VO: “What if, every time we flipped a light switch at home, a mountain exploded in West Virginia, or every time we turned on the air conditioner in summer, a child suffered an asthma attack, or when we turned up the heat, the entire planet was warming… and what if, instead of all that, we had a choice of something, better? What choice would you make?”
Explosion
TITLE: Kilowatt Ours, A Plan to Reenergize America, A Jeff Barrie Production
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: “And then there’s the energy we all take most for granted, electricity. Over the next twenty years just meeting projected demand will require between 1300 and 1900 new power plants. That averages out to more than one new power plant per week, every week, for the next 20 years.”
Text: Voice of Jeff Barrie, Filmmaker, Nashville TN
VO: “I’ve heard it said that when you do things the way you always have, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. Today we have global warming, air pollution, and all sorts of health problems that are tied to the way we generate electricity.”
Cheney (in the background): “One new power plant per week.”
VO: “So when I heard Vice President Dick Cheney’s speech, I wondered can America afford to build all these new power plants? There’s got to be a better way. And that’s why I made this documentary: to discover solutions to the energy problems we face in America today, and to share my story of hope with you. My journey begins at the light switch and goes straight to our source of our electricity, beginning in the mountains of Southern Appalachia.”