It IS a timely documentary...but, in my opinion, it doesn't address a very important point...
that if there were less need for the resources then there wouldn't be a need for this documentary....
in plainer terms, why isn't there a LARGE move, governed by each nation's government, towards a public transportation system that will meet all needs...including individual services for those in need... like the handicapped...or, let's say, a vehicle parked in every neighborhood for emergency(life threatening) situations...and i'm just coming up with possible needs off the top of my head...sure, it would take a LARGE organizational shift...but ULtimately it would reduce the need for the resources now being mined(including drilling) that are SO damaging the ecosphere...
think about it...almost all vehicles spend 90% of their time PARKED...
if each government made it part of their business to make SURE that there was a system to move around it's populace...inexpensively, including it could be a tax...and it prob wouldn't be much...what a difference it would make...
so...once again our species is approaching an important problem from the wrong angle...
and i don't CARE about what people might think is an 'unrealistic solution'. WHY? Because of our addiction to the idea that we're enTItled to move around when and where we want to? Not now that we understand the consequences of this freedom...
we either get these addictions under control or we won't survive...AND we'll be taking most of other life forms with us in our headlong rush into relative extinction...