Blind Spot

Really nice production here, with most of our friends: Heinberg, the Bartletts (Albert and Roscoe), Tainter, Savinar, etc. Puts just about everything in perspective, with easy to understand explanations. In a different culture, works like these would be a wake-up call, but not in the US. Not too hard to realize why, and the film takes a pretty good stab at it.

Silly Stories About Oil

It is an indication of the depths of the US public's denial (as well as their lack of intelligence) that a series of ridiculous falsehoods concerning energy has permeated the zeitgeist, to the extent that many of these are accepted by many many members of the voting (and for sure the nonvoting) public. (No fake: an insurance agent repeated the one about China drilling in offshore Cuban waters to Chaos last week). One has not the time or inclination to spend mowing these down (most especially, when they appear with regularity in one's hometown newspaper), but here's a nicely written article debunking some of the dumber ones. Enjoy...