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0 Shopping Cart Who We Are About Us Board of Advisors Executive Leadership Chairman’s Council Privacy Policy The Latest Media Center Over a Barrel Blog Our Work Overview Policy Cafe Videos Cafe Explained Policy Cafe Infographics Fuels 101 Fuel Types Check Your Car Find a Fueling Station Retailer Success Stories Car Tech Cars in 2050 Initiatives Pump The Movie Research Partners Ending Energy Poverty Issue Impact Areas The Economy National Security The Environment Our World Knowledge Center Infographics White Papers and Other Research Talks & Presentations Talks Videos Webinars PowerPoints FAQs Glossary Donate Menu WATCH IT NOW This is the movie that will change your attitude about fuel forever. PUMP is an inspiring, eye-opening documentary that tells the story of America’s addiction to oil, from Standard Oil’s illegal tactics to the monopoly oil companies enjoy today. The film explains clearly and simply how we can end this monopoly — and finally win choice at the pump. Stream it today for free ! MEET THE PLAYERS FROM PUMP To us, these people are the Fuel Freedom Fighters: They’re engineers, writers, gearheads, academics, executives, policy wonks, innovators. And they’ve thought about the issues related to fuel freedom for a very long time. John Hofmeister John Hofmeister Former President, Shell Oil Co. As the former President of Shell Oil Co., John Hofmeister brings a unique perspective on the oil industry and the nation’s energy crisis. He wrote the book Why We Hate the Oil Companies: Straight Talk from an Energy Insider and is a highly accomplished presenter, pundit, writer and industry leadership expert. He founded the nonprofit organization Citizens for Affordable Energy and is an Advisory Board member of Fuel Freedom Foundation. Phil and Cheryl Near Phil and Cheryl Near Co-Owners, Jump Start Gas Station, Wichita, Kansas Phil and Cheryl Near are entrepreneurs who own Jump Start Gas Station, an alternative fueling station in Wichita, Kansas. The couple works with their customers to determine whether or not they own Flex Fuel Vehicles, and they educate their clients about fueling options they didn’t know existed. Elon Musk Elon Musk CEO and Chief Product Architect, Tesla Motors Elon Musk is an entrepreneur and engineer who builds and operates companies to solve environmental, social and economic challenges. He co-founded PayPal and currently drives strategy, development and design at two companies he co-founded, Tesla Motors Inc., and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX. He is also the chairman of SolarCity and the Musk Foundation, a charity that focuses on science education, pediatric health and clean energy. John Brackett John Brackett Automotive Engineer John Brackett is an auto engineer in Colorado. John has thoroughly investigated software solutions that allow car owners to reprogram their cars to accept a variety of fuels, including methanol, ethanol, and gasoline. John believes that Americans can convert their cars to be Flex Fuel with these simple kinds of updates. David Blume David Blume Author, Alcohol Can Be a Gas! David Blume is a permaculture entrepreneur and teacher, and is a highly accomplished public speaker and alternative-fuel advocate. He is the author of the book Alcohol Can be a Gas! and has founded several organizations, including the American Homegrown Fuel Company, Planetary Movers, Our Farm, and the International Institute for Ecological Agriculture (IIEA). Peter Goldmark Peter Goldmark Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Peter Goldmark served as Budget Director for the State of New York in the 1970s, and as Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey through 1983. He served as president of the Rockefeller Foundation for a decade, encouraging its involvement in environmental issues, particularly as they related to energy. Peter was Director of the Climate and Air program for the Environmental Defense Fund from 2003 to 2011. He writes a biweekly newspaper column and serves as an independent consultant and troublemaker. He has served on boards, taught at Ivy League universities and mentored promising young leaders. He now writes a biweekly newspaper column and serves as an independent consultant and troublemaker. Robert Zubrin Robert Zubrin Aerospace Engineer, Author, Energy Victory Dr. Robert Zubrin is president of Pioneer Astronautics, an aerospace research and development company based in Lakewood, Colo. For many years he worked as a senior engineer for Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver. He is the bestselling author of several books, including the 2007 nonfiction book Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil. He has published articles in Scientific American, The New Atlantis, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Mechanical Engineering, and The American Enterprise. He has appeared on major media including CNN, CSPAN, the BBC, Discovery Channel, NBC, ABC and NPR. Anne Korin Anne Korin Co-Director, the Institute for Analysis of Global Security Anne Korin is Co-Director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security and a senior adviser to the United States Energy Security Council, the highest-level extra-governmental group ever assembled to address the energy security challenge. Korin chairs the Set America Free Coalition, an alliance of national security, environmental, labor and religious groups promoting ways to reduce the strategic importance of oil, and the Mobility Choice for a Secure America Coalition, an alliance promoting a fiscally responsible, free market-oriented approach to expanding competition among transportation modes. Edwin Black Edwin Black Award Winning New York Times Bestselling International Investigative Author Edwin Black is an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author who specializes in investigations related to history, human rights, social justice, oil addiction, corporate corruption and other issues. His 11 books include IBM and the Holocaust, Internal Combustion and his most recent, Financing the Flames (2013). His books have been published in 65 countries in 14 languages, and he’s also published scores of articles and columns in leading newspapers and magazines. In February and March 2014, Black spoke before four governments in four weeks: the House of Commons in London; the European Parliament in Brussels; the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem; and a U.S. House committee in Washington. FROM THE PRESS “… we have a right to choose how we fuel our cars and that right is not being acknowledged by the government or big oil companies, which means the responsibility for change lays solely on us.” Cinemacy.com www.cinemacy.com “… the movie makes compelling points. More important, the film suggests both long-term and short-term solutions. “…if consumers hate oil so much, why aren’t there more readily available alternatives? That’s the question the documentary keeps circling back to, which is a smart approach because it’s aimed at appealing to both eco-conscious liberals and fiscal conservatives.” The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/pump-movie-review-beating-the-oil-drum-for-alternative-fuel-solutions/2014/10/09/da2a4814-4d89-11e4-8c24-487e92bc997b_story.html “… given the political minefield of its subject, PUMP is a remarkably evenhanded film. “… Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell’s documentary does a good job of appealing to the needs and concerns of its most likely resistant audience. Rather than emphasize purely environmentalist concerns such as pollution or global warming, or wave the flag of conspiracy with a divisive ‘Bush Lied, People Died’ style-slogan, PUMP frames its rationale around traditional American values such as freedom of choice and the essential nature of competition.” Deseret News (Salt Lake City) http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865611734/New-documentary-Pump-takes-the-oil-industry-to-the-woodshed.html “A car’s high beams trace slow-motion lightnin...