Hmmm… I’ll have to check out that film at some point but I’m wondering if they had mentioned the oil shale reserves recoverable in the Green River formation in Colorado. 2.6 trillion barrels worth…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale
http://www.dailyreckoning.com/rpt/OilShale.html

Did they happen to mention the reserves of oil sands recoverable in Alberta Canada (currently larger than the reserves of Saudi Arabia)?

http://www.energy.gov.ab.ca/89.asp
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2004-09-07-oil-sands_x.htm

Combine that info with a heavy amount of research capital easily provided by oil companies and the Govt’s plus a North American free trade agreement and you have the final tipping of power in OPEC and world economics. Not so doom and gloom and since the US Govt. has owned the Oil shale land for 100 years it’s a pretty sure thing they’ve been planning to pull this card at some point.