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Any mention of the fact that biofuel production relies on oil? Any mention of top soil depletion? Any mention of problems with Brazilian miracle economy addicted to debt and suffering heavy inflation, having rising poverty rates? Nope!

Sure they mention electric vehicles in order to appear unbiased, but electric technology gets only a few minutes of screen time. Any mention that Elon Musk had to receive a bailout and that his company keeps burning through investor cash like there's no tomorrow? Any mention of bankrupt Fisker? Any mention of Obama's corruption scandal involving solar panel darling Solyndra? Nope!

Any mention of frackers going out of business not due to pollution concerns but because the fuel they produce is only viable economically at $100+ per barrel? Nope!

So who's paying for this propaganda? Every fuel industry has a lobby. Oil has a lobby. EV makers have a lobby. Ethanol corn industry has a lobby.

Well, to find the answer you have to look at which solution receives the most screen time in this mockumentary.

It's guys like these: https://www.change2e85.com

The "feel good" reforms everyone loves so much provided to you by just one of the competing lobbies who doesn't really care about what's best for everyone. All they know is there's a good market and they want a piece of it.

Flex fuel is the miracle fuel - clean burning, job making, tax reducing, war eliminating. When you hear all those promises bundled together, you know it's pure manufactured BS! And it's American, American, American! Sure, throw in patriotism for good measure.

If I could give this film less than 1 star, I would!

As an average movie-goer, PUMP grabbed me the instant I sat down and held me still after I left the theater. Though slightly long for a documentary, every minute is relevant and inspiring. This movie is not about political parties or global warming, it is about YOU and ME - the people that make up this beautiful country. The dent that oil prices are leaving in my wallet are devastating and I'm thrilled to see that something is being done about it and that near and long-term alternatives to oil are out there. Please go see this illuminating film - rate it, spread the word, and find out how you can put some cash back in your wallet.

This movie is very slick, in both the good and bad meanings of that word. It does not bother with qualifying statements at all. In discussing Ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil, they do not discuss the environmental impact from clear cutting and burning. There is no real discussion of the break even point or capitalization required for methanol and ethanol production.

Several other issues:

* Flex Fuel may require fitting changes as well as a new ECU.

* Modern Flex Fuel automotive equipment was developed by a consortium.

* Trots out the GM trolley car conspiracy without any evidence.

* Claims that Prohibition targeted Ethanol fuel without any evidence.

I wish I could trust this documentary at all.

The general idea of the movie makes a lot of sense, but I am a Brazilian and what they say about Brazil is so terribly wrong and unreal... Sounds like the former president Lula paid for the movie. Just minutes with false propaganda. I can't tell about all the rest, which as I said makes sense, however, the part that I know about makes me think the whole thing wasn't properly investigated at all. Brazil is in a terrible economic crisis... We could say that the movie is from 2012/2013, when things were a bit better, but even though, the ethanol is far far far away from being a competitor beside gas. It was never Lula's, like the movie makes people think. They say 40% of our population entered in the middle class, but what happened is that the government intentionally changed the measuring, so after Lula, anyone who makes 2,500 USD a year (!) can be considered in middle class. It's just ridiculous... and the producers didn't investigate it. They certainly only heard one side of the story... which is the worst thing a documentarist can do.

Finally a movie that addresses our oil addiction along with solutions to allow the monopoly of big oil to end after two generations. I thought that it was going to be another veiled promo of big oil since an ex-Big oil executive was part of the film. He surprisingly showed signs of being a born again environmentalist.

Given the over-all silence and conditioning we have received about it being OK to have a monopoly in our economy it is refreshing that information about the truth of what is going on is complimented by some solutions we can take now.

Phil Salt Lake City