Good Flicks

Who Killed the Electric Car? &mdash GM launched its EV1 electric vehicle in 1996. It was a revolutionary modern car, requiring no gas, no oil changes, no mufflers, and rare brake maintenance (a billion-dollar industry unto itself). A typical maintenance checkup for the EV1 consisted of replenishing the windshield washer fluid and a tire rotation. Fast forward to 6 years later–the fleet is gone. EV charging stations dot the California landscape like tombstones, collecting dust and spider webs. How could this happen? Did anyone bother to examine the evidence?

The Sustainable Table &mdash Produced and directed by Mischa Hedges, Sustainable Table is a feature documentary that takes an unadulterated look into the food you eat. What’s on your plate? Where does it come from? What effects does it have on the environment and your body? What can you do to help? This film tries to find some of the answers to problems that we face today and will face tomorrow.

An Inconvenient Truth &mdash Here he is seen as never before in the media - funny, engaging, open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly stirring truth about what Al Gore presents as our “planetary emergency” out to ordinary citizens before it’s too late.

Solar Energy: Saved by the Sun &mdash “Nova” examines problems and possible solutions to global warming in the new program, “Saved By the Sun.” For decades, hopes for alleviating global warming have fallen to the development of “renewable” energies like wind and solar power. The most promising renewable has always been solar power.

Too Hot Not to Handle &mdash This cautionary documentary offers a guide to the impact of global warming on the U.S. and the measures that need to be taken to reverse this trend.

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil &mdash an American documentary film that explores the economic collapse and eventual recovery of Cuba following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The film is a reflection of the peak oil scenario advocated by oil industry experts and political activists, including Matthew Simmons and James Howard Kunstler.

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash &mdash DVD documentary featuring numerous experts in oil production and consumption discussing the impact of declining supply. A cadre of expert talking heads with solid credentials makes a powerful case for the end of cheap oil, the global liability of oil, and the dismal view o the future we face as oil prices increase.