Very important documentary:  A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash, produced and directed by Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack. I believe it was released in 2006, so I’m a little behind the times, but it doesn’t surprise me that the film was not advertised or given very wide release in light of the political climate we’re all weathering. Actually, the best thing about the film is its lack of bleeding hearts and artists; it features scientists and experts from around the globe, all putting forth the simple fact that the world has reached or is about to reach peak oil production — and that there are just no more reserves of note to be discovered on the planet. The science behind it is clear and understandable, and although no one is, as I said, portrayed as a sentimental environmentalist, it’s obvious that there is passion and deep feeling behind the subject; within the interviews, the subjects are trying to hold back that emotion. It’s visible, and it’s true. In acting, they always say that it’s more interesting to watch someone try not to cry…witness the veracity of that maxim in A Crude Awakening, and see if don’t find yourself choking back a tear or two in the face of what’s actually going on with oil.–Refined gOil

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