petrol and diesel at more than £1 a litre at UK garages is now common.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
All one needs is a decent supply of bullets following such a crash.
I thought a movie about oil was already created: The Road Warrior.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Have these dipsticks never seem the Mad Max movies?
Anything to make a buck.
This disaster movie might be right. A funny thing is that much equipment used in oil fields is rusty anyway, excepting Halliburton stuff, which is all highly polished stainless steel and brass and is washed and waxed twice weekly.
It was either the discovery or history channel that has a 6 part mini series based on the book called “The Prize”. A excellent history of the oil industry and its effects on the history or the world. The movie and book are worth the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prize:_The_Epic_Quest_for_Oil,_Money,_and_Power
SWEET ... Road Warrior is coming back to the cinema :)
Looks like it’s just about time to short oil futures.
It might be pretty good if the climax involves a longer-type trying to drive a Mack truck past biker freaks as a decoy to let good guys escape with the real “juice”.
1. Drill off-shore.
2. Drill ANWR!
Do we need to buy up what’s left of the old Kawasaki KZ1000’s?
Well... Pigs if you think about it. Gotta love MB though.
Africa... hmm no problem for South Africa, they liquefy coal and use nuclear power...
Looks boring.
You will rule the badlands.
Some are saying that oil is the new currency because of the falling dollar.
We’re all gonna die!
3. and oil shales/sands
4. and gas-to-fuel conversion
5. and many many other things
But all we hear is Cheryl Crow telling us to use one square of toilet paper per poop, Kate Blanchett telling us not to shower every day (basically, to stink) and Al Gore telling us to live in a straw house. What is up with all that?
‘All one needs is a decent supply of bullets following such a crash.’
Gee, and I just happen to have that one covered....(chuckle)
Ditto on Yergin and “The Prize”.
Interesting thread running through the history is that we have seen all this before (oil panics), not once or twice, but a dozen times at least.
Then Bartertown is no different from Washington, DC.
Could be a very correct type movie, I can see exactly how this could take shape.
HAHAHAHAHA...sniff too true.
Our farm/ag stuff is totally dependent on oil - from tractors to fertilizers. I don’t know when we’re running out - but high oil prices are a hint at what’s to come..
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