. >> reporter: next method, the rental carbone us, typically you get a few hundred points for a one oray rental, but when one company offered 10,000 miles, george went to rent every car off the lot. >> i would get 60 to a hundred thousand miles for a an inexpensive investment. the equivalent of going to europe twice. >> reporter: by now, we were sitting in the first-class section of a parked jet that united airlines kindly let us visit because the point is, even first dallas and business class comes within reach to those who are frequent flyers million airs. as is evidence by rick's trip this year to the far east. we went to china for ten days, flying from chicago to beijing. went to see the great wall of china, went to see the terracotta warriors, flew into shanghai and came back again, nothing more than taxes. one was maybe $150. >> in business class? >> right. >> price in miles, 110,000 miles each. extreme? perhaps, but only the tip of the techniques talked about at the seminar. but in rick's view, when you're settled back in the big chair, it really will seem worth it. i'm john don

. >> carbon capture technology is already being used around the world, but it is too expensive. what this center hopes to do is test systems one against each other to bring the price down to a level where carbon capture can be used systematically and power stations around the world. >> thousands of palestinians took to the streets in gaza, the west bank and jerusalem today in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike in israeli jails. what began 47 days ago with two men protesting their detention without trial has now escalated to more than 1500 prisoners on strike. it is a new political tactic adopted by the palestinians in response to the stalled peace process. >> in the west bank city, anger at the plight of the palestinian hunger strikers is slowly coming to the boil. these protesters want israel to give in to the prisoners' demands of better conditions. the growing frustration at the state of deadlock has taken time to reach the streets. but if it is there now. a few days earlier, a meeting to support one of the hunger strikers was only sparsely attended. >> his mother told

field: we know that plants grow by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. they usehe energy from sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates -- into plant. and ecosystems on land are taking up a relatively large amount of the carbon that's emitted by human actions, essentially providing a subsidy. and what we'd like to know is, e intthfuture, will that carbon uptake -- that subsidy -- increase? will it decrease? will it go awa d turn frosubsy into an extrburden on the atmosphere? but we don't have very good models that address the full sets of things that occur in real ecosystems. and the jasper ridge experiment allows us the opportunity to get at that in a very precise way that lets us use it as a model system for understanding the controls on carbon balance in other ecosystems. narrator: the primary goal of this elaborate outdoor laboratory is to see how these future conditions will affect the ability of ecosystems to store carbon dioxide. as these plants grow, they pull caon dioxide out of the atmosphere and transform it into plant structure, or biomass

. >> the project is using low carbon dioxide concrete which is environmental friendly. the 49ers are scheduled to start staying in the new stadium in 2014. >>> a 5-year-old boy has died after being hit pie a car in richmond. it happened around 4:15 saturday. you can see this a memorial has been set up. police believe the boy ran out on engines way and was hit by a minivan. he was -- on engines way and was hit by a -- on jenkins way and was hit by a minivan. he died at the hospital. >>> when you get in your car, don't forget to buckle up. today is the start of the eighth annual click it or ticket national seat belt campaign. during this two-week campaign, police will not let drivers off with a warning for not wearing their seat belts. california already has one of the highest compliance rates buckling up for safety. a new report is raising concern about pipeline safety. pg&e it's reported has, seeded the maximum amount of pressure on the pipelines. this high number of surges is reportedly causing concern among the new head of pg&e's gas division. it's also makingsome con

carbon offset. >> reporter: they plan to use three tracks to gain carbon offsets. including these 20,000 akers around cherry lake, potentially gaining millions of dollars with trees that were planted 15 to 20 years ago. the key, they say, they are changing the business model on these three pieces of land. >> i no longer have the ability to go the other way. once i've sold the carbon, i've made a 100-year promise to do that. >> reporter: this would almost be gaming the system. >> it would be gaming the system. that's why we have strict procedures in place. the state air resource board say they will hold them to a strict standard to get any carbon offset. >> you must do better than business as usual. if you don't, you don't have additional -- we will not allow those to enter into the cap and trade market. >> reporter: brian remains unconvinced. >> that is our concern. that the projects that we are seeing registered by the timber industry, largely reflect the plans they had anyway. >> reporter: now, the actual carbon offset market, under this law, will begin in ernest

carbon pollution from cars and trucks. those historic fuel efficiency standards are also extremely helpful in helping us ratchet down carbon emissions from our cars. obviously, the fuel you don't burn is a huge savings, but making our cars more efficient, our air conditioners in cars, those refrigerants are also very potent greenhouse gases. all that is included in those rules as well. >> thank you. this question is, by what year, and maybe it should say, do you see the u.s. relying primarily on renewable energy sources as opposed to oil, gas and coal? >> you know, every forecast from all the energy agencies shows that there is a doubling of solar power in the last few years. real takeoff in terms of solar as batteries become even cheaper and storage for technology like solar that are only available when the sun is out and shining gets cheaper and more available. i think you'll see that continue. obviously, wind. the president, the department of interior has outlined support for wind projects off our coast and in other areas. it's taken off in parts of the midwest as well. so, you know, i think every forecast shows that we

they're using little carbon dioxide concrete which we're told is more environmental friendly. 49ers are scheduled to start playing in 2014. student witnessing national park over the weekend was found just a few hours ago. 22-year-old john paul was spotted by helicopter around 3:15 this afternoon. officials say they spotted him thanks to campfire he lit. he was last seen saturday during a pa backpacking trip. officials say he's unharmed and in good health. two bay area lawmakers are joining forces. congresswoman barbara lee and jackson sphere held a hearing in san francisco today for disability benefits at the va office in oakland. office has backlog of more than 34,000 claims and best wait almost a year on average to have their claims processed. the congresswoman say they're working on finding more funding to clear that backlog quickly. leaders agree on new plan for afghanistan. we'll go live in chicago for the end of nato summit and protest sparked in the street. friend and family gathered today to say good-bye to fallen soldier. funeral services for army staff sergeant were held at al

bolivia has already begun extracting pure lithium carbonate from the salt flat using simple techniquesengineer marcello castro is monitoring the first evaporating basins used in this process. if we remove 10 or 15 centimeters from the top, we'd find the base elements under the entire surface. >> salt. and this is lithium. >> nearly 5.5 million tons. >> all of this belongs to us. this time we are not going to work for others. for the first time, we're going to profit for ourselves from what belongs to us. and we'll do it with passion because we're working for our land. >> bolivian president evo morales sparked this passion. he wants to end an exploitation of the indigenous people that he says has lasted hundreds of years. bolivia's natural treasures have always been in demand. but most profits from copper, gold, or silver have gone to foreigners. >> these riches will come back to the bolivians and their state, as per a presidential decree. we will make this region a development center for new forms of energy. >> morales wants all phrases of the production process to occur in bolivia. so

you'd use carbon fiber and machined aluminum, to make it more beautiful, and more durable. e edge-to-edge gorilla glass for a stunning display in a more compact form. and you'd choose an intel® core i7™ processor for maximum processing power. everything that you could ever want in a laptop. introducing the dell xps 13 ultrabook™ everything. and more. ♪ >>> did you hear? mitt romney picked up a very serious endorsement yesterday. may not be too thrilled about this one. the man behind borat, in his upcoming movie called "the dictator" cohen pays admiral general aladin. he held a press conference and was asked about the thoughts on the current u.s. presidential race. what did he do? threw his support behind him, as he called him, mitchell romney. >> i support and i give my full support to a mitchell romney. he has the makings of a dictator. he is incredibly wealthy but pays no taxes. and it's not much of a leap to go from foreiiring people to fi squads and putting pets on top of a car to put in political dissidents on top of them. he taught me how to do that. >> did you underst

you'd use carbon fiber and machined aluminum, to make it more beautiful, and more durable. ge-to-edge gorilla glass for a stunning display in a more compact form. and you'd choose an intel® core i7™ processor for maximum processing power. everything that you could ever want in a laptop. introducing the dell xps 13 ultrabook™ everything. and more. ♪ >>> this is quite the story. this was one of the boldest well-planned most expensive art heists ever and after 22 years trails apparently led investigators to this backyard in connecticut, the home of this reputed mobster and as we speak the fbi is digging robert gentile's home, this is manchester, connecticut and his lawyer says they're looking for $500 million worth of art in this guy's yard. 13 pieces of stolen art from the gardner museum from 1990. milton is covering the story for the boston globe. question one, are the feds saying anything about what exactly they're doing at this home, what they're digging for? >> well, they have long said that mr. gentile was an interest to them and interesting to their investigation and i w

carbon dioxide. the san francisco tradition authority should provide us with this information. finally, as you were alluding to, chair, it is good to visit some countries and see how much is spent on their infrastructure. china is one of them, but other countries, too. in san francisco, we have deferred maintenance on our infrastructure and we do not have a vision, and therefore, we cannot leave a legacy as to our transportation system. it still follows the old grid from one end to the other, not providing good transportation to areas where mostly the poor people live. a very few poor people can come here to speak to this. so you representatives have to do what you are supposed to do, care for them. thank you. commissioner avalos: anyone else in the public that wants to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, the item is before us. commissioner kim: motion to move forward with recommendations. commissioner avalos: without objection. next item please. >> item 6 authorizing the executive director to execute with conditions and memorandum of understanding wi

carbon emissions. automated cars using video cameras, radios sensors and a laser range finder to attract other trafficaps to navigate the road ahead. earlier this spring google said is if the completed over 200,000 mi. of computer led driving. >>darya: are you dreaming cochran think about the possibilities. >>darya: now, we can have our own drivers. i want to name mind benson. we're back with more in a couple of minutes. figure is a live look outside charlotte clouds in the distance. it looks like it's going to be another gorgeous day. we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. pfft r >>darya: it is another gorgeous day. here's a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast. >>erica: according to friends of that jennifer lopez, she is looking to marry and start a family with her current boyfriend. she has recently promoted him from the back of the answer to lead choreographer. we should expect a marriage sometime within the next year. >>mark: here's a look at what is happening on wall street, the dow opening dow for the fifth straight trading day. we're off 85 points with concerns of the greek el

administration -- and my antenna is up, that the administration wants to use this treaty as a way to get america into a regime relating to carbon since it's been unsuccessful doing so domestically. and i wonder if you might respond to that. and if the treaty, in your opinion, does put us in a situation either respond to international regimes or to be subject to lawsuits from people because of carbon that's emitted from the united states affecting the ocean bed. >> senator, i appreciate your raising the concern, that somehow the convention is a backdoor kyoto protocol. it is our assessment, our legal assessment that there is nothing in the convention that commits the united states to implement any commitments on greenhouse gases. under any regime or climate and it contains no obligations to implement any particular climate change policies. it doesn't require adherence to any significant emissions policies. we would be glad to present for the record a legal analysis to that effect. >> how do we exit this treaty? is there a way to, you know, typically treaties have ways of exiting. again briefly, i want to ask one other question.

our technology creates oil using a biological process that takes waste carbon as an input. ideas such as ours often come from universities and it is a real benefit for us to be by ucsf to be part of the innovation center. not only is ucsf a part of that, but uc-berkeley and uc santa cruz. so we are part of this network. in addition, we have technology partners with berkeley laboratories. for us, a lot of the breakthroughs in our technology have really come from our partners that research laboratories and our staff. i would add to that, not only is that where it came from, but it is the type of environment that fosters creation. there is another benefit to being in this type of environment. lots of service providers, lots of other companies that are also starting businesses, whether you need legal assistance -- obviously, we have the lab space. recruiting is important for start-ups. staffing, exactly. so we have that as part of this innovation center. >> access to education and access to the right environment. >> yes, i would say so. >> ibm is a big company. i am sure there a

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us. but that's one way of doing it. carbon dating, transmutation happens in the atmosphere all the time. here's a common reaction that happens in our atmosphere. first of all, the earth is being bombarded all the time with high energy particles. it's cosmic radiation. radiations--particles are going through you all the time, splattering into the atmosphere of the earth, all of the earth. and a lot of these interactions eject neutrons. neutrons are flying all around. these neutrons hit the atoms of the air, we get kind of a interesting reaction. here's nitrogen again. it's easy for neutrons to slam into the nitrogen nucleus. very easy. it's easy for neutrons to slam into anything. because the neutrons have no charge. see, it's hard to get two charged particles to slam together. very, very difficult. very, very rare. but it's very, very common for a neutron to splatter right into the nucleus of an atom because there's no repelling force. there's no electrical interaction. so a neutron slam right in. now, what's the neutron's ato

carbon offsets that we've sold. >> reporter: sierra pacific hopes to use three main tracts to gain carbon offsets.ncluding those 20,000 acres around cherry lake, potentially gaining millions of dollars with trees planted 15 to 20 years ago. the key, they say, is that they are changing their business model on these three pieces of land. >> what i'm changing is that i no longer have the ability to go the other way. once i've sold that carbon, i've made a 100-year promise. >> reporter: if you didn't do that, this would be gaining a system. >> it would be gaining a system but that's why we have such strict verification procedures in place. >> reporter: the state air resources board insists they will not let any company gain the system and will hold them to a strict standard in order to get any carbon offsets. >> you must be better than business as usual. if you don't, you don't have additional, and we will not allow those firms to enter into the cap and trade market. >> reporter: brian remains unconvinced. >> that is did he haefinitely o concern that the projects that we are seeing registered by the t

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carbon emissions. on average a european generates 27,000 grams of co2 per day. a us resident twice as much. the average person in india produces just a fraction of this amount. the intergovernmental panel on climate change ipcc says we should produce no more than 5,500 grams. it's the only way to win the fight against global warming. and sadly we are far from bringing that averag down.//nepal is on the lower end of the global carbon emission scale. arguably that's partly due to a lack of development. but in a way the country's estimated 25 000 traditional water mills have gone straight from ancient technques to sustainable technology, side- stepping diesel generators altogether. improving the efficiency of these mills helps unleash energy reserves that can be an important stepping stone for rural development. >> they haven't been on a paved road for hours. but for bal krishna und milan shrestha from nepal's center for rural technology, that's normal when they travel to the water mills they've upgraded. >> i'm glad we can drive most of the way today. often the mills are so high up in the mou

turns it was carbon monoxide poisoning that nearly killed sam. here to tell us how he miraculously survived a near-death experience is the driver himself, "right this minute." can you describe exactly what happened and how this happened? >> exhaust manifold was broken, and leaked into the driver's cabin, and started to fiddle with my mind and i passed out. >> rescuers had to break the window to get in. why were the doors locked? >> an automatic door locking system, automatically locks the door. >> what happened after the cameras stopped rolling? >> they started to give me cpr. they gave me a mask on my face, started and that's when i found out i had 67% carbon monoxide in my blood. >> did doctors tell you how close to dying you were? >> well, i heard after that i was dead for roughly a minute or so. because i had had to be given cpr. >> sam, will you be worried the next time you hit the racetrack? will you race again? >> of course i will race again. motor sports is in my blood. there is no way i can stop. >>> it's an unbelievable crime. it happened in observer l

change. >> this is the carbon dioxide going into the ground. >> long before anyone heard of global warming, basin was conceived in the carter administration to prove that america could usefuel, coal, and turn it into natural gas. they had to take the carbon out because it was an impurity. before you started pumping it into the ground and into the pipeline, where did it come out? >> that stack right up there. >> carbon capture takes the carbon dioxide, turns it into a liquid, and pumps it underground. virtually everyone agrees-- industry, environmentalists, and politicians-- that this is the only way we know to make coal safe for the planet. but consider: taxpayers built this for $1 1/2 billion in the 1980s. that would be four billion today. dan kammen says carbon capture would be an enormous national engineering project. he's a berkeley physicist and top expert on energy. can enough carbon capture and sequestration facilities like this be built in time to prevent climate change from coal? >> i don't think anyone knows the answer to that precisely. we know we have to try, and we know that these facilities do work. whether we can build enough of them to preserve the coal