The High Cost of Cheap Gas

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The High Cost of Cheap Gas is a story about how the lessons learned in Colorado’s west can help inform smart decisions about to control hydraulic fracturing as it starts to roll out across the world. Jeffrey Barbee and Mira Dutschke travel around the world in search of the real facts behind this controversial business. From secret drilling operations in Africa’s best protected parks to new information about how fracking affects unborn children in Parachute, Colorado, this is a hard look at an industry that is globalizing.

Genre
Documentary
Country
South Africa
Year
2014
Duration
56'
Production Companies
Alliance Earth Production
Languages
English

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The main protagonist in a challenging transition that has consistently sparked environmental discussions with its various aspects: fossil fuels, nuclear energy, hydroelectric power, solar power, wind energy, sustainable resources, non-sustainable resources, eco-friendly, harmful.
Food on Film project
Food on Film
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Slow FoodAssociazione CinemambienteCezamEco&Zine International Film FestivalInnsbruck nature film festivalInterfilm BerlinmobilEvent
With the contribution
Fondazione CRC

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Creative Europe Media Program. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.