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Bio-diesel film not to everyone's tastes at Sundance
0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) — Activist Josh Tickell has been using and promoting bio-diesel for about 10 years as an alternative to fossil fuels, helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil.
In his documentary film "Fields of Fuel," premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week, he outlines the historical origins of and the political constructs that support petroleum use.
As well, he presents the benefits of bio-diesel, how it can be grown locally anywhere in the world to shift multi-national energy companies' clout to local communities, mustering applause from audiences here.
But not everyone is buying into his message.
Environmentalists continue to push for a reduction in energy consumption as the best way to stem global warming and...
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