When we were parol with these guys. But im talking about people that have helped come under that classification that now because of law we can find for themselves a safe product to live. Same thing with the gun situation. If you go to drop it off and then you end upped getting arrested for something. Sometimes we have to pull it back. D i will say they need to be questioned that you were not happy. You have something you wanted to add . Er yeah, i just wanted to say that at this stage kind of going back to what ambassador blackwell said with regard to crime. Because i worked the last seven years with the perfect dog las ound dation. Foundation. I think that we have a tremendous opportunity right now because many of theme candidates with regard to the second amendment. They have a second amendment. But yet they come from community where is they do have huge problems as it relates to guns and crime. The point im making is that we toe such a great opportunity really help to shape thought and new policy as it relates to overcriminalization in these communities because, you know, im i lived in i hope. Nd shem trained with ken cuchanelli and bop mcdonald. Were they we looked at matches that are criminals. So should someone who was, you no, charged as an adult when ou y were 17 years old for, y felony. Then they means that you no longer for the rest of your life will have the right to vote, right . In a u come out of jail society that has become so law based. We a kneejerk reaction. We want to create a law for every problem. When creating more and more images wont be a two. They will relocate at overcriminalization and communities whether its regard. Drugs or whether its inviting. I believe because people do a crime, they should be responsible for paying their we have ty inadvertently have problems. Age. Similarly at a young those who were talking about it mostly right now are those who are coming from the center right side of the aisle in a meaningful right. I just think that those in urban communities these to think about this in a particular way. Does it minister the floor, my first trip to jail is not because i committed a crime. In jail ause i visit because i was hoping young guys who had made a young turn in their lives. I believe those are particularly from to we artsed from a unique perspective that could give rise to better policies. And i think that was the i was in a meetings. And i luke gingrich. I want to Say Something that i felt was right arm. He said look there are those of us who took a strinjientpofplgts nd early 19190s and basically were lock them up throw away the key. T is now time for us to have and for hard core criminals that should be locked up and for a very long time. And those who made a simple mistake and with the right intervention can get their lives kinny again. And if were nude to say that if you go to a right arm copyright. What do you sen it on tv. Those things need to be seriously looked at. Seriously looked at it. The last point i wanted to with tight end three regard to the polo. We have access gun. This is not an issue with what happens when someone whos population has just been letous. Who. It almost like shell be using and supervised getting access to fire arms and this runs very differently. So in very rule area where is children have access to the family gone and in sort of a general training with regard to gun access it runs differently. In urban areas you have to acknowledge that the shared present as it problem with a closer look. The problem is not just by having someone whos isa felon n the house. The last point for me this is about choice. Question about whether its an advocating a and choices about how they respond to deadly threats an i think there are lots of people throughout who are principle will choose not to use gun but those people who do choose are exercising the right to do that. I have a bunch of questions here and those two are kind of similar. So address to professor johnson and professor blackwell. Do you think the history is not taught in Public Schools in this day and age of gun grabbing . That means people who are not progun. Gun grabbing laws and events like ferguson. Will it benefit our communities defense . He be ons of and then it was not another , estion to professor hunt bishop hunt. It was not that long ago that gun safety and marksman ship was taught in our schools and and i higher percentage of legal gun owners. Do you think teaching proper gun safety and markmanship might keep them away from guns and gangs. So, gentlemen. The answer to the question as to whether or not first, i think i think its important to because i ulums, think that we should be actually much more forceful in our local School District demanding that that integral part of the and the fact that these were veterans who had been in world war ii and korea who had, in fact, defended in our National Interest and put their blood and rip their lives. So the answer to the question is that we should constantly never, never, never give up on making that part for me. Is a valuable asset for us. Theres no reason why we cant get the work professor johnson and others and make it, you home and to folks who are schools. We need to take social meeze yeah and make sure that the most accurate depiction of history is is made. Look, i shot my first was a gun. Troop 75. And he is in fact. , gun talking about safety . And i am for indeeded to him to him for this very reason. My wifes family who is from west virginia, they are coal. Ining family a foot. Of with my ability to shoot and eat. [applause] weve got a few question, gentlemen. I want to talk about the second question about the programs in the school. My kid did graduate from public chools and they con seemed family chooses to have a ghun the home, even if its a single mom. Teach your children about how to handle a gun. That means you to be traded. This will be in the hall for your protection. So its more of a community thing. And i dont know hoom turkey bands right there. But i will say that it is porn for those actually they have almost because it wasnt out her about in la were talk breathing responsible. And i respect that how do you arent the vealt. If youre going to have a women in the house. Do you think it will make you go to sleep . Yes. Happy you get this message out there. Im actually sort of edge couraged partly because ive worked on this issue but there are other two other recent books. He has a book called this nonviolent stuff will get you killed. I did menls it earl and the name has a book about mississippi freedom movement. Folks in the 1950s 1960s called we will shoot that. So the theme is ive actually been sort of encouraging. I think its very hard to get changes in the curriculum at the high school level. But i am encouraged by the internet. Its what people understand as collection and i maybe you bypass. On this issue. Another friend of mine brian h. Patrick has a book called bypassing the social media or soiled media. People in the control Carry Movement moved pass the long stream. And r so i think those who have an issue as well. You should say we are ok with you deliberating the information. Depending on how they zoit. So do these two questions kind of tie in together. I was an elected official with lots of gentlemen where gun violence in a where everyone has a gun and there is no gun violence. Rye. And then this [laughter] and then this question. And t county shows the he item and thats two items here in kentucky. The red the legalities of trying to obtain a gun in irving, hes this muff higher. They know the other parts of our the state. Maybe its something that the or other people have some comments about that. We carryed today in the mcdonalds case. Response from the gun ntrol and gun ca troll in of making it such a bureaucratic nightmare that is still reduced, the average persons ability to for their and use protection. A gun. F. B. I. Statistics show this that where, in fact, you have allowed. You have reduced crime. And thats just the argument. Accurate of that. And thats how the statusics offer the show. You know, they cool out or the gun or not fall. You have to use the mic. The one thing i wanted to llish is no, pass that down. So the one development is is that people who want you in Public Office or making it difficult for the next marginal owen or two. The background logic that annie decreased the number of juffers hes good. Theres some rediction or the thick thats commuter more. These people will talk about disagreement concealed carriages. With regard to the decline in he recently crime right. He is we now have a Record Number of fire arms in the u. S. Nd than the gun crime weight has gone down over the last 10. Ears and we have basically gun owner shim, right. They want to show them that the decline in an any cre mental incress well generate our gun violence. People end up trying to put real strong strong federer. I think in that short time of time. Be a reputation of that theory. Ok, yes. You missed this so i have a question for each of you. , what is your position on University Background checks. Right. Because i have it scheduled. But if you give one minute, two minute answer because were about to go for our break on the next channel. Right. [applause] do you want to tell us why youre post. One, it doesnt work in the hands of government that can cant get it done. Its the same work. [laughter] yeah, i agree that thats not really the point you get in there. Weve still dealing with the challenge and whether you can change the person. So to depending on a background check is the only thing that will determine if a person has a gun, thats problematic. What i said was right because thats what i believe. But if you wanted me to go deeper, let me just tell you a little bit. When you say give me an example. Look, we put a lot of emphasis because there are people who have fallen through cracks. But the reality is is that their. Rst amendment right trumps trumps our right to know therefore. Its been rendered in effective and useless, period. [applause] like many of these im sympathetic to people who feel this way. But theres a scrip clur that says it seems right but the end therefore will be death an destruction. At the end of the night they dont really do what theyre intended to do. And for those reasons thats why. Im con apply maded. This would be an objection. You cant do it without a system of registration. And i think that a system of registration is worgs. The question is can you mupt santas in place to get you very close to what you would get with a University Without doing this big command and control structure that would create the. In my state people who sell private fire arms, im a member of a commuter board. Quire that people as who are buyers show theyre con seemed and turned up to be a sur cant. Of nemb this room. Nobody in this room wants to sell a gun to a criminal oar madman or some philip. I got the gun from johnson. Somebody asked me this at another panel. I said a boy. Just say it. Just say dont sell to anybody about the sipi shouse about. Make it an incentive that affects the and you will get, the answer is interested to sellers. You will get 99 of the people that you can get. The other 1 youre not going to get them anyway. Theyre not going to comply. Dont enforce it. Dont have a scheme of legislation. I think if you call and ged away. As they get into the golden. That you would do most of the work that you want it done. And i dont care what you call it, people wanted to call it care. D i dont i think by could do that without the political. [applause] well, we and again i guessworked up against me so the president is a big guy just like the university back ground chicks. Put illegal guns on the street froms of america. I dont trust the federal government. So were about to go to a break. And im going to read a question from the audiences that this panel is not going to answer it. Im going to save it for our second panel. So the question is why has noun system. An unfare dont you think that associating goun control. Is your and there that already exists. So i happen to know that our second panel will be. You to have a fiveminute break. Few you come back. Could i ask you a question. Lease. And my city for decades now. After his seventh visit to the city ofiness natty. Mark twain was asked what husband city of the midwest was. And low wist bill. He said i would get to cincinnati as lock as i could. Id be happy like the rest of the world. [laughter] conservative. Thank now on for you for joining our panel. This weeks Renewable Energy summit. First well hear from lester brown. Aauthor of 4r7850 books including great transition shifting from fossil fuel to wind and solar energy. Then a crferings circumstances. Bob irvin who says there is a fresh water crisis in the u. S. Nd around the world. Then she will look into the impact of large scale farming. The Energy Summit was held in aspect, colorado earlier this year. Up next, two keynote speeches. Youll here fromlesor brown. And the great transition. Mu had been grumpy. But wind and solar energy. The i. Will go unextinct. [applause] thank you, chip. Thank you for organizing our day and thanks for the invitation to come back again. My topic as i recall is the great transition, the great transition is a shift from coal and oil to solar and wind. And most of us know about a little sew ar energy and wind far there. But things are happening very fast now. I think youre going to see plains. Alf century of the principle sources in the world will be solar and wind not coal and oil. Glimpses of e the new Energy Economy that we can now see at various places in world, last year denmark got of its electricity from wind. December, it was 55 . Country to get a major share, the major share, of electricity from wind. But its not finished. The goal is to take it up to 100 . Portugal, spain and ireland are with 22, 18 and 17 of their electricity coming from wind. In spain, interestingly, wind the principal source of electricity in the country. Nuclear. S overtaken in south australia, wind farms replacing coalfired power plants and doing it very fast. In china, windgenerated not onlyty has overtaken nucleargenerated you look at but if the curves, the nuclear curve looks like this. Looks like this. Its just a runaway now. Its exciting to see the other largest economy in the world now moving so fast toward wind. There are seven wind under construction in china. Each of which will have at least 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity. Thats 10 Nuclear Power plants. The largest, which is not surprisingly in mongolia, a particularly windrich air, when it is completed, have 38,000 megawatts of generating capacity. 38,000 megawatts is equal to the consumption of poland. Marginalot smalltime, additions to the Worlds Energy supply. This is bigtime. Weve not seen anything like it. And weve not seen any other coaly source, including and oil and Nuclear Scale up to levels were seeing with wind, for example, with 10,000megawatt wind farms. Whole new ball game. Andhe United States, iowa south dakota are the leaders in eachelectric generation, getting about 20 of their wind. Icity from iowa wants to take this to 50 within the next four years. May become the first u. S. State where wind becomes the energy. Source of electricity. Of how is this revolution happened . Has it managed to move so quickly . Incidentally, there was supposed place, alock here some timer, and i cant where is it . It, thats fine. The advances have come from policies or indeed subsidies, from environmental groups. Sierra club launched, in the beginning of 2010, a beyond coal this country. At that time, we had 530 coalfired power plants. Their goal is to close every one of them. Far, theyve closed 140. 530, now down to 390. Their goal is to close every one not later than 2030. Then we say, well, what about china . Well, china is moving very fast. Trusts in china faced with the shrinking use of coal are on the verge of bankruptcy. In china six provinces which have set their own coalreduction goals. They range from cuts of 5 to 50 between now and 2020. This easy are individual provinces, simply picking it up and saying basically coal has to going to do our part. There are also a number of the world who are pushing for 100 clean energy, like san francisco, wellington, new zealand, just to set a couple. So a number of cities are setting very ambitious goals, ambitious than the goals of the states in which they are located. What about india . Is a major source of carbon emissions, heavily for electricity generation, for example. But its shifting. They have now designed in india solardriven water pumps that are much cheaper than diesel pumps. Indian farmers currently have 26 dieselpowered is that ten minutes . Oh, good. They have 26 million dieselpowered irrigation pumps. And the plan is to replace every one of them with a solarpowered pump. Tion and save a lot of money in the process. Payback time on these solarpowered water pumps is one to four years, depending on the situation and far down theyre pumping the water. Earlier, the scaling up that were seeing with wind farms. Thingalso seeing the same with solar cells. Solar cells can scale up and down. An scale they can scale down to this little strip on my watch that the electricity to run it. And they can go all the way up megawatts, 200 megawatts. Theres really no limit to the size. Close to 100 of these large plants being built now in the southwestern United States. At the end of last year, the world had 139,000 megawatts of solargenerating capacity. Nuclearqual to 139 power plants. But its growing by an extraordinary rate. 30 and 70 per year. Of the most exciting things happening now is actually an Economic Development where rooftop solar panels generating electricity are now producing nottricity cheap enough to only compete with but to undercut the local utility. Thishat happens in situation is, as more and more rooftopearn that a installation of solar panels cheaper electricity than the utility, they begin installing them on their homes. Utility, the market begins to shrink. So they have to raise their prices. And when they raise their putes, even more people solar collectors on their roofs. Suicide called a spiral. But there are many utilities now in this country, and elsewhere world, particularly in germany, where theyve invested in solar cells, the germanyest utilities in are really on their knees. Market value for the two of them has dropped 56 over four years, which says something about the markets assessment of utilitygenerated mostly coal generated electricity. So the markets are beginning to pick up these changes. Denmarks3 of electricity came from wind. Iowa and south dakota, it was 25 . On wind. Pushing hard fall, a bl