The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream

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Since the end of World War II, American families have steadily moved away from large cities into suburban areas, with little thought to the ecological costs of suburban life. Creating neighborhoods with large single-family homes that require significant amounts of energy to heat and are located an inconvenient distance from schools, shopping centers, and employment districts that demand the daily use of automobiles, suburbs are remarkably inefficient communities built around the notion that fossil fuels will ...
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Since the end of World War II, American families have steadily moved away from large cities into suburban areas, with little thought to the ecological costs of suburban life. Creating neighborhoods with large single-family homes that require significant amounts of energy to heat and are located an inconvenient distance from schools, shopping centers, and employment districts that demand the daily use of automobiles, suburbs are remarkably inefficient communities built around the notion that fossil fuels will always be inexpensive and readily available. However, many experts have speculated that the Earth's supply of oil and natural gas is rapidly dwindling, and that the amount available may throw the world into a global, political, and economic crisis in the foreseeable future. The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream is a documentary which examines the rise of the suburban lifestyle, the costs to the Earth and the economy of our current living habits, where we may be headed, and how this situation can be remedied. Canadian journalist Barrie Zwicker serves as narrator.
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Special Features

Vintage short films "In The Suburbs" and "Destination Earth"; Producer/Director commentary track
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/27/2007
  • UPC: 094922837493
  • Original Release: 2004
  • Source: Microcinema
  • Time: 1:18:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Barrie Zwicker Participant, Conductor
James Howard Kunstler Participant
Peter Calthorpe Participant
Michael T. Klare Participant
Richard Heinberg Participant
Matty Simmons Participant
Michael Ruppert Participant
Julian Darley Participant
Colin Campbell Participant
Colin Campbell Participant
Kenneth Deffeyes Participant
Ali Samsam Bakhtiari Participant
Steve Andrews Participant
Technical Credits
Gregory Greene Director, Camera Operator, Screenwriter
Matthew Pavone Sound/Sound Designer
Barry Silverthorn Editor, Producer
Ken Vandevrie Score Composer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
1. Introduction: "In the Suburbs" [4:30]
2. The History of Suburbia [8:58]
3. The Growth of Sprawl: Contemorary Suburbia [7:14]
4. The Blackout: What We Weren't Told [5:49]
5. What Is Peak? [2:51]
6. M. King Hubbert and the "Hubbert Curve" [3:58]
7. ASPO and Beyond [5:37]
8. The Consequences of Global Oil Peak [7:04]
9. Blame and Denial in Suburban America [4:01]
10. Where Is the Media? [2:31]
11. The Politics of Global Oil Peak [5:57]
12. Energy Alternatives [3:53]
13. What Can Be Done? [11:52]
14. Conclusion: The End of Suburbia [3:00]
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Disc #1 -- The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
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      Bonus Films
         In the Suburbs: Vintage Short Film - 1957
         Destination Earth: Vintage Short Film - 1958
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