Obviously, in 2016 it seems a touch out of date, but we should remember that the Saudis allowed the price of gas to fall to current levels… largely as a result of this full flex movement. Gas prices need to hover near the equivalent price per mile that methanol is currently at (before increases in scale, mind you) to dissuade Americans from pushing this issue. The Saudis need to hold off being forced into a newer economy for as long as they can, and this is a last ditch effort.Having been an advocate for this issue for a number of years and keeping in touch with some of those involved in this documentary prior to its release, I'm thrilled this finally got made and it had some kind of release and recognition. That said, I have a few niggles with it.First, it's a little too much trying to be all things to all people, as some kind of umbrella or big tent or whatever you want to call it. It's a little lacking focus and pretty much includes nearly every group and topic related to this issue. Laymen watching it may get bored with it as it takes quite a while to arrive at the practical solutions. It's a lengthy build.Next, I personally would have liked more Robert Zubrin and Anne Korin in this, but there is always YouTube. This particularly would have been useful in explaining the contrast between exploitative single-resource economics around the world and a multi-resource, open market worldwide system. Both have done a fantastic job elucidating just how preyed-upon the poor are right now by the oil structure, not just with indentured servitude to the industry or the lack of opportunity, but the recruitment into fundamentalism and terror that now exists with such low-diversity and low-opportunity economics, and how revolutionary it will be if we can change this.There's a little too much of the Methanol Institute and other potentially profit-reaping parties in it, which might come off as self-serving.No mention of the auto bailout czar Steven Rattner putting both an Exxon guy (Ed Whitacre) and a Carlyle Group guy (Dan Akerson) in charge of GM during "restructuring". Before the auto "crisis", GM had promised to voluntarily begin a move to G.E.M. flex. Guess what conveniently happened to that strategy.Nothing on the FTC strangely considering this issue to be totally separate from anti-trust, though they've gone after some of these same companies for inane things like misstating lawnmower engine horsepower.Not a peep about Wall Street energy funds, oil sheikhs in the Gulf, and big oil all being the major, unified shareholders and influences on car companies. Don't go thinking the discordant Ford family is a unified voting block.There was no mention of the late Roberta J. Nichols of Ford Motor. If you'll indulge me on a tangent, I had the opportunity to do a presentation for Ford reps covering this whole thing a while back. My intent was to regurgitate their own (in my opinion, accurate) internal assessments of electric's difficult and low profitability path ahead, followed by pointing out they'd already invented a cheaper, shorter-term technology they could additionally market and own the spin on. Unfortunately, one of my team members got a little ahead of themselves and jumped forward in the script to this surprise concluding reveal during the introduction, causing an attorney watching us to nearly lose his sh-- at how off message we were and outside the scope of what we were supposed to be presenting on. I'm fairly confident the presentation would have received a more positive response had my script (I was team leader) been followed with the argument arc developed in a logical manner. I don't think the Ford reps were ever going to do anything about it, but I wanted to at least get them talking.Finally, the very title Pump is focusing on the supply-side. I fundamentally disagree with such an emphasis and approach to this topic. The key to success is on the demand-side end. The supply- side always follows naturally after the widespread capability and awareness is first achieved. While the documentary does finally bring up legislative efforts to mandate full activated G.E.M. flex on all new gas-using cars sold at no significant additional cost to anyone, it dwells excessively on the supply-side concerning what is at the pump currently and should be. I prefer focusing on the capability mandate end, and much of the resistance to such mandates can be easily dismantled by going through various other more expensive and basically universally successful such technology mandates. Any time spent on the supply-side I find inevitably leads people on the right to successfully attack their history of problems, and on the left you get people saying all we need is more of the same very slowly, like going from E15 to E25 in so many number of years. It's a waste of people's patience. If they're watching, you have their attention and you'd better make use of it as efficiently as possible.

Any mention of the fact that biofuel production relies on oil? Any mention of top soil depletion? Any mention of problems with Brazilian miracle economy addicted to debt and suffering heavy inflation, having rising poverty rates? Nope!Sure they mention electric vehicles in order to appear unbiased, but electric technology gets only a few minutes of screen time. Any mention that Elon Musk had to receive a bailout and that his company keeps burning through investor cash like there's no tomorrow? Any mention of bankrupt Fisker? Any mention of Obama's corruption scandal involving solar panel darling Solyndra? Nope!Any mention of frackers going out of business not due to pollution concerns but because the fuel they produce is only viable economically at $100+ per barrel? Nope!So who's paying for this propaganda? Every fuel industry has a lobby. Oil has a lobby. EV makers have a lobby. Ethanol corn industry has a lobby.Well, to find the answer you have to look at which solution receives the most screen time in this mockumentary.It's guys like these: https://www.change2e85.comThe "feel good" reforms everyone loves so much provided to you by just one of the competing lobbies who doesn't really care about what's best for everyone. All they know is there's a good market and they want a piece of it.Flex fuel is the miracle fuel - clean burning, job making, tax reducing, war eliminating. When you hear all those promises bundled together, you know it's pure manufactured BS! And it's American, American, American! Sure, throw in patriotism for good measure.If I could give this film less than 1 star, I would!

This is another one of the extremely popular American documentaries in the series: "The government and big companies are Illuminati. The are fighting the public and destroying the world. USA is not free. Take a stand and spread this message and this very specific solution to a very complicated problem!". This is therefore not a "true" documentary about a subject but a subjective message. The good thing is that these documentaries are very entertaining, fast-paced and often very informative and colorful. The bad thing is the fact that they always present a god guy/bad guy story with a clear choice at the end. There are very few untruth in this documentary but many things are left unsaid or unexplored and not a single bad thing is said about ethanol, not a single. Ethanol is not being used because it is very expensive to make in colder climates like the USA. Majs is not a good crop for that at all and majs is not a good crop for anything. Yes, cows eat it, but we have to change cows so that they will not die from it. And we make suger out of it - not something great. Furthermore majs is grown by the government otherwise it would not be profitable. 0 of these facts were told. I wonder why? It's still very polluting and if USA wants to run on ethanol alone they would probably need the territory at least 3 times the size of the country to grow it on. It is a very ineffective energy source. Without a HUGE subsidy it will never compete with oil, coal or nuclear power. And the documentary puts nuclear power in the same category as oil, gas and coal. They forgot to mention that it is CO2 free, cheap and the safest energy source in the world. Ups... watch Pandoras Promise and other energy documentaries to get a fuller picture. And read the excellent God Species.

Riveting! This film examines the story of oil addiction in America. The question is, do we have a choice of fuel?The purpose of this film is to spread the word that oil is not the only source of fuel for the U.S. I'm guessing parents out there love their cars and know that gas prices are the highest they've been in years. In order to take your child to school, you need to pay and pump expensive gasoline. Or, do you? This film shows that we can have a choice about fuel. Fuel is available that is safer, better for the air and cheaper. Pump proves these ideas with intriguing facts and mind-boggling statistics.This movie's focus is not about which fuel is better. This documentary provides information about alternative fuels such as ethanol, methanol, natural gas and even electric. Each one has its pros and cons, but just being able to have the ability to choose is what moves this production along. We hear extremely intellectual interviews with people who are strong about the subject. My only criticism is that the audience for this film is not young kids. Teens who are driving or those starting driver's education will find this important enough to watch. While I found the subject interesting, I do not think kids from 7 to 13 care about the big oil epidemic. My favorite part is when we see the comparison of air pollution with regular gasoline and methanol, also known as "Wood Alcohol." Dr. Robert Zubrin conducts an experiment where he ignites both fuels. We see that methanol is clean and leaves no residue while gasoline is the opposite. It made me realize what we put in the air every time we run a gasoline engine.My favorite person interviewed is Luiz Inacio Da Sliva, 35th president of Brazil. The movie states, "under Da Sliva's leadership, Brazil's economy grew by the trillions." He did something that no other country has ever done, achieve complete independence from foreign oil. He gave Brazil the choice of gasoline and ethanol. Da Sliva is what you might call a dreamer. He states, "I believe we will conquer this. I believe the world will learn to live without oil."This film wants to expose U.S. citizens to the idea of having a choice. We know that there are other forms of fuel and you might think we would use them. This idea was introduced in 2006 with the "Open Fuel Standard Act." Sadly, it never left a committee for a vote. The reason being, that members of the Congress receive 32 million dollars in campaign contribution from big oil. I give this film 5 out of 5 stars and recommend it to 14 to 18-year- olds. This film shows a great message and an even more amazing vision.Reviewed by Keefer B.