Technical Notes on Video:

Video length is 1:35:58.

John Durant, Director of the MIT Museum, introduces the event and its co-sponsors, and describes upcoming Soap Box gatherings.

At 4:54, he describes previous episodes in the Soap Box Sustainable Energy series, then introduces the evening’s speakers.

At 8:18, John Heywood begins.

At 21:49, Stephen Ansolabehere begins.

At 31:56, Durant asks about the relative availability of different technologies in England and the U.S.

At 37:22, Durant reads questions formulated by the audience.

At 42:35, an audience member asks about energy audits.

At 49:26, an audience member points out how MIT wastes energy. The speakers and other audience members discuss how to live more efficiently at home and at work.

At 57:20, an audience member notes how China and India want to emulate the U.S. in energy usage. Speakers discuss ways of implementing emission reductions in business, and how to make cleaner coal-fired power plants.

At 1:02:14, an audience member asks why the U.S. doesn’t have the same kind of leadership in energy issues as Britain.

At 1:10:20, an audience member inquires about energy co-generation -- selling power back to the grid.

At 1:15:14, an audience member asks about how feasible it will be to achieve a 50% savings in energy. Ansolabehere discusses the savings possible just in freight transport. Heywood talks about a tripling in vehicles in the next 50 years and the difficulty of achieving energy use reduction given this inevitability.

At 1:25:33, participants discuss insurance as another possible check on energy-squandering behavior and how distant the threat of global warming seems to most Americans.

At 1:32:05, Durant asks his speakers to pretend they are powerful politicians and inquires what measures they would enact right now.

At 1:35:05, Durant concludes the event.