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1 .This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?
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2 .So in "Beyond the Light Switch 1 and 2, we kind of looked at the nation's energy mix: what our energy options are for producing electricity going forward."
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3 .David Biello. He's the energy and environment editor at Scientific American and host of the Beyond the Light Switch series, produced by Detroit Public Television and aired nationally on PBS.
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4 .The original episodes aired back in 2012.
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5 ."Now in the new episode, Beyond the Light Switch 3 if you will, we're looking at what it would mean if the United States went more electric.
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6 .One of the ideas for cutting down on greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution and a lot of the other problems we have with fossil fuels is to get rid of internal combustion engines and replace them with electric cars.
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7 .To have electric cars you need better batteries.
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8 .And we explore what the options are for getting those better batteries.
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9 ."We also look at what better batteries might do for soldiers.
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10 .I spoke with soldiers who served in Iraq basically guarding fuel convoys, which was the most dangerous job.
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11 .A significant chunk of our casualties came from these fuel convoys, which were like, really, rolling bombs.
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12 ."So those are the kinds of things we're looking at in this episode.
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13 .And what that might mean for the American home in the suburbs.
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14 .We visit this kind of innovative suburban experiment, really, in Texas, outside of Austin.
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15 .It's called the Miller neighborhood.
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16 .And basically most of the people there have photovoltaics, most of the people there have an electric car or a hybrid.
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17 .And most of the people there have their homes wired with the latest smart gadgets.
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18 .A lot of that is subsidized so that folks can study how that impacts, kind of, consumers' behavior.
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19 ."So it's really a deep exploration of the electrification of the U.S.,
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20 .and what that might mean for our national security, for our economic security, for jobs, and really for our environment.
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21 .And it premieres tonight in Detroit and should be coming to a station near you in the coming days and weeks and months.
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22 .So keep an eye out and stay tuned."
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23 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.
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