Length: 29 Minutes | Produced: 1994
Energy is a precious commodity that continually resonates with questions of use, absorption, and plundering of natural resources. Energy - The American Experience, explores the development of different types of energy through the resources uniquely available to the United States. A descriptive history lesson about energy sources, such as coal, oil, and gas, once thought to be inexhaustible, is used to investigate the changes in perception about natural resources which are being depleted through poor management. It discusses conservation and urges mobilization of science and industry to develop renewable energy for the resources of the future.