[Graeme]

The FUEL Film: Where We Came From & Where We're Going With Renewable Energy (Review)$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')t tonight's IREO Renewable Energy Awards at the United Nations, film director and author Josh Tickell will be named a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and accept an award for his work. What work you say? Well, the trailer embedded above for his film FUEL for one thing. It won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008 and is currently making its rounds in theaters (show times). This is the story in a nutshell:

If you want a compelling synopsis of how we got into the mess we're in with our fossil fuel addiction (and a very personal one, Tickell grew up in Louisiana and saw first had petrochemical pollution all the time) and how we just might be able to kick the fossil fuel habit, then FUEL should be high up on your list of must-see films.

[Graeme]

Maker Of 'Fuel' Documentary Promotes Algae Energy

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')or documentary film maker Josh Tickell, it's all about algae.

The micro organism's potential to deliver America from its dependence on foreign oil receives a big chunk of screen time in Tickell's movie "Fuel," which goes into national distribution this fall after winning awards at the Sundance Film Festival and others.

He said the Defense Advances Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, an arm of the U.S. military, is investing in algae.

"DARPA is putting billions of dollars behind it because they want to be able to produce fuel on location," he said. "So we can expect to see major breakthroughs on algae within the next five years."