The Oil Machine: Now Streaming on Docuseek
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The Oil Machine
81 min. | Closed Captioned
A film by Emma Davie
"Highly Recommended. There’s wisdom here that can help students envision what a climate-friendly future will need to look like, especially in realms they might not have previously considered."
Abbey B. Lewis, EMRO
The Oil Machine explores our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with oil by looking at the conflicting imperatives around oil extraction in the North Sea. This invisible machine at the core of our economy and society now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil?

By highlighting the complexities of how oil is embedded in our society – from high finance to cheap consumer goods – The Oil Machine brings together a wide range of voices from oil company executives, economists, young activists, pension fund managers and considers how this machine can be tamed, dismantled, or repurposed.

We have five to ten years to control our oil addiction, and yet the licensing of new oil fields continues in direct contradiction with the Paris Climate Agreement and this last Fall’s COP 28 commitment to transition away from fossil fuels. Through an investigation of the history, economics and politics surrounding the fight over North Sea oil field development and infrastructure, The Oil Machine presents viewers with a cautionary tale that has global implications for today's climate action movement.
The Oil Machine, from Bullfrog Films, is now streaming exclusively on Docuseek for education.

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