End of Suburbia- Response

I love documentaries, they are amazing and informative, how they are presented is key to how interesting they will be to watch.

The End of Suburbia is a well organized documentary that made me aware of the impact oil has on our world and the consequences that will occur if and when it runs out. With situations like these it is hard to rely on anyone for answers as to what may happen. This documentary is filled with predictions and scary facts that accompany the oil depletion and collapse of the American Dream. I didn’t realize how much oil affected in our world and how important it is to us as a civilization. Many may have thought that the Northeast Blackout of 2003 that affected an estimated 10 million people (according to wikipedia) was enjoyable. I agree for the simple fact that we rely too much electricity and when that was taken away for a day, wandering the streets was interesting, it forced most of us to come up with an alternative/ substitute activity. In the movie it was mentioned that “we hadn’t learnt anything from the blackout”. This is a strong statement, wrong or right I don’t know, but the fact of the matter is: a greater effort needs to be made with proper consumption of electricity and oil. The many predictions expressed in The End of Suburbia has made me extremely curious and concerned about about what the future holds for us...inform everyone you know about this documentary, make them scared of the future, make them change their ways!

The additional vintage footage in this documentary also made it enjoyable!