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nloOpRqdrGsGtJuév?w?xByTz7ç7÷:ÑY TODAY TO DISCUSS WAYS TO CURB
GREENHOUSE GASES.
GREENHOUSE GASES. PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS COMBATING
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MORAL
IMPERATIVE.
IMPERATIVE. PRES. BIDEN: IT IS ABOUT MORE
THAN PRESERVING OUR PLANET.
IT IS ALSO ABOUT PROVIDING A
BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.
LORENZO: THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS
THIS CAN HAPPEN BUT THEY NEED
SOME SUPPORT FROM CONGRESS.
LAWMAKERS NEED TO PASS PRESIDENT
BIDEN'S $2 TRILLION
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO WATCH
THOSE CHANGES.
THOSE CHANGES. MOST AMERICANS AGREE WITH
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
PRESIDENT BIDEN. 56% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE CLIMATE
CHANGE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED
IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. ONE IN 10 PEOPLE THINK IT CAN
WAIT A FEW YEARS WHILE OTHERS
SAY NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN
AT ALL.
AT ALL.
AT ALL. IT IS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S GOAL
REALISTIC?
REALISTIC? JOINING ME AS MARK DAVIS -- MARK
JACOBSON, A PROFESSOR OF CIVIL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING.
YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT'S GOAL.
NINE YEARS FROM NOW.
IS IT POSSIBLE?
>> IT IS TECHNICALLY AND
ECONOMICALLY POSSIBLE.
ECONOMICALLY POSSIBLE. WHETHER WE HAVE THE WILLPOWER IS
THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION. WE DO NEED THIS HUMONGOUS
TRANSITION.
TRANSITION. 50% REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE
GASES IS LIKE AN 80% CHANGE OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO CLEAN,
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
RENEWABLE ENERGY. THERE IS PLENTY OF WIND AND
SOLAR, AND THE COST OF WIND AND
SOLAR HAS COME DOWN SO MUCH.
STORAGE HAS COME DOWN A LOT.
BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
IMPROVEMENTS.
IMPROVEMENTS. THERE IS A LOT OF LOW HANGING
FRUIT TO ALLOW US TO GET TO A
LARGE AMOUNT OF THIS TRANSITION.
LORENZO: LINING FRUIT LIKE WHAT?
>> ESPECIALLY RENEWABLE ENERGIES
LIKE WIND AND SOLAR, THERE ARE A
LOT OF SUNNY AREAS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. SOLAR IS HALF THE COST OF
NATURAL GAS RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF
POTENTIAL FOR BOTH SOLAR AND
WIND.
WIND.
WIND. THERE IS HUGE POTENTIAL FOR
ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES. TRANSPORTATION IS A BIG PORTION
OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
A CHANCE TO INCREASE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS, HEAT
PUPS FOR WATER HEATING.
HEATING AND COOLING, WE CAN
ELECTRIFY THAT.
ELECTRIFY THAT. WE NEED TO GET RID OF GAS IN
HOMES AND TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC
HOMES.
HOMES.
HOMES. A
HOMES. AN
HOMES. AN ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP IS ONE
FOURTH THE COST OF A GAS HEATER
FOR THE FUEL.
LORENZO: A MAJORITY OF AMERICANS
AGREE WITH YOU, AGREE WITH THE
PRESIDENT, SAY CLIMATE CHANGE IS
AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW.
A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DO NOT
SEEM TO BE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW.
WHY SHOULD THEY BE WORRIED ABOUT
THIS RIGHT NOW?
>> THOSE PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT IT BUT THEY WILL
BENEFIT FROM A TRANSITION.
AS PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT QUESTION.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO TOWARDS
-- WANT TO TRANSITION TOWARD
CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY, THOSE
NUMBERS GO UP.
YOU GET FEWER PEOPLE WHO AGREE
THAT CLIMATE CHANGES AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE THEN YOU DO
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TRANSITION TO
RENEWABLE ENERGY.
RENEWABLE ENERGY. RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL GIVE
PEOPLE MORE JOBS, ALLOW PEOPLE
TO CREATE THEIR OWN POWER AND A
LOT OF CASES, MORE ENERGY
SECURITY.
SECURITY.
SECURITY. LORENZO: YOU SAID THIS SEEMS TO
BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR DAILY
LIVES TO MAKE A CHANGE?
>> WITH NEW BUILDINGS, IT IS
EASY.
EASY.
EASY. FULLY ELECTRIC AVENUE GAS.
USE HEAT PUMPS -- FULLY
ELECTRIC, NO GAS.
USE HEAT PUMPS.
USE LED LIGHTS.
WEATHERIZE HOMES TO PRODUCE
LEAKS.
LEAKS.
LEAKS. THERE ARE EVEN HEAT DRYERS NOW.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EXISTING
HOMES, CHANGING OUT THE
APPLIANCES WHEN YOU RETIRE OR IF
YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU ARE IN AN UPPER MEANT,
THAT IN AN APARTMENT, THERE ARE
STATES WHERE UTILITIES WILL
PROCURE 100% RENEWABLE
ELECTRICITY FOR YOU AT BASICALLY
THE SAME COST AS FOSSIL
ELECTRICITY.
ELECTRICITY. EVEN IF YOU CAN'T PUT SOLAR ON
YOUR OWN ROOF, YOU CAN GET
ENERGY EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
LANDLORDS SHOULD DO THIS FOR ALL
OF THEIR TENANTS AS WELL.