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Movie, we spoke about climate change back in 2015 and this week i got to talk to al gore again about the realities of climate change. >> the difference between solar electricity unsubsidized being more expensive than fossil fuel electricity and less expensive is not a trivial difference. and that's the difference of more than one degree and the difference between ice and water and in markets, the difference between the new alternatives being more expensive and cheaper than existing energy is the difference between markets that are frozen up and markets where there are liquid flows of investmen...

On a global basis the investments in new generating capacity for renewables have far outstripped the investments in fossil energy. in this country last year 75% of all the new electricity generation came from solar and wind and virtually none from coal. the ball was from gas. >> that brings me to the central issue, which is politics. the mechanisms are all about politics, about global and domestic politics. i want to ask about -- there's a moment in the film when you talk about the 2000 election. and it made me think about key yotio, the u.s. was going be to a party to kyoto, a republican gets...

Investments. for the last seven years, chris, on a global basis, the investments in new generating capacity from renewables have far outstripped the investments in fossil energy. in this country last year, 75% of all new electricity generation came from solar and wind and virtually none from coal. the balance was from gas. >> that brings me to the central issue here, which is politics, right? the technology is going in certain ways, but the mechanisms are all -- the forcing mechanisms are all about politics. they're about global politics and domestic politics. so i want to ask about, there's a...

Crisis like investment in renewable energy. >> the difference between solar electricity, unsubsidized, being more expensive than fossil fuel electricity and less expensive is not a trivial difference. it's like the difference between 33 degrees and 32 degrees. that's a difference of more than 1 degree. it's a difference between ice and water. in markets, the difference between the new alternatives being more expensive and cheaper than existing energy is the difference between markets that are frozen up and markets where there are liquid flows of investments. for the last seven years, chris, on...

Generating capacity for our needs. the agency is trying to be careful. >> i'm -- nothing we do can threaten reliability. we have to recognize in a changing lime like the one we've recently been experiencing, it is an increasing challenge to maintain a reliable energy supply. >> although during this past winter, severe cold with blasts of the polar vortex, a key republican senator noticed it was at its limits. >> 89% of the coal electricity capacity that is due to go off line was utilized as that backup to meet the demand this winter. >> and a coal country democrat clearly has his concerns. >> ...