This film explains the physical process of how oil formed in the earth, describing that, "oil is the outcome of millions of years of geological history." In relation to the title, 'A Crude Awakening', this program evaluates our current position in global oil production capacity, claiming that, "we are moving from an era of cheap and abundant energy, to a period of scarce, hard to get, expensive energy."

This video asserts that, "we are coming to the end of the first half of the Age of Oil," and reports on the activity between recent wars in the Middle East and the business of global oil production, specifically in relation to the, "United States, which did not secure areas of weapons of mass destruction, but did in fact secure the oil fields."