(E) Frontline: Heat - October 21, 2008

Click this link: Frontline: Heat by Martin Smith. Scroll back to the date: 10.21.2008. It might help to click "23-73" and get to the beginning. Watch the video and answer the questions, preferably typed, and bring to class.

1. Watching the World Change

00:00 - 01:10 Funding information (skip)
01:11 - 03:00 Introductory Teaser
03:00 - 06:20 David Brasheres' mission: photograph a glacier
What percentage of the ice has melted? When does the UN expect the entire glacier to be gone?
06:21 - 08:10 Dr. Loni Thompson
Pros and cons to more water?
08:11 - 09:50 Effects
How many people depend on this glacial water? UN predicts what about the rivers?
09:51 - 11:36 Other dangers
What are other consequences scientists warn about? What percentage must greenhouse gases be cut to avert global catastrophe?

2. Fossil Fuels, the Engine of Our Lives

00:00 - 01:34 The Unchained Goddess
In what year would you estimate this video was made?
00:01:35 - 00:04:10 Energy
The history of the US is a history of...? Between now and 2020, the energy needs will increase by?
04:11 - 07:50 A New Era of Rapid Growth
What nation's growth worries energy consultants? China is compared to what? Why? Does Geely have a plan for carbon emissions? The coal plants?
07:51 - 10:51 India
What will happen with India's population by 2030? The process of making _____ is the 3rd largest industrial sources of CO2 emissions in the world. Most of the COs comes from what? If every Indian lives like an American... The world is ______.

3. Ten Years to Reverse Course

00:00 - 03:45 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2007, Bali
What was the purpose of this conference? What is Patchori's position? Whose responsibility does he say climate change is? What did developing nations do to "call America's bluff"? What did China say? What was the message that would come out of Bali about the US? What effect did that have?
03:46 - 05:20 Changes Underway in Washington
Why did the business lobby change environmental policies?
05:20 - 07:18 The Candidates
Both candidates have strongly said what? Fundamentally, we have ten years to...

4. America's Addiction to Coal

00:00 - 02:50 Energy Addiction
How much energy comes from "Black Thunder"? What are the comparisons made? Which is most effective to you and why? How many coal fired power plants are there in the country? How long does it take to burn through a trainload? What does "Green" mean for this power plant?
02:50 - 05:55 Facts
How much coal does it take to... (List the examples given). What percentage of electricity comes from coal in America? What needs to be heard, says Morris, is...?
05:55 - 08:54 Coal Ads: Clean!
Coal Activists say what about coal emissions? What examples are given of the Coal lobby getting its way? Lieberman: Future for coal?
08:55 - 11:19 Polk 1
The plant touts a process that is essentially...? The big prize: What is done with the CO2? how many tests have been done? Does this sound safe and/or reliable to you? Why or why not?
11:20 - 16:43 Reality Check
Benefits to a "scrubber"? Downsides? Obstacles? Cost? What does all this add up to for Energy companies?
16:44 - 17:57 Candidates
No one mentions cost. Why do you think the candidates don't do this? What do the pundits say? Why are the candidates in favor of "clean Coal"

5. Cars: 2nd Largest Source of Carbon Emissions

00:00 - 04:00 Raising Fuel Economy Standards
When the rules came into effect, the fuel economy went from ____ to ____. Since then, standards have remained frozen. They insist... What did the car companies lobby for? What "unintended consequences" are there in fuel economy standards?
04:01 - 05:30 The challenge has come from here...
Schwarzzengger has pledged...? What does the CA attorney general say is the hold-up?
05:30 - 08:25 California History
Why does the auto industry love and hate California? What is keeping California from getting the higher fuels standards (be detailed)?
08:26 - 12:14 The EPA
Boxer focused on...? The White House uses _____ to dodge the questions. Just before the waiver was denied, what happened? This is a victory for and a defeat for

6. Big Oil

00:00 - 04:41 Hibernia
How much does this oil platform cost Mobil? How much has it made? Is this significant? Why? How much of its money is the company investing in renewables? What is the argument? Do you agree? What investments are currently being made?
04:42 - 07:14 Dan Kammen
Whom does Mr. Kammen advise? What are "we" waiting for? What is a "denyer group"? What is the Industry argument?
07:15 - 10:35 Exxon's detractors
Major shareholders insisted on what? Why? What sorts of people are behind it?
10:36 - 12:33 The consequences
The problem with extracting oil from the tar sands is...? Are the Tar Sands profitable? What is Exxon waiting for?
12:34 - 14:15 Drill, baby, Drill
How does Eric Pooley say McCain's position change? How does he interpret this? What do you think about that? What effect did this have on Obama? What do you think of politicins based on this?

7. Two Instructive Lessons from the Past

00:00 - 04:47 President Clinton: bargaining
What was the strategy, what happened, how did it go? Why did the Japanese "scramble"? What effect did this have? What downside has this had for American automakers? Effects?
04:48 - 08:36 Fuel Efficiency
Today, American car companies are doing what to catch up. What was the most promising? What happened to the EV-1? What about the Volt?
08:37 - 00:00 Ethanol
Why did Ethanol begin? What does E85 do for carbon emissions? What makes a difference in the number? Dan Kammen believes Corn Ethanol is good or bad? Why? How many Ethanol stations are there in the US? In CA? In NJ? What does Amy Jaffe say about Ethanol? What effects on global food production does Ethanol have? How many corn ehtanol refineries are planned?
00:00 - 16:48 The candidates
What did the 2008 candidates say? What happened when food prices increased? What is the source of American problems according to Ms. Jaffe?

8. Carbon-Free Power

00:00 - 02:00 The competition
What are the differences between American energy policy and European/Japanese? What makes the difference?
02:01 - 06:35 Wind
Germany's wind resources is compared to North Dakota favorably or unfavorably? How much electricity does Germany produce from wind? Why are business owners "skittish"? What is T. Boone Pickens' plan for wind? What does he "need" the US government to do?
06:36 - 11:03 Nuclear
How much American electricity comes from Nuclear today? What is Patrick Moore's history, 1970-today? What accounts for this change? What happened at 3-mile island? Why is it not rational to be scared by 3-mile island according to Moore? How much for a new nuclear power plant? What happens with the waste? Why were the French able to "go nuclear"?
11:04 - 12:10 The candidates
What did the 2008 candidates want to do?

9. Will America Summon the Political Will?

00:00 - 05:34 The Bill
What fears did the committee bring up? How much money does the bill grant? To whom? What is "cap and trade"? What are the benefits to cap and trade? What happened to the bill and why?
05:35 - 10:00 Meanwhile...
The arctic will be ice-free by...? What are the fears about the ocean? What effects do recession have on governments ability to decide? What are the suggestions?
10:00 - 10:52 More to explore...
10:53 - 13:06 End Credits (skip)