in 2004 and the loud and politically motivated director michael moore make a splash with fahrenheit 9/11 and lambast the bush administration and make rude noise about the connection between oil and politics . the lack of academic rigour in his film allow it to be dismiss a disingenuous and although it create plenty of wave in the mind of the anti bush camp and at least . then in 2005 and stephen gaghan make syriana and a tense and well research and politically charge drama about the oil industry which make plenty of sense to those steep in world politics and economics and without outwardly offend anybody . now in 2006 two director in switzerland make a crude awaken the oil crash and a painstaking documentary about the frighteningly central role of oil in our life . gelpke have a background in anthropology and economics before work a a news or war reporter and then become involve in scientific film making . mccormack work in corporate film making and documentary but also hold an honours degree in environmental policy and management . a you might expect and this film rely not on hearsay or fictionalise evidence and but interview with notable academic and expert and advisor from across the political and corporate and economic spectrum . the film official website be awash with official protocol and report and and other evidence to help you check their source . it have no discernible political axe to grind . in other word and it hard to ignore . maybe you have read a lot of literature and have make some connection . you know that the globe face an energy crisis . yes . think again . if you think it be serious and multiply that a hundred fold and start examine it on your mother life or rather that of your child . if you think there be a connection between oil and foreign policy and good or bad and stop and realise that the underlying mechanic be much deep than that and go to the root of thing you never even dream of . stop and and imagine your cosy world come to an end . a crude awaken start off by call oil the excrement of the devil . that be the first and last piece of rhetoric the rest be cold examination of evidence while which be perhaps one of the reason it then have to work so hard to make it rather dry subject interesting . . . i be tire enough to nod off while watch it and but the cold and careful fact start seep down my neck until i be almost in a state of shock . oil and other fossil fuel and compare to human physical labour and be so efficient a to make it look almost free by comparison . if we take away everything around u in our modern world that have not be affect by oil in some way and from food to manufacturing ( but particularly transport ) and there be hardly anything leave . our city and have consequently be design and build ( unlike most of those in asia and much of the world and that pre date the rise of oil ) around an almost never end supply of cheap oil . there be no easy go back . with western supply dwindle and and the main source be ever more in the hand of rogue or unstable government and oil and essential to our continued way of life ( and a modern way of life that develop country would emulate ) and become a catalyst and magnet for war . from 1945 and the promise of security to saudi ruler become the exchange currency for the promise of a cheap supply of oil . ordinary saudi however have see a massive drop in their quality of life and which have lead to discontent and the attraction of terrorism and especially by migrate to neighbour country where there be be big power vacuum . the present lifestyle of the west and accord to the range of least to most optimistic figure present in the film and be impossible to maintain . this produce some bleak option . 1 ) militarise oil in other word and say to people and if you want to keep your current way of life and present civilisation and be prepare for a lot of war to secure the oil necessary while or 2 ) kick oil dependence and which mean develop new technology . although some of the scientist in the film try to be upbeat about never underestimate the human capacity for technology and they mercilessly dissect the present known option to show that and even with the best outcome and the result would be the tiny drop in the ocean of what be require . in the absence of sufficient fossil fuel and they suggest that a world population of the current size would be difficult to maintain . we have an unsustainable lifestyle . push into the corner and do you want to get the bicycle to work even if it fifty mile away . or do you want to say and it a future generation problem . put so starkly and the neo con solution of wouldemocratising the middle east to ensure oil supply in a publicly acceptable ( or marketable ) way and sound a more realistic me first solution than many liberal would care to admit . . . how much world poverty and deprivation and not in third world country but our own and can the we stomach and how much will our child have to stomach . would you rather not know . or do you maybe want to see this film . . .