OIL APOCALYPSE
A New Documentary from Filmmaker Martin Kent
For Immediate Release
The world we’ve created runs on oil. But energy experts say the world is running out of oil. Much faster than previously thought. Demand will continue to outpace supplies, shortages are inevitable, and the price will only continue to rise -- causing a ripple effect of disastrous economic, social and political consequences.
Megadisasters: Oil Apocalypse, is the latest documentary from Los Angeles-based filmmaker Martin Kent, who calls this film “a wake up call,” about the world’s energy crisis. “We can no longer count on getting all the gasoline we need – and there’s no plan B.”
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Interview with engineer Rick Mitchell
aboard Devon Energy deepwater oil rig,
off the coast of Louisiana |
Martin Kent directing cameraman
Paul Johnson, Los Angeles, CA |
Martin Kent interviewing conservation
journalist/author Christine Woodside, NYC |
By plan B, Kent is referring to a coordinated system of alternative energies laid out in his film, that could replace our addiction and dependence on oil. It’s long been known that oil is a finite, non-renewable resource, that pollutes the environment, and now mankind is coming to realize that it is also most likely causing climate change. “Yet government leaders keep proposing alternative energy plans that would be slowly implemented over the next few decades. That will be too late,” says Kent. As “Oil Apocalypse” points out, renewable, clean energies like solar and wind currently account for less than 1% of our power. Meanwhile, demand for oil is increasing. Much faster than previously anticipated. With China and India rapidly industrializing, creating an energy-hungry middle class, demand for oil will increase from the world’s current consumption of 84 million barrels a day, to 100 million barrels within the next 5 years. Unfortunately, while oil producers and refiners are scrambling to develop new techniques and sources of production, as yet they have not developed anything of proven value or significance to meet that demand.
“Oil Apocalypse” presents a terrifying set of of scenarios. True to the laws of supply and demand, we are fast approaching the breaking point, when the imbalance could destabilize the economies and infrastructures of virtually every nation on the planet. In filmmaker Kent’s documentary, some of the world’s most respected energy experts, financial analysts and political leaders are warning of dire consequences. A deadly scramble for the basic necessities of life. Neighbor against neighbor, nation against nation – perhaps even World War III. Still, they say it’s not too late. But we have to act fast. Says Kent: “My hope is that upon seeing this film, everyone will be inspired to become an energy activist, instead of sitting back and hoping that the scientists and leaders will somehow rise up and fix this in the eleventh hour.”
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Megadisasters: Oil Apocalypse had its world premiere on the History Channel. Please CLICK HERE if you wish to purchase this important film.
Martin Kent is available for interviews and public speaking engagements accompanying a screening of this film.
Please contact:
Martin Kent Productions, Inc.
22425 Ventura Boulevard, #305
Woodland Hills, California 91364
Tel: 818-917-0891
Fax: 818-346-7711
Email: martinkenttv@mac.com
www.martinkentproductions.com
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OIL APOCALYPSE INTERVIEWEES
Richard Heinberg
Author, The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies ; The Oil Depletion Protocol
Fadel Gheit
Managing Director, Oil & Gas Research, Oppenheimer & Co.
David Goodstein
Geologist, university professor, Caltech, author, Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil
Kenneth Deffeyes
Author, Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak
Roscoe Bartlett
Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (6th District of Maryland - R)
J. Robinson West
Chairman, PFC Energy
Matthew Simmons
Chairman, Simmons & Company International, Author, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock
Dan Arvizu
Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
James Bartis
Senior Policy Researcher, Energy & Environment, RAND Corporation
Christine Woodside
Journalist, author, The Homeowner’s Guide to Energy Independence
Michael Economides
University Professor, Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston, Co-Author, The Color of Oil
Kurt Marfurt
Professor of Geophysics, University of Houston
Terry Penney
Technology Manager, Advanced Vehicles, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Thomas Foust
Biomass Program Technology Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Keith Wipke
Research Engineer, National Renewable Energy Lab
Marc Landry
Master Research Technician, National Renewable Energy Lab
Rick Mitchell
Offshore Oil Drilling Engineer, Devon Energy
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Energy Information Links
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
U.S. Department of Energy
The Energy Information Agency
U.S. Geological Survey
Energy Star
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas
Hubbert Peak of Oil Production
The Hirsch Report
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