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We open with a spoof news broadcast from the year 2030. Michele Newman is the news reader and the items are concerned with global warming and rising sea levels. Views of a power station as the commentary talks about the power industry as being the single biggest problem for the environment. The industry is also about to be privatised. Vox pops in Birmingham asking people what they know about global warming and the greenhouse effect. Shots of traffic in Birmingham. Interview with Stewart Boyle of the Association for the Conservation of Energy who explains the science of global warming whilst standing in a greenhouse. Graphic predicting sea level rises. Library pictures showing flooding and buildings damaged by storms. Interviews with Doctor Mick Kelly who is a climatologist at the University of East Anglia and Fiona Reynolds of the CPRE who both talk about the problems that will be caused by global warming.
Vox pops in Birmingham asking people if they know about acid rain. Stewart Boyle explains what causes acid rain. Library shots of the 1987 storm clean-up in London. Views of a lake and water birds. Interview with the energy minister, Michael Spicer MP who talks about efforts to clean up power station emissions and the resulting costs that may have to be passed on to the consumer. Vox pops in Birmingham asking people if they would be willing to pay more for their electricity. Aerial views of nuclear power stations. Vox pops asking if people are worried about nuclear waste and safety. Stewart Boyle talks about nuclear waste. Shot of railway sidings and view of nuclear flask train. A series of interviews from the already named experts follow about the privatisation of electricity. It is also pointed out that standards for energy efficiency have been scrapped prior to privatisation. Interview with Amory Lovins about low energy lightbulbs. Interview with architect Chris Cooper about a solar cottage he has developed. Views of the building. We then visit 1950s built flats which due to their underfloor heating and poor insulation they were expensive to heat. Interview with resident Eileen Cormack who talks about how the flats have been refurbished to remove the damp problems.
Views of wind and wave power generation. Interview with Philip Surman of the CEGB who says that they have high hopes for wind power. Stewart Boyle then talks about the decommissioning of nuclear power plants whilst standing outside Berkeley power station in Gloucestershire which has been taken out of service.
Newscaster: Michele Newman
Commentary: James Bellini
Cameras: Bob Bolt; Barry Ackroyd; Wayne Ratcliffe
Sound: John Marshall; Robin Ward
Production Secretary: Annie Clarke
Production Assistant: Eunice Bird
Graphics: Jim Chalmers
Research: Kate Newington; Victoria Stable
Film Editor: Bob Woodward
Producer/Director: Ashley Bruce
Production number 3588/89.