The U.S. energy problem is very much due to a breakdown of the free market, contends the new documentary, “Pump.” Married co-directors Josh Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell show how Big Oil’s monopoly on transportation fuels hurts Americans more than they realize. If drivers had options when filling up their tanks, both country and consumers would benefit.
There are better and worse ways to put together an issue-oriented documentary with an agenda; Joshua Tickell (following up his similarly-themed 2008 documentary Fuel) and Rebecca Tickell show one of the better ways.
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This man is showing a crowd in Times Square how he can, in just a few seconds with a software upgrade, convert this gasoline powered Chevy Cruze into a Flex Fuel vehicle, and he wants you to consider doing the same to your car.
Salt Lake Tribune
The film starts with a history of the American automobile and the parallel growth of the oil industry, focusing on how Big Oil conspired to eliminate any alternatives, like electric trolley cars and alcohol for fuel. Then the movie (narrated by Jason Bateman) details how America’s oil consumption grew just as the supply became largely controlled by other countries, and how China is rapidly growing as an oil consumer.
Zurich Film Festival
Special screenings and information about PUMP at the Zurich Film Festival
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. and global economy has been all but crushed by the cartel pricing power of OPEC) for far too long. Worse than a consumption tax, high oil prices, because of our current dependence on internal combustion and compression engines using oil products, have been a burden for decades. The perpetrators of the cartel force U.S. and global consumers to pay not only for oil but for the costs of social welfare, such as it is, infrastructure and military capability in their respective countries.
Jewish Journal
It’s already been 13 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and in that time we’ve come to understand the difficult geopolitical situation that our oil dependence has put us in. In order to keep our cars running, the United States needs to keep the leaders of oil-rich Middle Eastern countries happy. What happens if they’re not happy?
Blume Distillation LLC, a leading provider of appropriate-scale, alcohol fuel production systems, announced today its support for and participation in premier events for the release of PUMP the movie. PUMP is a new release from filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell and focuses on alternative energy solutions.
The fall rush of new films began in earnest this weekend. But the initial results will give the specialized industry players pause. The more anticipated potential crossover films, including “The Guest,” “Hector and the Search for Happiness,” “Tusk,” “Tracks” and “Keep On Keepin’ On” did not open strong. Three documentaries showed promise in their initial dates.
