Monday, October 25, 2010

Baby Wont You Light My Fire

Shusli and I were going to go see "Gasland" yesterday at the Hollywood Theater, but didn't get around to it. Here is the premise of "Gasland."

Can you imagine being able to light your tap water on fire? This is just one of the many shocking results due to the natural gas drilling boom which has swept the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology called hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" has unlocked a "Saudi Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown. Josh Fox encounters EPA whistleblowers, congressmen, world recognized scientists, and some of the most incredibly inspiring and heart-wrenching stories of ordinary Americans fighting against fossil fuel giants for environmental justice.

Cast and Crew

  • Directed by Josh Fox
  • Produced by Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic, Molly Gandour
  • Written by Josh Fox
  • Staring , Josh Fox
It is kind of scary watching a man turn on his tap and start the water on fire. Again, like in war, it is big business making money at the expense of the rest of us.

Wiki Leaks has released another vast amount of secret war files from Iraq. Turns out the U.S. is killing a lot more people than they care to admit. Killing, of course, for big business

2 comments:

  1. In South Africa the problem of water contaminated by mining is resulting in water that can be lit.

    The culprits deny and the government dithers.

    We running out of water here while the government is working on a carbon tax for cars (implemented) and pick-ups (due soon).

    Sorry world this capitalism thing has created.

    Peace Eugene.
    Ridwan

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  2. It is completely crazy, Ridwan! The people are taking a lot of shit from these monsters. It reminds me of the monster that ate everything story in this region, only to have made the mistake of eating coyote, who used stone knives to dig his way out of the belly of the beast and save all the animals inside the thing. We need a coyote to kill the monster before the monster kills everything.

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