The Age of Oil — 100-plus years of astonishing economic growth made possible by cheap, abundant oil — could be ending without our really being aware of it. Oil is a finite commodity. At some point even the vast reservoirs of Saudi Arabia will run dry.
But before that happens there will come a day when oil production 'peaks,' when demand overtakes supply (and never looks back) resulting in large and possibly catastrophic price increases that could make today's $60-a-barrel oil look like chump change…
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in Suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness.
Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream. But as we enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia (2004) explores the American Way of Life and its prospects, as the demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply.
Energy prices will absolutely skyrocket in the coming years and the consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. In this documentary scientists and policymakers explain what Peak Oil means, not only for North America, but also for the rest of the world.
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"Oil Smoke & Mirrors" offers us a sobering critique of our perceived recent history, of our present global circumstances, and of our shared future in light of imminent, under-reported and mis-represented energy production constraints.
Through a series of impressively candid, informed and articulate interviews, this film also argues that the bizzare events surrounding the 9/11 attacks, and the equally bizzare "war on terror", can be more credibly understood in the wider context of an imminent and critical divergence between available global oil supply and increasing global oil demand.
