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A crude awakening the oil crash  Cover Image DVD DVD

A crude awakening [videorecording (DVD)] : the oil crash / a film by Basil Gelpke & Ray McCormack ; a production of Lava Productions AG.

Gelpke, Basil. (Added Author). McCormack, Ray. (Added Author). Mongrel Media. (Added Author).

Summary:

A documentary arguing that the era of cheap oil is in the past. Goes into the uncomfortable realities of a world that is both addicted to fossil fuels and blissfully unaware of the looming "peak oil" crisis. Debunks the conventional wisdom that oil production will continue to climb, and instead stares bleakly at a planet facing economic meltdown and conflict over its most valuable resource

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (83 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inc.
  • Publisher: [Thornhill, Ont.] : distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced in Switzerland in 2006.
Special features: Bonus chapter, "Petrostates;" theatrical trailer; additional interviews with Colin Campbell, Matthew Simmons, Fadhil Chalabi, and David L. Goodstein
Subject: Petroleum industry and trade.
Scarcity.
Natural resources.
Energy consumption.
Nonrenewable natural resources.
Petroleum industry and trade > Forecasting.
Petroleum reserves.
Petroleum reserves > Forecasting.
Documentary films > Switzerland
Twenty-first century > Forecasts.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Lansdowne Library TN 870.5 C78 2007 (Text) 26040002896104 Media Volume hold Available -

More information

http://www.oilcrashmovie.com/ - Accompanying website.



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