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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.00,0:00:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the ocean as I used to know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.00,0:00:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I find that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.00,0:00:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I've been in the Gulf a couple of times,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.00,0:00:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really kind of am traumatized
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because whenever I look at the ocean now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.00,0:00:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter where I am,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even where I know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,none of the oil has gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.00,0:00:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sort of see slicks,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm finding that I'm very much
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.00,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,haunted by it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I want to talk to you about today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.00,0:00:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a lot of things that try
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put all of this in context,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.00,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just about the oil eruption,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what it means and why it has happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, just a little bit about me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm basically just a guy that likes to go fishing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever since I was a little kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.00,0:00:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and because I did,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wound up studying sea birds
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.00,0:00:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to stay in the coastal habitats that I so loved.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.00,0:00:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now I mainly write books
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.00,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how the ocean is changing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ocean is certainly changing very rapidly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.00,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we saw this kind of graphic earlier on,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we really live on a hard marble
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has just a slight
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bit of wetness to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.00,0:01:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you dipped a marble in water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.00,0:01:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the same thing with the atmosphere:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you took all the atmosphere
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.00,0:01:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rolled it up in a ball,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would get that little sphere of gas on the right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.00,0:01:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we live on
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.00,0:01:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most fragile, little soap bubble you can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.00,0:01:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very sacred soap bubble,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.00,0:01:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one that is very, very easy to affect.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all the burning of oil and coal and gas,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the fossil fuels,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have changed the atmosphere greatly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.00,0:01:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carbon dioxide level has gone up and up and up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.00,0:01:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're warming the climate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.00,0:01:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the blowout in the Gulf
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just a little piece
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.00,0:01:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a much larger problem that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.00,0:01:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the energy that we use to run civilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.00,0:01:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond warming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.00,0:01:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have the problem of the oceans getting more acidified --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.00,0:01:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and already measurably so,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and already affecting animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.00,0:02:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now in the laboratory,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.00,0:02:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you take a clam and you put it in the pH
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.00,0:02:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is -- not 8.1,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the normal pH of seawater --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.00,0:02:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but 7.5,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.00,0:02:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it dissolves in about three days.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.00,0:02:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you take a sea urchin larva
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.00,0:02:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 8.1,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.00,0:02:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put it in a pH of 7.7 --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.00,0:02:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a huge change --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.00,0:02:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes deformed and dies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And already, commercial oyster larvae
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are dying at large scales
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.00,0:02:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some places.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.00,0:02:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coral reefs are growing slower
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some places because of this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.00,0:02:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this really matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.00,0:02:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's take a little tour
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the Gulf a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.00,0:02:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that really impresses me about the people in the Gulf:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.00,0:02:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are really, really aquatic people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.00,0:02:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they can handle water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.00,0:02:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can handle a hurricane that comes and goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.00,0:02:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the water goes down, they know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.00,0:02:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it's something other than water,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.00,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their water habitat changes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.00,0:03:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't have many options.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.00,0:03:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, those entire communities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.00,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really don't have many options.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have another thing they can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.00,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can't go and work
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.00,0:03:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the local hotel business
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.00,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there isn't one in their community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.00,0:03:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to the Gulf and you look around,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.00,0:03:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do see a lot of oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.00,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see a lot of oil on the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.00,0:03:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see a lot of oil on the shoreline.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to the site of the blowout,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.00,0:03:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it looks pretty unbelievable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.00,0:03:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like you just emptied the oil pan in your car,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.00,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just dumped it in the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.00,0:03:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the really most incredible things, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.00,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there's nobody out there
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to collect it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.00,0:03:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the site where it is densest.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parts of the ocean there
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look just absolutely apocalyptic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.00,0:03:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go in along the shore,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.00,0:03:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can find it everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.00,0:03:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really messy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.00,0:03:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to the places where it's just arriving,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.00,0:04:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the eastern part of the Gulf, in Alabama,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's still people using the beach
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while there are people cleaning up the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.00,0:04:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they have a very strange way of cleaning up the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not allowed to put more than 10 pounds of sand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a 50-gallon plastic bag.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have thousands and thousands of plastic bags.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.00,0:04:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what they're going to do with all that stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.00,0:04:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, there are still people trying to use the beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.00,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't see the little, tiny sign
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says: "Stay out of the water."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.00,0:04:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their kids are in the water; they're getting tar
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.00,0:04:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over their clothes and their sandals. It's a mess.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.00,0:04:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you go to the place where the oil has been a while,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.00,0:04:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's an even bigger mess.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.00,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's basically nobody there anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.00,0:04:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few people trying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.00,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep using it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see people who are really shell-shocked.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.00,0:04:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are very hardworking people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.00,0:04:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All they know about life is they get up in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.00,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if their engine starts, they go to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.00,0:04:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always felt that they could rely on
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.00,0:04:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the assurances that nature brought them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.00,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the ecosystem of the Gulf.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're finding that their world is really collapsing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.00,0:05:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you can see, literally,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.00,0:05:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signs of their shock,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.00,0:05:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signs of their outrage,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.00,0:05:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,signs of their anger,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.00,0:05:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and signs of their grief.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.00,0:05:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the things that you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.00,0:05:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot you can't see, also,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.00,0:05:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underwater.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.00,0:05:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going on underwater?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.00,0:05:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, some people say
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.00,0:05:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are oil plumes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.00,0:05:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say there are not oil plumes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.00,0:05:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Congressman Markey asks, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.00,0:05:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it going to take a submarine ride
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.00,0:05:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if there are really oil plumes?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I couldn't take a submarine ride --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.00,0:05:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially between the time I knew I was coming here and today --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.00,0:05:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I had to do
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.00,0:05:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little experiment myself
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.00,0:05:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if there was oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.00,0:06:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the Gulf of Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.00,0:06:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sparkling place full of fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.00,0:06:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I created a little oil spill
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.00,0:06:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I learned -- in fact, I confirmed -- the hypothesis
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.00,0:06:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that oil and water don't mix
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.00,0:06:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you add a dispersant,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.00,0:06:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they start mixing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.00,0:06:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you add a little energy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.00,0:06:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the wind and the waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.00,0:06:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get a big mess,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.00,0:06:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a big mess
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.00,0:06:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can't possibly clean,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.00,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't touch, you can't extract
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.00,0:06:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, I think most importantly -- this is what I think --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.00,0:06:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.00,0:06:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's being hidden on purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.00,0:06:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is such a catastrophe and such a mess,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.00,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lots of stuff is leaking out on the edges of the information stream.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as many people have said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.00,0:06:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a large attempt to suppress what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personally, I think that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.00,0:07:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dispersants are
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.00,0:07:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a major strategy to hide the body,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.00,0:07:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we put the murderer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.00,0:07:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in charge of the crime scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.00,0:07:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.00,0:07:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see where the oil
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.00,0:07:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is concentrated at the surface,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.00,0:07:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it is attacked,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.00,0:07:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they don't want the evidence, in my opinion.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.00,0:07:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.00,0:07:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard that bacteria eat oil?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.00,0:07:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do sea turtles.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.00,0:07:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it breaks up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.00,0:07:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has a long way to go
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.00,0:07:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before it gets down to bacteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.00,0:07:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Turtles eat it. It gets in the gills of fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.00,0:07:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These guys have to swim around through it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.00,0:07:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard the most incredible story today
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.00,0:07:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was on the train coming here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.00,0:07:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A writer named Ted Williams called me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.00,0:07:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was asking me a couple of questions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.00,0:07:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what I saw,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.00,0:07:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he's writing an article for Audubon magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.00,0:07:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said that he had been in the Gulf a little while ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.00,0:07:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like about a week ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.00,0:07:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a guy who had been a recreational fishing guide
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.00,0:08:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took him out to show him what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.00,0:08:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That guide's entire calendar year
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.00,0:08:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is canceled bookings.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.00,0:08:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has no bookings left.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.00,0:08:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody wanted their deposit back. Everybody is fleeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.00,0:08:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the story of thousands of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.00,0:08:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he told Ted
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.00,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that on the last day he went out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bottlenose dolphin
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.00,0:08:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suddenly appeared next to the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.00,0:08:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was splattering oil
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.00,0:08:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out its blowhole.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.00,0:08:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he moved away
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.00,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his last fishing trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he knew that the dolphins scare fish.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.00,0:08:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he moved away from it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.00,0:08:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turned around a few minutes later,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.00,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was right next to the side of the boat again.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said that in 30 years of fishing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.00,0:08:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had never seen a dolphin do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.00,0:08:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he felt that --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.00,0:08:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he felt that it was
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.00,0:08:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming to ask for help. Sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:09:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in the Exxon Valdez spill,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 30 percent of the killer whales
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.00,0:09:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,died in the first few months.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.00,0:09:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their numbers have never recovered.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.00,0:09:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the recovery rate of all this stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.00,0:09:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be variable.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.00,0:09:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to take longer for some things.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.00,0:09:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some things, I think, will probably
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.00,0:09:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come back a little faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.00,0:09:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing about the Gulf that is important
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.00,0:09:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there are a lot of animals
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.00,0:09:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that concentrate in the Gulf
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.00,0:09:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at certain parts of the year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.00,0:09:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Gulf is a really important piece of water --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.00,0:09:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more important than a similar volume
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.00,0:09:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of water in the open Atlantic Ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.00,0:09:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These tuna swim the entire ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.00,0:09:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get in the Gulf Stream. They go all the way to Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.00,0:09:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes time to spawn, they come inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.00,0:09:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these two tuna that were tagged,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.00,0:09:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see them on the spawning grounds
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.00,0:09:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very much right in the area of the slick.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.00,0:09:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're probably having, at the very least,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.00,0:09:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a catastrophic spawning season this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.00,0:09:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm hoping that maybe the adults
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.00,0:09:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are avoiding that dirty water.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.00,0:10:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't usually like to go into water
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.00,0:10:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is very cloudy anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.00,0:10:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these are really high-performance
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.00,0:10:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,athletic animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.00,0:10:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what this kind of stuff will do in their gills.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.00,0:10:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if it'll affect the adults.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.00,0:10:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's not, it's certainly affecting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.00,0:10:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their eggs and larvae, I would certainly think.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.00,0:10:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you look at that graph that goes down and down and down,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.00,0:10:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what we've done to this species
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.00,0:10:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through overfishing over many decades.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.00,0:10:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while the oil spill,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.00,0:10:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the leak, the eruption,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.00,0:10:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a catastrophe,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.00,0:10:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's important to keep in mind
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.00,0:10:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've done a lot to affect what's in the ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.00,0:10:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a very, very long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.00,0:10:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like we're starting with something
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.00,0:10:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's been okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.00,0:10:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're starting with something that's had a lot of stresses
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.00,0:10:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of problems to begin with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.00,0:10:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look around at the birds,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.00,0:10:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are a lot of birds in the Gulf
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.00,0:10:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that concentrate in the Gulf at certain times of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.00,0:10:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.00,0:10:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they populate much larger areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.00,0:10:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for instance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.00,0:11:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of the birds in this picture are migratory birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.00,0:11:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were all on the Gulf in May,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.00,0:11:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while oil was starting to come ashore in certain places.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.00,0:11:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Down on the lower left there
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.00,0:11:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are Ruddy Turnstones and Sanderlings.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.00,0:11:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They breed in the high arctic,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.00,0:11:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they winter down in southern South America.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.00,0:11:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they concentrate in the Gulf
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.00,0:11:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then fan out all across the arctic.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.00,0:11:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw birds that breed in Greenland
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.00,0:11:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Gulf,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.00,0:11:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is a hemispheric issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.00,0:11:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The economic effects
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.00,0:11:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go at least nationally in many ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.00,0:11:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The biological effects are certainly hemispheric.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.00,0:11:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that this is one of the most
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.00,0:11:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolutely mind-boggling
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.00,0:11:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,examples of total unpreparedness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.00,0:11:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can even think of.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.00,0:11:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.00,0:11:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least they shot back.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.00,0:11:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we just seem to be
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.00,0:11:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unable to figure out what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.00,0:11:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was nothing ready,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.00,0:12:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, as we can see
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.00,0:12:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what they're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.00,0:12:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mainly what they're doing is booms and dispersants.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.00,0:12:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The booms are absolutely not made for open water.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.00,0:12:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't even attempt to corral
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.00,0:12:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oil where it is most concentrated.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.00,0:12:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get near shore. Look at these two boats.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.00,0:12:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That one on the right is called Fishing Fool.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.00,0:12:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think, you know, that's a great name
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.00,0:12:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for boats that think that they're going to do anything
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.00,0:12:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a dent in this by dragging a boom between them
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.00,0:12:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when there are literally hundreds of thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.00,0:12:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of square miles in the Gulf right now
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.00,0:12:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with oil at the surface.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.00,0:12:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dispersants make the oil go right under the booms.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.00,0:12:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The booms are only about
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.00,0:12:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,13 inches in diameter.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.00,0:12:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's just absolutely crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.00,0:12:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are shrimp boats employed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.00,0:12:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are hundreds of shrimp boats employed to drag booms instead of nets.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.00,0:12:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here they are working.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.00,0:12:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see easily
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.00,0:12:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all the oily water just goes over the back of the boom.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.00,0:13:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All they're doing is stirring it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.00,0:13:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just ridiculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.00,0:13:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, for all the shoreline that has booms --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.00,0:13:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hundreds and hundreds of miles of shoreline --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.00,0:13:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the shoreline that has booms,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.00,0:13:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's adjacent shoreline that doesn't have any booms.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.00,0:13:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is ample opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.00,0:13:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for oil and dirty water to get in behind them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.00,0:13:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that lower photo, that's a bird colony that has been boomed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.00,0:13:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's trying to protect
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.00,0:13:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bird colonies there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.00,0:13:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, as an ornithologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.00,0:13:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you that birds fly, and that --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.00,0:13:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.00,0:13:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that booming a bird colony
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.00,0:13:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't do it; it doesn't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.00,0:13:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These birds make a living by diving into the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.00,0:13:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.00,0:13:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really what I think they should do, if anything --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.00,0:13:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're trying so hard to protect those nests --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.00,0:13:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, if they destroyed every single nest
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.00,0:13:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the birds would leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.00,0:14:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that would be better for them this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.00,0:14:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as cleaning them,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.00,0:14:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean to cast any aspersion
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.00,0:14:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on people cleaning birds.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.00,0:14:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really, really important
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.00,0:14:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we express our compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.00,0:14:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's the most important thing that people have,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.00,0:14:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.00,0:14:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really important to get those images
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.00,0:14:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to show it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.00,0:14:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really, where are those birds going to get released to?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.00,0:14:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like taking somebody out of a burning building,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.00,0:14:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treating them for smoke inhalation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.00,0:14:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sending them back into the building, because the oil is still gushing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.00,0:14:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I refuse to acknowledge this
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.00,0:14:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as anything like an accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.00,0:14:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that this is the result of gross negligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.00,0:14:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.00,0:14:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just B.P.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.00,0:14:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B.P. operated
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.00,0:14:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very sloppily and very recklessly
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.00,0:14:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they could.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.00,0:14:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were allowed to do so
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.00,0:15:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the absolute failure of oversight
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.00,0:15:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the government that's supposed to be
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.00,0:15:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our government, protecting us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.00,0:15:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.00,0:15:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see this sign on almost every commercial vessel in the United States --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.00,0:15:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, if you spilled a couple of gallons of oil,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.00,0:15:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would be in big trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.00,0:15:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have to really wonder
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.00,0:15:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are the laws made for,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.00,0:15:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who has gotten above the laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.00,0:15:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there are things that we can do in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.00,0:15:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could have the kinds of equipment that we would really need.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.00,0:15:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would not take an awful lot
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.00,0:15:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to anticipate
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.00,0:15:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that after making 30,000 holes
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.00,0:15:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico looking for oil,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.00,0:15:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oil might start coming out of one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.00,0:15:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you'd have some idea of what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.00,0:15:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's certainly one of the things we need to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.00,0:15:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think we have to understand where this leak
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.00,0:15:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really started from.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.00,0:15:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really started from the destruction
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.00,0:15:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the idea that the government is there
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.00,0:16:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's our government, meant to protect
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.00,0:16:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the larger public interest.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.00,0:16:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think that the oil blowout,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.00,0:16:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bank bailout,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.00,0:16:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mortgage crisis and all these things
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.00,0:16:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are absolutely symptoms of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.00,0:16:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.00,0:16:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still seem to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.00,0:16:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that at least we need the police to protect us
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.00,0:16:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a few bad people.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.00,0:16:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though the police can be a little annoying at times --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.00,0:16:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving us tickets and stuff like that --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.00,0:16:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody says that we should just get rid of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.00,0:16:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the entire rest of government right now
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.00,0:16:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the last at least 30 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.00,0:16:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there has been a culture of deregulation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.00,0:16:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is caused directly
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.00,0:16:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the people who
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.00,0:16:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to be protected from,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.00,0:16:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buying the government out from under us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.00,0:16:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.00,0:17:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this has been a problem for a very, very long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.00,0:17:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.00,0:17:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corporations were illegal at the founding of America,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.00,0:17:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even Thomas Jefferson complained
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.00,0:17:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were already
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.00,0:17:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bidding defiance to the laws of our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.00,0:17:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, people who say
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.00,0:17:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're conservative,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.00,0:17:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they really wanted to be
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.00,0:17:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really conservative and really patriotic,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.00,0:17:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would tell these corporations
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.00,0:17:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.00,0:17:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it would really mean to be conservative.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.00,0:17:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we really need to do
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.00,0:17:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is regain the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.00,0:17:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's our government
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.00,0:17:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,safeguarding our interests
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.00,0:17:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and regain a sense of unity
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.00,0:17:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and common cause in our country
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.00,0:17:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really has been lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.00,0:17:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there are signs of hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.00,0:17:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seem to be waking up a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.00,0:17:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Glass-Steagall Act --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.00,0:17:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was really to protect us from the kind of thing
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.00,0:17:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that caused the recession to happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.00,0:18:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bank meltdown
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.00,0:18:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that stuff that required the bailouts --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.00,0:18:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was put in effect in 1933,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.00,0:18:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was systematically destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.00,0:18:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there's a mood to put some of that stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.00,0:18:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in place,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.00,0:18:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the lobbyists are already there
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.00,0:18:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to weaken the regulations
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.00,0:18:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the legislation has just passed.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.00,0:18:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a continued fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.00,0:18:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a historic moment right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.00,0:18:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're either going to have an absolutely
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.00,0:18:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unmitigated catastrophe
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.00,0:18:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this oil leak in the Gulf,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.00,0:18:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we will make the moment we need out of this,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.00,0:18:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as many people have noted today.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.00,0:18:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's certainly a common theme
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.00,0:18:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about needing to make the moment out of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.00,0:18:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been through this before
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.00,0:18:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with other ways of offshore drilling.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.00,0:18:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first offshore wells were called whales.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.00,0:18:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first offshore drills were called harpoons.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.00,0:18:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We emptied the ocean of the whales at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.00,0:18:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now are we stuck with this?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.00,0:18:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ever since we lived in caves,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.00,0:18:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time we wanted any energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.00,0:18:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we lit something on fire, and that is still what we're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.00,0:19:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're still lighting something on fire
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.00,0:19:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time we want energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.00,0:19:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people say
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.00,0:19:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can't have clean energy
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.00,0:19:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's too expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.00,0:19:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who says it's too expensive?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.00,0:19:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who sell us fossil fuels.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.00,0:19:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been here before with energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.00,0:19:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people saying the economy
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.00,0:19:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cannot withstand a switch,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.00,0:19:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the cheapest energy was slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.00,0:19:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Energy is always a moral issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.00,0:19:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an issue that is moral right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.00,0:19:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a matter of right and wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.00,0:19:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.