Since it turns out we have plenty of oil, we know now that the "crisis" was one of political fights and price manipulation by OPEC.

This film is fun to watch as a study in alarmism.

Notice that mankind has NEVER run out of ANY natural resource in history, and never will. You may find that statement startling, but you will not be able to find evidence to the contrary. That is because we have the greatest natual resource of all....human ingenuity. As long as we keep making human beings, we will always find new ways of energy.

We have been warned for centuries that we will shortly run out of this and that. It never happened. NEVER has. We have as much forest land as we had in the 1950s and at the turn of the century. We used to use wood for heat, then we used coal (still do!) and now we use oil. We still have PLENTY of all of it, and human beings are in the most prosperous period in all of human history.

Less poor people than ever. Less hungry than ever. Greater standard of living than ever. Less wars than ever (despite the Iraq conflict), more freedom for more people than ever. Human nature has us always pining for the "good ol days" These ARE the good ol days. Just look to your internet, your thermostat, your highly efficient automobile, your hi-def digital devices galore, and your medical care unequaled in human history.

When you invent the next great energy source, you will become a billionaire. It will happen. It always has. ("Always" is a tough trend to overcome.)

It shows how we were warned - but instead decided to ignore the issue of wise energy usage.

Historians of the future will not be kind to Ronald Reagan, who's first symbolic act was to rip out the solar panels that powered the Whitehouse. Reagan's policies ushered in a two decade long national movement of ignoring long term issues for short-term gain.

Unfortunately, in the next energy crisis, we will find that many of the one-shot options listed in this movie won't be available.

Pretty interesting film qhich tells of the energy crisis America was facing in 1975. While the film explored many past present and future ways to save fuels. I of course was disttracted by the 70's look of the whole film, from the fashions (of course) to even the type they were using, this is a great relic of times gone by..

A fairly simplistic treatment of the fuel shortages of the 70's, complete with, well, dull opinions from generic people at the time saying, "I sure wish we had more power without relying on foreign oil." Not particularly fun or nostalgic; the only high point is the claim that America was to be self-sufficient by 1985. It's about 20 years past that mark now, and we're not real close yet.

If only the current US administration would take note of this film. :(