An examination of California's alternative-energy efforts which eco-celebrities Ed Begley Jr. and Bill Nye helped bring forth. Includes Luscious Garage in San Francisco, which makes custom made hybrid cars; and the wind turbines of Tehachapi Valley. Also, whether their efforts can be sustained during the economic downturn.

NOVA Season 36 Episodes...

• s36e01 - Arctic Dinosaurs
• s36e02 - Space Shuttle Disaster
• s36e03 - Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
• s36e04 - Fractals: Hunting The Hidden Dimension
• s36e05 - Alien From Earth
• s36e06 - The Bible's Buried Secrets
• s36e07 - Ocean Animal Emergency
• s36e08 - Is There Life On Mars?
• s36e09 - The Big Energy Gamble
• s36e10 - The Incredible Journey of the Butterflies
• s36e11 - The Spy Factory
• s36e12 - Rat Attack
• s36e13 - Extreme Ice
• s36e14 - Last Extinction (Megabeasts' Sudden Death)
• s36e15 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.1
• s36e16 - Doctors' Diaries Pt.2
• s36e17 - Musical Minds

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Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.