We see how traditional sources of energy will be depleted in the near future. Nuclear power, solar power, pollution.
A man wearing a shirt & tie, sits in front of a chalkboard, talking to camera. Industrial furnace. Electric lights at night. Neon signs. Zoom in on light bulb. Quick shot of sun, power lines.
Camera is over the shoulder of a man driving a car. Lights on an urban street at night. Neon signs. CU of the large tires of an earthmover truck. Truck moving coal.
Energy futurist, Dr. Peter Glasser, CU of hand writing on chalkboard. Pull back as he talks & draws a graph on the board. Truck w/ coal driving. Back to Glasser in the classroom.
Inside a factory. Hands point at a piece of machinery. Developing a clean energy car. Testing the car. LS of cars driving down a 6 lane highway.
Repeat shot of a skyscraper w/ lights on at night. Neon signs. Electric signs. Cars w/ headlights. A bright stream of electricity. CU of typed text.
Shot unclear, possibly some type of nuclear reaction. CU of Robert Hallman talking to camera. The safety of nuclear power. Garbage barge moving down a river at sunset.
CU of flame. CU of hand turning a dial. Some type of tube for a laser. Scientist makes adjustments to the laser. Laser cutting through a solid material. CU of laser scientist, he talks to the camera. Shots of lasers working. Classic red laser beam. Scientist talking about lasers being used to create nuclear energy.
Sun shining through broken glass. Ball of sun above the trees. Dr. Peter Glasser in his classroom talking about solar energy. Large collection disks on a field. Sun. Large dish (like a satellite dish) used to collect solar energy. Pan across skyline of crowded urban area. Pipes spewing dirty water into river (water pollution). Smoke stacks pouring out smoke (air pollution).
Newspaper headline about nuclear waste. Water pouring out of a huge sewer pipe. Pan across a ruined landscape, garbage, etc. Smoke. People laying on the ground. Some wear gas masks.
Dr. Peter Glasser in front of a blackboard. Stream of electricity.
Recreation of stars & planets in space, solar systems. Dr. Peter Glasser in front of blackboard. More shots of models of star.