The End of Suburbia (C) 2004

This is part of the commentary from this documentary, transcribed more or less accurately by me:

"This documentary started out as a response to September 11....had questions about the official story... The major news stories, Afghanistan, Iraq, the economy, Enron, even 9-11 itself were actually symptoms of the bigger news story of Oil Peak..."
"American suburbia is in a position of remarkable geopolitical importance right now. Their votes in many respects will determine how this crisis unfolds, and it's outcome. The crisis is going to be increasing costs for energy, for oil and for natural gas and how your average suburban American respond to this, and who they vote for, and the kinds of policies they support to deal with this is going to affect the entire world. They are the citizens of the Roman Empire of today and uh they have incredible power to influence this crisis towards a catastrophic conclusion, or towards something that is possibly sustainable. That will possibly take us into another era, an era of decreased energy at some level, but different kind of energy sources, but to get from here to there is going to be incredibly difficult. Alot of that depends on people coming out of their denial...."
"...this current administration is completely out of touch, in a very dangerous way with the reality of the way people think around the world, and that reality can't be forced to conform with their ideology, hence we're led toward catastrophe." and another voice says "I just find it sad that it's easier to tell the American public that they'll have to sacrifice their sons and daughters and relatives than it is to tell them they're gonna have to sacrifice their SUVs and 5,000 square foot homes." "Ouch." "Well, that's what it comes down to."

As I do my best to avoid the ever-increasing potholes on the road (my city's so broke, they can't pay attention) and my husband puts 20% of his paycheck in the tank just to get to work, I'm stunned at how quickly the predictions in this documentary are materializing. It's only two years old. It's not all gloom and doom, but it is time to make changes, it you want to survive, that is. Peak Oil is not all over the mainstream newz because there's no advertising revenue in it. Duh. When this guy tells you, umm, we can't live like we have been any more because the fossil fuel energy we use (like pigs) is finite, it's probably time to listen.

Helllllooooooooo?

They are working on the sequel: Escape from Suburbia