The premise of “The Age of Stupid” is the following: Sometime in 2055 a custodian (played by Pete Postlethwaite) of a vast human culture library looks back on what went wrong: Why did we humans let Global Warming happen? Through 6 separate stories we get an international view on the effects of Global Warming and [...]
Just like “The End of Suburbia”, “Collapse” deals with global oil depletion. What happens when we run out of the black gold? (hint: it won’t be pretty!) Director Chris Smith does so many things right with Collapse. It’s expertly structured and manages to swing the direction back and forth between “this guy is out of [...]
“Peak oil”, make a note of that term. It refers to the point when world oil production reaches its maximum. After that it’s downhill; downhill for putting gas on your car, downhill for fueling factories, downhill for suburbia, downhill for human society. “The End of Suburbia” manages to paint a convincing pictures of a not-so-far-future [...]
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