To quote John: "My idea was to use the trip as a speculative platform from which to investigate what life might be like in a post-industrial society. That is to say a society whose main fuel source has been depleted to the point of being scarce and expensive. Please let me know in the comments if this objective is not clear from the film."
For part 2-5 check out John Rattray's website, The Predatory Bird.
It was shot and edited by the Vancouver based FriendlyFire productions.