POWERING THE PLANET: Video Segments
Tease & Titles
The planet offers plentiful renewables, but it takes far-sighted vision and hard choices to harvest them.
Lightbulbs in the Desert
The idea of concentrated solar power is 100 years old: the journey from Philadelphia a century ago to the Sahara of the future.
Grow Your Own
How Brazil made ethanol from sugar cane a home-grown substitute for imported gasoline.
"Yes, In My Backyard!"
The interwoven stories of a Dane and a Texan who convinced their neighbors to harness the wind and rebuild their communities as a result.
"Look Before You Leap"
By “bungy-jumping off the climate roller coaster,” Richard Alley shows that Earth’s climate doesn’t always change gradually.
The New Empire of CleanTech
If China (and India, and the US) continue to burn coal without capturing CO2, we’re in trouble: China’s plans and progress.
Toilets and the SMARTGRID
By comparing the cost of the 19th C. revolution in sanitation to the future cost of a clean energy system, Richard Alley says we can afford to make the change.
Avoid the Energy Abyss
John Hofmeister, former head of US Shell, argues that America needs to make tough choices now, independent of politics.
Laboratories of Low Carbon Living
Alaska, Baltimore and Kansas are moving ahead, even without a national energy policy. There are ways forward.
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