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Oil is at the epicenter of so many issues including our wars in the Middle East and the environment. We have an unquenchable thirst for the black gold, but it is, despite Dick Cheney's wet dream, a depletable fossil fuel -- and a pollutant at that. It does not, like water, replenish itself.

America's suburban expansion became possible due to the oil that makes the gas that powers our cars. It has been the primary source of energy in industrial expansion. Our comfortable style of living requires it.

And countless tens of thousands of people die because of it.

"A Crude Awakening" is a wake up call to even progressives who denounce the Iraq War, but unwittingly live a lifestyle that is dependent upon who controls the flow of oil.

From an online reviewer:

As a film, "A Crude Awakening" is brilliantly crafted. The cinematography and the music are moving. While the message of the film is of utmost importance. For years, environmentalists have been advocating for a more sustainable energy system. In this film, they have their concerns and goals validated by Republican representatives like Roscoe Bartlett, several energy industry investors, and the former head of the CIA - James Woolsey. While "Earth First" and the CIA may seem like strange bedfellows, there appears to be a shared interest in avoiding an amplified global catastrophe that is pulling them in similar directions. I say "amplified" because in many ways, there is already a catastrophe related to oil going on - the megadeath in Iraq, the propping up of dictators, the oil production waste sites in Nigeria and Ecuador, and much else.

Another online reviewer:

This documentary should be one of the most important of this past year; unfortunately it has not received the same level of publicity as "An Inconvenient Truth".

Oil industry analysts and geologists interviewed for the documentary convincingly argue that it's becoming more and more difficult to increase oil production to meet demand--not because oil producers want to keep prices high, but because major oil fields are becoming depleted and no new major, comparable oil field discoveries have been made in decades. Hearing this from the horse's mouth (and not from environmental activists or green energy advocates) does make the case for the urgency of this problem.

This truly is the major challenge of our generation. What many people do not realize is that our lives depend on oil not only for energy. Look around you and realize that all the plastic is made from oil. The food we eat depends on oil for fertilizers, pesticides, and of course for the fuel to drive tractors, etc. In fact the "green revolution" that made it possible to feed billions more on the same (or comparable) arable surface as in the 50's depends on the availability of cheap oil. There is still no energy source as cheap or as compact as oil (in terms of energy per gallon--for instance it takes 50% more ethanol than gasoline, by volume, to run a car).

What all this means for the future depends on the actions each of us will take as the production of oil starts to level off then decrease. This DVD should be on the desk of every congressperson and senator.