[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.22,0:00:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America's public energy conversation Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.13,0:00:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,boils down to this question: Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.23,0:00:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you rather die of A.) oil wars, Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.77,0:00:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or B.) climate change, Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.70,0:00:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or C.) nuclear holocaust, Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.10,0:00:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or D.) all of the above? Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.40,0:00:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I missed one: or E.) none of the above? Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.20,0:00:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the one we're not normally offered. Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.50,0:00:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could make energy do our work Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.90,0:00:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without working out undoing? Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.30,0:00:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could we have fuel without fear? Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.00,0:00:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could we reinvent fire? Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.90,0:00:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, fire made us human; Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.30,0:00:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fossil fuels made us modern. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.20,0:00:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now we need a new fire Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.90,0:00:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes us safe, secure, healthy and durable. Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.68,0:00:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see how. Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.17,0:00:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four-fifths of the world's energy Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.06,0:00:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still comes from burning each year Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.83,0:00:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four cubic miles of the rotted remains Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.33,0:00:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of primeval swamp goo. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.93,0:00:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those fossil fuels Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.07,0:00:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have built our civilization. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.47,0:00:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've created our wealth. Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.70,0:00:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've enriched the lives of billions. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.10,0:01:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they also have rising costs Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.37,0:01:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our security, economy, health and environment Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.83,0:01:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are starting to erode, if not outweigh their benefits. Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.53,0:01:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need a new fire. Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.67,0:01:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And switching from the old fire to the new fire Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.00,0:01:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means changing two big stories about oil and electricity, Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.27,0:01:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of which puts two-fifths of the fossil carbon in the air. Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.07,0:01:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're really quite distinct. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.47,0:01:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Less than one percent of our electricity is made from oil -- Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.83,0:01:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although almost half is made from coal. Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.77,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their uses are quite concentrated. Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three-fourths of our oil fuel is transportation. Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.03,0:01:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three-fourths of our electricity powers buildings. Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.10,0:01:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the rest of both runs factories. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.43,0:01:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So very efficient vehicles, buildings and factories Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.70,0:01:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,save oil and coal, Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.10,0:01:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also natural gas that can displace both of them. Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.70,0:01:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today's energy system is not just inefficient, Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.80,0:01:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is also disconnected, Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.70,0:01:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aging, dirty and insecure. Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.10,0:02:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it needs refurbishment. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.70,0:02:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By 2050 though, it could become efficient, Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.47,0:02:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connected and distributed Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.47,0:02:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with elegantly frugal Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.87,0:02:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,autos, factories and buildings Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.60,0:02:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all relying on a modern, secure Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.97,0:02:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resilient electricity system. Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.17,0:02:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can eliminate our addiction to oil and coal by 2050 Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.07,0:02:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use one-third less natural gas Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.87,0:02:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while switching to efficient use Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.37,0:02:30.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and renewable supply. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.77,0:02:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This could cost, by 2050, Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.90,0:02:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five trillion dollars less in net present value, Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.17,0:02:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is expressed as a lump sum today, Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.13,0:02:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than business as usual -- Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.83,0:02:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assuming that carbon emissions Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.23,0:02:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all other hidden or external costs are worth zero -- Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.77,0:02:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a conservatively low estimate. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.17,0:02:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet this cheaper energy system Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.03,0:02:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could support 158 percent bigger U.S. economy Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.87,0:02:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all without needing oil or coal, Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.27,0:03:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for that matter nuclear energy. Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.70,0:03:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, this transition needs no new inventions Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.60,0:03:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no acts of Congress Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.20,0:03:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no new federal taxes, mandate subsidies or laws Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.47,0:03:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and running Washington gridlock. Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.63,0:03:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me say that again. Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.33,0:03:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you how to get the United States Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.73,0:03:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely off oil and coal, five trillion dollars cheaper Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.37,0:03:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no act of Congress Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.77,0:03:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led by business for profit. Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.70,0:03:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, we're going to use our most effective institutions -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.20,0:03:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private enterprise co-evolving with civil society Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.17,0:03:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sped by military innovation Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.23,0:03:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go around our least effective institutions. Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.03,0:03:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whether you care most Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.37,0:03:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about profits and jobs and competitive advantage Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.77,0:03:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or national security, or environmental stewardship Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.10,0:03:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and climate protection and public health, Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.20,0:03:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reinventing fire makes sense and makes money. Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.07,0:03:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,General Eisenhower reputedly said Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.47,0:03:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that enlarging the boundaries of a tough problem Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.93,0:04:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes it soluble by encompassing more options and more synergies. Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.93,0:04:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in reinventing fire, Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.63,0:04:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we integrated all four sectors that use energy -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.60,0:04:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transportation, buildings, industry and electricity -- Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.70,0:04:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we integrated four kinds of innovation, Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.20,0:04:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just technology and policy, Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.93,0:04:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also design and business strategy. Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.03,0:04:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those combinations yield Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.63,0:04:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much more than the sum of the parts, Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.80,0:04:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in creating deeply disruptive business opportunities. Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.90,0:04:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oil costs our economy two billion dollars a day, Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.13,0:04:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus another four billion dollars a day Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.90,0:04:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in hidden economic and military costs, Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.30,0:04:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raising its total cost to over a sixth of GDP. Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.80,0:04:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our mobility fuel goes three-fifths to automobiles. Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.87,0:04:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's start by making autos oil free. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.07,0:04:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two-thirds of the energy it takes to move a typical car Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.40,0:04:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is caused by its weight. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.43,0:04:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every unit of energy you save at the wheels, Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.83,0:04:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by taking out weight or drag, Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.23,0:05:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saves seven units in the tank, Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.63,0:05:03.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you don't have to waste six units Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.53,0:05:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting the energy to the wheels. Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.63,0:05:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, of the past quarter century, Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.43,0:05:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,epidemic obesity has made our two-ton steel cars Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.93,0:05:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gain weight twice as fast as we have. Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.03,0:05:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, ultralight, ultrastrong materials, Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.73,0:05:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like carbon fiber composites, Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.13,0:05:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make dramatic weight-saving snowball Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.37,0:05:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can make cars simpler and cheaper to build. Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.47,0:05:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lighter and more slippery autos Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.03,0:05:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need less force to move them, Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.23,0:05:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so their engines get smaller. Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.80,0:05:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, that sort of vehicle fitness Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.00,0:05:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then makes electric propulsion affordable Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.17,0:05:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the batteries fuel cells Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.30,0:05:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also get smaller and lighter and cheaper. Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.90,0:05:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sticker prices will ultimately fall to about the same as today, Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.80,0:05:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the driving cost, even from the start, Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.97,0:05:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very much lower. Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.90,0:06:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these innovations together can transform automakers Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.00,0:06:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from wringing tiny savings Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.90,0:06:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of Victorian engine and seal-stamping technologies Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.00,0:06:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the steeply falling costs Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.60,0:06:14.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of three linked innovations that strongly reenforce each other -- Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.30,0:06:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,namely ultralight materials, making them into structures Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.10,0:06:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and electric propulsion. Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.00,0:06:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sales can grow and the prices fall even faster Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.70,0:06:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with temporary feebates, Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.10,0:06:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is rebates for efficient new autos Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.20,0:06:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paid for by fees on inefficient ones. Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.90,0:06:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just in the first two years Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.30,0:06:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the biggest of Europe's five feebate programs Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.93,0:06:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has tripled the speed of improving automotive efficiency. Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.73,0:06:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The resulting shift to electric autos Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.70,0:06:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be as game-changing Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.83,0:06:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as shifting from typewriters to the gains in computers. Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.20,0:06:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, computers and electronics Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.30,0:06:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are now America's biggest industry, Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.60,0:06:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while typewriter makers have vanished. Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.00,0:06:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So vehicle fitness Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.77,0:07:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opens a new automotive competitive strategy Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.57,0:07:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can double the oil savings over the next 40 years, Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.87,0:07:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then also make electrication affordable, Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.07,0:07:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that displaces the rest of the oil. Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.87,0:07:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America could lead this next automotive revolution. Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.70,0:07:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently the leader is Germany. Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.40,0:07:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year, Volkswagen announced Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.80,0:07:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that by next year they'll be producing Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.90,0:07:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this carbon fiber plugin hybrid Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.40,0:07:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting 230 miles a gallon. Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.10,0:07:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also last year, BMW announced Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.00,0:07:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this carbon fiber electric car, Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.10,0:07:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said that its carbon fiber is paid for Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.17,0:07:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by needing fewer batteries. Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.67,0:07:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they said, "We do not intend to be a typewriter maker." Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.77,0:07:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audi claimed it's going to beat them both by a year. Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.77,0:07:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven years ago, an even faster and cheaper Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.50,0:07:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,American manufacturing technology Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.20,0:07:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was used to make this little carbon fiber test part, Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.17,0:07:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which doubles as a carbon cap. Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.77,0:08:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.70,0:08:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one minute -- and you can tell from the sound Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.50,0:08:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how immensely still and strong it is. Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.33,0:08:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't worry about dropping it, it's tougher than titanium. Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.73,0:08:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Friedman actually whacked it as hard as he could with a sledgehammer Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.63,0:08:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without even scuffing it. Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.03,0:08:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But such manufacturing techniques Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.73,0:08:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can scale to automotive speed and cost Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.43,0:08:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with aerospace performance. Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.13,0:08:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can save four-fifths of the capital needed to make autos. Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.90,0:08:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can save lives Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.60,0:08:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this stuff can absorb Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.00,0:08:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to 12 times as much crash energy per pound as steel. Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.43,0:08:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we made all of our autos this way, Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.37,0:08:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would save oil equivalent to finding Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.77,0:08:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one and a half Saudi Arabias, or half an OPEC, Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.15,0:08:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by drilling in the Detroit formation, a very prospective play. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.40,0:08:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all those mega-barrels under Detroit Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.10,0:08:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cost an average of 18 bucks a barrel. Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.77,0:08:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are all-American, carbon-free Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.17,0:08:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inexhaustible. Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.93,0:08:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same physics and the same business logic Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.33,0:08:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also apply to big vehicles. Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.23,0:08:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the five years ending with 2010, Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.63,0:09:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walmart saved 60 percent of the fuel-per-ton-mile Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.50,0:09:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its giant fleet of heavy trucks Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.90,0:09:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through better logistics and design. Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.30,0:09:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just the technological savings in heavy trucks Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.10,0:09:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can get two-thirds. Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.20,0:09:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And combined with triple to quintuple efficiency airplanes, Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.13,0:09:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now on the drawing board, Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.70,0:09:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can save close to a trillion dollars. Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.10,0:09:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also today's military revolution in energy efficiency Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.90,0:09:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to speed up all of these civilian advances Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.00,0:09:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in much the same way that military R&D Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.07,0:09:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has given us the internet, the Global Positioning System Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.00,0:09:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the jet engine and microchip industries. Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.10,0:09:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we design and build vehicles better, Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.90,0:09:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can also use them smarter Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.80,0:09:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by harnessing four powerful techniques Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.20,0:09:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for eliminating needless driving. Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.10,0:09:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of just seeing the travel grow, Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.20,0:09:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can use innovative pricing, Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.90,0:09:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,charging for road infrastructure by the mile, not by the gallon. Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.30,0:09:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can use some smart I.T. to enhance transit Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.10,0:10:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enable car sharing and ride sharing. Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.53,0:10:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can allow smart and lucrative growth models Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.90,0:10:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that help people already be near where they want to be, Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.40,0:10:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they don't need to go somewhere else. Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.27,0:10:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can use smart I.T. Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.70,0:10:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make traffic free-flowing. Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.07,0:10:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together, those things can give us the same or better access Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.07,0:10:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 46 to 84 percent less driving, Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.57,0:10:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving another 0.4 trillion dollars, Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.67,0:10:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus 0.3 trillion dollars from using trucks more productively. Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.20,0:10:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 40 years hence, when you add it all up, Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.57,0:10:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a far more mobile U.S. economy Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.27,0:10:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can use no oil. Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.90,0:10:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saving or displacing barrels for 25 bucks Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.50,0:10:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than buying them for over a hundred, Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.90,0:10:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adds up to over a trillion-dollar net saving Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.17,0:10:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,counting all the hidden costs at zero. Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.27,0:10:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to get mobility without oil, Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.60,0:10:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to phase out the oil, Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.70,0:10:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can get it efficient and then switch fuels. Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.30,0:11:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those 125 to 240 mile per gallon equivalent autos Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.37,0:11:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can use any mixture of hydrogen fuel cells, Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.33,0:11:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,electricity and advanced biofuels. Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.77,0:11:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trucks and planes can realistically use Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.87,0:11:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hydrogen or advanced biofuels. Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.33,0:11:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trucks could even use natural gas. Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.97,0:11:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no vehicles will need oil. Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.37,0:11:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the most biofuel we might need, Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.47,0:11:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just three million barrels a day, Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.33,0:11:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be made two-thirds from waste Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.43,0:11:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without displacing any cropland Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.27,0:11:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without harming soil or climate. Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.30,0:11:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our team speeds up these kinds of oil savings Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.70,0:11:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what we call "institutional acupuncture." Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.27,0:11:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We figure out where the business logic Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.67,0:11:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is congested and not flowing properly, Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.37,0:11:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we stick little needles in it to get it flowing, Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.53,0:11:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working with partners like Ford and Walmart and the Pentagon. Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.93,0:11:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the long transition is already well under way. Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.53,0:11:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, three years ago mainstream analysts were starting to see peak oil, Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.87,0:11:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in supply, but in demand. Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.27,0:11:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Deutsche Bank even world oil use could peak around 2016. Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.63,0:12:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, oil is getting uncompetitive even at low prices Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.23,0:12:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before it becomes unavailable even at high prices. Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.23,0:12:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the electrified vehicles Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.87,0:12:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't need to burden the electricity grid. Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.27,0:12:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather, when smart autos exchange electricity and information Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.23,0:12:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through smart buildings with smart grids, Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.17,0:12:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're adding to the grid valuable flexibility and storage Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.27,0:12:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that help the grid integrate Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.13,0:12:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,varying solar and wind power. Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.53,0:12:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the electrified autos Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.13,0:12:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the auto and electricity problems Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.83,0:12:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,easier to solve together than separately. Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.13,0:12:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they also converge the oil story Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.53,0:12:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our second big story, Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.93,0:12:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving electricity and then making it differently. Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.20,0:12:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those twin revolutions in electricity Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.37,0:12:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will bring to that sector Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.67,0:12:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more numerous and profound and diverse disruptions Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.07,0:12:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any other sector, Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.47,0:12:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we've got 21st century technology and speed colliding head-on Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.77,0:13:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 20th and 19th century institutions, rules and cultures. Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.40,0:13:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Changing how we make electricity gets easier Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.77,0:13:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we need less of it. Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.47,0:13:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of it now is wasted Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.27,0:13:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the technologies for saving it Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.63,0:13:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep improving faster than we're installing them. Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.03,0:13:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the unbought efficiency resource Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.03,0:13:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeps getting ever bigger and cheaper. Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.93,0:13:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as efficiency in buildings and industry Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.33,0:13:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starts to grow faster than the economy, Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.97,0:13:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Americans' electricity use could actually shrink, Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.07,0:13:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even with the little extra use required Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.03,0:13:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the efficient electrified autos. Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.97,0:13:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can do this just by reasonably accelerating existing trends. Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.33,0:13:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next 40 years, buildings, Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.13,0:13:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which use three-quarters of the electricity, Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.83,0:13:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can triple or quadruple their energy productivity, Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.87,0:13:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving 1.4 trillion dollars, net present value, Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.10,0:13:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a 33 percent internal rate of return Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.70,0:13:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in English, Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.23,0:14:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the savings are worth four times of what they cost. Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.17,0:14:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And industry can accelerate too, Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.87,0:14:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doubling its energy productivity Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.27,0:14:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a 21 percent internal rate of return. Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.90,0:14:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The key is a disruptive innovation Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.60,0:14:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we call integrative design Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.00,0:14:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that often makes very big energy savings Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.97,0:14:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cost less than small or no savings. Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.57,0:14:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, it can give you expanding returns, Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.53,0:14:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not diminishing returns. Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.23,0:14:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how our 2010 retrofit Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.53,0:14:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is saving over two-fifths of the energy in the Empire State Building -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.17,0:14:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remanufacturing those six and a half thousand windows on site Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.37,0:14:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into super windows that pass light, but reflect heat. Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.23,0:14:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus better lights and office equipment and such Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.03,0:14:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cut the maximum cooling load by a third. Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.43,0:14:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then renovating smaller chillers instead of adding bigger ones Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.50,0:14:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saved 17 million dollars -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.90,0:14:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a capital cost which helped pay for the other improvements Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.00,0:14:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reduce the payback to just three years. Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.97,0:15:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Integrative design can also increase Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.87,0:15:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy savings in industry. Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.57,0:15:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dow's billion-dollar efficiency investment Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.87,0:15:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has already returned nine billion dollars. Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.37,0:15:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But industry as a whole has another half-trillion dollars Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.47,0:15:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of energy still to save. Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.40,0:15:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, three-fifths of the world's electricity runs motors. Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.87,0:15:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Half of that runs pumps and fans. Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.57,0:15:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those can all be made more efficient, Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.93,0:15:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the motors that turn them Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.63,0:15:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can have their system efficiency roughly doubled Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.27,0:15:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by integrating 35 improvements, paying back in about a year. Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.37,0:15:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first we ought to be capturing bigger, cheaper savings Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.33,0:15:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are normally ignored and that are not in the textbooks. Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.97,0:15:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, pumps, the biggest use of motors, Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.37,0:15:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move liquid through pipes. Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.20,0:15:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a standard industrial pumping loop Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.60,0:15:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was redesigned to use at least 86 percent less energy, Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.30,0:15:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not by getting better pumps, Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.70,0:15:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just by replacing long, thin, crooked pipes Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.27,0:15:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with fat, short, straight pipes. Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.67,0:16:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not about new technology, Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.27,0:16:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just rearranging our metal furniture. Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.67,0:16:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, it also shrinks the pumping equipment Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.57,0:16:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its capital costs. Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.27,0:16:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do such savings mean Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.53,0:16:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the electricity that is three-fifths used in motors? Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.80,0:16:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, from the coal burned at the power plant Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.90,0:16:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through all these compounding losses, Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.07,0:16:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only a tenth of the fuel energy Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.17,0:16:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually ends up coming out the pipe as flow. Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.77,0:16:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now let's turn those compounding losses around backwards, Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.33,0:16:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every unit of flow or friction that we save in the pipe Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.33,0:16:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saves 10 units of fuel cost, pollution Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.40,0:16:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what Hunter Lovins calls "global weirding" Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.50,0:16:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back at the power plant. Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.53,0:16:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, as you go back upstream, Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.93,0:16:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the components get smaller and therefore cheaper. Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.23,0:16:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our team has lately found such snowballing energy savings Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.77,0:16:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in more than 30 billion dollars-worth of industrial redisigns -- Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.00,0:16:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything from data centers and chip fabs Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.67,0:16:59.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mines and refineries. Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.37,0:17:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Typically are retrofit designs Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.30,0:17:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,save about 30 to 60 percent of the energy Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.70,0:17:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pay back in a few years, Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.40,0:17:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the new facility designs save 40 to 90-odd percent Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.40,0:17:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with generally lower capital cost. Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.00,0:17:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now needing less electricity Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.23,0:17:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would ease and speed Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.93,0:17:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the shift to new sources of electricity, chiefly renewables. Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.03,0:17:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China leads their explosive growth and their plummeting cost. Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.53,0:17:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, these solar powered module costs Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.40,0:17:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have just fallen off the bottom of the chart. Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.53,0:17:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Germany now has more solar workers Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.63,0:17:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than America has steel workers. Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.53,0:17:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Already in about 20 states Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.93,0:17:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private installers will come Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.53,0:17:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put those cheap solar cells on your roof with no money down Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.63,0:17:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beat your utility bill. Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.33,0:17:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such unregulated products Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.83,0:17:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could ultimately add up to a virtual utility Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.23,0:17:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bypasses your electric company Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.73,0:17:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as your cellphone bypassed your wireline phone company. Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.93,0:18:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this sort of thing gives utility executives the heebee-jeebees Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.17,0:18:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it gives venture capitalists sweet dreams.. Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.57,0:18:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Renewables are no longer a fringe activity. Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.67,0:18:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For each of the past four years Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.07,0:18:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half of the world's new generating capacity Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.17,0:18:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been renewable, Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.93,0:18:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainly lately in developing countries. Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.33,0:18:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2010, renewables other than big hydro, Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.93,0:18:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly wind and solar cells, Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.83,0:18:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got 151 billion dollars of private investment, Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.93,0:18:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they actually surpassed the total installed capacity Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.53,0:18:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of nuclear power in the world Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.23,0:18:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by adding 60 billion watts in that one year. Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.40,0:18:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That happens to be the same amount of solar cell capacity Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.50,0:18:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the world can now make every year -- Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.10,0:18:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number that goes up 60 or 70 percent a year. Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.20,0:18:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In contrast, the net additions of nuclear capacity and coal capacity Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.13,0:18:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the orders behind those keep fading Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.33,0:18:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they cost too much and they have too much financial risk. Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.90,0:18:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact in this country, Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.30,0:19:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no new nuclear power plant Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.00,0:19:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been able to raise any private construction capital, Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.93,0:19:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite seven years of 100-plus percent subsidies. Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.33,0:19:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how else could we replace the coal-fired power plants? Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.37,0:19:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well efficiency and gas can displace them all Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.97,0:19:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at just below their operating cost Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.27,0:19:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, combined with renewables, can displace more than 23 times Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.07,0:19:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at less than their replacement cost. Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.63,0:19:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we only need to replace them once. Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.33,0:19:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're often told though Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.07,0:19:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that only coal and nuclear plants can keep the lights on, Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.83,0:19:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're 24/7, Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.23,0:19:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas wind and solar power are variable, Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.73,0:19:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hence supposedly unreliable. Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.83,0:19:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually no generator is 24/7. They all break. Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.23,0:19:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when a big plant goes down, Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.33,0:19:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you lose a thousand megawatts in milliseconds, Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.43,0:19:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often for weeks or months, often without warning. Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.63,0:19:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is exactly why we've designed the grid Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.60,0:19:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to back up failed plants with working plants. Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.90,0:19:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in exactly the same way, Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.30,0:20:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the grid can handle wind and solar power's Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.60,0:20:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forecastable variations. Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.93,0:20:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hourly simulations Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.93,0:20:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show that largely, or wholly, renewable grids Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.90,0:20:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can deliver highly reliable power Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.30,0:20:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're forecasted, Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.57,0:20:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,integrated and diversified Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.27,0:20:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by both type and location. Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.67,0:20:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's true both for continental areas like the U.S. or Europe Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.67,0:20:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for smaller areas embedded within a larger grid. Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.97,0:20:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how, for example, Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.67,0:20:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four German states in 2010 Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.07,0:20:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were 43 to 52 percent wind powered. Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.23,0:20:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Portugal was 45 percent renewable powered, Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.77,0:20:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Denmark 36. Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.00,0:20:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's how all of Europe can shift Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.10,0:20:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to renewable electricity. Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.43,0:20:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In America, our aging, dirty and insecure power system Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.63,0:20:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to be replaced anyway by 2050. Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.33,0:20:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whatever we replace it with Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.07,0:20:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to cost about the same, Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.77,0:20:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about six trillion dollars at present value -- Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.00,0:21:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether we buy more of what we've got Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.10,0:21:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or new nuclear and so-called clean coal, Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.37,0:21:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or renewables that are more or less centralized. Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.77,0:21:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But those four futures at the same cost Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.27,0:21:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,differ profoundly in their risks, Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.97,0:21:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around national security, Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.87,0:21:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fuel, water, finance, technology, Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.27,0:21:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate and health. Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.67,0:21:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, our over-centralized grid Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.23,0:21:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is very vulnerable to cascading Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.93,0:21:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and potential economy-shattering blackouts Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.57,0:21:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caused by bad space weather other natural disasters Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.87,0:21:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a terrorist attack. Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.57,0:21:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that blackout risk disappears, Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.97,0:21:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of the other risks are best managed, Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.57,0:21:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with distributed renewables Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.97,0:21:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organized into local micro-grids that normally interconnect, Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.07,0:21:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but can stand alone at need. Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.77,0:21:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, they can disconnect fractally Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.47,0:21:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then reconnect seamlessly. Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.77,0:21:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That approach is exactly what the Pentagon is adopting Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.17,0:21:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for its own power supply. Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.87,0:22:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think they need that; how about the rest of us that they're defending? Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.13,0:22:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want our stuff to work too. Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.83,0:22:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At about the same cost as business as usual, Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.23,0:22:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this would maximize national security, Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.10,0:22:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,customer choice, entrepreneurial opportunity Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.73,0:22:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and innovation. Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.43,0:22:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together, efficient use and diverse dispersed renewable supply Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.20,0:22:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are starting to transform the whole electricity sector. Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.60,0:22:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditionally utilities build Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.40,0:22:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of giant coal and nuclear plants Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.80,0:22:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a bunch of big gas plants Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.50,0:22:28.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe a little bit of efficiency renewables. Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.73,0:22:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those utilities were rewarded, Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.47,0:22:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they still are in 34 states, Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.17,0:22:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for selling you more electricity. Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.23,0:22:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, especially where regulators Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.60,0:22:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not instead rewarding cutting your bills, Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.00,0:22:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the investments are shifting radically Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.97,0:22:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward efficiency, demand response, cogeneration, Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.87,0:22:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,renewables and ways to knit them all together reliably Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.67,0:22:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with less transmission Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.87,0:22:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and little or no bulk electricity storage. Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.57,0:23:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our energy future is not fate, but choice, Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.83,0:23:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that choice is very flexible. Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.53,0:23:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1976, for example, Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.13,0:23:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government and industry insisted Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.83,0:23:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the amount of energy needed to make a dollar of GDP Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.43,0:23:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could never go down. Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.80,0:23:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I heretically suggested it could go down several-fold. Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.20,0:23:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well that's what's actually happened so far. Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.83,0:23:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fallen by half. Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.53,0:23:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with today's much better technologies, Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.90,0:23:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more mature delivery channels and integrative design, Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.53,0:23:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do far more and even cheaper. Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.63,0:23:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to solve the energy problem, Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.43,0:23:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we just needed to enlarge it. Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.00,0:23:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the results may at first seem incredible, Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.40,0:23:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as Marshall McLuhan said, Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.90,0:23:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Only puny secrets need protection. Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.07,0:23:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity." Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.37,0:23:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now combine the electricity and oil revolutions, Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.23,0:23:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both driven by modern efficiency, Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.93,0:23:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get the really big story, reinventing fire, Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.03,0:23:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where business enabled and sped by smart policies in mindful markets Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.68,0:24:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can lead the United States completely off oil and coal by 2050, Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.44,0:24:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saving 5 trillion dollars, Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.53,0:24:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing the economy 2.6-fold, Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.62,0:24:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strengthening out national security, Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.20,0:24:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, and by the way, by getting rid of the oil and coal, Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.60,0:24:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reducing the fossil carbon emissions by 82 to 86 percent. Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.83,0:24:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if you like any of those outcomes, Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.17,0:24:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can support reinventing fire Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.87,0:24:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without needing to like all of them Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.47,0:24:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without needing to agree about which of them is most important. Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.17,0:24:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So focusing on outcomes, not motives, Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.77,0:24:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can turn gridlock and conflict Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.40,0:24:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a unifying solution to America's energy challenge. Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.33,0:24:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This also turns out to be the best way Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.47,0:24:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cope with global challenges -- Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.87,0:24:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change, nuclear proliferation, Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.50,0:24:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy insecurity, energy poverty -- Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.10,0:24:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of which make us less safe. Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.90,0:24:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now our team at RMI helps smart companies Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.63,0:24:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get unstuck and speed this journey Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.03,0:25:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by six central initiatives, with some more hatching. Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.73,0:25:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course there's still a lot of old thinking out there too. Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.97,0:25:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Former oil man Maurice Strong said, Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.67,0:25:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Not all the fossils are in the fuel." Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.37,0:25:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as Edgar Woolard, who used to chair Dupont, reminds us, Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.33,0:25:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Companies hampered by old thinking won't be a problem Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.03,0:25:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because," he said," they simply won't be around long-term." Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.37,0:25:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've described not just a once-in-a-civilization Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.20,0:25:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,business opportunity, Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.10,0:25:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one of the most profound transitions Dialogue: 0,0:25:32.20,0:25:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the history of our species. Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.90,0:25:36.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We humans are inventing a new fire, Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.60,0:25:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not dug from below, Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.67,0:25:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but flowing from above; Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.07,0:25:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not scarce, but bountiful; Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.37,0:25:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not local, but everywhere; Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.07,0:25:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not transient, but permanent; Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.67,0:25:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not costly, but free. Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.77,0:25:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And but for a little transitional tale of natural gas Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.37,0:25:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a bit of biofuel grown in ways that sustain and endure, Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.67,0:26:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this new fire is flameless. Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.10,0:26:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Efficiently used, it really can do our work Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.53,0:26:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without working our undoing. Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.63,0:26:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each of you owns a piece of that five trillion-dollar prize. Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.50,0:26:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And our new book "Reinventing Fire" Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.20,0:26:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,describes how you can capture it. Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.60,0:26:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with the conversation just begun Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.50,0:26:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at ReinventingFire.com, Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.90,0:26:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me invite you each Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.50,0:26:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to engage with us and with each other, with everyone around you, Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.60,0:26:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help make the world richer, fairer, Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.50,0:26:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cooler and safer Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.20,0:26:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by together reinventing fire. Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.20,0:26:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.07,0:26:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)