Peak Oil: The comedy show | Philadelphia Inquirer
January 25, 2010
There’s nothing funny about peak oil, right? It marks the beginning of the end of cheap, easy petroleum.
It’s not funny if you haven’t met KrisCan, a female of indeterminate name and locale who has an Internet video ”show” called “Peak Oil Action and Adventure.” Check it out here.
“Peak Oil is real. Fossil fuel depletion is real. It’s not getting better, and it’s not going away,” said Kris, or Can, or KrisCan. ”Selling bad news is tricky. But people are more likely to watch and learn about these issues when you present them in an upbeat, cool, humorous way.”
So among 60 episodes since 2008, she has slightly goofy segments on growing food in your back yard, transportation and biofuels. “If you can make a margarita, you can make biodiesel,” her expert assures, as she adopts a “really?!” face.
Then, in a segment that could be described as Bruno becomes female and takes on global energy, she dons a low-cut top, blonde pigtails and an Eastern European accent to explain peak oil. It’s hilarious, and I bet many who watch it will finally understand what the word means, if not the intricacies of what it’s all about. (Go to the site to see it. I’m embedding the tamer peak oil song below.)
KC contends there’s a shortage of “interesting and informative” coverage about the global petroleum shortage.
“Even now, it’s only a handful of older white men who are really talking about Peak Oil and the serious energy crisis we’re facing,” she says. ”I felt an urgent need to make this message more appealing and fun for a wider audience. I want to motivate younger generations to get involved now in some of the efforts to prepare for a world that no longer runs on cheap oil.”
Full Story: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/greenliving/Peak_Oil_The_comedy_show.html
Hooked on KrisCan’s Green Sex and Green Humor
June 1, 2008
Maybe not as popular as Cassandra’s, or at least not yet, but a lot better in my opinion. Kris shows us that humor and sex can go a long way towards engaging regular folks on otherwise serious issues, such as peak oil and global warming. It certainly worked with me. I watched every single one of Kris’s videos.
Putting a New Face on Selling Peak Oil: Kris Can
June 1, 2008
“So how else can we generate Peak Oil awareness? Kriscan - a young woman with a video blog that’s making her PO pitch using all sorts of innovative marketing techniques - asking people on the street, making a song about peak oil, and yes even resorting to the types of suggestive body language more typical of an MTV music video (think Christina Aguilera) than college professor lecture.”
