The ignorance of how they portrayed the landowners to be towards oil and gas is possibly right on... however the ignorance of the writers of this movie who don't understand a lick about the oil and gas industry and how it's used in literally everything is impeccable. Dumbass hollywood. American Energy Ignorance: The Anti-Oil Business Is Trying To Fool You Again. Big Oil, in fact, funded some of the world's most foundational climate science. Documents show that the industry-backed Air Pollution Foundation uncovered the severe harm the burning of fossil fuels would cause ... in 1954. Perception was created by decades of deceit.