Penn and Teller take on America’s energy crisis
This hilarious episode of Penn and Teller tackles the energy issue at hand in America in classic Penn and Teller style: boobs. Amidst full nudity (that’s right!) they discuss nuclear power, and provide some pretty swaying arguments. They also test-drive a hybrid and set up two cutie lesbians.
With gas prices sky-rocketing, people across the nation have been discussing hybrid cars along with wind and solar energy as ways to combat our coal and oil dependencies. But with nuclear power, there is a huge solution to the issue (at least, the coal issue). The boys interview a few “experts” on both sides of the debate, although they have obviously already come to the conclusion that nuclear power is the way to go.
What I didn’t get was the hybrid issue. Sure, hybrids have worse pickup due to carrying around two engines. And sure, a super-tiny fuel efficient car will get good gas mileage (although not quite as good as a hybrid). But how is nuclear power going to fix any of this? They never discuss that issue other than to bash a hybrid car. And while I understand that hybrids are still in their infancy and need a ton of work, they use less gas. Without offering up a better solution men, what was the point?
All in all, a great episode. Catch it in the repeats if you missed it the first time around!
Showtime, Penn and Teller, nukes, lesbians, hybrids, nuclear power, oil dependency, coal dependency
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