Oil, Smoke and Mirrors

When I first started watching the film, “Oil, Smoke and Mirrors” I was a bit confused about what was being said to me. I soon figured out that the theme of the film was about peak oil and running out of oil in some time.  They talked about issues on why is the oil problem happening, world economy and the evidence that has caused these issues. The speakers were asked a question before each segment to further the topic discussion. Each speaker answered the question but took a little while to get there. Such as the first question: What evidence do we have on why peak oil is happening? All the speakers eventually narrowed it down to one event, which was 9/11. Many countries were running out of oil supply, including the U.S. Just when I was wanting to learn more about our oil problem and maybe how we could fix it, the film took a full turn and just talked about events on 9/11, how it happened, and why. They said that it was the U.S.’s fault and we made all this war up and did it to ourselves on purpose just so we could go to the Middle East and take their oil. My face was almost disgusted from that point on. At first I thought I was misinterpreting the film, until I discussed it with a couple people. The last question discussed was what lies ahead for us. There will need to be change and the American life is going to be over after peak oil.  The speakers discussed the U.S. becoming a dictatorship even. This leaves me to think how far ahead are they talking about? Scary to think about.