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Title:

Energy war / directed by Rudi Boon, Shuchen Tan, Ijsbrand van Veelen ; produced by Backlight for VPRO Television.

Edition:

Widescreen format.

Publisher:

First Run/Icarus Films,

Copyright Date:

2007?

Description:

1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.
Energy policy.
World politics--21st century.
Documentary films--Netherlands.

Other Authors:

Boon, Rudi. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94081790
Tan, Shuchen. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008136168
Veelen, Ijsbrand van. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94004299
Friedman, Thomas L. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84028119
Deffeyes, Kenneth S. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93033813
VPRO. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95048332
First Run/Icarus Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95002698

Other Titles:

Tegenlicht (Television program) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015021833

Notes:

Commentators include Thomas Friedman, Kenneth Deffeyes. Originally produced as an episode of the Dutch documentary television program Backlight in 2007.

Contents:

Oil as a weapon? -- Petro authoritarianism -- New world leaders -- Peak oil -- Oil states -- Going green -- Solar energy.

Summary:

Profiles newly emergent 'superpowers' such as Iran and Venezuela. Thomas Friedman analyzes the political concept of 'petro authoritarianism' and Kenneth Deffeyes explains the 'Peak Oil' phenomenon, the point at which the earth's supply of oil begins its terminal decline. Concludes by investigating the search for alternatives to our dependency on oil, featuring interviews with economists, stock market traders, and new energy entrepreneurs, who discuss the pros and cons of such possible substitutes as biofuels, hydropower, nuclear and solar energy.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)179264624

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)