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I’ve had this one on my list for a long time. Finally got around to making the video (text and images with credits below it):

What if…

  • the way we produced electricity… caused cancer?

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What if…

  • the way we produced electricity… caused asthma?

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What if…

  • the way we produced electricity… killed millions of people?

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What if…

  • the true price of electricity was over 5 times what we pay on our electric bill?

What if we had solutions?…

What if…

  • we could produce truly cheap electricity from the wind…

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  • and the sun?

What if…

  • we priced electricity right?

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