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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪[ominous music]♪
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Leonardo DiCaprio) Ancient life on earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over millions of years \Nplants and animals lived and died.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That decomposed life sunk\Ndeep into the ground, and as a result,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ancient menace was created...\Nfossil fuels.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black oil, coal, and gas, have created \Nmodern society as we know it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This ancient sunlight unleashed\Nglobal industrial power on a scale
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never before witnessed \Nin the history of the planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when burnt into the atmosphere, \Ncarbon causes climate change.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,97% of climate scientists \Nagree that climate change
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is happening now \Nand is caused by human activity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the fossil fuel industry continues\Nto pull that carbon out of the ground.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They drill, they extract, making trillions of dollars.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They frack, they mine, earning astronomical profits.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to keep this carbon in the ground.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to prevent a catastrophic \Nwarming of the planet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by 2 degrees Celsius, we cannot burn\Nmore than 500 gigatons
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of carbon into the atmosphere.\NBut the fossil fuel industry has access
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to five times more than that.\NAlmost 2800 gigatons of carbon pollution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is ready to be pulled out of the ground,\Nsold, and burned.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must fight to keep this carbon \Nin the ground, and it is possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> People are ready for conversation.\NThey're ready to understand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that carbon pollution\Nis causing this challenge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that there is a simple solution...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put a price on carbon pollution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States we spend\N$110 billion federal dollars
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on climate change events. \NThat's about $300 a person in tax dollars.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> But we certainly need a price \Non carbon pollution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now it's a free good and we're using\Nthe atmosphere as a sewer, and that has
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a real cost. And that cost should be\Nreflected in the cost of carbon pollution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> In the '50s in London,\Nbased on the industrial revolution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was so much pollution, \Nas you see in Beijing and around
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China today, that you actually couldn't \Nsee six straight feet in front of you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put a price on pollution,\Nand it changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> You have to put a price on carbon, \Nand that can either happen
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by carbon trading or through a carbon tax.\NThere's a moral imperative there,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's also a business imperative.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Senator Boxer and I have \Nintroduced legislation to do just that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to do it in a way\Nthat impacts fewer than 3,000
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the most significant fossil fuel \Npolluters in the country.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason you do it, is people should
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not have the " freedom" \Nto destroy the planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cannot continue to be able\Nto do that with impunity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the tune now of a trillion dollars\Na year. We need to redirect these
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subsidies that encourage innovation. \NThat's what we need in the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the biggest barrier is money \Nfrom fossil industries that want to defend
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their market share, and which I consider\Nthe industries' walking butt. They've got
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tremendous assets underground \Nthat they want to be able to mine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are trillions of dollars of assets \Nthat the fossil energy companies used
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to evaluate their worth in the stock\Nmarket. And the fact that we want
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to strand them, to leave them\Nunderground, is not going over real well
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those industries. But in fact,\Nif we wanted to head off the worst
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncontrollable damages from\Nclimate change, that's what we have to do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thom Hartmann: Finland and the\NNetherlands implemented a carbon tax
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 1990. Both, putting a price tag\Non each ton of CO2 poison.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> In the beginning of the '90s there was a deep understanding that we should do something.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think that the Finnish economy should be based on sustainable energy in order
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make our society competitive and in order to save our planet,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, of course, the main target.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thom Hartmann: Since then, several other nations have created their own versions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Norway, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ireland passed a carbon tax in 2010.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> It was very simple to introduce. When they see a carbon tax in place,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people know that they can invest in alternatives that actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cut out the use of fossil fuel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It starts to have that effect improving energy efficiency in your homes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and improving industries' energy efficiency.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we've seen in the last 5 years is we doubled amount
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of renewable energy supplies, so the benefit for the consumer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if through those signals you can cut out the wasteful use of energy, then everyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is saving money and it more than covers the cost of the carbon tax in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thom Hartmann: In Australia, renewables like wind are now cheaper than fossil fuels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like coal. Recently China put a price on carbon in over 7 regions and will add more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now it's up to the United States, where there's good news at a local level.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2007, Boulder, Colorado passed a carbon tax
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,charging $13 for every metric ton of CO2.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> The carbon tax was generated and voted into place by Boulder voters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a surcharge on electricity consumption and it's applied to residential,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commercial, and industrial customers here in Boulder.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The effect has been really tremendous.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So once the carbon tax went into place,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has generated about $1.8 million a year.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's been extraordinary is that we've been able to really turn the curve,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to speak, on our emissions just on demand side alone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> We actually proposed that every single dollar go back to American households.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carbon tax is the right way to go and is actually the conservative answer to global warming.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> Finally we're at the point where wind power and solar are coming down in price
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a quarter of the United States. Solar voltaics are already cost effective.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year more wind power was added than natural gas power.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is true around the world. We have the technologies at hand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are ready now to really ramp up deployment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> The figures for Ireland I think show an example that you can actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start cutting out the carbon and your economy still holds up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world didn't come to an end. I think it's a lesson for the rest of the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> We've been disappointed by the national policymakers who haven't been
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to resolve their differences about this, and time is growing, very, very short.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Obama is the last president with a chance to confront this problem
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that may head off the worst of the damage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> But given the severity of the problem right now, we're not moving fast enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're looking at a fight to save this planet.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have got to be bold and we have got to be aggressive.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>> If it's not going to happen at the federal level or the state level,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we in the communities where the innovation occurs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're gonna be on the front lines of the impact of climate change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to take it in our own hands
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make the changes that we need to see.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Leonardo DiCaprio) If national governments won't take action,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your community can.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We no longer need the dead economy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the fossil fuel industry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can move our economy town by town, state by state
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to renewable energy and a sustainable future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To learn more and join the movement,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to greenworldrising.og.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[tranquil mid tempo orchestral music]
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