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it runs the water pumps,

that pump water out of the New York

subway system every day.

It allows us to communte electronically,

charge our cellphone batteries,

preserve food, run operating rooms,

et cetera.

The subject of alternative energies...

There is no such thing

as clean coal.

And there never ever will be.

Why? Carbon sequestration

is enormously expensive.

What it says, is essentially you capture the CO2

and any other greenhouse gases emitted,

in the burning of the coal, you exert

enormous amounts of energy to compress it,

then you move it over

enormously long distances,

and you pump it into some airtight chamber

in the ground, where

somebody will figure out with technology what to do

with the greenhouse gas in 10 or 15 000 years.

Nuclear process requires something

like 10 to 30 years of incubation

to get the permitting done,

all the regulations satisfied,

and the construction of nuclear powerplants is

one of the most energy intensive processes.

in the world.

The steel, the lead containment, the enrichment

of uranium is a horribly intensive process.

You just don't throw a rock of uranium in

and start making nuclear energy.

Can't do that.

The first and obvious problem

with tidal energy is

is that it has to be generated

or collected near coastline.

Salt water is extremely corrosive.

There's an enormous energy cost

in manufacturing the machines.

There are only two alternative energies, which can

really have an immediate impact, an immediate benefit.

Now, the problem with plans like

enormous wind farms in Texas, Oklahoma,

Colorado, ...

The fundamental law with electricity is

that it's drawn off right where it's used, first.

Yes, you can transmit electricity

over long distances, but

people don't think about the energy

that goes into transformers,

and how much copper's in power lines,

and all the maintenance that has to go that grid.

So, when you see

really ridiculous commercials that say,

we could have a solar array

they don't even think about the fact that

that electricity is gonna get used

in California before it goes any place else.

Just, uhm you know, if you saw this movie

and you didn't know who you were,

and you wanted, you were just curious

what your credentials are in terms of

understanding this information?

I have a bachelor's degree

in political science,

with honors from UCLA,

uhm, in 1973.

Graduate of the Los Angeles police academy,

valedictorian,

class of 1173.

Uhm, was sent to do DEA,

Narcotics Enforcement School,

by LAPD.

I have 30 years of experience as an

investigative journalist.

I've broken major schandals,

that have had national impact.

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