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SERIOUS AND FUNNY ...
Videos on Energy, Peak Oil & Resilience
This list of serious and funny videos about energy, peak oil, and resilience includes videos on alternative energy, the oil industry, gas prices, fossil fuel dependence, depletion, the relationship between energy and money, peak oil solutions, and more.
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VIDEOS ABOUT PEAK OIL, ENERGY & RESILIENCE
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PETROTHEISM AND DOMINION
Mark Fiore returns to the petrotheism theme to explore how the US public worships oil and how some politicians justify ravaging the earth for more of the black gold. Watch oil as religion funny video.
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300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS
This is a marvelous animated summary of how we arrived at the historical point of "peak everything"—and what we might do about such a predicament. Narrated by Richard Heinberg. Watch fossil fuels video.
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ROBERT NEWMAN’S HISTORY OF OIL
Rob Newman, the "Peak Oil Comic," offers a funny standup routine, interspersed with graphics and photos, that walks us through the similarities between history and the present, showing the clear intersection between energy, military strategies, and empires. Watch funny peak oil video.
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THE POST-OIL MAN
This cool animation features a peak-oil prognosticator explaining the coming energy apocalypse and why failing to prepare is a recipe for personal doom. From James W. Johnson via YouTube.
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FILL ’ER UP
A great skewering of all the guilty parties on the subject of high gas prices. From Mark Fiore, in Flash format.
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OIL SUPPLIES? DON'T WORRY! — When it comes to Peak Oil, who ya gonna believe—egg-head geologists or fast-talking economists and stock analysts? The fast-talkers, of course! This amusing satire does a nice job of skewering the all-too-easy answers Peak Oil skeptics usually throw around. From Randy Park via YouTube.
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INNOVATIONS IN ENERGY
Flash-animation pro Mark Fiore takes on those who act like speedbumps and potholes on the road to our energy future.
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VIDEOS ABOUT PEAK OIL, ENERGY & RESILIENCE
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RESOURCES, BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND THE END OF GROWTH
When we get down to first principles in economics, biology, energy, and human behavior, we see that constraints on resources, environment, and debt capacity pose an imminent threat to the economic juggernaut that has brought unparalleled prosperity to so many. Watch peak oil / end of growth video.
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DON’T WORRY, DRIVE ON
As the fracking-driven boom in US oil and natural gas production spews on, the mainstream media seems full of assertions that peak oil is a worry of the past. But it ain't so, Joe... as Richard Heinberg explains here, alongside some very snappy animated graphics. Watch fracking and peak oil video.
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ROB HOPKINS: MY TOWN IN TRANSITION
It turns out that people mostly like participating in transition and relocalization efforts not for environmental, economic, or energy reasons, but because they like getting to know and working with their neighbors and community members. Watch transition town video.
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THE EARTH IS FULL
We have filled up the world with ourselves and our stuff. Paul Gilding explains why it's delusional to think that we can continue our pattern of never-ending growth in finance, population, energy, food, water, and pollution. Watch unsustainable trends video.
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THERE’S NO TOMORROW
This animated documentary explains resource depletion, economic issues, environmental problems, and the linkages between them. It is a brief but comprehensive overview of "peak everything." The film also explains how you can get ahead of the curve. Watch or read a full review of this excellent peak everything video.
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YOU ARE HERE — THE OIL JOURNEY PRESENTATION
Though we have all become hooked on the technological and societal benefits of the cheap-energy age, that age is unavoidably about to end. In this good presentation on the peak-oil problem, we first see the proof, then we get a few thoughts on how we might navigate the transition.
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WHO KILLED ECONOMIC GROWTH?
Richard Heinberg and top animators have put together a very cool short video about the unavoidable end of the infinite growth paradigm. Watch video on infinite growth.
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Videos on Financial System, Empire, Elites
Videos on Mining & Coal
Videos on Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste
Videos on Transportation, Vehicles, Mass Transit, Sprawl
Videos on All Topics
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Resources for Air Pollution
Resources for Energy Issues
Resources for Peak Oil
Resources for Suburban Sprawl
Resources for Vehicles & Transportation
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C-Realm Podcast
Challenging Our Own Beliefs —
01 May 2013 —
KMO and science fiction author, futurist, and contrarian David Brin discuss a range of themes in post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction. Brin also opines on the need to be contrarian and to challenge our own beliefs. As human civilization faces a transition from smart animals to beings that wield god-like powers in real time with no do-overs, we must overcome our tendency toward self-deception, factionalism, and righteous indignation.
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Quirks & Quarks
Better Bacterial Biofuels Through Genetic Engineering? —
27 Apr 2013 —
As the failings of current biofuels become more obvious, the strategies to find a truly successful, high-net-energy biofuel continues. Professor John Love discusses efforts to genetically engineer microbes that will more efficiently convert simple sugars into petro-identical go-juice for our vehicles.
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C-Realm Podcast
Stealing From the Future —
24 April 2013 —
Mark Robinowitz of the Oil Empire web site notes that earth is over its carrying capacity, regardless of which problem—climate change, peak oil, water supplies, etc.—you wish to discuss. In this "peak everything" era, we're using everything as fast as we possibly can, with nothing but economists' assurances that there will be the same level of abundance in the future. Our most serious problem is "peak denial"—the general public is rejecting reality. He explains why the declarations of some environmentalists that extraction technologies have trumped peak oil are wrong, and he laments that climate change has come to dominate the entire discussion about sustainability. In particular, he comments that the typical environmentalist's position that we can solve climate though economic methods within the infinite growth paradigm is hopelessly wrong.
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ABOUT ENERGY, PEAK OIL, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, GAS PRICES, FOSSIL FUELS, ENERGY SOLUTIONS, MORE
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PEAK OIL COMIC
Peak Oil is no joke ... but comedian Rob Newman has still figured out how to get a few laughs out of it while delivering the message. Via YouTube.
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RUNNING ON EMPTY
Winter, summer, or European—make your vacation an energy vacation! Animated cartoon from Mark Fiore lampooning US energy policy.
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OIL ANTHEM
Ace animator Mark Fiore strikes black gold with his musical rendering of the oil industry's insistence that it continues receiving taxpayer subsidies in spite of record profits. Watch funny oil subsidies video.
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LITTLE GREEN MAN / THE PETRO PEOPLE
Even before the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, there are some pretty interesting observations that can be made about we, the people of the petroleum era. Funny stuff from Mark Fiore. Watch funny oil video/animation.
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LORD PETRO
From Mark Fiore's animatorium, first came
President Petro — an animated riff on the fact that whoever we elect in politics, OIL is our true leader. But we all know that ... um ... "energy corrupts, and absolute energy corrupts absolutely" ... and thus perhaps we might say that oil is actually our emperor. Fiore presents the concept in his new animation,
Lord Petro.
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PETROTHEISM
This is an oldie but a goodie from animation ace Mark Fiore. Rising gas prices, public resistance to reality-based change, and our government's inane policies are all still factors today in our continuing worship of oil. Go there
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DRILL, BABY, DRILL!
A wild-eyed poke at the oil-drilling frenzy currently in vogue among our Washington officials. (Somehow they failed to get the memo that we can't drill our way out of our oil-addiction problem.) Funny stuff from animator Mark Fiore. Go there
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SOLAR DIRTY, COAL CLEAN!
In this funny video/animation, Mark Fiore (satirically) explains the dangers of solar and wind energy and the advantages of "clean coal." Dirty is the new clean! Watch funny clean coal video.
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JOHN OLIVER ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
A funny 2-minute bit of standup from John Oliver on energy. (PG warning: This bit has a razor edge, and there are a couple of expletives un-deleted, but it's funny enough to feature it....)
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SOURCES WARN MILEY CYRUS WILL BE DEPLETED BY 2013
This funny video from the Onion Newsroom takes aim at the pop-culture machine using a resource depletion angle—quite clever. Watch funny pop star video.
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FUNNY OIL LEAK VIDEOS
The oil that leaked into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon disaster immensely damaged Gulf ecosystems and caused health problems for residents—a tragedy of enormous proportions. But that did not stopped some clever humorists from doing a slew of funny oil leak videos. Watch funny videos related to the gulf oil disaster.
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COLBERT PLATINUM — WEALTH UNDER SIEGE
As civilization teeters on the brink, the resilience-minded among us are installing solar panels, harvesting rainwater, and planting gardens. The uber-wealthy have different options, as Stephen Colbert explains in this funny collapse/bug-out video.
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GIVING IRAQ THE BIRD OVER OIL FORTUNE
A brilliant bit of satire from two British comedians named Bird & Fortune about the Iraq war, control of Iraqi oil, and (shhh!) permanent American military bases there. Via YouTube. Go there
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THE CRASH COURSE
The Crash Course is a 20-part series of free video clips that explains what's going on with debt and the money system, but also relates the financial crisis to peaking energy supplies and resource scarcity. Chris Martenson does a masterful job of making dry but important concepts easily understandable. The animated graphs and other features, combined with the clear explanations in the voiceovers, make this one of the best presentations we've ever seen. We highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the financial meltdown in the larger context of debt and constrained energy supplies—and who wants to better understand the approaching storm. Go there
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PEOPLE-CENTERED DEVELOPMENTS FOR REDUCED-ENERGY LIVING
A great interview with a developer who has proved that it is possible to escape the standard grid-dependent sprawl model and instead create a community that uses sustainable energy sources, collocates services and homes, has more green spaces—and that people love living in. From Peak Moment Television.
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OIL, WAR, AND THE MIDDLE EAST An excellent half-hour speech, Michael Klare explores the links between oil supplies, terrorism, war, and the history of oil development and colonialism. Every American should hear this speech. From E&E TV.
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You may also be interested in seeing the roundtable discussion from the conference at which the above speech was given. Participants included Richard Heinberg, Kenneth Deffeyes, and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.). From E&E TV.
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WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR? — This 18-minute film shows how we're wasting energy in power plants today, and how decentralized energy and innovative improvements can help us transition into a sustainable energy future. These technologies already exist! The clip is easy-to-follow and packed with zippy graphics. From Greenpeace via google Video.
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MUSIC VIDEOS ABOUT OIL
It's about fear, and control
Of those barrels of black gold.
Why are we still so dependent on oil, despite decades of awareness of the pitfalls of such a strategy? To help ponder the question, Grinning Planet has lined up half-a-dozen 'oil' music videos.
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OIL, SMOKE & MIRRORS
This documentary is an excellent presentation of the facts that cast overwhelming doubt on the official story of 9/11, linking the event to a larger, unspoken geopolitical strategy that has its roots in Peak Oil, not Al Queda. This is must-see internet TV for any citizen of the US—and the world. Available free from Ronan Doyle via YouTube ...
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INSIDE BIODIESEL
A good overview of the positive attributes of biodiesel and how it can be made from used vegetable oil (among other things).
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CONFRONTING CHANGE
There are numerous threats to our ability to continue business as usual. The recent Confronting Change conference reviewed two that loom large—climate change and peak oil. Presentations include... (1) Climate Change Conferences and Ecocide ~~ (2) Peak Oil, Powerful Interests, and Vast Potentials ~~ (3) Reengineering the Party. Watch peak oil and climate change videos.
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FOUR ACRES AND INDEPENDENCE — A SELF-SUFFICIENT FARMSTEAD
This tour of a small homestead provides insight into clearing land; dealing with drainage, streams, and ponds; small-farm animal issues; cultivating mushroom logs; container gardening; food preservation, including a cool food dehydrator; putting free or already-available materials to good use. Excellent! Watch homesteading video.
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AN EXPERIMENT IN BACK YARD SUSTAINABILITY
Can your household produce a significant portion of its own food supply? Gardener Scott McGuire shows what can be done even in a relatively small back yard. Watch
small-space food gardening video
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AN ATOMIC BOMB TO STOP THE GULF OIL LEAK (?)
Top Kill failed to halt the Gulf oil leak. Relief wells are being prepared, but the government is already looking at the possibility of using nuclear bombs on the leak. Crazy? Maybe, but this wouldn't be the first time for such an approach, as this Russian nuke-the-leak video shows. We wonder, though, whether 5,000 feet of water or the different geologic characteristics would make a difference. Hmmm....
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