A series of interviews with more-or-less subject matter experts on M. King Hubbert's Peak Oil (production raite) postulate. The interviews are glued together with segments using amusing archive footage (probably Internet downloads) overdubbed with narration.
This was my introduction to Peak Oil and it did make me curious to know if was fact or fiction. My reaction was "is this 'censored' true?"
Pros: it's convincing enough to make someone want to know more. It moves along at a good pace, it didn't seem to drag on at all to me.
Cons: It contains only introductory matter to what can seem like a simple concept, however if you start to examine that concept it's very complex. The interviewers basically guess about what the future holds.in some ways. It seems to me that the complexity of the issue makes it hard to have accurate predictions. For instance, will the suburbs really bear the brunt of the Peak Oil blow, or is the fact that there is land that can be recovered for use in a post-peak world make The End of Cities more on target?
This was my introduction to Peak Oil and it did make me curious to know if was fact or fiction. My reaction was "is this 'censored' true?"
Pros: it's convincing enough to make someone want to know more. It moves along at a good pace, it didn't seem to drag on at all to me.
Cons: It contains only introductory matter to what can seem like a simple concept, however if you start to examine that concept it's very complex. The interviewers basically guess about what the future holds.in some ways. It seems to me that the complexity of the issue makes it hard to have accurate predictions. For instance, will the suburbs really bear the brunt of the Peak Oil blow, or is the fact that there is land that can be recovered for use in a post-peak world make The End of Cities more on target?