An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,326 It's an insidious theme that we've seen before, 560 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:51,961 but it's coming back with a new force. 561 00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:54,631 And I think that 562 00:33:54,666 --> 00:33:56,544 this is something we're focusing on very intently. 563 00:33:56,568 --> 00:33:58,446 We want to know who the groups are who are doing this, 564 00:33:58,470 --> 00:34:00,303 what is their analysis, what's the science, 565 00:34:00,338 --> 00:34:03,273 and what are the government actions that are being taken? 566 00:34:03,308 --> 00:34:04,607 Assuming for the moment 567 00:34:04,643 --> 00:34:08,011 that the facts prove that's what they did, 568 00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:10,080 that's a violation of the law, isn't it? 569 00:34:10,115 --> 00:34:11,681 That's consumer and securities fraud. 570 00:34:11,717 --> 00:34:15,385 But it's clear that what they've done is 571 00:34:15,420 --> 00:34:20,356 essentially tried to cripple 572 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,959 our ability, mankind's ability, 573 00:34:22,995 --> 00:34:25,662 to respond to this existential threat. 574 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:35,505 <i>A few days ago,</i> 575 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:38,141 <i>the Attorney General of the State of New York</i> 576 00:34:38,176 --> 00:34:42,179 <i>launched an investigation</i> of ExxonMobil 577 00:34:42,214 --> 00:34:48,284 for fraud and funneling money to this new form of denial 578 00:34:48,319 --> 00:34:50,953 where people are out there minimizing solar, saying, 579 00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:52,289 "It's not going anywhere." 580 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:55,258 "Why are you wasting your time on this?" Et cetera. 581 00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:59,195 Utility monopolies really, really fear disruption, 582 00:34:59,230 --> 00:35:01,230 and have woken up and said, 583 00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:03,099 "Wow, this solar thing," 584 00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:06,569 "I need to crush it before it kills me." 585 00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:08,838 The last two weeks, we had 55,000 people 586 00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:11,041 sign up in Nevada to say, you know, 587 00:35:11,076 --> 00:35:13,342 "I want choice, I want energy freedom." 588 00:35:13,377 --> 00:35:14,878 What happened in Nevada 589 00:35:14,913 --> 00:35:17,080 will send a massive message to the rest of the country. 590 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:18,882 Yeah, I think so. Yeah. 591 00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:24,966 <i>Thank you. Will there be bumps in the road?</i> 592 00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:27,023 You bet there will be. 593 00:35:27,058 --> 00:35:29,292 But, at the end of the day, 594 00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:33,362 you really are on the front lines. 595 00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:36,599 On the rooftops, if you will. 596 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:41,271 And we're seeing this play out in every part of the world. 597 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:49,613 <i>We've had 150 years of burning fossil fuels</i> 598 00:35:49,648 --> 00:35:51,514 <i>with the many blessings, poverty's gone down,</i> 599 00:35:51,550 --> 00:35:54,417 living standards have increased. 600 00:35:54,452 --> 00:35:57,187 So naturally, there still are some people that say, 601 00:35:57,222 --> 00:36:00,990 "Well, we just have to keep relying on oil and gas" 602 00:36:01,026 --> 00:36:02,559 "and even coal." 603 00:36:02,594 --> 00:36:04,961 But it is worth pointing out that in northern China, 604 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:08,898 life expectancy has gone down five and a half years 605 00:36:08,933 --> 00:36:10,533 because of air pollution. 606 00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:13,036 And in Beijing, the mayor said, 607 00:36:13,071 --> 00:36:14,604 "My city is not livable." 608 00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:18,641 But in many parts of China 609 00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:21,711 it is already cheaper to get electricity 610 00:36:21,747 --> 00:36:23,746 from solar and wind. 611 00:36:23,782 --> 00:36:27,583 So this is the time when your presentations 612 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:31,221 can provide support for your government's determination 613 00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:34,591 to do even better with renewable energy. 614 00:36:39,631 --> 00:36:41,231 Fine. How are you? 615 00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:43,433 <i>There are so many commitments</i> 616 00:36:43,468 --> 00:36:47,469 that governments are thinking about making right now 617 00:36:47,505 --> 00:36:51,440 for hundreds of new coal plants. 618 00:36:51,476 --> 00:36:56,812 Even as the revolutionary drop in cost from renewables 619 00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:58,380 is picking up speed. 620 00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:00,216 China's one of these countries. 621 00:37:00,251 --> 00:37:03,552 And there are numbers of others. India, others. 622 00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:07,090 Unfortunately, they've looked at the price of coal. 623 00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:08,625 They see the price low, 624 00