I saw an amazing movie last night and I encourage everyone go try and go see it...

[Javaman]

last night my wife and I went to go see the Bill Maher movie Religulous, however, that film was not being shown so a sneek preview of a new film opening on the 21st of November was to be shown.

The movie is called FUEL.
http://thefuelfilm.com/

Here is the synopsis from the films website:

SYNOPSIS
Most Americans know we’ve got a problem: an addiction to oil that taxes the environment, entangles us in costly foreign policies, and threatens the nation’s long-term stability. But few are informed or empowered enough to do much about it. Enter Josh Tickell, an expert young activist who, driven by his own emotionally charged motives, shuttles us on a revelatory, whirlwind journey to unravel this addiction—from its historical origins to political constructs that support it, to alternatives available now and the steps we can take to change things. Tickell tracks the rising domination of the petrochemical industry—from Rockefeller’s strategy to halt ethanol use in Ford’s first cars to the mysterious death of Rudolph Diesel at the height of his biodiesel engine’s popularization, to our government’s choice to declare war after 9/11, rather than wean the country from fossil fuel. Never minimizing the complexities of ending oil dependence, Tickell uncovers a hopeful reality pointing toward a decentralized, sustainable energy infrastructure—like big rigs tanking up on biofuel at Carl’s Corner Texas truck stop, a new Brooklyn biodiesel plant serving three states, a miraculous Arizona algae-based fuel farm, and the Swedish public voting to be petroleum free by 2020. Sweeping and exhilarating, Tickell’s passionate film goes beyond great storytelling; it rings out like a bell that stirs consciousness and makes individual action suddenly seem consequential.

Josh Tickell, a leading expert on alternative fuels, grew up in Louisiana, where members of his family suffered from diseases linked to pollution from oil refineries. After discovering biodiesel, he earned an MFA in film from Florida State University's School of Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts to chronicle and vitalize the green-energy movement. He has been working on Fields of Fuel for 10 years. Tickell also authored a controversial companion book, Biodiesel America—How to Achieve Energy Security, Free America from Middle-East Oil Dependence, and Make Money Growing Fuel.

--© Sundance Film Festival

Please check out the site.

[grannie4peace]

1. thank you!!!!

[But....]

2. I'll be sure...

to keep my eyes open for it, thanks:bounce:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Unfortunately, biofuel does nothing to decrease CO2 emissions

The only alternative is to make it unnecessary to drive a car in urban and suburban areas by improving mass transit, cycling facilities, and pedestrian paths, and cutting down on short-haul plane flights by building a high-speed rail system.

[Javaman]

5. they go into this in the movie, the type of biofuel they talk about is

algae based diesel.

see the movie and be enlightened. :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. Algae is a life form, and therefore contains carbon

:shrug:

[Bigmack]

4. Netflix has "Fields of Fuel" by Tickell. nt

[Javaman]

6. I haven't heard of that one, thanks, I'll check it out. :) nt

[underseasurveyor]

7. I'll kick this up since I've seen this movie and agree

GO see this movie... I command thee:-)

[GardeningGal]

8. I watched the trailer

It looks like a good movie to see. I wonder if it's going to be showing in more places.