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Movie definitely hits the mark on gas prices

posted 17 years ago by chriswalker4578
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Without a doubt, the movie nails why gas prices are so high.

Here's a You Tube clip of the film:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CHW8lDq76P0

I understand it's coming out on DVD in January?

[–] michellefilmfan 16 years ago

Isn't Shell or Mobile going to protest? :)

[–] chriswalker4578 16 years ago

I agree, Michelle!

Mobile made a $61 billion profit last quarter

Microsoft made $16 billion profit.

And gas prices are the result of....?

[–] electrictroy 15 years ago

Gas prices are the result of a CARTEL that uses price-fixing. Normally a cartel would be illegal under U.S. and EU laws, but the cartel exists in Arabia where we cannot touch it.

As for the electric car the reason it was built & sold by various companies, but ultimately failed, is because very few people want to be constrained to only driving ~100 miles away from home. They want to go to Las Vegas or the beach or the next city, and an electric car simply does not allow that. Only a gasoline car allows it.

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[–] cliftonpana 15 years ago

ElectricToy,

I totally agree with you!

I think when gas prices were so low, no one in their right mind wanted to trade in their car for an experimental version.

That's the one thing the movie doesn't discuss.

I would say there is a cartel among the big oil companies though: $1.92 to $1.91? C'mon, that's almost a monopoly, right?

[–] doublehomeexit 16 years ago

Considering that gas prices were $2.69 two years ago, I'd say the film hits the mark!

[–] mainstreet-3 16 years ago

Gas prices are now under $3.00, but it did predict it skyrocketing to almost $5.00.

Loved the predictions about gas though.

[–] cliftonpana 15 years ago

it hit the mark on a lot of things, especially those arguments in favor of God.

if you study this board and the comments carefully, a lot of people are pitching this movie 'man from earth'. who are these people? and why are they concerned about this movie?

strange, weird people abound.

[–] KatieCowan32003 13 years ago

Why this film never got the accolades only God knows.

This predicted so many things that are happening and it was made in 2006 - 2 years before the recession!