Name: Imagining a world without fossil fuels | BBC Ideas
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7 00:00:08,370 --> 00:00:14,139 imagine a world where you never need to

9 00:00:11,170 --> 00:00:16,420 smell the fumes of a passing car bus or

11 00:00:14,139 --> 00:00:19,119 truck and where traffic noise is

13 00:00:16,420 --> 00:00:21,010 massively reduced imagine a world

15 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:23,679 powered by something you can't touch

17 00:00:21,010 --> 00:00:26,470 which will be abundant for billions of

19 00:00:23,679 --> 00:00:29,529 years imagine a world where every single

21 00:00:26,470 --> 00:00:31,750 home has electricity no matter how far

23 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:35,079 it is from the grid that's the future

25 00:00:31,750 --> 00:00:37,090 beyond fossil fuels imagine government's

27 00:00:35,079 --> 00:00:39,309 no longer needing to subsidize fossil

29 00:00:37,090 --> 00:00:41,050 fuel production or spend fortunes

31 00:00:39,309 --> 00:00:45,000 protecting their underground fuel

33 00:00:41,050 --> 00:00:47,920 sources pipes and transmission lines

35 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:50,770 trillions of taxpayer dollars are freed

37 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:54,250 up smog and greenhouse gases plummet

39 00:00:50,770 --> 00:00:56,379 public health improves this healthy

41 00:00:54,250 --> 00:00:58,570 future is closer than you think our

43 00:00:56,379 --> 00:01:01,629 energy system is undergoing an

45 00:00:58,570 --> 00:01:03,820 unstoppable transformation the

47 00:01:01,629 --> 00:01:06,550 coal-fired power industry that took a

49 00:01:03,820 --> 00:01:10,000 century to build is being rapidly

51 00:01:06,550 --> 00:01:12,190 replaced by Sun and wind power forces of

53 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:15,280 nature which cannot be dug out of the

55 00:01:12,190 --> 00:01:18,660 ground or sold on commodity markets in

57 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:21,070 this totally fossil fuel free world

59 00:01:18,660 --> 00:01:24,370 electricity belongs to everyone

61 00:01:21,070 --> 00:01:27,370 is homegrown in the true sense bringing

63 00:01:24,370 --> 00:01:30,760 power to the 1.3 billion people who are

65 00:01:27,370 --> 00:01:33,370 currently inexcusably without it the

67 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:35,440 Paris climate agreement bound nations of

69 00:01:33,370 --> 00:01:40,840 the world to work peacefully for a

71 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:43,150 fossil fuel free economy but we need to

73 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:45,250 move fast we must harness the power of

75 00:01:43,150 --> 00:01:48,400 the Sun and work at the speed of light

77 00:01:45,250 --> 00:01:50,950 our collective mission is to bend the

79 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:53,290 curve of emissions now so that renewable

81 00:01:50,950 --> 00:01:55,630 energy outcompetes fossil fuels as the

83 00:01:53,290 --> 00:02:00,730 best new source of energy in all markets

85 00:01:55,630 --> 00:02:02,850 around the world by 2020 so let's thank

87 00:02:00,730 --> 00:02:05,650 fossil fuels for all they have done

89 00:02:02,850 --> 00:02:08,100 their contribution to humanity has been

91 00:02:05,650 --> 00:02:10,900 nothing short of extraordinary

93 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:13,060 however now that we understand the

95 00:02:10,900 --> 00:02:15,850 dangers and the side effects and have

97 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:19,330 exciting everlasting alternatives it is

99 00:02:15,850 --> 00:02:22,180 time to retire them front o the journey

101 00:02:19,330 --> 00:02:24,610 to our fossil fuel free future is the

103 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:27,220 most exciting the most innovative the

105 00:02:24,610 --> 00:02:29,710 most necessary the most inclusive and

107 00:02:27,220 --> 00:02:32,410 far-reaching global transformation we

109 00:02:29,710 --> 00:02:34,960 have ever seen this is the answer to so

111 00:02:32,410 --> 00:02:38,770 many challenges in the world the energy

113 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:43,510 nutopia the only question now is how

115 00:02:38,770 --> 00:02:45,700 quickly can we get there thanks for

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