[imc-auckland-video] FW: [Imc-aotearoa] Antidote # 12: The End of Suburbia

[Geraldene Peters]

Is anyone able to do this for the website?
Cheers, G

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> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 17:58:27 +1200
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> Subject: Re: [Imc-aotearoa] Antidote # 12: The End of Suburbia
> 
> hi, can you write a condensed version of this for a feature?
> (also is there an image we can use?)
> 
> clare
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 17:11, Mandy Scott wrote:
>> Just a quick reminder about....
>> 
>> Auckland Indymedia Presents
>> 
>> Antidote #12.
>>    
>> A Screening of ..
>>  
>> The
>> END of 
>> SUBURBIA
>> Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream
>> 
>> "Cheap oil is the party that we have been enjoying the past 150 years and
>> that party is coming to an end.  Within our lifetimes were going to see the
>> end of the age of oil, and the result of that will be the end of the
>> American way of life"
>> 
>> 
>> Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the American Dream.  But as we
>> enter the 21st century, serious questions are beginning to emerge about the
>> sustainability of this way of life. With brutal honesty and a touch of
>> irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its
>> prospects as the planet approaches a critical era, as global demand for
>> fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. World Oil Peak and the inevitable
>> decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, some scientists and policy makers
>> argue in this documentary. The consequences of inaction in the face of this
>> global crisis are enormous.
>> 
>>  
>> Sunday 17 April 7.30pm
>> The Classic
>> 321 Queen St                                                $5
>>  
>> 
>> www.endofsuburbia.com
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> Got Oil?
>>  
>> Peak oil is the point in time when extraction of oil from the earth reaches
>> its highest point and then begins to decline.  Most oil experts estimate
>> this peak will occur between 2005 and 2015.
>>  
>> * Oil is used for transportation, electricity, heating, cooling, pesticides,
>> plastics, pharmaceuticals, asphalt, concrete and steel.
>> * On average an American consumes 3 gallons of oil per day (1.8 gallons of
>> which are imported).
>> * In the US, 10 calories of fossil-fuel energy go into every 1 calorie of
>> food.
>> * Oil extraction will be physically unable to meet global demand
>> * Alternative energy sources like nuclear and natural gas will fall far
>> short of compensating for expected shortages of oil.
>> *The first step in preparing for an energy-reduced future is to educate
>> yourself.  
>> 
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