| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 40 min.) |
| Series |
Online access with DDA: Kanopy
|
| Summary |
The Burden is the first film to examine how America's dependence on fossil fuels poses serious immediate and long-term national security threats - and how the military is taking a leading role in the battle for clean, renewable energy. The U.S. military is currently the world's single largest institutional consumer of oil, and the United States alone uses 20% of the total global supply. The film highlights how that heavy reliance upon oil and other fossil fuels poses a variety of national security concerns, including: - The vulnerability of troops and loss of lives and money resulting from the need to protect and defend fuel convoys in war zones like Afghanistan and Iraq, - The strategic and economic costs of keeping oil rich areas of the world open, - How climate change will increase the need for the military to respond to natural disasters, and other emerging global security challenges. The Burden presents the determined voices of those within the military and across the political spectrum who advocate for breaking America's addiction to fossil fuels as essential to improving our national security. Featuring high-level active duty and retired military leaders, elected officials and others, the film illustrates a tale of energy innovation. Some of our country's most vital consumer technologies emerged out of military needs, such as the Internet and GPS, and the military is poised to play the same role again with energy. But, as The Burden highlights, there are major obstacles to successfully developing renewable energy alternatives, even within the military, primarily as a result of the fossil fuel industry's powerful influence over Congress and the political process in general |
| Analysis |
Documentaries |
|
Environmental Sciences |
|
History - Military |
| Notes |
Playing time: 39 min |
|
In Process Record |
|
Title from title frames |
| Performer |
Features: James Amos, Anthony Zinni, Ray Mabus, Sharon Burke, Dennis McGinn, Blake McBride, Bob Charette, Phil Cullom, Wayne Porter, Bob Inglis, Gregory Ballard |
| Event |
Originally produced by The Video Project in 2015 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Documentary films.
|
|
Documentary films.
|
| Genre/Form |
Internet videos.
|
|
Internet videos.
|
|
Vidéos sur Internet.
|
| Form |
Streaming video
|
| Author |
Sorking, Roger, filmmaker
|
|
Kanopy (Firm)
|
|
