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''Switch'' is a documentary film on global energy directed by Harry Lynch, produced and distributed by Arcos Films,〔(Website )〕 and featuring Scott W. Tinker, a geologist and energy researcher who runs the Bureau of Economic Geology, a 200-person research unit of The University of Texas at Austin.〔(University of Texas, Bureau of Economic Geology )〕 and is a professor at the Jackson School of Geosciences.〔(Jackson School of Geosciences )〕 The film is part of a larger energy education and efficiency project, which also includes the Switch Energy Project〔(Official Website )〕 website, with additional video content〔(Switch Energy Project )〕 and educational programs.〔(Switch Energy Project )〕 The website includes interviews with some of the world's leading energy policy analysts. Interviews including Ernie Moniz, former Under Secretary of Energy, Steven E. Koonin, Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Richard Jones and physicist Richard A. Muller. The film aims to be a nonpartisan, scientifically based exploration of the energy transition from the traditional energies of coal and oil to future energies. It has been accepted by many environmental groups, government agencies, fossil and renewable energy companies and academic institutions. 〔(Switch Energy Project )〕 ''Switch'' premiered at the 2012 Environmental Film Festival〔(DC Environmental Film Fest )〕 in Washington DC to positive reviews,〔(DC Film Review )〕 then played at 12 other international festivals, most of them environmentally focused, and at 6 international geology conferences, before opening in theaters in New York in September 2012. ==Synopsis== ''Switch'' begins in Norway, where Dr. Tinker explores an electricity system built on renewable hydropower. There, he asks the central question of the film: what will the energy transition look like for the rest of us. Over the next 90 minutes, he travels the world to find out. His first step is to calculate how much energy the average person uses in a year, including all the energy embodied in the food and products we consume, the roads and public buildings we share. He uses that figure to measure and compare each energy type he visits. Tinker starts with the big conventional energies, coal and oil, trying to determine their futures. Can coal be clean? Will we keep using it? Will oil price keep rising? Will we run out of it? He then examines the energies that may replace them. For oil, those are biofuels, natural gas and electricity. For coal, they are geothermal, solar, wind, natural gas and nuclear. With each type, he visits some of the world’s leading facilities, talks to top experts in the Department of Energy, universities and within each industry, and gives a concise and objective analysis of each resource’s major pros and cons. The expertise of the interviewees and the access to restricted energy sites is unparalleled in other energy films. After his journey, he assembles his findings to map out the likely energy future. While coal and oil will continue to play a large role especially in developing countries, a global transition to where their alternatives become dominant will happen in about 50 years. Renewables see by far the largest growth rate, while natural gas makes up the largest portion of the replacement, with nuclear approximately equal in share to renewables. Tinker ends by emphasizing that energy efficiency, including personal energy conservation, will play a vital and growing role in a successful energy future: “The most important thing is to change the way we think about energy, so we can change the way we use it.” 〔(Switch Energy Project Efficiency )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Switch (2012 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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