GasHole is a 2008 documentary film about the history of oil prices and the future of alternative fuels which was released directly to DVD. The film details the dependency of United States on foreign supplies of oil. The documentary is directed by Scott Roberts and Jeremy Wagener and narrated by Peter Gallagher.
Synopsis
The movie begins showing video clips of speeches by presidents from Nixon to George W. Bush talking about how the United States needs to be less dependent on other countries for oil. Nixon even says that he wants to break the oil companies. Despite all this talk the U.S. is still dependent.
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