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AND FORMER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
OPERATOR JOINS US AS WELL.
YOU SAY THIS FILM IS COMPLETELY
ONE-SIDED.
EXPLAIN.
>> I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED TO
SEE ALMOST NO COVERAGE OF ANY
INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS ABOUT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR RENEWABLE
ENERGY LIKE SOLAR AND WIND WHEN
THESE ARE THE CLEANEST, FASTEST
AND THE CHEAPEST SOLUTIONS TO
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND IN THIS COUNTRY THE
UTILITIES HAVE TRIPLED
INVESTMENT IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY
JUST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THAT'S MAKING ALL OF OUR HOMES
AND SHOPS AND BUSINESSES GET
MORE ENERGY SERVICES OUT OF THE
POWER THAT WE GENERATE.
THAT'S JUST SCRATCHING THE
SURFACE.
>> BUT THE FILM CLEARLY SAYS
THAT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS LIKE
SOLAR, WIND, IS NOT A REAL
ENERGY SOLUTION.
IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
AND THAT'S WHY OIL COMPANIES
INVEST IN IT AND SUPPORT IT
BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT WILL NEVER
BE A REAL SOLUTION.
>> THAT'S WHAT THE FILM SAYS.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE WHO
ARE EXPERT IN THE AREAS OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY SAY.
OUR OWN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SAYS RENEWABLES, WIND AND SOLAR
WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND OTHER
RESOURCES, BUT RENEWABLES ALONE
COULD BE 80% OF OUR ENERGY NEEDS
BY 2050.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S PRETTY
SILLY.
DO THE MATH.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE
RENEWABLE ENERGIES NONHYDRO
RENEWABLES ARE LESS THAN 2% OF
GLOBAL ENERGY.
AND THE GROWTH IN GLOBAL ENERGY
USE IS 2 TO 3% A YEAR.
SO 20 TO 30 YEARS OF SUBSIDIES
TO RENEWABLE ENERGIES ARE
SUPPLYING ONLY ONE YEAR'S
GROWTH.
SO WE HAVE TO MOVE.
WE NEED ABUNDANT, AFFORDABLE,
CLEAN ENERGY.
AND WE SHOULDN'T BE CUTTING OFF
ANY OF THOSE SOURCES.
>> INCLUDING NUCLEAR.
>> INCLUDING NUCLEAR.
NUCLEAR SHOULD BE ONE OF THE
OPTIONS.
THE PEOPLE WHO FAVOR NUCLEAR
DON'T SAY NO SOLAR ENERGY.
MY BARN ROOF IS COVERED WITH
SOLAR PANELS.
WE GENERATE TWICE AS MUCH ENERGY
AS WE USE.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE RENEWABLE
ADVOCATES WILL FIRST OF ALL TRY
TO CUT DOWN NUCLEAR SO THAT YOU
HAVE NO CHOICE.
>> THERE'S NO ENVIRONMENTAL
GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH
SUPPORTS NUCLEAR ENERGY.
>> WELL, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT DOES NOT
SUPPORT NUCLEAR ENERGY.
>> YOU USED TO BE OPPOSED.
>> MY FIRST DOCUMENTARY WAS AN
ANTI-NUCLEAR DOCUMENTARY.
MY LAST DOCUMENTARY WAS A LOVING
HISTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
MOVEMENT.
BUT I'VE TAKE THEN FILM ALL OVER
THIS COUNTRY TO COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
I'M TAKING IT AROUND THE WORLD
NOW.
AND HONESTLY, ANDERSON, I'VE HAD