Do the Math

00:00:29 Like most people, I'm not an activist by nature.

00:02:16 We started this thing called 350.org.

00:04:36 In a sense it excites me, because I think we know what we need to do.

00:06:37 Too late for that.

00:08:20 Any value for carbon in the atmosphere greater than 350 parts per million

00:10:12 but here's the strange thing:

00:11:34 There was only one number in the final two page voluntary accord that people signed.

00:13:22 Five times as much as the most conservative governments on earth think would be safe to pour into the atmosphere.

00:15:16 The only people who can pollute for free are these megapolluters when it comes to carbon: big oil, big coal.

00:17:06 We subsidize the fossil fuel industries.

00:19:07 The only problem that these companies have now

00:20:28 One, they'd need to stop lobbying in Washington.

00:22:40 And we spread out around the planet

00:24:14 This pipeline has proven to be very controversial.

00:26:10 I won't let us be committed to an energy plan based on fossil fuels.

00:27:47 If it's wrong to wreck the climate, it's wrong to profit from that wreckage.

00:29:34 it really boils down to one simple thing: willingness.

00:31:08 and we're going to take that money away from the problem makers and give it to the problem solvers.

00:33:01 Radicals work at oil companies.

00:34:18 It's going to require a real change in how we get our energy and how we move around.

00:35:51 All the big problems that we have, they all have very local solutions

00:37:23 And I was thinking, oh, you're right, this is terrible.

00:38:58 and urged President Obama to take strong measures to combat climate change.

00:40:50 but you guys get to say that because you are on the front lines of this all-important battle.