1 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:31,033 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:36,433 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 3 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:37,266 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 4 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:38,500 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 5 00:00:38,566 --> 00:00:39,666 I'M JOHN OLIVER, THANK YOU SO 6 00:00:39,733 --> 00:00:41,233 MUCH FOR JOINING US, JUST TIME 7 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:42,433 FOR A QUICK RECAP OF THE WEEK, 8 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:43,333 WHICH HAS BEEN BUSY. 9 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,966 THE HOUSE FINALLY PASSED THE BIG 10 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:46,633 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. 11 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:48,133 ABBA RELEASED ITS FIRST ALBUM 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,200 IN 40 YEARS, SO YOU KNOW YOUR 13 00:00:49,266 --> 00:00:51,633 PARENTS ARE FUCKING TONIGHT. 14 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:53,366 AND THE DEMOCRATS HAD A ROUGH 15 00:00:53,433 --> 00:00:54,866 TIME IN TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS. 16 00:00:54,933 --> 00:00:56,733 THEY LOST THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IN 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,966 VIRGINIA AND NEARLY LOST THE 18 00:00:59,033 --> 00:01:00,000 GOVERNORSHIP OF NEW JERSEY. 19 00:01:00,066 --> 00:01:03,666 BUT PERHAPS THE CLEAREST SIGN OF 20 00:01:03,733 --> 00:01:05,533 JUST HOW MUCH VOTERS HAVE TURNED 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:06,033 ON THEM WAS THIS: 22 00:01:06,100 --> 00:01:07,033 >> THE TRUCK DRIVER WITH NO 23 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:08,633 PRIOR POLITICAL EXPERIENCE HAS 24 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:09,166 DEFEATED ONE OF THE MOST 25 00:01:09,233 --> 00:01:10,400 POWERFUL DEMOCRATS IN NEW 26 00:01:10,466 --> 00:01:12,833 JERSEY. 27 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:14,800 >> HE IS REPUBLICAN EDWARD DURR 28 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:15,533 AND HE HAS WON THE DISTRICT 3 29 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:16,733 SENATE SEAT OVER INCUMBENT 30 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:17,366 STEVE SWEENEY, THE STATE SENATE 31 00:01:17,433 --> 00:01:20,033 PRESIDENT. 32 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:21,266 >> John: OKAY, HOLD ON. 33 00:01:21,333 --> 00:01:22,633 I KNOW THERE IS A LOT TO PROCESS 34 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:23,800 THERE: FROM A SURPRISE UPSET BY 35 00:01:23,866 --> 00:01:25,533 A MAN WITH NO POLITICAL 36 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:26,266 EXPERIENCE, TO SOMEONE BEING 37 00:01:26,333 --> 00:01:27,433 CALLED ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 38 00:01:27,500 --> 00:01:29,166 DEMOCRATS IN NEW JERSEY WHILE 39 00:01:29,233 --> 00:01:30,500 LOOKING LIKE DADDY DINOSAUR FROM 40 00:01:30,566 --> 00:01:32,633 "DINOSAURS." 41 00:01:32,700 --> 00:01:33,566 BUT WHAT I DIDN'T NEED TO BE 42 00:01:33,633 --> 00:01:34,166 TOLD IS THAT THE NAME OF HIS 43 00:01:34,233 --> 00:01:35,200 VANQUISHER -- THIS MAN -- 44 00:01:35,266 --> 00:01:36,966 IS "ED DURR." 45 00:01:37,033 --> 00:01:38,366 BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK LIKE THIS, 46 00:01:38,433 --> 00:01:39,333 THE "ED DURR" IS VERY MUCH 47 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,033 ASSUMED. 48 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:42,233 I SEE THIS IMAGE AND I 49 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:44,200 IMMEDIATELY KNOW THREE THINGS: 50 00:01:44,266 --> 00:01:45,400 HE'S A WHITE MIDDLE-AGED GUY. 51 00:01:45,466 --> 00:01:47,200 HIS STYLE ICON IS LARRY KING. 52 00:01:47,266 --> 00:01:48,966 AND HIS NAME IS, UNAVOIDABLY, 53 00:01:49,033 --> 00:01:51,900 ED DURR. 54 00:01:51,966 --> 00:01:53,000 THIS WAS A HUGE UPSET, AND IF 55 00:01:53,066 --> 00:01:53,833 YOU'RE THINKING, "WELL, MAYBE 56 00:01:53,900 --> 00:01:55,366 ED DURR SIMPLY CAPTIVATED PEOPLE 57 00:01:55,433 --> 00:01:57,266 WITH HIS UNIQUE AND POWERFUL 58 00:01:57,333 --> 00:01:58,500 VISION FOR NEW JERSEY," GOOD 59 00:01:58,566 --> 00:02:00,466 LUCK LANDING THAT ARGUMENT. 60 00:02:00,533 --> 00:02:01,733 >> ED, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING 61 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:03,266 YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHEN YOU GET 62 00:02:03,333 --> 00:02:06,900 TO THE CAPITOL IN TRENTON? 63 00:02:06,966 --> 00:02:09,233 >> UH, I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 64 00:02:09,300 --> 00:02:11,133 THAT'S THE KEY FACTOR. 65 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,533 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW, 66 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,333 SO I WILL LEARN WHAT I NEED TO 67 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:15,933 KNOW. 68 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,233 >> John: OH, COME ON, ED DURR. 69 00:02:18,300 --> 00:02:19,433 YOU COULD HAVE ANSWERED ANYTHING 70 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:21,233 THERE. 71 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:22,266 YOU COULD HAVE SAID "I'M GONNA 72 00:02:22,333 --> 00:02:23,200 LICK EVERY DOOR HANDLE" OR "GET 73 00:02:23,266 --> 00:02:24,233 TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS EPSTEIN 74 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:25,866 THING" OR YOU COULD HAVE JUST 75 00:02:25,933 --> 00:02:27,300 SAID, "DURR." 76 00:02:27,366 --> 00:02:29,566 ANY OF WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN 77 00:02:29,633 --> 00:02:30,500 BETTER THAN "I DON'T KNOW." 78 00:02:30,566 --> 00:02:31,633 ALSO, WHAT'S HE WEARING THERE? 79 00:02:31,700 --> 00:02:33,033 BLACK ON RED? 80 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:35,833 HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S AUDITIONING 81 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:36,800 TO BE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF 82 00:02:36,866 --> 00:02:39,566 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. 83 00:02:39,633 --> 00:02:40,433 THE ONLY TIME THAT COLOR 84 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:41,633 COMBINATION IS REMOTELY 85 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:42,366 ACCEPTABLE IS IF YOU'RE A 86 00:02:42,433 --> 00:02:43,066 MIDDLE SCHOOL BOY WHO WANTS HIS 87 00:02:43,133 --> 00:02:44,266 CLASSMATES TO KNOW THAT HE IS 88 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:45,166 GONNA BUY A GUN AS SOON AS HE'S 89 00:02:45,233 --> 00:02:48,166 OLD ENOUGH. 90 00:02:48,233 --> 00:02:50,100 AND IT IS NOT JUST DURR'S LACK 91 00:02:50,166 --> 00:02:50,900 OF EXPERIENCE THAT'S TROUBLING 92 00:02:50,966 --> 00:02:51,300 HERE. 93 00:02:51,366 --> 00:02:52,166 HE'S COMPARED COVID MANDATES TO 94 00:02:52,233 --> 00:02:53,400 THE HOLOCAUST AND TWEETED THAT 95 00:02:53,466 --> 00:02:54,300 THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD WAS A 96 00:02:54,366 --> 00:02:54,966 PEDOPHILE AND ISLAM IS A FALSE 97 00:02:55,033 --> 00:02:56,633 RELIGION. 98 00:02:56,700 --> 00:02:58,033 ALL OF WHICH SUDDENLY MAKES ME A 99 00:02:58,100 --> 00:02:58,633 LOT LESS CONCERNED ABOUT THE 100 00:02:58,700 --> 00:02:59,866 THINGS ED DURR DOESN'T KNOW, AND 101 00:02:59,933 --> 00:03:01,966 WAY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE 102 00:03:02,033 --> 00:03:04,666 THINGS HE THINKS HE DOES. 103 00:03:04,733 --> 00:03:05,433 NOW, MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT BIDEN 104 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:06,333 TRAVELED TO THE COP26 CLIMATE 105 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,833 SUMMIT THIS WEEK, WHERE WORLD 106 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:08,866 LEADERS MET TO TACKLE THE MOST 107 00:03:08,933 --> 00:03:11,166 URGENT ISSUE OF OUR TIME, AND 108 00:03:11,233 --> 00:03:12,366 BIDEN DIDN'T GET OFF TO A GREAT 109 00:03:12,433 --> 00:03:14,200 START. 110 00:03:14,266 --> 00:03:15,033 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS AT THE 111 00:03:15,100 --> 00:03:16,433 U.N. CLIMATE SUMMIT IN SCOTLAND 112 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:17,933 TODAY, AND DURING TODAY'S 113 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,100 OPENING SESSION, YOU GUESSED IT, 114 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:20,600 HE APPEARED TO FALL ASLEEP 115 00:03:20,666 --> 00:03:22,533 THERE. 116 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:23,366 >> THIS CONFERENCE IS ONE OF THE 117 00:03:23,433 --> 00:03:24,300 MOST IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN 118 00:03:24,366 --> 00:03:27,633 HISTORY. 119 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:28,933 >> John: YEAH. 120 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,866 THAT'S NOT IDEAL, IS IT? 121 00:03:30,933 --> 00:03:32,200 "THIS CONFERENCE IS ONE OF THE 122 00:03:32,266 --> 00:03:32,900 MOST IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN 123 00:03:32,966 --> 00:03:34,133 HISTORY" IS ONE OF THE WORST 124 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,800 THINGS SOMEONE CAN SAY AS YOU 125 00:03:35,866 --> 00:03:37,066 NOD OFF. 126 00:03:37,133 --> 00:03:38,366 IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH 127 00:03:38,433 --> 00:03:39,833 "YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE" OR 128 00:03:39,900 --> 00:03:42,700 "IN ONE MILE, EXIT HIGHWAY" OR 129 00:03:42,766 --> 00:03:43,333 "WELCOME TO 'LAST WEEK TONIGHT,' 130 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,066 I'M JOHN OLIVER." 131 00:03:47,133 --> 00:03:48,700 THE CONFERENCE WAS FULL OF 132 00:03:48,766 --> 00:03:49,400 REMINDERS, BIG AND SMALL, OF 133 00:03:49,466 --> 00:03:50,433 JUST HOW SERIOUS THIS SITUATION 134 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:51,766 IS, FROM THE MASSIVE PROTESTS 135 00:03:51,833 --> 00:03:54,433 OUTSIDE TO SOME OF THE DISPLAYS 136 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,000 WITHIN. 137 00:03:56,066 --> 00:03:57,433 FOR EXAMPLE, THE TINY ISLAND 138 00:03:57,500 --> 00:03:58,200 NATION OF TUVALU, WHICH MAY SOON 139 00:03:58,266 --> 00:03:59,566 BE FLOODED OUT OF EXISTENCE 140 00:03:59,633 --> 00:04:01,666 THANKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE, 141 00:04:01,733 --> 00:04:02,866 INSTALLED THIS EXHIBIT, 142 00:04:02,933 --> 00:04:03,833 DEPICTING POLAR BEARS IN 143 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:04,900 LIFE VESTS AND 144 00:04:04,966 --> 00:04:07,800 A PENGUIN IN A NOOSE. 145 00:04:07,866 --> 00:04:09,633 WHICH IS A STRIKING IMAGE, AND 146 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:10,933 EITHER SUGGESTS TUVALU'S PLIGHT 147 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:12,466 OR SOME KIND OF A TRAGIC 148 00:04:12,533 --> 00:04:13,700 SITUATION WHERE A 149 00:04:13,766 --> 00:04:15,200 GROUP OF POLAR BEARS COMMITTED A 150 00:04:15,266 --> 00:04:16,400 CRIME SO HEINOUS, THEY HAD TO 151 00:04:16,466 --> 00:04:17,666 KILL THE ONLY WITNESS -- AN 152 00:04:17,733 --> 00:04:18,766 INNOCENT PENGUIN -- AND MAKE IT 153 00:04:18,833 --> 00:04:20,433 LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE BEFORE 154 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:21,766 POPPING ON THEIR GETAWAY 155 00:04:21,833 --> 00:04:23,066 LIFE VESTS AND ESCAPING TO START 156 00:04:23,133 --> 00:04:25,366 NEW, HAPPIER LIVES. 157 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:27,966 IT'S ONE OF THOSE TWO THINGS. 158 00:04:28,033 --> 00:04:29,166 BUT THE MAIN ATTRACTION WAS 159 00:04:29,233 --> 00:04:33,933 CLEARLY THE WORLD LEADERS, MANY 160 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,266 OF WHOM MADE SOME BIG PROMISES, 161 00:04:35,333 --> 00:04:36,633 LIKE CUTTING BACK ON COAL AND 162 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:37,933 METHANE EMISSIONS AND COMMITTING 163 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:38,800 TO ENDING DEFORESTATION. 164 00:04:38,866 --> 00:04:39,700 AND CUMULATIVELY, THOSE PROMISES 165 00:04:39,766 --> 00:04:41,266 COULD HAVE SOME EFFECT. 166 00:04:41,333 --> 00:04:42,233 >> THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY 167 00:04:42,300 --> 00:04:45,033 AGENCY SAYS IF ALL THE PLEDGES 168 00:04:45,100 --> 00:04:45,733 FROM COP26 ARE FULFILLED AS 169 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,566 PROMISED AND ON SCHEDULE, 170 00:04:47,633 --> 00:04:49,133 GLOBAL WARMING CAN BE LIMITED TO 171 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:55,366 1.8 DEGREES. 172 00:04:55,433 --> 00:04:59,233 >> John: RIGHT, 1.8 DEGREES. 173 00:04:59,300 --> 00:05:00,600 WHICH SOUNDS OKAY, UNTIL YOU 174 00:05:00,666 --> 00:05:01,566 REMEMBER THE SCIENTIFIC 175 00:05:01,633 --> 00:05:02,233 CONSENSUS IS THAT THE RISE NEEDS 176 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:03,066 TO BE LIMITED TO 1.5 DEGREES, 177 00:05:03,133 --> 00:05:04,233 AND BEYOND THAT THRESHOLD, 178 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:06,000 THERE'S A FAR GREATER LIKELIHOOD 179 00:05:06,066 --> 00:05:11,200 OF DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. 180 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:12,500 AND IT ACTUALLY GETS WORSE, 181 00:05:12,566 --> 00:05:13,100 BECAUSE THAT ALREADY 182 00:05:13,166 --> 00:05:14,066 INSUFFICIENT TARGET IS 183 00:05:14,133 --> 00:05:14,866 PREDICATED ON EVERY SINGLE 184 00:05:14,933 --> 00:05:15,633 COUNTRY LIVING UP TO ITS 185 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:16,900 PLEDGES, WHICH SEEMS VERY 186 00:05:16,966 --> 00:05:17,500 UNLIKELY, BECAUSE THEIR TRACK 187 00:05:17,566 --> 00:05:19,300 RECORD ISN'T GREAT HERE. 188 00:05:19,366 --> 00:05:21,000 AT THE COP15 CONFERENCE 12 YEARS 189 00:05:21,066 --> 00:05:22,466 AGO, RICH NATIONS PROMISED TO 190 00:05:22,533 --> 00:05:23,900 CHANNEL $100 BILLION A YEAR TO 191 00:05:23,966 --> 00:05:25,233 LESS WEALTHY NATIONS BY 2020 TO 192 00:05:25,300 --> 00:05:26,533 HELP THEM ADAPT TO CLIMATE 193 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:33,366 CHANGE. 194 00:05:33,433 --> 00:05:34,400 BUT THEY ARE NOWHERE CLOSE TO 195 00:05:34,466 --> 00:05:35,000 THAT. 196 00:05:35,066 --> 00:05:35,833 AND LOOK, THERE ARE THINGS IT'S 197 00:05:35,900 --> 00:05:36,466 OKAY TO TAKE A DECADE ON 198 00:05:36,533 --> 00:05:37,633 AND NOT DELIVER -- 199 00:05:37,700 --> 00:05:38,833 THE "AVATAR" SEQUELS, 200 00:05:38,900 --> 00:05:39,666 FOR INSTANCE. 201 00:05:39,733 --> 00:05:40,766 TAKE YOUR TIME ON THOSE, 202 00:05:40,833 --> 00:05:42,666 JAMES CAMERON. 203 00:05:42,733 --> 00:05:45,233 NO ONE GIVES A SHIT. 204 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:45,900 I WILL GIVE ANYONE IN THIS 205 00:05:45,966 --> 00:05:46,533 AUDIENCE A THOUSAND DOLLARS IF 206 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:47,366 THEY REMEMBER EITHER OF THESE 207 00:05:47,433 --> 00:05:49,166 CHARACTERS' NAMES. 208 00:05:49,233 --> 00:05:50,200 EXACTLY. 209 00:05:50,266 --> 00:05:51,933 AID TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, 210 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:52,933 THOUGH, IS SOMETHING PEOPLE 211 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,100 ACTUALLY NEED. 212 00:05:55,166 --> 00:05:56,433 THE TRUTH IS, WHILE WORLD 213 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:57,033 LEADERS MAY BE LOUDLY PATTING 214 00:05:57,100 --> 00:05:57,600 THEMSELVES ON THE BACK FOR 215 00:05:57,666 --> 00:06:00,433 PLEDGING A BETTER FUTURE THIS 216 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:02,033 WEEK, THE LAST DECADE OF BROKEN 217 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:02,633 PROMISES SHOULD SERVE AS A 218 00:06:02,700 --> 00:06:03,533 WARNING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP 219 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:04,766 PUSHING THEM. 220 00:06:04,833 --> 00:06:06,733 BECAUSE THIS NEXT DECADE IS IT. 221 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,100 EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE -- 222 00:06:09,166 --> 00:06:11,100 YOUR LIFE, MINE, THOSE SADISTIC 223 00:06:11,166 --> 00:06:12,233 POLAR BEARS'. 224 00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:14,000 ALL OF IT. 225 00:06:14,066 --> 00:06:15,500 AND WE ALL NEED TO TAKE AN 226 00:06:15,566 --> 00:06:17,633 ACTIVE ROLE IN WAKING WORLD 227 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:18,833 LEADERS UP -- FIGURATIVELY AND 228 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:20,366 SADLY, IN ONE CASE, LITERALLY. 229 00:06:20,433 --> 00:06:25,000 AND NOW, THIS. 230 00:06:25,066 --> 00:06:26,666 >> Announcer: AND NOW, PEOPLE ON 231 00:06:26,733 --> 00:06:29,133 TV SAYING THINGS WRONG. 232 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:30,566 >> DR. RODRIGUEZ IS A 233 00:06:30,633 --> 00:06:33,400 BOARD-CERTIFIED INTERNIST AND A 234 00:06:33,466 --> 00:06:34,800 VIRALIST. 235 00:06:34,866 --> 00:06:36,600 AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? 236 00:06:36,666 --> 00:06:38,766 A VIROLOGIST. 237 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:39,400 >> NOW LISTEN TO TAYLOR SWIFT'S 238 00:06:39,466 --> 00:06:45,800 NEW ALBUM. 239 00:06:45,866 --> 00:06:46,100 "FORKLORE." 240 00:06:46,166 --> 00:06:50,300 CAN YOU HELP ME OUT? 241 00:06:50,366 --> 00:06:50,600 "FORKLORE." 242 00:06:50,666 --> 00:06:51,900 AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? 243 00:06:51,966 --> 00:06:52,733 >> YOU'RE LOOKING RIGHT HERE AT 244 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,500 CAPE CAN-A-VAR-AL. 245 00:06:55,566 --> 00:06:59,700 AM I SAYING? 246 00:06:59,766 --> 00:07:03,233 >> YOU SAID THAT RIGHT. 247 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:06,100 >> THE DIRECTOR OF WORKERS FOR 248 00:07:06,166 --> 00:07:07,466 OPPORTUNITY AT THE 249 00:07:07,533 --> 00:07:10,033 MACK-A-KNACK CENTER. 250 00:07:10,100 --> 00:07:11,800 AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? 251 00:07:11,866 --> 00:07:14,500 >> MACKINAC, BUT THANK YOU 252 00:07:14,566 --> 00:07:17,600 FOR HAVING ME. 253 00:07:17,666 --> 00:07:20,400 >> THIS MORNING, A WORK OF ART 254 00:07:20,466 --> 00:07:21,233 BY BANKSKY -- 255 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:22,000 AM I SAYING THIS RIGHT, BANKSKY? 256 00:07:22,066 --> 00:07:22,766 >> HAVE YOU NOT HEARD OF BANKSY? 257 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:23,866 >> HE PAINTED THAT ONE THING ON 258 00:07:23,933 --> 00:07:26,166 THE WALLS AND STUFF. 259 00:07:26,233 --> 00:07:28,933 OKAY, BANKE -- 260 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,433 >> BANKSY. 261 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:32,633 [LAUGHTER] 262 00:07:32,700 --> 00:07:33,533 >> AT AN AUCTION IN LONDON. 263 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,400 BANKSKY. 264 00:07:36,466 --> 00:07:38,666 BANKE? 265 00:07:38,733 --> 00:07:40,333 >> MOVING ON. 266 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,200 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 267 00:07:42,266 --> 00:07:42,500 ELECTRICITY. 268 00:07:42,566 --> 00:07:43,366 IT'S LIKE OSCAR ISAAC, IN THAT 269 00:07:43,433 --> 00:07:44,000 WITHOUT ITS INVOLVEMENT, NOTHING 270 00:07:44,066 --> 00:07:45,233 IN MY HOUSE GETS TURNED ON. 271 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:46,600 ELECTRICITY IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL 272 00:07:46,666 --> 00:07:48,333 PART OF MODERN LIFE, IT'S HARD 273 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:49,733 TO BELIEVE THAT WE USED TO HAVE 274 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:50,633 TO SELL PEOPLE ON THE IDEA OF 275 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:51,766 ELECTRIC APPLIANCES WITH ADS 276 00:07:51,833 --> 00:07:53,200 LIKE THIS. 277 00:07:53,266 --> 00:07:55,333 >> WHEN YOU STEP INSIDE THE 278 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,333 TOTAL ELECTRIC HOME YOU STEP 279 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,066 INTO AN ENTIRELY NEW CONCEPT IN 280 00:07:58,133 --> 00:08:00,466 LIVING ORGANIZED AROUND ELECTRIC 281 00:08:00,533 --> 00:08:01,833 CENTERS SUCH AS THIS 282 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:09,466 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. 283 00:08:09,533 --> 00:08:10,366 THE PRIDE AND JOY OF THE MAN OF 284 00:08:10,433 --> 00:08:11,100 THE HOUSE IS THE WEATHER CONTROL 285 00:08:11,166 --> 00:08:12,433 CENTER, A CENTER THAT PUTS YOU 286 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:14,033 IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTRIC 287 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:14,666 HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING AND 288 00:08:14,733 --> 00:08:15,300 THE ELECTRONIC AIR FILTERING OF 289 00:08:15,366 --> 00:08:24,633 THE ENTIRE HOUSE. 290 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:25,333 >> John: "YES, THE PRIDE AND JOY 291 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:26,466 OF THE MAN OF THE HOUSE IS, OF 292 00:08:26,533 --> 00:08:27,100 COURSE, THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL 293 00:08:27,166 --> 00:08:27,533 SYSTEM. 294 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,433 JUST INVITE ALL YOUR THERMO-BROS 295 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:29,033 OVER ON A SUNDAY, CRACK OPEN A 296 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:29,533 FEW BREWS, AND WATCH THE 297 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:30,400 TEMPERATURE FOR HOURS. 298 00:08:30,466 --> 00:08:31,000 SORRY, LADIES -- YOU WOULDN'T 299 00:08:31,066 --> 00:08:31,800 UNDERSTAND. 300 00:08:31,866 --> 00:08:34,133 IT'S A GUY THING." 301 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:35,566 SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO 302 00:08:35,633 --> 00:08:36,866 TALK ABOUT THE POWER GRID -- THE 303 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:38,200 SYSTEM OF GENERATORS THAT 304 00:08:38,266 --> 00:08:39,833 PRODUCE ELECTRICITY, AND THE 305 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:41,566 VAST LATTICEWORK OF WIRES THAT 306 00:08:41,633 --> 00:08:42,666 GET IT TO OUR HOMES. 307 00:08:42,733 --> 00:08:43,800 THE GRID IS SOMETHING YOU 308 00:08:43,866 --> 00:08:45,200 PROBABLY DON'T THINK ABOUT UNTIL 309 00:08:45,266 --> 00:08:47,366 IT GOES DOWN -- WHICH 310 00:08:47,433 --> 00:08:48,500 UNFORTUNATELY, HAS BEEN 311 00:08:48,566 --> 00:08:49,733 HAPPENING MORE AND MORE IN 312 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:50,666 RECENT YEARS. 313 00:08:50,733 --> 00:08:52,000 >> MILLIONS OF TEXANS WOKE UP TO 314 00:08:52,066 --> 00:08:53,133 COLD HOMES WHEN THE POWER GRID 315 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,566 FAILED. 316 00:08:55,633 --> 00:08:56,566 >> THIS VIDEO SHOWS LIGHTS GOING 317 00:08:56,633 --> 00:08:57,400 OUT AS PARTS OF THE POWER GRID 318 00:08:57,466 --> 00:09:00,733 FAILED. 319 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:01,866 >> AND THAT POWER GRID FAILED 320 00:09:01,933 --> 00:09:02,433 YESTERDAY WHEN HURRICANE IDA 321 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:03,533 RAVAGED PARTS OF LOUISIANA. 322 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:05,300 >> THE LIGHTS WENT OUT ACROSS 323 00:09:05,366 --> 00:09:06,633 DOWNTOWN DETROIT, CUTTING POWER 324 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:08,633 TO 1,400 BUILDINGS. 325 00:09:08,700 --> 00:09:09,933 WATCH AS THE LIGHTS GO OUT 326 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:10,733 DURING A MURDER TRIAL, THESE 327 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,166 LAWYERS LEFT IN THE DARK. 328 00:09:13,233 --> 00:09:14,500 >> John: HOLY SHIT! 329 00:09:14,566 --> 00:09:16,500 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT DURING A 330 00:09:16,566 --> 00:09:18,600 MURDER TRIAL, ONE OF TWO THINGS 331 00:09:18,666 --> 00:09:20,733 IS HAPPENING: YOU'VE EITHER GOT 332 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:21,833 A POWER GRID DEEPLY IN NEED OF 333 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:23,333 REPAIR OR THE MURDER VICTIM HAS 334 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:24,666 COME BACK AS A GHOST AND IS 335 00:09:24,733 --> 00:09:26,300 SEEKING REVENGE. 336 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:27,333 EITHER WAY, YOUR PRIORITIES HAVE 337 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,466 SHIFTED AND IT'S TIME TO FOCUS 338 00:09:28,533 --> 00:09:31,333 ON A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. 339 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:32,566 IF IT FEELS LIKE THERE'VE BEEN 340 00:09:32,633 --> 00:09:33,800 MORE OUTAGES THAN USUAL 341 00:09:33,866 --> 00:09:34,933 RECENTLY, THAT'S BECAUSE THERE 342 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,933 HAVE. 343 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,533 BY ONE ESTIMATE, FROM 2015 TO 344 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:39,433 2020 THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL 345 00:09:39,500 --> 00:09:42,033 BLACKOUTS IN THE U.S. DOUBLED. 346 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:44,000 THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR NUMEROUS 347 00:09:44,066 --> 00:09:45,600 REASONS -- THE MOST OBVIOUS 348 00:09:45,666 --> 00:09:46,900 BEING, SITTING AROUND WITHOUT 349 00:09:46,966 --> 00:09:49,466 POWER FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME 350 00:09:49,533 --> 00:09:50,700 ABSOLUTELY SUCKS. 351 00:09:50,766 --> 00:09:51,633 WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO 352 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:53,233 WITHOUT TV AND THE INTERNET? 353 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:54,933 GO OUTSIDE? 354 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,333 THAT'S WHERE SNAKES LIVE, YOU 355 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:57,700 IDIOT! 356 00:09:57,766 --> 00:09:59,066 SO WHAT ELSE ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO 357 00:09:59,133 --> 00:10:00,500 DO -- READ A BOOK? 358 00:10:00,566 --> 00:10:02,466 THAT'S WHERE SNAKES SLEEP, YOU 359 00:10:02,533 --> 00:10:03,500 IDIOT! 360 00:10:03,566 --> 00:10:04,400 WHY DO YOU THINK WE INVENTED 361 00:10:04,466 --> 00:10:06,500 KINDLES? 362 00:10:06,566 --> 00:10:08,200 BUT IT'S NOT JUST INCONVENIENCE. 363 00:10:08,266 --> 00:10:09,100 LOSING ELECTRICITY WREAKS 364 00:10:09,166 --> 00:10:10,666 HAVOC ON EVERYTHING FROM SEWAGE 365 00:10:10,733 --> 00:10:12,400 TREATMENT PLANTS TO WATER 366 00:10:12,466 --> 00:10:14,166 PURIFICATION SYSTEMS, AND CAN BE 367 00:10:14,233 --> 00:10:15,366 LIFE-THREATENING TO PEOPLE WHO 368 00:10:15,433 --> 00:10:16,933 RELY ON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LIKE 369 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:17,933 VENTILATORS AND POWERED 370 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,866 WHEELCHAIRS. 371 00:10:19,933 --> 00:10:20,800 >> IT'S TRAUMATIZING, IT'S 372 00:10:20,866 --> 00:10:22,100 TERRIFYING. 373 00:10:22,166 --> 00:10:23,200 >> FOR TERHORST, AN OUTAGE IS 374 00:10:23,266 --> 00:10:26,133 MORE THAN JUST AN EXPENSIVE 375 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:26,466 INCONVENIENCE. 376 00:10:26,533 --> 00:10:27,500 >> THIS ISN'T LIKE, "I'M GOING 377 00:10:27,566 --> 00:10:30,833 TO LOSE A CASSEROLE IN MY 378 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:33,400 FRIDGE," YOU KNOW? 379 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:34,733 THIS IS, "I MAY NOT BE ALIVE 380 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:40,433 TOMORROW." 381 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:41,833 >> John: RIGHT, EXACTLY. 382 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:42,533 THIS IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN 383 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:43,433 JUST LOST CASSEROLES ESPECIALLY 384 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:47,733 BECAUSE, LET'S BE HONEST HERE, 385 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:48,700 ALL CASSEROLES ARE SHIT. 386 00:10:48,766 --> 00:10:49,300 THEY DON'T RELY ON SPECIFIC 387 00:10:49,366 --> 00:10:50,200 INGREDIENTS SO MUCH AS ON 388 00:10:50,266 --> 00:10:51,233 "WHATEVER'S IN SOMEONE'S HOUSE." 389 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:53,200 CASSEROLES ARE A SAD SMORGASBORD 390 00:10:53,266 --> 00:10:54,533 OF OTHER LEFTOVERS DESPERATELY 391 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:55,433 COBBLED TOGETHER TO MAKE A 392 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:56,533 PATHETIC ALMOST MEAL WITH NAMES 393 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:57,966 LIKE "TUNA SURPRISE" AND 394 00:10:58,033 --> 00:11:02,100 "CHICKEN I'M SORRY." 395 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:03,000 BUT TO HAVE A CASSEROLE 396 00:11:03,066 --> 00:11:03,500 LEFTOVER? 397 00:11:03,566 --> 00:11:04,466 THAT'S ABANDONED FOOD THAT 398 00:11:04,533 --> 00:11:05,766 DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT TWO ROUNDS 399 00:11:05,833 --> 00:11:07,100 IN A ROW. 400 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:08,766 I'M SORRY, BUT IF THAT IS YOUR 401 00:11:08,833 --> 00:11:09,833 ONLY OPTION, THERE ARE WORSE 402 00:11:09,900 --> 00:11:12,066 FATES THAN BEING DEAD. 403 00:11:12,133 --> 00:11:15,466 AND WHILE THINGS ARE RIGHT BAD 404 00:11:15,533 --> 00:11:17,000 NOW, THEY COULD GET A LOT WORSE 405 00:11:17,066 --> 00:11:17,900 IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE THE U.S. 406 00:11:17,966 --> 00:11:19,600 HAS A GOAL OF NET-ZERO CARBON 407 00:11:19,666 --> 00:11:21,066 EMISSIONS BY 2050 -- WHICH WE 408 00:11:21,133 --> 00:11:24,033 MUST ABSOLUTELY MUST MEET -- BUT 409 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:25,900 ONE STUDY ESTIMATES THAT'S GOING 410 00:11:25,966 --> 00:11:27,333 TO REQUIRE A 40% TO 60% INCREASE 411 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,633 IN PEAK ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION. 412 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:30,733 WHICH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 413 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:31,633 DOES MAKE SENSE -- IF 414 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:34,100 WE'RE SWITCHING TO ELECTRIC 415 00:11:34,166 --> 00:11:37,700 CARS, COOKING, AND HEATING, ALL 416 00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:38,266 THAT ELECTRICITY IS GOING TO 417 00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:38,866 HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. 418 00:11:38,933 --> 00:11:40,733 AND THE TRUTH IS, IF EVERYONE 419 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:41,866 SUDDENLY HAD AN ELECTRIC CAR 420 00:11:41,933 --> 00:11:46,333 TOMORROW, THAT MIGHT BE GREAT 421 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:47,800 FOR THE PLANET BUT IT COULD PUSH 422 00:11:47,866 --> 00:11:48,900 OUR GRID TO THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT. 423 00:11:48,966 --> 00:11:50,500 SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 424 00:11:50,566 --> 00:11:51,100 POWER GRID, THE CURRENT STATE 425 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:51,966 THAT IT'S IN, AND WHAT WE CAN DO 426 00:11:52,033 --> 00:11:53,000 TO FIX IT. 427 00:11:53,066 --> 00:11:54,533 AND LET'S START WITH THE FACT 428 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,533 THAT WHILE I'M SAYING "GRID," 429 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,800 SINGULAR, OUR SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY 430 00:11:57,866 --> 00:12:00,466 MADE UP OF THREE GRIDS. 431 00:12:00,533 --> 00:12:00,900 THERE'S THE EASTERN 432 00:12:00,966 --> 00:12:01,900 INTERCONNECTION, THE WESTERN 433 00:12:01,966 --> 00:12:02,900 INTERCONNECTION, AND THE TEXAS 434 00:12:02,966 --> 00:12:05,333 INTERCONNECTION. 435 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,600 IT'S BASICALLY LIKE MAJOR LEAGUE 436 00:12:07,666 --> 00:12:08,866 BASEBALL, IN THAT THERE ARE TWO 437 00:12:08,933 --> 00:12:09,366 DOMINANT GROUPS AND THEN 438 00:12:09,433 --> 00:12:10,000 ASSHOLES IN TEXAS WHO'D RATHER 439 00:12:10,066 --> 00:12:12,333 MAKE UP THEIR OWN RULES. 440 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:13,833 AND IT ALL STARTED IN 1882, 441 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,866 RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK, WHEN 442 00:12:15,933 --> 00:12:18,500 THOMAS EDISON UNVEILED THE 443 00:12:18,566 --> 00:12:19,633 COUNTRY'S FIRST CENTRAL POWER 444 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:22,300 STATION ON PEARL STREET. 445 00:12:22,366 --> 00:12:23,700 INTERESTINGLY, IT WAS 446 00:12:23,766 --> 00:12:25,566 THEN-EDISON'S-SOMETIME RIVAL, 447 00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:26,600 NIKOLA TESLA, WHO HELPED DEVELOP 448 00:12:26,666 --> 00:12:28,133 THE TECHNOLOGY ENABLING 449 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,533 ELECTRICITY TO TRAVEL FOR LONG 450 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:30,500 DISTANCES. 451 00:12:30,566 --> 00:12:31,533 SOMETHING ALL THE MORE 452 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,200 REMARKABLE, GIVEN TESLA'S -- 453 00:12:33,266 --> 00:12:45,600 LET'S SAY ECCENTRICITIES. 454 00:12:45,666 --> 00:12:46,466 >> TESLA SUFFERED FROM BIZARRE 455 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:47,600 COMPULSIONS LIKE HIS CONSUMING 456 00:12:47,666 --> 00:12:48,466 NEED TO RESCUE INJURED PIGEONS 457 00:12:48,533 --> 00:12:49,166 AND NURSE THEM BACK TO HEALTH. 458 00:12:49,233 --> 00:12:50,233 >> HE HAS AN INFIRMARY FOR THEM 459 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:50,900 RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS BEDROOM WINDOW 460 00:12:50,966 --> 00:12:51,766 WHERE HE'S TRYING TO HEAL, YOU 461 00:12:51,833 --> 00:12:52,466 KNOW, SOME MIGHT HAVE BROKEN 462 00:12:52,533 --> 00:12:53,033 WINGS, BROKEN LEGS. 463 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:54,033 AND IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, HE 464 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:54,733 ACTUALLY REFERRED TO ONE BIRD AS 465 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:55,633 HIS WIFE. 466 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:56,600 AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN SHE 467 00:12:56,666 --> 00:12:57,566 DIED, THE INVENTIVE SPIRIT LEFT 468 00:12:57,633 --> 00:13:03,366 HIM. 469 00:13:03,433 --> 00:13:04,333 >> John: OH, DID IT, NOW? 470 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:05,533 LOOK, THIS ISN'T THE POINT OF 471 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:06,500 THIS STORY, OR ANYTHING, REALLY, 472 00:13:06,566 --> 00:13:08,066 BUT IF TESLA WERE ALIVE TODAY I 473 00:13:08,133 --> 00:13:08,633 GENUINELY WONDER WHICH WOULD 474 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:09,466 UPSET HIM MORE, THE FACT THAT 475 00:13:09,533 --> 00:13:10,966 HIS NAME'S BEEN CO-OPTED BY 476 00:13:11,033 --> 00:13:12,033 HISTORY'S FIRST EDGELORD 477 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:13,633 BILLIONAIRE OR THE FACT THAT 478 00:13:13,700 --> 00:13:15,200 MODERN PIGEONS HAVE GOTTEN SO 479 00:13:15,266 --> 00:13:17,600 UNFUCKABLE. 480 00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:18,566 LISTEN, I SAID NO. 481 00:13:18,633 --> 00:13:19,400 RESPECTFULLY, THANK YOU FOR THE 482 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:20,533 ATTENTION, BUT I AM NOT 483 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,500 INTERESTED, PLEASE LEAVE ME AND 484 00:13:21,566 --> 00:13:24,366 MY FRIENDS ALONE. 485 00:13:24,433 --> 00:13:25,633 AND WHEN IT WAS BUILT, OUR POWER 486 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:26,833 GRID WASN'T JUST A TECHNICAL 487 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:28,800 MARVEL -- IT WAS A CIVIC ONE. 488 00:13:28,866 --> 00:13:30,766 UNTIL THE 1930s, ELECTRICITY 489 00:13:30,833 --> 00:13:31,733 WAS A LUXURY MAINLY FOR DENSE 490 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,900 URBAN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. 491 00:13:33,966 --> 00:13:35,666 BUT AFTER FDR CREATED THE RURAL 492 00:13:35,733 --> 00:13:37,800 ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 493 00:13:37,866 --> 00:13:39,300 IN 1935, THAT BEGAN TO CHANGE. 494 00:13:39,366 --> 00:13:42,166 >> THE REA WAS SET UP BY THE 495 00:13:42,233 --> 00:13:43,600 PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS IN 496 00:13:43,666 --> 00:13:45,933 1935 TO HELP FARMERS TO GET THE 497 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,800 POWER AND THE LIGHT AT A PRICE 498 00:13:49,866 --> 00:13:50,933 THEY CAN AFFORD. 499 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,466 HERE IS THE FIRST THING WOMEN 500 00:13:55,533 --> 00:13:58,233 ASK FOR AFTER LIGHT ITSELF. 501 00:13:58,300 --> 00:13:59,266 IF YOU HAVE EVER IRONED FOR AN 502 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:01,266 HOUR, YOU'LL KNOW WHY. 503 00:14:01,333 --> 00:14:02,166 AN ELECTRIC IRON MAY NOT LOOK 504 00:14:02,233 --> 00:14:03,000 IMPORTANT TO A MAN, BUT IT 505 00:14:03,066 --> 00:14:03,866 LIGHTENS ONE WHOLE DAY'S BURDEN 506 00:14:03,933 --> 00:14:07,300 FOR A WOMAN. 507 00:14:07,366 --> 00:14:08,733 >> John: "YES, DON'T WORRY, 508 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:10,933 LADIES, WITH HUBBY NATURALLY 509 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:11,966 BUSY STARING AT THE THERMOSTAT, 510 00:14:12,033 --> 00:14:12,766 YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY TO DO TO 511 00:14:12,833 --> 00:14:13,966 OCCUPY YOUR TIME, LIKE IRONING 512 00:14:14,033 --> 00:14:16,333 HIS CLOTHES, OR TEACHING A 513 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:17,566 DIFFERENT WOMAN TO IRON HIS 514 00:14:17,633 --> 00:14:18,833 CLOTHES AND, IF THERE'S STILL 515 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,333 TIME, PRESSING THE IRON TO YOUR 516 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,266 NECK JUST FOR A MOMENT, SIMPLY 517 00:14:23,333 --> 00:14:24,766 TO FEEL SOMETHING. 518 00:14:24,833 --> 00:14:26,200 YOU THOUGHT GETTING LIGHTS WOULD 519 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:26,833 MAKE THINGS BETTER, BUT IT ONLY 520 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:28,233 MADE THINGS CLEARER, DIDN'T IT? 521 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,466 DIDN'T IT?" 522 00:14:30,533 --> 00:14:32,700 IN THE END, WE WOUND UP WITH 523 00:14:32,766 --> 00:14:35,000 600,000 MILES OF TRANSMISSION 524 00:14:35,066 --> 00:14:36,900 LINES AND AROUND 5.5 MILLION 525 00:14:36,966 --> 00:14:38,200 MILES OF LOCAL DISTRIBUTION 526 00:14:38,266 --> 00:14:39,700 LINES, LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU 527 00:14:39,766 --> 00:14:41,133 MIGHT SEE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE, 528 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:41,833 ALL OF WHICH FORM OUR MODERN 529 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:45,300 ELECTRICAL GRID. 530 00:14:45,366 --> 00:14:46,766 IT'S BEEN CALLED "THE SUPREME 531 00:14:46,833 --> 00:14:48,000 ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 532 00:14:48,066 --> 00:14:50,800 20TH CENTURY." 533 00:14:50,866 --> 00:14:52,333 WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT IS 534 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:52,833 COMPLETELY INVULNERABLE. 535 00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:53,233 OF COURSE NOT. 536 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:53,933 WHEN YOU STRING WIRES IN THE 537 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:54,900 AIR, THEY'RE SUBJECT TO 538 00:14:54,966 --> 00:14:56,466 INTERFERENCE FROM ALL SORTS OF 539 00:14:56,533 --> 00:15:02,500 THINGS. 540 00:15:02,566 --> 00:15:03,333 A WEBSITE THAT TRACKED 541 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:04,233 DISRUPTIONS FOUND THAT THERE'VE 542 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:05,300 BEEN OVER 600 OUTAGES CAUSED BY 543 00:15:05,366 --> 00:15:06,566 SQUIRRELS, OVER 200 BY BIRDS, 53 544 00:15:06,633 --> 00:15:07,600 BY RACCOONS, AND A NUMBER OF 545 00:15:07,666 --> 00:15:08,566 OTHERS CAUSED BY EVERYTHING FROM 546 00:15:08,633 --> 00:15:09,566 SNAKES TO SLUGS. 547 00:15:09,633 --> 00:15:10,766 AND LET ME JUST QUICKLY SAY 548 00:15:10,833 --> 00:15:12,900 HERE, KUDOS, SLUGS. 549 00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:13,900 OUT OF EVERYTHING ON THAT LIST, 550 00:15:13,966 --> 00:15:14,800 YOU'RE THE ONES I 551 00:15:14,866 --> 00:15:17,866 UNDERESTIMATED. 552 00:15:17,933 --> 00:15:19,000 THE NICEST THING I CAN SAY ABOUT 553 00:15:19,066 --> 00:15:20,566 YOU IS THAT ON YOUR BEST DAY YOU 554 00:15:20,633 --> 00:15:22,166 LOOK LIKE SASSY POOP -- BUT YOU 555 00:15:22,233 --> 00:15:23,600 REALLY SHOWED US SOMETHING BY 556 00:15:23,666 --> 00:15:24,500 DISRUPTING OUR POWER. 557 00:15:24,566 --> 00:15:26,066 SO ONCE MORE, SLUGS -- 558 00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:27,966 KUDOS. 559 00:15:28,033 --> 00:15:29,333 BUT IT'S NOT JUST ANIMALS THAT 560 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:35,700 CAN WREAK HAVOC. 561 00:15:35,766 --> 00:15:36,800 THERE'VE ALSO BEEN MULTIPLE 562 00:15:36,866 --> 00:15:37,433 BALLOON-BASED DISRUPTIONS, AND 563 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:38,100 IF YOU'RE WONDERING HOW ON EARTH 564 00:15:38,166 --> 00:15:38,700 A BALLOON COULD CAUSE A POWER 565 00:15:38,766 --> 00:15:47,866 OUTAGE, THE ANSWER IS LIKE THIS: 566 00:15:47,933 --> 00:15:48,733 >> OH, SHIT! 567 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,300 OH! 568 00:15:49,366 --> 00:15:50,433 >> [LAUGHS] 569 00:15:50,500 --> 00:15:52,633 [EXPLOSION] 570 00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:53,700 >> John: EXCELLENT. 571 00:15:53,766 --> 00:15:54,766 NOT ONE SINGLE NOTE. 572 00:15:54,833 --> 00:15:56,233 I HOPE NO ONE STANDING THERE WAS 573 00:15:56,300 --> 00:15:57,400 HURT, BUT HONESTLY, EVEN IF 574 00:15:57,466 --> 00:15:58,666 SOMEONE WAS, IT WOULDN'T BE A 575 00:15:58,733 --> 00:16:02,533 DEALBREAKER FOR ME. 576 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:03,166 BUT DISRUPTIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 577 00:16:03,233 --> 00:16:04,666 AN ISSUE FOR THE POWER GRID. 578 00:16:04,733 --> 00:16:06,333 WHAT MAKES IT ESPECIALLY 579 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,200 VULNERABLE NOW IS A COMBINATION 580 00:16:07,266 --> 00:16:09,933 OF TWO KEY FACTORS. 581 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,266 THE FIRST IS OLD AGE. 582 00:16:11,333 --> 00:16:12,633 MOST POWER LINES WERE 583 00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:13,833 CONSTRUCTED IN THE '50s AND 584 00:16:13,900 --> 00:16:15,600 '60s WITH A 50-YEAR 585 00:16:15,666 --> 00:16:17,800 LIFE EXPECTANCY, WHICH THEY'RE 586 00:16:17,866 --> 00:16:18,833 CLEARLY NOW WELL PAST. 587 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:19,700 AND THE SECOND IS 588 00:16:19,766 --> 00:16:20,800 CLIMATE CHANGE, MEANING 589 00:16:20,866 --> 00:16:21,633 THERE'S NOW MORE 590 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:23,000 DANGER POSED BY EXTREME WEATHER, 591 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:24,733 LIKE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, AND 592 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:25,366 ABNORMALLY HOT OR COLD 593 00:16:25,433 --> 00:16:27,100 TEMPERATURES. 594 00:16:27,166 --> 00:16:28,766 AND THAT COMBO OF OLD EQUIPMENT 595 00:16:28,833 --> 00:16:32,833 AND NEW CLIMATE THREATS HAS BEEN 596 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:33,166 DISASTROUS. 597 00:16:33,233 --> 00:16:33,900 THE MASSIVE CAMPFIRE IN 598 00:16:33,966 --> 00:16:35,033 CALIFORNIA A FEW YEARS 599 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:36,333 AGO HAPPENED BECAUSE THERE WAS A 600 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,966 DROUGHT IN THE AREA, MAKING IT 601 00:16:38,033 --> 00:16:39,633 ESSENTIALLY A TINDERBOX. 602 00:16:39,700 --> 00:16:41,066 AND IN INTENSE WINDS, SOME 603 00:16:41,133 --> 00:16:43,100 PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT 604 00:16:43,166 --> 00:16:44,800 FAILED, AND FOR A PRETTY 605 00:16:44,866 --> 00:16:46,733 INFURIATING REASON. 606 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,600 >> THIS IS THE HOOK THAT KILLED 607 00:16:50,666 --> 00:16:55,733 84 PEOPLE. 608 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,433 >> THAT GROOVE TOOK ABOUT 609 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:02,166 98 YEARS TO WEAR IN. 610 00:17:02,233 --> 00:17:03,866 IT'S NOT A DEFECT. 611 00:17:03,933 --> 00:17:05,466 THESE HOOKS ARE WHAT ARE HOLDING 612 00:17:05,533 --> 00:17:06,800 THE ELECTRICAL LINES OFF THE 613 00:17:06,866 --> 00:17:08,366 GROUND, AND PG&E'S DECISION WAS 614 00:17:08,433 --> 00:17:09,666 SIMPLY JUST TO LET THESE THINGS 615 00:17:09,733 --> 00:17:12,833 HANG UNTIL THEY BROKE. 616 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:14,533 >> WHEN THIS OLD HOOK DID BREAK, 617 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:15,666 THE POWER LINE MADE CONTACT WITH 618 00:17:15,733 --> 00:17:17,133 THE METAL TOWER, SHOWERING THE 619 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:18,533 GROUND IN SPARKS. 620 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,133 THAT'S HOW PG&E STARTED THE 621 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,366 CAMPFIRE. 622 00:17:23,433 --> 00:17:27,866 >> Joh YEAH. 623 00:17:27,933 --> 00:17:29,200 AND LET THAT BE A LESSON TO YOU. 624 00:17:29,266 --> 00:17:32,933 YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP SOMETHING 625 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:33,800 TO KEEP WORKING FOREVER. 626 00:17:33,866 --> 00:17:34,866 PG&E BASICALLY TOOK THE SAME 627 00:17:34,933 --> 00:17:35,433 APPROACH TO THEIR EQUIPMENT 628 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:36,433 AS DEMOCRATS DID WITH 629 00:17:36,500 --> 00:17:39,133 RUTH BADER GINSBURG. 630 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:40,700 AND IN BOTH CASES, IT DIDN'T END 631 00:17:40,766 --> 00:17:40,900 WELL. 632 00:17:40,966 --> 00:17:41,533 SO BASICALLY, WE'VE GOT A 633 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,566 POWER GRID BUILT IN THE 634 00:17:43,633 --> 00:17:44,866 20TH CENTURY THAT'S NOT EQUIPPED 635 00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:45,733 TO DEAL WITH THE NEEDS AND 636 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:46,800 STRESSES OF THE 21ST. 637 00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,133 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "WELL, 638 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,933 OKAY, LET'S UPGRADE IT THEN." 639 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:52,900 YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 640 00:17:52,966 --> 00:17:54,033 BUT THAT'S ALSO A MASSIVE 641 00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:55,000 UNDERTAKING. 642 00:17:55,066 --> 00:17:56,700 BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF 643 00:17:56,766 --> 00:17:57,833 FIXES, BOTH SMALL AND HUGE, THAT 644 00:17:57,900 --> 00:17:59,033 THE POWER GRID BADLY NEEDS. 645 00:17:59,100 --> 00:18:00,633 THE SMALL ONES, WE DON'T HAVE 646 00:18:00,700 --> 00:18:01,333 TIME TO GET INTO TONIGHT -- LIKE 647 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,600 INVESTING IN MICROGRIDS AND 648 00:18:04,666 --> 00:18:05,566 WEATHERPROOFING, AS WELL AS 649 00:18:05,633 --> 00:18:06,866 BETTER STORAGE CAPABILITIES, SO 650 00:18:06,933 --> 00:18:08,533 EXCESS POWER WE GENERATE DOESN'T 651 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:09,533 GO TO WASTE. 652 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,033 BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE 653 00:18:11,100 --> 00:18:12,833 HUGE ONE HERE. 654 00:18:12,900 --> 00:18:14,266 BECAUSE OUR SHIFT TO RENEWABLE 655 00:18:14,333 --> 00:18:15,233 ENERGY IS GOING TO REQUIRE A 656 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:16,233 FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN WHAT OUR 657 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:19,633 GRID LOOKS LIKE. 658 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:20,633 ONE OF THE FEW BENEFITS OF 659 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:22,300 FOSSIL-FUEL PLANTS IS THAT YOU 660 00:18:22,366 --> 00:18:23,500 CAN PUT THEM ANYWHERE -- THAT'S 661 00:18:23,566 --> 00:18:24,666 WHY MOST ARE LOCATED NEAR 662 00:18:24,733 --> 00:18:25,800 DENSELY POPULATED AREAS, CLOSE 663 00:18:25,866 --> 00:18:27,633 TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. 664 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:30,633 BUT YOU CAN'T JUST REPLACE EVERY 665 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:32,933 COAL PLANT WITH A WIND FARM, 666 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,233 BECAUSE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY 667 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:35,233 WHERE THE WIND IS STRONGEST, AND 668 00:18:35,300 --> 00:18:37,733 THAT FACT ALONE CHANGES 669 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:39,333 EVERYTHING. 670 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:40,566 >> THIS IS A MODEL CREATED BY 671 00:18:40,633 --> 00:18:41,966 PRINCETON, MAPPING OUT POSSIBLE 672 00:18:42,033 --> 00:18:43,100 PLACES IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. 673 00:18:43,166 --> 00:18:47,233 WHERE WIND AND SOLAR PROJECTS 674 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:48,300 COULD, IN THEORY, BE BUILT. 675 00:18:48,366 --> 00:18:49,666 ASIDE FROM SOME OFFSHORE WIND 676 00:18:49,733 --> 00:18:52,400 FARMS, IT'S MOSTLY IN THE MIDDLE 677 00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:53,566 OF THE U.S. 678 00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:54,566 ANOTHER STUDY FOUND THAT THESE 679 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:55,666 STATES HAVE MOST OF THE WIND AND 680 00:18:55,733 --> 00:18:57,700 SOLAR POTENTIAL, YET THE PEOPLE 681 00:18:57,766 --> 00:18:58,333 LIVING THERE WOULD ONLY MAKE UP 682 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:02,900 30% OF THE ELECTRICITY DEMAND. 683 00:19:02,966 --> 00:19:04,200 IN A DECARBONIZED FUTURE, WE'RE 684 00:19:04,266 --> 00:19:05,566 GOING TO NEED TO GET ELECTRICITY 685 00:19:05,633 --> 00:19:11,633 FROM HERE TO HERE. 686 00:19:11,700 --> 00:19:12,566 >> John: RIGHT, AND YOU PROBABLY 687 00:19:12,633 --> 00:19:14,166 DON'T EVEN NEED ME TO TELL YOU 688 00:19:14,233 --> 00:19:16,633 WHY THIS IS GOING TO BE AN 689 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:17,633 UPHILL BATTLE, BECAUSE AS SOON 690 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:18,766 AS YOU SAW THAT GRAPHIC AND 691 00:19:18,833 --> 00:19:19,333 REALIZED UPDATING THE GRID 692 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,666 WAS GOING TO REQUIRE A 693 00:19:20,733 --> 00:19:21,233 PRINCETON RESEARCHER TELLING 694 00:19:21,300 --> 00:19:21,866 A MIDWESTERN FARMER, "WE NEED TO 695 00:19:21,933 --> 00:19:24,333 BUILD SOMETHING IN YOUR BACKYARD 696 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:25,466 SO SOMEONE IN CALIFORNIA CAN 697 00:19:25,533 --> 00:19:26,633 POWER THEIR ELECTRIC CAR," YOU 698 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:27,833 ALREADY CALLED THE NEXT EIGHT 699 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:31,566 ELECTION CYCLES FOR REPUBLICANS. 700 00:19:31,633 --> 00:19:33,433 BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME GOOD 701 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:34,066 NEWS HERE, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY 702 00:19:34,133 --> 00:19:34,966 MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN 703 00:19:35,033 --> 00:19:36,100 BUILDING OUT RENEWABLE ENERGY 704 00:19:36,166 --> 00:19:37,433 POWER SOURCES. 705 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,066 LAST YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME 706 00:19:39,133 --> 00:19:40,533 EVER, RENEWABLES LIKE SOLAR, 707 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,333 WIND, AND HYDROPOWER ACCOUNTED 708 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,900 FOR THE LARGEST PORTION OF NEW 709 00:19:43,966 --> 00:19:45,666 GENERATING CAPACITY. 710 00:19:45,733 --> 00:19:47,400 AND THAT IS GOOD NOT JUST FOR 711 00:19:47,466 --> 00:19:48,900 CONSUMERS, BUT IN MANY CASES, 712 00:19:48,966 --> 00:19:50,433 FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THOSE 713 00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:53,166 FACILITIES ARE BUILT. 714 00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:54,833 IN 2019, WIND ENERGY PROJECTS 715 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:56,700 ALONE PROVIDED $706 MILLION IN 716 00:19:56,766 --> 00:19:58,200 LAND LEASE PAYMENTS TO RURAL 717 00:19:58,266 --> 00:20:00,233 LANDOWNERS. 718 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,233 SO ENTIRE TOWNS AND AREAS CAN 719 00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:03,466 BENEFIT FROM THE MONEY AND THE 720 00:20:03,533 --> 00:20:05,266 JOBS RENEWABLES CAN BRING -- AS 721 00:20:05,333 --> 00:20:06,666 THIS MAYOR IN WYOMING CAN 722 00:20:06,733 --> 00:20:07,833 ATTEST. 723 00:20:07,900 --> 00:20:09,233 >> MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS IT 724 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:10,566 PROVIDES MONEY, IT PROVIDES 725 00:20:10,633 --> 00:20:13,133 JOBS, TAXES. 726 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,433 AND THEN I LOOK AT THE TOWNS 727 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:15,600 THAT THEY'RE BY AND JUST THINK 728 00:20:15,666 --> 00:20:16,900 OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT THEY 729 00:20:16,966 --> 00:20:18,900 WOULDN'T HAVE HAD. 730 00:20:18,966 --> 00:20:20,533 A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, POLICE 731 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,266 CARS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. 732 00:20:22,333 --> 00:20:23,966 WHEN I LOOK AT A WIND FARM, ALL 733 00:20:24,033 --> 00:20:25,700 I THINK ABOUT IS CHA-CHING. 734 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:27,100 >> John: AND THAT'S GREAT. 735 00:20:27,166 --> 00:20:28,333 THOUGH, TO BE CLEAR, WHEN YOU 736 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,400 LOOK AT A WIND FARM, YOU CAN'T 737 00:20:30,466 --> 00:20:30,933 THINK "CHA-CHING," BECAUSE 738 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,100 THAT'S THE CASH REGISTER NOISE. 739 00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:37,833 I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A 740 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:38,933 DIFFEREN TPOINT, BUT THIS IS 741 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:39,666 IMPORTANT TOO. 742 00:20:39,733 --> 00:20:40,433 WIND FARMS GO "FWHOOOM. 743 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:41,000 FWHOOOM. 744 00:20:41,066 --> 00:20:41,433 FWHOOOM." 745 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:42,100 THAT'S HOW WIND FARMS GO. 746 00:20:42,166 --> 00:20:42,966 A CASH REGISTER GOES 747 00:20:43,033 --> 00:20:43,700 "CHA-CHING," 748 00:20:43,766 --> 00:20:44,633 A SOLAR FARM GOES "TSSSSSS," 749 00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:45,500 A CAT ON THE DAY EVERYONE FORGOT 750 00:20:45,566 --> 00:20:46,966 ITS BIRTHDAY GOES "ME-OW," 751 00:20:47,033 --> 00:20:48,533 A HORNY CARTOON WOLF GOES 752 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,066 "AWHOOGA," AND, AGAIN, 753 00:20:50,133 --> 00:20:50,833 WIND FARMS GO, "FWHOOOM. 754 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:51,433 FWHOOOM. 755 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:53,433 FWHOOOM." 756 00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:54,166 JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT HOW 757 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:56,433 THINGS GO. 758 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:58,400 SO THE PHYSICAL GENERATION OF 759 00:20:58,466 --> 00:20:59,633 RENEWABLE ENERGY ISN'T REALLY 760 00:20:59,700 --> 00:21:01,200 THE PROBLEM. 761 00:21:01,266 --> 00:21:02,500 THE KEY ISSUE IS THE 762 00:21:02,566 --> 00:21:04,233 TRANSMISSION OF IT -- BASICALLY, 763 00:21:04,300 --> 00:21:05,600 HOW DO YOU GET THAT ENERGY FROM 764 00:21:05,666 --> 00:21:06,700 WHERE IT'S MADE, LIKE A WIND 765 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:08,500 FARM IN WYOMING, TO WHERE IT'S 766 00:21:08,566 --> 00:21:09,266 NEEDED, WHICH COULD BE A 767 00:21:09,333 --> 00:21:11,766 THOUSAND MILES AWAY? 768 00:21:11,833 --> 00:21:14,566 AND THAT BRINGS US TO 769 00:21:14,633 --> 00:21:16,933 TRANSMISSION LINES, BECAUSE THEY 770 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:17,900 ARE AT THE ABSOLUTE HEART OF OUR 771 00:21:17,966 --> 00:21:18,800 GRID, AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED A 772 00:21:18,866 --> 00:21:20,133 LOT MORE OF THEM. 773 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,433 PARTLY BECAUSE, DUE TO THE 774 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:22,833 LIMITATIONS OF OUR AGING 775 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:24,266 TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE, IN 776 00:21:24,333 --> 00:21:25,533 SOME PLACES, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 777 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:26,833 MORE ELECTRICITY THAN WE HAVE 778 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:30,066 THE CAPABILITY TO TRANSPORT. 779 00:21:30,133 --> 00:21:31,000 FOR INSTANCE, IN VERMONT, THEY 780 00:21:31,066 --> 00:21:32,433 HAD TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON NEW 781 00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:33,833 SOLAR AND WIND PROJECTS BECAUSE 782 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:34,866 THE TRANSMISSION LINES COULDN'T 783 00:21:34,933 --> 00:21:37,233 CARRY ANY MORE ELECTRICITY. 784 00:21:37,300 --> 00:21:39,633 SO BUILDING OUT NEWER, HIGHER 785 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:41,466 CAPACITY LINES IS CRUCIALLY 786 00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:42,866 IMPORTANT. 787 00:21:42,933 --> 00:21:44,900 BUT SO FAR, WE HAVEN'T DONE 788 00:21:44,966 --> 00:21:46,233 NEARLY ENOUGH. 789 00:21:46,300 --> 00:21:48,166 AND THAT IS FOR A COUPLE OF 790 00:21:48,233 --> 00:21:49,000 REASONS. 791 00:21:49,066 --> 00:21:49,766 AND THE FIRST BIG ONE IS 792 00:21:49,833 --> 00:21:51,033 LOCATION. 793 00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:52,000 STRINGING POWER LINES OUT ACROSS 794 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:53,633 THE COUNTRY IS A LOGISTICAL 795 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:56,066 NIGHTMARE. 796 00:21:56,133 --> 00:21:57,333 UNLIKE INTERSTATE GAS LINES, 797 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,066 WHICH ONLY REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM 798 00:21:58,133 --> 00:21:59,533 THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 799 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,000 COMMISSION, WITH POWER LINES, 800 00:22:01,066 --> 00:22:02,233 YOU MUST SECURE THE 801 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:03,533 BUY-IN FROM MULTIPLE STATE AND 802 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:04,800 LOCAL AGENCIES IN EVERY STATE 803 00:22:04,866 --> 00:22:06,333 YOU PASS THROUGH, ALONGSIDE ALL 804 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,000 THE INDIVIDUAL LANDOWNERS WHOSE 805 00:22:08,066 --> 00:22:09,533 PROPERTY YOU NEED TO USE. 806 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:10,833 AND LOOK, THERE ARE LEGITIMATE 807 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:12,533 REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO NOT WANT 808 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,100 POWER LINES IN THEIR BACKYARD -- 809 00:22:16,166 --> 00:22:17,266 FOR INSTANCE, IF IT DISRUPTS 810 00:22:17,333 --> 00:22:20,766 THEIR FARMING OPERATION OR GOES 811 00:22:20,833 --> 00:22:21,266 THROUGH ENVIRONMENTALLY 812 00:22:21,333 --> 00:22:22,566 PROTECTED AREAS OR 813 00:22:22,633 --> 00:22:23,833 CULTURAL OR SACRED SITES FOR 814 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:24,300 NATIVE AMERICANS. 815 00:22:24,366 --> 00:22:25,133 OTHER OBJECTIONS ARE SIMPLY 816 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:26,600 AESTHETIC. 817 00:22:26,666 --> 00:22:28,266 THE FACT IS, HIGH-VOLTAGE LINES 818 00:22:28,333 --> 00:22:30,233 CAPABLE OF CARRYING MORE 819 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:30,800 ELECTRICITY REQUIRE BIGGER 820 00:22:30,866 --> 00:22:31,633 TOWERS THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS, 821 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:33,366 AND SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT 822 00:22:33,433 --> 00:22:35,633 TO SEE THEM. 823 00:22:35,700 --> 00:22:36,433 IT'S SUCH AN ISSUE THAT SOME 824 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:38,200 COUNTRIES HAVE ACTUALLY MADE 825 00:22:38,266 --> 00:22:38,900 EFFORTS TO BEAUTIFY THEIR 826 00:22:38,966 --> 00:22:40,433 TOWERS. 827 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:42,200 IN HUNGARY, THEY DECIDED TO 828 00:22:42,266 --> 00:22:43,600 BUILD ONES THAT LOOK LIKE 829 00:22:43,666 --> 00:22:44,533 JESTERS. 830 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:45,633 IN ICELAND, THEY'VE PROPOSED 831 00:22:45,700 --> 00:22:46,733 THESE DESIGNS FOR A PROJECT 832 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,433 CALLED "LAND OF GIANTS." 833 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:50,400 AND IN ARGENTINA, THERE IS 834 00:22:50,466 --> 00:22:51,066 "COLOSO," THE GIANT TRANSMISSION 835 00:22:51,133 --> 00:22:51,800 LINE ROBOT. 836 00:22:51,866 --> 00:22:53,333 AT NIGHT, COLOSO LIGHTS UP AND 837 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:54,800 CAN EVEN SMILE AND WINK. 838 00:22:54,866 --> 00:22:56,366 AND, LOOK, I GET THE SMILE 839 00:22:56,433 --> 00:22:58,400 PART -- YOU WANT COLOSO TO COME 840 00:22:58,466 --> 00:23:00,400 OFF AS FRIENDLY SO CHILDREN 841 00:23:00,466 --> 00:23:02,333 AREN'T TERRIFIED OF THE GIANT 842 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:03,866 ELECTRIFIED ROBOT WITH GLOWING 843 00:23:03,933 --> 00:23:05,200 MONSTER EYES -- BUT WHY DOES IT 844 00:23:05,266 --> 00:23:07,100 NEED TO WINK? 845 00:23:07,166 --> 00:23:08,000 WHAT IS IT TRYING TO 846 00:23:08,066 --> 00:23:09,400 COMMUNICATE? 847 00:23:09,466 --> 00:23:11,633 IS IT COMING ON TO US? 848 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:13,633 BECAUSE I FEEL THE SAME WAY 849 00:23:13,700 --> 00:23:15,733 ABOUT COLOSO AS I DO ABOUT THAT 850 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,200 PIGEON -- NEVER IN A MILLION 851 00:23:17,266 --> 00:23:18,100 FUCKING YEARS. 852 00:23:18,166 --> 00:23:18,633 NO, THANK YOU. 853 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:19,733 PLEASE STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE 854 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:20,500 THAT. 855 00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:21,833 IT'S MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE. 856 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:22,400 IT'S MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY. 857 00:23:22,466 --> 00:23:23,066 WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GIVE HER A 858 00:23:23,133 --> 00:23:24,266 NICE EVENING. 859 00:23:24,333 --> 00:23:25,166 ALTHOUGH I WILL KEEP THE 860 00:23:25,233 --> 00:23:27,100 LONG ISLAND ICED TEA. 861 00:23:27,166 --> 00:23:30,600 THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. 862 00:23:30,666 --> 00:23:32,700 AND THE THING IS, LOCAL 863 00:23:32,766 --> 00:23:33,966 OPPOSITION CAN BE VERY EFFECTIVE 864 00:23:34,033 --> 00:23:36,000 IN KILLING TRANSMISSION LINE 865 00:23:36,066 --> 00:23:37,100 PROJECTS. 866 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:38,233 A FEW YEARS BACK, A COMPANY 867 00:23:38,300 --> 00:23:39,600 PROPOSED PLANS TO BUILD 16 MILES 868 00:23:39,666 --> 00:23:40,700 OF NEW LINES THROUGH 869 00:23:40,766 --> 00:23:43,600 PENNSYLVANIA. 870 00:23:43,666 --> 00:23:45,700 BUT LOCAL LANDOWNERS FORMED A 871 00:23:45,766 --> 00:23:46,833 GRASSROOTS GROUP TO PUSH BACK, 872 00:23:46,900 --> 00:23:47,466 EVEN RELEASING VIDEOS LIKE THIS 873 00:23:47,533 --> 00:23:52,000 ONE TO DETAIL THEIR OBJECTIONS: 874 00:23:52,066 --> 00:23:53,333 >> I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY NEEDS 875 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:53,933 ELECTRIC AND EVERYBODY HAS TO 876 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:54,566 HAVE ELECTRIC. 877 00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:55,933 I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE WITHOUT 878 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:56,933 ELECTRIC. 879 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:57,933 BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU 880 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,233 KNOW, THIS IS ONLY GOING TO HELP 881 00:24:01,300 --> 00:24:02,533 PEOPLE IN WESTERN PA, 882 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:03,033 MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA. 883 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:03,733 AND WHAT'S IT DO? 884 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:04,566 YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I CHOSE TO 885 00:24:04,633 --> 00:24:05,133 LIVE HERE, AND THEY CHOSE TO 886 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:05,900 LIVE THERE. 887 00:24:05,966 --> 00:24:06,766 SO DON'T MAKE YOUR PROBLEM MY 888 00:24:06,833 --> 00:24:08,500 PROBLEM. 889 00:24:08,566 --> 00:24:14,900 THAT'S -- THAT'S HOW I FEEL. 890 00:24:14,966 --> 00:24:15,733 >> John: OKAY, I MEAN, 891 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:16,400 THAT IS A LITTLE MADDENING. 892 00:24:16,466 --> 00:24:17,000 THE MIRRORED SUNGLASSES DON'T 893 00:24:17,066 --> 00:24:17,600 HELP, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT. 894 00:24:17,666 --> 00:24:18,900 BECAUSE I DO GET "I DON'T WANT 895 00:24:18,966 --> 00:24:28,100 THIS ON MY LAND," BUT TO MAKE 896 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:30,333 YOUR ARGUMENT "I DON'T WANT THIS 897 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,333 HERE IF IT'LL HELP HELP SOMEONE 898 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:32,633 OVER THERE" 899 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:33,200 MAKES YOU SOUND LIKE A DICK. 900 00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:33,900 ALSO, IF WE DON'T UPGRADE THE 901 00:24:33,966 --> 00:24:34,733 GRID, ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE IS 902 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:35,233 GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS, 903 00:24:35,300 --> 00:24:35,800 INCLUDING YOU. 904 00:24:35,866 --> 00:24:36,400 IT'S LIKE SAYING, "DON'T MAKE 905 00:24:36,466 --> 00:24:37,866 YOUR PROBLEM MY PROBLEM" WHEN 906 00:24:37,933 --> 00:24:39,033 YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD IS FULL OF 907 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:39,866 BEARS. 908 00:24:39,933 --> 00:24:42,100 SURE, BUT WHEN IT GETS OVER THAT 909 00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:43,666 FENCE, GUESS WHAT? 910 00:24:43,733 --> 00:24:45,566 IT'S YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM NOW 911 00:24:45,633 --> 00:24:45,733 TOO. 912 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:46,566 AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL THE 913 00:24:46,633 --> 00:24:47,400 HURDLES TRANSMISSION PROJECTS 914 00:24:47,466 --> 00:24:48,933 HAVE TO CLEAR, IT'S NO WONDER IT 915 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,533 CAN TAKE UP TO A DECADE TO GET 916 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,466 NEW ONES APPROVED, IF THEY'RE 917 00:24:52,533 --> 00:24:53,500 APPROVED AT ALL. 918 00:24:53,566 --> 00:24:54,433 AND THIS CAN MAKE IT HARDER TO 919 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,366 BRING RENEWABLE ENERGY ONTO THE 920 00:24:57,433 --> 00:24:57,966 GRID IN THE FIRST PLACE. 921 00:24:58,033 --> 00:24:59,266 FEWER THAN A QUARTER OF PROPOSED 922 00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:01,166 ENERGY PROJECTS, LIKE SOLAR AND 923 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:02,766 WIND, ACTUALLY EVER MAKE IT TO 924 00:25:02,833 --> 00:25:04,600 COMMERCIAL OPERATION BECAUSE OF 925 00:25:04,666 --> 00:25:06,633 TRANSMISSION HURDLES. 926 00:25:06,700 --> 00:25:10,100 AND THAT IS REALLY NOT GOOD. 927 00:25:10,166 --> 00:25:11,533 NOW, THE SECOND BIG OBSTACLE TO 928 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,866 OVERCOME HERE IS COST. 929 00:25:14,933 --> 00:25:16,333 BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, THIS WON'T 930 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,766 BE CHEAP. 931 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:20,133 ONE STUDY PROJECTS DECARBONIZING 932 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:20,733 OUR POWER GRID COULD COST $2.5 933 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:21,666 TRILLION OVER THE NEXT DECADE. 934 00:25:21,733 --> 00:25:22,833 TO PUT IT MILDLY, NOT EVERYONE 935 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:25,600 IS ON BOARD WITH SPENDING THAT 936 00:25:25,666 --> 00:25:27,333 MONEY. 937 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,633 WHEN CONGRESS WAS CONSIDERING 938 00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:30,566 THE CLEAN FUTURE ACT -- A BILL 939 00:25:30,633 --> 00:25:31,966 THAT WOULD, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 940 00:25:32,033 --> 00:25:32,600 PROVIDE FOR EXPANDING OUR 941 00:25:32,666 --> 00:25:33,566 TRANSMISSION SYSTEM -- 942 00:25:33,633 --> 00:25:34,733 REPRESENTATIVE BILL JOHNSON 943 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,566 ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO ENTERTAIN 944 00:25:36,633 --> 00:25:38,100 THE NOTION THAT IT COULD 945 00:25:38,166 --> 00:25:39,433 POSSIBLY BE WORTH IT AND WOULD 946 00:25:39,500 --> 00:25:40,300 NOT BACK DOWN. 947 00:25:40,366 --> 00:25:42,066 >> WHETHER THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 948 00:25:42,133 --> 00:25:42,933 ARE STUCK PICKING UP THIS TAB 949 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,600 VIA HIGHER TAXES OR RATE 950 00:25:44,666 --> 00:25:46,933 INCREASES ON THEIR UTILITY 951 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,266 BILLS, CAN YOU HONESTLY SAY THAT 952 00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:50,200 THEY'LL BE RECEIVING A RETURN ON 953 00:25:50,266 --> 00:25:55,566 THEIR INVESTMENT? 954 00:25:55,633 --> 00:25:57,566 >> AS YOU LOOK AT THE 955 00:25:57,633 --> 00:25:58,500 COST-BENEFIT FOR THE HEALTH AND 956 00:25:58,566 --> 00:25:59,033 SAFETY OF COMMUNITIES -- 957 00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:00,500 >> NO, WHAT'S THE RETURN ON 958 00:26:00,566 --> 00:26:02,666 INVESTMENT? 959 00:26:02,733 --> 00:26:03,833 WHAT IS THE RETURN ON 960 00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:05,933 INVESTMENT? 961 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,833 THEY'RE MAKING A MONETARY 962 00:26:06,900 --> 00:26:07,633 INVESTMENT WITH THEIR TAXES OR 963 00:26:07,700 --> 00:26:10,466 THEIR RATE INCREASES. 964 00:26:10,533 --> 00:26:12,333 WHAT IS THE RETURN ON THEIR 965 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,666 INVESTMENT? 966 00:26:14,733 --> 00:26:15,733 >> SO THE RETURN ON THE 967 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:16,333 INVESTMENT IS ACCESS TO CLEAN 968 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,400 ENERGY. 969 00:26:17,466 --> 00:26:18,766 IT'S ACCESS TO -- 970 00:26:18,833 --> 00:26:20,200 >> NO, THAT'S NOT A RETURN ON 971 00:26:20,266 --> 00:26:21,766 INVESTMENT. 972 00:26:21,833 --> 00:26:25,100 A RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS A 973 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:25,900 MONETARY THING. 974 00:26:25,966 --> 00:26:26,966 THAT'S WHY YOU MAKE AN 975 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:27,266 INVESTMENT. 976 00:26:27,333 --> 00:26:29,133 >> John: OKAY, A FEW THINGS: 977 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:29,466 ONE, SHUT UP. 978 00:26:29,533 --> 00:26:31,500 TWO, IF YOU HAD LET HER TALK FOR 979 00:26:31,566 --> 00:26:32,866 MORE THAN TWO FUCKING SECONDS, 980 00:26:32,933 --> 00:26:33,766 SHE MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU MANY 981 00:26:33,833 --> 00:26:34,700 STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT IT IS 982 00:26:34,766 --> 00:26:37,966 COST-EFFECTIVE. 983 00:26:38,033 --> 00:26:38,633 FOR INSTANCE, A FEDERAL LAB 984 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:39,766 LOOKED INTO EXPANDING 985 00:26:39,833 --> 00:26:40,366 TRANSMISSION LINES ACROSS THE 986 00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:41,233 COUNTRY AND FOUND THAT SUCH A 987 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:42,633 PROJECT COULD RETURN UP TO $2.50 988 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:44,200 IN BENEFITS FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF 989 00:26:44,266 --> 00:26:46,000 COST. 990 00:26:46,066 --> 00:26:47,233 WHICH IS, AS AN ASSHOLE MIGHT 991 00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:49,066 PUT IT, A RETURN. 992 00:26:49,133 --> 00:26:50,333 A RETURN ON A FUCKING 993 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,966 INVESTMENT. 994 00:26:52,033 --> 00:26:54,633 BUT SET THAT ASIDE. 995 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:56,266 SET ASIDE ALSO THAT BLACKOUTS 996 00:26:56,333 --> 00:26:57,000 CAN COST US A LOT OF MONEY, AS 997 00:26:57,066 --> 00:26:58,733 THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS WILL TELL 998 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,766 YOU, AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM 999 00:27:01,833 --> 00:27:02,166 EARLIER THIS YEAR. 1000 00:27:02,233 --> 00:27:03,900 THERE ARE ALSO MANY BENEFITS 1001 00:27:03,966 --> 00:27:05,333 HERE THAT AREN'T PURELY 1002 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,400 MONETARY. 1003 00:27:06,466 --> 00:27:08,366 A CLEANER GRID HELPS COMBAT 1004 00:27:08,433 --> 00:27:09,833 CLIMATE CHANGE, MEANING THAT 1005 00:27:09,900 --> 00:27:10,500 MAYBE YOUR GRANDKIDS WON'T DIE 1006 00:27:10,566 --> 00:27:13,033 IN WEEKLY LAVA HURRICANES. 1007 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:14,400 WHICH DOES SEEM PRETTY 1008 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:14,700 WORTHWHILE. 1009 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:15,833 FRAMING THIS PURELY A MATTER OF 1010 00:27:15,900 --> 00:27:17,533 NET PROFIT SO WEIRD. 1011 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:18,400 IT'S LIKE SAYING, 1012 00:27:18,466 --> 00:27:19,666 "WHAT'S THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT 1013 00:27:19,733 --> 00:27:22,000 IN FUNDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? 1014 00:27:22,066 --> 00:27:24,200 HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE MAKE OFF 1015 00:27:24,266 --> 00:27:25,100 THAT?" 1016 00:27:25,166 --> 00:27:26,733 WELL, TECHNICALLY NONE, BUT IF 1017 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:27,866 YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, SOMEONE 1018 00:27:27,933 --> 00:27:29,533 WILL COME WITH A HOSE PUT IT 1019 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:30,066 OUT. 1020 00:27:30,133 --> 00:27:30,866 PLUS WE GET THOSE SEXY 1021 00:27:30,933 --> 00:27:32,333 FIREFIGHTER CALENDARS FULL OF 1022 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:33,566 OILED-UP FIRE HUNKS. 1023 00:27:33,633 --> 00:27:34,633 SO WE GET TO BE SAFER AND 1024 00:27:34,700 --> 00:27:35,600 HORNIER. 1025 00:27:35,666 --> 00:27:39,033 I'D CALL IT A WIN-WIN. 1026 00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:40,800 AND LOOK, I ADMIT, THIS IS GOING 1027 00:27:40,866 --> 00:27:42,266 TO REQUIRE A LOT OF COMPROMISE 1028 00:27:42,333 --> 00:27:43,433 AND FLEXIBILITY FROM ALL OF US. 1029 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:45,166 BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO OVERCOME 1030 00:27:45,233 --> 00:27:46,500 THE HURDLES I'VE DESCRIBED. 1031 00:27:46,566 --> 00:27:48,300 WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSMISSION 1032 00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:50,933 LINE LOCATION, WE CAN EASE 1033 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,266 PEOPLE'S CONCERNS. 1034 00:27:52,333 --> 00:27:53,166 NOT NECESSARILY BY GOING FULL 1035 00:27:53,233 --> 00:27:55,366 CREEPY COLOSO HERE. 1036 00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:57,566 WE DON'T HAVE TO BE WINKED AT. 1037 00:27:57,633 --> 00:27:59,300 BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE 1038 00:27:59,366 --> 00:28:00,900 COMPENSATED FAIRLY FOR THE USE 1039 00:28:00,966 --> 00:28:02,066 OF THEIR PROPERTY, OR PLACE 1040 00:28:02,133 --> 00:28:06,000 LINES, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, 1041 00:28:06,066 --> 00:28:07,500 ON ALREADY "DISTURBED LANDS" 1042 00:28:07,566 --> 00:28:09,333 LIKE ALONG RAILROADS AND 1043 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,400 HIGHWAYS. 1044 00:28:11,466 --> 00:28:13,000 AND WHEN IT COMES TO COST, WE'RE 1045 00:28:13,066 --> 00:28:14,300 FINALLY MAKING SOME PROGRESS. 1046 00:28:14,366 --> 00:28:14,866 THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT 1047 00:28:14,933 --> 00:28:15,733 PASSED THE HOUSE THIS WEEK 1048 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:16,766 DEVOTES OVER $65 BILLION TO 1049 00:28:16,833 --> 00:28:18,000 IMPROVE THE POWER GRID WITH A 1050 00:28:18,066 --> 00:28:19,333 PORTION GOING DIRECTLY TO 1051 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:20,766 TRANSMISSION UPGRADES AND 1052 00:28:20,833 --> 00:28:21,766 EXPANSION. 1053 00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:23,100 IT IS A GOOD START WHILE ALSO 1054 00:28:23,166 --> 00:28:25,033 BEING NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. 1055 00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:26,700 BUT THE KEY THING GOING FORWARD 1056 00:28:26,766 --> 00:28:28,433 HERE MIGHT BE TO START THINKING 1057 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:30,366 ABOUT THIS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE 1058 00:28:30,433 --> 00:28:32,000 CURRENTLY ARE. 1059 00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:33,133 'CAUSE FOR TOO LONG, WHENEVER 1060 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:34,000 WE'VE EXPERIENCED BLACKOUTS, 1061 00:28:34,066 --> 00:28:35,166 WE'VE TENDED TO THINK OF IT AS 1062 00:28:35,233 --> 00:28:38,300 "THE POWER GRID FAILING." 1063 00:28:38,366 --> 00:28:39,200 BUT TRUTH IS, IT'S NOT FAILING 1064 00:28:39,266 --> 00:28:40,933 US, WE'RE FAILING IT BY ASKING 1065 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,933 IT TO DO SOMETHING IT WASN'T 1066 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,100 DESIGNED TO DO IN CONDITIONS IT 1067 00:28:45,166 --> 00:28:46,566 WASN'T DESIGNED TO HANDLE. 1068 00:28:46,633 --> 00:28:49,400 SO WE NEED TO ACT BOLDLY AND 1069 00:28:49,466 --> 00:28:50,900 QUICKLY, AS IF BOTH OUR LIVES 1070 00:28:50,966 --> 00:28:52,000 AND OUR SHITTY CASSEROLES 1071 00:28:52,066 --> 00:28:53,466 DEPEND ON IT. 1072 00:28:53,533 --> 00:28:54,766 AND IF WE DO THIS, IF WE MANAGE 1073 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:55,666 TO PROPERLY UPGRADE OUR POWER 1074 00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:58,266 GRID, IT WILL GENUINELY BE ONE 1075 00:28:58,333 --> 00:29:00,100 OF THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1076 00:29:00,166 --> 00:29:03,533 OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND ONE 1077 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,233 DEFINITELY WORTH CELEBRATING. 1078 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:07,800 PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW, WITH SOME 1079 00:29:07,866 --> 00:29:08,633 BALLOONS! 1080 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:09,633 YOU KNOW? 1081 00:29:09,700 --> 00:29:11,000 BALLOONS ARE ALWAYS FUN, AREN'T 1082 00:29:11,066 --> 00:29:12,900 THEY? 1083 00:29:12,966 --> 00:29:17,200 OH, SHIT. 1084 00:29:17,266 --> 00:29:18,133 [EXPLOSION] 1085 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:19,033 OH, SHIT. 1086 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:19,966 OH, NO. 1087 00:29:20,033 --> 00:29:21,000 HOLD ON. 1088 00:29:21,066 --> 00:29:26,600 I'M OKAY. 1089 00:29:26,666 --> 00:29:28,233 THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1090 00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:29,800 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING, WE 1091 00:29:29,866 --> 00:29:30,533 WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1092 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:31,366 GOOD -- 1093 00:29:31,433 --> 00:29:32,033 [BALLOON POPS] 1094 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:32,766 FUCK! 1095 00:29:32,833 --> 00:29:36,166 GOOD NIGHT. 1096 00:29:36,233 --> 00:29:40,166 THANK YOU, THAT'S IT. 1097 00:29:40,233 --> 00:29:42,833 I'M GOING TO GO THIS WAY. 1098 00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:45,333 OVER HERE? 1099 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,766 WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK.