2016-01-18

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YouTube and NBC invited us to make a video for the final Democratic Candidate’s Debate before the US Presidential primaries. Here’s our video (about climate change & energy), Lester Holt’s question, & the candidates’ responses.

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- Vidhya Krishnaraj

- Luka Leskovsek

- Duhilio Patino

- Alberto Bortoni

- Valentin

- Nicholas Buckendorf

- Antoine Coeur

- Ahmed

- Muhammad Shifaz

- Tony Fadell

- Jeff Straathof

- Mark Roth

- Maarten Bremer

- Today I Found Out

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climate change, global warming, alternative energy, renewable energy, fossil fuels

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Credits:

Script Writer: Kate Yoshida (twitter:@KateYoshida)

Script Editor: Emily Elert (twitter:@eelert)

Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (twitter:@eversalazar)

Video Director: Emily Elert (twitter:@eelert)

With Contributions From: Henry Reich (twitter:@minutephysics), Alex Reich (twitter:@alexhreich), Peter Reich, and Omkar Bhagat: (twitter:@TheCuriousEnggr)

Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder

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References:

Total US energy consumption by source in 2014

82% fossil fuels (petroleum 35%, coal 18%, natural gas 28%)

10% renewables (solar 0.4%, geothermal 0.2%, wind 1.8%, biofuels 5%, hydro 2.6%)

8% nuclear

http://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.cfm?page=us_energy_home

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=92&t=4