Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
We see how traditional sources of energy will be depleted in the near future. Nuclear power, solar power, pollution.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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: Towards the Age of Abundance
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.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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).
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
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.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
Dr. Peter Glasser in front of a blackboard. Stream of electricity.
Energy: Towards the Age of Abundance
Recreation of stars & planets in space, solar systems. Dr. Peter Glasser in front of blackboard. More shots of models of star.