If/when you understand this, then it's easy to understand why it's important that we not have mass transportation, why we don't create our own electrical energy with photovoltaic cells on our own buildings--because then you don't need the electric company, etc. The more power we have, the less power the corporation has. The more power you have, the less power governments have.
Keep in mind, it's in his best interest to give the information the way he is because he's selling the idea to the people in the room of buying gold and silver but he still has some pretty incredible statistics.