GasHole (2010)

Sorry, this movie sucks

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

First I have to say that I couldn't watch more than a half hour of this drivel before I decided to quit wasting my time and moved on to something productive. These "100 m.p.h. carburetors" have been tested over and over again by real scientists and they do not work. This is all wishful thinking. The S.A.E. (Society of Automotive Engineers) have tested them, car industry and enthusiast magazines have tested them, they've been tested by universities, and over and over again people have wasted their energy testing them; and one thing comes true every time. They do not work. And, there is no more oil company conspiracy than every day business practices, which can in themselves be evil, but not in this case. Water injection, in very minute amounts, has been proved to work to cool the charge but it has little bearing on mileage, only the efficiency to burn, almost unmeasurable, cleaner. But can you imagine having water injection in Duluth Minnesota where it gets to -50 f. in the winter? Give me a break.It is interesting that in talking about the "Buick that got over 100 miles per gallon" they show the patent briefly and a Compressed Natural Gas tank only for a moment without explanation. It appears that in this particular case the CNG is used in the process and that compressed air is also used. The problem with that is this "documentary" (term used lightly) does not take that into account in the claims of high mileage. Compressors to compress both the air and the CNG run on electricity, making tanks to hold them takes energy, the CNG itself is just another form of petroleum distillate and none of this seems to be taken into account in the claims. It is obvious that the producers of this movie went into the project with the sole intent of proving a conspiracy, rather than with an open mind, and nothing, even facts would not keep them from their goal.I watch a lot of documentaries and this has to be, without a doubt, the worst I've ever seen. Not only for its lack of science, but the filming, the choice of interview subjects, the editing... I can't think of one thing positive I can say about this movie. If you are a conspiracy theorist you may like or even love this movie. If you have any knowledge of science you will hate it, and if you are in the middle you may be duped into thinking this stuff might be true, which it is NOT. Stay far, far away from this movie.

The documentary raises valid concerns. The presentation seemed inspired by a Michael Moore style, and certainly it does not live up to that: namely use of clips from other movies to convey a similar situation. Nevertheless, it brings about issues often missed in the debate over Peak Oil. The most interesting part was the history of Standard Oil, specifically the fact that the actual dissolution of the company brought them more profits! Also, one gets real sense of problems when one sees reactions from ordinary people. Watch if you ever had a concern for gasoline prices.

If your automobile uses fuel, which by all means does unless you are already using an electric vehicle, then you should watch a series of movies(1. What is an Electric car, 2. FUEL... ) to help you understand the technology evolution for meeting the energy demand of automobiles. A common concern of all these movies is the oil prices history with focus on next generation automobiles and fuels. The movie just targets one or few oil companies with in America holding them responsible for the rise and fall of oil prices, a similar fate is applicable to the oil companies in the rest of the world. Also it should have focused more on the emissions by the gasoline powered automobiles. The technology invention, by the engineers of these oil companies, which could multiply the mileage of early automobiles many folds, is doubtable. If at all the oil companies could invent higher mileage automobiles, then there entry in to auto industry would have created history and Shell Motors(if incorporated) would have today been World's No.1 auto maker beating GM, Ford, Toyota and other auto companies. If at all the oil companies could invent higher mileage automobiles, what was the motor industry doing all these days, they should have invented motors that can give mileage of 1000mpg or simply run on water. But since no such invention was/is really possible and before we run out of fossil fuel we need to disinvest from the non-renewable oil market and begin investing in renewable electric energy market. The addition is after towards motor vehicles not oil. The oil-industry still has the chance to create history by disinvesting from fossil-fuel markets and investing in electric vehicles, bio-fuels and renewable energy. Though the movie does not speak much about electric cars, the usage of electric powered automobiles would eventually make us free from all kinds of fuels and bring the emissions to zero. Addiction to Electric Vehicles will kill oil !!!!!!!

The problem of "gas" is only a little part of a larger problem. Consumption is not "cool" anymore. Human predator is multiplying without bounds (exponentially) while nature and animals are disappearing exponentially. Natural resources are very limited. By stopping consumerism and stopping multiplying like rats you will only do yourself (and your children) a favor: you will stabilize YOUR environment. CONSUMPTION is not the answer to very limited world resources. "Alternative fuels" will make things only worse: more exponential growth of most vicious predator (human). If you are religious: "go forth (be fruitful) and multiply" was repealed by Jesus in the new testament just like many such Old Testament "orders/commandments" were repealed by him in new testament (eye for an eye, etc). Even Jesus showed to you that the truths (commandments) must be changed with changing times.