Hello TODers
Long time lurker here. Usually I get to the posts pretty late in the day and everything has been pretty well talked out. So I don't bother to post.

I went and bought Crude Impact a couple months ago. For long-time Peak-aware individuals the movie, while good, seems overly broad. It covers quite a bit of ground and I'm sure a lot got left on the cutting room floor. I have passed it on to my non-peak-aware friends as a good intro to the issue.

On a side note. The green pumping units you see in the in the film are producing from Long Beach Field. One of the first giant fields discovered (in 1922). Today Long Beach Field produces about 3000 bbl/day. I thought it rather poetic to see them in a film about peak oil.

A big green machine next to your house, or McDonalds. Wow! "Oil Donkey" isn't that the term used?