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The end of suburbia : oil depletion and the collapse of the American dream / Gregory Greene, writer/director ; producer/editor, Barry Silverthorn.
LIBRA DVD HT352.U6 E53 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suburbs--United States.
- Suburbs.
- United States.
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- Suburban life--United States.
- Suburban life.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Petroleum reserves--Forecasting.
- Petroleum reserves.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 resource guide ([11] pages ; 18 cm)
- Other Title:
- Oil depletion and the collapse of the American dream
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Electric Wallpaper Co., [2004]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Documentary. Uses interviews with scientists and policy makers to explore the premise that American suburbs, built on the easy availability of fossil fuels to allow economical commutes, may become untenable.
- Participant:
- Host, Barrie Zwicker ; commentary, James Howard Kunstler. Richard Heinberg, Michael C. Ruppert, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare, and others.
- Credits:
- Music, Ken Vandevrie.
- Notes:
- Guide by Post Carbon Institute.
- Special features include: vintage short film, In the suburbs (c1957; 20 min.) ; vintage short film, Destination earth / American Petroleum Institute ; direction, Carl Urbano ; produced by John Sutherland (animated, c1956 ; 14 min.) ; and optional commentary sound track by Barry Silverthorn and Greg Greene.
- Contains:
- In the suburbs
- Destination earth
- OCLC:
- 76154815
- Publisher Number:
- 620673261920
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